Above is a small clip of POTUS singing for his cash in NYC, and it is a measure of how effective Mr. Obama can be on the trail. The GDP is the major challenge for Obama; however, in the meantime, the Chicago re-elect will gather acorns. The GOP squabble in SC and FL, and then the February and March primaries, will shape Mitt Romney as he prepares to confront Obama next August. Spoke Dan Henninger, WSJ, re the work that Bain Capital did in the 20th century, the new face of private equity refashioning the bigness of American business into a full value for the new century. Henninger argues that Mitt Romney has a grand story to tell about the struggles of his father, George Romney, struggles from Mexico, to a wipe-out in the Depression, to the head of American Motors and Michigan governor. Mitt Romney made the same climb to become super-wealthy, and if he can get past his reluctance, the Bain success is as admirable a trajectory as the climb of POTUS Obama. Romney is the only man who can tell the story of what he did and why. Capitalism is under assault by political professionals in the GOP and in the Democratic party. POTUS Obama will make the case that his administration will protect the American people from the ravages of Wall Street; and Obama can sing the blues better than anyone. Romney has the defense case, methodical, fact-filled, necessary.
There is the crux of the Romney dilemma. Can he articulate and defend capitalism,, can he even defend himself? The school yard bullies (O' regime), see Romney as the big strong kid, that lacks a fighters heart, and can be pushed around, dominated, and used as a tool to elevate their own status.
Gingrich (and his tonage of baggage), is seen by the O' regime as beatable,, but no one gets out of the fight without a bloody nose and fat lip. And for our side of it, we know he can at least talk the talk... without fear, without reservation, and with purpose (if not passion). We feel fortified and know at least we'll go down swinging to bludgeon.
As of late, Romney seems to have moments of showing a fighters heart. Then, he falls back on the corny one-liners that make us (me, anyway), feel like he thinks we're too dumb to speak to as an adult, so he has to teach with bad 70's sit-com humor.
What the h3ll happened to Bolton and McCotter??! We could sure use those fellas right about now.
For Romney's sake I hope this nomination process gets nastier and nastier. It's making Mitt a better fighter.
Character comes from the ancient Greek word for the tool needed to create a sculptor. Charisma simply means the ability to get others to do what you want them to do. There is a huge difference between chisel, and chiseler. Here's my point. We currently have a POTUS who is a chiseler with lots of charisma. Not worthy of the office. I have the feeling that if I could discover anything about his past I would like him even less, if that were possible. In a different time and reality I would have loved to take him on, one on one,in a basketball game and kick his sorry ass!
OK. I apologize to JB for the vulgarity on this site. Video above tripped my toggle switch.
A comment about Mitt and a question about Newt.
I know there are positions Mitt takes with which I disagree. I deeply feel, however, that four more years of Obama will do very serious damage to our country. I look at Mitt like casino bosses used to look at Mormons. They wanted to hire them because they knew they could trust them to be good stewards of their gambling houses and run them well. They knew they did not smoke, drink, gamble, and held to a socially conservative lifestyle; therefore, they could be trusted to run the casinos. Chicago pols, on the other hand, cannot be trusted. They can't eat the cookies they steal from the cookie jar because they always have both hands in the jars, trying to make off with as many cookies as possible while trying to keep anybody else from getting anywhere near the cookie jar.
My question about Newt is how did he manage to become a "good" Catholic recently if he already had been divorced twice. Did he somehow get the Catholic Church to annul his two previous marriages? I distrust people with obviously huge egos like his. In this respect he is much like Clinton. They also both strike me as men with huge appetites in several areas, and as basically undisciplined. I marvel at the fact that Gingrich has a PhD, and I still can't figure out how Clinton got to be a Rhodes scholar.
"[Mormons] did not smoke, drink, gamble, and held to a socially conservative lifestyle."
Yes, this was Howard Hughes' logic. However, in the 80s, there was quite a drug problem in Salt Lake City among the sons and daughters of those social conservatives.
