I think this is good advice for the president. He should be prepared for Mitt Romney to step to the mic tonight and shake his Etch a Sketch repeatedly. There seems to be almost price for him to move dramatically to the center, and the president needs to be prepared for it. Back in the spring, the campaign moved away from the flip-flop attack in favor of the plutocrat attack. It worked very well, but it came at a cost that he is paying now. If the flip-flop attack had been pursued, Romney would be afraid to change positions as it would reinforce people’s strongest negative impressions of him. But he has that freedom now because the flip-flop attack was dropped. Obama needs to use that attack preemptively if he can, and he needs to keep on it throughout the debate and in the hours and days following the debate.
Bring Back the Flip-Flop Attack
