Bay Buchanan, an adviser to Mitt Romney, said on CNN Tuesday morning that Romney’s assertion that he doesn’t have to “worry” about 47 percent of Americans was a political analysis. Romney said at a fundraiser in Florida that 47 percent of Americans will vote for Obama because they are dependent on government, remarks that were caught on video and released by Mother Jones Monday. “[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives,” Romney said.
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