How are romney’s policy and record different than Obama’s? Not his stump speech. His record and policies before it was cool to be a conservative.
Well, it’s actually quite a bit different. Look... I’m not any big fan of Romney. Cain was my favorite and he flamed out early. But I’ll be voting for the (R) that we end up with, whoever it is. It might be Newt, but it probably won’t be. Like most of us, I’ve got no say in that.
One thing to keep in mind is that it is much more important what a President will actually ~do~ in the future then what the candidate may have done in the past. Past actions and beliefs are interesting, but they’re not controlling in any sense. These are politicians, after all. We use their record to try to guess what they’ll do now, but often it ends up not tracking much at all. What matters is what we believe about what they’ll actually do. Ronald Reagan didn’t have a very conservative record either. Some of his policies weren’t very conservative either. But he got the big ones right. It’s a good reason to be hopeful that whomever we end up with as a candidate, we’re the ones that can help to steer them the right way and help them with our voices to make the right decisions.
Anyway... just a couple of thoughts.