Mitt Romney Beats Barack Obama — If Republicans Are Smart
When it comes to former Governor Mitt Romney and his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Republicans remind me of children who criticize their parents for the smallest flaw, missing the obvious bigger picture — parents make possible many benefits, starting with life. In Romney’s case, this, of course, refers to giving Republicans political life — getting back in the White House to get America back on track.
So, which Republican candidate has the best chance of beating Barack Obama?
That would be Romney.
He’s been beating Obama in the general election matchup polls since April — he’s the only one. Even as Newt Gingrich surges in the Republican presidential primary polls, he lags in this key indicator. Plus, as the recent USA Today/Gallup poll revealed, President Obama trails Mitt Romney in 12 swing states by 5 points (43% to 48%) among registered voters.
Why is this so?
It’s simple: Romney, with his business and government background, will do a better job than Obama on the economy — by a mile. And most Americans know it.
When “Believe in America,” Romney’s first New Hampshire ad, came out November 21, the media narrowly focused on the “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose” line. (Never mind that it’s obvious Obama wasn’t saying that about himself. But it does apply to Obama now — which, of course, was the whole point! ) In so doing, the media totally overlooked Romney’s passionate message about the economy. To wit:
“I’m going to do something to government. I call it the smaller, simpler, smarter approach to government — getting rid of programs, turning programs back to states and finally making government itself more efficient.”
“I’m going to get rid of Obamacare. It’s killing jobs and it’s keeping our kids from having the bright prospects they deserve.”
“We have a moral responsibility not to spend more than we take in.
“I’ll make sure that America is a job creating machine like it has been in the past.”
“It’s high time to bring those principles of fiscal responsibility to Washington, D.C.”
The same people who ran around in 08 claiming McCain is the way to go because he will attract moderates now want us to believe Romney is the only choice to win. The establishment GOP with the likes of Carl the architect Rove now go around telling us who we should nominate and if we fail to follow their wisdom from on high, well then they denigrate the candidate and do everything but take out campaign adds for the opposition. The truth is Romney couldn’t beat McCain, who was a totally uninspiring candidate, and now we are told he is the only one who can beat Obozo.
The truth is that their is something about Romney that’s unlikable, a not well enough hidden arrogance and the feeling that he has no soul politically speaking. He will say what ever he thinks is necessary to get elected. There is no vision as to what to accomplish just I want to be President. At least Obozo has a vision for the future of America, it’s Marxist socialist/communist and he knows he cant express it in public in order to get elected.
Some of us in Pennsylvania still remember Bush and Santorum campaign adds for Arlen Sphincter in the primary against Sen Toomey. That worked out so well for the party didn’t it.
At one point in the debates, when Romney and Perry were disagreeing,
Romney reached out as though to put his hand on Perry’s shoulder in
a gesture of condescending dominance which spoke louder than words.
The truth is Romney couldn’t beat McCain, who was a totally uninspiring candidate, and now we are told he is the only one who can beat Obozo.
The Romney is most electable meme is absolute bs. This clown has been a failed wanna be politician for the last 17 years that has won exactly one general election and a few primaries. That’s it. Where’s the evidence that he iselectable at all? The idiots pushing this idea are the same idiots that thought Carly Fiorini’s great private sector experience would let her coast to victory over the execrable Boxer. After spending $60million she almost got the same percentage of the vote as Christine O’Donnell.
I think that it is better NOT to be the self-fundable candidate in a California election. Arent those the people that are most susceptible to hiring illegals? Steve Poizner and Chuck DeVore were missed opportunities but for having the “career bureaucrat/politician” tag. Duncan Duane is the last hope.
The thing to ask is who is pushing the meme. Dims all want Romney to run, and the Dim press reflects that.
Repeat after me:
Dole, McCain, Romney. FAIL!
Dole, McCain, Romney. FAIL!
Dole, McCain, Romney. FAIL!
Repeat after me:
Goldwater, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Gingrich. FAIL!
Goldwater, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Gingrich. FAIL!
Goldwater, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Gingrich. FAIL!
Each of those times, the conservative base of the GOP made the same mistake: Forgetting that the general election is NOT all about them.
I tire of the Conservative v. RINO discussions.
Liberalism: The inability to learn from one’s mistakes.
RINOism: See Liberalism.
Before any discussion of who can beat Obama in 2012, can we at least agree that (1) Obama is the worst president in any of our lifetimes? (And I’m old; I worked on both of Reagan’s campaigns, so I have endured this RINO stupidity before) (2) That Obama has done more damage than any of us thought we’d ever see from any American president? (3) That should he win another term, our republican form of constitutional government will likely not survive it? Are we really so pathetic that we think America is going to tolerate another term from this historic national disgrace and embarrassment?
My dog could beat Obama. Mickey Mouse would beat Obama. Any human candidate whose fly is zipped on November 6, 2012, will beat Obama. Period. So why decide to choose between the certain destruction of the republic in say, four years under Obama, or 10 years under the next RINO. The difference between Obama and W., or Romney, is nothing more than speed and intensity. I reject both and demand a 180 degree course correction.
Before I get into some recent election results to suggest why Romney is the MarxistStateNBC/MSM “reasonable and electable Republican,” suffer me a moment’s diversion to lay out a small portion of Romney’s election night acceptance speech that keeps playing over and over in my nightmares:
“Now, to business. As you all know I have said during the entirety of the campaign that one of my first acts as your president would be to sign the repeal of Obamacare. Well we didn’t quite get a filibuster proof majority in the Senate so I can’t promise that will happen. But what of an executive order, or orders, to cease program implementation and funding? I could do that, but after lengthy discussions with my advisers and legal team, I have determined that it would be hypocritical for me to rely on executive order authority after spending the past year criticizing the abusive over-reach in executive orders by the prior administration. Therefore, I have determined that the best plan of action begins with the recognition that many good ideas are contained in Obamacare, and the better ideas are worth saving. Rather than an axe, I therefore propose that we take a scalpel to the legislation as we move forward as bipartisan servants of the people. You know, we faced similar issues head-on when I was governor of Massachusetts . . ..”
