Where Has This Mitt Romney Been?

Take a look at this video.



Where has this Mitt Romney been? See, I think that this is who Mitt Romney really is...he's not the guy who was playing the "makers/takers" ass at the Florida fundraiser and he's not the guy who thinks that the president is an anti-colonial, Kenyan socialist. He's a fucking sensible moderate and he always has been.

The problem for Romney isn't himself. It's the Republican party. In order get his base to turn out, he has to play the part of the mouth foamer. But he obviously doesn't believe that crap so he comes across as disingenuous. And he can't be in the middle...where he is most comfortable...because then he'll be labeled as a heretic. Worse, the middle is behind the president.

This all plays in to why Romney hasn't gotten specific on his plans. He knows that we are going to have to raise taxes and get serious about income inequality in order to solve our economic concerns. But if he says that, again, he's going to lose his main chunk of support.

As I have said many times, the Republican party is fucked. They haven't gotten over 300 electoral votes since 1988. The country is changing demographically and yet they continue to take a hard line on such issues as immigration and health issues (specifically women's health). They can't win with a moderate (no base support) and they can't win with a hard line rightie (no middle support).