I agree with you.
It’s also worth pointing that Romney wouldn’t even be that good for the economy—he’s already championed OWS platitudes about “no tax cuts for the rich cuz they make too $$$ anyway” and his proposed spending reductions are a drop in the bucket.
I’m just trying to figure what the hell people are seeing in this guy that makes them think he’d be such a wonderful president. It’s quite baffling.
“I’m just trying to figure what the hell people are seeing in this guy”
OK, and idea for a comment somewhere: “Some think Romney is an enigma, a puzzle. But he’s not. This is the key. Superficially he looks good. At first glance. But dig down a bit, and *everybody* dislikes him.”
A comment I actually just made at dailycaller:
But why attack Perry? I thought the unanimous consensus was that he was a blundering stupid hick who’s done. I think Mitt has heard my argument.
Only Perry can defeat O.
Because only he can inspire the base, such that Christians, and conservatives from every corner, will open their pocketbooks and donate huge $$. Perry will raise $2 billion. Don’t heed current polls. They are worthless. Perry has been trashed, but is rising again. The main thing: polls do not account for the dynamic of Perry spending $2 billion on advertising aimed square at Obama!! Money is going to be the key.
I’m just trying to figure what the hell people are seeing in this guy that makes them think he’d be such a wonderful president. It’s quite baffling.
He’s a Republican. That’s enough for some people.
I think it's a power struggle, with the "RINO" faction mobilizing to cling to control of the Republican party. The Democrats IMO don't have as much of a struggle among their various constituencies because it's mostly a matter of buying off the group that's loudest at the time, and they muddle along -- i.e., primarily economic in the sense of everyone wanting his share now, and the devil take the hindmost.
It really is a philosophical rift in the GOP though, and I don't know how much longer the conservatives and the RINOs can continue to inhabit -- or pretend to inhabit -- the same party.
I'm not recommending it, mind you -- I just think a major party realignment is long overdue, probably the rise of a socially as well as economically conservative third party. I do think such a third party would draw off a lot of Dems and Independents who are instinctively conservative, but shy away from the Republican "brand" for historical reasons (or the atavistic fear that their grandmother or great-grandfather from different era would smack them from beyond the grave if they registered Republican -- LOL, but serious!).