Romney’s new friend in Virginia Cuccinelli and a penchant for secrecy the public can’t trust

It shouldn’t have come as a surprise that the careerist politician, Ken Cuccinelli, became Mitt Romney’s latest attack dog in Virginia.[1] In fact, Cuccinelli was chosen for this role instead of Romney’s own Virginia campaign chairman, Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, or the potential vice presidential candidate Bob McDonnell.

So what if Cuccinelli once referred to Romney as “Democrat light,”[2] a career politician’s words are only meaningful in the moment they’re spoken.[3]

Cuccinelli has insisted that his support of Mitt Romney won’t muddy his own conservative principles. But how exactly does politically supporting somebody whose views you’ve publicly denounced, whose views appear almost diametrically opposite, not compromise your principles?

The attorney general’s argument now is that Romney is better than Obama, quite the ringing endorsement.

What is surprising is that Obama attackers will stay on point with the Solyndra theme, that is, the president has “handed out” millions of taxpayer dollars to companies that ultimately failed, a sum which Mitt Romney probably has floating somewhere in an offshore bank account, tax free.[4]

So far, Team Romney appears to think that this message has been a success, otherwise they wouldn’t be pounding away at it again.

Regardless of how inept or unlucky President Obama’s investment in Solyndra may have been, at least the public has been made aware that such an investment took place. Who can say how many investments Romney has floundered on as governor of Massachusetts or as a manager at Bain Capital[5]? No one really can because Romney has shrouded as much of his public and private decisions as possible to avoid any such criticism.[6]

Like any man, President Obama has faults, but unlike Romney he doesn’t make it a profession to hide those faults at every turn. 

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[1] http://washingtonexaminer.com/cuccinelli-steps-up-for-romney-allen-in-virginia/article/2502309

[2] http://washingtonexaminer.com/cuccinelli-steps-up-for-romney-allen-in-virginia/article/2502309

[3] http://article.wn.com/view/2012/03/16/Morning_ReadCuccinelli_Electing_Romney_Would_Be_Giving_Up_On/

[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjay-sanghoee/romney-offshore-tax-havens_b_1664722.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

[5] http://www.biography.com/people/mitt-romney-241055

[6] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-usa-campaign-secrets-idUSBRE86G0Z420120718