After watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention I was impressed by how “on message” the Dems were. I also couldn’t help but draw comparisons between what I saw last night and what I saw last week – And here’s where I’ve arrived: Republicans just can’t fake it for Mitt Romney.
Mistermix at Balloon Juice says it better:
One of the most interesting aspects was that the speakers I saw weren’t afraid of saying Barack Obama’s name, and they also didn’t let their ambition get in the way of doing their convention job.
Of course, that’s how the Republican convention should have been, too, but clearly something is badly wrong with the Romney campaign. The Eastwood debacle is just the tip of the iceberg. Deval Patrick is every bit as interested in 2016 as Chris Christie, yet he was able to say Obama’s name long before two-thirds of his speech was over, and he didn’t take credit for everything that’s going well in his state. Listening to Patrick, you’d think Obama came to Massachusetts in person to help Patrick fix the mess that Mitt Romney left. [emphasis mine]
The theme of the 2012 Republican National Convention? Every man for himself! Which makes sense when you realize that not one of them is for Mitt.