two, basically the goal of the romney campaign has been to make mitt romney function as a generic candidate. a protest vehicle for swing voters who are fed up economically and want to take it out on the incumbent, their goal is to make mitt romney inoffensively and well rounded and no real no strong views, nothing offensive coming out of and it the result is you are going have a convention that is going to come across as a little directionless. very quickly. i would like michael s thoughts on this as well. certainly. i think the argument, though, remember republicans went into their convention divided trying to distance themselves from the akin sxoemts they are having a hard time being a sort of bigger tent party than they have ever been. part of what we have seen and what we are see thing week is the way that republicans have been attacking democrats has galvanized democrats. i m feeling that when i have been out at the events with del xwats and people are feeling increasingly e