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The GOP-Establishment never considered the base when selecting Romney (more like dismissed them), as they believe he needs to appeal to those who want government just like it is.
There now is a bit of unauthentic -— “severely” conservative parsing passing from Romney’s lips but it is so obviously pap for the uninformed.
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I think Republican party considers 2012 a wash. The problems of 2012 will be so huge that whoever is in power at the time will be blamed for many things. The Republicans are trying to avoid the blame when it comes.
I think to a great extent, they are looking at 2016. They think the population will be screaming for solutions at that point and the Republicans will give them those solutions then. To try and solve them in 2012 won’t work, because the population in general don’t think the problems are all that serious and if the Republicans do what Greece is doing, they could find themselves blamed for cutting back entitlements and raising taxes and find themselves out of power permanently, while a resurgent Democratic party gets all the credit (and you know the media will everything to blame the Reps and laud the Dems) for solving the problems and did nothing to solve those problems.
I’m seeing the Federal Liberal party playbook being played all over again.
Well, we now have the worst and most destructive POTUS in American history, and THIS is the best we can do?
I cry for America, as it sinks like the Titanic.