Romney's "very poor" judgement

In something of a departure from the slick political smoothness we've come to expect from Mitt Romney, the candidate's slight capacity for impudence has an unfortunate tendency to exhibit itself on occasion: today was one such occasion. While not unforgivable, this latest remark — in short, that the very poor have a 'safety net' and, thus, he does not care about them — almost certainly surpasses the last big Romney 'gaffe' of this kind, a remark that "corporations are people, my friend."

Jonathan Chait seems to understand it, remarking, "His slip-up was a gaffe in the classic sense of admitting what he actually thinks." While I'm not in any way inclined to speculate on what politicians may be thinking (you may be well advised to assume they don't),  I suspect Chait may be all too right.