I have to differ. This is great political theater.
I did not vote for Romney in the primary and I still have a lot of reservations about his conservative bona fides, but I must admit that the man (or his advisers) really know how to run a campaign.
Look at what we have had in just the past week: Hilary Rosen, former RIAA consigliare, has been effectively removed from the campaign and Ann Romney has achieved rock star status; and now the "dog on the roof" story that all the MSM was drooling to run with has been completely taken off the table with this "Obama eats dog" story.
And the story is brilliant in so many ways. It plays to dog lovers; it lends itself so well to mocking - something this presidential administration has so sorely missed; it puts in play Obama's obvious foreignness, without being heavy-handed like the birthers.
I find myself actually looking forward to this election. We may well win, and laugh all the way.
From Sen. Obama’s Floor Speech, March 20, 2006:
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.
They can have a good time with his beagles and cheese (credit to a brilliant tweet by someone.) I can laugh with them.
I want to hear everyday the two excerpts from Senator Obama’s floor speech in 2006. I hope the opposition uses it often and loudly!