If Voters Were Logical and Not Ideological, Romney Would Win In A Heartbeat

There is an old saying about investing in the stock market: "Don't get married to a stock." This adage is born out of the fact that, too many times, an investor will hold onto a loser stock and justify that action by saying: "It'll come back." In reality, people cling to loser stocks because the don't want to admit they were wrong in buying it in the first place.  The pros are never so self-absorbed and they cut their losses right away; moving on to another stock or other investments that have more immediate promise.

Well, sometimes the same can be true with voters.  They won't admit they made a mistake in voting for someone the first time around. I think, that's why Obama still has a slight lead over Romney in the polls.  Even Democrats, in their heart of hearts, know that the Obama presidency is nothing like what they thought they were going to get when they voted for him in 2008.  All that "Hope and Change" was simply a political slogan.  A slogan, today, that isn't even uttered by either Obama or Biden.  Instead, all we get are excuses.  Excuses like: The recession was worse than we thought. It was Bush's fault.  Its because of the Republicans. Or, Congress. It was because of Japan's tsunami.  ATM's.  Or, whatever.  A winner doesn't make excuses.  A winner assumes a job; does it well; and, never looks back.  But, all the President does is look backward to find a reason for his failings.  This despite the fact that his latest campaign slogan is: "FORWARD!" A slogan that is truly laughable.

In my opinion, if those who voted for Obama in 2008 would put their pride and ideology aside and truly evaluate his performance on a logical basis, they would absolutely "not" give him four more losing years.  They would sell that stock, and In doing so, Romney would win in a heartbeat.