Serial liar and empty vessel Willard "Binders Full of Women" Romney knows that honestly stating his proposed policies would drive voters away. He's comfortable with lying about his positions (and those of his reactionary running mate), as long as they move him closer to being elected, and it's working. He's being rewarded by a bump in the polls.
This is the price democracy pays for its low information "swing" voters (and a cynical, compromised political press corps that rarely calls the Rethugs on their lies for fear of being labeled "biased").
BONUS: A good related piece on the problem the entire Rethug party and right wing have with reality.
(cartoon: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times-Free Press)
