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The only one I felt was worth a damn on any level was Mitt Romney.
The better man and president beat Mitt.
Mitt wanted four years to get the unemployment rate below 6%. Obama got there in two years.
ROMNEY: I cannot predict precisely what the rate would be at the end of one year. I can tell you that over a period of four years, by a virtue of the polices that we put in place, we get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, perhaps a little lower.
Why is Romney so great in your opinion?
Romneycare?
First of all, I never said Romney was "great". So stop with the hyperbole. I said (and I quote) "the only one worth a damn". That's a far cry from "great". If you can't engage in a sincere debate, why engage in one at all? Don't intentionally misquote me.
Second, as far as "Romneycare" - yes - I was extremely impressed with it. Not that I personally would want it for my state, but I appreciated that Romney could operate in a liberal state and reach across the aisle to work with Democrats and all of his constituents. But far more importantly than that, Romneycare was 100% legal and Constitutional (unlike Obamacare). Liberals could have just about everything and anything they want at the state level. The reason they spend so much time throwing themselves on the ground and pitching a tantrum over conservatives opposing them is because they try to illegally achieve everything at the federal level. Romneycare was apparently the right solution for Massachusetts. Mitt didn't attempt to push it on the other 49 states. That's the entire point of American and the U.S. Constitution. 50 individual states deciding for themselves what's right for their state - independent of the other 49.
But nothing was more impressive than Romney's illustrating how he had his finger on the pulse of global geopolitical matters. Without having the daily PDB and endless national security meetings and alerts, Romney came into the debates and just bent Obama over. History has now proven unequivocally that he was spot on with his assessment of the threats posed by Russia, ISIS, etc. It has also proven how clueless Obama was with all of that.
Lastly, he came across as extremely articulate and appeared to be a man of integrity with no skeletons in his closet. There was nobody come out of the shadows accusing him of extramarital affairs, of accepting bribes, etc. Certainly no stories of many people mysteriously dying around him like the Clintons. No history of being mentored by card carrying members of Communist Party U.S.A. or studying marxism like the Obamas.