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Can Mitt Romney Cut It on Sunday Morning TV?

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Published on Friday, 15 June 2012 09:18
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Authors: Politics from The NationMitt Romney may not be ready for prime time. But he is finally getting ready for Sunday morning. After avoiding the Sunday morning talk shows during the primary campaign—when he pretty much stuck to the friendly confines of the Fox News studios—Romney is branching out to do CBS News’s Face the Nation. For Romney, this is a significant step, an acknowledgement that he is running for president of the United States, not for president of the Republican Party. No major party nominee in modern history has earned his nomination with no narrow an appeal to the great mass of American voters as Romney. George W. Bush, despite his many challenges, was far more accessible to mainstream media outlets in his 2000 presidential run than has been Romney. And Ronald Reagan regularly appeared on a variety of programs. The same goes for Democratic contenders. (Barack Obama even did Fox News Sunday during his primary run in 2008.) Romney’s been a rare hothouse flower, sheltering himself from the scrutiny that past contenders have seen as a necessary part of the process. When he has exposed himself to even minimally tough questioning—remember the interview with Fox’s Braier?—Romney has melted down. Badly. “This is the kind

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Denise is a freelance reporter extraordinaire. She is Brooklyn born and raised with a Print Journalism degree from Brooklyn College. Though not of Middle Eastern descent, she started a blog to tell the stories of Iranians and Iranian-Americans after the 2009 election fallout. Ever since, she has been dedicated to giving voice to those who are marginalized by the mainstream media. When she is not writing, Denise spends time with her husband, sings in a barbershop chorus, cooks Italian food, and watches Saturday Night Live. Because she is in tune with the beat of the Big Apple, she launched this blog to share the everyday concerns of New York's Middle Eastern diaspora communities exclusively with Aslan Media.

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