I’m back, and have wiped the sweat of trepidation from my furrowed brow. While I certainly agree that Romney is likely to defeat Obama, he is after all, still breathing, it’s only because Obama is that bad, not because Romney is the most likely victor against Obama from the Republican field; to the contrary, he is one of the least likely (see MSM praise). To get to the heart of the matter, if you believe that it is important to win the Independents to prevail against Obama, then you should abandon Romney with all haste. If one does not give the Independents a crystal clear choice, then they will not be swayed in numbers. The choice between Romney and Obama may be crystal clear to you and me, but to the average uninvolved independent voter — someone too lazy to do any research themselves; that’s what Independent/Moderate really means — Romney will be Obamacare, Pro-choice, Cap-n-Trade, and anything else Brian Williams tells them he is/was after the sudden MSM discovery that he is clearly a man without a core and definitely unelectable. The truth pales in importance to perception in politics, and that’s why Obama wants to run against Romney and is doing everything possible to destroy his conservative challengers.
Independents have fled Obama in droves. The sole question is, “will a true constitutional conservative candidate drive Independents back to Obama?” I think it is instructive to look to the 2010 elections for the answer if you believe the same factors are in play — or as I do, even more so! If not, what has gotten better? If anything, it’s all much worse. The Tea Party isn’t in remission as the left likes to delude itself. They’re just watching and waiting as Obama and his base “occupy” their beloved country. Since you are uninformed enough to specifically mention O’Donnell and Angle, I’ll be sure to cover their races. Indeed, let’s start with O’Donnell before continuing with 2010 election stats for “conservative extremists” running in the most hyped races.
Delaware: Let’s do the worst one first. With no support — instead outright contempt — from Castle and the RSCC, an endless national media assault led by RINOs like the “Architect,” Karl Rove, and we must admit, rookie mistakes by candidate O’Donnell herself, this extremist lost the sacred Independents 48-45 . . . in Delaware! Imagine a gracious Castle endorsement of his own party’s victorious primary candidate, party support from the RSCC and the RINOs, and fair media coverage — OK, the last one‘s a pipe dream, but the others sabotages were nothing more than gorings by RINOs which led to a massive 48-45 drubbing from Independents . . . in Delaware! Do you think eliminating the self-serving, self-fulfilling in-house treasons mentioned might have been good for a percentage point or two flip in the vote total, or five, or 10? A gracious endorsement and active support from Castle alone would have turned the contest. He was after all, quite popular before he chose stewing in his own self-absorbed bile over doing the right thing. RINOs delivered to America the bearded Marxist — not Christine O’Donnell. 48-45.
With a very similar lack of establishment support in Nevada and Colorado how did the conservative extremists, Angle and Buck, fare with Independents . . .
Nevada: Extremist Angle won Independents 48-44.
Colorado: Extremist Buck won Independents 53-37!
How nice might election night have been in Colorado and Nevada if our glorious establishment hadn’t convinced gullible Republicans, like Ms. Kendall and Anonymous here, looking for an excuse to fail that conservatives could not attract Independent voters and they should stay home and watch on TV as Rove and company helped assure their own self-fulfilling prophetic defeat. And they did. Why don’t you ever see those numbers on Rove’s white board?
Florida and Wisconsin: It is conveniently forgotten that two of the Senate’s most stalwart right-wing extremist constitutional conservatives, the DeMint-like Rubio and Ron Johnson, managed to win somehow. Rubio slaughtered RINO Crist; Johnson won 85% in the Wisconsin Primary before unseating ultra-leftist Feingold . . . in Wisconsin! Both right-wing extremists won Independents by DOUBLE-DIGIT margins. And lest we forget, extremist Mike Lee won too!
In short, the most conservative candidates won the Independents in each of their races but one, and as I recall, Ms. O’Donnell may have been a witch, but still lost only 48-45 in the Progressive sewer of Delaware. What happens when we let the MSM/RINOs convince Republicans to stay home because extremist constitutional conservatives can’t win? What happens is the Independent voter’s wishes are ignored as the self-fulfilling prophesies of the Karl Roves of the world time and again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The self-promoting Rove and his ilk fully understand that the only way they can remain relevant is if the establishment maintains itself by defeating conservatism. Karl Rove is more a threat to constitutional conservatism than Barack Obama. If Progressives weren’t so damn stupid, they’d be erecting statues to Rove for TARP, NCLB, Part D, then sitting around on his thumb throughout the vilification of W which lead directly to the existential threat that is Obama.
America is not yet a Marxist sewer. We are a conservative nation at heart and we will reject Obama everywhere we are given a clear opportunity to do so. An articulate conservative will landslide Obama from coast to coast. Romney?
Imagine a world without RINOs. It’s easy if you try.
If you thought my fears about Romney’s hypothetical acceptance speech were far fetched, read the following that I just came across at Hot Air: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/12/17/romney-on-obamacare-in-2010-lets-repeal-the-bad-and-keep-the-good/
Let’s be truthful here Anon … Angle and O’Donnell had to run not only against the democrat’s and the MSM, they also had to fight off attacks from the rino establishment. Our nominee shouldn’t have to wear armor to protect their backs from the people who are supposed to be their supporters
All we Republicans would like is that once the base chooses the nominee, the establishment and northeast liberal rinos “hold their nose, swallow hard, and pull the lever” like we have been told to do for McCain, Bush, Dole, Specter, Ford etc.
Good points. This “we need a moderate candidate” comes from middle theory. Basically, extremists will always vote for their party and it is the folks in the middle who decide the election. You don’t need a centrist, you just need a candidate that is more palatable to centrists than the guy on the other side. Independents voted in droves for Obama – and he was nobody’s centrist.
Goldwater, Failed
Reagan, further Right, Win!
Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Talked to Liberals and FAIL!
Rand Paul much further Right, Win!
The unknown bloger needs to get a better joke. I also remind the PJ media readers that Goldwater had to go to the Surpreme Court to get on the ballots because the Democrats took his name off the ballotts because he was born in the “Territory” of Arizona before it was a state and was not put back on many ballots after proving he was a natural born citizen.
Let’s not forget that Romney, when it comes to appeasing islam, has already declared that he’ll be no different from Buraq Hussein Osama:
Romney said radical, violent Islamists (sic) pose a threat to Americans and others around the world. However, he said, “they take a very different view of Islam than the Muslims I know.” He noted that he was raised in the Detroit area, which has a large Muslim population. “They are peace-loving and America-loving individuals. I believe that very sincerely. I believe people of the Islamic faith do not have to subscribe to the idea of radical, violent jihadism.”
