A presidential campaign is like a Christmas tree. It is decorated and enhanced through the months leading up to the election, but the tree is a constant. Obama's focus is the middle class.
The Romney campaign has been more like a series of small bushes, a new one for each news cycle. But the one constant is his across the board tax cut plan. It is a pale white artificial tree, at a time when the public clamors for natural. No matter how you dress it up, it looks fake.
Rich candidates win when their gifts are going to nascar fans, not nascar owners. Obama has two weaknesses, an anemic economy and robust debt growth. Tax cuts are no longer credible to cure the former, and worsen the latter. Romney's message should have been focused on the debt crisis. The issue plays to the base and independents. He could argue that 24 million jobs were created during the Clinton presidency because of a balanced budget. Economists probably would disagree, but it would have been a coherent campaign.
Instead of a glimmering Christmas tree, the Romney campaign is a turkey. Obama is giving thanks.
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