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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Between A Rock And A Rock

Mitt Romney is in a tough spot. In order to get the base excited about turning out to vote for him, he has to be super angry, paranoid, and hateful in his criticism of Barack Obama. After all, that's what they want to hear. Buuuttttttt......

Doing that would turn off independents who he very desperately needs in order to beat the president. In fact, he has several prominent Republicans saying he needs to go positive and I think there is some truth to that. I think this election is going to be about who paints the most positive vision of the direction this country needs to take. So far, it's the president and he has the accomplishments to back it up. There is no doubt to the rational thinker that we are headed in the right direction.

So, Mitt's stuck between a rock and a rock. What should he do?

While you are mulling over you answer, check out this video below...

4 comments:

juris imprudent said...

Funny how Obama has to throw red-meat, eat-the-rich populism to fire up his base... at the risk of turning off moderate swing-voters.

La plus ça change...

last in line said...

I've heard that a lot - that if some candidate criticizes Obama, then independents will flock toward Obama. Sorry - don't buy it.

Mark Ward said...

I think it depends on the tone of the criticism. If Romney says that the president's economic policies have been unsuccessful and illustrates why, that plays better. If he says that the president is "destroying free enterprise" or appeasing our enemies, then he has problems.

juris imprudent said...

The tone eh? You mean like saying the Super-PAC(s) that supports your opponent are "contract killers"? What does that make Obama-supporting Super-PACs - the drone squad?