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What is Romney's biggest threat?

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    Jim Pinkerton on whether or not conservative coverage of Romney is helpful or hurtful

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There's an editorial yesterday in the Wall Street Journal saying that Romney the Romney campaign is slowly squandering.

-- historic opportunity.

With a group of prominent conservative voices worrying aloud that -- the Republican candidate.

Is that got this play it safe strategy and jeopardizing his chance to win.

The presidency what do you think about this over the criticism coming with GOP critics.

Well I mean.

I I worked in -- 5 presidential campaign.

And I guess we won three of them so there and I eighties -- the -- ones we want included in the 1980 Reagan campaign 84 Reagan camp the pushy camp of the three.

At all times we never lacked for criticism on our side as well saying you're not doing right -- -- -- -- right.

I think in this case Microsoft make -- my little biased bash went point here that is sometimes a criticism actually can be useful and others I think that for example.

Went on Monday when there reference -- that the Romney campaign advisor said oh we don't think that the mandate is that there's attacks we agree with President Obama the man is not attacks which which was put him.

But Mitt Romney in a strange position of being on the same side of the issue as Obama movement probably probably not very Smart politically.

And frankly it was the uproar from that wall street journal editorial Bill Kristol Rupert Murdoch himself -- weeding out saying listen.

Romney you you're not gonna win mean.

-- pale pastels you do need is -- says a few specific issues.

You know -- on pipeline comes to mind.

But also.

That that the idea that the health care mandate is attacks with what the state there around me people were making was thinking they had to defend what they've done in Massachusetts five years ago.

And that frankly is not nearly as important as against -- saying earlier.

Prospective -- not would -- retrospect it was interesting prospective is vital.

And so in this case the conservative media crescendo.

Have the Romney people changing their mind and that is abide by Wednesday on the fourth Romney gave an interview CBS -- -- yes that's taxes taxes there.

That's all settled and so in this case the conservative media they played a constructive role of from a Republican point of him.

Is this something that you're going to be talking about this weekend and want we will we will.

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