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Finance…
Romney
Didn't Make the Sale
By Larry Kudlow
Did
Mitt Romney make the economic sale at the
Republican National Convention? Did he convince people who are living
at the
margin or unemployed and discouraged that he has the answers to the
economy?
Frankly, I don't think so.
I
do not understand why he did not talk about
his 20 percent across-the-board personal tax cut plan that would help
the
middle class enormously. He never mentioned it, and he went into no
detail on
the business tax cut plan.
This
plan is terrific for competition and
global investment. He talked about a jobs tour. I frankly have no idea
what a
"jobs tour" is. I do know that 23 million Americans need jobs. I
don't know that they need a president on a jobs tour to inspect them.
It
concerns me that in the economic zone, he
didn't make the sale to the independents, so-called Reagan Democrats or
to
Clinton Democrats. I didn't hear anything new. I didn't hear anything
specific,
and it troubles me. I do think he helped himself enormously with his
biographical narrative. He came off as a humble, grateful man.
Again,
on the economic front I don't think he
made the sale; I don't think he convinced the independent voters, and I
don't
think he's going in the right direction in tax policy.
ON
BIG BUSINESS: I think he needs to be more
specific. It's not about big business -- it's really about small
business. And
guess what? Small businesses pay the personal tax rate -- the LLCs and
the
S-corps. That is another reason why I don't understand why he doesn't
talk
about the 20 percent tax cut. It helps small businesses, and it's the
opposite
contrast to President Obama, who wants to raise taxes on those people.
I didn't
hear any contrast Thursday night, except a passage on success. The best
line
from an economic standpoint was "In America, we celebrate success, we
don't apologize for success." That is a great line, but I wish he had
more
contrast with President Obama.
ON
MARCO RUBIO: Sen. Marco Rubio's introduction
of Romney was one of the most brilliant speeches I have heard in a long
time.
Freedom was his key point. America is about freedom -- economic
freedom,
political freedom, religious freedom and faith. It was just utterly
brilliant
and the guy is an absolute Republican superstar…
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