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Dep’t of Curious Logic, Romney Edition

By Michael Crowley | @CrowleyTIME | March 25, 2011 | +

Politico‘s solid piece on Mitt Romney’s 2012 strategy includes this passage:

Much will depend on the still-unsettled primary calendar and the eventual field of candidates. But the former Massachusetts governor’s aim, according to multiple aides and advisers, is to exceed expectations his team is working feverishly to lower in Iowa, to come back strong with a win in New Hampshire, to survive South Carolina in part by picking up an off-setting victory in Nevada and then to settle in for what many described as “a slog” that they’ll emerge from thanks to superior money and organization.

If you’re feverishly working to lower expectations in Iowa, maybe it’s not such a good idea to say so? Now a Romney failure to exceed expectations will have been a failure to meet expectations based on the idea that the expectations should be higher than Romney wants us to think they are. Or so I expect.

Update: Scherer reminds me of this gem from 2007, back when Romney didn’t mind high expectations:

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  • nflfoghorn

    How about trying to win each primary? How simple is that??

  • 53_3

    Should I post another horse racing accident?
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    Simple isn’t “newsworthy”.

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    Seems like Romney is having a bad case of deja vu when it comes to campaign mistakes. Isn’t “lowering expectations” in Iowa how he lost last time around? Romney and his staff are morons…
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    Republicans..

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    They are kind of fun. Go ahead.

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  • ricardo4max

    You lefties keep wasting your lies propaganda and misinformation campaign on Romney. I seriously doubt that conservatives are going to nominate him for the Presidential candidate. It will be someone new and far less conventional. Someone that doesn’t kiss the neo commies grits. i would vote for Ron Paul before I would vote for Mitt Romney. I can’t even believe I said that, as much as I dislike all the Ron Paul kooks lurkng about.
    Christie would have my vote hands down.

  • fhmadvocat

    “It will be someone new and far less conventional.”

    Come on, Ricardo, since when have the Republicans nominated someone less “conventional”. Other than Ronald Reagan, must of the nominees have been very conventional.

    For all of Mitt’s problems, the political parties believe winning in the most important thing. Why do you think Mitt rates at the top of a poll of Tea Partiers? Do you think they believe he is the most true believer? Of course not! But you take what you can get.

    Besides, the Republicans remember how the Lefty Loonies cost Gore the election in 2000 by voting for Ralph Nader (“there is no difference between the two parties”). The “Professional Left” never forgave them.

  • sacredh

    Mitt’s people should have said that they don’t expect to get a single vote in Iowa. Somebody is bound to vote for him and then they can release the balloons and confetti.

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