Time is going to tell. I believe you are wrong about Romney, though I am sure, like Bush, there will be a number of things he does that I do not agree with. Heck, there were things Regan did I did not agree with and he was our best President since Abraham Lincoln IMHO, maybe since Washington.
I believe though thet Romney, if elected, will be a far, far better outcome for this nation than Obama...and unfortunately, that is what we are left with.
If Rommney is elected, I expect eocnomically we wioll make a relative rapid recovery barring some world-wide crisis. I expect our military will be rebuilt and the R&D will fire back yup to keep us ahead.
I expect Obama-Care will be overturned and rendered moot...though it will take several years to root out all of it that is already going into place.
I expect we will have a storng foreign policy. And, I expect we will get far better SCOTUS JUstices than what Obama would choose.
But, as I said, time will tell. The very chance that any of that, let alone most of it, could happen is reason enough to vote against Obama with Romney.
Exactly on what evidence are you basing this wishful thinking?
Let's think this through, Jeff.
On the economy - we have already seen that Romney pretty much admits support for the fundamental premise of progressive taxation, which is wealth redistribution. He's already rumbled about the rich paying their fair share, just like a Democrat would. That right there suggests that he's not going to do much to help the economy. Face it, if our economy is to really and truly recover, drastic changes need to be made - tax fairness needs to be instituted, capital gains need to be majorly cut or even eliminated, and we need to start instituting at least some protective measures to bring back jobs. Romney the progressive taxation supporter and hard-core free trader will not push to see these done. So there's no real reason to assume that the economy is going to magically get better with him in office.
ObamaCare overturned? Are you kidding me? Overturned by the guy who is its spiritual godfather? Not going to happen on Romney's watch. While ObamaCare and RomneyCare are not entirely contiguous, the fact remains that much of MassCare led to ObamaCare. It was the model. Romney has repeatedly refused to back down on his belief that MassCare was essentially a good idea. The best Romney may do is tinker around the edges a bit, but it's simply wishful thinking to believe that Romney's going to go along with repealing ObamaCare. He has no credibility on the issue for a reason.
Court justices - nope. I understand the argument that Romney had to choose from the pool chosen by the Governour's Council in Massachusetts. But it doesn't take into account that even with this handicap, Romney STILL consistently choose the worst out of a bad lot. Further, his choices were those who were the most consistently radical supporters of legislating the gay agenda from the bench. There's no reason to think Romney's going to make good judicial choices at any level, sorry.
Foreign policy is more of a grey area since Romney has no actual record on that regard. However, given the fact that the rest of his proclivities are similar to Obama's, I don't see much reason to think his foreign policy will significantly differ, either. He may be less overt about some things, but I don't see how the substance can differ much. Remember - things are all interconnected. A person's foreign policy decisions stem from a worldview that also encompasses their views on everything else. If Romney's similar to Obama in other areas, there's a good chance he is on foreign policy choices as well.
I agree with this, of course.
I ask those on this thread who have so vociferously attacked Romney here, what is your goal? You say that you believe that America will be equally bad off under either Obama or Romney, but you only attack Romney. What are you trying to accomplish?