I can vouch that marlowe has been saying for months that Romney will probably win. I, on the other hand, even though I agree with Marlow on many things, did not buy into that.
I believed Romneycare, acceptance of gays, limited pro-choice, and limited gun control would render Romney unable to defend against Obama’s simply being able to say, “You support this, too.”
But, in the debate, when Obama cited RomneyCAre, Romney told how his government health care was better than Obama’s health care. First, Romney said that kids still get to stay on their parent’s policies until they’re 26 years old, and that pre-existing conditions won’t keep them from getting government-directed insurance. He then pointed out that his plan doesn’t have death panels and a few other items that ObamaCare does.
NOTE: Romney didn’t say “Government imposed health care is a violation of individual responsibility and freedom.”
I’m beginning to slide Marlowe’s direction. I do think Romney improved his chances of victory the other day, but I also think that Darth Barry has 2 more debates and a month of free air time from the media to brainwash the people.
Since the voting public gets its news from Letterman, Comedey Central, and sitcoms like sex in the city, I’m sure their writers at the start of their new seasons have already coordinated their efforts with the Obama team.
I do not think it will be an easy task for Romney.
All 3rd party candidates, in my humble opinion, have been dismal at working to get out the message that they are attempting to build a new conservative coalition for the future. Part of that is the fault of being blocked by laws designed to help the 2 major parties and hinder 3rd parties, but another part of that is simply lack of ability.
At this point, I’m despondent about any candidate I know of.
When it comes down to brass tacks Romney looked great and Obama looked like a tired tyrant awaiting the inevitable.
There is a lot of glee on what a spectacular job Romney did, but when you examine what he actually said, there wasn’t a lot there that would give comfort to small government conservatives.
The image he portrayed was Reaganesque, but the positions he espoused were Romneyesque. Obama’s performance was so bad that the janitor who cleaned up the auditorium after the debate would have mopped the floor with him.
I know that the two of you, both self declared, the last of the real conservatives, the FReepers that denigrate the rest of us, as rinos, hate the thought of Romney as President.
I'm not wild about mittens, BUT I look at obama, and there is such a gap between those two men and the way America will go, there is no comparison.
I am praying for, working for and donating to the Romney campaign and hope that the President in 2013 will be Mitt Romney. We cannot stand four more months, let alone four more years of obama.