I don’t know what to think here. On one hand, we all love the way Newt can bring it. I love it. We need it right now.
On the other hand, there is this really squishy five percent of people in the middle who voted Bush because of “compassionate conservatism” and senior prescription drug benefits. I knew some of these people. They were Clinton voters and later Obama voters. But they voted Bush in the interim.
I think Romney wants to go after these people. They aren’t you or me and we don’t understand them, but they buy into this crap. Not saying it will work for Romney, but I think I know what he’s trying to do here.
I have to agree with you here- while I don’t like his message etc. I think it is for the people who voted for Obama-as you said, the squishy ones.
He has to address each block of voters-and this stuff is designed for the people who are still wearing the rose colored glasses- not us.