Romney’s “victory” speech,
tonight in Nevada, was more a
series of talking points. His comments
appealed to the conservative base but must evolve into a more substantive narrative. Tonight’s speech was designed to be “short and sweet,” and it got the job done in a positive
way. Romney is not a conservative, at heart;
he is a moderate. But he is clearly running as a
conservative. If we are looking at an
honest effort on the part of Romney, expect
the occasional difficulty in expressing a consistently conservative
rhetoric. Indexing minimum wage, for example, is not your typical conservative idea. When I speak of his
heart, I mean to imply that Romney’s
instincts will need to be reshaped,
especially as to the content of his unprepared response(s) to the
questions of the public and the press.
If he is a honest man, he will
be someone we all can support.
His talking points included
the following:
About that 8.3%
unemployment rate - the real unemployment rate is 15%
It is not the Obama
polices that are working, It is American
innovative entrepreneurship.
Romney contrasted
"fundamental transformation" vs a return to our traditions and
the greatness of this country.
Romney spoke of
a balanced the budget and contrasted that promise with Obama,
who makes no such promise and has not created a budget in four years.
"I will
repeal ObamaCare." (While we can argue that Romney Care is the
fore-runner of Obama Care, still, Romney has promised to repeal
Obama Care, and in that promise, separates himself from Obama).
He mentioned Obama
ordering religious leaders and their institutions to violate their
conscience. Romney will defend religious faith and the conscience of
those who care.
He promised that
his presidency would be about "protecting your jobs, not
saving my own."
I will insist on a
military so powerful no nation in the world to will challenge us
Our blue print
will be the Constitution (something the Obama radicals care nothing about).
"Restoring American greatness"
is a Romney theme.
Romney talked of
remembering how special it is to be an American and promised to build
upon that theme.
He described
America as land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom
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