Republicans and Mitt Romney also like to point out that the recovery has been slow. True, says the Inquirer, “but its speed has been hampered by obstinate Republicans in Congress dead set on opposing any program that might boost Obama’s reelection…But with the nation desperate for employment, economists say the [2009] stimulus created 2.5 million jobs and added up to 3.8 percent to the gross national product.”<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that there may have been more that President Obama could have done to help the economy, the Inquirer notes\u00a0 that “Romney hasn’t presented any evidence that he would have done better. He has reached back to the Republicans’ familiar trickle-down rhetoric about creating jobs by cutting taxes. But he leaves out key details, so no one can tell if his plan would work.”<\/p>\n

Like every election with an incumbent, this one is mostly about that person’s performance. But that doesn’t mean the challenger gets to escape scrutiny. And when you take a close look at Romney, you have to question what is real and what isn’t. As president, would he be the man who said he can’t be concerned about the 47 percent of Americans too poor to pay federal income taxes, or the one who days later apologized for saying that?<\/p>\n

It’s hard to tell because the Massachusetts moderate who fashioned the precursor to Obamacare has reinvented himself as a right-leaning father figure for tea-party patron Paul Ryan, his Ayn Rand-devotee running mate. Would Romney be more like Ryan as president? Conservatives spending millions on his campaign believe he will. But that’s not what America needs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On foreign policy, the Inquirer says that President Obama deserves credit for:<\/p>\n

…being the commander in chief who finally got Osama bin Laden. America is safer as a result of that. America will be healthier, with more people insured, as a result of Obamacare. More Americans are employed, although not nearly enough, because of Obama’s saving the auto industry and promoting policies that are creating jobs.<\/p>\n

What Obama has already been able to accomplish in the face of unrelenting partisan opposition suggests he could have a remarkably successful presidency if given a second term.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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