The Romney “Gaffes” and What He and We Must Do to Defeat Barack Obama in November
In the meantime, Newt Gingrich — who is not giving in and will be carrying on his campaign until the convention — is arguing that he remains the only sound conservative alternative to Romney. With the forthcoming endorsement of him today by Donald Trump, he gains both a new ally and a possible new source of funding aside from Sheldon Adelson. Moreover, Gingrich is already attacking Romney for yesterday’s gaffe, portraying himself as one who is not seeking to turn classes against each other and who understands the plight of the poor and the middle class.
At present, Romney still polls as the only electable candidate in the general election. That is why William Galston, writing in TNR, warns Democrats “that President Obama faces a tougher reelection campaign than many now think.” Those conservatives who back Newt Gingrich should look at Galston’s meticulous examination of the polls. An addendum to the article Galston posted on January 30 cites the latest Gallup poll of swing state voters:
This morning, Gallup released the latest in its series of polls focused on twelve swing states — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Three results stand out. (1) President Obama blows out Newt Gingrich by 14 points in those states (and 12 points nationally). There is no credible evidence that Gingrich would be competitive with the president, let alone a stronger challenger than Romney. (2) Obama and Romney are statistically tied: it’s Romney 48, Obama 47 in the swing states and 48-48 nationally. And most important, (3): despite changes in the political environment, a more aggressive stance by the president, and the emergence of less than flattering information about Mitt Romney, the Obama-Romney contest hasn’t moved much in many months.
The race, in other words, will be very, very close. A Gingrich nomination would mean the inevitability of an Obama victory in the general race for the presidency. Now, as many pundits have noted, it is possible for both Romney and Gingrich to get to the end of the process with almost an equal amount of delegates, leading then to a brokered convention, and perhaps the entry into the race at the last moment of an as-yet-unannounced candidate.
To avoid this outcome, which could in fact also help Obama in the campaign since he would be facing a fractured and despairing Republican Party, it is important to now unite behind Mitt Romney and prevent further harmful bloodletting. It is also equally important that Romney do some studying and stop himself from further harmful and shortsighted gaffes, in which he has to continually come out and explain to the public what he really meant to say.
If the election is as serious as we say it is, and if we mean it when we proclaim that our country cannot afford another four years of Barack Obama, we have to unite now and stand with Mitt Romney. There is no other wise course that can be taken.
Addendum: 3 p.m. EST
USA Today and the AP confirm that Donald Trump is endorsing Mitt Romney, not Newt Gingrich! This morning, the Gingrich campaign had claimed the opposite, and most news reporters, including John Heilemann on Morning Joe, thought that Trump was backing Gingrich. Obviously, this now mitigates the point I made about Gingrich’s ability to stay in the race. It also indicates a wider support for Romney among those who otherwise might be critical. See: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/02/donald-trump-endorse-mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-/1
See also: Roger L. Simon at PJ Tatler on Trump endorsing Romney
“The problem for Romney is that he obviously has not thought on a serious level about how to make the case for conservative economic and social policies.”
The problem for the Republican Party is that Romney is not a conservative on the economic and social issues. He has no plan to flatten the tax curve or pay down the national debt. He is pro-abortion ane pro-gay. He is running on Obama’s platform and is not as good at it as Obama. He is McCain Lite.
Someone said in 2008, that we had a choice between a fascist and an communist. We know more about Obama’s ties to Wall Street, now. And, we know how Wall Street is heavily invested in Romney. Maybe this time, we could say we have a choice between a fascist and a fascist.
Agreed. And the arena where he supposedly “shines” – his time in the private sector “creating jobs” i.e. Bain Capital demonstrates the worst characteristics (the dark side) of corporate capitalism. And it plays right into the manipulative hands of the left. He’s going to be crushed if he wins the nomination. Can’t see *any* good thing about Romney, including his supposed electibility.
p.s. a link to an interview with a Venture Capitalist about Bain. May want to study it, since it’s going to cost us the election if Romney gets the nomination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmrEUHdwAwQ&feature=youtu.be
Whatever, the fact is under Obama two wars are ending, Gaddafi is gone, Osama bin Laden is gone, Assad is on his way out. That is change people can believe in and it takes the foreign policy trump card right out of the GOPs pocket. The GOP needs to concentrate on keeping the house and the unlikely event of flipping the senate. The White House isn’t gonna happen no matter how bad you want it.
