I wonder if Romney will dare to use this argument in the general election?

[pnwmom]

He says it’s past time we elected an “outsider” as President -- as if we haven't done that in a long time.

George W. was an “outsider” and a one-term Governor, just like Romney. (Actually, he had 5 years – so one more year of experience.)

So was Jimmy Carter, for that matter.

Those Rethugs sure have short memories. Do they really want us to bring up the obvious comparisons to W.?

[Ebadlun]

1. It is a strange argument

Vote for me - I know shit-all about the thing I'm going to be taking charge of.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Well OTOH

Republicans generally don't believe that government can do anything good----but, strangely, still want to run (control) it and a lot of people don't seem to have noticed the discrepancy.........yet.


It seems that public office- keeping our local, state, and federal government operating like it's supposed to- is the only job I know of where it's considered o.k. to NOT do your job for your employers (i.e. voters). We all know what would happen if the rest of us showed up to our jobs and refused to work..................

[MiniMe]

2. You could argue that W wasn't an outsider because of Daddy Bush

Though W was drunk most of the time that his daddy was President

[pnwmom]

3. Romney's father was a Washington insider, too.

He was the Secretary of HUD.

[EC]

4. And Obama had just made it to the U.S. Senate

so he wasn't in Washington but a short time. So he was an outsider too.

[tfrey1225]

6. I hate the whole

"I'm an outsider vote for me" meme. It's stupid. In no other profession do we strive to hire people who don't know anything about the business they want to run.

[grantcart]

7. he was running on electability, now he no longer has that edge

no he is running as an outsider.

But he is only an outsider because he couldn't beat Teddy Kennedy.

Which reinforces his whole problem on electability.