Monday, June 18, 2012
Obama is perhaps the most divisive President in modern
U.S. history. The country is in severe economic crisis -- history books will
someday call this the Obama Great Depression. Yet our President doesn’t see fit
to deal with the economy in general. He doesn’t make big announcements to save
Americans in general. He doesn’t have a plan to create jobs for all Americans.
Because for Obama it isn't about America...or the economy...or jobs. It's all
about cold, hard, heartless politics.
Obama sees politics as divided by race. Everything he
does is about division. Obama divides rich vs. poor (with his Buffett bill and
proposed massive tax hikes on the rich), black vs. white (with his Trayvon
comments), gay vs. straight (with his gay marriage announcement), women vs. men
(with his demand that women receive free contraception from private insurers).
And Obama’s newest “minority of the month announcement” was Friday’s policy
aimed at illegal immigrants, particularly young Latinos.
Undocumented young immigrants will no longer face
deportation under Obama. This cynical ploy comes only days before both Obama
and Romney will be addressing one of the most important and high profile Latino
organizations in the country -- the National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials conference in Orlando.
To Obama this isn’t about saving the U.S. economy or
restoring America’s place as the greatest nation in the world. It’s about pure
cynical politics. It’s about doing anything, saying anything, offering any
bribe in order to be re-elected. He desperately needs the next four years to
finish what he started -- the destruction of capitalism, the demonization of
the wealthy, the capitulation of the private sector.
But two can play at this game. In the interest of full
disclosure, I am the Chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee.
This isn't an endorsement. I am making a recommendation as a political pundit,
analyst, and strategist only. With that revelation out of the way, here is my
unsolicited advice to Mr. Romney for how you put the election away…this week.
If Presidential politics is a chess game, then it’s time to checkmate Obama.
And the perfect place to do that is in Orlando at the National Association of
Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference.
Obama believes he has “checked” Romney with Latino voters
with his latest announcement. He will walk on the stage in Orlando to a
thunderous hero’s welcome. He will discuss how Latino youth brought illegally
to this country, through no fault of their own, will no longer have to lie
awake at night fearing deportation to a strange country they no longer
recognize. And he we will receive a standing ovation.
Mitt Romney must walk onto that same stage and upstage
Obama. This is the place and time for the announcement of the year. Mitt Romney
coolly steps up to the microphone and says, “It’s time for a Latino to join a
Presidential ticket. It’s time for the fastest growing group in America to have
a seat at the table of power. To have a voice in the White House. Today…right
here…right now…I’m going to change the game…forever. Today you get your seat at
the table. Today we change American politics…forever. Ladies and gentleman,
allow me to introduce my Vice Presidential running mate United States Senator
Marco Rubio." Marco walks out to embrace Mitt Romney while the crowd
stands, screams, and cheers! Tears stream down cheeks.
CHECKMATE.
Obama’s announcement is instantly forgotten. It is an
afterthought. The news media changes the headlines for tomorrow’s papers. It’s
no longer about Obama’s love affair with the Latino community. It’s no longer
about adulation for Obama’s new immigration policy. The headlines tonight on
the evening news…tomorrow in the newspapers…for weeks on the Internet…are about
Romney picking the first Latino Vice Presidential running mate in history.
Obama is out of the news. Obama has been upstaged in
front of one of his most important groups of supporters. No matter what Obama
says that day…or any other day to Latinos…Marco Rubio is the elephant in the
room of U.S. politics.
Obama is fast losing his grip on the Presidency and he
knows it. Obama’s lead is slipping with Latinos, blacks, Jews, women -- as the
Obama economy worsens and the jobs picture darkens, every group in this country
is losing faith in Obama. His announcement about immigration last week was out
of desperation just to hold onto Latino votes. Obama is running scared. He is
no longer fighting for new voters. He's desperately trying to hold onto his
most loyal voters. When you can't even count on your home turf as an advantage,
the game is slipping away.
Here are a few bonus points that come with Rubio's
selection as V.P. Romney is white bread with mayonnaise. He needs youth, razzle
dazzle, energy, charisma, and enthusiasm. He needs color. Rubio adds all of
that to the ticket. He changes the dynamic of the entire Presidential race. He
shakes things up. He throws Obama a curve that he may never recover from.
Although my prediction is that days later Obama would counter by dumping Biden
and adding Hillary Clinton to the ticket. It’s his only move, after he is put
in a corner and forced to answer Romney’s devastating chess move.
Romney has never been a favorite of the crucial Tea
Party. The Tea Party just saved Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. The Tea Party
just defeated Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. The Tea Party is the energy of the
GOP. Take the Tea Party out of the equation and Romney becomes Gerald Ford, Bob
Dole, George H.W. Bush, and John McCain wrapped into one. Rubio changes all
that. Rubio is a Tea Party favorite. He energizes the Tea Party. Rubio brings
Tea Party voters to the polls in droves.
Finally Rubio locks down Florida. No scenario on earth
allows the GOP to win the election without Florida. Rubio is the piece of the
puzzle that hands Florida’s electoral votes to Romney. Having Rubio on the
ticket also adds a minimum 5% to 10% more Latino votes nationwide -- a boon in
crucial states with big Latino populations like Nevada, Colorado, and New
Mexico.
Obama made his chess move on Friday. Here is Romney’s
chance to counter and end the game. CHECKMATE.
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