The amnesia candidate

By Greg Sargent, WashPost

Mitt Romney, during his big speech today in Lansing, Michigan:

I propose an entirely different course, a new course — unlike anything of our past. It will draw on the creativity and invention of the world’s most innovative citizenry. Government will be the partner, not the master....

The President is trying to breathe life into the failed policies of the past. We’ve got to instead invigorate the spirit of free people and free enterprises with a new vision for the future.

RNC spokesperson Alexandra Franceschi, in a recent exchange with a reporter about Romney’s approach to the economy:

REPORTER: Now, how different is that concept from what were the policies of the Bush administration? ... Is this a different program or is this that program just updated?

FRANCESCHI: I think it’s that program, just updated.

This isn’t just a gotcha. It goes right to the heart of what this whole campaign is all about.

(More here.)