First of all, let me just say that I’m voting for Romney (Ryan actually) because ABO.
It’s time for a viable third party. The Tea Partiers will be watching closely. If they are backstabbed by a Romney administration, I believe they will cease to work within the Repblican party and they will put up their own candidate. Four years gives them enough time to get organized.
My opinion is that if Romney governs as a conservative, he will maintain support and maybe even pick up more. Re-election should be no problem in 2016.
If he turns left, his support will immediately evaporate. He will not pick up any from the left and he will lose support from the right. No amount of maneuvering and tinkering with the rules will help. In fact, it will hurt him. People are tired of loopholes and maneuvering and tinkering and anything that smacks of “lawyering.”
America is watching. The era of shady deals done in smoky rooms by the so-called elite is not yet gone, but it’s going. Media mind control - same story. We have the internet (thanks, Al) and more importantly, we are paying attention. More people are thinking for themselves, too, not just jumping on the bandwagon that the college professor or high school social studies teacher tells them to get on.
FR is a wonderful resource! For every one who posts here, there are even more who lurk. And for every one of them, there are the dozens of friends and family members with whom they share what they learn here.
Excellent, astute and correct. I’ve never in my life seen so much interest in the Founding Fathers, our Constitution or economics. People are tired of being lied to and manipulated. The one thing to remember is that the elites aren’t going to go quietly. They will work hard to keep their perks and privileges and if they cannot beat us, they’ll join us. That’s the thing to watch for.