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[quote=jsteele]Yesterday on Meet the Press, this conversation took place:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48959273/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/#.UE5z2qTyYz5

GREGORY:  You know you could be a very unpopular president if you make tough choices that you say you'll make.  If it came to it, if the only way to achieve a deal on the debt, on this fiscal cliff, was to endanger yourself politically to the point that you were a one term president, would you be satisfied with that?

MR. ROMNEY:  David, I could not care less about my political prospects.  I want to become president of the United States to get this country on the right track again.  America is at a critical crossroads.  We have to strengthen the foundation of our economy, of our values, of our principles so we have a military that's so strong we can defend freedom for ourselves and for others.  We've got to put Americans back to work.  And politics, and-- and whether I am highly favored, not highly favored, just doesn't enter into the equation.

GREGORY:  Would you be-- would you be satisfied with one term if you could get a deal on averting a fiscal cliff?

MR. ROMNEY:  Let me tell you, if I can get this country on track again I'd be satisfied with anything.

Here is how I interpret this:

1) Romney realizes that -- as Senator Graham recently put it -- there aren't enough "angry white guys" to get him elected. Therefore, he needs to move to the center;

2) Moving to the center will cost him "angry white guy" support;

3) Angry white guys may conclude that 4 more years of Obama would provide a better opportunity for a "true conservative" to win in 2016 then 4 years of Romney;

4) Romney is now responding to that idea by suggesting that he would only be around for 4 years.

My conclusion is that Romney is trying to put a bug in the ears of angry white guys suggesting that they can vote for him and still have the chance to vote for a "true conservative" in 2016. But, something tells me that angry white guys are not stupid enough to fall for this.
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