You’d think that a man who spends each Tuesday wondering who he’s going to kill next wouldn’t have much patience with the man who wants to take his job. But President Obama apparently had too much on his plate to bother showing up for the debate last night. Or maybe he had so much fun killing people on Tuesday that he couldn’t get cranked for Wednesday.
In any event, the President allowed Mitt Romney to turn himself into a Rockefeller Republican, for one night at least, and it worked. It was probably the best night of Romney’s life.
The President should have pasted Mitt’s 47% rap all over his face. Instead, the President agreed that both he and Mitt want to save Social Security. Wrong, Mr. President. The Republicans want to destroy Social Security. That was Dub-Ya’s plan, remember? And Mitt is the new Dub-Ya.
The truth is, of course, that Mitt and Obama are very much alike, both believers in the idea that with enough brains and enough data, you can lick any problem. Which is why ObamaCare is nothing but RomneyCare writ large. But if Barack doesn’t want the job, Mitt will take it.
