Potomac Watch

Why Republicans Can Win

The only candidate gutting Medicare today is Obama. The only candidate who intends to preserve Medicare for future generations is Romney.

Updated Aug. 16, 2012 7:13 p.m. ET

Memo to Americans: This presidential race is over. Turn off the TV, stow the voter ID, buy that Obama bumper sticker. Mitt Romney has lost.

Really, why go through 80 more days of the campaign, when the piercing conclusion of the Washington press corps, the Republican establishment and the Democratic Party is that Mr. Romney committed public suicide in choosing Paul Ryan? After all, these political pros know things.

They know...

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