Romney has his bad points. On the plus side, he has one thing that I haven’t seen from any of the other candidates: optimism.
Do not underestimate that factor. It was a large part of Reagan’s success.
On the plus side, he has one thing that I haven’t seen from any of the other candidates: optimism.”
Correct.
And the wailing here saying that “we’re all doooomed!” shows that in a sense, true, we AREN’T the party of Reagan. That’s not b/c a conservative like Thompson got beat. It’s b/c we are a party of cry babies who latch our fortunes to one man who never smiles. good grief. We aren’t doomed. If Reagan were here, he would tell us the same thing. And then he would turn around and campaign for McCain in the general, if Romney loses.
So, do we want to be the party of Reagan? Or not?
Optimism doesn’t mean a thing. People are crying out for real significant change, they don’t need a Dr. Feelgooder telling them it’s going to be alright. Romney represents the status-quo and our nation will continue its drift into socialism. He is also weak on national security, border security, abortion....again, this is a man who tried to out-liberal Ted Kennedy, and who rejected the Reagan years in that race.
Part of Obama's "magic" is that same forward-looking optimism. He offers "hope".
The idea that a tired Old RINO like McCain , with his Dole-like wooden delivery of speeches, is Mr Electable, while the Reaganesque Romney is not ... is MSM conventional wisdom pap.
I think Romney is the only candidate we have who could take out Obama.
Hillary? I think McCain and Romney both could beat her.