Posted on 06/18/2012 6:01:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Obama is perhaps the most divisive President in modern U.S. history. The country is in severe economic crisis -- history books will someday call this the Obama Great Depression. Yet our President doesn’t see fit to deal with the economy in general. He doesn’t make big announcements to save Americans in general. He doesn’t have a plan to create jobs for all Americans. Because for Obama it isn't about America...or the economy...or jobs. It's all about cold, hard, heartless politics.
Obama sees politics as divided by race. Everything he does is about division. Obama divides rich vs. poor (with his Buffett bill and proposed massive tax hikes on the rich), black vs. white (with his Trayvon comments), gay vs. straight (with his gay marriage announcement), women vs. men (with his demand that women receive free contraception from private insurers). And Obama’s newest “minority of the month announcement” was Friday’s policy aimed at illegal immigrants, particularly young Latinos.
Undocumented young immigrants will no longer face deportation under Obama. This cynical ploy comes only days before both Obama and Romney will be addressing one of the most important and high profile Latino organizations in the country -- the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Orlando.
To Obama this isn’t about saving the U.S. economy or restoring America’s place as the greatest nation in the world. It’s about pure cynical politics. It’s about doing anything, saying anything, offering any bribe in order to be re-elected. He desperately needs the next four years to finish what he started -- the destruction of capitalism, the demonization of the wealthy, the capitulation of the private sector.
But two can play at this game. In the interest of full disclosure, I am the Chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee. This isn't an endorsement. I am making a recommendation as a political pundit, analyst, and strategist only. With that revelation out of the way, here is my unsolicited advice to Mr. Romney for how you put the election away…this week. If Presidential politics is a chess game, then it’s time to checkmate Obama. And the perfect place to do that is in Orlando at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference.
Obama believes he has “checked” Romney with Latino voters with his latest announcement. He will walk on the stage in Orlando to a thunderous hero’s welcome. He will discuss how Latino youth brought illegally to this country, through no fault of their own, will no longer have to lie awake at night fearing deportation to a strange country they no longer recognize. And he we will receive a standing ovation.
Mitt Romney must walk onto that same stage and upstage Obama. This is the place and time for the announcement of the year. Mitt Romney coolly steps up to the microphone and says, “It’s time for a Latino to join a Presidential ticket. It’s time for the fastest growing group in America to have a seat at the table of power. To have a voice in the White House. Today…right here…right now…I’m going to change the game…forever. Today you get your seat at the table. Today we change American politics…forever. Ladies and gentleman, allow me to introduce my Vice Presidential running mate United States Senator Marco Rubio." Marco walks out to embrace Mitt Romney while the crowd stands, screams, and cheers! Tears stream down cheeks.
CHECKMATE.
Obama’s announcement is instantly forgotten. It is an afterthought. The news media changes the headlines for tomorrow’s papers. It’s no longer about Obama’s love affair with the Latino community. It’s no longer about adulation for Obama’s new immigration policy. The headlines tonight on the evening news…tomorrow in the newspapers…for weeks on the Internet…are about Romney picking the first Latino Vice Presidential running mate in history.
Obama is out of the news. Obama has been upstaged in front of one of his most important groups of supporters. No matter what Obama says that day…or any other day to Latinos…Marco Rubio is the elephant in the room of U.S. politics.
Obama is fast losing his grip on the Presidency and he knows it. Obama’s lead is slipping with Latinos, blacks, Jews, women -- as the Obama economy worsens and the jobs picture darkens, every group in this country is losing faith in Obama. His announcement about immigration last week was out of desperation just to hold onto Latino votes. Obama is running scared. He is no longer fighting for new voters. He's desperately trying to hold onto his most loyal voters. When you can't even count on your home turf as an advantage, the game is slipping away.
Here are a few bonus points that come with Rubio's selection as V.P. Romney is white bread with mayonnaise. He needs youth, razzle dazzle, energy, charisma, and enthusiasm. He needs color. Rubio adds all of that to the ticket. He changes the dynamic of the entire Presidential race. He shakes things up. He throws Obama a curve that he may never recover from. Although my prediction is that days later Obama would counter by dumping Biden and adding Hillary Clinton to the ticket. It’s his only move, after he is put in a corner and forced to answer Romney’s devastating chess move.
Romney has never been a favorite of the crucial Tea Party. The Tea Party just saved Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. The Tea Party just defeated Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. The Tea Party is the energy of the GOP. Take the Tea Party out of the equation and Romney becomes Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush, and John McCain wrapped into one. Rubio changes all that. Rubio is a Tea Party favorite. He energizes the Tea Party. Rubio brings Tea Party voters to the polls in droves.
