Politics: It?s Not About the Economy, Stupid

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Politics It's Not About the Economy, Stupid It's about trust. That's President Obama's message for the home stretch. By John Dickerson Posted Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012, at 12:35 AM ET DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—President Obama moved from center stage to center court Tuesday. The day after the third and final debate, Obama started his day at a tennis stadium grinning under the waves of adulation from an eager and approving crowd. The night before, the president was all sharp elbows and crisp declarations about world affairs, but for those arrayed in the bleachers surrounding him on all sides, he was in full campaign mode, joking, switching accents, and returning to the perils of Romnesia—less Situation Room and more The Situation.  Under a peekaboo sun, the president said Romney was doing the Okie-Doke, playing hide and seek with his true plans. "Last night we had a stage 3 case," he said, in a mock diagnosis of his opponent's condition. "If you can't seem to remember the policies on your website, you might have Romnesia. If you can't even remember what you said last week, you might have Romnesia." Obama wasn't just revisiting a comedy routine he'd unveiled for the first time last Friday, he was trying to explain exactly why this deficiency made Romney unfit to be president. "This is about trust," he said. "There is no more serious issue in a presidential campaign than trust. The person who leads this country you've got to have some confidence that he or she means what she says. What they believe that they are going to do it. You want someone to look you in the ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate It's Not About the Economy, Stupid Mitt Romney Is Dolores Umbridge The Most Spectacular Mutation in Recent Human History	Advertisement
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