So, in Romney’s head, even “jihad” has already turned into “radical, violent jihadism”, which is even worse than referring to true islam as “islamism”, as many who refuse to identify our enemies by name have done. Just more proof that, as far as islam is concerned, not that much would change if he got Buraq Hussein’s current job. And that’s why the US needs Gingrich, and not 4 more years of the same islam-means-peace nonsense it has got for the past 11 years.
Mormonism = Islam, had the angel Gabriel landed in the British Isles or Scandinavia instead of the Arabian Desert.
The fact is, after the economic melt down in the fall of 2008, no republican was going to win, simple as that. Prior to that event, Mc Cain was leading in the polls, after, Obama.
I am going with Mary on this one, if the GOP wants a chance at victory in 2012, Romney is the only candidate in the field that offers a real path to the presidency.
Romney isn’t the “only” chance. Santorum, Bachmann, and Perry csn beat Obama also. And if one of them win, then there’s a chance of repealing Obamacare and cutting back on Washington’s largesse.
Santorum can’t even get elected in his home state. He’s the one who brokered the deal to get Sen Arlen Sphincter reelected so that he could switch parties and give dems control of senate. As for conservative only abortion and gays in every other way he is establishment GOP.
Santorum was defeated because his opponent (now Senator Robert Casey Jr) is the son of a popular late governor. A supposedly faithful Catholic, Casey grabbed the ethnic Catholic vote–so-called “Reagan Democrats”–across the middle tier of the state.
That, together with the scurrilous denigration of Santorum by the life-style liberals of the feminist and gay-liberation movements, gave Casey the winning edge.
Of course it was all a diversion…
The Repub base doesn’t want Romney. We don’t want him. Read the polls. How can Romney win a Presidential election with 25% of the Repub base’s vote?
Romney will understand his mandate and be constrained by Congress. If he picks a Rubio for VP, he’ll get the turn out to win.
He’s nobody’s ideal choice, but he’s the best we’ve got.
Romney is not the best we’ve got.
Romney is not even close to “all we’ve got”. He’s a squish, a political hack and most certainly NOT a conservative.
… And all that effort and energy that is used to keep Mittens Oba-Romney from acting like the big govt squish that he is, won’t be available to push a roll back of son-of-Romneycare.
Sure, starting at – 100 with Mittens is better than being at – 1,000 with the Kenyan, but we should have a nominee who isn’t a liberal so that at worst we start at 0.
I will vote for any conservative in this primary…and that does NOT include Mitt Romney.
Romney is a RHINO who is tempted to retain the power of big government and appease that unfortunate part of the republican party who want and hope for more power and bigger government. The only difference is they will reward their special interests instead of the dems.
I am taking a hard look at Rick S as a serious candidate. Much overlooked but a decent,reliable, and steady conservative who is DIFFERENT in every way from BO. This election is not just about Obama’s presidency which we may barely survive. More importantly we need to have a true champion for conservativism and constitutional principles and a person who will reveal the vile and ugly consequences of liberalism, socialism, and their anti free enterprise agenda.
Rick has the character to see this through and he take down Obama in a debate since he does not need a teleprompter to complete a coherent sentence. Since we are down to the real short list, take a hard look at Rick S and tell me why he can’t do this?
Yes He Can!!
Republicans don’t merely have a “chance” to defeat Obama, they will defeat Obama if they put forward a plausible president. Newt is such, Perry was such until he made five or six bad showings/gaffes in a row, and Cain could have been despite his lack of experience if he hadn’t put his foot wrong with consistency. There is no reason for Romney to be the nominee, he is the least relevant plausible candidate, he is only guaranteed to be safe for the establishment.
The establishment got us into this, they can go pound sand.
That bears repeating.
The establishment got us into this, they can go pound sand.
It should be tattooed on the inside of their eyelids.
The establishment got us into this, they can go pound sand.
I know I will be dissatisfied with Newt. I have every reason to expect I will be far less happy with Romney.
So I will not vote for him, I would rather that any rampant dissatisfaction with split government be hung around the golfer’s neck. And without anything to add, he’ll do even more golfing.
Frankly, I expect that if the GOP were to take the Senate with a good majority, a few D’s from more purple states could be persuaded to over-ride any egregious vetoes, and pulling back from the edge accomplished even with Obama still in the Oval Office. What, you think differently? Have you seen any moral courage from him so far?
With Romney, there will be no parking brakes as we continue to creep towards the precipice. He is no conservative, he is only Republican enough for Massachusetts to tolerate, and that’s not good enough.
Newt is not a plausible president.
He’s a Washington insider and wheeler-dealer. That’s the job of a House Speaker–to make enough deals with enough Congressmen to pass legislation. A House Speaker doesn’t have to sell his legislation to the American people. Just to his fellow Congressmen.
A President has to appeal for the public’s support, because only through them can he get legislation through Congress without a public backlash (like what happened to Obama in 2010).
When was the last time a Speaker of the House rose to the Presidency? That should tell you something.
“Furthermore, Romney has a strong character, as the PARADE cover story reminds us.”
Who are you kidding?! Only you and Myra?! The man has all the moral strength of boiled spaghetti! He’ll firmly and from under pointlessly perfect hair say whatever he thinks he needs to get in, except for the few things he might really believe in and hasn’t flip flopped on–he’s for gun control and government control of healthcare, and if I remember he thinks humanity is provably causing global climate change that we need to fix.
He’s a nonstarter, there’s a good reason why his number have been steadily declining from only 1/4 of the GOP liking him. That number will keep on going down.
All I ever hear in Romney’s favor is that he supposedly electable. Not only does this fly in the face of his own record as someone who won only once and then threw in the towel rather than face defeat, it tells me the people supporting him are clueless about what motivates voters.
Voters tend to like two things. They want a candidate they can relate to as a person and one who seems to be willing to stand on his or her principles. Romney’s plastic face, total lack of humor and take any stand to win principles make him one of the worst candidates to hit the national stage in a lifetime of following politics.
Romney has a better understanding of how the private sector works than any other candidate. Because he’s been there.
Romney is articulate and can explain himself in public–a vital part of the job of being President. Reagan was the Great Communicator but Romney is even better at communicating.
Romney has executive experience. He was governor, he managed the Olympics. Gingrich has ZERO executive experience. (Speaker of the House is not an executive position–it’s just chief wheeler-dealer out of 430 other wheeler-dealers)
The only 3 things Romney the White Obama has NOT flip-flopped on are –
Desire to be the President of the United States.
Belief that Corporations are people.
MORE bailouts for Wall Street when they blow themselves up again. Rewarding failure is not just for the Teleprompter in chief it seems.
