I also am a little bit concerned that Romeny’s campaign might be a little too “focus grouped.” But maybe playing it safe and down the middle is what will win in November – which is the only thing that matters in the long run.

Ok, I’m done being a Negative Nancy for today. Just had to get that off my chest.

Romney will have momentum coming out of the convention after his VP pick is announced and he lays out a specific plan to restore the American economy. Trying to tear him down at that stage would be incredibly self-serving and backfire against those who try it. If they try it now, there is no spotlight on their dishonestly. If they try it then, even those who aren’t fully engaged in politics will see it for what it is.

Trust me…Romney has history and intelligence on his side with how he is running his campaign. It rivals the campaigns of Clinton and Reagan with regards to strategy thus far…and we know how those turned out for the challengers.

Note: Rasmussen has Romney ahead 46-44…and according to Dick Morris, 9 out of 10 of that 10% undecided vote will break for Romney.

Don’t believe me? Go back and look at press coverage since, well, FOREVER. Also go back and study how Reagan masterminded his approach to the MSM when they whined about needing specifics in 1980. He spoke about America’s greatness, getting government out of the way, and reducing the burden on taxpayers constantly, but it wasn’t until the convention that he began laying out specifics with regards to plans contrary to Carter’s malaise.

As this election is shaping up to be very similar to 1980 relative to election narrative and weakness of the sitting president, I think Romney is taking a wise approach in this respect. That having been said, it is similarly wise for Romney to be smacking Obama up side the head about what he is saying and his record as president in the meantime.

Let the public eat the turd sandwich that is Obama’s record and view of the country…then drop the hammer on him at the convention with a plan to reduce the tax burden, get spending under control, and restore America’s greatness at home and abroad.

On a side note, I think Romney should embrace other tax reform policies- full expensing, which he wants to extend for only one year, simplification of the tax treatment of social security benefits, ending tax discrimination between small businesses and C-Corporations (a particular headache), and ending or limiting various tax preferences, including for carried interest and local taxes. It’d be even better if he pledged to continue lowering the corporate tax rate to 20% eventually.

If we want to go all class-warfarish, a bank tax to pay for TARP!

As long as the Economy still sucks, market it as a 10 point jobs plan. Point 1 would involve fixing the budget and reshuffling the bureaucracies (that aren’t eliminated) for cost savings. In the process, only core agency functions and critical tasks will remain. (No more fish hatcheries in the Energy Department, Interior Department and Commerce Department as each department will have rigidly defined duties.)

The other 9:

Tax Reform (Bowles-Simpson/ Bush rates locked in/permanent AMT/ etc.)
Tort Reform (Malpractice/ Punative/ Joint Liability/ non-monetary caps/etc.)
Trade Reform (Fast-tracking for free trade agreements/ WTO reform/ etc.)
Telecomm. Reform (FCC reform/ Spectrum auctions/ equalize tariffs/ etc.)
Regulatory Reform (Agency by agency audit/ Rulemaking rollback/ etc.)
Patent Reform (Clear backlog/ limit trolling/ protect inventors/ etc.)
Labor Reform (Lower min. wage/ paycheck protection/ Right to work/ etc.)
Immigration Reform (H1-B reforms/ state-fed. cooperation/lottery reform /etc.)
Infrastructure Spending (orphan earmarks/nuclear repository/etc.)