1: Ending is not the same as finished. Al Qaeda has signaled it’s confidence that it can regain power. If the purpose of war is to exterminate the threat then the purpose of this war has not been met.
What you mean us that Obama is withdrawing the troops and stopping the conflict but the enemy is still there and is not cowed.
2: Gaddafi was removed by his own people with little real help from us.
3: Osama Bin laden is dead because Obama used systems implimented by Bush 2.
4: We’ll see how that goes if he leaves and wether what replaces him is worse.
It’s too early to make any predictions about the general election.
Not if you are working for the other side, or worse if you are just afraid you can’t win. It will be up to us to defeat Obama, and it has always been up to us. We should have great contempt for people who will throw in the towel before the enemy even show up.
Right, JB, sounds eerily like “wishful thinking” to me. hmmm.
According to the polls,
after Osama bin Laden was killed, Obama enjoyed a bounce in popularity that lasted all of about 3 weeks. Then his popularity went back to where it had been before.
The economy, NOT foreign policy, is going to determine the outcome of this election.
And Obama is not going to be able to defend an 8.5% unemployment rate after 4 years of efforts.
…assuming it stays at 8.5% and doesn’t go higher, no matter how much they fudge the math.
Rance, if you can’t be with the one you love; love the one you’re with.
Sorry. I’m not into 1960′s “free love.” That’s for liberals like Romney and Obama.
You know Rance, you may be right. I remember seeing Mitt at a love-in. He was wearing a headband and was carrying around this huge bong and a bottle of Boones Farm. He kept quoting Marcuse and Ginsberg. Last time I saw him he was crawling into a tent with a hot-looking hippie chick.
You know what you lost.
There was an election and you’re arguments were found lacking.
WE THE PEOPLE like Romney and he is plenty conservative. He is about as conservative as the rest of us.
And if you don’t like the way Romney talks about the poor then you go ahead and give the same percent of your income to the poor that Romney does… and then go right ahead! Oh don’t want to give up millions or the mere thousands that 30% would be for you… then shut up.
Yah you heard me. Shut up. Romney is a kind and generous man. he gives much more than anyone would expect him to because he is better human being than you. And exactly the kind of person we should have as our leader.
You pretend to want change but then when someone who really is not a lying politician comes along and you don’t know how to connect with him… he doesn’t lie like all the rest.
Get out of the way then because me and Romney? WE got a country to save and you are in the way.
Romney is slightly to the right of the electorate in Massachusetts.
He is decidedly to the left of the 55% rightmost of the American public who will elect the next President.
He should not and I think will not be their nominee.
Romney keeps his wealth in Cayman islands, a well known tax haven for fat cats. Romney is generous to his church, he gives thirty percent of his income to his church. But he is stingy to his government, he pays only thirteen percent of his income as taxes way below what average Joe pays. I think he would make an excellent candidate for a prime minister of Cayman islands.
Shauna, you are naive. Did the Republicans learn nothing in 2010? Nearly every conservative won against moderate opponents in the primaries and went on to defeat their Democrat opponents. Mitt Romney is not a conservative. You can spin it all you want he is a moderate who will surely fail against Obama. So far, he has displayed a lack of ability to articulate conservative ideals. I cannot express strongly enough how important this election is to the survival of this country as a free representative republic.
Automatic minimum wage increases with inflation???
Forget conservative, are we sure he’s even a Republican?
He’s a RINO. Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mitt only highlights that fact. So Trump isn’t running – what a loss – NOT!
He wants the U.S. to join the European Union, too. And he speaks French, just like John Kerry!
Every so often “the truth will out.” Always has, always will.
