GordonGecko
President
Let 'em tear each other apart, while you kill 'em with kindness.
"And there always additional considerations to attacking the candidate most likely to win the nomination. Bachmann, for example, hesitated to attack Romney in the hope she might get a Vice Presidential nod, according to one ex-adviser.
Romney, for his part, has at least tried to encourage these divisions at times. He made it a point to praise or call attention to Cain and Bachmann in debates when they were down in the polls knowing he would benefit from a bump by either as a counterweight against his better funded and more dangerous rivals.
The strategy is reminiscent of Clint Eastwood’s trademark Mexican standoffs — if you’re in a gunfight with multiple opponents, the best thing you can do is convince them to shoot each other. "
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/divide-and-conquer-how-mitt-romney-turned-his-rivals-against-each-other.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
"And there always additional considerations to attacking the candidate most likely to win the nomination. Bachmann, for example, hesitated to attack Romney in the hope she might get a Vice Presidential nod, according to one ex-adviser.
Romney, for his part, has at least tried to encourage these divisions at times. He made it a point to praise or call attention to Cain and Bachmann in debates when they were down in the polls knowing he would benefit from a bump by either as a counterweight against his better funded and more dangerous rivals.
The strategy is reminiscent of Clint Eastwood’s trademark Mexican standoffs — if you’re in a gunfight with multiple opponents, the best thing you can do is convince them to shoot each other. "
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/divide-and-conquer-how-mitt-romney-turned-his-rivals-against-each-other.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
