It’s the Ideology, Stupid – National Journal  “Romney has brought entitlements, American exceptionalism and other issues to the forefront. … But by running on charged ideological issues, he has the potential to fit the missing piece of the puzzle — connecting voters’ vague dissatisfaction with the president’s performance with a series of unpopular policies he’s pursued.”

Republicans Vow to Transform Obama’s U.S. With Low Tax, Freedom – Bloomberg  “The Republican Party platform promises to replace what it criticizes as President Barack Obama’s debt-swollen entitlement society with ‘a roaring job market to match a roaring economy.’ The platform reflects the influence of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, offering as the remedy for the nation’s economic ills a familiar recipe of low taxes, light regulation, expanded oil drilling and free enterprise. It vows to reduce personal and corporate taxes, repeal Obama’s health-care law, promote small businesses and avoid taxpayer bailouts of troubled financial institutions.”

Another Obama  Broken Promise to the SEALs – AP/AmericanThinker  “One thing that angered the SEALs was President Obama’s promise to invite them back to the residence for a beer and never following through. After listening to Obama’s speech and enduring Biden’s “lame jokes that no one got (He seemed like a nice guy, but he reminded me of someone’s drunken uncle at Christmas dinner)” the president invited the team to return to his residence later for a beer.  But Owen writes a few weeks later: ‘We never got the call to have a beer at the White House.’ Joking with a fellow SEAL, ‘Hey, did you ever hear anything about that beer?’ Walt cracks:  ‘You believed that s**t. I bet you voted for change too, sucker.’”

Draghi: ECB Needs ‘Exceptional Measures’ for Stability – Reuters  “The European Central Bank must employ ‘exceptional measures’ at times to fulfil its mandate of delivering stable prices, ECB President Mario Draghi wrote in an opinion piece on Wednesday aimed at calming German angst about the bank’s policy course.  “We have to fix such blockages to ensure a single monetary policy and therefore price stability for all euro area citizens. This may at times require exceptional measures,’ Draghi wrote in the article, released in English by the ECB under the title: ‘The future of the euro: stability through change.’”

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