Slipping in Battleground States, Mitt Romney Doesn't See a Problem

Mitt Romney is proving he is not this amazing CEO he claims to be. Politics is a business and the Romney brand is losing favor. Proof is Romney is slipping in key battleground states he must win in order to secure the Electoral College. Romney has less room for error in this equation than Obama. In a week coming off the disaster Libyan press conference where video shows Romney writing off 47% of Americans rather than present a marketing plan to win their hearts and minds while he continues to embrace parts of Obamacare, Romney believes it's full steam ahead rather than look at the problems and fix them.

On 60 Minutes Romney told Scott Pelley he's not about to change the direction of his campaign.

“It doesn't need a turnaround,” the Republican presidential nominee told CBS news anchor Scott Pelley. “We've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president to the United States.”

I marvel at this statement for two reasons.

1. Romney has begun losing ground in states like Iowa, Ohio, and Florida. Romney acts like a simple majority is going to win this thing. The Electoral map should wake this Bozo up, but it's not.

2. Romney is on defense when he should be on offense attacking the worst president of our lifetime who has prolonged the worst economy of our lifetime. Instead of focusing on issues, Romney is bowing down to the Democrats demands and finally released his taxes weeks after the controversy cooled off.

Here's the second part of Romney's problem as exposed in the 60 Minutes interview.

“I've got a very effective campaign. It's doing a very good job,” Romney said. “But not everything I say is elegant. And -- and I want to make it very clear, I want to help 100 percent of the American people.”

This 100% quote is a talking point I have heard watching the Sunday morning shows. It's not the president's job to help 100% of Americans. Remember George Washington found the job boring because the powers of the presidency are quite limited Constitutionally. Romney's quote creates images of big government programs. This is a man who obviously isn't comfortable politically and doesn't understand concepts like limited government. This is a quote I would expect from Bill Clinton--not a Republican.