[sickoflibs]

RE :”But this year, Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, will run an ideological campaign calling for smaller government and fewer taxes against an equally ideological President Obama, who wants more government and higher taxes. In this divided red state/blue state era, the supporters of each candidate demand no less and will have a clear choice...
In the last four years, Obama has made it clear exactly what he meant. Almost half of Americans pay no income taxes, and more people than ever are on food stamps. Government is larger than ever, and more rules regulate business. The president pushed through a takeover of health care that may prove to be the greatest federal entitlement since Social Security. He has borrowed $5 trillion in less than four years in an effort to fund more social services — a gargantuan debt that he believes will require more taxes on the top brackets to pay back. “

I am watching closely but am not the least bit optimistic about Romney winning the debate described above. I have not seen any improvement in his performance when he gave that talk yesterday.

Ryan got nuked last year when he promoted his ‘deficit reduction plan’ (same debate) and Ryan is a much better talker than Romney is.

Romney seems like the exact wrong person to sell this.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Worry about 74 Senators first..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2868409/posts

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I am watching closely but am not the least bit optimistic about Romney winning the debate described above. I have not seen any improvement in his performance when he gave that talk yesterday. Ryan got nuked last year when he promoted his ‘deficit reduction plan’ (same debate) and Ryan is a much better talker than Romney is.

Obama has a new poll-tested mantra, and so far it seems to be working: GOP/Ryan/Romney "Will Ultimately End Medicare As We Know It." Romney responds "It's Obama who will 'End Medicare As We Know It,'" which is true, but somehow Obama has the advantage. Expect to hear this repeated 1000 times.