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 have thought it through and come to my conclusion. You have done likewise and come to a different conlcusion. I acccept that and understand your reasoning and intent. I have the same intent to keep the Republic from harm...or, further or worse harm in this case.
Virgil is not going to win. End of story. It will be either Obama or Romney...irrespective of what you or I or a few thousand people here on FR do.
As to his Judge nominations, I have talked with people who lived there during the Romney admin. As you have indicated, the Committee had the lion’s share of the power. He was constrained. But after that, it still had to clear a overwhelmingly liberal legislature...and so of course, the end product was as liberal as it could be in that environment. Romney was hobbled and, IMHO, tried to make the best of a losing situation from his very moderate standpoint.
Do not get me wrong. I do not like his record, but I also recognize where he was and what constraints were upon him as Governor of that state and that a lot that is being attributed to him personally was not really him, but the overall liberal nature of the state, its legislature and its laws that hobbled anything good he may have wanted to do.
Now, he is free of all of that, indicates that he has changed in very specific areas, and has put together a platform on the issues for the last 5-6 years that he is running on which is, on its face, not that terribly bad.
My point is simple. That is a whole lot better than what we have from Obama and the only real two choices we have in terms of who the actual next President will be are these two.
One a very moderate Republican from Mass who says he has now seen the light and is running on a platform reflecting that, and the other a Kenyan Marxist who is intent on detroying the Republic and is alreayd well on his way in his 1st term to doing so.
For me, though it is certainly not the choice I wanted, the choice between the two is still very clear.
That’s what I intend to do and why and I believe if we put in place the conservative (spelled Tea Party) congress we simply must have in any case, that Romney will govern accordingly.
Will he be “really good?” Probably not. But I believe on the economy, on the military, in foreign affairs, and with ObamaCare and other social issues he will be a vast improvement over Obama.
God’s speed. Time will soon tell how this will play out and I pray God’s guidance on the people of this nation, all those who love America and cherish our way of life and liberty, that they may be guided to help us turn away from the precipice we are teetering over.