Subject: Why Romney's Latest Gaffe is Important
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:15:50 -0500

Why Romney's Latest Gaffe is Important
Mitt Romney's unforced error this morning isn't likely to derail his campaign but it certainly adds to the impression he doesn't care much about people.

First Read: "All political candidates -- just like all non-politicians -- make verbal gaffes... But in politics, what becomes damaging is when a verbal gaffe fits a pre-existing narrative."

Jonathan Chait: "It may not be true that, at a personal level, Romney doesn't care about the poor. He probably does. But his platform doesn't. In that sense, his slip-up was a gaffe in the classic sense of admitting what he actually thinks."

Andrew Sullivan: "Just because Romney looks smooth doesn't mean he is. He is often a dreadfully inept candidate."

Eric D. Schwerin
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