The Best Centrist Argument for Mitt Romney and Why It Won't Work

Centrists could think that once elected Mitt Romney will  achieve wonders because he is better than Obama  at getting things done  and because Democrats will play ball with him  while Republicans trot out center-right bills  that actually get passed In other words Mitt will break the logjam and government will start to move again This is a very powerful argument because it suggests the electoral wisdom of the American people At bottom we want things to work and if they work better with a Republican at the helm well who cares The problem with this is twofold 1. Romney is dug in too deep to get anything but grief from  Democrats who are not gonna take it anymore He is beholden to Koch Rove WSJ Wingnuts and so forth 2. So close are his instincts to truly harmful and risky things that the folk who think as the first paragraphs of this piece think are very wrong We are looking at a W clone a servant of Big Oil someone who will warm the cockles of Cheney's heart Mitt may present himself as a gridlock master but he isn't The current fight is not going to be won  by giving the GOP power because Democrats are nice The Democrats will not be nice The Democrats will insist on the Obama agenda of tax fairness and fairness and opportunity for all Obama is schooling the Democrats to grow backbone Therefore the best case would be a massive humiliation of Romney Ryan Rove Koch and so forth and enough margin in Congress to suspend the 60 vote rule and pass Obama programs in both houses The next best case would be to reelect the President and continue to hang tough  with a schizoid and sick Congress And the worst case  would be a Romney win risking a permanently Right Wing Supreme Court laws that make the lives of women and girls hell intentional global warming and ten or fifteen other equally horrendous results Centrists may think Romney is their friend  Bush sure wasn't and Romney would be even less.  Stephen's Remarkable Kindle Store