Quote Originally Posted by Roy Karrde View Post
Unless Romney is going to argue that by mentioning Operations he was referring to the Day to Day Operations or to the Decision Making Operations, seeing how Operations is such a open term, and seeing how the statement was obviously crafted by campaign lawyers, either one is a open out for him.

No see what it plays into is desperation, the public doesn't care if signing a legal document counts as being part of the operation or not. By not being able to tie him to the outsourcing in 2001 and instead having to resort to calling him a felon. It makes the DNC and the Obama Campaign look desperate, that they have to dig into radical name calling. That is a level you do not want to reach in a political campaign especially when you are not running on ideas this time around.

Mind you Obama can go after Romney in ask what he is hiding, but by suggesting he is a felon, it completely and utterly destroys any credibility of the argument and causes the public to focus on that one radical statement. Furthermore it causes sympathy for Romney and makes Obama's campaign look out of control and radical.
unfortunately, romney's filing includes the term 'in any way'. it is readily apparent that his legal obligations were one particular way. arguing otherwise is not an "easy out", it is legalistic chicanery. this would be unworthy of the truthfulness required of a leader; it does not play well. thus, romney's evasiveness in federal filings is hardly a source for sympathy.

but perjury is a felony - i don't know why you are calling this a radical statement. it is absolutely worthwhile to examine through public discourse whether or not a felony has occured, as i am sure you would agree it must not be performed through the justice system against a political opponent. the same would be true if any candidate has attested to misleading documents.

as the argument for perjury can be made (as we have seen), people should know about it. it additionally has the benefit of advancing the obama campaign's overall objective of destabilizing the positive perception of romney's business experience. one has to buy into the now-present narrative that a candidate's secrets ought to remain secret in order to view this approach as a negative for obama, but this is an unjust concept.