After reading the article and the posts in this thread I fail to see any contradiction except those manufactured by hostile partisans by means of intentionally misinterpreting the statements in order to create a non-existent controversy.
You might not, but it's not exactly hard to see holes in the story. It's not like Romney hasn't had this end-goal in mind, so it shows a sloppiness.
I heard a GOP strategist talking earlier in the week, and he made a very good point. Romney's problem isn't the 10/10 knockout blow... it's the numerous 2-3/10 hits that start to add up, Bermuda/tax returns/the wife's dressage pony... etc etc.. it's not even a case of whether it's real or not - it's the perception. The perception isn't about Romney being successful in business and that haven't made him rich... that's not in question, the issue is the out of touch and looking like he's hiding something.
The Romney response to this Democratic line is NOT WORKING, saying that Romney won't apologise for success... is basically an answer to a question no one has asked. I know Romney wants to avoid detail, but unless they address those fundamental character questions about him, they're going to have a hard time, and the issue of Bain needs to be handled head-on.
