Tin foil Romney theory: Rove tactics return
Why are Gingrich and part of the GOP allowed to undermine Romney this way? This is unprecedented since Reagan....and can't help Romney, the inevitable nominee (unless a brokered convention happens). What does Gingrich gain? Why would he risk his GOP/DC insider card? Perplexing....
Some are talking about Gingrich doing Romney a favor by getting this out now so that the issue is stale by summer and the general election. Could be, but a detailed 30 minute movie is overly harsh if that's the case.
Why not go beyond that a bit and consider that the GOP has put up this giant hit piece only to knock it down themselves later? This is something that Rove, and/or others, have done before. Rove apparently bugged his OWN OFFICE in hopes of discovering it and blaming others. Didn't work, but the idea of creating a false story has been a hallmark of his work. SOMEONE forged memos to Dan Rather and then exposed them as false documents to squash a story that otherwise had legs. Didn't matter that gist of the memos were true, the taint of the forgery was enough to kill the problem.
What if the GOP and it's die-hard GOP donor Adelson circulate this movie then sometime in coming months find out that several items in the movie were inaccurate or false? Romney becomes a victim, Gingrich apologizes for being duped and misled, Gingrich and Perry and Santorum endorse Romney, the meme of Romney as Gordon Gecko goes away even though Romney really is a vulture capitalist.
Rove is a Romney backer.
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