"Gingrich ... is seen by the O' regime as beatable...."
I think Gingrich can take Obama - whether it's a fight, a debate, or just playing winky dinks. I think Obama is afraid of anybody who can fight back. I think, as you say, Romney is not much of a fighter. I also think the Dems are keeping the 'good stuff' they have against Romney until he gets the nomination.
The Dems want a runoff against Romney. That's as good a reason as any not to give it to them.
When you consider how ethically-challenged ACORN was (and probably is in its latest incarnation) as well as the story below, you know this election will dirty, dirty, dirty.
Posted on January 21, 2012 by John Hinderaker in Obama Administration Scandals, The sick left
Not Just A Democrat Dirty Trick, But A Crime
A few years ago, as part of its strategy of facilitating voter fraud as a means of winning close elections, the Democratic Party undertook a campaign to secure as many Secretary of State offices in swing states as possible. From those perches, the Democrats would be in a position to oversee elections and enforce (or decline to enforce) election laws. That strategy has been quite successful, but the Democrats suffered a setback in Iowa in 2010 when conservative Republican Matt Schultz won an upset victory in the Secretary of State race. Since then, Iowa Democrats have targeted Schultz.
Read it all below:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/01/not-just-a-democrat-dirty-trick-but-a-crime.php
An incumbent re-elect is not about the opponent. It is entirely about the incumbency. This holds up over the last century no matter the party or the conditions.
I can hardly wait to hear Obama begin stammering when in a debate with someone (anyone) who is not intimidated by his "charisma" begins an all-out assault on his record in office, and is not afraid to fight back when the usual name-calling and mud-slinging rhetoric begins. Wow! I think that's the longest sentence I've ever written. Reminder; teleprompters, blue tooth devices, cheat sheets, and notes won't be allowed in a heads up debate. Let's just see how this incumbent defends his miserable incumbency. There will be no clowns to the rescue for the clown-in-chief. It has dawned on me that I'm taking all this crap from this administration (used loosely) personal. If there are as many out there who feel the same way as I feel, there is going to be a lot of votes cast against this incumbent.
"Gingrich (and his tonage of baggage), is seen by the O' regime as beatable"
He's worse than beatable; he blows hisownself up. He'll never appeal to independents. Why do we do this to ourselves time after time?
Oy!
From WSJ Political Diary:
Newt's Surge
The Republican establishment is aghast at Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina Saturday, with some calling it "cataclysmic" for the GOP. They point to Real Clear Politics polls showing Mitt Romney tied or ahead of Barack Obama, but Mr. Gingrich down by double digits to the president.
But this misses something. Mr. Gingrich did well in South Carolina because he helped the GOP overcome what I have described previously as the "excitement deficit." Mediocre turnout in Iowa and New Hampshire pointed to a potentially crippling lack of enthusiasm for this field of White House wannabes. But in South Carolina, turnout appears to have been up by as much as one-third.
Michael Barone, the dean of election analysts, finds that "turnout increased in South Carolina from 445,377 in 2008 to 600,953 in 2012 -- a 35 percent increase." Low turnout in 2008, he writes, "turned out to be a good indicator of the low spirits" of Republican voters that year. Mr. Barone says the "stagnant turnout" in Iowa and New Hampshire was a "bad sign" for Republicans in November.
I heard some GOP commentators this weekend disparaging Mr. Gingrich as the Sharron Angle or Christine O'Donnell of the GOP field, referring to the two conservative Senate candidates in 2010 who lost to Democrats in the general election. But for now Mr. Gingrich is the GOP Energizer bunny who is electrifying voters still not sold on Mitt Romney.
-- Stephen Moore
"The Republican establishment is aghast at Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina..."
And why is that bad?
"the "stagnant turnout" in Iowa and New Hampshire was a "bad sign" for Republicans in November."
And 'stagnant turnout' is what we'll get if Romney is nominated.