Pretty simple, they have to sell Mitt
Romney and it could be a difficult sell. It is also the wrong issue.
Political pundits tell us that Republicans
just have to make Mitt Romney appealing to the public and for some reason he
just doesn’t come across as a regular guy, as though that’s what we need as
president. Of course he is not a regular guy, he’s a millionaire and pays less
taxes percentage wise than we do. I’m guessing that Chris Christie’s speech
will be the most interesting just because he’s interesting and people like him;
but he is not the candidate.
But the real issue is the economy. They
will demean President Obama’s record of not being able to bring us back to
prosperity during his first term, as though that was possible. And, of course,
they will deny all culpability in the economic conundrum. How on earth the
Republicans can sell a further decrease in taxes for the wealthy absolutely
boggles my mind. It is the primary reason why we have the economic troubles we
have today; the concentration of wealth among the very very rich and they are
just sitting on it and not building up the country much less the middle class.
But the anonymous wealthy backers have been very effective in selling this sleight
of hand to the country who in significant numbers seem to buy it. Why? I’m
clueless.
Romney’s wife, Ann will bring a sympathetic
ear for her husband which will be nice. John Boehner who has grown in my eyes
will do his yeoman’s job but it will mean little to his peers who have made no
compromise pledges and just want to win at all costs, including the democracy.
There will be a bunch of others but I really don’t expect much to happen. Ryan
will sound appealing and sensible and amazingly hiding his radical politics and
economic theories; go Ayn Rand. They will just do what they came to do,
officially make Romney and Ryan their ticket.
Who’d ever think I’d long for the return of
Sarah Palin? She may not be the brightest blub but was certainly entertaining.
Why don’t they just bring in Buchannan, Coulter and Limbaugh and show the
country how whacko they really are?
Apparently, there is a speaking slot at 10 PM
ReplyDeleteThursday which has been labled TBA. Part of
the blogosphere has suggested a surprize 'mystery speaker' and even contests as to the identity are taking place. The best guess
I saw was 'a hologram of Brigham Young'....
[I generally do not pay too much attention to
either convention, having studied positions for
months anyway]
True the results of trickle-down ideology represents an epoch-shattering failure of long-term macroeconomics, but that won't stop its religious proponents.
ReplyDeleteThey have extremely good fortune in a recession that has been greatly prolonged by (1) the wealth concentration that preceded (and endured) it, and (2) the ongoing Euro crisis that never seems to end but goes through different phases.
While household debt ratios have finally dropped to cyclical lows due in part to very low rates -- a bullish sign (and a marginally acceptable mitigator of the unabated wealth concentration problem), it is probably too late to have really visible results before November. But apart from that, with the Baltic Dry Index threatening to broach new lows, things are not looking good for the global economy right now.