Posted on 08/10/2012 2:39:59 PM PDT by mojito
....The polls suggesting hes seven or nine points behind are surely wrong, but given that there is only one national poll that shows him ahead, we have to presume Romney is behind. He should presume hes behind. And given that theres no good reason whatever for Obama to be leading, one can only presume that Romneys strategy in July and now in August is not working.
Which is why the we only talk about the economy line, while superficially clever, was and is so foolishstupid, even. Of course Romney wants to focus on that one issue. Its the one that hurts Obama the most, and the one on which he seems to score the best. He and his team have an idea about the campaign. They need to win independents to win. Independents are less ideological. So dont press the ideological buttons. Keep it simple....
Romney and his people prefer this strategy because its what is most comfortable to them. He is not, at root, an ideological person. Neither, at root, are they. And the data suggest this is not a time for a sharply ideological campaign. The data suggest Romney needs to run as Mr. Fix-It. That is how Romney prefers to view himself. So the two match perfectly.
Alas for him, thats not how it works. If conservative ideology is a problem with some independents, it also has the virtue of providing those who use it to discuss the nations problems with a pulse. Romney has just learned over the past few weeks that he cannot limit the discussion to the topics he wishes to talk about, especially when his rival is spending $100 million trying to destroy him in the swing states and when the media are largely serving his [0bama's] purposes....
(Excerpt) Read more at commentarymagazine.com ...
Romney is running a “Donny and Marie” campaign,
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“I’m a little bit Pubbie and I’m a little bit Democrat”
Speaking for myself, you’ve got me boxed in. I simply cannot vote for Mitt with a clear conscience.
I just came back from a visit to Missouri recently and among family and friends who normally vote republican, I see a common theme, they aren't going to vote for the top of the ticket this time, seeing no difference in the two candidates, they are both terrible.
Missouri is a state carried by McCain in '08 by a very slim margin of about 4,000 votes, out of around 3,000,000 cast. If this is indicative of the other close states, Romney will get his worthless a$$ kicked royally.
The voters did not PICK Mr. RomneyCARE.
He cheated. In Iowa and other states.
The MSM and his Lying RomneyBOTs helped him change
rules even during the voting. Disgusting.
EVen then, Mr. RomneyCARE NEVER got more than 30%.
His policies are as despised as the Tyrant obama’s.
When have you ever tried to really support and help anyone win an election?
Nobody is perfect.
Thank God you are not St. Peter, as NOBODY would make it into Heaven.
Thank God voters are smarter than you, or Liberals would always win.
There are those who will not vote for Romney for the same reasons you probably will not. But they are going way beyond just voting third party. They are working hard to suppress the vote of opposition to Obama, claiming they want to deny Romney a mandate, or claiming that helping Obama be re-elected will teach the GOPe a lesson. And these are loud, obnoxious, insulting posters, claiming it is they who are maligned for pointing out the flaws in Romney. They use tested Alinskeyesque tactics like they've practiced them or have been trained in them. And a few are filled with hate for Romney because he's LDS, and occasionally they slip and reveal that they don't like Mormons, they're not just opposed to the ISM to which he belongs.
People will only go through the effort to educate themselves if they see that it will make a difference in their lives. If it will entertain them, flatter them, make them happy, or make them wealthier. Something.
Our politics have descended into a shrill game of “gotcha” where the substantive differences between the candidates are usually minimal. I don’t blame people for not educating themselves about it. Instead I wonder why I continue to bother educating myself on what are almost always poor choices when there is so little payback in doing so.
I can tell you that in VA, there is just no excitement. Nothing. People are treating the campaign as if it were syphillis: something not discussed in polite company. Even friends who are usually politically interested just won’t even bring it up.
Very surreal. And it bodes very badly for willard. There is a saying that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The only publicity that willard is getting is what he and his cronies pay for and the obligatory news stories that aren’t read. Its all being ignored.
-PJ
Mitt is an evil man. People have the right to do all they can to stop him. America is about to make another terrible mistake. The Convention hasn’t happened yet - votes can be changed.
It appears that way, doesn't it?
On a personal note, I am emminately frustrated with the Ron Paul non-social issue or agreeement with many DNC liberal social positions, and the Ron Paul groups morphing into "Freedom Movements" and co-opting the Tea Party highground in places like Fayetteville, NC. However, they too think Mitt will lose if forced to engage on social issues as it turns them off as well as many others.
While many at FR think running of social issues is a proven winner, is it worth risking the election by side-tracking the one overriding issue of getting rid of Obama and his socialism.
Now that’s funny. In a “truth hurts” kind of way, but still funny.
Off your meds?
To quote an old Navy Chief, “Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first”.
Better to attack the real Evil that is Obama rather than the Candidate picked by Republican Primary Voters. If Mitt is truly Evil, so are the people that put him in the position as the Republican Nominee. Just my .02. Do what you will in the Voting Booth and we will all see the results in less than 90 days. Take care.
I want the jug-eared Marxist to lose, and the only way to do that is to vote for the other opposing candidate that has any chance of winning.
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