[radpolis]

I think Romney won’t be able to keep many of his promises.

I think his first priority will be to get the budget deficits under control and he is going to have to expend a lot of political capital to get the entitlement and defense cuts.

However, he can do a lot to help the economy by just rolling back a lot of the Obama regulations and doing everything possible to promote energy independence, which will create thousands of high paying jobs.

I think if Romney went all-in just on concentrating on energy development, that will have a massive multiplier effect.

I don’t think he will be able to roll back Obamacare, but he could probably make a deal with the Democrat Senate to reform the more unpopular parts and keep the rest.

As far as I am concerned, I am just happy that Obama won’t be able to appoint anymore federal judges.

If he can get the tax cuts, I will be more happy, but I am not counting on it.

[ansel12]

No one knows what Romney’s politics are, America will just have to wait and learn them as they are revealed.

[DemforBush]

Great post! I’m pretty much in agreement with your take. I’m not expecting miracles from Romney, but I think he’ll roll back the worst of the Obama policies, and restore confidence to the private sector in the process. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start.

[okie01]

I don’t think he will be able to roll back Obamacare, but he could probably make a deal with the Democrat Senate to reform the more unpopular parts and keep the rest.

Why not, I wonder? The House will definitely vote to repeal. If there is a GOP-majority Senate, every candidate that I'm aware of has pledged to vote for repeal and McConnell has said he'll get it done (and that he only needs 51 votes to do it).

With a GOP Congress, why wouldn't Romney be able to rollback Obamacare?

[trebb]

I think Romney won’t be able to keep many of his promises. I think his first priority will be to get the budget deficits under control and he is going to have to expend a lot of political capital to get the entitlement and defense cuts. However, he can do a lot to help the economy by just rolling back a lot of the Obama regulations and doing everything possible to promote energy independence, which will create thousands of high paying jobs. I think if Romney went all-in just on concentrating on energy development, that will have a massive multiplier effect. I don’t think he will be able to roll back Obamacare, but he could probably make a deal with the Democrat Senate to reform the more unpopular parts and keep the rest. As far as I am concerned, I am just happy that Obama won’t be able to appoint anymore federal judges. If he can get the tax cuts, I will be more happy, but I am not counting on it.

He may be able to get some stuff pushed through, but we'll have to unseat Dingy Harry as the top flea-bag in the Senate. On the flip side, just stopping all the grenades that Zero keeps throwing will be an improvement all in itself.