In October 2011 I wrote a
blog post in
which I expressed doubt that "Anybody But Obama" will be effective in
actually defeating him. And so I was extremely dismayed to peruse the
headlines and see this title "
Conservatives Lawmakers OK With Lack Of Passion For Romney."
It has always been my opinion that Anybody But Obama was promoted by
the GOP Establishment so that they could encourage support for Romney
without any pesky check into his moderate policy positions. They believe
that the 2012 election will be a referendum on Obama's policies and
that will be enough to defeat him. If that were true, then the
President that brought us $4 a gallon gas, unemployment above 8% and the
vastly unpopular Obamacare should be losing in a landslide right now.
Yet, based on current polls Obama leads Romney
227 to 170
in the electoral college. Furthermore, without voters actually being
enthusiastic about the GOP nominee there will not be contributions,
voter registration drives or any other grassroots activities on the
level needed to defeat a President who is doing all he can to maximize
turnout of the liberal voters. If Obamacare is overturned as I expect
liberals will be very very motivated to go to the polls and give Obama
four more years. We need a GOP candidate that can get voters excited to
not only show up at the polls, but to do all the hard and necessary
work that will be required to defeat Obama in November. We cannot beat
something with nothing. We need a candidate we can inspire us.