Obama’s trial in Georgia, preponderance of proof showing dubious submitted documents for his citizenship authentication was simply snubbed at, both by his attorney and Mr. Obama himself.
Holder’s Congressional hearings on Fast & Furious, proof that DOJ orchestrated “under the radar,”(President’s admission to Ms. Brady) a criminal activity aimed at slaying We The People’s 2nd Amendment with a ridiculous ‘Fast & Furious.’
Intense labor, and social media involvement in all State and National Electoral processes.
Gerrymandering of every “safty net program” in every municipality, county, state and national level governmental entity across these USofA.
Teachers, students, school administrators, contract employees, school bus drivers, janitorial staff, delivery services et al deceiving and hiding illicit activities and illegal charges to Educational programs.
This is the face of marxist/leninist socialism. It is pervasive and will persist. Why? one asks. Because this is the last or second to the last step (of
8 steps) to final collapse of the USofA:
1) From bondage to spiritual faith
2) spiritual faith to great courage
3) courage to liberty
4) liberty to aboundance
5) abundance to complacency
6) complacency to apathy
7) apathy to dependency
8) dependency back into bondage
So, if this is to be reversed, We The People MUST, with great spiritual faith, courage and liberty take back: 1)religion, 2)education, 3)government, and 4) financial systems.
Otherwise, “live the vida loca” until the party is over…with full collapse. God Bless America. Amen!
You are right on target. In 1963, while serving with the Southern Command Network a friend and I produced and wrote, and I directed a TV documentary called, “Camera on Communism”. We featured individuals who had escaped Communist tyranny in Cuba, China and Hungary. We told how Communism gain a foothold in all of these countries, with the admonition, “You think it can’t happen here? Case in point..” At this time we took a shot of a map ie. Cuba and the announcer, in ominous tones, said “Cuba, 1959″. Then our guests told their personal stories of how Castro rose to power. The storie were the same with each Country. The show received a rave review from a local Panamanian journalist who himself, had escaped Castro’s Cuba. He urged our commanding officer to have the show repeated. Though it was live (we didn’t have video tape in those days, and a technically complex production, we did repeat it. The point is that every thing we and our guests warned about in 1963 is happening today. It has been slowly building and Barack Obama has put it on steroids. We cannot give him 4 more years to complete what he has started. It is extremely important that we nominate someone who recognizes these facts and is able to strongly convey these fears to the American people. This goes far beyond just a bad economy.
Newt Anti-capitalist. Newt lunatic. Newt unhinged.
Romney, it was just a gaffe, nothing to see here, move along folks.
Exactly. I don’t get the “Newt is unhinged” meme. I constantly read it everywhere and expect some juicy video clips to support the claims. But I always end up confused, because in the clips Newt usually sounds pretty normal and level headed. And I sit there waiting for something scandalous to happen. But nothing happens.
The tactics of the progressives are the same that RINO’s use. No surprise there since they are kinfolk. All you need to do is make and repeat the
accusationlie – you don’t need proof from progressive sources. Repeat accusation until the MSM picks up the hint (they are rather slow at times) and relays said lies to the public. Since so many still believe everything they hear on tv and read in the papers lies become fact and fact becomes legend. Remember the “Bush lied people died”? Its now legend – no need to prove any of it – it’s become cultural meme to theleftists/statistsG.D. commies.Professor Dominick T. Armentano and Congressman Ron Paul discuss anti-trust and monopoly. Recorded 13 July 1983. For more free resources and media discussing anti-trust and monopoly, visit the Ludwig von Mises Institute at Mises.org.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4gRRk2i-M
With the results of 4 states in, there is no reason to ‘unite behind Romney’ or any other canidate. In the fall after the Convention we can unite around a Canidate and those areas that we have common ground. But now is the time to discuss and articulate what we beleive and vote for who we feel expresses that the best.
The GOP elites do not want this process to continue. The sooner everyone gets behind one candidate (Romney – their choice) the sooner the conservative voice will be silenced. THAT is their goal and it cannot come too soon for the GOP elite.
