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« on: April 26, 2012, 06:27:26 PM »

Romney can certainly rehabilitate his political image. More people will be paying attention to the general election than the primaries, so he will be able to shift more to the center and successfully erase the "severely conservative" meme somewhat.

What I think is more important is rehabilitating his personal image, which I think he'll have a harder time accomplishing. He naturally comes off as awkward, aloof, and kind of slick to a lot of people, and no amount of money or campaigning can really change that, because it's part of his personality.
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 11:05:01 PM »

Whether it comes to his stilted personality, his sleazy past behavior or his overly conservative shift; the public's current perception on Romney looks absolutely bleak for his campaign. Can Romney shift this perception significantly over the next few months? If you believe that it's possible, in what ways can he achieve this?

Discuss.

Romney-hacks: please accept the reality about your candidate and don't explain it away with cliches. Thanks.

This election is a referendum on the record of Barack Obama, not the personality of Mitt Romney. This election is about jobs and the economy, not American Idol.

Who knows more about jobs and the economy: A successful businessperson, or a "community organizer" best known for having a politician's tongue? If you don't know, ask yourself this: Are you better off than you were four years ago?

The above is how this election is going to play out, folks. It's not about personality, who is the more personable politician, so much as perceived strengths/weaknesses and how they play into the narrative of the election. Bush was perceived as strong on national security, which is why he won the 2004 re-election battle dominated by national security. It really had nothing to do with personalities. Obama is perceived as weak on the economy/deficit, which is why he will lose the 2012 re-election battle dominated by the economy/deficit.

Trite platitudes...Reagan did them much better than you or Romney
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