Howie Carr Thinks it's Just a Referendum On Obama

     If you want clarity on how the real Mitt Romney supporters think, listen to Howie Carr. He admists that "no one cares about Mitt" it's just about hating Obama.

     "He’s not Barack Obama. In the end, that’s what it comes down to with Mitt Romney. He’s running as the non-Barack Obama."

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     That is exactly what the Romney team has discovered does not work. It's a choice not a referendum. And even people like Larry Kudlow admit Romney hasn't made the sale.

      The trouble with flat earthers like Carr is that they think everyone thinks like them. They don't get that there aren't enough of them to elect Romney by themselves.

     "As much as the Democrats try to change the subject, this election will be about Barack Obama, period. Mitt’s speech last night hit all the right notes, but this fight is not about him. He’s just the vessel. Now the question is, does this guy at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. who thinks the private sector is doing fine get another four years?"

    So that's the best Carr has? So did he vote against McCain in 2008 for declaring in the middle of the Lehman meltdown that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong?"

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   Of course not. So he's not voting against Obama because of  that. Why is he? Virulent hatred. Indeed, the private sector of the Obama economy has actually created more jobs already than in 8 years of Bush. Does Carr know what? No. He doesn't know anything other than a few of the most trifling Right wing talking points.

    "He didn’t pound it, but he did repeatedly mention the price of gasoline — “it’s doubled.”

     Yeah, that's the market. The price of oil does respond to supply and demand. What would Carr prefer? Howie in his time was actually a Nixon man-true story. Nixon had an answer for high gas prices-price controls. Is that what Obama should have done Howie?

     What's that? You don't like fact checkers?
   
     Carr does make the same point I did in an earlier post about Mitt wishing the President had succeeded:

      Mitt said, “I wish President Obama had succeeded, because I want America to succeed.” Message: I am not Rush Limbaugh.

      That is correct. But what's obvious is that Howie doesn't much care about Mitt. It's just voting out Obama for him:

      "It was Mitt’s night, but it’s all about Barack Obama. Today and every day until Nov. 6."

       What Carr doesn't get or Rush-who was carping at Rove for playing down the Obama hate-is that the swing voters that Romney spends so much time trying to whisper into their ears, hate when the Tea Partiers attack the President in visceral terms. If they can be convinced to vote against the President they must feel they are voting for Romney.

       Because they don't want to vote against the President, even if they did do it they'd want to feel like that's not what they're doing exactly.

       This is hwy Romney was so bifurcated last night. He had to try to appeal to the swingers while pleasing people like Rush and Carr who do think the President is a bad man-unlike what Rubio said.

       Tell you what. On November 7, after Obama is not voted out, Carr's radio show is one of the first things I'll be listening to. Of course he comes on in the afternoon, so I'll be listening to Rush first. What the heck, Hannity too.