After watching the ‘secret video’, I’m more hopeful. He gets it, I think.
The thing I love about that video is that the campaign has resigned itself to something very sensible - you haven’t got much to offer people getting things for free who lack the desire to provide for themselves.
I’m not sure he meant to do the next bit, but he also implied that either you are that kind of person, one of the 47%, or you are not, and if you’re not, you probably ought to be voting for Romney.
He almost said, “Look, if you believe that your working neighbors owe you a living, and that you shouldn’t have to do anything to earn it, vote for Obama, because that’s what he stands for. If you’re the kind of person that believes you should have the opportunity to earn your own living, and not be a burden to your neighbors, then vote for me, because that’s the difference between me and Obama.”
The fun thing is, he said something very like that in response to some heckler a few months ago. It was along the line of, "If you like free stuff, then vote for Mr. Obama, because that's what he's all about."