m****s
发帖数: 7397 | | m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 2 Okay, My goal is to raise 5,000 for Mitt in NJ.
I have noticed we have quite a few Grand Old Papa here.
Let me know if we can get together and work this number out.
It doesn't have to be my name. totally not.
At the end of day, we want 100 Grants in the envelope and go. | p******h
发帖数: 166 | | m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 4 富 1 代,
Time is of essence.
bring your cash.
【在 p******h 的大作中提到】
: 金主啊
| m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 5 Is Romney Gutsy Enough to Pick Chris Christie?
By Jeffrey Goldberg - Jul 9, 2012 (BLOOMBERG)
Here is a fact causing Republicans to wonder why Mitt Romney isn’t the
runaway favorite in his campaign to unseat Barack Obama: No U.S. president
since Franklin Roosevelt has won re-election when the unemployment rate was
more than 7.4 percent.
So why isn’t Romney the clear favorite? Because Obama remains more popular
personally than one would otherwise expect. Because the Obama campaign has
been more effective at sowing doubt about Romney’s record as a wealthy
capitalist than the Romney campaign anticipated, which is evidence to some
that Romney’s campaign isn’t overstaffed with brilliant strategists. And
because Romney himself has the unfortunate tendency to come off as both
artificial and superficial.
Even Romney’s allies know he lacks the chemical building blocks of
likability. The Republican speaker of the House, John Boehner, was asked
recently by a voter in West Virginia the following lamenting question: “Can
you make me love Mitt Romney?” Boehner answered, in a plain-spoken manner,
“The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt
Romney.”
Many of Romney’s problems arise from his lack of authenticity. This
suggests that he should choose a running mate who conveys a feeling of he-
just-can’t-help-himself genuineness. Which is why all the talk about Romney
’s unwillingness to consider New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the
vice- presidential slot is a bit of a mystery to me.
Large Liabilities
There are, to be fair, many reasons Romney might want to keep Christie off
the ticket. Christie has an excessively large mouth. He is easily provoked.
He turns up late to speeches on occasion. He doesn’t quit when he’s ahead.
He is no one’s idea of a deputy. He comes from a state the Republicans can
’t win, no matter what Romney does. He is a Northeastern laissez-faire
Republican mistrusted by social conservatives. And, of course, he is
unwieldy and overweight and makes Romney look anorexic by comparison.
On the other hand, if Romney wanted to actually win the presidency, he might
consider choosing Christie.
I’ve been looking at Romney’s vice-presidential possibilities for the past
couple of weeks (yes, I know, I need to find a better hobby), and I’ve
been struck by two things. The first, as the Washington Post columnist
Michael Gerson has noted, is that the field of Republican vice-presidential
hopefuls is much more impressive than was the field of Republican
presidential hopefuls. (My apologies to fans of Michele Bachmann and Herman
Cain.)
The second is that the most talked-about candidates, while in possession of
impressive resumes, are almost comically bland. The first rule when picking
a vice-presidential running mate is, of course, don’t pick Sarah Palin, or
anyone who might remind the voting public of Sarah Palin. The people on
Romney’s short list -- which includes Ohio Senator Rob Portman, former
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan -- do
not resemble Palin in any way. Romney is safe with any of these candidates.
Will he fill arenas with them? Are any of these candidates particularly
skilled at speaking to disaffected blue-collar workers, to Reagan Democrats,
without condescension? Pawlenty has a blue-collar background, but he didn’
t connect with the white working class, or with anyone else, in his
abbreviated run for president. Let me put it another way. Do any of these
candidates match Christie’s preternatural ability to explain Republican
deficit-reduction ideas without coming off as bloodless budget-cutters?
Overflow Crowds
I’ve spent some time following Christie across New Jersey, to town-hall
meetings mainly, but also on visits to social- service agencies and, most
entertainingly, to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Newark. His town halls are
famous for their confrontational tone, but in truth shouting matches are
rare. What isn’t rare are huge, overflow crowds. I attended events, mainly
in high-school gymnasiums, over the past few months, and at each one fire
marshals had to cap attendance.
