Rich, one of the things I found so off-putting about Romney’s increased emphasis on change is that if Republicans make this election about change, the Democrats win. When Romney started chanting “broken government” over and over, it just called to mind the fact that Republicans have been in charge of the government for the last six years. If Americans really want change, why wouldn’t they vote for a Democrat? If Republicans really want change, why wouldn’t they vote for Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee, who don’t need to remind anyone how different they are?

Rhetoric aside, the only change Romney seems to offer is competence. Government is incompetent, he says, but with his leadership it could do better. That’s not real change, that’s improvement upon the status quo.