Obama toys with disorganized GOP

Reflecting back, we can now see the Romney campaign message was disorganized and ineffective.  Voters were not touched or captured by the message or the candidate.  Obama won, and now he is enjoying the spoils of victory.

The election loss officially silenced Romney and Ryan as GOP spokesmen.  +John Boehner and +Mitch McConnell are the only Republicans left standing to speak for the Party. And to put it mildly, they are not up to the task.  In addition, Boehner’s Speaker role means he has to duel with +Obama on the fiscal cliff problem. As we all can see, that is no contest.  Boehner even naively believes Obama will work sincerely to a compromise solution to the fiscal cliff.  He goes further into naivety by embarrassing himself with his Plan B fiasco. 

Obama and his Chicago organizers view the election the same as a victory in a big street fight between rival gangs.   They won the last fight, and Obama sees no reason to compromise with the same gang he beat up the last time out.   His attitude is non-negotiable: “agree to what I say or else.”   He then adds, “Rest assured you will get the blame if we go over the fiscal cliff.”

The truth is, Obama would just as soon see the latter.  That’s how street fighters think.  First, beat up the other gang.  Humiliating them is even better.  Life is not fair, the obstructionist comes off the hero. It’s difficult to avoid feeling sorry for the hapless Speaker.   

The Obama/Romney mismatch

Despite all the pre-election hoopla, the actual election turned into a “no contest.” In fact, it seemed like the Democrats won by default. Obama entered the contest with a politically disastrous track record. Based on his dismal performance he should have no hope of winning. Yet, he prevailed. Why?

Apparently the Republican side seemed to think Obama’s record was so bad he couldn’t possibly win. In any event, they virtually failed to show up, let alone present a vigorous case. Neither their campaign, nor their candidate, connected with the voters on any front. By way of analogy, the election was more like a battle between a Mormon choir boy and the Chicago mafia.

Romney smilingly played the decent “nice guy” role alongside his pleasant wife, Ann. The Romney campaign was soft and almost silent on Obama’s universal failings. Romney publicly agreed with Obama more than he disagreed, and when he criticized him it was ever so politely. Romney did not scream from the rooftops that Obama was driving America headlong into a bankrupt Greek-style socialist hole. He did not point out that Barack really disliked the America most of us are so proud of, and that he was determined to change it. Ambassador Steven’s unnecessary death never got hung around Barack’s incompetent neck where it belonged. The media helped in developing this astounding free pass for Obama on his abysmal record. All in all, it was as though the last four years never happened.

Meanwhile, his Democrat opposition attacked Romney like a gang of Chicago thugs with methods honed from numerous street fights. They firmly established Romney in the public’s mind as a heartless, out of touch, rich guy who enjoyed abusing dogs. Leo Durocher warned us long ago when he said “nice guys finish last.” It was an Obama sweep against a nice, but hapless, foe.