Posted on 09/16/2012 7:28:05 AM PDT by KeyLargo
The Wall Street Journal
POTOMAC WATCH
September 13, 2012, 7:10 p.m. ET
Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants
Obama tells Americans the terrible things the Republican will do to them. The Republican remains silent about what he would do. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
In the classic 1968 film "Once Upon a Time in the West," a villainous Henry Fonda shoots one of his lackeys, in part for the sin of wearing both a belt and suspenders. How do you trust a man, muses Fonda, who "can't even trust his own pants?"
Mitt Romney is slipping in the polls because, when it comes to his own policies, he is once again wearing a belt, suspenders, and even some elasticized waistbands. The bold Romney who picked Paul Ryan as a catalyst to run on ideas has been ousted by the return of the careful Romney who wants this race to be about Barack Obama. And America is unwilling to trust a man who seems unwilling to trust his own agenda.
The re-emergence of the well-belted Romney began at the GOP convention, where he delivered a speech that had been pared away to nothing but a fleeting reference to his policies. It was on vivid display, too, in Mr. Romney's Sunday appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," in which he managed to use 30 minutes of prime time to talk mainly of flotsam, as well as (news flash!) how bad Mr. Obama had made the economy.
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Frank: "How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants."
"Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants"
"In the la-la land where adviser Stuart Stevens presides, Mr. Romney wins by never saying a single thing, ever, that might rock a single boat, ever. Just keep the focus on Mr. Obama. After all, no president has ever won with an economy like this."
“Mitt Romney is slipping in the polls because...”
Because the pollsters are over sampling democrats.
“Because the pollsters are over sampling democrats.”
The Romney campaign and the GOP better believe the media tampering with the numbers in polls now will be nothing compared to the Rats tampering with votes in November.
“Because the pollsters are over sampling democrats.”
Yes, but many believe that Romney has not been able to close the deal with the sheeple in a straight forward explanation of his policies in terms that simpletons can understand. Voters want to know what he is going to do exactly, rather than just say, Obama - bad, Romney -good.
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