If there is to be much of a campaign, it'll be pure invention
. . . on the part of the media to portray Romney anywhere near the level of competence, class, and commitment of President Obama,
I'm not saying that there won't be a contest. There clearly are enough ambitious folks in the industry and in the political establishment willing to 'equalize' these two candidates in the public eye to make it look like there's something redeeming or virtuous about whatever convenient retread republican policies and pronouncements Romney is able to throw in the air. Hell, they'll even give him a few, just to make it look like a horse race.
When all the bull is stripped away, though (that's the challenge), Romney won't have a thing to stand on or behind. He won't have the (mythical) reputation of a 'maverick', for instance, that McCain failed to sell in his own regressive, backbiting campaign, All he has is his reputation as a flip-flopper -- and he's living up to that in his campaign, so far.
Fact is, Barack Obama is just the better man -- and it shows. He's the closest President I've seen in my lifetime to the people he intends to represent. He's the real deal, and folks he interacts with out in the nation identify and respond to that sincerity and attentiveness to their concerns.
His superlative image and character is on display and there isn't anyone in the republican party who can better him in that. That's why there's such a desperate effort to tear him down; to drag him down to their lowly level. I think Barack Obama relishes in proving the cynical and the apathetic wrong. He relishes in organizing folks around accomplishment and success. He revels in enlisting like-minded Americans to contribute their expertise and experiences to advancing solutions to our complex needs and interests.
It's going to be hard for even those cynics and provokers to keep from cheering him on in the end.
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In this horrific economy in which we live would send a message to the world that America just doesn't give a fuck anymore - that the American government is only there to protect and serve the needs of the uber wealthy business criminals who have more money than god and made it through completely illegal means but our government legalizes it. The only right thing to do is reelect Obama - no amount of Koch bullshit or Citizens United money will ever convince the populace that Mitt Rmoney is there to serve the rest of us. They're done - and the GOP implosion at the convention will be fun to watch. Pass the butter. 
