Jonathan Jones

Republicans pull their punches against each other, but not Obama

So it turns out the candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination don’t like Barack Obama, his health care reforms, government bailouts, unions or abortion rights. Who knew? But it seems they do like tax cuts, states’ rights and… each other.

The beleaguered Newt Gingrich didn’t even wait for the first question in last night’s debate to commence the Obama-bashing. “We need a new President to end the Obama depression”, he opened. And the others soon piled on. Mitt Romney said that “This President has failed” on jobs and the economy. They attacked “Obamacare”, his “oppressive regulations”, his fiscal stimulus, his repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, his intervention in Libya and even his Vice President. Michele Bachmann thrilled the crowd by proclaiming “President Obama is a one-term President”.

Of course, none of that was particularly surprising. With 50 per cent of Republican voters saying that they would chose the candidate with the best chance of beating Obama over the candidate they most

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