Uppercut, Then a Left Hook
tweeted by, Greg Sargent ?@ThePlumLineGS
Obama goes up in Michigan with a new ad slamming Romney over the auto bailout. In Morning Roundup:
____ The chatter continues this morning about GOP Governor Chris Christie’s astonishingly effusive praise of Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy. After Obama and Christie toured the damage yesterday, Christie thanked Obama for their “great working relationship” and claimed Obama “sprung into action immediately.” The day before, Christie praised Obama’s storm response as “outstanding,” adding: “He deserves my praise, and he will get it regardless of what the calendar says.”
What’s striking about this is how directly it undermines one of the central arguments Mitt Romney is making against Obama, with only five days left until Election Day.
Romney has been closing out the campaign with a series of ads claiming that he will work with Democrats to get things done in Washington and arguing that Obama utterly failed to persuade Republicans to work with him, despite his promise to change the tone in Washington. Romney claims his leadership skills — derived from being Governor of Massachusetts and a turnaround whiz in business — give him an ability to forge agreement between differing parties to get things done that Obama has proven he lacks. It’s Romney’s final case that his resume shows he’d be a better president than Obama has been — a bipartisan, get-it-done technocrat type (the latest version of Romney, anyway) who can end the rancor and division of the Obama years..
Now Americans are being treated to images of a Republican Governor extensively praising Obama for working with him cooperatively and displaying leadership and a propensity for quick action at a time of crisis.
There has been a lot of talk about how the storm has “frozen” the race. Some have noted that it stalled Romney’s supposed “momentum.” If so, it’s also relevant that Obama’s performance, and Christie’s high profile praise of it, directly undermine one of Romney’s main closing messages. Indeed, even Republicans are worried about this.
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What He Said - Obama for America TV Ad
Glenn Thrush ?@GlennThrush
Wow-Over half the voters said auto bailout was deciding factor RT @thedailybeast: Poll: Obama Up by 6 in MI http://thebea.st/Tbni0L
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