El Concord Monitor masajea a Romney

Mientras su campaña se ha visto obligada a desmentir unas acusaciones de Mark Hemingway que acusan a gente cercana al candidato de haber orquestado el "push polling" sobre el mormonismo para favorecerle, el Gobernador Mitt Romney ha amanecido esta mañana con algo parecido a una bendición editorial por parte del Concord Monitor, uno de los periódicos más importantes del estado de New Hampshire. Un apoyo codiciado para las primarias. No se trata en la práctica de un endorsement pero, como dicen en Editor & Publisher, sería algo comparable a un gran beso húmedo. Juzgarlo vosotros mismos. Romney has good grasp of nation's problems

(...) At campaign events, Mitt Romney can come across as insincere. In presidential debates, his performance has been uneven. In his television ads, he seems too good to be true - too handsome, too rich, too articulate and too wholesome to have much in common with the people whose votes he seeks. But put him in a boardroom and Romney shines.

The former Massachusetts governor recently met with the Monitor's editorial board. His performance was impressive. He is articulate and knowledgeable. He doesn't come across as an ideologue - that would be tough given his history of changed positions - but as a pragmatist, a guy who gets things done. None of that was surprising. The surprise was that Romney, whose Mormon faith and mega-millions isolate him from the experience of many Americans, came across as a pretty regular guy.

(...) Romney was at his most convincing when emphasizing his willingness to accept good ideas no matter which party they came from and to put partisanship aside if it will lead to a solution. As proof, he cited his work with Sen. Ted Kennedy to change the health care system in Massachusetts. (...)