Obama strategist dismisses Mitt Romney as 'charlatan,' '25% man'
By Peter Nicholas
January 4, 2012, 10:36 a.m.
One day after Mitt Romney narrowly won the Iowa Republican caucuses, President Obama’s chief campaign strategist unleashed a withering attack on the candidate, casting him as a soulless flip-flopper whose main interest is personal “advancement.’’
“Taking two positions on every issue, one on the left and one on the far right, doesn’t make you a centrist,’’ David Axelrod, who was also the architect of Obama’s 2008 victory, told reporters in a conference call Wednesday. “It makes you a charlatan.”
Axelrod rejected any notion that Romney is now the presumptive Republican nominee, saying that Romney has failed to demonstrate broad support among GOP voters. He noted that three-quarters of Iowa caucus voters on Tuesday chose someone other than Romney.
“He’s still the 25% man,’’ Axelrod said, adding, “I don’t think Republicans in Iowa sent any signal that they’re ready to close the books on this nomination process.’’
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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-campaign-romney-charlatan-20120104,0,3668871.story
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