I said Obama is currently winning, not that he will win. I’ve argued consistently that Obama’s biggest weapon is his likeability - but more important, that people WANT to like him. Back when this was an anti-Romney site and the conventional wisdom was that Willard could never beat Obama, I argued otherwise. I believed Mitt had a 30-40% chance to win the White House. Much time has been lost to no positive effect since then. Today I’d give him a 25-35% chance.
Sorry, I’m a political realist. I hope Romney wins a landslide. I’d like nothing more than to watch the MSNBC drones thrashing, crying and moaning on election night about how we’re all racists. But I think it’s best to look at political races objectively, see where we are, and give unbiased analysis. Obama’s likeability is his strongest attribute, so how can we best get around that and beat him? Obviously the R/R campaign is struggling with that. This is why we get a bunch of “Obama’s really a nice guy, but...” ads from them. Much as I don’t care for Trump, I agree with his comments the other day that R/R have to get much more aggressive and less afraid of ridiculing Hussein. No more “he’s really a nice guy, but..” mush would help R/R in my view.
You have to remember what your words might do to fellow troops' morale.