Etch-a-Sketch or Weathervane?

Pick your metaphor:   Etch-a-Sketch or Weathervane.    Either does a pretty good job of describing Mitt Romney's attempts to erase what he said before or to turn with the (political) wind.

Will people vote for a spinning target -- or one written in sand?   At some point, you'd think they would want to know what it is they're voting for . . . other than "Not Obama."   Maybe not.  Maybe that's enough for those who drank the Kool-Aid of Obama-the-Demon-Socialist-Fascist-Kenyan-Muslim-Angry Liberation (Christian) Theologist.

Romney's health care plan (or lack thereof) is a case in point.

What he signed into law in Massachusetts was one thing.   At one time he touted it as a "model for the nation."   Then during the GOP primary, he ran away from it as fast as he could, when it was pointed out that it had, in fact, been the model for ObamaCare.  Then he came up with the explanation that it was right for Massachusetts but not right for the nation, but he didn't exactly say why.

Then he said he would repeal ObamaCare in its entirety.

But wait !!!    This morning on "Meet the Press," he said he actually likes parts of it and will not repeal it all.   He likes the "no pre-existing condition" part and allowing kids to stay on family policies until 26.   Do you suppose he made that switch because of the immense popularity of those two parts?   Duh !!

In fact, Romney now talks, not about "repealing," but about "replacing," ObamaCare with his own plan.   

And what, pray, is that plan?   Well, they actually don't have a plan.   Or at least they aren't gonna tell us what it is before the election.   It's a problem for them, you see.   Because you cannot get rid of "pre-existing condition" without vastly increasing the pool of insured, which the Obama plan does -- or did, until the Supreme Court intervened.   So there's no way you can make that one work without some incentive to insurance companies to do it.

It's the same thing with Romney's saying he's going to pay for all his tax cuts for the wealthy by "closing loopholes" -- but refuses to say what loopholes.

Gosh, the truth must really be awful.   I can't think of any other reason to keep the voters in the dark about what you'll do.   The Democrats have claimed that the only way Romney can make his budget work without increasing the deficit is to eliminate something really big like home mortgage interest.   That would be a killer, so -- no, don't expect them to tell us before the election.

Ralph