David Corn: Sunday's Washington Post featured an article adapted from reporter Dan Balz's new 2012 campaign book, Collision 2012, and the excerpt focused on Romney's take on why he entered the race and why he lost. Toward the end of the article, which was based on a series of interviews Balz conducted with Romney, the twice-failed Republican presidential candidate was forced to confront his 47-percent remarks, and he just couldn't do so forthrightly. He clearly slammed 47 percent of Americans for not taking care of themselves -- and added that there wasn't much he could do about that. Balz tried to point this out: "But when you said there are 47 percent who won't take personal responsibility --," Romney interrupted: "Actually, I didn't say that. ... That's how it began to be perceived, and so I had to ultimately respond to the perception, because perception is reality."
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