Posted on 10/30/2012 1:50:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
What's the explanation for Mitt Romney's unparalleled breakout? A few weeks ago, the Romney campaign was regarded as dead in the water. The polls (with the exception of Rasmussen) had the campaign uniformly down, giving Obama up to half a dozen points. Voter interest was phlegmatic at best. A combined Chicago-media offensive appeared to have put Romney on the ropes. The consensus was that Obama would cruise to another victory, one paralleling and perhaps even exceeding his triumph over John McCain four years ago.
Today, little more than an electoral-cycle heartbeat later, the situation is utterly reversed. The big mo belongs to Romney. The polls, excepting a few weird left-wing holdouts of the Reuters variety, show Romney with comfortable leads ranging from 2% to 5%. The swing states are trending in his direction. The expectations of the GOP are those of the 3rd Army roaring into the Reich. As for Obama, he has displayed every sign of a man on the run -- desperation moves, incipient hysteria, vast and expensive efforts to magnify minor Romney gaffes, appeals to Big Bird and Gloria Allred. His expression in the debates was that of a man facing his karma, more haggard and haunted with each appearance. At least one person in the campaign knows full well that the game is up.
This remarkable turnaround is unmatched in recent American political history, and as such, it requires an explanation. Not many have been floated as of yet. The most popular so far holds that Anne and Tagg Romney, acting as Mitt's consiglieres, pushed aside most the campaign's professional political operatives in a successful effort to encourage "Mitt to be Mitt."
Everyone involved denies that anything of the sort occurred, and that may well be the truth...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A failure.
Clinton was partially correct: if it wasn't for "white guilt" and AA, the kenyan would be working the lobby of the Ritz for tips or shining shoes in Grand Central station, which is all he is qualified to do.
We’re gonna win.
Terrific prose, FP. Bravo!!!
People talk like it was a fait accompli that government is a nanny, and are sweating the tiny things that this nanny does or does not do. Good grief people, get a grip on yourselves.
The lower the energy costs, the faster the recovery.
bttt
“This is the first time in the kenyan’s life that he has had to actually WORK AT SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF and it shows that he is a below average, affirmative action poster child.
A failure.
Clinton was partially correct: if it wasn’t for “white guilt” and AA, the kenyan would be working the lobby of the Ritz for tips or shining shoes in Grand Central station, which is all he is qualified to do.”
We have a lot of those in Corporate America as well. They don’t get fired because you have to meet a certain “Diversity” level to get gubmint contracts. It just goes to show that you don’t have to be smart or hard working in Amerika anymore to get a great job (including POTUS), you just have to be the right color/political affiliation/gender etc.
You and I are of like minds, sir. I’ve been doing what I can to help Tom Smith take Casey’s seat in PA.
That he is, but many people couldn't plainly see it, until they had someone else to compare him to, side by side. That finally happened in the first debate, and Romney took the lead from that point, forward.
That's an emotional statement that a lot of people will agree with -- even insist on -- for emotional reasons. Realistically, though, there are plenty of jobs between shining shoes and running the government, some of which even Obama will be qualified for.
I’m still waiting for the last minute “October surprise”..
The real unfortunate surprise is Obama should be losing by more.
He very well could be and we just don’t know it yet
“He has not forgotten what others have not yet learned.”
Pretty important observation.
As J.D. Dunn pointed out in the article, Romney honed his gamesmanship in the arena of the free market, where one slip could mean real disaster.
Not only that, he took on an executive level of responsibility, which means that, not only was he responsible for the potential missteps of others, he took responsibility for the direction and fundamental decision making of the entire enterprise.
Where in Obama's history has he ever done any such thing? The man can't even take responsibility for himself, much less, the entire organization which he (ostensibly) runs.
I think you said what a lot of people feel!!
Our real problem is the people that vote for Obama, or people like Obama, RATS, and that problem won’t go away with the election.
1. Socialist; 2. People not paying attention; 3 Stupid people.
You can’t fix stupid; those not paying attention will when they get hungary, but socialist are a special problem that requires a lot more work to fix. When we go broke they’ll get hungry also and that may be the only answer.
He was committed to replacing this fraud in the WH. He'll turn out to be much, much more conservative than anyone can imagine, now freed from BlueMass. Control of the house and senate would work nicely.
Best thing we should all be doing - helping those down ballot that will fight to rid this nation of liberal leadership!
Ain't he, though? I've just started to notice that guy because of all his negative Nancy posts, but he's been tip-toeing through the tulips for a good while now.
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