No matter what Gingrich or Paul happen to bleat, the GOP focus now falls on Mitt Romney. Neither Gingrich nor Paul have a modicum of a chance. Period. Romney is it. Period.
That said, the converse focus now falls on Mr Obama.
And here is Mr Obama’s Game Plan:
- Attack attack attack!
- Refer to nothing in the past;
- Appeal to the Victim in everyone;
- Eat the rich the rich the rich!
- It’s ALL the fault of the rich!
- Promise more Free Cheese;
- Pretend you’re the New Guy instead of The Incumbent; it worked in 2008!
See? Simple.
And spend all the money you can to make it about Negative Mitt instead of Positive Barack.
Promise more and more. Ignore the debt.
On the other hand, here should be the Game Plan for Romney:
Ignore each and every bomb thrown by Obama. Don’t play to the media. Don’t let their hook hit your jaw. Play your game; don’t play theirs. And mostly: keep the narrative on Mr Obama’s clear and continuing FAILURES in terms of the economy and national defense.
Never let up: debt debt DEBT!
Don’t get bogged down in abortion, pornography, the internet.
Hit Mr Obama where he lives: his FAILURES in the debt, national defense, global politics, the Constitution, SCOTUS appointments, ObamaKare. Obama was and is over his head, plain and simple. Capitalize on it!
Because, finally, Mr Obama is starting to show some emotion. And yet, he seems to surround himself — as completely opposed to President Bush — with a shockingly Caucasoid shadow. A display of “diversity”? No; not quite so much! As The Daily Beast writes:
The campaign is pushing back, saying the photo is much Internet ado about nothing, but the image, first published by Buzzfeed and then picked up by the Drudge Report, is real and it is damning. Our first sitting president of color is so afraid of being labeled “president of the blacks” by his enemies that he goes in the other direction and earns a reputation for stiff-arming citizens of color.
You, Mr Romney, could clearly have Mr Obama in the crosshairs. Will you take advantage of the need for a Conservative foundation?
BZ