” Romney has actually ran a business and generated both jobs, and a profit.”
I would argue that working on a venture capital board is not the same thing as running a company. While I don’t question his MBA perspective on business I doubt Romney has and real “feet in the factory” understanding of anything. He got the money and others made the decisions on the ground. Even his touted Olympics rescue was and exercise in lobbying the government for other peoples money to fund the exercise.
Romney record at the hand of government is no demonstration of Reagan principals in fact Romney denied Reagan thrice and ran his state like a progressive.
Replacing reality with our desires creates an illusion that will ultimately bring great disappointment and is dangerous.
Romney is no Reagan.. quite the opposite in fact
On the jobs front you may be right there is some pent up expansion but I believe less than you think. Lots of things have to happen to enable growth in jobs. Tax policy, regulations, capital availability and demand for product to name a few. People don’t conduct business to hire they hire to conduct business and job growth is usually a lagging trend. Romney has no to track record in government that would indicate he would do what needs doing.
So who is running that has such a business track record? I’d really like to know.
As Govenor of Mass, he ran as a "Progressive", but here is the part where one must be realistic in his analysis. If you are Govenor of a DEM leaning state (it's more than slightly leaning in the DEM direction, right?); you have to govern as a representative of the people. Obviously, that is what Mitt did;
In the cons we have this
Romney supported raising various fees by more than $300 million, including those for driver's licenses, marriage licenses, and gun licenses.[127][143] He increased a special gasoline retailer fee by two cents per gallon, generating about $60 million per year in additional revenue.[127][143] (Opponents said the reliance on fees sometimes imposed a hardship on those who could least afford them.)[143] Romney also closed tax loopholes that brought in another $181 million from businesses over the next two years and over $300 million for his term.[127][149] Romney did so in the face of conservative and corporate critics that considered them tax increases
and in the Pro's we have this:
The state legislature, with Romney's support, also cut spending by $1.6 billion, including $700 million in reductions in state aid to cities and towns.[150] The cuts also included a $140 million reduction in state funding for higher education, which led state-run colleges and universities to increase tuition by 63 percent over four years.[127][143] Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget, but all were overridden by the heavily Democratic legislature.[151] The cuts in state spending put added pressure on localities to reduce services or raise property taxes, and the share of town and city revenues coming from property taxes rose from 49 to 53 percent.[127][143] The combined state and local tax burden in Massachusetts increased during Romney's governorship but remained below the national average.[127]
Like all of us, we each have our strengths and weaknesses - but unlike the current resident in the White House; no one can deny that Mitt has no experience in running either a govermental body, or a business.