"The secret video obtained of Mitt Romney speaking off-message at a fundraiser for some of his wealthiest donors has put his campaign in quite the tight spot, forcing the candidate to make a hastily-arranged late-night press conference appearance last night. Romney has suggested that people must see the whole video and this afternoon Mother Jones complied; the full video is posted below.
At his press conference last night, Romney halfheartedly defended the surreptitiously-obtained remarks that leaked yesterday, remarks which, as we reported, disparaged almost half of the population, the 47% of hard-core Obama supporters, characterized by Romney as freeloaders whom he could never reach.
Other questionably humorous remarks Romney made that made news? He said he wished his father was Mexican so he could get the Latino vote, and that he was using his wife sparingly as a surrogate lest people get sick of her on the campaign trail. The full video also has Romney explaining why he'd never go on the television show "The View":"
