Romney’s Final Debate Message: I’ll Be A Better Obama

[DonViejo]

As quickly became apparent, President Obama and Mitt Romney walked onto the debate stage at Lynn University with two very different strategies. Romney’s, to prevent himself as a steady moderate and not a return to the Bush era, and Obama’s, to attack Romney relentlessly as an untested and dangerous alternative.

Conservative foreign policy leaders couldn’t be more upset by Obama’s foreign policy. Throughout the campaign, they’ve accused Obama of being weak, feckless, appeasing, ill-informed and downright dangerous. Yet when Romney met Obama on stage in Boca Raton, it was often in the spirit of agreement.

The standout example was Afghanistan. Romney has attacked Obama for months over his stated withdrawal deadline for American troops at the end of 2014 but in recent weeks he’s put his plan for the future of Afghanistan more in line with Obama’s. That new tone was on display at Lynn University.

“We’re going to be finished by 2014, and when I’m president, we’ll make sure we bring our troops out by the end of 2014,” Romney said. “The commanders and the generals there are on track to do so. We’ve seen progress over the past several years. The surge has been successful and the training program is proceeding apace.”

Romney’s Afghanistan view was so close to Obama’s in that answer, he could have been a surrogate for the president in the spin room afterwards.

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[rucky]

1. It's different when a white guy says it. n/t

[justiceischeap]

2. I think the message is: "I'll be a whiter Obama"

Cause there's no way he'd be a better Obama.

[Cha]

3. KNR For Reading Later..thank you, DV

[liberal N proud]

4. It was yet another Romney etch-a-sketch moment

He shook himself again and showed up with a new set of policies.

He just throws it out there to see what will stick.

[polichick]

6. Sad that any voter in American would fall for such an obvious con man.

[polichick]

5. Or like Obama suggested, he'll just be LOUDER.

[bklyncowgirl]

7. It's all about reassuring women voters that he is not George W. Bush

[JPK]

8. Romney can try to co-op Obama's foreign policy.......

....but all you have to do is look at Romney's foreign policy advisors, alot of Bush's Neo Cons. Wanna bet he folds under pressure from them to go to war if he's elected? It doesn't matter any more what Romney says, it's who he has hiding behind the curtain that worries me.

[wishlist]

9. Romney failed to make correct decisions on every issue

Obama was great in pointing out that although Romney now agrees with all the good things Obama did, Romney initially opposed everything from the auto bailout, to going into Pakistan to get Bin Ladin, to supporting ouster of Mubarak, etc etc showing that Romney lacks the judgment to make the right calls on the tough decisions. He mentioned how Mitt praised GW Bush's economic leadership and Dick Cheney's misguided policies.

Most of the media talkers are ignoring Obama's central message of the importance of all of Romney's wrong stands vs Obama's superior judgment in determining the best person for the job.