Here is the way I see it. This country consists of two ideas that are diametrically opposed. On one side you have those who are individualists. They work hard, make plans and have dreams. The believe in self governance and a personal value system that is imbedded in the religious ideals of our founders. It doesn’t matter whether they are Christian, Jewish or non affiliated. They were raised with a consistent set of morals.
On the other side you have those who believe there is some great collective mind that belongs to all equally. If someone succeeds they use it as an excuse to plunder the wealth and labor of their neighbor. After all, everything is everyones equally (except of course the time energy and thought behind the creation. in other words the labor shouldn’t be shared equally in their eyes). These people have no morals since all desires are equal. Contradictions have no place in their world. They can say that a pedophile has a right to rape your child and that your child has a right not to be raped. The dysfunction in this way of thinking never occurs to them as a hindrance.
In other words there is not much middle ground any longer for someone like Mitt to win. He offers nothing of real substance to either side. At least Obama offers something whether or not it is ultimately good for the country is of no matter to most of the non thinking masses. He is offering them some degree of safety is an overly exaggerated horror of a world. Food stamps and welfare will at least feed them. The see Mitt as taking it all away because he could offer no clear vision of the future. He couldn’t inspire them any more than he inspired those in the conservative corner. We will continue to be divided and it will get worse until we have a genuine candidate, who is strong and inspires the country to see and want greatness once more.