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Originally Posted by valo403
You think the religious right is checking a box that they will see as marked Mormon?
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Probably not--but the GOP establishment probably (unless they're idiots) understand that the "Bibles, Babies and Guns" strategy is a loser for them in 2012. What they need is someone who can run on a pro-business, pro-growth, supply-side economics platform, leaving the "morality" issues behind. Nominating Palin would be pandering to the religious right. It also guarantees a landslide Obama victory regardless of what happens over the next 4 years.
Romney at least gives them a shot. I still think it's a long shot, but that's better than no shot at all.
I do think it's weird that people are jumping all over Obama after just 5 months in which he's actually done a lot of stuff, not all of which has clear ramifications just yet. I think the jury is very much still out--and anyone who is intellectually honest is willing to take a wait-and-see approach on his presidency for at least the first two years.
But the dumbest argument of all is "well, he hasn't changed everything and ushered in a new era of American world dominance and economic prosperity in only 5 months, therefore he's garbage." The
only reason to follow that line of thinking is if you
want him to fail.
The fact is, most people who voted for him
weren't hoping for a massive sea-change in America's political culture. They were just hoping for somebody smart and competent for a change. Early indications are that these voters are satisfied--Obama's poll numbers are still
way above what Bush's OR Clinton's were at this stage of their presidencies (Clinton had a
very rocky start--most people don't remember that).
But the truth is, Obama's not really a reformer--and if you've been paying attention to what he says, you know that already. He's a compromiser, someone who tries to find workable solutions in the muddy middle-ground. Sometimes that's appropriate--other times (read: Health Care) it's a terrible idea. But that's who he is--and all he ever pretended to be.