"I have no doubt that Team Romney feels it has the secret formula to
electoral success down to a science. Spend the money, shred the opponent
on air and remain cool, and given current circumstances in our economy,
they will win.
There is only one small part of the equation they are lacking: Barack
Obama. This continued underestimation of the talents, guile and
tenacity of Obama and his team simply amazes me. Barack Obama is a
machine -- wired, funded, programmed and ready to destroy. My guess is
that by early November, Mitt Romney will feel as if he has been hit by a
Facebook, Twitter, television ad, robo-call, community-organized laden
freight train. The national media will have torn him to shreds and
tossed his good name to the garbage can.
To defeat Barack Obama, Romney will need all the friends he can get.
He better start warming up, making deals and kissing tails now. If he
does so, he would only join the club of every other person elected
president. If he waits too long, or selectively chooses his conservative
friends, November will be a very unpleasant month."
Towery is right, this is how the game is played in Chicago and it is for keeps - the Marquess of Queensberry's rules do not apply. Mitt is about to go through something that he has never been through in his life. Team Obama has gone to the mattresses. It started last night with shots at his wife by an Obama adviser on national television. Is Mitt tough enough? That remains to be seen. I hope so because an Obama win will result in Obama Unbound by any law, tradition or constraints and we may never recover. This is not just another election.
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