Ukusebenza okumangalisayo kukaBarack Obama kwingxoxo yokuqala yeTV kunikeze abalandeli bakaMitt Romney ithemba elitsha.
Owona mceli mngeni mkhulu kwikhondo likaMitt Romney ibisoloko ikukuphumelela iphiko leqela leRiphabhlikhi elithandabuzayo ngerekhodi lakhe eliphakathi njengowayesakuba yirhuluneli yaseMassachusetts, ngokwesiko “ilizwe elizuba”.
Kodwa ngoku, njengoko unyulo lwaseMelika lungena kwinyanga yokugqibela yokhankaso ngaphambi kosuku lokuvota nge-6 kaNovemba, ilungelo leqela laseRiphabhlikhi liwela ngolonwabo emva kukaRomney, lincoma ukusebenza kwakhe kwingxoxo kamabonakude kaDenver kwiveki ephelileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuqhambuka komanyano lweqela kunye nokudumisa uRomney kuza njengoko umceli-mngeni egxalathelana ukuya kumhlaba ophakathi, ephepha ukulondolozwa kwentlalo-ntle yesiseko sombutho wakhe kwaye ebethelela umyalezo “wemisebenzi, imisebenzi, imisebenzi”.
U-Romney uye waxolisa ngezimvo ezifakwe ngokufihlakeleyo kwi-fundraiser yaseFlorida apho wathi wayengenaxhala malunga ne-47% yabantu baseMelika abangahlawuli rhafu yengeniso kwaye babexhomekeke kurhulumente. Ngoku uthi ufuna inkxaso ye-100% yabantu baseMelika. Ude wakhusela iinxalenye zohlaziyo lwezempilo lukaBarack Obama, esithi uya kugcina izinto zesicwangciso endaweni.
Unjingalwazi uDavid Cohen, isazinzulu sezopolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseAkron wathi: “Akangeni ndawo embindini njengokubaleka. “Kodwa sibona umdla omkhulu wequbuliso ngoku kuRomney kuba bayazi ukuba le yeyona nto yabo yokubetha u-Obama. Uninzi lwabantu baseRiphabhlikhi babona umkhankaso weRomney njengengozi yesitimela, isizathu esilahlekileyo. Ngoku babona ithemba.”
Ngokuqinisekileyo kuye kwakho ukunyathela kweRiphabhlikhi ukubuyela emva kuka-Romney ukusukela oko wabeka u-Obama ngokulula ngokungalindelekanga kwingxoxo yokuqala kamongameli, eyayijongwe ngabantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-60. Ethatha ithuba lika-Obama obonakala engenaludwe, uRomney waphumelela i-plaudits kuwo wonke ummandla wezopolitiko.
“Uphumelele kakhulu uRomney. [Waye] ubonakalisa amandla kuqoqosho, kumashishini amancinci, kukhathalelo lwempilo, kwirhafu,” utshilo uJohn Zogby, intloko yefemu yophando ezimeleyo iJZ Analytics.
Indumiso ibe phezulu kakhulu kwilungelo lolondolozo. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, Wall Street Journal umbhali wemihlathi uPeggy Noonan ebebiza esidlangalaleni inkampu yaseRomney “engenabuchule” kwaye ecela ungenelelo lwabadala beqela. Ngoku uNoonan uyitshintshe kakhulu ingoma yakhe.
“Oyena Romney nguye okwaziyo ukunxibelelana. Yena ngqo kwaye ngqo kwaye hayi fancy, ngokuxolelayo jargony, kodwa ixhala malunga America kunye nokunyaniseka. Ngulo Romney owathi wavela kwingxoxo-mpikiswano. Hlala laa ndoda!” uye wagqabhuka kwikholamu yakhe yamva nje.
Abanye baye bathelekisa ukusebenza kwengxoxo ka-Romney kunye no-Ronald Reagan wobuchule befomathi kwaye babhengeze ukuba luloyiso lwembali. “Le inokuba kuphela kwengxoxo kamongameli eyake yaphumelela ngokuqinisekileyo xa kungekho nto icacileyo neyonakalisayo,” wabhala umbhali wemihlathi ogcinayo uCharles Krauthammer, obekhenketha umboniso wenkqubo kamabonwakude kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ebiza iphulo likaRomney ngokuthi “ibhola encinci” .
