I love it when a vice presidential candidate--ohh, any ol' vice presidential candidate--refers to his/her presidential candidate as "obviously inarticulate in making this point" about the 47% of Americans whose votes will go to Obama because these voters are rely on government handouts. Thank you, Paul Ryan.
Ryan went on to say that Romney likely meant that, under the Obama presidency, dependency on the government is up because the economy is struggling.
My only slight concern at this point is that, after SO many inane comments, Romney is still only five or so points beyond Obama. Of course, a whole bunch of a lot of Romney supporters (weakly supportive though they may be) will not become Obama voters under any circumstances (as is true in the opposite direction as well).
Romney can depend on a small but solid base of votes even if he puts on a Claribel suit, a pointy motley hat, and a big red nose, and squirts seltzer at babies.
The overall popular vote for each candidate is still close. There are two significant changes, however. The percentage of undecided voters is moving, by now may have actually moved, down to single digits.
That leaves fewer swing votes for Romney to convince that, yes, after a four year hiatus for intelligence, it is time for a clown to be president once again. The polls on the swing states show where those swing voters seem to be moving: to Obama. Today, polls in Virginia have indicated that more voters support Obama there than support Romney.
I'm finding it difficult to get information on the Voter Suppression drives in seventeen states, however. If they are successful, and if court challenges cannot be heard and the judgments implemented before November 6, the voter-suppression can change the results in closely contested states. I'm not yet worried about it, but I'd really like some progress reports, if there are any, about what's going on.
In the meantime, I have offered advice to President Obama, when we sent in a political contribution to his campaign last week:
(1) Don't be the one attacking Romney/Ryan. (2) Let others in the administration and in the Democratic Party be the attack dogs. (3) Come out positively on what you can do in a second term, especially if the GOP is turned out of the House and loses some seats in the Senate.
I'm not holding my breath or sitting at the computer waiting to hear from him. Y'all enjoy now.
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