The Democratic National Committee is continuing to attack Mitt Romney for flip-flopping on a host of key issues.
In a statement put out last night, the group’s Executive Director, Patrick Gaspard, accused Romney of changing his stance on tax cuts for middle income Americans.
During a New Hampshire debate last month, Romney referred to President Obama’s plan to extend payroll tax cuts for workers as “temporary little Band-Aids” that would do little to bring real relief to the struggling middle class.
The DNC responded two days later by releasing a web video accusing the GOP candidate of being out of touch with millions of voters who would benefit from the tax cut by as much as $1,500 per year.
Gaspard wrote to supporters last night that Romney reversed position during a debate in Michigan last week when he said, “I don’t want to raise taxes on people in the middle of a recession.”
“This kind of behavior is part of a disturbing pattern where Romney says one thing and then the exact opposite, sometimes within the span of a few paragraphs, and hopes no one calls him on it,” Gaspard added.
Meanwhile, a top spokesman for Romney said Monday that Democrats are “obsessed” with him.
In a fundraising memo, Romney’s communications director, Gail Gitcho, said “it’s becoming increasingly clear that Obama’s political machine prefers to focus its time and energy on attacking Governor Romney than fixing our economy.”
According to Gitcho:
- “Obama’s press secretary, Ben LaBolt, has referenced Mitt Romney over 110 times on Twitter in the last month. On the other hand, he mentioned “jobs” 11 times and “Iran” twice.”
- “In the last five days, “Romney” has been mentioned 37 times on the Democratic Party’s official Twitter feed, with no mention of any other GOP candidate.”
- “The DNC has released 26 attack videos on its YouTube channels. Unsurprisingly, all 26 videos have only one target - you guessed it, Mitt Romney.”
“This is only the beginning of their attacks,” she added. “You can be certain that this obsession will only grow.”