Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Romney dispels niceness worry

The Denver Post has a good story today on Mitt.

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed concerns he's too nice to be a viable candidate in a vicious race, proving it by taking a swipe at yet-to-announce GOP rival Fred Thompson.

"We all get the chance to go on the talk shows. But it's not the sort of questions you get in the debates or the town meetings that I've had," Romney said in an interview, alluding to plans by Thompson to formally announce his candidacy during a planned Wednesday-night appearance on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." "The talk-show circuit is fine, but the town meetings show you're willing to listen to people and take their questions."

The Hays Daily News (Kansas) assembled this video here.

Mitt's certainly nice, but not too nice. After all, he's been an extraordinary manager his entire professional life. In that type of managerial capacity, he's constantly providing feedback to others.

In this case, Fred is just another person who's needing a critique of his behaviors. Nothing personal at all. Mitt's just acting out of habit.

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