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Will Romney Go Personal Against Obama?

November 3, 2011 · 11:00 am ET · Leave a Comment

Mark Halperin: “Just the opposite. What is most potent about Romney’s campaign so far is its cleverly dispassionate anti-Obama formula, which goes something like this: ‘The President is a nice man with a nice family. He didn’t cause the economic mess, but his actions have made things worse. He’s clearly in over his head.’ That message worries many ­senior Dem­ocrats, who now believe ­Romney has made the tac­tical decision to take the high road and leave the gutter attacks to the incumbent.”

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