[Mr. Jeeves]

It will be the same reason Obama won in the first place - calls for the expansion of the "compassionate" welfare state in the face of the "draconian" cuts the other side is offering. And an opinion that. despite his flaws, Obama is more in touch with the "common man" than Romney, the distant plutocrat who puts "corporations before people."

It's amazing that after 70 years of this insipid crap, Republicans (Reagan excepted) still haven't crystallized a response that cuts through the MSM's worship of the Welfare State in a way the public can understand.

[Scarpetta]

I don’t know if the compassionate welfare state argument will hold water this time. The obama phone lady epitomizes the welfare set. And she ain’t all that sympathetic.