Vagueness about his housing policy preferences is a good political tactic for Romney because it allows him to criticize the president without having to either espouse more conservative positions, which will alienate some voters, or champion centrist positions, which will make criticism of the president appear hypocritical.
"There has been a growing backlash in certain sections of the police force to the criticism that came from Macpherson and it would appear that he's trying to curry favour with those sections of the force, " he added.