In simple terms I’m thinking that Romney believes he can run a SOMETHING (his budget/entitlements reform plan) against an Obama NOTHING (no plan, just demagoguery) and win.
Big bet.
The safe bet is that he has called the Obama strategy correctly. There will never be an Obama plan to restructure entitlements and balance the budget. So we will get nothing but head fakes from the Obama campaign for the next 3 months.
It’s a bet on the intelligence of at least 51% of the American public.
I hope he’s right. Like I said, a big bet.
I’d like to think it’s a good bet. I’d like to think that even the entitlement drones sucking up the unemployment, food stamps and disability have some inkling of the horrible shape the economy is in, and that something has to be done to fix it before the entire mess spins out of control.
Ryan is an inspired choice in a lot of different ways. The Tea Party will rally behind him, the establishment Republicans can live with him, the Independents will like his clear answers and his common sense talking points. Then there is the budget...
The Democrats are going to have a hard time punching buttons about his budget when they haven’t proposed one in over three years! All he has to do is look the cameras straight on and say, “OK, the Democrats do not like my budget... Where’s theirs?”
We’re gearing up for the final sprint of the campaign system and with Ryan now on the ticket, the lineup is complete. It’s time to rumble.
No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American People.