Democratic Convention Positions Party Perfectly
Day three of the Democrats' convention in Charlotte set up the party as well as could have been expected.
* With the GOP in Tampa forgetting about Afghanistan and the
interests of military families, numerous Democratic speakers, including
the Vice-President and President touted and showcased veterans, their
families and their needs.
* The Democrats drove home a positive, populist economic message - -
Obama called it "citizenship," stressing our collective democratic
interests - - that directly countered the GOP embrace of Paul Ryan's
libertarian 'you're-on-your-own' budget and Mitt Romney's privileged
'I've-already-got-mine' Wall Street biases.
*And the Democrats ended their convention without a Clint
Eastwoodesque, talk-to-the-chair FUBAR that reflected poorly on the
GOP convention's managers - - and also on Romney, since post-convention
stories said it was Romney who invited Eastwood to do the schtick, and
in Romney's Bain/CEO-controlling world, no one dare questions what the
boss says he wants.
An uneasy peek into a Romney-run White House, I'd say.
What happens in two months?
Dunno.
Polls and the electoral college map show things to be very close,
but President Obama and his party throughout the convention were better
organized and strategically superior. Maybe that counts for something
in a close race with less than nine weeks left.
3 comments:
Too bad Biden's address wasn't in prime time. I thought he out-Eastwooded Clint himself (the pre-RNC Clint, that is) with his "make my day"-style rhetoric. "Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive" -- and in each instance Romney made the wrong call!
"polls and electoral college maps show things to be very close"
That is really all that needs to be said. After all the "Great" things that Obama has done he has lost support form the American people. If he was doing a good job, he would be leading by as much as he won by in 2008.
Perhaps he should promise people more freebies?
I think that older people may have their minds made up. But people in the 18-22 year old range are going to be seeing this stuff for the first time. Was there anything the GOP was offering? If I were to chose a candidate based on the conventions only, I would pick Obama. Not because it was organized so well, but because the message of inclusion and nationalism/pride in America and the message of hope, along with the emphasis on aid to students was really powerful. Meanwhile Romney's campaign forgot to mention the war in Afghanistan, an incredible error for the GOP that I grew up hearing about, and his comments about "all the education you can afford" and "borowing money from your parents", well, who is going to vote for that? Not young people.
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