Associated Press
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), a Romney immigration advisor
Back in April, the Romney campaign tried to put some distance between the Republican candidate and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of harsh, right-wing immigration measures and a leading Romney advisor on immigration policy. After Team Romney pretended he wasn't a campaign insider, Kobach went out of his way to prove otherwise.
Five months later, the Romney campaign still seems to be troubled by this.
As part of this week's effort to reach out to the Hispanic electorate, Mitt Romney tried to distance himself as much as possible from "informal adviser" Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who was the architect of the immigration law in Arizona.
But his campaign quickly admitted to CNN that Romney wasn't as far removed from Kobach as he claimed.
Imagine that.
When Romney was talking to Univision America radio, Romney claimed to have never met with Kobach, one of his top advisors on immigration policy, and a man whose endorsement Romney has been eager to tout. Later, however, the campaign said Romney's remarks weren't ... what's the word ... true.
"A spokesman for the Romney campaign said Romney and Kobach have, in fact, met before at campaign events — but not in formal policy meetings," CNN wrote. "The aide said that in Monday's radio interview, Romney was referring to policy meetings, which Kobach does not participate in."
It's a shame when the right hand doesn't know what the further-right hand is doing.
For the record, Kobach has claimed to be in regular communication with Romney's senior advisors, providing "policy advice on immigration to the governor and his team."
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Brds of a feather,
flock together.
Yes... in only flies in circles. Can you imagine?
Or maybe Romney speaks with forked tongue.... from the right side of his mouth...
Both do not know what the other is saying..
Or two wrongs (lies) make it right..
In their defense, straight up lying about it is probably better than their first idea, responding by saying, "Oh oh oh, you mean Kris Kobach? Ohhhh, yeah, totally didn't understand you the first time, thought you were talking about somebody else..."
The Romney campaign is panicking because of the poll numbers for women and Hispanics. After the current hidden video gets played enough across the media, Romney is going to start losing the middle class and independents. His only salvation msy be a great performance in the debates. But that requires a miracle because Romney has fumbled and stumbled so many times that his public image as an out of touch rich white guy is becoming fixed in the voters minds. If Romney's poll numbers continue to drop, even a great debate performance may not save him.
rummy will soon tire of Obama's shameful, deceitful, negative campaigning and will recuse himself from the debates and buy the election as a proper gentleman should, he knows we know his principles,, may the best man win...?..
Pssst, Mittens, all Latinos don't only watch or listen to Univision America, so they might have caught your "admission" I mean slip up. It's okay, they weren't voting for you when you said "self deport" you already blew that!
rummy is giving us all a teaching moment about how personal responsibility is a double edged sword. Or lying in public equals failing in public responsibility,,, or he who lives in a glass house,,, witty remark, blah blah blah...
I have to think that anyone who so dearly loves to laud personal responsibility would be in complete favor of a 100% estate tax...
Latest Gallup Poll-Mitt Romney receives the vote support of about a third of those whose household incomes are less than $24,000 a year and of more than four in 10 seniors with low incomes -- all groups who are among the least likely to pay income taxes.