Remember those who said, when Mitt Romney chose Paul
Ryan to run as his vice presidential nominee, that the "new Romney" had
arrived? Wrong. We still have the same old Romney, while the new Ryan
has been neutered by the old Romney. Does anyone believe Mitt Romney
believes in any lasting values and ideals? So: Paul Ryan
Paul Davis RyanA warning to Ryan’s successor: The Speakership is no cakewalk Republicans divided over legislation protecting Mueller The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE now sounds like
Mitt Romney-Lite. Conservative angst is soaring. Perhaps the right
should hope Obama wins, so they can start the Rubio and Ryan campaigns
for 2016.
Mitt Romney has begun to state which parts of
ObamaCare he applauds. Good. That is a start. Now Romney is saying that
if elected he will journey to Capitol Hill and seek agreements with
Harry Reid
Harry Mason ReidDems walk tightrope on Pompeo nomination The Memo: Teens rankle the right with gun activism Dems to party: Go on offense with Trump’s alleged affairs MORE, Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders. Good. I doubt Romney
will be elected, but if he is, he should. Romney is now telling voters
he will govern as he did in Massachusetts when he had to deal with
Democrats (and joined Ted Kennedy enacting RomneyCare). Good.
So what happened to Paul Ryan? The nominee who stands for nothing never intended to let Ryan be Ryan, because if Ryan is Ryan, Romney could not be Romney. Hence, Paul Ryan sounds like a neutered version of the Paul Ryan we used to know.
Beneath the surface the angst is rising on the right. The right champions the Etch, while their nominee is the Sketch. Conservatives will end up as part of Romney's infamous 47 percent. Romney's insincerity shines through. Voters get it. This is why Obama is more likely to be reelected, and if Obama is reelected, in the privacy of their souls, some leaders on the right will be shedding only crocodile tears.
