>>>Obama’s biggest problem was almost any Republican could beat him ~ <<<
I’d like to politely disagree with you.
I think that any Republican with a scent of scandal would have his or her reputation destroyed in the style of Sarah Palin by the (fawning and syncophantic pro-Obama) media. Look at what they did to Michelle Bachmann’s husband, or Herman Cain’s former employees. It’s an old Alinsky technique of making your enemy live by his own rules - and, in this case, since the only rule that the left has is gaining power for its own sake, it’s hard to throw this one back at them.... unless, of course, you have led a spotlessly ethical and moral life and you cheerfully let your leftist opponent sputter on about your lies and greediness while looking more and more foolish and stupid the more and more you talk about it.
I didn’t support Romney during the primaries, but the way in which he is letting Obama and his supporters hang themselves with their own words and actions is actually quite masterful. This week the example is that awful, cringing video comparing a vote for Obama as the loss of virginity. Is there really a need to comment on that? Everyone I know who’s seen it, including some committed leftists, have thought it crude and tasteless. It is as if Romney is letting the left demonstrate what they do with power and showing how ugly it would be.
Of course, I still fear that Romney will simply turn out to be a Fabian socialist, or a placeholder for the inevitable. FDR was considered an airheaded playboy, too, and look what happened there. Maybe Romney will come out of the box as a Friedmanesque agent of change. We can hope.
God help us.
Very well stated. I agree that Romney has run a masterful campaign, and that not every GOP candidate could have beat -bama and his Alinsky team. I especially admire his restraint in hammering on Libya during the last debate. If he had, all the sound bytes would have been Romney vs Obama. Now, it is America vs. -bama, and -bama having to defend himself instead of fighting against Romney on the subject.
This, in addition to there really having been insufficient ‘known’ information available to hang on -bama and his crew at that time, and the uncertainty of knowing when the info would come out.