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Romney pushes on with discredited welfare attacks
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 22, 2012 11:59am |
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| Author | JULIE PACE |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mitt Romney claims he's got a winner with his criticism that President Barack Obama is giving welfare recipients a free ride. Never mind that aspects of his argument against the Democrat are factually inaccurate.
Romney's welfare push comes with risk for the presumptive GOP nominee. Focusing too heavily on welfare, which had barely registered as a campaign issue before Romney began pushing it, could turn off voters who want to hear the candidates offer specific prescriptions for job growth.
It could open Romney up to criticism that he is injecting race into the campaign and seeking to boost support among white, working-class voters by charging that the nation's first black president is offering a free pass to recipients of a program stereotypically associated with poor African-Americans.
And Romney runs the risk of denting his credibility with voters by peddling an argument that has been widely debunked.
Republican strategists dismiss those concerns, and many are urging Romney to press on with the welfare accusations. |
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