Tuesday 28 August 2012
But on the eve of this week’s Republican National Convention that will officially nominate Mitt Romney, concerned conservatives and puzzled pundits are already paging Dr. Freud. Team Romney continues to fret over the “empathy gap” with Barack Obama. His supporters struggle to explain the paradox between Mitt’s apparent dedication and generosity to those within his small circle of family, friends, business colleagues and fellow church members, and his jaw-dropping detachment towards everyone outside it. In many ways, it seems, Mitt Romney remains unknowable to us. The Father, the Son and the Holy Vote ☀

