# How daring would/could a President Romney be?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 15, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-daring-would-could-a-president-romney-be/637815 "2012-10-15T20:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-daring-would-could-a-president-romney-be/637815/3 "2012-10-16T03:34:17Z")

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> [@Leaper](#):
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> [Jon Chait](http://nymag.com/news/politics/elections-2012/obama-romney-economic-plans-2012-10/) fears the answer is “very”:
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> It goes on to detail how he could use reconciliation to get it passed by simple majority, especially if his victory gives enough Republican votes in the Senate.
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> Obviously, this would be popular with Republicans and bother liberals _a little_, but what about the rest of the nation? How would the voters in general handle such a thing? Is there any reason he wouldn’t do this, Chait’s beliefs notwithstanding?

If the question is “will the nation stand for it?” the the answer is “is there going to be a new war between now and the next election to distract the voters?”

> [@Will the other debates make any real difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-other-debates-make-any-real-difference/637488/9):
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> You’ve made this assertion repeatedly, as if you think Romney can milk “But they didn’t _saaaaaaaaaaaay_ it was terrorism” for 90 minutes. Last night’s debate poked several gaping holes in the Romney/Ryan foreign policy plan. Ryan was unable to state what he’d do differently in Afghanistan or Iran, tripped over his own words when he said a humanitarian crisis wasn’t good enough justification for “boots on the ground” after saying Obama wasn’t doing enough in Syria, and made himself look like a fool when he accused Obama of turning his back on Israel. These are things Obama will be able to take Romney to task over.

> [@Poll: Have you ever based your vote on any of the following things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-ever-based-your-vote-on-any-of-the-following-things/637586/8):
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> How about because all the really hot women are leftish?

> [@Voter ID vs Majority Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-vs-majority-rule/636439/8):
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> Since Voter ID laws don’t suppress voter rights, as a general rule, you’ve offered up a false dichotomy.

> [@Does the term White Privilege hurt it's own cause](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-term-white-privilege-hurt-its-own-cause/637673/149):
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> You don’t need to twist the term; you just need to take it at face value. Which is why the answer to the thread title is “yes”.
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> I didn’t say that it was; in fact, I specifically said that it wasn’t.
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> Or work for any number of people who will find excuses to fire you if they discover you aren’t religious.
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> It’s not the same thing. Religions are institutions, not just individuals.
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> :rolleyes: Or it might have something to do with the polls showing how disdained atheists are, and political leaders from the Presidents on down openly regarding atheists as evil and traitorous.
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> And this reality-denying insistence that atheists _aren’t_ a hated minority just underlines how hypocritical the people who make speeches about “white privilege” actually are. And that it has nothing to do with any desire for social justice.

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