LOL! Mark Halperin on the "long to-do list" for Romney to "bolster his chances on Election Day"

[highplainsdem]

Hilarious because of how unlikely these are:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2122759,00.html

Foremost on that list: Make an impression. Romney must introduce himself to the wider electorate during the convention in Tampa with a killer acceptance speech that keeps voters and the press talking all the way through his rival's oration in Charlotte, N.C. ...

Accentuate his running mate's pluses. By November, will Paul Ryan be seen as a vibrant, unambiguously qualified, innovative reformer--or an overeager whippersnapper ready to gut Medicare and lavish millionaires with tax breaks? Romney needs to accent his junior partner's strengths while shifting the focus back to himself ...

Play down the social issues. The reaction to Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's outrageous statements about rape and pregnancy showed just how easily Romney's effort can be sidetracked, even when he acts fast to head off trouble. The former governor has to keep the conversation on the economy, avoiding diversions that energize Democrats, addle Republicans and alarm voters ...

Bring out his best side. Romney must release his happy warrior and bury his preachy, petulant, kvetchy side. While he will never match Barack Obama in the charm department, Romney can be likable enough when engaged, relaxed, confident and can-do--a persona that comes naturally to the instinctively upbeat businessman. Throughout the summer, he has too often displayed defensiveness and pique and stress ...

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Halperin has two pages of similar tips, all of which are highly unlikely to happen, with the exception of the paragraph about Romney using his cash advantage for ads. And even there the phrasing is a reminder that his ads haven't been very effective.

The list just underscores how incompetent Romney and his campaign are.

[sadbear]

1. I think Hercules had an easier task with his 12 Labors.

[highplainsdem]

4. +1,000

[CTyankee]

2. "killer acceptance speech." It probably will be a killer.

It will probably finish him off for good...

Time to shut this guy down...

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Why does he and the rest of the right-leading media

keep trying to prop the degenerate up? He does the same when he shows up on MSNBC.

[CTyankee]

5. Ya gotta be fair and balanced, doncha know!