Apparently the Three Stooges are running the Romney
campaign. Battered for months over his business experience, something the
campaign had touted as a competitive advantage against the Obama economic
morass, Romney has found himself trying to fight off the ropes and regain the
upper hand as the negatively heated battle enters its final three months.
Unfortunately for the GOP nominee, there’s only one guy who
could continually fight off the ropes and win, and that’s Muhammad Ali . . .
and, Mitt, you’re no Muhammad Ali. Romney should be pounding Obama, but
stumbles, non-specific answers, no public blueprinting of policies, an almost
desperate clinging to “no tax cuts for the rich,” and an upstream fight on many
social issues ad the Republicans are gasping for air.
There’s no kick ass on either side, and with just a few
weeks to go, both campaigns are bordering on boring with an massive overdose of
inaccurate ads, misleading speeches and, in the case of Republicans, stomping
on Obama for policies they voted for in years past.
It didn’t have to be this way for Romney. Clearly the plan
was to hammer Obama on the lousy economy, high unemployment rate and spiraling
deficit. If only that were true . . . Romney has stumbled, bumbled and flopped at nearly every turn. While the negatives ads have landed body
blows, Romney isn’t very good on his feet and his verbal gaffs, not the least
of which was insulting the London Olympic organizers during his first overseas
as the then-presumptive GOP nominee.
Mitt, just smile and say you are really looking forward to
watching the games in “this great city.” Sheesh, how tough is that? They’re our
allies, Mitt.
Now both convention love fests are behind us (thank
goodness), and the race begins in earnest. Well, maybe not in earnest since
this is politics, after all. The Dems seemed to come out of their convention a
bit better off, since they didn’t have an actor going way off script. The big
talk about the GOP convention has turned out to be Eastwood’s speech, even
though Ann Romney tried her best to convince us her husband is a really nice
guy. Michelle Obama played the “Obama is you” card . . . so now we’re supposed to love these
guys as much as their dedicated and loving wives do. Not quite.
We’ll see if the Republicans can term their campaign ship
around. I have my doubts. I think the Republicans are on the wrong side of
nearly every social issue one can think of, and one has to wonder how big a
deal that will be come election day. It happens to be a biggie for me.
Romney should be pummeling Obama in the polls, but with the
two neck and neck, with various battleground states leaning a bit towards Obama,
it’s a toss-up now and probably will be in November. The GOP will get its base
out, but the Dems may struggle to get the young voters they nabbed four years
ago. Hold on, and keep the remote handy, because those damn ads are only going
to get worse.
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