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Indefatigable
Don’t for a moment underestimate Mitt Romney’s staying power.
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Polls and pundits say that it can’t be done; it’s slipping away; he has no chance. That does not fit with the Romney narrative. Not the Romney narrative that others have created, the one that he created. The undersold story of a man who does not quit. If past is prologue, Mitt Romney’s past leads to a predictable ending where, if victory was elusive, it was only temporarily so.
Certainly, no one in his path — whether now or in the past — can deny his tenacity. Ask the former contenders for the GOP nomination. Ask competitors of Bain Capital during his guidance as CEO. Ask the managers and owners of countless enterprises built, restored, and saved under that same guidance. Ask those responsible for the initial failures of the Salt Lake Olympic Games — the failures that he turned around. Ask the losing Massachusetts Democrat who sought the governorship against him — and failed. Ask his current opponent whether he wonders if Mitt Romney has figured out how to fail. Polls, press, and predictions suggest he will. His closest advisor (Ann) and history say he won’t.
I think history has the edge.
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The Avenger| 10.1.12 @ 6:58AM
If the press were just a hint more interested in providing the American electorate with the truth about both candidates Romney would be up by double digits. Sadly that isn't the case. Instead we are treated to the press fawning over Obama and denigrating Romney. Sadly, the press will lead most Americans down the primrose path. Our destruction as a great republic is at hand and the press is complicit in it.
Aristocat| 10.1.12 @ 7:52AM
The media desperately wants the election to be over NOW....Remember Reagan won a landslide with all the media against him, and there was no alternative media back then.
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 5:05PM
Jimmy Carter had staying power as well...
Appleby| 10.1.12 @ 6:58AM
Those of us who supported all those other candidates believe that Romney "defeated" our candidates of choice because the Elite Boys in the Party had chosen Romney and that was the end of the story. I hope they can ordan Romney as President by the same tactics. But usually those tactics don't work. Prayer is an option and some of us whose choice was definitely not Romney are praying for a miracle for Romney.
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 5:12PM
Cardinal Wolsey said to More:
"... fine, by all means, pray. But in addition to prayer there is effort..."
Romney may or may not be losing in the polls. If Truman could defeat Dewey, polls can't mean much. I don't care what statisticians say because liars figure and figures lie.
Ian Cognito | 10.1.12 @ 7:58AM
Ignorance/stupidity is fatal. Simply put, the least mentally astute/capable among us, those who cannot negotiate life without assistance, are our death. It is they who demand increasing amounts of handouts, breed without concern while on the dole, and hostilely harp and protest should their demands for more go unserved. Large urban areas (Most all created and run by Democrats) are the source of our nation's fiscal troubles. The State coffers cannot feed them - only the central gov't can sate the beast - see Detroit, Camden, Birmingham. Politicians there feast upon the "investments" made to temporarily silence the leviathan. Democrats die as a political party when and if those federal dollars are stopped. When the state residents are forced to carry this weight alone - voters will either be taxed excessively, or revolt. Perhaps both. This is the means to end the entitlements mess and Democrats in one action. Place responsibility upon the states.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.1.12 @ 8:28AM
I hope that this assessment of Mr. Romney's tenacity will somehow predict his victory over Obama, and lead to his successful governance in accordance with constitutional and conservative principles.Somehow, though, I think there is much more work to do first.
Butch| 10.1.12 @ 4:50PM
Unfortunately, I am afraid that brother Obama is also indefatigable concerning his apparently sole interest: bringing America down, and his need to get elected again to fulfill that desire.
He puts nothing before campaigning for a second term, nothing. How about all the negatives of Obamacare kicking in after the election? Why are applications for absentee ballots for the military down so dramatically? How about the disallowing of required notification--perhaps illegally-- to employees of defense contractors who will be laid off due to budget cuts . . . until after the election? He has all the bases covered when it comes to getting re-elected.
gregorymark| 10.1.12 @ 5:57PM
Not only did Mitt Romney slay all comers during the primaries, counting Romney out against each candidate showed how the political pundits never got it right.
Mike Rogers | 10.2.12 @ 10:10AM
I was formerly in the anybody but Romney cohort, but I am watching the man at work,a nd I like what I see. Perfect, no, but honest, hard working and decent, with a determination rarely seen.
And he's not been afraid to challenge Obama, so let us hope for good debates and a sound victory.
Most of all, let us not be found wanting: he must win.