Comments on: One Good Debate Does Not a Presidential Candidate Make

By: Joe DeVet

Joe DeVet — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:53:54 +0000

At the Al Smith dinner, one of Romney’s best laugh lines was his quip on his job and the job of the media. (Not a quote): “My job is to present a vision of a prosperous and flourishing America to the American people. The media’s job is to ensure that no one hears about it!”

Funny, but not so funny. In fact, the media saw their job as going beyond that–to promote a false caricature of what Romney is, and what he stands for, so as to positively assist Obama in his mendacious attacks on this good, decent, and well-qualified man.

Romney was not a weak candidate, but he appeared so through the lens of the media, and that of Obama, who is not worthy to loose the sandals of the one who should be succeeding him.

In the end, I fear, the country gets the president it deserves. The Culture of Death has ordained one of its foremost proponents to sit in the Oval Office for another term.

By: Judith

Judith — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:46:08 +0000

This is as sensible and concise an analysis as I’ve read.

By: Bill Phelps

Bill Phelps — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:41:57 +0000

The professionals, those who organize and run campaigns, state that the Obama campaign had and has a better “ground game.” Money and effort was put into setting up and running campaign offices on, in many cases, a county basis.

By: John

John — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:42:35 +0000

Yes, Romney was weak, but Obama was an utter failure both from an economic policy standpoint and a social policy standpoint. The fact that the Catholic vote supported Obama by a couple of percent is shameful. We have a lot of work to do in catechizing our fellow Catholics and it can’t be done in the last few months of 2016. It has to start now.

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:34:43 +0000

I was thinking the same thing. Incumbents generally have an advantage. Obama ended up getting 50% of the popular vote versus 48% for Romney. If that were a poll, it would probably be a statistically insignificant difference. Obama did win, but it was still very close. Obama won because people at least knew what they were getting with him, and because Romney was uninspiring, not because of any great admiration for Obama.

By: jason taylor

jason taylor — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:21:37 +0000

Why is “reaction” a bad word? Unless you are willing to answer that you are letting leftists control language and determine good categories and bad ones.