Mitt Romney in an interview aired Sunday repeatedly refused to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama’s new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. He claimed Obama’s decision was political, while senior White House adviser David Plouffe said the move wasn’t motivated by politics.
The Republican presidential candidate was asked three times in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” whether he would overturn the executive order issued Friday if he’s elected in the fall. He refused to directly answer.
“It would be overtaken by events,” Romney said when pressed for the second time by moderator Bob Schieffer during the interview taped Saturday while the former Massachusetts governor’s bus tour stopped in Pennsylvania.
He explained the order would become irrelevant “by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution, with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals such that they know what their setting is going to be, not just for the term of a president but on a permanent basis.”
Romney’s Rust Belt tour swept through Ohio on Sunday. He attended a Father’s Day pancake breakfast with two of his sons and five of his 18 grandchildren. He told a rain-soaked crowd that the weather was a metaphor for the country and that “three and half years of dark clouds are about to part.” At a second event in Newark, near Columbus, Romney told a cheering crowd that the president’s slogan had changed.
17 Jun
Romney won’t say he’ll overturn immigration order
So Romney is taking a neutral noncommittal stance during the elections. That is the wisest political move he can take to keep the clearly politically motivated move by Obama from hurting him during the election. As far as what White House adviser David Plouffe says, no one is fooled by his dissembling.
Of course Mittens won’t overturn it. He’s as progressive as O in his heart, only his paid handlers are keeping that part suppressed right now. Ultimately this will be as sickening as Bush and Gore trying to outpace each other on drugging the old folks for free (and assuring the destruction of the economy).
We don’t nominate politicians who STAND for things, we nominate panderers in hopes ours can out-pander theirs. Disgusting.
Would have been nice for Romney to point out that the Congress ought to immediately overturn it as an illegal act by the president overstepping his bounds. Looking more and more like hussein wants to be a dictator……..I hope that Romney doesn’t think any means justify the end.
@JustAl: And yet, and yet, he is ten times better than 0-bama!!
@Common Sense: @Common Sense:
Theoretically. But I will never personally trust someone who’s called themselves “progressive” and expressed pride in MA’s anti-second amendment laws.
The only way he’ll be even twice as good is if the TEA party dominates congress and holds his cold, cold feet to the fire.
if elected, he will vacate the order.
Obama merely enacted the Dream Act that Marco Rubio, our next Conservative POTUS, has been propounding for the last 6 months.Romney should stand with Rubio (hopefully his Veep pick) on this issue.
@Richard Wheeler:
Except Obama went around the United States constitution’s way of doing things, RW.
Just that little thing.
I know it is only a scrap of paper to POTUS but it means a lot to other folks.
And even Rubio, along with the other Republicans who favor allowing children* brought into the US as babies not to be punished for crimes their parents committed, favored doing it through Constitutional means!
When Romney talks about doing it ”long term” as opposed to a short-term political fix, he is talking about doing it in a Constitutional manner.
*Children, now grown, serving (or having already served) in the military, going (or having gone) to college, holding jobs, raising families, NOT in any way a drag on our economy. In some cases these children, now grown don’t even speak their parents’ native language!
Nan Fair enough. Glad to hear though that you, and I’m assuming many right thinking Conservatives at F.A., agree with BHO and our next Conservative POTUS Marco Rubio on enactment of the Dream Act.
MARCO RUBIO, STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN AND OBAMA JUMPED AND TOOK IT TO GET THE VOTES FOR HIMSELF. HE HAD NO WISH TO DO IT BEFORE MARCO GAVE HIS SPEECH WITH MITT ROMNEY WHO HAS MORE CLASS TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT AMERICA WHICH IS DESCENDING INTO THE DEEPEST SNAKE HOLE TO SINK FURTHER LOW DOWN THE CLIFF, AS LONG AS THIS LEADER IS THERE WITH HIS
GROUP OF QUESTIONABLE CHARACTERS
BUT HE COULD NOT LET MARCO GET AWAY WITH IT AT THIS TIME OF VOTES HE WANT SO BAD,
BUT MARCO WOULD HAVE GONE THE RIGHT WAY WITH THE LAW, THE CONSTITUTION,
BUT OBAMA WANT TO GO AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION ,
HE MADE JOKES ABOUT THE LAW OF THE LAND,
AND IF IT GOES ON, HE WILL DESTROY WHAT AMERICA STAND FOR,
GET HIM OUT