Romney’s a weather vane who believes in nothing but advancing the cause of Mitt Romney. That’s why his support is stuck at 25%, people can sense a phony.
Here we go again “…Romney may not be the perfect candidate but….”. WTF???
I’m beginning to think that things like that are only written by progressive Mormon operatives in order to steer the election Obama’s way. The exact same thing is/has been said about all the candidates and it’s getting tiresome and very ‘groupthink’; it’s preaching to the damn choir don’t ya know … knock it off already!! Geeeeez!!!
Enough is enough!!
Lord, how I want to be in that number,
Oh when the saints come marching in!
I’m not going to comment on this stupidity masking as a serious article any more than to ask readers to Google/Bing for “romney cspan”. Someone (I forget the name) has been going through the CSPAN archives and finding clips of Romney form the early 2000s and back.
My personal favorite is when Romney calls himself a Progressive.
I guess I’ll just have to appear stupid to the establishment commentariat.
I will never again cast a vote for Mittens.
It’s not like it matters. I’m ready to be “chastised” in any scenario. I’m getting used to it.
If Romney is the only choice for Republicans in the 2012 election, then Republicans, as usual, have no choice at all in the election. Romney proved beyond any doubt during his stint as Governor of Massachusetts that he is a Socialist cut in the same mold as Obumbo. The realization that any “so called” Conservative could even contemplate backing Romney points directly to what has gone so terribly wrong in America’s short history. This piece, as many pieces on the right do, dares to describe Romney as a Conservative; I sincerely hope you are only fooling yourselves.
I’m a conservative, been one since the 1970s.
I’m backing Romney because he’s the best one for the job of Chief Executive to turn this economy around. No one else can match his command of economic issues.
You’re not throwing people like me out of the conservative movement. We’re going to stand our ground.
And should you make the mistake of nominating Gingrich,
we’ll be around after Election Day to point out how YOU wrecked our chances of stopping Obama.
HAHAHAHA!!! Dream on, you Romney-conservative. Hey, it was funny but today is not 1st April, so you are fooling no one.
Romney couldn’t even beat McCain who was, if you have forgotten, soundly beat by Obumbo.
Read what Taranto has to say and then come back and tell me again what smart conservatives should do…
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577098591943252020.html
Mitt told left-wing groups, “You need someone like me in Washington,” and that he would be “a good voice in the party” for left-wing groups.
As for me, I’ll take Mitt at his word: someone like him would be good for left-wingers.
I wonder what good it does to have a Republican in the White House if the Republican in question is a human weather vane with no principles – a political chameleon who will change his political philosophy to fit whichever environment he is in.
It does no good to say the Tea Party will keep him in line. The establishment GOP in Congress has contempt for the Tea Party, and they are scared to death of the MSM.
About the best thing I can say about Romney is that he would be marginally better than Obama. But our country would still be headed over a financial cliff, so the ability to say “Yeah, but at least our guy is in the White House!” doesn’t offer much comfort.
2012 has the potential to be a landslide. And the fiscal issues facing our country are coming to a head. This is too important to waste on Romney…and that’s exactly what it would be: a waste and a lost opportunity.
If he wins the nomination, I figure I’m better off voting my conscience so I can look myself in the mirror the next morning. I’ll vote third party. To hell with Romney.
I didn’t know Romney was a conservative. If you think he is a conservative by what he says, you are wrong. Romney will say anything to get elected just like Obama. His actions speak volumes against the foundation of your argument.
One other thing…this quote just kills me:
“Now, if the Republican goal is to nominate the most conservative candidate possible, maybe Romney is not your man. But we did that in 1964 with Barry Goldwater. That didn’t turn out so well, did it?”
A more apt comparison would be nominating Ronald Reagan (the most conservative candidate available in 1980 and Goldwater’s heir) to face the hapless Jimmy Carter. How did that turn out, Mary Claire?
But you go right ahead getting all hot and heavy for an establishment squish who has as much chance to inspire his base and win an election as John McCain or Bob Dole.
As for this bit of nonsense (and frequent Mittbot talking point) – “He’s been beating Obama in the general election matchup polls since April” – even a first year political science major knows that polls this far in advance of a national election have as much predictive value as a wad of used toilet paper, so don’t make yourself look like a clueless novice by citing it.
I don’t understand the incessant chant that Romney can beat Obama. Consider:
1. Of the 22 elections in which Ramney was a candidate, he lost 17 of them
2. In 1994, Romney lost by 17 points in the best year for Republicans in more than half a century.
3. In 2002, Romney won the gubernatorial race in Massachusetts. This victory—the triumph of a Republican in deep-blue Massachusetts—is now the cornerstone of his 2012 “electability” rationale.
4. Romney was actually the fourth in a string of Republican governors who Mass 1990 until 2006. Of that group, Romney received the lowest percentage of the vote, failing to break the 50-percent mark in his 2002 victory.
5. After three years in office, Romney’s approval rating was so low that he was forced to abandon hope of reelection. Romney’s term concluded with a Democrat winning the governor’s office for the first time in 20 years.
Congratulations,
The author has managed to pick the only one in the field who is arguably worse that Obama. Well done.
Full Disclosure: I support Michele Bachmann.
I don’t like Romney. I didn’t like him in 2008 and I don’t like him now. Mitt has always seemed like the kind of used car salesman that gives used car salesmen a bad name. He’s like a teenaged boy on prom night. He says the right things because he’s after one thing and will say anything to get it.
Mitt Romney’s typical morning.
7:00 a.m. consult with campaign team to determine if he should get out of the left side of the bed or the right.
7:10 a.m. get dressed. Conduct focus group to pick out a tie.
7:20 a.m. Call pollster to determine if he should have eggs or pancakes for breakfast.
8:30 a.m. Do TV interview. Talk about experience as Governor.
8:55 a.m. Have press conference denying what he said in TV interview.
9:15 a.m. Send out press release denying what he said at press conference.
10:35 a.m. TV commercial for Iowa. Announce the he’s the most conservative candidate.
10:55 a.m. TV commercial for New Hampshire. Announce he is most moderate and therefore electable candidate.
Here’s a guy who claims to have the pulse of the free market because of all his business experience. Except for the fact that he’s been doing nothing but run for President over the past six years. He has business experience, but I don’t think he’s been in the private sector since the last century.
