JoeB131
Diamond Member
The fact you have to go back 32 years to find an example of someone who was trailing who came back from behind is sort of telling.
The same set of cicumstances and lack of leadership between Obama and Carter.
Therein lies the tale.
Not really.
Let's see the circumstances that were there under Carter.
1) Third party challenge from John Anderson
2) Interparty challenge from Ted kennedy.
3) Gas Lines and rationing.
4) Russians invading Afghanistan
5) Hostages in Iran for 444 days.
6) The unpopular re-institution of draft registration.
7) Double Digit Inflation
8) Double didit interest rates.
In short, you had a whole list of catastrophes that happened under this guys watch.
The only think Obama has in common is unemployment is way too high. But the same could be said of Reagan in 1984, and Reagan still won re-election.
But here's the more important thing. Ronald Reagan was a master of using television to his advantage. Once he was able to get out there, people could see he wasn't going to "blow up the world".
Romney is probably really great in a boardroom talking to other rich douchebags... but when it comes to relating to real people, he falls flat.