Why Mitt Romney Flip Flops So Often

Mitt Romney

Dean Obeidallah of CNN has an interesting take on why Mitt Romney, as a potential CEO of America, flip flops so often. The headline is misleading because Obeidallah does agree that Romney is a flip-flopper, he merely justifies why he does it so often. This gist of it is that Romney is constantly rebranding himself to appeal to his customers - the voters. Obeidallah goes through Romney's history of flip flops pretty thoroughly. Here's a quote:

"I'm not defending Romney's acrobatic flips on issues. In fact, if Romney loses this election, he would make a great circus performer. I can see the ads: "The Amazing Romney -- he can change positions in midair." At times, I truly wonder if Mitt realizes we have Google and can look up his record on issues."

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