This is the narrative that worries me. Mr. Romney spoke of a very specific percentage number. It's not that he believed a large number of people were committed to the President. He said, specifically, 47% of people. What make him questionable is where that number came from and what a based his choice to use that number. Did a speech writter put it in, and he didn't fact check it? Did he read a report that provided that number? Was it an estimated number based on his cumulative experience? You don't miss speak about an exact number, any logical human being knows that people don't do that. What makes it extrodinarily important, is because of the extrodinarily important office he is running for. To simply be able to blow off that statment as a trivial flub, is pretty facetious, at best.
From what I have been able to find, the only statistics that even come close to a 47%, is to include any and all people who receive money from the government, based on a very broad definition. That really does inlcude veterans, who deserve every penny that they receive, and absolutely do not overwhelmingly support the President. So this assersion that Mr. Romey was correct in his statement, but failed with execution, seem obviously inaccurate.
It is however a matter of perspective and perception. This is just mine.
