What the Heck is Mitt Doing?

I don't know what to think of Mitt Romney. He baffles me. Even if you don't like the President and you want him out of office, I would think Mitt must baffle you as well, and maybe scare you.  I just read a blog entry in the Wall Street Journal from Peggy Noonan.  Ms. Noonan is a very conversative, Republican political writer and commentator. Her recent blog  can be read at:

http://blogs.wsj.com/peggynoonan/2012/09/18/time-for-an-intervention/

In this article Ms. Noonan writes:

What should Mitt Romney do now? He should peer deep into the abyss. He should look straight into the heart of darkness where lies a Republican defeat in a year the Republican presidential candidate almost couldn’t lose. He should imagine what it will mean for the country, for a great political philosophy, conservatism, for his party and, last, for himself. He must look down unblinkingly.


And then he needs to snap out of it, and move.

He has got seven weeks. He’s just had two big flubs. On the Mideast he seemed like a political opportunist, not big and wise but small and tinny. It mattered because the crisis was one of those moments when people look at you and imagine you as president.

It’s time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It’s not big, it’s not brave, it’s not thoughtfully tackling great issues. It’s always been too small for the moment. All the activists, party supporters and big donors should be pushing for change. People want to focus on who at the top is least constructive and most responsible. Fine, but Mitt Romney is no puppet: He chooses who to listen to. An intervention is in order. “Mitt, this isn’t working.”


Another interesting editorial is from William Kristol, the editor of the conservative Weekly Standard.  Read his recent article at

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/note-romney-s-arrogant-and-stupid-remarks_652548.html

We deserve better than Mitt Romney.  We deserve better than Barrack Obama.  We won't get better.  We will get one of them.