The Romney and Obama campaigns are again trading blows over Medicare this morning. The Obama campaign is up with a new ad that hits back at the Romney campaign attacks, defending Obamacare for protecting Medicare against fraud and waste and strengthening benefits, while pointing out that the Ryan plan would weaken the program and drive seniors’s costs up. Meanwhile, the Romney campaign is out with a new memo claiming that their message — that Obama “raided” Medicare to pay for Obamacare — has given them momentum.
It’s important, though, to get at the true nature of the Romney strategy here. It isn’t about drawing an actual policy contrast with the Obama campaign. It’s about obfuscating the actual policy differences between the two candidates over the program.
Absofuckinglutely.
