Examiner Editorial: Romney muffs message on government dependency

Published September 18, 2012 4:00am ET



The liberal news organization Mother Jones caused quite a stir this week by releasing a surreptitious video recording of Mitt Romney’s off-the-cuff remarks at a May fundraiser. In the controversial part of his comments, Romney predicted that 47 percent of the electorate will vote to re-elect President Obama “no matter what,” because they are dependent on government and pay no income taxes.

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