Obama's Stagnant Economy Is No Accident

Roger Pilon, Cato @ Liberty
Today POLITICO Arena asks:Was Romney able to deliver his best possible introduction to the American people?My response:In stark contrast to Obama, Romney's plainly not comfortable tooting his own horn. He'll stand out in Washington. Thus it fell to others last night to bring out his many good qualities, and they did it well.

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Ohio ordered to restore weekend early voting in judge’s ruling

A federal judge ruled Friday that Ohio must allow in-person voting on the weekend before the presidential election, a victory for Democrats who claimed Republican efforts to close down early voting were aimed at discouraging voters most likely to support President Obama.

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Clint Eastwood riff distracts from successful GOP convention

TAMPA —Now we know why political conventions are scripted.

Mitt Romney delivered a good and personal acceptance speech Thursday night. His campaign produced a sterling video about the candidate. People who know Romney offered testimony about his values, his compassion and his business acumen. But all anyone seemed to be talking about when the convention ended was Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

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Marketing Romney: The Problem Is the Product

Gary Younge, Guardian
The running-mate had rousing words for the RNC but the main man is the least popular presidential nominee in nearly 30 yearsFor a party that has gone to extraordinary lengths to stress its links to small business, Republicans are terrible salespeople. They have had just one task this week: to market Mitt Romney. The trouble is no one's buying it.At first sight the problem seems to be presentational. The contributions from the stage are wooden; the jokes flat; signs of oratorical flare rare. Time and again with just a handful of exceptions, a speaker came to the podium to great cheers...

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