At first I was disappointed that the GOP convention and its speakers lacked fire and did not directly attack Obama, but I think the generally civil tone of the GOP convention will be a stark contrast to the likely vitriol filled Democrat convention. I expect that every speaker at the Democrat convention will lambast Romney and Ryan and seek to scare voters, but will never address what Obama has done other than to blame Bush for making it so bad that Obama needs another four years to “fix” things.
RED MEAT fires up your base, it pumps the blood and gets them going, but elections aren’t won by your base, they are won by your casual voters.
This election, to win, is about letting those people who voted for Obama last time, and now recognize it was a mistake, that they have a serious alternative and why. You can’t club them in the face pointing out their mistake constantly with a club, its hard enough for humans to admit an error, let alone admit the error and act to correct it.
That was the message of the debate, you voted for him, its okay, you made a mistake its now time to fix it. This is a much better sell then “WHAT THEY HELL WERE YOU THINKING 4 YEARS AGO YOU IDIOT!! DON’T DO IT AGAIN!!!”
There is little doubt it will be far more civil, Obama is still arguing class warfare in his stump speeches, he hasn’t solidified his base, so you know the DNC convention will be ugly and nasty and that will turn off the casual voter.
I hope these perverted socialist speakers shout, spit and slobber all over themselves to get their message of hate out!