Accomplishments of a Romney first term?

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Let's assume that Mitt Romney wins on November 6th and becomes the 45th president.  What do you expect his first term will accomplish?  Of course, there is always a gap between campaign commitments and actual outcomes because of the unforeseen complexities of the legislative process, unforeseen events in the nation as a whole, priority changes and so on.  So, after four years of a Romney first term, what do you think can actually, reasonably be expected as results of Romney's policy agenda in the areas of the economy, the labor market, the federal budget, health care policy and international relations?

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Obamacare will be gone. Otherwise, I don't know.

I appreciate that response, Vosem. 
I find it curious that none of your Republican compatriots have responded to the OP question yet.

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I tend to think that you are right, Duke.  On entitlements, the reluctance of both Ryan and Mitt to make major cuts is evidenced by their putting reforms off for ten years and laying them at the doorstep of an entirely different Congress.   I really doubt, by the way, given deficit worries, that a president Romney would really follow through on his first debate pledge to add back the $750 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts of Obamacare.  If Romney is not going to cut defense, and perhaps even raise appropriations for it, and if he is not going to take a hatchet to discretionary spending, which even conservative states would oppose and which would hurt the recovery, then he has to raise revenues net in a way that has a chance of promoting growth.  One way to do that of course would be by dropping the nominal rate to higher than where the effective rate for top earners and businesses is now as well as take out some loopholes and deductions that allow those businesses to invest toward market opportunities and not toward the tax code, but I wonder if such a plan would pass the House.  And if the Dems hold the Senate or even maintain enough people to filibuster, there is no way Obamacare as a whole is going anywhere, and not much will happen to Dodd-Frank either.  And, for all the tough talk about China, Mitt is not dumb enough to provoke a trade war with them by labeling them a currency manipulator, and it's really not clear what other viable options are on the table with regard to Iran and Syria.   So, except for a different set of judicial nominations it's all, it being the results of the election in practical terms, is kind of a wash, isn't it?