Just moments after Mitt Romney finished his acceptance speech, NBC’s Tom
Brokaw and Chuck Todd painted the GOP nominee as a backwards-looking
candidate who was going back to the GOP’s “extreme” and less “inclusive” past.
On NBC’s August 30, 2012 live coverage of Thursday’s Republican National Convention,
Brokaw recalled covering Romney’s father and observed that while George
Romney “fought” to make the GOP “more moderate,” “less extreme” and
“more inclusive” his son was becoming “much more conservative.”
For his part, Todd thought Romney’s speech was full of “optimistic
nostalgia” and “return to” phrases that reminded him of failed ‘96 GOP
presidential nominee Bob Dole’s acceptance speech that looked “backwards.” Todd added: “I think the Obama folks are gonna be responsive to that.”
