Romney’s finally in and he sounds a lot like Barack Obama. Here’s Romney:
“We are weary of the bickering and bombast, we’re fatigued by the posturing and self-promotion,” Mr. Romney said, standing at the Henry Ford Museum here. “For even as America faces a new generation of challenges, the halls of government are clogged with petty politics and stuffed with peddlers of influence.”
Here’s Obama from his announcement speech:
What’s stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics – the ease with which we’re distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems.
Here’s Romney:
“I do not believe Washington can be transformed from within by a lifelong politician,” he said. “There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entanglements and too little real world experience managing, guiding, leading.”
Here’s Obama:
And as people have looked away in disillusionment and frustration, we know what’s filled the void. The cynics, and the lobbyists, and the special interests who’ve turned our government into a game only they can afford to play. They write the checks and you get stuck with the bills, they get the access while you get to write a letter, they think they own this government, but we’re here today to take it back. The time for that politics is over. It’s time to turn the page.
I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t have predicted Romney moving towards the Obama wing of the Republican Party in his announcement speech.
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