Amatshantliziyo aseRiphabhlikhi anenkcazo elula yokuqhambuka kweqela lokuziphatha ngequbuliso kunye nenzondelelo yabo eyayifihliwe ngaphambili kuRomney. “Iqela lifuna ukuphumelela. Ingxoxo-mpikiswano yadala i-buzz kwaye amaRiphabhlikhi afuna ukubetha u-Obama. Nokuba ungumntu obambeleyo okanye uphakathi, yiyo loo nto bebambene ngasemva komgqatswa,” utshilo uSteve Mitchell, umvoteli waseRiphabhlikhi.
Ngokuqinisekileyo le ngxoxo ibonakale ibuyisela umva into ebibonakala ngathi kukufa kwiphulo laseRomney, ebelibambekile kumjikelo we-gaffes - ukusuka ekugxekeni iiOlimpiki zaseLondon ukuya kwividiyo engama-47% - kunye namanani okuvota atshonayo. Ngokwenene kukho iimpawu zokuqala zokuba amanani okuvota kaRomney ngoku anokufumana iqhuma elifuneka kakhulu. Uphando lukaClarus lukhuphe amanani abonisa ukhokelo lwesizwe luka-Obama luye lwafikelela kumanqaku amabini kuphela kwaye uphando lweReuters-Ipsos lubonise ukuthandwa kukaRomney okunyuka kwimiba ephambili ebandakanya uqoqosho kunye nohlaziyo lwezempilo emva kweDenver.
Kodwa uvuyo lweRiphabhlikhi olungathintelekiyo alunakwenzeka ukuba luhlale ixesha elide. NgolwesiHlanu amanani-nkcazo amatsha engqesho abone izinga labantu abangasebenziyo eMelika linyukela kwi-7.8%, nto leyo evumela u-Obama ukuba enze ibango okokuqala ngqa lokuba intswela-ngqesho ngoku isezantsi – kwaye inani labantu abasemisebenzini liphezulu – kunangexesha wayengena ngalo esikhundleni. Akunakwenzeka ukuba iqela lika-Obama libanjwe lihamba ngeenyawo kwiingxoxo ezimbini eziseleyo.
Inkampu ka-Obama izibandakanye ekukhangeleni imiphefumlo yoluntu phakathi kokugxekwa kabukhali kwamajelo eendaba kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo iza kuphuma iqine ngakumbi kwingxoxo-mpikiswano elandelayo, nge-16 ka-Okthobha eHempstead, eNew York.
Kwiphulo lokukhankasela, u-Obama sele eqalile ukubetha ithoni enobudlova, ebetha uRomney njengomntu oguqula iimbono zakhe kwaye akazange abe nenyaniso kubavoti. Uye waphuhlisa umgca omtsha wohlaselo, ejolise kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yesifungo sikaRomney sokunciphisa inkxaso-mali karhulumente kumabonakude kawonke-wonke. “Irhuluneli uRomney uceba ukuvumela iWall Street ukuba iqhube udushe kodwa ifuna ukuwisa isando IStame Street,” utshilo u-Obama kwindibano ekupheleni kweveki ephelileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, inkangeleko entsha ye-Romney ephakathi inokuthi ibe yinto ekujoliswe kuyo ngokulula. Ngeendlela ezininzi, izigidi zabantu baseMelika ziqala ukunikela ingqalelo kunyulo ngoku kwaye ugqatso lokutyunjwa kweRiphabhlikhi - xa uRomney wazipeyinta njengomntu ogcinayo ukuze afumane i-nod - ilityalwa kakhulu. Endaweni yoko, iiDemokhrasi zijongene nohlobo lweRiphabhlikhi ababesoloko besoyika: irhuluneli eyayisakuba yirhuluneli yelizwe eliluhlaza othetha ngamava akhe ezoqoqosho kunye nokukwazi kwakhe ukudala imisebenzi. “Olo hlobo lomfanekiso alusebenzi nje ukuba uRomney asuke, kukwayimfuneko ukuba uRomney enze njalo, ukuba ufuna ukuba ngumongameli,” utshilo uCohen.
Isiseko seqela laseRiphabhlikhi - ukusuka kubathengisi basimahla beTea ukuya kumavangelo olondolozo lwentlalontle - ubukhulu becala bayayazi loo nto. U-Romney uye wathintela izigxeko zangaphambili zokuba ngumgqatswa we-"Etch A Sketch" ojongana nayo nayiphi na indawo abavoti abayifunayo.
Ngoko emva kokuba ephantse wafa emanzini, iphulo likaRomney ngequbuliso libonakala ngathi liye laphila. “Kucacile ukuba ayifanga ngoku. Lugqatso oluza kuhamba wonke,” utshilo uMitchell.
(UmGcini)
