Where is the Fear?

In Jonathan Singer's argument "I Had No Idea Things were THIS Bad for the Republicans", Singer proves that a poor examples lead to a poorly designed argument.

In Singer's argument, posted on "MyDD", Singer uses Josh Romney, who on Saturday announced his decision against running for the United States Congress in the state of Utah, as an example of Romney being "afraid to campaign" and thinking he "can't win". All of this, Singer says, is "a sign of how bad things are for Republicans, whether on the congressional level or the presidential level…"

However, if you not only read the section that Singer uses as an example in his argument from the article posted in the "Salt Lake City Tribune", but in fact the entire thing, one striking question comes to mind.

Where is the fear?

Singer claims Romney to be afraid to campaign and afraid of not winning. Neither of these claims are supported in the least by the article cited.

"Just having come off a tough election with my dad, I think the family's not quite ready to hop back into another race," Josh Romney said Saturday. "It's going to be nice to spend some time with the kids and take some time out of politics."

That is it. Romney's reasons are not fabricated or unclear. He is not afraid of losing. He rather feels that it is in the best interest of his family NOT to run. The Republican Party, exampled by Romney, has stuck to a core value system, in which family is high up in that system. Things are not "bad" for the Republican Party, but are instead stable, with a stable value system affecting the decisions made by its leaders and followers.

Singer sets this argument and himself up to be questioned, by making strong claims backed with evidence that shows no logical connection to the claims made. Although the things for the Republican Party may be "bad", this article and its claims and examples are a "bad" way of proving the well-being of the Republican Party.