Mitt Romney has gotten to where he is by guile (read: deception.) He's embraced the failed ultra-right policies and ideologies of the past.

Obama's achievements:

• carrying out the economic stimulus,
• saving the auto industry,
• improving fuel efficiency standards, and
• making two very fine Supreme Court appointments.
• most sweeping health care reforms since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The reform law takes a big step toward universal health coverage, a final piece in the social contract.
• prevented another Great Depression.
• attacked Al Qaeda’s leadership, including the killing of Osama bin Laden.
• ended the war in Iraq.
• “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule was finally legislated out of existence,

The Times forgot to include:

• Crack cocaine penalties were reduced from 100:1 to 18:1
• His executive order allowing a two year deferment of deportation for undocumented young people

Mitt:

Mr. Romney has no plan for covering the uninsured beyond his callous assumption that they will use emergency rooms. He wants to use voucher programs to shift more Medicare costs to beneficiaries and block grants to shift more Medicaid costs to the states.

Obama v. Romney:

If re-elected, Mr. Obama would be in position to shape the “grand bargain&