Posted on 10/05/2012 5:12:46 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
.... Because Chicago understands that the immediate critique of Barack Obama's debate performance understates the damage the president did to his campaign. Yes, he was detached. Yes, he was unprepared. Yet those problems can be rectified in future performances. The bigger concern for the campaign is that the president allowed his opponent to dismantle the core planks of its carefully constructed strategy.
The Obama campaign .... Its first objective was to paint Mr. Romney as a disconnected millionaire, with a failed record and discredited ideas, who would bury an already distressed middle class. The second objective was to present Mr. Obama as the reasonable alternative, offering modest but pleasant promises.
The strategy allowed the president to focus anxiety-ridden voters on the Romney bad that might come, and away from the Obama bad of the past four years. With the help of compliant media and a disengaged Mr. Romney, the approach was lulling America.
.... By pummeling the president on the facts and the policy, Mr. Romney looked in control. By walking through the concepts of growth, of free-market health care, of tax reform, he inspired with ideas. By explaining how his specific policies will help average Americans, and by doing it with a sunny demeanor, he became that likeable candidate.
.... Cue the frantic "What now?" question in Chicago. ....
Yet the painful reality is that the strategy Mr. Romney torpedoed on stage was the best Team Obama had. The president can't run on his legislation; it isn't liked. He can't run on the economy; it's terrible. Pivot to something sunny and big? Too late. And so the early indications from the Obama campaign are that it instead intends to go past Romney caricatures and straight to character assassination.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
We saw Chicago get burned BIGITIME on Wedenesday night. It has been revealed for what it is, a political machine in the starts of its decline or sunset.
I’m glad to see the gloves coming off on “our” side, too. There have been some strong, incisive editorials the past few days.
The Obama administration is quite mistaken if they think we’ll “rally ‘round the flag”.
Doubtfull that will happen. Just nothing but talk. Let’s face it, Obama WANTS a Muslim calaphate.
The idiots who worship him will.
In short, with Obama now exposed for the incompetent amateur he really is when having to answer questions without aid from a TelePrompter or a lot of "handlers," we could see Obama's campaign unravel with surprising speed.
I pray to God you’re right.
He is a dangerous maniac, especially now since the disastrous debate and I put *nothing* past him and his cultists.
true they will, however they only amount to 47% of the population.
This memory problem is the reason he latched on to each hint Lehrer threw to him, simply repeating Lehrer's words, then getting off track while elaborating on them.
It doesn't matter if he comes out swinging the next time, he will still have trouble responding to a question and completing a sentence.
Well Romney to his credit, God Bless him, EXPOSED Obama for who he REALLY IS, A FRAUD.
What have they been doing the past few months, if not character assassination and it's still essentially a tied race.
Chicago has never been challenged by a ruthless, yet principled Republican who will not be intimidated, and will not back down. The bullies have met their match and more.
In truth, much, much less, say about no higher than 30% to 40% and no more. Would not surprise me if the numbers since Wednesday has gone down to 30 % at best.
We are seeing the sunset of the Chicago political machine as well as the blue states. The red states are begining to assert their power.
How principled is Romney? I have no idea. I know he's not a socialist like Obama. I know he's a devoted family man and an excellent businessman. At this point, I'll settle for Mr. Romney's qualifications although I've seen him flip flop on abortion and gay marriage. I don't know how principled he is, but he's smart and tough and it looks like that may be enough to defeat 0.
the next one will be about obamas really strong suit..foreign policy.
ark ark, maybe Romney ought to bow to him
I am still holding firm to my off the wall prediction that romney is “eliminated” by subversive elements and Obama uses the issues from the secret service earlier this year as cover for eliminating him. Obama would kill two birds with one stone in this regard....no competition (all his other races were where the competition was eliminated......mccain was not competition) and he can get rid of the secret service and form his own protection force. This guy is a monster. Never trust a socialist.
too much choom and other party drugs sh#t during the brain’s formative teenage years will do that to a guy
adderall can only do so much to fix stupid and drugs
Obama can run on his like for Big Bird
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