Mitt Romney is So Street
Cross-Posted to the Debate Link
CNN’s Political Ticker reports Mitt Romney pumping up his credentials against new Democratic front-runner Barack Obama:
“Frankly, I don’t think Senator McCain, despite his service and his length of experience that that’s going to be able to stand up to the message that Barack Obama has brought forward,” he said.“We better think about somebody who can stand up with a message and go toe to toe with [Obama],” Romney said, adding that he can “post up against” Obama.
Aside from being a ridiculous choice of words (“post up”? What the hell?), the underlying point is silly as well. If there is one Republican that I’m confident Obama can pick apart like none other, it’s Mitt Romney, who is uncharismatic, screams “business as usual”, and has all the authenticity of a used car salesman. Obama would eat him alive in the general.
Meanwhile, a Romney campaign adviser put this argument forward:
Romney senior adviser Ron Kaufman said Obama “demolished three senators” in Iowa and will “demolish” Clinton in New Hampshire, “so clearly having a senator against him is not a good idea.”
Again, bizarre. First, Obama actually demolished either two or four senators (depending on whether we’re counting fringe contenders Biden and Dodd), not three. Second, he also demolished the only Governor in the race, Bill Richardson. Third, of all the reasons Obama managed to best Clinton and Edwards (and Biden and Dodd) in Iowa, the fact that they’re senators ranks pretty low on the list. And finally, even if the Senate really was the defining element of Obama’s Iowa victory, there’s no reason to think the dynamics of the Democratic primary in any way approximate those of the general election (I only wish!).
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Real world translation:
1. Romney wants us to believe he'd be the strong guy who would do well in the general election. (He is wrong.)
2. Kaufman's statement was illogical. It contains an invalid premise (not a fact, just something many wish will happen tomorrow in New Hampshire) and a conclusion that does not follow. In addition, Obama is a Senator.
Romney and his team are hoping to do as well as they can in New Hampshire at the expense of McCain, the other GOP candidate hyped in that state's primary (and still hardly considered as serious beyond New Hampshire except as an emerging default desparation candidate).
McCain, whether you agree with him or not, is the real thing, while Romney is best described as a Ken doll, who takes on whatever personna is necessary to get the job done.
He was bested in Iowa after outspending Huckabee by 20:1. This does not bode well for his ability to compete against Obama, or whoever the Democratic nominee is.
Well, the “post up” bit is Romney trying to inject some basketball lingo into his bravado, I guess, given Obama's basketball background. Pitiful, really, but then Romney would have us think he's an expert at EVERYTHING.
McCain, whether you agree with him or not, is the real thing
Yep. I'm not a fan of him but he has supporters, and may emerge as the GOP's (desperation) candidate once the others have proven lacking. It's intriguing to speculate about a McCain-Hucklebee ticket (Huck as VP).