"Romey: Country Shouldn't Go 'Forward' On Obama's Path" 10/29

"Romney: Country Shouldn't Go 'Forward' On Obama's Path"
by Tony Leys
DesMoineRegister.com/Iowa Politics
October 29, 2012

          Tony Ley's article is about one of Romney's recent rallies in Davenport, Iowa. He criticizes Obama's well-known slogan "Forward." He claims, if reelected, Obama will lead Obama in the wrong direction. Romney talks to his cheering fans about how much energy they give him, and continues to make promises about improving education, creating jobs, and putting a stop to taxes on middle-income Americans and  small business owners. Yet, as much as he reiterates, he doesn't go into detail at all about how he's going to do these things. The article also talks about how Mitt's rallies will come to a stop for some time to show respect to those experiencing the damage done by Hurricane Sandy. Romney later talked about how Obama said you "can only change Washington from the outside." However, Romney claims he knows how to change it from the inside, by "reaching over the aisle" in the election to Democrats, but still doesn't explain how he will actually do this. Erin Seidler, Obama spokeswoman from the Iowa campaign says Romney never "reached over the aisle" to work with Democrats during his time as Massachusetts governor like he said he did, nor did he speak his mind to the big Republican figures, instead he humored them so they'd like what he had to say. Romney has also began to reference encouraging words from TV show, Friday Night Lights. Speakers like the former wrestling coach from University of Iowa spoke before Romney.
          The information in this article shows why some Republicans like Romney, he talks about how much his supporters mean to him and throws them upbeat words and slogans. However, for democrats, or potential democrats like me, it causes skepticism about how Romney actually plans do to the things he says he'd do as president. He never seems to elaborate on how he plans to get America on the "right path." I learned that Romney's campaign stopped his rally trip in order to respect those struggling with the hurricane damage and I thought that was absolutely the right thing to do, president or not.  I would use this information to back up why I don't see Romney as a promising president, he never backs up his points. The author, Tony Leys, doesn't take a clear position in this article, he just reports on the rally. I believe this article could cause critics to interrogate Romney about how exactly he plans to solve the problems in America, just like I would. Romney says good things, but it seems like he has no information and no plan to fall back on.

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