Posted on 10/17/2012 1:34:21 PM PDT by Justaham
The crisis of leadership in American government is easily explained: thanks to a flawed presidential primary system that rewards strident rhetoric and hyper-partisanship, candidates tailor their messages to fringe elements in small, unrepresentative states. The result? A nasty, shallow and expensive process that rewards sound bites rather than solutions and gamesmanship instead of ideas. This year, however, we have witnessed a rare phenomenon in American politics. A candidate has emerged from the rough and tumble of the primaries with his dignity intact. The system has produced not a demagogue but a manager, a candidate whose experience is rooted in the pragmatism of the business world rather than the ideology of partisan politics.
That candidate is Mitt Romney.
Gov. Romney won the Republican Party’s nomination precisely because he is not an ideologue—and that is no small achievement. He persuaded enough Republican primary voters that the time has come to put aside dogma and inflexibility in favor of real-world solutions to the array of problems America faces at home and abroad.
Over the last few weeks, Mr. Romney has shown that he is a moderate to his core—he is a manager, and a listener, who believes he can restore the balance between the private and public sectors that has been a hallmark of the American economy.
(Excerpt) Read more at observer.com ...
The New York Observer magazine endorsed Obama in 2008.
I’ve seen a few Obama endorsements lately....the authors are delusional.
The Observer? Really?? It must be something they ate... Or the rats’ sense of sinking ship.
Not exactly the brightest pencil in the shed.
A whole heard of pigs just flew over my building
People who have at least a modicum of integrity do not like being lied to.
Is THIS The New Yiork Obeservor that has DEAD EYES and DEAD SOUL Joe Conason as a writer???? If so...OMG!!
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