Why do people come by the hundreds to weekday morning meetings in small
towns? Because Christie gives them something they want. Not so much the
sarcasm (which can be enjoyable), but the skillful, tenacious and blunt
articulation of just where New Jersey’s government has gone off the rails -
- in its budget- making, in its management of state-worker pensions and in
its uncanny ability to create unfunded mandates. No one in national politics
does a better job of arguing against deficit spending than Christie.
An easy prediction: Christie would be filling basketball arenas with wildly
enthusiastic fiscal conservatives within two weeks of being chosen as Romney
’s running mate.
Another easy prediction: It ain’t going to happen.
The downside risk of a Christie pick is fairly small. But from what I
understand, Romney is looking for someone who presents no downside at all.
This comprehensive aversion to risk might be at the core of the problems
plaguing his campaign. If the campaign does figure out that it needs to
balance Romney’s upper-crust manner with someone who has actual middle-
class, even working-class, credentials, it might very well go with Pawlenty.
Pawlenty lost his nerve in the Republican primaries, but he was a talented
governor.
Can he energize arenas crammed with Republicans looking for inspiration?
Doubtful. But nothing the Romney campaign has done so far suggests that it
is interested in energizing voters.
(Jeffrey Goldberg is a Bloomberg View columnist and a national correspondent
for The Atlantic. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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Today’s highlights: the editors on combating drug-resistant tuberculosis
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aggressively; David Crane on reining in state health-care liabilities.
To contact the author of this column: Jeffrey Goldberg at goldberg.atlantic@
gmail.com.
To contact the editor responsible for this column: Timothy Lavin at tlavin1@
bloomberg.net. | z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 6 seriously, 我对Mitt没啥热情，他有什么政见措施值得选他?
【在 m****s 的大作中提到】
: 就等州长了
| m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 7 what's your alternative?
【在 z*****x 的大作中提到】
: seriously, 我对Mitt没啥热情，他有什么政见措施值得选他?
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 8 i got 2 alternatives: vote o or don't vote at all.
【在 m****s 的大作中提到】
: what's your alternative?
| i******t
发帖数: 11048 | 9 还是mitt要好一点。
【在 z*****x 的大作中提到】
: i got 2 alternatives: vote o or don't vote at all.
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 10 i want someone GOOD, not just least awful. I'm trying to figure out what's
Mitt's msg, if he has one.
【在 i******t 的大作中提到】
: 还是mitt要好一点。
| | | r*******t
发帖数: 8550 | 11 Obama
【在 m****s 的大作中提到】
: what's your alternative?
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 12 come on...that's propaganda.
【在 r*******t 的大作中提到】
: Obama
| r*******t
发帖数: 8550 | 13 that's not gogopanda
【在 z*****x 的大作中提到】
: come on...that's propaganda.
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 14 well they may have more in common than you might think.
【在 r*******t 的大作中提到】
: that's not gogopanda
| H********k
发帖数: 3950 | 15 this is not just propaganda.
this is an onslaught on reader's intelligence.
the topic is "PAYING for higher education". and not "education" per se.
Mitt has his reason for his extreme conservatism shown here on this matter.
once again, the business man knows what's on the horizon. Hence his careful
choice of words. Which is almost certainly lost to the ears of persons who
have the tendency for "grass-roots" movement.
Because student loan problem is looming large and some have long predicted
it's another impending bubble, waiting to be imploded.
Live in the real world, Barack!
as long as we don't have a free system like the ones in Europe already in
place here, education and its cost has to be planed, budgeted and treated
prudently as with any business decisions.
Frankly, it is EXACTLY the same kind of flamboyant, unrealistic expectation
and urging underpinning what Barack said in this picture that EVENTUAL
caused this financial crisis the world is suffering since 2007. And
afterwards they love to point fingers away from themselves. Once upon a time
, the Democrats screamed "owning a house is an american dream that ought to
be shared by EVERY american!" The fantasy world of sub-prime and no-document
mortgage came about for a reason. Like I said, they love to point fingers
other ways, when SCHEISS hits the fan.
Look at our society and our economy objectively, take off the partisanship
divide for a moment, and put on your thinking hat just this once. You can
see we actually have way too many HIGHLY educated people than demanded!
