Following a devastating Politico article painting the Mitt Romney's campaign in disarray, the GOP nominee has a message for critics: Relax, everything is hunky-dory.
In an interview with Telemundo on Monday, the White House hopeful downplayed the report. "I've got a terrific campaign," Romney said. "My senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. I work well with them. Our campaign is doing well."
When asked if there would be changes in his campaign, he insisted, "No. I've got a good team."
In the Politico expose on the inner workings of the campaign, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei spoke with mostly unidentified "Romney aides, advisers, and friends." The piece documents infighting and confusion within in the campaign that resulted in a mixed message and self-inflicted errors like failing to mention the war in Afghanistan during his RNC speech. It also describes how Romney's original RNC speech was scrapped, setting off a chaotic, eight-day scramble after, as well as how stunned aides watched Clint Eastwood's rambling comedy routine in "fury."
“Romney associates are baffled that such a successful corporate leader has created a team with so few lines of authority or accountability,” the report said.
Nia-Malika Henderson, a political reporter with the Washington Post, told MSNBC host Al Sharpton on Politics Nation that the report poses a big problem for Romney.
"He is running as a CEO, he's running on his management skills....There are lots of management problems and that is going to end up being an issue for him because it really undermines a core message of his campaign," she said.
Ed Gillespie, a top Romney advisor, admitted to reporters Monday the campaign had not given enough specifics and promised to add detail to the GOP'er's plan in the 50 days before Election Day. He insisted it wasn't in reaction to the Politico piece.
But Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told Sharpton that Gillespie leading the call and announcing the new plan means "there's probably some power shifting in that campaign."
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I was really anticipating a serious conversation about the size and role of government in our lives, but, the GOP has presented a candidate and staff that has serious issues with their sense of reality, let alone how to present substance to any valid debate. I still wish that the GOP hadn't been taken over by the Far Right, and had the wisdom to nominate a communicator, like Jon Huntsman, rather than the flip-flop champion, that they fell for. Probably should be comforted, though, I can only imagine who they would have gotten, if they had gone with someone from their collection, from the Far Right.
When you have to tell people your campaign is doing well, it is not doing well. It's like if you have to explain a joke it's not funny.
mitt romney has forgotten what this country was built on one nation indivisible with liberty an justice for all we the people are one an as nation we are all one an one for all an the republican party also forgot we the people an the democrat an republicans are to work for this nation as a party for all the nation of america not to turn the country into a shambles for indivual gain but to give america her best forward for all the world to see as oned said in the republican we are here to destroy the president elected by the people for the people members of the republican of the republican party would reather destroy this country because brack obama frist black won the election how the republican has drag this country down if abe lincoln was alive today to see what his party has he would say what a shame they have done to this party that i die for may god forgive them for i can not we can still repair this if the party can bring themselves out of the mud an work together to rdepair the damaged they havde inflected
mitt romney an the super pac an koch brother an the rest of the money people can not buy it your money is no good for all you have done an the lies will not get it an mitt romney we know why you won.t shosw your income taxes for you paid no taxes on 90per.cent remember your donation to the mormon church simple math will show it an as owner which ever you want to say they hold your money as do the off shore an swiss bank acct, as you claim church donation along with your 5 manison thr out the usa an your ownership of bain capital the irs needs to do a rearch on your taxes record an how you screw tham on your taxes an about you can create jobs your right you can then you shipped all those jobs off shore like you did your money think we forget you shipped all thosoe to china mexico india for your own profit how you looted the buisness here in america an you lied about saving the olympic it was the taxpayer you took money from the federal govt. money an your friend head of the republican party rush limbaugh who pays male escorts to service his sexual needs an watch kiddie sex tapes on his computer an masterbate while watching them also what about the remours of you of your affair with one of your staff members what else are you hidding in your closet