Posted on 10/02/2012 6:07:44 PM PDT by PAR
Mr. Romney should do in the debate what he hasn't done in his speeches, media appearances or TV adsin other words, in his entire campaign. He must make a forceful case that America's survival as a prosperous and respected nation is at stake. In that context, the election becomes an urgent choice between a national turnaround and further decline. The Romney advertising has been especially sorry at drawing that distinction. The generally bland commercials feel like they could have run at any time in the past 40 years.
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Second, early on my wife kept sayings he wanted Romney cause he was ruthless but sneaky and that when he dished dirt it was never traced directly to him. That was what a lot of us wanted---the "un-McCain.
So what comes out today? The new Obama tape. I think both this and the previous tape were released into the proper hands by Romney and that his people waited until later for max impact---and I believe much more is coming.
When hair-helmet hired Ryan that was it —he blew his wad.
The man is dole, ford, mccain: boring, elitist and mealy-mouthed.
Maybe a loser, too.
He doesn’t have to be ruthless or sneaky, just harder hitting on the facts that slam Obama where he is the most vulnerable. A bigger problem for Mitt is that he has failed to define in strong enough terms that a president Romney will make things actually better, not just better than Obama.
Mitt was ruthless in the primaries. I think he is waiting to go in for the kill to prevent the media from being able to spin the message. They won’t have time.
I agree that he needs to shorten the message to three points, return to the big picture “save Medicare”. And in two lines show how good tax and deficit policy affect real, average WORKING people, and finally how the vision of America is to get the 47% into the 100% of productive citizens.
“Mitt was ruthless in the primaries. I think he is waiting to go in for the kill to prevent the media from being able to spin the message. They wont have time.”
That plan might have worked in the past. However, in an election with a polarized electorate, few undecideds and early voting opportunities, waiting for the last minute to define your opponent, while all the while he and his allies in the media are defining you, is a dangerous game.
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