Never in the history of this nation and of any other nations have we seen so
many educated young men and you women entering labor force year after year
after year after year... non-stop. Ironically, a peaceful era (no world war)
and ever-higher productivity have hidden harms.
It's foolish to continue the pursuit of unrealistic "set-goals" for "every
american", at the cost of creating unsustainable financial burden that
sooner or later will erupt into another economic volcano.
Time to live in the real world and learn to accomplish social progress only
one step at a time, Barack. As always, The Chinese has long understood, that
"one bite at dinner, cannot make a big fat man".
【在 r*******t 的大作中提到】
: Obama
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 16 well higher edu should be a necessity, not a luxury. | m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 17 1) that's another topic
2) there is no reason that "should be" a necessity.
When admission is "merit based", it's perceived as fair.
Right there we know some can go to top schools, some go to average ones and
some may never be able to go.
It's about selectivity. And scarcity of resource always plays a role.
We are not even talking about money here.
When you throw income and money into the equations, water gets muddied more.
【在 z*****x 的大作中提到】
: well higher edu should be a necessity, not a luxury.
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 18 At the end of the day people should be able to get some college education.
if they end up not going, money shouldn't be the reason.
and
more.
【在 m****s 的大作中提到】
: 1) that's another topic
: 2) there is no reason that "should be" a necessity.
: When admission is "merit based", it's perceived as fair.
: Right there we know some can go to top schools, some go to average ones and
: some may never be able to go.
: It's about selectivity. And scarcity of resource always plays a role.
: We are not even talking about money here.
: When you throw income and money into the equations, water gets muddied more.
| z*****x
发帖数: 2370 | 19 College cost is through the roof. don't i knowit... i'm paying right now.
That said, it's a non starter to say that the answer is to get as much as
you can afford. A good businessman knows to take his budget as given and
live within the means; but a good leader would not accept a budget if it's
bad for the future.he'll find solutions to turn the table.
To use a very oversimplified example, Ronald Reagan didn't accept the "fact"
that the soviets are unbeatable; nor the "wisdom" that they are here to
stay. Jimmy accepted both. Instead Reagan set the country on a path to stand
up to the soviets and the rest is history we all live in.
Today, more than ever, we need a Reagan, not a carter. I want to hear that
Mitt is Ronald, not Jimmy....
Of course giving everybody cheap student loans is not the solution, that'd
just pump more air into the tuition bubble. the key is to increase supply to
drive down the cost for most.
.
careful
【在 H********k 的大作中提到】
: this is not just propaganda.
: this is an onslaught on reader's intelligence.
: the topic is "PAYING for higher education". and not "education" per se.
: Mitt has his reason for his extreme conservatism shown here on this matter.
: once again, the business man knows what's on the horizon. Hence his careful
: choice of words. Which is almost certainly lost to the ears of persons who
: have the tendency for "grass-roots" movement.
: Because student loan problem is looming large and some have long predicted
: it's another impending bubble, waiting to be imploded.
: Live in the real world, Barack!
| m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 20 That's some generally good ideas, but nations approach the resource of
higher education differently.
Never easy to overhaul.
Believe me, in this country, as is in many others, access to higher
education itself is not a problem.
MIT even opened up nearly all their courses to the public. One can learn
freely all MIT courses online.
There are many colleges where one can get "educated" for free or nearly so..
It's similar to the Gay marriage situation.
Gay men can suck cocks all day...
Very few people are really against that.
But their campaign for gay marriage is for something else. And more people
feel bothered by THAT.
The cry for education here is also for something else. It's the benefits
after getting "educated".
Too bad ! Policies cannot change organizational preferences in free market.
Graduates from the most selective schools are most sought after...
A person, merely by getting higher education, does not bring much to the
table anymore in today's competitive world.
The democrats know that well, after all they are deeply entrenched in
schools.
But slogans are made anyway, to incite the confused public. That's where you
are right.
It's all propaganda. Bullshit.
.
【在 z*****x 的大作中提到】
: At the end of the day people should be able to get some college education.
: if they end up not going, money shouldn't be the reason.
:
: and
: more.
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