Exactly, Mitt needed to come out fighting, and so far, he’s McCain II.
I don't think so.
I'm reading too many posts claiming Romney's got to get tough, mean, down-and-dirty, etc.
We've tried to show what a disaster Obama has been, but people obviously aren't listening. It's just like the response to the war in Afghanistan--16 of our best and brightest killed and it gets a paragraph or two's notice--and even that's ignored. I could go on--Solyndra, inflation, fuel prices, Fast and Furious, the justice department-- all ignored.
Harping on these things will not get Romney elected. Ryan and Romney are campaigning hard and telling people what's wrong, but they're spinning their wheels.
They have to inspire--evoke in people's imagination the future he wants them to have. That's why McCain lost and why W was so reviled, neither could inspire. Reagan, on the other hand, did inspire and even Democrats look back in admiration.
Maybe they think this ain't their style, or want to keep the discourse at some pragmatic level, more head than heart. But if that's the case, he'd better change his style, elections are more heart than head.
I've got this sinking feeling that if they don't change course, inertia will keep Obama in power.
There may be one ray of hope. Maybe we shouldn't count on the Republicans but on the Democrats--especially the Clinton faction.