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RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:50 PM Aug 2012

Rmoney just doesn't have 'The Stuff'

From: New York Daily News

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First he’s telling Israelis they’re culturally better off than Palestinians, and roundly schooled, including by the author of the book he cited. Then he’s telling us Obama wants to let people stay on the dole open-endedly – with this revealed all this past week as a callow lie. And meanwhile, if you think about it, the days when anyone could even begin to take seriously that Romney’s business experience rendered him more fit to run our economy than Obama are long over. His work at Bain is now imprinted in the public consciousness as more a matter of dissolving businesses and making money than keeping things going. What’s left?

Combine this with his own base’s lack of enthusiasm – which is leading to their call for choosing Paul Ryan as VP. This would only make Romney’s prospects worse – a “severely conservative” man like Ryan is hardly someone to help sway people on the fence, the swing voters who will decide this thing, such as those Ryan’s budget plan would blithely throw under the bus as far as we can see at this point.

Candidates who sway those fence-sitters, who often aren’t terribly committed to policy detail, generally have a certain Element X, a whole greater than the sum of the parts, that Romney just doesn’t have, and can’t even fake, because of his hopelessly unfolksy speaking style (Reagan sounded almost Dylanesque in comparison). It’s easy to imagine a cartoonist drawing him with hollow eyes like Little Orphan Annie. One senses someone who just wants to be President “because,” without anything even resembling a vision thing.

This Friday I suspect we have come to a point where what’s going to happen in November is rather clear.
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Rmoney just doesn't have 'The Stuff' (Original Post) RedStateLiberal Aug 2012 OP

Willard usually looks like he's BEEN stuffed Siwsan Aug 2012 #1

What's clear is that the GOP has no option but to re create the election of 2000. MichiganVote Aug 2012 #2

Haven't made that much progress so far Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #3

I don't think Rmoney ever had the edge. His handlers will have 2 sew his mouth shut w/the debates. MichiganVote Aug 2012 #4

The debates should be fun Marsala Aug 2012 #6

I don't know about you but as for me and the debates: Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #7

I have a strong sense that he and his wife would like to just duck out of this if they could. demgrrrll Aug 2012 #5

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

1. Willard usually looks like he's BEEN stuffed

Reply to RedStateLiberal (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:54 PM

Aug 2012

There is just something wayyyyy to artificial about him. Creepily artificial.

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)

2. What's clear is that the GOP has no option but to re create the election of 2000.

Reply to RedStateLiberal (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:33 PM

Aug 2012

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,414 posts)

3. Haven't made that much progress so far

Reply to MichiganVote (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 05:43 PM

Aug 2012

Not to mention the fact that that was an open election. Romney has some SERIOUS ground to make up and we're 90 days out at this point. He needs things to go perfectly when it comes to his VP selection, the RNC, and, most importantly, the debates to regain the edge. Anything can happen I suppose but right now the force is with President Obama IMHO.