I suppose there are those who believe that a slimy snake-oil salesman who is also a RINO is the perfect candidate for President. I guess they figure that if the wind is blowing from the right direction and the latest polls tell him to, he’d do the right thing in office. I would rather have someone with beliefs than someone with polling figures.
“Romney is not the perfect conservative, but he gives the GOP the best shot to get back in the White House.”
Not perfect? He’s not even conservative. He’s a suit with nice hair, who will change any position, any policy, if it gets him votes. The man has no principles.
Agreed. Surges for Gingritch and Paul may reflect a larger portion of the republican base moving in a more libertarian train of thought, and while that is encouraging, it will not be enough of the overall electorate to get democrats and moderates to shift over. It’s actually a better way to ensure they will vote for Barak. Romney is the best chance to secure the white house in spite of fears he is not conservative enough. He’s actually likely to get more done in with congress that a more radically conservative president who will not be able to work both sides of the aisle.
“He’s actually likely to get more done in with congress that a more radically conservative president who will not be able to work both sides of the aisle.”
Yeah…like George W and Medicare D.
Or like GHW Bush and the tax deal.
Better a gridlocked statist with a “D” by his name than a statist “who can get things done” with an “R” by his name.
MCK: Romney gives the GOP the best shot to get back in the White House.
M.R: All three of your erroneous assumptions in one sentence:
Romney is not a Republican, much less a conservative.
The GOP sacrifices principle for power if they choose him.
The White House is not where the power will be in future.
The collapse of the world economy which has begun in the EU
will end with the US facing existential challenges at home.
There is no political solution to an economic problem.
Those who solve the economic problems will gain power.
There will be no power, or protection, in holding office.
If the GOP joins with the TEA party, the combination _might_
be perceived by the people as part of the solution, though
federal coordination will be secondary and subordinate to
the reform and rebuilding carried out by the solvent states.
GDub was not a conservative. Me thinks if Gingrich is the nominee that O’Zero may find a good excuse to drop out of the race. He doesn’t want to face Gingrich in a debate and in addition if it looks like he may lose he will not finish the race. Between May and August he will come up with a ‘really good reason’ not to continue on. Hopefully he is impeached but that doesn’t look probable. If he gets to keep the war chest I think that is a serious possibility.
Lets see what the primaries bring. Forget the dinky little states like Iowa and New Hampshire. If Newt has the overwhelming delegates and is denied the nomination the Republican party will lose everything. House, Senate, White House, and state legislatures to boot. In short, it will spell the end of the party. Republicans don’t have safe states like the Dems do, look how many safe Republican states went for Obama in 2008, my own state of Florida for example. There is no support for a brokered convention in this modern day, the one with the most delegates had better be nominated.
Judging by his campaign commercials against members of his own party for two separate election campaigns, Mitt Romney is a nasty piece of work who has done great harm to the party as a whole. The Democrats will have him for lunch.
You guys (the dead enders) constantly contradict yourselves. Romney is mean and nasty but then supposedly will be a pussycat in the general election? Doesn’t make any sense. Romney is solid as a rock and will continue to run a straightforward campaign until he wins next November.
He’s been Mr Nice with the left always, and with consevratives only when it fits the situation. But he’s nasty to his competitors from his own party. What’s not clear in this picture?
Stop it. Stop letting yourselves be bought by Mittens. He was the architect for Obamacare, and doesn’t apologize for putting it in place in Massachusetts. Same with Cap’n'trade. He’s not the most conservative candidate, and while Newt talked about those ideas, Mitt implemented them. I’d prefer Perry, but he’s got to get back on track.
Not to mention, we need a stronger Tea Party Congress.
Even though it’s killing our chances to elect a conservative, conservative media, blogs included, insist on continuing this suicidal Romney/Gingrich; who can beat Obama argument.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Every conservative gun should be leveled at reminding the nation of the terrible job Obama is doing. It reminds me of the Germans opening a second front invading the Soviet Union. Sheer stupidity.
The result:
Newt isn’t going to get elected. Neither will Mitt. You won’t emerge with a President you can feel good about. Unless, of course, you’re a communist in progressive trappings.
Of course, Mitt Romney’s victory would have been Pyrrhic, anyway, if that’s any consolation. Without any conservative roots, the Mitt chameleon in six months would have conservatives pulling out their hair.
Gingrich would have been better. Much better. But Newt’s people may as well pack it in, too.
The Democratic strategy was to have the left and right media make the Republican primary such an ugly fight that frayed emotions would convince Ron Paul he should push the party’s self destruct button and run as a third party independent. Which is what he’s now planning.
Ron Paul’s third party candidacy elects B. Hussein as sure as Tebow’s winning streak ends with the Patriots today. The Republican party isn’t smart enough to hire a consultant on politics of the quality of a Bill Belichick on football.
Rush is pretty smart. But everybody thinks they’re smarter. That’s what makes Republicans so dumb.
When they say people get the government they deserve, maybe they’re correct. Republicans failed to see the trap the Democrats were laying. Newt knew. He smelled out the Democratic strategy of getting the left and right media reporting only on the Republican primary. Have all the TV shows, from SNL to the commie View to Leno make fun of the Republican Primary. Present Republicans as the nation’s laughingstock.
All this, so nobody for months brings up what a lousy job Obama is doing. When was the last time Obama was attacked for anything? And Obama’s the guy intending to turn America into his personal train wreck. With 22 trillion at the end of Obama’s next four years, we’re literally bankrupt. We cease to exist as a defender of freedom.
If you’re a conservative, in the big election for President, the Republican candidate will be dead on arrival. Just like the concept of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Kiss it goodbye albeit with the lack of enthusiasm that Obama kisses his wife goodnight.
It’s a crying shame. It truly is.
By conservative media joining in the attack on primary candidates, the Republican Party people are candidates for the witless protection program. By falling into the Democratic Party’s trap of infighting 24/7, it’s time to say goodnight to any hopes of taking back this nation. Let me say it once more and I’ll shut up: The attacks should have been directed at Obama. Which is what Newt tried to do. One smart guy in the Republican party wasn’t enough.
The Republican Party hasn’t changed with the times. They hired the old political hacks and they’re going to pay for it with the election of Obama. The old circular firing squad rides again, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Democratic Strategy has succeeded in laying waste any chance for a renewed America, one steeped in self reliance, freedom, energy independence, secure borders, the repealing of ObamaCare, dealing with the debt, a military strong enough to defend our nation.
