Why would you want to hinge the election on economic numbers which can shift with the wind? Obama's already trying to take credit for the private sector energy boom, and the private sector still has the power to potentially turn the economy around in spite of Obama. These social issues are at the core of what defines conservatives and they are relevant in every election. Obama wants radical change in the culture and in the economy. You can't and shouldn't separate the two. They go hand-in-hand and by focusing on both equally you truly expose Obama for what he is, a radical bent on overturning everything that makes America unique and great. Show that he wants to destroy both capitalism and marriage, and you show how anti-American he is. Those pieces put the picture together in a way that could finally define him truthfully in the minds of Americans who think he's just a "nice guy." Romney's the first one we have to convince.
That might work in 1980. This is 2012. America has become much more morally corrupt since that time. Look all around us. The demographics bear this out, the popular culture bears this out. The decent people have died off of old age. The people without moral courage in the middle have gone along with the change(s) for the worse, like accepting homosexuality openly. And more people have been born and grew up in an environment of no morals, Milleninals, Gen X, etc.. What I am saying is not to abandon them (those moral principles) and indeed speak up on them when appropriate. For example, I hear the GOP will run anti-gay marriage ads in certain key districts that are socially conservative but also perhaps blue collar Democrat. What I AM saying is figure out what the enemy, the DNC/White House/Mass Media wants us to do, and do the opposite. They want us to concentrate around social issues solely, in which case with a perverted American majority they will clean our clock, and they want us to get off the issues of unemployment, deficit, taxes, fuel costs and running the country into the ground fiscally, which they can be completely routed. Believe me, this is tactic I am talking. We get into office, then we clean out the den of inquity. But you gotta get in there first. There were three cards the Obamanists were going to use on us to keep us from knocking him out of office. The Racist Card. The Anti-Woman Card. And the Bigot or Bullying Card. We should be careful not to give them any of these cards, as contrived and full of hot air as they are. Working fist and glove with the media, they can create a narrative to knock out anti-Obama forces in battleground states. This would be my concern.