Politico | Technocrat Mitt Lacks ‘Vision Thing’, Just Wants to be President

Posted on May 30 2012 – 7:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady

“The vision thing” entered the political vernacular when the first Bush ran  for election after serving as Reagan’s vice president and was criticized for  harping too much on short-term objectives rather than unifying themes.

In Bush 41’s case, he was running for an open White House rather than against  an incumbent, so he could have painted with broad strokes on an empty canvass.  But he instead ran as a more practical politician.

Romney is perfecting the art of the attack, using the speeches his campaign  bills as headliners to slam the Obama administration.

But the GOP standard-bearer has been extraordinarily light on specifics, even  on the economy, which he bills as his trademark issue. He touts the fact that he  was a successful businessman and knows how to create jobs, but has to be pressed  to outline specific ways he will transfer that know-how to the U.S. economy.

In an interview this week with Time’s Mark Halperin, for instance, Romney treated inquires into specifics about about spending  cuts as president as a gotcha question.

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