Asserts the moderate-liberal commentator: "Where Romney has gone beyond the Bush ’04 tactics is in stirring fear
of the incumbent with assertions that are just plain wrong. The latest example of this strategy came in an advertisement in the final week of the campaign. A Romney ad recycled the completely discredited claim that President Obama has 'gutted' the work requirements for welfare. This is not true. President
Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services issued a directive that
allows states to request a waiver if they show a 20 percent increase in
the number of people moving from welfare to work in their state. The incentive here is toward more work and less welfare."
He adds: "Romney voters have to know they are gambling on a cipher candidate. He
has not spelled out his values or his policies. All they have to go on
is that he is not President Obama, and he is determined to win at all
costs. But what can be said before the votes are counted is that Romney’s shameless political strategy kept him in the race. If he does beat the odds and win, Romney will discover that the truth and facts do bite back when you are in the White House."
Juan Williams: "A Romney Win Would Be A Victory For Shameless Cynicism"