In two years our borders will be porous as sieves because Obama wants it that way. American eyes will return to the skies worrying about the attack that is bound to come while Michelle and Barack are on vacation. Out of the country. You get my drift? We’re being set up. As to our friend, Israel. Well, they may very well end up having the consistency of paper mache.
Chalk another presidential loss up to stupidity. For the United States of America, the fat lady is warming up back stage.
I have every confidence that, as guys in the old cowboy movies would say when they got shot. Hoppy, I’m a goner.
– in a debate Obama would wipe the smug, smarmy smile off Mitt’s face, which will then blubber on election night.
Anyone but Obama in the general election. Even Ron Paul. A name chosen at random out of the phone book. OK, maybe not Holder, or Napolitano, but they’re not running.
Anyone but Obama.
In the primary, I’m not voting for Romney. In the general, anyone but Obama.
This race is the Republicans to lose. Obama can not win if any serious opposition if fielded. That opposition is unclear; the polls are all over the lot, except on one question. About 3/4 of the Republican voters have not yet made up their mind, in spite of months of debates. If things continue this way, we may see a real brokered convention, a first in modern times. If they splinter, ala Ross Perot, Obama is our next president.
Romney is the clear choice of the Washington D.C. establishment, and probably Wall Street. He is loaded with cash. Newt Gingrich continues to be the back bencher throwing grenades. Lacking deep pockets, he rose to power using this technique. The leadership experience of the rest of the pack is light (but greatly exceeds Obama/Biden’s background in the previous race.)
The race will be decided by a RINO – Conservative coalition. Or not. We shall see.
Appreciate your efforts, Ms. Kendall… but with (still) such a high degree of un-decideds, the Romney/Obama electability poll is at best – inconclusive and premature.
My only! question about Mitt Romney… how will he govern? Yes, how???
Because America desperately needs a reformer… not a manager.
So when push comes to shove… will he do the necessary reforms???
That, Ms. Kendall… is and remains the! question.
If Newt gets himself an all-star management team… the reforms will get done.
I and a growing number of people believe that.
Having said all that, I will still vote for any GOP nominee in the general. For the sake of all our loved ones, Obama MUST be defeated.
Lastly, beware of trolls posing as conservatives suggesting we stay home or go 3rd party if such and such does not get nominated. They would like nothing more than to dilute or split the vote so that Obama can finally turm our nation into the disaster called Europe.
November, 2012. Keep passing the word.
> Lastly, beware of trolls posing as conservatives suggesting we stay home or go 3rd party if such and such does not get nominated. They would like nothing more than to dilute or split the vote so that Obama can finally turm our nation into the disaster called Europe.
Calling us trolls doesn’t change the basic problem, which is we need an opposition party to liberalism. People like Rove, Bush, Nixon, etc. were never interested in opposing liberalism. They were only interested in winning one for the Republican Party. The argument to vote for a Republican because he’s less liberal than the Democrat, if it ever made sense, makes sense no longer because we can’t afford that outlook anymore. Something has to give, and we’re trying to ensure that it isn’t the country itself.
True to form, the Republican party does not understand this. So we have to make them understand in terms they can understand: you run a RINO, you lose the conservative vote. Go ahead and insult us. Go ahead and defame our candidates. Go ahead and give money to liberals who, upon losing the nomination, show their true colors by turning Democrat. See what it gets you.
For all the RINO-haters out there, who are the self-appointed arbiters of who gets to be called conservatives, please recall that though McCain is squishy enough, our nation would be many times better off if he were President. It’s not a choice between Socialism Now and Socialism Later. There is room for disagreement among Republicans, and a successful businessman might be a good choice for a desperate economy. I wanted Palin to run, but she hasn’t, and that’s that. Everybody else is second choice–but I will vote for whoever gets the nomination, even Paul. Any one of them will do a better job than Obama, unless of course Obama’s job as he sees it is to ruin America.
No matter how much any of us want it, we are not going to see a reversal of 100 years of American political trajectory turned around in the first 100 days of any presidency. Enough with all the belly-aching about imperfect candidates and RINO-this RINO-that. If you declare yourself unalterably opposed to any one of the current crop, you’re just voting for Obama, and any criticism you offer is obviously insincere, as nobody is more RINO than one who refuses to vote against a Fascist like Obaman. You don’t want to vote for Romney or Paul or Gingrich in the primaries, fine, don’t. Once the candidate is chosen, swallow the bile and GET ENTHUSIASTIC if it kills you. This isn’t a lesser of two evils question. We know Obama’s course, and we MUST get off of it. It is a choice between running off the cliff and swerving away, and even if we miss it by an angstrom it’s better than going over!
Really? Why? Because maybe we’d go along with his brand of statism without making a fuss with the TEA party?
Didn’t he vote for TARP?
Didn’t he want to give the Islamofacists who took over Libya arms?
Wasn’t he in favor of bombing the hell out of a country that hadn’t attacked us?
Isn’t he whining about sticking to the withdrawal schedule in Iraq that W negotiated?
Isn’t he one the guys who just voted to give Obummer draconian powers to suspend the Constitution?
No more business as usual, the ONLY reason I voted for McCain was my hope that winning would give him a heart attack so we’d end up with a worth while President.
Having a little R by his name doesn’t make him better than the socialist we have no. In fact, rewarding the GOP for trotting out yet another socialist lite is WORSE.
To paraphrase Lincoln, “I prefer my despotism pure, without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
How can Mittens Oba-Romney be the most electable person in a general election … when 75% – 80% of the people who are from his party want nothing to do with him?
Thank you Mary Claire you are right on. Well done and well said.
Is Mitt electable? I hope so. I’m not for him, I prefer Rick Perry, but if Mitt gets the nomination I’ll vote for him. Ron Paul is the one I would have the hardest time pulling the lever for. He Scares me but I would still vote for him over Obama.
I don’t like Mitt, I agree with a previous poster, he looks and acts like the proverbial used car salesman. I can only hope he reads the winds kicked up by this election as we, the people want a strong conservative leader and follows our wishes. If he veers from that path, we should deluge him with letters, emails and phone calls telling him we are not pleased. Keep reminding him he works at our pleasure not the inside the beltway types. We hold his future in our hands. That is not the way it should have to be but if it is, so be it.
As I said, I favor Rick Perry. I think he will give us what we want without us having to hound his every move, but I will vote for whichever candidate the majority of us decide on.
As long as Mitt or Newt is hostile to what Michael Lewis has been writing, why should the US be listened to as much as it wants to be listened to?