Finally Rubio locks down Florida. No scenario on earth allows the GOP to win the election without Florida. Rubio is the piece of the puzzle that hands Florida’s electoral votes to Romney. Having Rubio on the ticket also adds a minimum 5% to 10% more Latino votes nationwide -- a boon in crucial states with big Latino populations like Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Obama made his chess move on Friday. Here is Romney’s chance to counter and end the game. CHECKMATE.
I would celebrate with you should a Gingrich/Palin ticket emerge from Tampa. But you know that is not going to happens so pushing for that as all or nothing will result in a few more hundred thousand suppressed votes/turnout. I’m beginning to see a pattern here, romantische Krieger.
Sheeeeyit. Romney can win The Presidency simply by maintaining a core body temperature of 98.6 degrees.
With the occasional temporary spike of 2 or 3 degrees.
November 6 does not come soon enough
This is just speculation by the pundits and doesn’t mean he will
It’s a bad idea to announce the VP pick this early—do it at or just before the convention to keep interest alive. If it turns out to be Rubio, there is nothing lost by waiting—and what if Rubio makes a major gaffe between now and the convention? I’m still hoping that someone better than Rubio will be the pick. Rubio is too young...plus do we want a Mormon/ex-Mormon ticket? Someone with executive experience.
Romney also needs to do the math and come up with the new unemployment numbers that 800,000 Mexicans will bring....8.7 to 9.0
And yet there was Mr. RomneyCARE sacrificing Gov. Palin
as "his pawn".
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
his pawn
All good points. I’m wondering if this article were calculated to draw Romney into a hasty decision that will be used against him...
I don't think he'll look toward Rubio. My prediction is Romney will go with a bland but capable VP choice, e.g., Sen. John Thune, SD.
I say this with all the love and respect in the world. I don’t know which is more foolish, the article or the comments.
Romney would look like an idiot naming Rubio as VP early right after Obama granted amnesty, in what would be seen as an obvious move of weakness and desperation.
Everyone who touts Rubio (and I tout Rubio myself)forgets that if he is nominated, the democrats are going to go wild in an orgy of racist denunciation, try the Michael Steele election times ten. Rubio will be ridiculed as not a “real Hispanic” and the campaign will become all about Rubio.
As for the comments that Romney isn’t going to get the nomination? I’ll be merciful.
What Romney should have done is attack the decision with passion. He could have attacked how it was done and likened it to the way Obamacare was snuck through against teh nation’s wishes. He could contrast it with the way he will have a national discussion and ask Congress to hold hearings, etc.
Instead, Romney punted. He left all of us who care deeply about illegal immigration on the beach. I believe Romney is a clever cool customer, maybe he is right not to get sidetracked into an immigration debabte. But it’s not right for America. Except I can’t deny ridding us of Obama is very important.
You're dreaming. Wake up! Time to face reality.
A few months ago, I might have entertained this fantasy but Mitt Romney now has this nomination nailed shut. Virtually everybody in the GOP establishment has lined up behind Romney and the big money is flowing into the coffers.
Too late to turn back now. We had our chance to nominate somebody better and we (collectively) blew it. But in fairness, most of the air went out of our balloon last October when Palin announced she would not be a candidate this year.
It's nice to dream about Sarah Palin bursting out of a giant cake at the convention this summer but it's just not going to happen. In fact, don't be surprised if it is Palin giving the keynote or nominating speech on Romney's behalf.
If you play racial politics, you are playing on their turf. Best stick to economics and national defense - two subjects they know nothing whatsoever about.
No... it won't.
Obama is perhaps the most divisive President in modern U.S. history.
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I would remove the word, “perhaps,” from that statement.
Wrong reason to pick a VP. Thinking Rubio will bring over the latino vote is like thinking Clarence Thomas bringing over the black vote. We need to work tirelessly to DESTROY identity politics, not go along with the way dems have framed the arguement.
Gee, who would that be?
What about Paul Ryan?
Very interesting article.
I really like Rubio but I thought sentiment had moved away from him because of the feeling that he is pro dream act.
He would add a lot of jazz to the ticket, but I’m not quite sure I agree with the writer’s assessment that Romney is white bread with... did he say mayonaisse? At least he didn’t say Miracle Whip (although I love Miracle Whip)
Romney doesn’t whip up a crowd with fiery rhetoric but neither does he pull any punches. I think he’s a pretty strong candidate on his own.
I've always been fond of reading about the "Wild West"...
/snicker
There is one task Romney must perform that is critical for a win. In fact, if it is all he does, it guarantees a win. I can sum it up in two words: Show up.
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