There's a different point in this Politico article than we've been talking about. It's about specifics, or lack thereof:
“The nature of running a presidential campaign is that you’re communicating direction to the American people,” a Romney adviser said. “Campaigns that are about specifics, particularly in today’s environment, get tripped up.”
That might be true if you had other things going for you, like a likeable candidate, or favorable political headwinds. But neither of those are working for Seamus's owner right now. In that case, there's only a limited way this will work. It requires two things: a relentless, focused message; and a mediocre opponent.
Mitt and his Boy Wonder haven't shown much on the former, and they might be doomed for that reason alone. What's left is to hope that Biden and, especially, Obama, screw up in the debates. By screwing up, I mean failing to do the obvious: forcing the Gold Dust Twins to cough up specifics.
Imagine if Mitt has to defend Ryan's budget instead of spewing boilerplate? How flustered will he get? Imagine Ryan having to explain -- well, everything on both sides of the divide that Mitt has stood for at one time or another? They'll both do their darndest not to answer. Then Joe or Barack simply has to say, "Once again, my opponent is ducking the question. I don't think he has any answers. My team and I, of course, do."
St. Ronnie could get away with lack of specificity; these clowns can't. Please, Joe, Barack, seal their fates. Press them for details, and make them pay when they don't. Look at Ryan's response to Brit Hume:
“Well, there are different —,” Ryan began. “The budget plan that Mitt Romney’s supporting gets us down to 20 percent of GDP [gross domestic product] government spending by 2016. … I don’t know exactly when it balances. … I don’t want to get wonky on you, but we haven’t run the numbers on that specific plan. … The plans that we’ve offered in the House balance the budget.”
And Brit Effin' Hume pressed him on it. (The correct answer, Paul, is 2030. You're welcome.)
Press Mitt for details, and you'll get him pissed. Press Paul for details and you'll get Rand and Hayek. It's a beautiful thing, and it will be even better when they give contradictory answers.
IMHO, the debates can't happen soon enough.