I don’t worry about Mitt Romney being electable but of anyother Republican ever getting elected after he serves.
I live up in a few miles of Massachusetts and lived through him being a really bad Governor. The state of Massachusetts was 47th of the 50 states while Romney was Governor but the state’s budget went up. No one will be voting Republican after a President Romney.
Lot of politicians like John Sununu twists Bush 41 to raise taxes and hates anyone who opposes taxes.
Doing what the Establishment wants, is NOT smart.
Actions speak louder than words
Newt Balanced the Budget
Mitt Created Obamneycare
To Urban Left Behind: Romney is a white Obama, with his flipflopping, Romneycare, insane religion and amorality. My Terrier is a better candidate; and lots more dependable.He is very soft on Islam; the worst possible fault in our next president. Even Gingrich, who hasn’t an honest bone in his pudgy body, would be a little less evil than the disease in human form which currently infests the White House.I want Michelle, with Rick as her backup. She is the most conservative candidate and is a convert from Leftism. Converts tend to be the most passionate defenders of the truth.She needs to promise to undo every single thing of which Obama is guilty.
Newt is a chance to beat Obama and get something done afterwards. He knows the environment in Washington and is tough enough to deal with the biggest obstacle–the establishment Republicans. And, he is tough enough to survive the Obama deception machine that is warming up to obsfucate to new levels.
The assumption that the only hope is to put forward a Republican candidate who is moderate enough to get the middle votes, is denying that the moderates are capable of learning, even from being in an economic disaster. If the moderates are that dense, then Obama will be their first choice anyway, simply because they may have heard the name, or because he is “cool”, and that he doesn’t like people who have money and won’t give it to him.
The uncomfortable truth is that the country is deep into calamity. We must acknowledge that this is not a normal election, and trying to find the nicest candidate, who will give a sense of comfort by not offending anyone, is not of much use, even if we win. If the moderate voters can’t be swayed to vote for a decent candidate, then we won’t have a decent president.
I think it would improve the spirit of the nation to hear in the news about how Newt was locked in combat with one or the other of the more acceptable groups in Washington over some outlandish idea he has about cutting spending, maintaining our sovereignty, assuring our security, and so forth.
You all seem to be laboring under the delusion that Reagan or anyone like Reagan is running. There is no one that will beat Obama with the hard-line conservative values you want.
Bachmann’s an idiot. Obama would have her for lunch.
Santorum couldn’t keep his own job, and he’s an angry little prick with no chance in a general election. None whatsoever.
Huntsman is everything you hate about Mitt and then some.
Paul is a coot. His fringe is loud, but his policies are radical. No way in hell can he win.
Cain just proved all the liberal pundits right by dropping out. He was never trying to be president. He was campaigning for higher speaking fees in the future.
Gingrich had a position of great authority and a lot of ability to do well in the country. He pissed it all away, by all accounts, because he’s too obnoxious and abrasive. His wad is spent more than a decade ago.
And Perry… well, Perry brings us back to the problems with the hard conservatives picking their nice, consistent conservatives: namely, George W. Bush. No one doubted Bush’s strong, conservative consistency. Where did it get us? TSA grope-a-thons, Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, and constant cheerleading for the housing bubble.
Oh, and a of course a degree of unpopularity that put us in the Pelosi/Reid/Obama trifecta.
Perry stinks like Bush, and Bush is exactly why consistent conservatism in the big-government fashion that brought no complaints of “RINO” 12 years ago means nothing to me.
If someone here can draft Rubio, Christie, Jindal, Daniels, etc., have at it. With out that, what do you have left?
Romney.
And for those of you who think 4 more years of Obama is better, think of the SCOTUS. As much as I dislike W, that’s the one thing he did right, and the one reason why we cannot afford an 8 year term for the current CIC.
Just asking, what exactly is the difference between voting for Romney and voting for Obama?
Well,
If Romney wins the democrats will run another statist next time. If Obama wins there is at least a very small chance that the GOP will pull it’s collective head out of it’s butt and stop running statist. Either way, there is a big government statist in the office for the next four years.
…and if Scalia, Kennedy, or Thomas leave the bench and need to be replaced? Can anyone here actually believe Mitt’s appointments could be worse than Kagan or Sotomayor? Does anyone realize how long the liberals would hold the bench if Obama appoints another two justices?
Who here is willing to risk, say, a return to a capital punishment ban by putting up a candidate that can’t beat Obama?
Has Mitt ever done anything to reassure anyone that his choices would, in fact, be measurably better? Please let us know. Assumptions, holding of the nose, and going for the supposed “lessor of two evil” got us precisely where we are today, with the government sliding further and further to the left with each election.
When will you draw the line? There will always be justices to replace. At what point do you confront the fact that the GOP no longer represents the views of conservatives and hold them accountable? Or do you just keep making excuses for an organization that seems incapable of giving us a viable alternative to the socialists put up by the dems?
Continuing to reward the failure of the GOP does not prevent our slide into communism, it only slows it down a little.
I remind you that extreme liberal justice Souter was Sununu’s recommendation to Bush 41 and in theory a reliable conservative.
Earl Warren and nearly all of the Warren court were Republican appointments of Eisenhower’s. If they are not willing to offend the media and the Democrats you are going to get extreme left wing judges from an establishment Republican, always.
The court in Massachusetts move left during Romney’s term as Governor. A previous Democrat Governor, Ed King had appointed more conservative judges.
Don’t like Romney’s positions, don’t worry, he will change them depending on who he is talking to.
The man said he was a communist……..erm progressive.
I will not vote for a progressive, period. I would rather have a Democrat destroy the country so we can rebuild the Republic than allow a FAKE conservative destroy our ideology. The man is a chameleon.
Electability, is that what you are hanging your hat on? Pfft as others have stated, he was elected once and implemented numerous big government programs. Yeah, he is a conservative just like I am a Uelean from the planet Uel in the Quatar sector of the Serpens Caput galaxy.
It would appear that Ms. Kendall has some experience writing articles of the “If Republicans Were Smart…” genre.
In “The Art of the Entitlement” (http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-art-of-the-entitlement-deal/?singlepage=true), she lectures conservatives on why they must be willing to accept less of what they want from Republicans on any budget deal. Her bright idea is to somehow trap Democrats into agreeing ro a campaign against fraud, waste, and abuse, in return for higher taxes. No word though on how the mechanisms the Republicans would put in place would improve upon the ones already in place. In the past, such “compromises” with Democrats wound up with confused Republicans hoisted in the net, wondering how that happened. Nothing stops Ms. Kendall, though, from predicting political disaster “unless Republicans are smart.”
