Watched some of the clips this morning of last night's speakers at the Republican National Convention. There were no surprises for me at all except the stage presence, composure, sincerity, and impressive intelligence displayed by Ann Romney. And whereas I knew nothing about her until now, I think she came across as a solid, believable, and certainly knowledgeable, information source as to what’s Mitt’s all about, and will prove to be a very strong plus for his campaign. The presentation she made was perfect for it's purpose.
Aside from the convention however, which is doing what it’s supposed to with obvious bias, there were two other items in the news which might have positive effects regarding Romney.
According to Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy Magazine on-line a commentary in Monday's China Daily read, "By any standard, the U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's China policy, as outlined on his official campaign website, is an outdated manifestation of a Cold War mentality. It endorses the ‘China threat' theory and focuses on containing China's rise in the Asia-Pacific through bolstering the robust U.S. military presence in the region."
So, what that says to me is they’re presently quite happy having the oval office occupied by someone whom they see as no threat, and thus can likely use to their advantage. But Romney’s potential election scares them enough to put their fears in writing. And considering they’d like nothing better than to wipe out the U.S. economically -or try to by force if they had to- their obvious fear of him is a huge endorsement of Mitt.
And then there was the announcement that Hillary won’t attend the Dem Convention next week, because, "she’s just to busy doing her job and will be traveling instead to the South Pacific, Asia and Vladivostok in Russia." However, this is the first convention she’s missed since 1968, her original involvement in politics.
So, as regular readers know, I’ve suspected she’d be asked to step in for Joe Biden whereas he’s such a huge liability for the incumbent. But now it seems that really won’t happen, which naturally leads me to wonder what the truth really is.
My best guess is, she likely thinks the incumbent’s run is over and doesn’t want to be tied to the debacle he’s caused, preferring to be as far away as she can, like maybe the Far East or Europe. Yet, whatever the case, I agree with Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College, who wrote, according to Reuters, "I would be surprised if she was not at the next Democratic convention, either as a former first lady, former secretary of state, or as a candidate herself. I bet she has already cleared her calendar."
And then there’s the case of Bill, who’s still introducing the incumbent’s speech at the upcoming convention. But now, if Hillary’s truly out of the VP picture, and considering how much he hates the incumbent himself, I’ve got to wonder what he might say or do to sink him. And in that regard, if I were in the incumbent’s shoes right now, I’d cancel Bill’s speech for sure and replace him someone I know and trust. However, that’s presents another problem, because is seems there just aren't any of those folks left.
That's it for today folks.
Adios.
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