HURT: Big picture looks good for GOP

[BlueStateSaint]

I vaguely referenced this column yesterday.  Note what the third paragraph says.

HURT: Big picture looks good for GOP

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times


ANALYSIS/OPINION:

With all the creepy preaching from Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney’s disastrous attempts at relating to earthlings who don’t own a couple of Cadillacs or hobnob with owners of NASCAR teams, it is understandable Republicans might be a wee bit depressed these days.

But, if you step wa-a-a-a-a-ay back and look at the much larger picture, Republicans just might have some reason to be optimistic once this whole agonizing primary is over.

Remember, in the months leading up to Ronald Reagan’s landslide annihilation of Jimmy Carter, the polls almost exclusively showed the Gipper in a dogfight too close to call with one of the most disastrous presidents of all time. Looking back now, it is impossible to imagine that anyone thought Mr. Carter had the slightest chance to win considering what a horrible steward he was to the economy, foreign relations and domestic policies.

And, of course, President Obama is currently doing all he can to serve out Jimmy Carter’s second term.

On the domestic front, he has halted all efforts turning back the waves of illegal aliens streaming across the Mexican border. He has jammed down America’s throat an unpopular government takeover of health care that runs roughshod over our most cherished religious freedoms.

The rest is at:  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/28/hurt-big-picture-looks-good-for-gop/?page=all#pagebreak

IIRC, George H. W. Bush was the frontrunner at this time in 1980.  See how well that worked out?

[NHSparky]

Problem is, it WAS pretty even until the sole Reagan/Carter debate, when Reagan asked his famous line in the closing, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

That sealed the deal with a lot of Americans.  Of the three front-running GOP candidates of Romney/Santorum/Gingrich, only Gingrich has the same debating ability as Reagan, and he ain't getting the nomination.

No, what we need to do is take away the MSM/DNC ability to frame the debate.  They're reporting all about contraception, etc., because they know damned good and well if the GOP candidates were debating on the policies of this administration, Obama would be 20 points down now, not just 3-5.