Of course you are right, and we as conservatives are screwed because the Republican establishment forced a liberal nominee on us, so as to woo "independents". This means our candidate will be playing "checkers" while Obama and his goons will be playing "Grand Theft Auto (nation)". Guess who will win. One day, let's nominate someone who cares enough to actually acknowledge we are in a fight for the very existence of America, against people who despise what America is. That would be a rallying cry and a very "teachable moment" that would help independent voters understand what is really at stake. This is not a "nice man" we are facing any more than the country is now in a "economic recovery" both of which are moronic assertions by Mitt

It is still a great investment. Apple will dominate the worlds formerly occupied by Microsoft, HP, Samsung, Dell, Lenova, Sony, RIM, Motorola, and soon - makers of TVs. It's share will steadily increase share in each market and it will create some new markets for portable intelligent devices. Current P/E is around 14. So low even a guy like Tatro should comprehend that it is low. And Apple has about $115 billion in the bank, growing at about $10 billion per quarter. A good investment now.

You don't know what you are talking about. In the world of information devices, individuals and companies buy products that have applications and operating systems that work to meet their needs. Nowadays, there are two types of operating systems - traditional computers like desktops and PCs use (e.g., Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX) and second, mobile device operating systems like Apple's IOS or Google's Android. In the mobile department, Apple's IOS is winning hands down and will own the tablet and smartphone markets. That is done. In the PC world, OSX is growing at a rate 3 times Windows. Apple will gain share in this big, but shrinking market. In the application world Apple's "app store" has won. No "pet rock" will replace these

This guy is right on. I can testify, since sadly, I bought about $300,000 worth of Apple over the past decade. Granted, it is now worth over $1.1 million, if I had listened to my CFP certified counselor, I would have avoided Apple, and bought a variety of diversified funded, that would have each performed at the level of the S&P, and thus my $300,000 would now be worth about $280,000 ten years later. But I made the mistake of looking for a company with a better idea, strong predictable profits, great leadership, a business model that could be continually extended. Shame on me. Apple will continue to grow and make fools of people like this author.

Yes, you must have run McCain's brilliant 2008 campaign. He mastered the be nice, be the adult pablum you are pushing. Brilliant. They are in a war with us and the very institutions and you want to play by Marquis of Queenbury rules. You must be advising Boehner and McConnell, who are so adept at thwarting Obama's agenda he is getting all the money he wants, even though we ran out a few decades ago.

So, being the expert political strategist you think you are, you of course expect Obama to characterize Romney as a nice guy, correct? And to go out of his way not to offend Romney's base of voters? After all, Obama did win a Presidential election. So, expect him to treat Romney with kid gloves, by your logic. Right.

I have no problem with these professional politicians getting along in the Green Room. My only complaint is that someone unlocks the door.

For Romney to say Obama is a nice guy is to tell the world that Romney is a moron. Was Obama nice to Netanyahu? Was he nice to the GM bondholders? Was he nice to the Supreme Court when he trashed the verbally at the State of the Union? Was he nice to the New Haven policeman who was doing his job in questioning a black professor, and Obama said he was an idiot? Was Obama nice to the border agent Brian Terry, who is dead now because of the tyrant Obama's purposeful program of giving automatic weapons to drug cartel goons, which resulted in the death of Terry and a couple of hundred Mexicans? Has Obama been nice to the American people by laughing as he trashes private industry every day? And tramples on the Constitution? Nasty, not nice

Conservatism was not dominant in the primaries. The primaries and the Republican commentariat were controlled by the Ruling Class Republicans, who crammed Romney down the throats of the voters, using a tsunami of false and completely negative ads against whoever was the dominant conservative threatening Romney at any given time. The dollar spending was generally about 10 to 1 with Romney negative attack dollars being the 10. So, the Ruling Class defeated the Tea Party candidates. Romney is the antithesis of the Tea Party and is a completely unprincipled candidate. He has actively worked and developed policy against every major position he now claims to hold. Romney was the Ruling Class Republicans running against the Tea Party.

Killing babies is now a "reproductive right". I think a better term would a "right to screw without consequences.