As the end of this election approaches, it's worth taking a step back and asking this question: In the entire history of the United States of America, from George Washington's election in 1789 on down, has there been a single candidate as unmoored from ideological principle or belief as Mitt Romney? I'm not just throwing…
To a skeptic, the most remarkable aspect of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has been how so flexible a politician can represent so dogmatic a party. Contemporary Republicanism is ideological to its core. Everybody who watched the GOP primary debates between Mitt and the Seven Dwarves (or were there nine? I forget) understands that there’s a…
one-point plan. and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. that s been his philosophy in the private sector, that s been his philosophy as governor, that s been his philosophy as a presidential candidate. welcome back to the ed show. thanks for watching tonight. president obama came out swinging last night and gave the motivation that the base was looking the for. over 65 million people watched the debate. so don t you think that curiosity was a little high on how the president was going to recover from debate number one? president obama ended the idea of moderate mitt, by exposing romney s far-right policies and actually cornering him on the issues. he put romney on the defensive, resulting in a petty, childish performance by the republican challenger. president obama was clear, straight forward, and made solid arguments. point after point. his performance changed the game and moved the ball forward for his campaign. the mojo is back with
and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. that s been his philosophy in the private sector, that s been his philosophy as governor, that s been his philosophy as a presidential candidate. welcome back to the ed show. thanks for watching tonight. president obama came out swinging last night and gave the motivation that the base was looking the for. over 65 million people watched the debate. so don t you think that curiosity was a little high on how the president was going to recover from debate number one? president obama ended the idea of moderate mitt, by exposing romney s far-right policies and actually cornering him on the issues. he put romney on the defensive, resulting in a petty, childish performance by the republican challenger. president obama was clear, straight forward, and made solid arguments. point after point. his performance changed the game and moved the ball forward for his campaign. the mojo is back with them.
the debate. so don t you think that curiosity was a little high on how the president was going to recover from debate number one? president obama ended the idea of moderate mitt, by exposing romney s far-right policies and actually cornering him on the issues. he put romney on the defensive, resulting in a petty, childish performance by the republican challenger. president obama was clear, straight forward, and made solid arguments. point after point. his performance changed the game and moved the ball forward for his campaign. the mojo is back with them. the meanwhile, the real clear politics average of all polls, you know, it doesn t really show that, at least not yet, anyway. mitt romney with a 0.4 percentage lead over president obama. it will be interesting to track in the next 48 hours. for more, let s turn to bob shrum, professor of public policy at nyu and contributor at the daily beast. also with us tonight, michael steele, msnbc contributor and former chairman of the rnc.