Editorial
Part III: Why Obama Will Win in November 2012
Obama’s imminent November victory might defy history and common wisdom especially because his opponent is, fundamentally, flawed. Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Mitt Romney was governor of a liberal state like Massachusetts where he endorsed abortion and did not do all he could to oppose same sex marriage.
These and a few other elements already encumber his path to the White House on an extremely conservative ticket. But the conservatives are more empassioned to get rid of Obama than anything else. This is what, until the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week, gave the Republicans wind in their sails. They, in their Tampa convention, made the case that Mitt Romney was as much of a family man as Obama. Mitt Romney was a generous man who had his party solidly behind him. The major networks covered the Republican convention and brought the Republican message to the living rooms of people around the world.
But then the Democrats held their convention – receiving the same treatment by the media – and it seems as though their message – the Democrats – was more compelling. While the Republicans spoke to individual freedom and the need for smaller government, the Democrats made a case for Keynesian economics, they spoke to the true value of America, their first lady spoke to the sheer decency of the man who governed their country, a former president made the case that Obama was handed a series of unfortunate events [events not even Slick Willy could curtail] and Obama’s vice president told everyone that the American president was made of steel.
Then on Thursday September 6, 2012, Obama gave his acceptance speech. In what was, definitely, one of his worst performances, the president looked much, MUCH better than Mitt Romney did at his best. What was the American public supposed to do? Well, it seems as though the polls have it in for Romney. While Romney did not receive a bounce after his coming out party, Obama almost definitely got a bounce in his and is NOW ahead in the polls! RealClearPolitics is alive with pro Obama data in contrast with the previous week and it just seems as though Mr. Romney has failed to find his inner Neustadt.
Romney has not been persuasive enough to everyone. On the other hand, it might be that the conservative ideology is not quite as charming as it used to be.
Dennis Matanda,
Editor – [email protected]
