“clear rational”
Big assumption here, that the electorate acts rationally. If this were the case Obama should never have been elected in the first place and if voters are responding to “clear rational” arguments, Romney should be up by 10 points in the national polls. No, we have a vast section of the electorate that is either uninformed or indoctrinated or vote their special interests. How else does one explain the large gender gap, that voters under 30 are going for Obama, that gays and lesbians vote their sexual orientation, blacks vote their skin color, and Hispanics are mostly one issue voters, and then the union (read SEIU) voters. Sadly, no amount of rationality will penetrate these numbskulls.
Yes, I know in a perfect world, there would be no Democrats.