For Romney, avoiding risk means obscuring his own positions - Page 2 - Boston.com

For Romney, avoiding risk means obscuring his own positions - Page 2 - Boston.com: Romney has plainly calculated that he can win without explaining what he’d do as president, and seems intent on becoming the “generic Republican candidate” that pollsters include in surveys (and that often outperform real Republicans). He seems to be making two assumptions: The country is in such dire shape that simply being against Obama is enough, and his background at Bain Capital is a sufficient qualification to get him elected. His campaign is a sustained exercise in avoiding risk.