Mitt Romney refuses to take position on deporting DREAM Act kids

This is typical Mitt Romney: say something that sounds kind of reasonable ... until you realize he completely failed to address the issue at hand.

Okay, so Mitt Romney says he's unhappy because this is a short-term solution and he wants a long-term one. Great. Well, what long-term solution does he want? He refuses to say. Romney says he backs Marco Rubio ... but Marco Rubio doesn't have any legislation for Romney to endorse. And when reporters asked Romney whether he'd reverse Obama's decision, he refused to answer.

The Obama campaign should be all over this. Romney is taking the fifth. He won't describe his preferred long-term solution and he won't say what he'd do in the short-term. He's trying to bamboozle both sides into thinking that he's with them.

As I said, it's typical Mitt Romney: it sounds okay until you realize he's speaking out of both sides of his mouth and avoiding the fundamental issue at hand.

1:50 PM PT: Here's the transcript:

I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and to be solved on a long-term basis so they know what their future will be in this country. I think the action the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution because an executive is of course a short-term matter. It can be reversed by subsequent presidents. I'd like to see legislation that deals with this issue, and I happen to agree with Marco Rubio as he looks at this issue. He said that this is an important matter and that we have to find a long-term solution, but that the president's action makes reaching that long-term solution more difficult. If I'm president, we'll do our very best to have that kind of long-term solution that provides certainty and clarity for people who come into this country through no fault of their own through the actions of their parents. Thank you.