Mitt Romney, the cautious candidate, wary of being specific, and counting on the bad economy to defeat President Obama
– forget all that! The Romney who picked Paul Ryan as his vice
presidential running mate is an entirely different person. He’s prepared
to take the fight to Obama on the biggest bundle of issues – spending,
debt, the deficit, taxes, entitlements, and the reversing of America’s
accelerating decline under Obama. Specifics? There will be plenty.
Romney
the fighter? Anyone who has read about the 1948 presidential campaign
has noticed a likeness between Romney and Tom Dewey, the Republican
candidate against President Truman. Dewey was anything but a fighter.
His campaign had no purpose other than winning. He figured Truman’s
unpopularity would provide for that.
It didn’t work in 1948. Nor has Romney’s message
that the economy is in terrible shape and he’s a businessman who can
deal with it – few specifics, no special plan, just a man with an
experience. In 2012, that’s not a winning strategy.
