Pay The Ransom

The Des Moines Register endorses Mitt Romney:

American voters are deeply divided about this race. The Register’s editorial board, as it should, had a vigorous debate over this endorsement. Our discussion repeatedly circled back to the nation’s single most important challenge: pulling the economy out of the doldrums, getting more Americans back in the workforce in meaningful jobs with promising futures, and getting the federal government on a track to balance the budget in a bipartisan manner that the country demands.

Which candidate could forge the compromises in Congress to achieve these goals? When the question is framed in those terms, Mitt Romney emerges the stronger candidate.

As far as I can see, this may as well say,  "hey, Republicans won't do anything to help this country if their guy isn't in charge, so vote for Romney since the House of Representatives will still be full of right-wing loons.  Don't worry about them fucking things up, because, hey, bipartisanship. Oh, and what's that plan for fixing the economy, the same tax cuts and deregulation that got us in this mess."