policy specifics (or his tax returns hahah no) that will indeed be the right step towards becoming presidential - but expectations should remain low. OP Stoopid. His comments insult his own demographic. The 47% of people who don't pay income taxes are mostly in Red state. They won't swing republicans either way, and they are likely to give more comedy material to John Stuart and encourage liberals since its mostly hard blue states that pay income taxes. The reason republicans in red states buy into small gov platform is they have convinced themselves that the welfare state is mostly spent on poor black people, even though the biggest consumers of public goods in red states are white hicks. Look at Alaska its a hard red state, that receives much more in federal subsidies than it actual takes in taxes. In fact its so much that Alaskans get an income subsidy from the federal government just for living there. I don't think it's about specific policies this time, the differences are fundamental. Romney is, after all, running as the small-government candidate - it's not his job to propose a bunch of government initiatives. Those who demand that are measuring him with the yardstick of the Democrats, who view the government as the solution to problems. What Romney needs to convey is how he will deal with the day-to-day issues the president faces, i.e. his governing philosophy. He does not need to announce new programs. I understand that some people want him