Race has suddenly become a flashpoint in the 2012 presidential race —
with the Obama campaign on Thursday accusing Mitt Romney of “reacting
tepidly” to a secret plan that would play up Barack Obama’s race and his
connections to controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright.
In one of the most intense and emotional confrontations since Romney
emerged as the de facto Republican nominee, the former Massachusetts
governor first backhandedly, then more forcefully rejected a GOP
consultant’s plan that would have launched a $10 million ad blitz
Democrats think reeked of racism.
“I want to make it very clear, I repudiate that effort.
I think it’s the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign. I hope that our
campaigns can respectively be about the futures and about issues and
about a vision for America,” Romney told reporters, hours after The New York Times released a leaked action plan for a new GOP super PAC.
