In one of the strangest articles I have seen this year, Michael Crowley writes in Time magazine that Mitt Romney is too focused on the economy. Crowley derides what he calls Romney's "comical discipline" to bring questions back to the economy when he can. You can feel the outrage in Crowley's words when he talks about how Romney went to the recent gathering of Latino elected officials and discussed not illegal immigration but 11% unemployment among Hispanics. How dare he? Didn't Romney get the memo that told him he had to focus on other issues? Just because the economy is the biggest issue in the country and also is the single weakest portion of the Obama record is no reason for Romney to focus on it. Just think about it: if Romney keeps the focus on the economy he just might win and we cannot have that!
It is hard to imagine why Crowley would write such a piece or why Time would publish it. I checked to make sure that it was not a parody, but no, it is the real thing. If this is a true exemplar of liberal thought, it is no wonder that they need new ideas.
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The reason Time and the Time writer did this?--because it is part of a concerted effort by all of the Obama supporters to downplay the significance of the economy to the presidential election. Another part of this effort is to downplay the impact the President can have on the economy---therefore elect Obama--after all, he could not do anything about it. It can't be his fault!
Don Giles
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