Mitt Romney - The Etch A Sketch Candidate

Mitt Romney and his campaign staff clearly believe that voters are a bunch of cretins with no ability to recall Mitt's batshit crazy statements and shameless pandering to the worse elements in the GOP base. Why else, as noted at Think Progress, would a Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom make the statement in response to a question as to whether Romney's positions on issues during the primary campaigns might hurt his chances in November:

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.

Is Fehrnstrom equating independent and moderate voters with the knuckle draggers in the GOP base? Romney is already plagued by questions as to what - if anything - he really believes on a number of issues. This arrogance certainly will do nothing to improve the situation. Moreover, one can only hope that the media will not allow Romney to erase some of his more nasty statements made during the GOP circular firing squad primary campaign battles. Here's more from Think Progress:

Mitt Romney can’t be held accountable for his extreme right-wing views, at least according to his campaign’s senior adviser, who said the candidate should be given a “reset button” on any positions he’s taken during the primary campaign if he wins the nominations and faces off against President Obama in the fall.

Appearing on CNN this morning, Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom was asked if he’s concerned that Romney may alienate general election voters with some of the hard-right positions he’s taken during the primary to appeal to conservatives. Fehrnstrom brushed this concern off

It’s unclear if Fehrnstrom expects people to just forget some of the fairly radical stances Romney has taken on everything from immigration, to contraception, to climate change, or if he expects the candidate to change his positions on those issues in the coming months — something Romney is certainly known for doing. As Fox commentator Brit Hume said of Romney last year, “You are only allowed a certain number of flips before people doubt your character.”