Romney's Biggest Problem: He Disrespects Most Americans
he reason that Mitt Romney's condescending comments about the "47 percent" have done such damage to his candidacy is simple. As Republican consultant Alex Castellanos said in Tuesday's Washington Post: "The only thing in politics that is worse than voters deciding they don't like you is when voters decide you don't like them."
In politics there is no bigger sin than disrespecting voters. It is a sin that is rarely, if ever, forgiven. You can explain your policies and programs. You can argue until you're blue in the face about how effective you are as a "manager." It won't matter.
People don't want leaders who treat them with disrespect -- who believe they are unable to "convince" them to take responsibility for their lives.
Respect is such a core element of voter decision-making because it addresses one of our primary self-interests as human beings. More than most anything else, people want to feel that they have meaning -- that their lives make a difference. Meaning in life is our core motivator, and once you tell people that they are, in effect, meaningless pond scum, they are not so inclined to choose you as their leader.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/romneys-biggest-problem-h_b_1932133.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
It's the height of arrogance to treat the majority of the electorate with utter disrespect bordering on hatred and expect to waltz in the highest office in the land as if it were your birthright.
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