they candidate is bad, but no worse in different ways than the other dozen or so nitwits they had to choose from.
The biggest issue is what they are selling, and BY FAR the biggest hits on his campaign has been when they have been honest about what they want to do.
The Ryan VP pick was at best a non-factor and likely initiated a dip in the polls at the time. What is not to like about Ryan (the lying aside), he is good looking, has a seemingly decent mannerism, has a nice, perfect little politician story to his life. But "his" budget put in paper what the party wants to do - destroy the social safety net AND the social contracts of SS and Medicare.
The 47% comment was pure and simple honesty. This is the exact thing I hear from the "base" when I talk to hard core republicans at the gym, at work, in the community. They at their heart believe this because they have become so indoctrinated in that vile hatred that AM radio has spewed for 30 years now that it has become a reality to them.
Romney believes this stuff like the rest of them. His only fault in their eyes is that in that past he was willing to give in on some of the tangent issues they need to keep their "base" codified to get elected.
Sure, they want another Reagen. As people in this thread have accurately noted, they want that ever elusive person of some kind of charisma that they know will keep the ball moving in the direction of destroying this country while having the capacity to have people like him or her in some way.
I think people are making a mistake to think they can't do it, though.
We see it clearly, but 60% of the country does not see it so clearly.
And, if there is one thing the republican party is EXPERT at, it is either manufacturing rage to distract and create the division necessary to win elections or taking advantage of situations like 9-11 and their attempt to take advantage of the economy this time to win elections.
They are ruthless and unrelenting, and we have seen in human history that there there ALWAYS a market for fear and anger.
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