Ed Kilgore reports:
In a poll done by Langer Research Associates for Esquire and Yahoo that was pre-released yesterday, when asked which presidential candidate “would win in a fistfight,” 58% chose Obama and only 22% picked Romney.
Maybe all the conservative yammering about “Chicago politics” and the victimization of Mitt Romney has backfired.
(via Political Animal)
Well, sorry Obama fans, but I disagree. Maybe Obama could lick Willard in a fair fight, but the situation brings to mind a scene (unfortunately not to be found on youtube) from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in which Paul Newman takes down a giant of a man by the simple expedient of kicking him in the balls. No question the Mittster would take the same route, though not with Newman’s élan. Any guy who would torture his own dog is not about to have qualms about doing what it takes to win a fight.
Of course, that would, more than technically, render the combat not a “fistfight”, but if Republicans have gotten good at anything, they’ve gotten good at redefining words. Humpty Dumpty would stand in awe. Give them 24 hours, and they can put lipstick on any pig. Granted, it’s taking them longer to put lipstick on Willard, but that’s a monumental task.
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