A look at how Mitt Romney planned to run the White House. Like a Business.

I think there is a lot of room for the government to be run more like a business instead of the way it's been run for decades. The trick is to find that balance of government sticking to what it was intended to do but also take care of those that truly cannot take care of themselves.

Romney was too robotic, too unpersonable to project anything close to a clear coherent message. Obama ran a great campaign and was well organized.

having a budget to operate within would be a good start

forensic review of spending (line by line by line)

take the above and find the fraud and waste and curtail it

get rid if redundancy in operations

there are many, many simple business practices that could be done that would not hurt our basic social safety nets. Yes, some govt employees would lose their jobs and that may trickle down to some private sector people also losing their jobs.

We can either tackle the problems now or keep the train heading down the same status quo tracks.

Bumping for a Covers Moderator ..

Any Covers Moderator,

3rd request for Moderator intercession to address post # 9 and delete it.

Allowing post #9 to stand and to not be deleted has only led to more unsubstantiated accusations and combative slurs.. e.i  Post # 12.

Obviously this kind of name calling and bashing of other members does not lend itself to Covers new civil guidelines for conduct in the mains.

Please,, save the Forum from your erotic fantasies..

my family is as middle class as it gets.   I am a teacher and my wife is a nurse.   Obama ran this campaign and stressed helping out the lives of middle class americans.   I can tell you, my family is not better off today.   I don't know how else to put that to you Obama fans to make you understand he has failed in his promise to help middle class americans.

you think he's done an incredible job as president?  In what way?

more people on food stamps.   more and more people are leaving the work force because they cannot find jobs.   the lies of Benghazi.  the irs scandal.   and this catastrophe that is Obamacare.  my wife and I had our first child 2 years ago, and we're currently trying for a second.   let's see the difference in cost of having our second child.  Obama and his vacations.  the middle east - giving billions to the muslim brotherhood, the Syrian crisis.   and the trillions in debt incurred under Obama, more than any of the other presidents combined.   this lack of fiscal discipline will catch up to us probably when a republican is in the white house, and when our country is in the garbage*er, a republican will be to blame.  we needed Romney now to clean the mess up.  instead, it's just another 4 years for it to get worse.   all great civilizations rise and fall.  the Obama years are the start of the fall.

I agree that obama has not come thru on all his promises. But what has the other side done to help him out? As to some of your other comments, benghazi & irs scandals? What direct connection did he have? Guily by association? If thats the case then Bush was totally responsible for 9-11 and Iraq & Afghanistan and the hundreds of thousands of deaths associated with them. Obamacare, what was the counter from the other side? I believe T Roosevelt, a progressive republican first proposed universal healthcare.As for billions sent to the muslim brotherhood, you think he is the first to send money outside the country to seedy groups? Was there a lack of fiscal discipline during the Bush years? Why? Jobs, how many jobs bills have been intoduced by the right since O has been in office? True jobs bills!

Oh and the country has been going in the shitter for over 50 years not just the last 6.