There are just a few short weeks until the presidential election, and most polls show a tight race nationally. While the mainstream news media is declaring President Obama significantly ahead in swing state polls, some analysts like Dick Morris of Fox News believe that the pollsters are skewing the data to give the incumbent an advantage.
Whatever the exact poll numbers, almost everyone believes the outcome is still in doubt. Yet, with the situation in our country and throughout the world, this election should not be close at all. It is an outrage that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is not leading by a huge margin.
Our economy is horrible, the Middle East is in flames, our culture is in shambles, and race relations have deteriorated since Obama took office. In every important test, the President has not only failed, but made the situation much worse. He promised to cut the deficit in half, create more jobs, bring a greater measure of peace to the Arab World, and help heal a divided nation. In reality, the deficit has skyrocketed, jobs have decreased, the Arab World is in turmoil, and race relations are worsening as opposed to improving.
The liberal news media will not tell the true story, so it all rests on the Republican presidential candidate to set the record straight. On this measure, Governor Romney has been a failure. Sadly, he has been a very poor communicator in this race.
Gone is the candidate who eviscerated his Republican opponents in the primaries. Voters are now witnessing Romney playing the role of the “gentleman” in his match-up against Obama. Today, his campaign aides say he will adopt a “softer” tone to appeal to the moderate undecided voters.
This is exactly the wrong strategy against the President. To win, Romney needs to take off the mitts and aggressively challenge Obama on his entire record, not just the economy. Governor Romney wants to focus strictly on economic matters; however, many other issues deserve attention and can be used to rally conservatives and Independents to his campaign.
Unfortunately, Romney has allowed the media to sidetrack his message with a variety of bogus issues, including the “bombshell” video taken at a Florida fundraising dinner in May.
In the video, Romney tells a small group of wealthy donors some basic facts about the electorate. To win, he will need to appeal to the undecided, independent voters. The ones not paying taxes are most likely in Obama’s camp. This supposedly controversial comment was misconstrued by the media into a statement that Romney does not care about 47% of the electorate. In reality, he was admitting that he cannot focus on that group of voters and needs to worry about those he can attract.
It is time that Romney stopped playing defense on issues such as his tax returns and started playing offense. He does not have a woeful record to defend; it is President Obama who should be on the defensive.
To woo undecided voters, Romney needs to convince them they are not better off under Obama and the country is not moving in the right direction. He needs to persuade voters to “fire” Obama and hire a new person, a candidate willing to take the country on a different course.
Some voters find Obama to be a likeable person who is well meaning, but Romney needs to dispel that notion. He should be educating voters about Obama’s radical roots, his radical mentors, his radical philosophy, and his radical agenda.
Romney cannot expose the President by being a gentleman and playing “nice.” In politics, nice guys finish last. Four years ago, John McCain played “nice” against Barack Obama and finished with 46% of the vote, losing in an Electoral College landslide.
To avoid that scenario, Romney needs to be honest, straightforward, and direct with the American people about the dangers of an Obama second term. It is not just that Obama will wreck the economy even more. His failure to deal with radical Islam is another growing problem.
Romney should outline how he will fix the economy, deal with radical Islam, and counteract the spread of this dangerous ideology in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Romney should also be candid about the President’s divisive rhetoric, his class warfare, and his racially divisive politics. The Governor should provide voters with his plan on how he will heal our country both culturally and economically.
The stakes are extremely high on November 6. Our country faces a fork in the road. Do we continue down the road to socialism, division, and appeasement, or not?
Mitt Romney needs to explain to the American people why this election is so important and why a second Obama term would be so dangerous. He will have to show emotion, outrage, and courage and take on President Obama directly. It might be uncomfortable for Governor Romney, but it is the only way he will win.
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The reason for Romney’s lack of zeal, to me is simple. He’s part of the conspiracy, a puppet whose strings also controls Obama and the public is given the opportunity to play voters and pretend to pick a winner. Romney is not gonna attack the media or Obama for what they really are, bot down concerning the basis anyways, and that’s because Romney is also at fault, answering to the same people.
