What we can learn from Romney, Huntsman and James Carville?

Romney and a growing webtalk readership, that now stands at more
than 5,000 per day, are reading my stuff. Romney's lead press story yesterday is that he is focusing on Obama and not his republican colleagues. All republicans should follow suit. I have been saying this for a month. They can each distinguish themselves from the other republican candidates by the issues and strength of their own Obama attack. In this manner, Obama receives the full thrust of the republican attack. Otherwise, Obama sits back in his Oval office chair, talks to his book publisher and puts his feet up on his Resolute desk. There is no better time than now for the GOP to launch an all out attack by each presidential candidate on Obama, not each other. The last few weeks have demonstrated Obama's lack of genuine leadership amidst emperor-like instructions to both parties.

While Obama has been issuing orders to the leaders of both parties, Romney has been criticizing Obama for his trade policies with China- an issue that I have written about many times. I believe he said that we have become China's door mat. I agree with Romney and that brings me to Huntsman.  He is the one with the China experience. Huntsman can use his experience to distinguish himself without transgressing any policy positions he supported as Ambassador. The republicans need a concerted approach in the primaries so they do not cut up each other with their own daggers and leave the winner damaged for the real race against Obama. And that brings me to Carville.

The democrats have a dagger in James Carville, a Clinton protege. Carville is a dangerous person to republicans because he has a unique ability to label things.  On a talk show yesterday, his theme was the "Democrats want the wealthy to pay their fair share." He ranted on the theme like a preacher at a revival meeting. His themes get traction because listeners forget the theme's premise, which is in Carville's case that the rich do not pay their fair share now. And further that only the democrats have the wisdom and moral superiority to determine what the fair share is and who the wealthy are.

When I analyze all the events of the last few weeks, I learn that Carville is still dangerous to republicans, Romney is on the right track in attacking Obama and Huntsman needs to emphasize his resume of experience - characterizing his slow start as a result of the dog days of summer is a bit weak.

I am still betting that Obama will not run for reelection and will not use the teleprompter when he announces it next year.  Let's encourage him to do the "right" thing.