Why Romney Has a Real Chance

[Zeus]

Well, thats the point. He (0bama) was in fact the primary rival, as he should have been.. until the all out assault against Gingrich began. Thats when it all started to unravel. That was when the candidates were side tracked from the primary focus against 0bama (Romney or whoever was the lead candidate, was a secondary focus) and they were forced to change that approach. And then it intensified, leaving 0bama basically off the hook, for the most part. Of course the media loved the misdirection too.

This election has to be about 0bama. Not anything else. Pure and simple.

From my perspective we are stuck with 3 huge problems where focusing the attack on 0bama is concerned:

1) 0bama himself. He cant run on his record so hes going to have to resort to demonizing his opponent so as to make the it seem like he is the lesser of the 2 evils.
2) The Media. They have been covering for this guy ever since they decided to dump Hillary for this guy. The media is a huge problem.
3) The GOP. They are 'William the Braveheart' when attacking conservatives. But they are McCain Inc. when it comes to exposing or attacking liberal democrats. They are more worried about offending the 'moderates' than appeasing the base of their own party. They will be the end of the Republican party if this continues.

So your right. The Media spin is that 0bama wasnt the primary target. That is ... after the Republicans led by Romney started to eat their own. So lets see how well Romney employs this 'tactic' against the anointed emporer. I'll be watching.

Media spin ? Obama isn't/wasn't a part of the Republican primary race. Sure he is the Opponent to whoever wins the Republican primary,which now apparently looks to be Romney. Primaries should be brutal and hard hitting,not so much as a eating your own, but to toughen up the eventual candidate. Whatever is exposed about the eventual primary winner can be dealt with and hopefully muted by the time the general election season comes about.

It's a given the media is in the bag for Obama so if Romney is smart he has had a team of researchers doing/done oppositional research on Mitt Romney and is ready for Obama and the media to drop bombs .

[Odysseus]

Has a president ever won the general election without winning his "home" state? I'm pretty sure Romney will not win the election in either of his home states, MI or MA.

Michigan hasn't voted for a republican for president since 1988. I'll bet it's been even longer for MA.

George W. Bush lost Connecticut.

And Obama will lose Kenya. What's your point?

[Starbuck]

The president wasn't his primary rival at the time. That will change for the general election. I agree with the article on that issue; Romney (or his supporting Super PACs) will be brutal.

Actually, it will be the super PACs and whoever is the VP nominee. Traditionally, the VP candidate is the attack dog..............personally, I can't wait!