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cism has poisoned even those diametrically opposed to them.
Americans of most persuasions used to be able to argue
around a shared center, like two
evenly matched rugby teams locking horns in a scrum. Today, elements of the extreme right have so
infected the GOP that it proudly
advocates sabotaging our nation’s
economy for its own political gain.
From aid to the states to help
for the unemployed to the continued economic brinksmanship
around our nation’s debt-ceiling,
no elected officials in our history
have so cavalierly toyed with the
fundamentals of our economy.
As Ezra Klein wrote earlier this
month in an important piece,
“The Keynesian Case for Romney,”
the current GOP’s unmistakable
message today is, “vote for us or
the recovery gets it.”
Those that feel betrayed by
Obama’s polished, emotional delivery last time need to be convinced that this election is a
cause and the president is not
just their leader but their partner.
Furthering that end, we all know
that if Democrats don’t hold onto
the Senate and retake the House,
or at the least cut the House GOP
majority enough to scare them
TREY
ELLIS
HUFFINGTON
07.01-08.12
into stopping their ongoing actions, then an Obama reelection
won’t be any different from the
bilious paralysis we’re suffering
through currently.
Without the hope that Obama
will have not only the will, but
the tools to fundamentally change
Washington in his next term, a
vote for Romney is not an illogical
choice for an independent voter.
Yes, that voter will
usher in a lot of things
they either don’t care
I would
about or oppose, but
urge the
as Klein points out,
president
as things stand today,
to think
gridlock would almost
bigger than
certainly be eased.
the swing
I would urge the
states, to
president to think
dream again
bigger than the swing
of profound
states and electoral
change.”
math, to dream again
of profound change.
Free of ever having to campaign
again, Obama can spend the next
four years, if he has help in a new
Congress, on paving a road to a
bright American future.
That’s a road I think a lot of
us would still like to travel down.
Mr. President, show us
the way.