Gingering up Mitt Zombie....

One common theme in our election rhetoric is that Mitt should be more aggressive, less defensive and much more masculine in dealing with O. The political right desperately wants to win this election and return the US to economic sanity.

They know they are saddled with Mitt and are doing everything in their power to ginger him up.

As for Mitt, not much sign of a change. He makes mistake after mistake and in so doing appears politically clueless. His idea of a media event over the July 4th holiday was to issue photos of he and his wife enjoying a ride in their water jet. The public, predictably, interpreted his fun as a rich man's sport and as a result the chasm between Mitt and the people became wider.

He does little else than manufacture and deliver political ammunition to the enemy.

Back in the O camp, it has become clear that the nation's poor are being wooed with promises of more benefits. His latest contribution to the welfare state is renewed efforts to limit the so called Bush tax credits to people earning under $250 thousand a year. Evidently, O does not need the middle class in his corner. The growing number of poor people are sufficient to get him elected. And the poor are growing as unemployment rises, new job creation falls and record numbers are entering the disabilities roster.

The latter is curious as the sudden increase leads some to suspect that going easy on passing applicants for disabilities has a direct impact on reducing unemployment statistics. Once disabled, one is permanantly off the unemployment roster.

It is too easy just now to conjure up all sorts of conspiracy theories regarding O's questionable methods for aggregating votes. His recent effort toprovide sanctuary for a section of young Mexicans who were brought to the USA at a young age by their parents looks very much like a case in point. Such pandering to the Mexican population could be interpreted as self interest.

Some argue, and I agree, that any solution to our hemorrhaging southern borders should not include incentives or rewards for continued immigration. O certainly won a lot of Hispanic support for his proposal, however, and that was enough as far as expanding his political base is concerned.