Today brings us another wonderful article by Charles M. Blow that breaks down Mitt Romney’s campaign, and it’s not about the economy, stupid. Blow writes:
The president tried to help fix a mess that he didn’t make, but the fixing has come slowly. Is that failure? Romney and the Republicans say yes.
And, if they can keep framing it as a failure, they can push for, and maybe even push through, their brutal budgets, which cut programs that help the poor and struggling and benefit the rich.
And while they push their budgets, they make savage attacks on a broad range of issues: voting rights, women’s rights, gay rights, immigration, etc.
This is the trick: Run on fiscal conservatism; bring social conservatism along for the ride. The Trojan horse platform.
Remember when talking to your independent friends, Romney is at the head of socially conservative political party. They will use any means necessary to put forth their agenda to make the US better for rich white men.