Is it just me or does mitten seem like he would rather be doing anything but running for POTUS?

[rainbow4321]

He can't even get off a snarky ass soundbite about Pres Obama without looking down at his notes.
NO real emotion or passion in ANY part of his speech...he might as well be reading names out of a phonebook.

Is it because he knows that with the backing of the GOP establishment, it doesn't really matter if the repuke voters around the country like him or not..tough shit.

Might as well put a huge cardboard cut out of him on stage.

[chelsea0011]

1. Something to do, like governor of Mass. Couldn't stick around for another term.

He was out invisible governor. He started running for POTUS a few years into his term.

[Hepburn]

2. Swear to gawd, the asshole looks like...

...he is slumming. You know ~~ being with the "little people."

[rainbow4321]

8. Ding, ding, ding!

There we go...that is the feeling that is coming thru the TV...couldn't put my finger on it but that is it. He is the top 1 percent OF the 1 percent. He doesn't even wanna be the room having to entertain the "lower" 1 percent, never mind the rest of the country (99 percenters)

[TlalocW]

3. He wants to be president

He just doesn't like having to deal with the little people on his attempted journey there.

TlalocW

[highplainsdem]

5. +1,000,000

[PragmaticLiberal]

11. Thats something I've noticed as well.

Mitt is by far the most socially awkward presidential candidate I've seen.


Just seems like he has no ability to connect to the common man.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. Sort of like President and fellow Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge

(From Will Rogers's version of Coolidge's State of the Union message):

"Now everyone I come in contact with is prosperous. They have to be prosperous, or they don't come in contact with me!"

[Johonny]

12. yip

He thinks he should be appointed.

[Old and In the Way]

4. He's got no vision or ideas on how to fix the structural fiscal problems that he helped create.

He's running to add the title to his resume. It's all about the trophy and nothing about correcting the problems facing the bottom 90% of this country.

[NYC Liberal]

6. Why would he want to "fix" them? The "structural fiscal problems" are only problems

if you're not a corporation or in the 1% like Romney is. For Mittens, the policies that have screwed the rest of us have made him millions.

[Old and In the Way]

9. A good question to ask the people who would waste their vote trying to elect him. nt

[NYC Liberal]

17. At least the fundies who voted against their interests to vote for Bush

had religion as a reason. But they can't even claim that much with Romney. So they'd have to be really, really stupid to vote for him.

[Old and In the Way]

18. When it comes to voting against their best interests,

Republicans are pretty consistent in their efforts. Apparently, there is no lesson to be learned in one's political choices.

[NYC Liberal]

19. I'm not so sure they won't cut off their nose to spite their face.

I think there's a real possibility they stay home and "let" Obama win just to stick it to the Repug establishment. I could be wrong.

[Old and In the Way]

21. A distinct possibility.

At the end of the day, they may well decide not to vote...at least on POTUS. In their wallets, I think they secretly want the Democrats to win...in their minds, they can never bring themselves to vote for a Democrat. It's going to be a fascinating election.

[The Genealogist]

7. Willard has about half the personality of a dial tone

I think he wants to be president, he just doesn't have much of a personality. What little personality he does seems, to me, to be very forced. I suppose a "successful businessman" whose "successes" came at the expense of everyday workers learns to behave very emotionlessly, even if he was feeling great joy inside at their suffering.

[rainbow4321]

10. Tweety just noted the same thing..Mittens looks miserable

"Why isn't Romney happy?"


My guess is he has realized how much face time he is having to put in this...probably a million percent more than what he ever had to do in his business bubble. You know he just delegated everything to his minions, all mittens had to do was sit around and enjoy the money rolling in.

So right about now, he is probably realizing he can't just send his minions out to campaign on his behalf and expect to just stroll on into the Oval Office. No "business takeover" is gonna get him in the CEO seat this time.

[uponit7771]

14. lofl!!!

[applegrove]

13. I'm kind of cardboard unless I am around someone bubbly. Then I bubble. I've

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noticed Romney is bubbling a little more. Could be the GOP has given him a 'minder/political fluffer' to keep him engaged?

[uponit7771]

15. YES!!! He looks like he doesn't want this ish already

[mackattack]

16. Hey doesnt seem to enjoy being the center of attention

He is probably fine in a more relaxed setting, but he just seems uncomfortable during the debates and with meeting people. I dont want to say he thinks he is better than the little people, I dont know if he does or doesnt. But, his body language indicates that this isnt his favorite thing to do. I wonder how he got through all those board meetings.

People see that and it will resonate.

Obama on the other hand absolutely shines when speaking in front of large crowds. That will be a huge benefit for him.