While Obama and Romney may look like adversaries, in reality it is only their styles that are different. Both supports many and most of the same causes. Both are bought and paid for by large corporations and the big banks. If one studies the voting records of Romney you’ll note he’s always been for practically all of the same social programs that Obama is for. The only difference being the small details.
I’ll never forget the 2008 RNC when a lady told McCain that he must beat Obama, that he didn’t stand for the same things as he (McCain) did or the American people. McCain made a remarkable statement to her. He said that Obama cared just as much for America as she did and that he would make her and ALL Americans a fine president! I wonder why this has never been aired since then?
People people, you are so naive and foolish as to think you are electing a president. The race has already been decided but you have to play out your parts to make yourselves think you are responsible for the winner. Maybe all of you should read up on Diebold, the voting system and how it is rigged, at least what we do know about it, before you think you doing such a great service. HBO made a good documentary named, “Hacking Democracy”. It is available on YouTube. Look at it and know why George Wallace said their wasn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties.
Romney is not gonna push the agenda because it is NOT in his handler’s, not in his puppeteers best interests too! Know that and you’ll know why Romney is acting the way he is.
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
What Romney voting record are you talking about?????
I actually agree with most of what you said! MatLarson stated the other day that he had come to the conclusion that the reason the GOP stabbed the Republicans in the back was because they didn’t plan for Romney to win…they want another four years of Obama to carry out the rest of their plans.
I know this sounds insane and I don’t care what you all think.
They will go to war with Iran, they have been trying to force them into taking the first shot so they can be justified for the carnage, but that isn’t working out very well. There are now ‘new resolutions’ which Ron Paul called, a pretext for war.
Starting WW3 isn’t just a good political move for Obama and his ilk, but also for the puppet masters, who are quickly pulling their money out of the stock market.
The next thing they will do is declare bankruptcy.
Then they will have us.
This isn’t an election coming up. It’s a farce! The GOP railroaded us into trying to force a vote for Romney, knowing all the while that we would resent them and that many of us would react in spite.
We won’t get a third party, and besides, our votes are being counted in Spain by George Soros’ owned company.
No, this guy hasn’t got the full picture ! He was close when he said “Sadly, he has been a very poor communicator in this race”. When he wrote ‘communicator’, I thought he’s got to be very close to what Romney’s problem is. The “Great Communicator”, Ronald Reagan, is the exact person that Romney should be emulating ! He should be aggressive. He should act as if he were the president now and tell the nation what he would be doing. Not only would he gain the vote of most Republicans, he would gain the trust and votes of all the undecideds.
Romney is a liberal with a temper, who feels entitled to the presidency. He’s playing it cool because he knows he can easily lose his cool, which he eventually will do.
Debra…
Informing Christians Writer
Please keep educating our fellow readers, Debra!
Do pose this question to neutralize those who criticize you over not voting for either of the two progressives:
“Why is not voting for Romney a vote for Obama but not voting for Obama is not a vote for Romney?”
That will stump them, huh?
As you know, I do consider myself a libertarian. But despite what many Christians and even nonbelieving libertarians say, you can be both a Christian and a libertarian. Let me know if you would like to learn more about this! It is a fascinating subject.
God bless you!
“Go and learn what this means. I desire mercy and not sacrifice or sacrificial victims.”
“My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Jesus came to declare liberty to the captives.
Jesus was not about oppression. That’s Satan’s job.
If our government emulated liberty, WOW!
A real candidate is concerned about the problems that need fixing. That being said, it is foolish to believe that a softer tone is the answer to the question ‘How do we clear the bilge, patch the hull and right this sinking ship called The United States of America’? When you find yourself in rising water you have no time for niceties, when your life is on the line you fight tooth and nail too keep yourself alive. If you find the ship sinking because of a poor captain you need to oust that captain by any means available. Who cares if he gets butt hurt, who cares if others don’t like your words, your fighting for your life for petes sake. Governor Romney, be bold and honest, those that stand with you will continue, those that are unsure will be encouraged by your certainty and those who stand against you will be forced to fade away, to snivel and cry in the darkness of obscurity.