Mitt Romney is "out of touch" with the American public

I will try and cut through the bulk of this "argument", which was mostly commentary and get down to combating your points. 1. His Wealth"most do not have their personal net worth attached to their identity" - I don't know what you mean by this. The only reason his net worth is "attached" to his "identity" is because the media made such a big deal about it. Every president's net worth was either known at one point or easily accessible to the public. Some things are just common knowledge such as: Bush owned the Texas Rangers, Reagan was a movie actor, the Kennedy estate was worth hundreds of millions. There have only been a small handful of presidents whose net worth has been less than a million. Barrack Obama's net worth is 5-10 million dollars, why isn't he considered out of touch? Presidential Net Worth List: http://www.huffingtonpost.com... "Having the identity of a obscenely wealthy person paying only 15% of their income in taxes doesn't exactly vote well for your chances of being deemed a "man of the people"- In case you didn't know, most of Romney's worth is tied up in investments. Whenever an investment makes money in the United States you pay a rate of 15% on that money. Therefore, Romney when paying "only 15%", is merely a man paying his taxes. No average man part of the ambiguous group "the people" pays more money on their taxes than they owe. Just because Romney pays taxes doesn't make him out of touch. If anything it sounds like you have a problem with the capital gains rate which is a different debate. 2. Lack of Political Conviction First off any website titled mittromneyflipflops can hardly be considered a legitimate unbiased source of information. Secondly, no one is perfect, everyone slips up and contradicts themselves. Mitt Romney is not a young man, he's had decades to say things and then say things later that might possibly contradict something he said previously. This isn't a crime and heaven forbid he should change his mind. Anyways, this doesn't make him out of touch for a main reason: 40% of Americans now identify as independent. [1] Independent voters do not stick to one set of dogmatic beliefs like liberals and conservatives do which would actually make him more agreeable in the eyes of independents which now outweigh liberals (31%) and conservatives (27%) [1] by a significant margin. So while the occasional mind change or bad comment might not be good for someone looking for a cradle to grave ideologue, the willingness to change opinion and be open to new ideas as situations evolve would actually put him in good graces with independents. 3. Campaign Again, I don't see how this alienates the people. Smear campaigns have been run since the start of American history. Andrew Jackson's opponent ran ads calling his wife a whore. In fact, John McCain refused to run a negative ad campaign against Obama and he lost while Obama ran a heavy negative ad campaign against McCain and won. History shows that negative ads do not alienate people and they are just a familiar feature in the political landscape. A. Businessman Romney ran a successful business for many years so he understands the economy. Since he was in business (unlike Obama) he knows how workers work and feel and what they expect. He can sympathize with the plight of the average worker. He knows what a bad economy means to businesses and to average people. He knows how employers feel and how investment companies are operating right now. This would actually put him very in touch with the main issue on the American people's minds right now which is the economy. [1] http://www.gallup.com...