Romney's sticking to the adult stuff - Picks his spots on Debate

(Ben Smith-Politico).There's nothing like having run for president before to give a candidate a sense of the rhythms of a campaign.

So it's been very interesting to watch Mitt Romney pick and choose the spots on which he tries to inject himself from the debate. He's been notably absent from the recent small-bore scandals over Van Jones and ACORN, for instance, where rivals like Tim Pawlenty angled for a piece of the action.

But he's all over the missile issue today, calling the move "alarming and dangerous."

The metapoint, a colleague points out: Romney's sticking to the adult stuff, leaving the downmarket attacks to rivals.

Via Mittromneycentral:

Romney is not here to become the guy who attacks Obama relentlessly driving down his poll numbers. We have people for those purposes, and they’re doing a fantastic job. No, Gov. Romney’s role is to be president in 41 months. In order to be that person, he needs to think beyond the next angle of attack for now. There will be time for close-quarters fighting with Obama in 2012, oh Lord will there be time. But today, waiting for his turn to come up. Romney’s fulfilling his role perfectly....