Needless mistakes by Romney

So far Romney has run a disappointing campaign, not unlike McCain in '07.  He seems to provide the opposition with multiple unnecessary opportunities to attack him, and his message, by virtue of bad timing and sometimes awkwardly made points.  His criticism of the Obama administration for the conflagration in the Middle East, while correct, was too hastily rendered making him look like an opportunistic, garden variety politician instead of a thoughtful leader.  Today, at a fund raising event, he managed to describe the campaign in terms that the opposition was able to make the case that he really doesn't care about 47% of the Americans who are going to vote for Obama because they pay no taxes and are therefore dependent on the government.  This message, while perhaps true in the context of campaign strategy making sessions and as an explanation to the contributors to whom it was directed,is bound to be red meat for the opposition who can make the case that Romney doesn't care about 47% of the population.  It is a fact of political life that Republicans are up against a highly partisan, corrupt, press that is always looking for some controversial thought or idea with which to pillory them.  This is exactly what they have done with the Romney comment  "leaked" to them by someone who attended the fundraiser and video taped the remarks.  These seem liken unforced errors, and yet the candidate and his campaign keep repeating and making them over and over.  In just one week Romney's now given the opposition to big opportunities to force him off message while he defends himself.