Romney's unfavorable percentage is ticking ever upward, largely, it seems, because independents are starting to comprehend that Mitt Romney is a bumbling, brooding, hypersecretive conniver with unscrupulous inhuman tendencies, even for a sociopath; in short, an incompetent Richard Nixon.
That's the good news. Now, for the really delicious stuff:
The numbers could increase pressure on Romney to find a way to connect personally with voters at the Republican National Convention later this month.
Yes, that's just what Mitt Romney needs: a second chance.
Let's see, how many will that make?
The political press is required by imaginary statute (the "Journalism 101 Act") to write such remarkable drivel as, "The numbers could increase pressure on Romney to find a way to connect personally with voters," notwithstanding the repeatedly, now conclusively demonstrated fact of political life that Mitt Romney will never connect personally with voters.
More entertainingly profitable to imagine, then, are those wearied, probably straw-drawing and no doubt daily campaign staff meetings in which some vastly unlucky member is chosen to tell Mitt that he must ... etc. etc.
But, I suppose as long as their paychecks don't bounce ...
"An incompetent Richard Nixon". I love that. The differences between Richard Nixon and Mitt Romney in terms of background couldn't be more stark. Romney was born to wealth and privilege and had everything given to him his whole life, which explains the sense of entitlement he seems to have now. Nixon grew up poor and had to do a lot of dirty jobs just to survive. He may have been an asshole but he was a smart, hard working asshole so he EARNED the title. Romney was just born that way.
Posted by: AnneJ | August 08, 2012 at 11:24 AM