Posted on September 12, 2012

Open Mic Catches Press Coordinating Questions For Romney On Egypt, Libya

An open mic caught reporters coordinating what questions they plan to ask Governor Romney, specifically if he regretted his comment about yesterday's protests in Egypt, while they waited for Mitt Romney to appear at a press conference this morning. (h/t The Right Scoop) Transcript below:





UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: …pointing out that the Republicans are… *unintelligible* …Obama…



CBS REPORTER: That’s the question.



UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: *unintelligible*



CBS REPORTER: Yeah that’s the question. I would just say do you regret your question.



UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Your question? Your statement?



CBS REPORTER: I mean your statement. Not even the tone, because then he can go off on…



UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: And then if he does, we can just follow up and say, "but this morning your answer is continuing to sound…" – *becomes unintelligible*



CBS REPORTER: You can’t say that.



**Later**



CBS REPORTER: I’m just trying to make sure that we’re just talking about, no matter who he calls on we’re covered on the one question.



UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Do you stand by your statement or regret your statement?



