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Conservatives are calling on the Republican candidate to share more of his policy agenda.
Conservative columnist John Podhoretz of the New York Post boiled down the general complaint to this: "Romney & Co. are wrong if they think negative feelings toward Obama are sufficient to motivate their voters."
Romney, Podhoretz argues, needs to excite his supporters with superficial moments like spirited speeches or strong interviews. On top of that, he should offer up substantive policy agendas.
"The Romney camp is doing neither. It's too intent on winning over the small batch of uncommitted and independent voters by saying absolutely nothing that might possibly offend them," Podhoretz laments.
In an open letter to Romney in the conservative Weekly Standard, businessman Peter Hansen suggests "more detailed discussions of policies you would enact."
He adds, "The assertion that you are more competent than President Obama strikes many people as merely that, an assertion."
Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard warns Romney has more to lose by ignoring details.
"When a challenger merely appeals to disappointment with the incumbent and tries to reassure voters he's not too bad an alternative, that isn't generally a formula for victory. Mike Dukakis lost."
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board specifically took issue with the way Romney has handled discussing health care policy.
"Romney's pre-existing political calculation seems to be that he can win the election without having to explain the economic moment or even his own policies. As this flap shows, such vagueness carries its own political risks."
Meanwhile, William McGurn, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, took to the Journal's op-ed pages to complain about Romney's vague policy proposals with respect to the war in Afghanistan.
"Whatever the reason, even after surge forces return home, America will have 68,000 men and women in uniform there. Romney's reluctance to outline a thoughtful policy on Afghanistan does not make it go away," he wrote.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...servatives-worry-romneys-agenda-is-too-vague/
Conservative columnist John Podhoretz of the New York Post boiled down the general complaint to this: "Romney & Co. are wrong if they think negative feelings toward Obama are sufficient to motivate their voters."
Romney, Podhoretz argues, needs to excite his supporters with superficial moments like spirited speeches or strong interviews. On top of that, he should offer up substantive policy agendas.
"The Romney camp is doing neither. It's too intent on winning over the small batch of uncommitted and independent voters by saying absolutely nothing that might possibly offend them," Podhoretz laments.
In an open letter to Romney in the conservative Weekly Standard, businessman Peter Hansen suggests "more detailed discussions of policies you would enact."
He adds, "The assertion that you are more competent than President Obama strikes many people as merely that, an assertion."
Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard warns Romney has more to lose by ignoring details.
"When a challenger merely appeals to disappointment with the incumbent and tries to reassure voters he's not too bad an alternative, that isn't generally a formula for victory. Mike Dukakis lost."
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board specifically took issue with the way Romney has handled discussing health care policy.
"Romney's pre-existing political calculation seems to be that he can win the election without having to explain the economic moment or even his own policies. As this flap shows, such vagueness carries its own political risks."
Meanwhile, William McGurn, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, took to the Journal's op-ed pages to complain about Romney's vague policy proposals with respect to the war in Afghanistan.
"Whatever the reason, even after surge forces return home, America will have 68,000 men and women in uniform there. Romney's reluctance to outline a thoughtful policy on Afghanistan does not make it go away," he wrote.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...servatives-worry-romneys-agenda-is-too-vague/