Whining is not an attractive political strategy

If they can't tell the truth because it would be devastating for their poll numbers, as voters find out what they're really peddling, then I suppose blaming the opposition may be the only recourse left.   But whining is not an attractive political strategy.

Poor Paul Ryan.  That seems to be the role assigned him by the Romney camp -- go out there and make excuses for why we are behind in the polls.

So, we get:
   1.  The polls are biased against us.
   2.  The mainstream media is biased against us.  (But you've got Fox News and Rush.)
   3.  Romney was inarticulate in his 47% comment, but the point is true.
   4.  They were winning the Medicare debate until Obama started running ads that were lies about Romney's plan.
   5.  I can't go into the tax plan details because I don't have enough time (on this tv show).
   6.  I didn't go into the details because people would get bored and change channels.
   7.  Today, when pressed, he added:  "Obviously the numbers add up;  we have shown that."  (No, they haven't.  And even within the campaign, they seem confused about it, giving various principles of the plans without the details.)

Come on, guys.   You have a choice.   Tell the truth yourselves, if you want it out there.  Give us the details of your tax plan.  We're all ears.   The journalists and bloggers will devour the details in no time.

And Romney was not "inarticulate" about the 47%.  He made his point with utter clarity.  The problem is, he was caught in an unguarded moment, and for once he told the truth.

And if there's one thing the Romney/Ryan campaign can't stand, it's the truth about their plans getting out.

It's a shame.  They're both basically decent men who are running one of the worst presidential campaigns in memory -- a dangerous harbinger of what sort of administration they would run.

Ralph