she is right though.
Why would this even be close?
Why did we have to end up with a squeegee guy as a candidate?
If we went with Gingrich, Perry or Santorum we’d be losing by as much if not more. Gingrich was disgraced when he retired in 1998. He had a 20% approval rating. Gingrich would satisfy the conservative base and that’s it. He’d lose independents by 25 points. Perry is a moron and Santorum lost his senate seat by a wider margin than any incumbent in modern history. Those were our choices. There were no others.
Any half decent GOP candidate should be able to beat Obama this year. Jim Gerarity at NRO wrote this morning that conservatives tend to blame the candidate or the campaign. But Gerarity’s point is the public has a clear choice. Conservatives point out how the culture the schools and media are leftist then wonder why the public favors democrats. Gerarity says we may have to face the fact the voters are increasingly liberal. That shouldn’t mean the GOP becomes liberal. It means we need leadership to move the country to the right.
You have to set aside everything you know about incumbent races. This is the first time for this "historical" candidate has run for reelection.
Obama knows how critical this is to his reelection bid in light of his record of failure. It's not coincidental you see his surrogates and the DNC playing the race card.
I've said it for year or more, this is not John F. Kerry up for reelection. Romney can only win by convincing independent voters they are not racist or hateful for voting to let Obama go because of his failed record. They need permission. This was a big part of the convention's message and I noticed many didn't pick up on that.
I'm largely satisfied with Romney's general election campaign to date. It's been smart, I think it's his best chance at victory. We'll see what comes next.
IT’S NOT CLOSE. Please guys, do not fall into the trap. Remember Wisconsin? media said it was neck and neck even when the results were coming in and it wasn’t even close. Carter was ahead at this time..Dukakis was ahead. PLEASE be positive and just keep working.
For the same reason we got one as pResident, STUPID welfare dependent voters.