So if it’s not Romney, who’s it going to be? Paul? Gingrich? Santorum? Please. All of these guys are B-listers and that’s giving them credit. We’re stuck with one of these clowns.
Look for a “crisis” to be staged a month or so before the election – a la the perfectly timed 2008 “economic collapse” – which will probably be enough to hoodwink enough of the scared sheeple into keeping BHO for four more.
Then we’re done.
on the “D” list
romney’s a D-lister, at best
The dilemma of conservatives is that while they know that our vast National Debt is the country’s greatest enemy, they are reluctant to propose the necessary solutions: dramatically lower spending and an increase in revenue, aka, taxes. Study after study has shown that there simply is no other way to stop the deficits and get the Debt under control. The problem, of course, is that Americans of all political stripes and ideological persuasions, their rhetoric notwithstanding, really like low taxes, and, even more, they really, really like big government and the benefits it confers: from outsized Social Security and Medicare benefits, to a large military whose benefits package for retirees now represents one of the largest expenditures for our “national defense.” Not to mention the thousands of other programs and expenditures that those in power use to buy our votes. Pay for these? Are you kidding? Cut these programs by as much as a dime? Who’s gonna’ deliver that news? After all, those in power want to be re-elected. Thus does the Debt climb by the hour.
I agree with most of that except one thing. You claim to lower the debt we need to dramatically lower spending and increase revenue. I totally agree…except you say increase revenue, aka taxes. This is a typical liberal talking point and is taken as fact. The fact is tax CUTS INCREASE revenue. The Bush “tax cuts for the rich” increased total revenue to the govt by about $900 billion in 4 years!!! That’s a fact, you can look it up.
So in reality we need to dramatically cut spending and CUT taxes
Stated another way, the best way to increase revenue is to do the things that stimulate the economy. Raising tax rates does not stimulate the economy. Quite the opposite, in fact, which is why the projected revenues for tax increases almost never materialize. Cutting marginal tax rates stimulates the economy (proven many times) which results in higher revenue collections. Cutting the regulatory burden also stimulates the economy.
Bryan, you are correct in that revenues increased (doubled, I think) under Reagan after he cut tax rates. This is the Laffer curve. But that only works if the taxpayers are enjoying a rise in income, both wages and capital gains.
I am by no means an economist, but a low-to-no growth economy like ours gives the other side (Keynesians, liberals, Paul Krugman, etc.) an excuse to say that cutting taxes is the worst thing you can do. Add to that the fuel to the rhetorical fire added when the GOP talks about cutting taxes. The dems can just say “Tax cuts for the wealthy!”
I’m just pointing out some of the snags the GOP will encounter when touting tax cuts, I’m not against lowering the rates (don’t flame me, bros). It’s a tricky business, unless you’re Ronald Reagan. They didn’t call him “The Great Communicator” for nothing.
No, I hear ya. It’s interesting that this came up because the other day I was having a fairly rational debate with a fairly rational liberal (oxymoron, I know!). At the end I said explain something to me. We always hear how Bush’s “tax cuts for the rich” cost us money. I’ve heard as high as 2 trillion. Then I proceeded to show him total revenue from 96 to 07. And how from 04 to 07 it went from 1.9 trillion to 2.6 trillion. I said when a conservative sees that they say the difference between 1.9 trillion and 2.6 trillion is +700 billion. A liberal see that and says the difference between 1.9 trillion and 2.6 trillion is -1trillion. I know the mathematical gymnastics that liberals use to make the ludicrous claim that those tax cuts COST us 2 trillion. He apparently didn’t. He said he wasn’t sure but he KNEW they added to the deficit and he was going to “look into it”…haven’t heard from him since! But you’re absolutely right, the media propagates the lie and almost everyone believes it.
It’s all in the way they do the math. They just start with a fixed number and subtract whatever percentage the cut is, say 20%. So they say we could have had 1 trillion but we only got 800 million because of the cut, so the cuts “cost” us 200 million. The numbers you cited describe the true effects of the cuts.
