Romney is likely doing the right thing with this strategy.
Obama will ONLY lose due to economic conditions. Nothing else. If I were Romney’s campaign manager, I would hammer Obama exclusively on jobs, unemployment, inflation, gas prices, plunging house values, jobs fleeing oversees, coal plants closing.
I would hammer Obama on the economy and ONLY on the economy.
On all social issues, the battle lines are drawn and Romney is not going to catch any independents as a result of harping about social issues, but may scare some voters off by bringing up their sacred cows.
If I am Romney, I hammer Obama ONLY on the economy. If I am losing the last month before the election, I can use the last month to spring all of the other issues on Obama.
I still think hammering Obama on social issues right down to gay marriage and abortion, is just a losing strategy.
I would focus on the economy like a laser, to the exclusion of all else. I would just mercilessly hammer on jobs, unemployment, wages, foreclosures, credit availability, food and gas prices, electricity rates.
“If I were Romney’s campaign manager, I would hammer Obama exclusively on jobs, unemployment, inflation, gas prices, plunging house values, jobs fleeing oversees, coal plants closing.”
Right, he has no defence of his record on the economy, except “It was much worse than I thought it was when I took office” or “Things would have been much worse if I hadn’t fought for the stimulus
A weak lame excuse that will play into Romney’s hands. Make him look like a weak amateur to the voting public.
The American voter right now wants normalcy and a positive and realistic plan that willimprove the economy. Give them that and Romney will win.