In “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah” (http://pjmedia.com/blog/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-sarah/), Ms. Kendall proclaims, “The only problem is Sarah Palin — a wild thing in desperate need of corralling — has the tendency to hit the reset button back to negative impressions.” Ms. Kendall never actually specifies what Palin does to cause those negative impressions, but I get the impression that the problem is that Palin sounds like a conservative. One way to make a bad impression on a news-media liberal is to sound like a conservative.
In “Winning the Present with TR and Civility” (http://pjmedia.com/blog/winning-the-present-with-tr-and-civility/?singlepage=true), Ms. Kendall sings the praises of the progressive Republican and thinks conservatives ought to quit worrying and learn to love Republican socialism. Alas, conservatives are quick to pounce on the progressive Romney, with Sarah Palin “tut tutting the Massachusetts law in Boston one hour before Romney announced for the presidency.” Ms. Palin needs to understand that all tut tutting should be done by Ms. Kendall about Ms. Palin, not by Ms. Palin about anyone Ms. Kendall likes. And everyone needs to embrace civility, which apparently means shutting up about RomneyCare and writing condescending articles about Sarah Palin.
Well, this looks like fun and I like to have fun, so allow me to try my own “If Republicans are Smart” missive — after all, it’s National Oxymoron Week. So here goes:
If Republicans are smart, they will embrace the Tea Party and realize that unless fiscal responsibility is embraced, and soon, there will be no Republicans or Democrats at all, just the wreck of a once-great country whose inhabitants are more worried about surviving day to day than wondering what happened to their Medicare. If Republicans are smart they will realize that you can’t keep conservatives in your coalition if you don’t throw them a bone once in a while. If Republicans are smart, they will take conservative concerns seriously and occasionally try to govern like they don’t despise their own base. If Republicans were smart, they wouldn’t condescend to the very people who give them money and votes.
But Republicans aren’t smart. M. Stanton Evans didn’t dub them “the Stupid party” for nothing. That’s why we’re in this mess.
Republican Primary folks. NO one has WON any vote from any state yet. So why the fuss? One is either with the Republican Party’s platform or they are not. The nominee carries their vision and the party’s platform forward. That simple. NO matter what propaganda says out there in Cyber land, TV or Radio, President Obama is worse than Jimmy Carter and is very, very beatable. President Obama’s record show.
We take on Obama with the candidates we have.
You rarely get to vote for your dream candidate. This time around is no exception. Ask yourself this question: can America afford 4 more years of Obama? Simple question- answer yes or no.
The eventual nominee will not only have to carry the conservative base- the nominee will also have to win over squishy independent voters. It would be nice if we could nominate a hardcore conservative- but then we would once again watch that candidate get the conservative base and lose the independent vote to Obama. The nominee has to appeal to a wide range of voters, many who went for Obama last time. Consider this before you threaten to take your vote and stay home on Election Day just because you can’t vote for Ronald Reagan again.
The task before us is to defeat Obama and send him back to Chicago where he belongs. Nothing else matters beyond choosing the candidate who has the best chance at accomplishing this.
> …but then we would once again watch that candidate get the conservative base and lose the independent vote to Obama.
This is what the establishment Republicans like to say, but it flies in the face of history.
Gerald Ford was easy on the ideology, but lost a close one to Jimmy Carter.
Ronald Reagan, on the other hand, won handily running as a conservative.
RINO George Bush Sr. won his first election on Ronald Reagan’s substantial coattails, but lost his re-election bid because he succumbed to liberal pressure and raised taxes, thus breaking the only promise he made during the campaign.
RINO Bob Dole lost soundly to Clinton in ’96.
RINO George W. Bush won his first election just barely, and probably won not on ideology but on the sheer telegenic insufferability of Al Gore.
Then Bush turned what should have been a blowout in ’04 to a fairly even contest.
The true verdict on Bush’s presidency, though, can be measured by the emphatic manner in which the GOP lost everything in ’08. The price of RINO-ism is losing your brand name. By the time Bush was done, the GOP was no longer the party of fiscal sanity and small government.
In 2010, the conservative Tea Party helped propel a historic turnaround in the House. Try doing that with RINO nostrums.
RINO Republicans whisper in the voters’ ears like some sort of seductive Valentino, but when the lights come on, you’re looking at Woody Allen.
Like i have said before, even my dog can beat obama. Of course, Romney is for reTAWRDed people. Rightists need to look for the rightiest rightist they can find and run him. Otherwise, keep repeating the piecemeal defeat GOP is so fond of. Other than Reagan, name of these elected GOPers who have defeated the left — let alone allegedly ‘most electable’. i think the author of this column is either consorting with the enemy, or is exceedingly weak minded sheep of the ruling class.
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Should Republicans even want the Whitehouse back under a president Romney?
I remind everyone that at least half the damage to the US Constitution since WWII has been done by moderate establishment Republicans. Dwight Eisenhower can be argued did not know what he was doing. The Judges he appointed to the Supreme Court made up the Infamous Warren Court that Gerald Ford tried to impeach and both the CIA and FBI routinely lied to him. Nixon put in the EPA. Education department and dozens of other bad ideas for political calculation and the Democrats’ favor he tried to buy with pieces of the constitution still got him driven from office.
Both men, Nixon and Eisenhower looked better than the Democrat choice but because in the end they did not have it in them to Protect and Defend the Constitution and they left the country in worse shape than if the Democrats had to take responsibility for what they had done. Romney shows no more moral fiber than Nixon.
Mitt Romney was the economic pits as Governor of Massachusetts. The state was 47th out of the fifty during his four years. The people put it into the Constitution that their Supreme Court could not define Marriage but when the Liberal Judges ordered Romney to make Gay Marriage legal he did it. He was too terrified of the Gay Mafia to say NO!
Newt can win the national election going away, and he is the only candidate
with the skilled oratory that will be needed to ward off the onslaught of the unions, the media, and the left leaning members of the federal bureaucracy once elected.Let us remember that gaining control of the executive branch is merely the first important step.Newt gives us the best chance to persuade the nation to accept the major changes needed
to avoid economic and budgetary upheaval. Think Greece…..Think Wisconsin….
Think Saul and the occupiers,the Panthers and the SEIU…
Mitt Romney for president?