We all have our reasons to dislike Mitt, but I really find myself disliking him a lot less these days.
He’s a weaselly flip-flopping sunsabyotch sometimes, but also thoughtful, disciplined and smart. He’s not playing the game the way the media expected him to. He’s spent a long time doing serious skullwork on probable lines of attack and crafting careful defenses and counters to them. And it’s working well.
One thing that has occurred to me just now, is that they are going to have a very hard time playing the “stupid” card against Mitt — as they have against every Republican nominee and President since Reagan.
Again, I don’t like him yet. I may never like him. But I have to give grudging admiration to his political fighting instincts.
This could turn out to be a very interesting campaign.
“One thing that has occurred to me just now, is that they are going to have a very hard time playing the “stupid” card against Mitt...”
Yes, I had almost exactly the same thought myself just the other day.
They might try it, but it’s not going to work. Romney’s not a genius and he doesn’t seem to be really an intellectual, but it’s going to be a hard sell that someone who was that successful in business is s.t.u.p.i.d.
And no, he doesn’t come from poverty, but my impression is that he’s far wealthier than his father was. And if granddad was living in some Mormon commune in early 20th century Mexico my guess is he wasn’t rich at all.
Of course Obama can’t attack Romney from the right. I suppose they could try that too, but I can’t really see them going for it besides calling Romney a flip-flopper, but that would really be a case of pot/kettle/black.
I guess we can’t blame them, they’ve got no accomplishments to boast of, so they’ve got to try all these things. But either they are so stupid on their face (like the hair cut story) or so badly executed (like the company that closed 2 years AFTER Romney left Bain) that they just aren’t getting any traction with them.
And yes, I give Romney credit for punching back hard. Romney’s a mild mannered guy, but again, you don’t get that far in business without being very, very competitive and aggressive.