I am sure of two things. One Mitt Romney won the debate the
other night. Mostly on style points, but
won it he did. And two, he has moved left, from some of his far right positions,
now placing him squarely in the center and this is making a lot of Tea Party
faithful angry. Rumor has it that giving to his campaign has slowed to a
trickle. (Maybe it’s why he turned his back on trickle down…)
Why the problems for Mitt, with this apparent win?
Because nobody on the right can compromise. They think it is
a dirty word. Mitt knows he is going to have to. He’s run a state before. And
he knows a lot of good ideas have come from the Democrats and their President. I
mean, he had Mittocare in Mass. It is exactly the same as Obamacare. Without
the Boston accent.
So here is how the race is going to shape up. Can Romney
move far enough into the center to get voters in seven key swing states to vote
for him over the President? If he can he will get sworn in in January as the
next President of the United States. If he can’t do that, he will be another
victim of the right’s all –or-none polices when choosing their candidates.
Something that the Democrats fought in the 70’s.
Here’s the question that he will have to answer. Do his yet
unseen economic policies create jobs? Millions of them?
On the other side of the table, Obama, who was playing a far
too cool “not to lose’ mentality is going to have to come out swinging and
forget trying to look so Presidential. It is time to show leadership, courage
and an attack dog mentality. America likes that. And do it, without being too
negative…a fine, fine line to walk.
Here is his cue card: the economy has improved under me, and
it is getting better. It’s been slow hard fight, but we inherited such a deep
hole anyone would have taken this time to turn the ship around. Get America to
believe that, to remember 2007-2008 and he has a fighting chance. If he doesn’t,
then Mitt can call the moving vans.
Romney has an edge. But it comes with a big price tag.
He can point to four years of little to no growth – all be
it in an economy that was ripped apart by the policies of a Republican
administration who got us into two wars financed on credit cards, lowered taxes
and a runaway medical pharmacy fiasco for Bush’s’ drug-making buddies and a
totally deregulated financial industry – a product of Right-Wing lobbying for
seven years. But Mitt has to be careful
that to distance himself from Trickle Down, which the party was backing
strongly – and the Ryan faction still is – he must keep a foot in the tax reform camp. If
he doesn’t, he will lose the right. And Obama will keep his clothes at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave. another four years. That too will be a fine, fine line to
straddle. And the tax reform has to be middle-class based in reality, not in
lip service. Protect the yachts and private jets – and he’s history. This is
about workers – not their bosses. Lose sight of that and the big O stays in
D.C.
Both guys are going to have to address the deficit. And do
it pragmatically. But before we tackle the debt, we are going to have to put
the country back to work and fuel the American Industrial engine. Without that
energy, the debt is going to hang around regardless which party is in power and
lives at 1600 Penn Ave.
It is going to be a very interesting last month of the
campaign. One thing is for sure,
Medicare and Social Security found two friends last night and the Tea Party got
shut out. I’m betting that even Obamacare will survive a Romney White House in
some fashion. Maybe not totally intact, but it isn’t going away either.
Game on folks. We’ve
got a real choice this time. As my friends in East Texas say, ‘a racist,
Islamic terrorist lover versus a Mormon flip flopper who will promise anything
to anyone to get elected’. God loves
America…just look at who He’s sent us to lead us.
Where the hell is Moses?
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