The Republican base is mad as hell with Barack Obama; Mitt Romney is just disappointed. ‘You know there’s something wrong with the kind of job he’s done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.” he said in his acceptance speech last night. “I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn’t something we have to accept.” It was as if he wished to sound almost like a disillusioned Obama voter.
Romney is not an electrifying speaker. Even his wife worked the podium better. When a speech gets into “..and fifthly…” it sounds more like a CEO application than a heartfelt manifesto. Romney is gambling that America has had enough of a charisma and grandiose promises, and just wants jobs. Perhaps his most effective line was saying:-
“President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans.
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