” ... we need something with more power. It needs to break through the confusing dynamic of the race ...”
It is very possible. Romney has so far been running as nothing, a blank slate, so if he takes a stand on anything, and says what he would do as president, then he has the very real possibility of “turning the race upside down” as one aide predicts.
The old/current Mitt Romney would begin the debate by praising President Obama for a few minutes, then asking Obama and moderators for permission to disagree with Obama a little. If Wednesday we see a new Mitt Romney who is any different and better from that, the polls could change.
No one wants some unknown guy to have his finger on the nuclear button. It’s not just the MSM. There are even articles from Romney’s left-wing Republican supporters, neocon columnists, that they are scared of Romney because they don’t understand him. That’s bad news, but it is also potential good news because Romney could change that really quickly if he really wants to and is man enough.
If Romney’s aides actually believe running against Obama as a cipher up until the last couple of weeks of the election is a winning strategy, we are indeed in trouble.