PRESS
RELEASE
from
Romney
for President
For Immediate
Release
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February 7, 2012
Contact: DNC Press
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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s
Statement on Results of Republican Primary and Caucuses Tonight
Washington, D.C.
– Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released
the following statement tonight on the results of the GOP primary in
Missouri, as well as the Republican caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota:
“Tonight
was a bad night for Mitt Romney, plain and simple. What should
have
been a night where he began to consolidate Republican support instead
has shown that Republicans are reluctant to get behind him.
Republicans are giving the field of candidates another look,
demonstrating that the more people get to know Mitt Romney, the less
they like him. They know he'll say anything to get elected, and
they
don't want a candidate they can't trust.
"Also
alarming for Republicans is the lack of enthusiasm and low turnout
we're seeing in these contests. In state after state, turnout among
Republican voters is lower than it was in 2008, and they are
increasingly dissatisfied with their choice of candidates.
“No
candidate embodies that dissatisfaction more than Mitt Romney, who
hasn't managed to lock this nomination up. The presumed front runner of
the GOP field lost two of tonight’s contests so far – that math speaks
for itself. He is losing support from independent voters
nationally,
and tonight we saw he's not gaining the favor of Republican primary
voters either. They clearly don't appreciate being ignored as Mitt
Romney did to Minnesota and they know his failed record as Governor of
Massachusetts on the key issue of jobs, his background as a corporate
raider, and his economic proposals would leave the middle class behind."
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