“The upside is that 45-48% is probably the upper limit of the vote total he will get on November 6 and he will thus be turned out of office. However, probably not the landslide we are wishing for due to the factors above.”
Yours is a post of logic and reason — as distinguished from the other wishful thinkers posting in this thread.
And you’re dead-on with those numbers above. America is now “a divided nation”. On one side are those who contribute and produce; on the other side are those who do little more than “consume the benefits”, or who can’t or won’t produce enough to “cover their costs” to the nation and to the economy.
And the problem is that the “entitlee class” is slowly, but ever-growing.
This election will not serve to “bring the nation together”, but instead will exacerbate the divisions within. It will leave a most bitter aftertaste, which will be but a harbinger of more rancor to come in the future.
I remain cautiously optimistic that Romney can win, this time. But there will be no “honeymoon” for him or for his fledgling administration. It will be a struggle from the get-go, and the fixes the Republicans are able to fashion together to keep the nation going may work (at least for a while), but in return will earn the further enmity of the non-working classes.
I totally agree. The phrase "be careful what you wish for" comes to mind. When Romney wins, the media will be resentful and they will give him no quarter. There will be no honeymoon for the Romney administration and they are going to inherit one hell of a mess. We also run the risk of getting blown out in the 2014 mid-terms and losing control of Congress if we don't get on the right path quickly.
Still, it is better than the alternative (Obama winning a second term). At least we will have the opportunity to set the country on the right path again. Let's hope that Romney is a better executive than he is a campaigner.