| HappySqurriel said: The whole point of the Bain capital attack isn't to really "Harm" Romney, it is simply meant as a distraction to eat up time ... Romney's best chance to beat Obama is to whittle away independent support for Obama and hope for a string of bad economic reports, or a economic meltdown in Europe, will push him over the top. In spite of how the race is portrayed, the swing from Obama to Romney doesn't have to be that large for Romney to win. Every day Romney has to defend against an attack that has been fact-checked several times over several years and repeatedly been called false and misleading is a day that he is not winning over independent voters; and this means that the economic reports have to be worse to move enough voters for Romney to win. |
Failure for Romney to properly define himself, in a positive way, in regards to economic issue, will result in a distraction becoming how Romney gets defined. Thing is that, bad economy alone isn't going to be enough. Romney has to show something why he is better. Failure to do so means people don't see him as a viable option. And what was learned from 2004, is that you don't just go "ANYONE but the sitting president". That doesn't work. If one wants to compare Obama to Carter, the Romney has to be Reagan, and what had happened from 2001-2009 has to be forgotten. The current Washington climate consisted of tax cuts and more tax cuts, and also a belief that it was deregulation that caused the financial mess. Romney not being Reagan, failure to persuade people that we need a LOT less government (Reagan ran on this), in addition to bad economic news (NOT coming out of Europe) but linked to Democrats in Washington, is what could tip it. But it can't be Romney as John Kerry going: I am NOT current president, vote for me. Most people believe America is in the economic mess it is in because of the last administration. If Romney is seen as more of the same, and that is very possible, then it doesn't help.
