I think it is a good point. I think the “You didn’t build that” was not a bad theme but it was one prong of what was needed. There was little or no talk about Obama’s “war on religion and conscience”, Sarah Palin wasn’t there which immediately deflated the convention unnecessarily. Those same people who are always going on about a “big tent” didn’t have room for Palin and I think that speaks to the Romney problem. It was a perfectly forgettable convention outside of ‘the empty chair skit’. I enjoyed a lot of it but it was not overly inspiring not in the way George W Bush and his team knew how to throw a convention and inspire. The Romney team was so worried about appearances that the convention came off like a the perfect cocktail party that everyone says was so nice but did little to touch a heart. Ann Romney came the closest but in the end it was a convention that left me wondering “is there not more?”.
Christie did absolutely nothing for Romney at that convention. Christie promoted Christie and now we know that really that is what Christie is about. He gets to be the cool fat boy and he’s selling his soul out to keep that position. I really thought he could be something special but instead of helping build the Republican party he has helped build his own little fan club. I guarantee he wont be out there going full in for whoever the Senate candidate is for the October Special election and that should be his end as a Republican.
“I enjoyed a lot of it but it was not overly inspiring not in the way George W Bush and his team knew how to throw a convention and inspire. The Romney team was so worried about appearances that the convention came off like a the perfect cocktail party that everyone says was so nice but did little to touch a heart. Ann Romney came the closest but in the end it was a convention that left me wondering “is there not more?”.”
I felt exactly the same way. I couldn’t put my finger on it at the time, but it just felt like there was something missing there. It was all economics and economics is great, but some of the other issues were ignored.