I wasn’t a huge romney fan. a little too moderate for me. BUT....I think he did a very good, very mature job of running for president. he was positive and knowledgable and inclusive. His VP choice was awesome. I don’t think we can blame this loss on romney.
we have to accept the fact that half of americans believe in voting themselves money...from the welfare rats to the unions. How can he fight that? not with a message of personal responsibility.
“we have to accept the fact that half of americans believe in voting themselves money...from the welfare rats to the unions. How can he fight that? not with a message of personal responsibility.”
Personal responsibility grabbed almost 50% of the vote, so I wouldn’t concede that point to the Left.
These turnout models of 08 and 12 are Obama-centric in my opinion, which is why 10 can be repeated in 14.
I seriously doubt that a non-obama democrat running in 16 (named O’Mally, Clinton or Cuomo for example) will bring in the black, hispanic and youth votes to the degree the Obamunist did.
Half the country voted for Obama because they believed he would insure their Social Security and entitlements they may need for things like Hurricanes and job losses.
The other half of the country voted for Romeny because we need jobs to support ourselves and our families. We are struggling.
Sadly the two are related. What pays for the entitlements? Taxes from people working or jobs.
To some extent people did not vote against Obama or against Romney. One worried about security and the other worried about having money to take care of their families. So sad.
Tho it doesn’t help that voter fraud happened, that the Hurricane hit many East side States (most of electorals e.g. CA is West). East side states that Romney needed votes from. It didn’t help that Obama pushed his people for early voteing whereas post Hurricase votes, absentees and election day votes, were suppressed (by the act of God), that military ballots did not show up until after the election, and we can go on.
Would it make sense that we lie, cheat, and steal for an election? Is having values more important than fighting a war with your opponent? I have no answers. I think things will have to become more bad (hitting rock bottom) before America decides it wants a change to the other party. Unfortunately for many of us. No jobs, no entitlements, and everyone loses.
If I believed in faith I would have loved to see somone like Romney appointed to economic development. Obama’s people do not understand the US economics and how to make things grow. That is the side that he is lacking. Yet we all want a great America. In the real world we work in it is believed that people get together, work together, and make it all happen. Such is life.
Taxing the “very” upper class (250K above includes many struggling small businesses) e.g. large corporations and Hollywood, music moguls etc would help. Bohener wants to look into fixing tax loop holes. That is equivalent without using the formerly dirty words “raising taxes”. But at the same time if government gets more money we need some insurance as to how the money should not be spent too. Money going to foreign countries to grow their economies even tho they did not ask for it (think Brazil), money for bailouts without promises to create jobs or to not lay people off (BofA got bailouts then laid off 40,000 people) should be on the table. The two parties need to make a deal with these in mind — my opinion.