Romney Advisers Playing Blame Game For Eastwood Appearance

By with comments August 31, 2012 21:53

No one wants to take responsibility, but the invitation came from Romney, himself.

It…startled and unsettled Mr. Romney’s top advisers and prompted a blame game among them. “Not me,” an exasperated-looking senior adviser said when asked who was responsible for Mr. Eastwood’s speech. In interviews, aides called the speech “strange” and “weird.” One described it as “theater of the absurd.”