Last week, Romney said President Obama should have let the housing crisis 'run its course.'
This week, Romney is accusing him of doing exactly that.
Last week Mitt Romney attacked President Obama for having "slow-walked the foreclosure process" in Nevada and other states. Instead of trying to help struggling homeowners, Romney said Obama should have let the housing crisis "run its course." Romney's basic plan: accelerate foreclosures and evict homeowners, in the process allowing investors to snap up houses at bargain basement prices before renting them back to the former owners.
If you can't believe a presidential candidate would propose such a dumb plan, you're not alone, but I'm not exaggerating—check out what Romney said in the video at the top of this post if you have doubts. And for perspective on how it's going over, consider this: even Nevada's Republican U.S. senator said Romney's idea was bad and would add six to eight years to the housing crisis.
So how is Romney trying to recover from his housing policy flub? By flip-flopping, of course:
Mitt Romney’s campaign sent out a press release on Monday attacking President Obama’s housing policies in Nevada. The release includes a quote from a Democratic Congressman warning that the administration is letting the housing crisis run its course.
So not only is Romney trying to flip-flop after just one week, he's also trying to attack President Obama for allegedly taking the position that Romney advocated in the first place. It's shameless. And it's exactly what Karl Rove would do.