[HiTech RedNeck]

Mitt has promised to sign repeal to Obamacare and that is one of the very few areas he has not been seen to waffle upon. That he would fail to do this, is not a fear to me.

The bigger question is whether Mitt is wise enough not to try to turn Uncle Sam itself into a big Bain. Answers that work screamingly well in the private domain bomb out when governments do them, because there is no economic necessity that would force them to stop. How will Chrysler and GM ever get off the government books? Nobody wants to release that tiger’s tail.

[entropy12]

Me too...Mitt is certainly no Cain or Newt or even Perry who would certainly have cut the spending aggressively. I am hoping his business mind will overrule his compassionate heart.

[JediJones]

The other general concern about how he'll run things is that the Mormon faith is run like a big centrally planned commune that tracks everybody and asks everybody to do charitable work for other Mormons. That's fine for a private group but when you apply that to government, you end up with stuff like Obamneycare...big centrally planned boondoggles that mandate people to contribute to the herd under penalty of imprisonment.

So if Romney runs the government like the LDS church, he'll be running a left-wing government. Which we can expect from him unless Tea Partiers flex their muscle. But they did that on Bush's tax hikes in 1992ish, Bush just hiked taxes further until he could get enough Democrats to sign on with the moderate Repubs.

I'm uncomfortable with Romney's message of "fire Obama and hire me because I'll do it better." I want to hear the message of, I'll return power back to the people so you can do it better than Obama yourself. And even Ryan at the convention joined in on the, "If you're not doing well, it's the government's fault." Which is true under Obama to an extent, but I'm not hearing the followup which should be "we'll get the government out of your way." I'm just hearing "our government will do better than Obama's government." The Romney message is not inconsistent with someone who thinks he can be a better central planner than the other guy.

[jonrick46]

"How will Chrysler and GM ever get off the government books? Nobody wants to release that tiger’s tail."

Easy. Government regulations will be lifted off the backs of business. Obamacare will be repealed and corporate taxes will be lowered. Romney lists about five different actions to help the economy and businesses. With the economy on track, the auto industry will also recover and Chrysler and GM will not need the government.