Are Americans stupid or just plain desperate?

I have never voted for a Republican for president.  I could not discern the differences between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey in the first time I voted.  I was correct in saying there was little to differentiate the two.  Nixon imposed price controls on the economy and that was a decidedly Democratic Party kind of regulation.  Richard Nixon supported a national health care plan that the Democrats refused to support.

Now we have Mitt Romney promising to “create 12 million new jobs over the next four years.”  He won’t tell us how that will be done.  Without the details his words are meaningless.   However, Americans are desperate for a recovery so they will buy his promise.

Americans vote for the person who can offer us the promise we want to hear.  Proof? “Hope and Change” but no details enabled Barack Obama to win the election four years ago.

Despite the poll trends, I believe Romney will win. It will be mostly about those jobs and the economy. He won’t win CA, NY, IL or MA. He will win a majority in the battleground states.

The result will be that four years from now we will vote for the Democratic challenger.