@snap
this is the touted progressive version of “mathandsciencemathandscience”
To defeat Obama you have to nominate someone who offers policies that are significantly different than Obama’s. Romney is not this candidate.
Skipping the top line on the ballot if Romney is the GOP nominee.
One could be so bitter about an internecine fight that they wish their own side would lose. I don’t ever want to be like that.
Exactly right!
This is what the GOP elite did to us in 2010. Anyone remember Christine O’Donnell? I’m sure you do. And Sharon Angle – among others. They (GOP elite) savaged these candidates to the point where the average GOP voter shied away like they were poison.
Which is what many conservatives did to McCain in 2008 – me included. I withheld my vote for POTUS. I won’t make that mistake again – I’m left wondering if the GOP elite will do the same. I think they’d be happy to repeat that performance in 2012 if Newt or Rick Santorum manage to buck the headwinds that hold them back – cutting off their nose to spite their face. My distaste for the GOP elite grows by the day. Now is not the time for a new party but that time is coming.
I’m not that familiar with Sharon Angle. I do recall Christine O’Donnell, but don’t recall her being “savaged”. All I remember is Karl Rove not supporing her. Don’t you think it’s possible that both of these candidates share some of the blame for their respective defeats?
Yes, I too withheld from McCain but believe it was the right action even though it gave us Obama. In my opinion, when you opt for a McCain or Romney over an Obama you are simply choosing slow death of freedom over quick death. Neither is desirable.
So how do you change it? Well, you can’t change the Democrats, but if you keep knocking off the Democrat-lites the GOP elite support, we may be able to change the GOP and get a candidate who will support policies that actually rein in the government. Call me a dreamer, I’m not the only one…
At last, the strategy is revealed. Someone finally came out and said it. Let the Administration-from-hell stay in power for the next four years.
With a strategy like that we are looking at dem control long after you and I are gone.
Keep imagine-ing, Over50, it isn’t hard to do.
“To defeat Obama you have to nominate someone who offers policies that are significantly different than Obama’s.”
No, the way to defeat Obama is to vote for his opponent, no matter who it may be. Don’t allow your disillusionment with the GOP contenders to offset the widespread liberal disillusionment with Obama.
“One can already see the Democrat ads after Labor Day….”
Why wait till Labor Day? 46 states to go!
Ron, I respect and admire you and give great weight to your opinions.
But, this analysis fails…precisely because, I believe, you want so badly for it to be true. But it is not.
Now, as many pundits have noted, it is possible for both Romney and Gingrich to get to the end of the process with almost an equal amount of delegates, leading then to a brokered convention, and perhaps the entry into the race at the last moment of an as-yet-unannounced candidate.
To avoid this outcome, which could in fact also help Obama in the campaign since he would be facing a fractured and despairing Republican Party, it is important to now unite behind Mitt Romney and prevent further harmful bloodletting
We are going to the convention fractured, broken, despairing and without a candidate, Ron. Book it. Bank it. Sell the south forty and all your gold fillings, it will make you rich beyond your wildest dreams.
Not a chance that Gingrich backs down. Not a chance that the lunacy masquerading as a Ron Paul presidential campaign backs down. With so few “winner take all” contests, splitting infinitives and delegates on the campaign trail for this “B” team fiasco is in our future all the way to August.
Everything you say about Gingrich looking like a sure loser is absolutely correct. He gets steamrolled in the swing states. He is brand damaged and he has reinforced EVERY stereotype about himself that turns off voters, co-workers, campaign staffs and wives.
However, Romney is a political oaf. This guy gives off the impression that he is on a perpetual first date with the voters. He is clumsy, awkward, fumbling, …Gingrich is already on the bed wearing nothing but his boxer shorts and a come hither grin and Romney is playing Pat Boone records and trying to adjust the sticking needle on the record player….which keeps playing America the Beautiful, off key.
Voters are so turned off by both of them, they are trying to sue G-Harmony, the matchmaking site of the Republican Party that keeps sending these “B” team losers…while all the “A” team are back in the database, waiting.
We are going to the convention. Without a date. Stag. Sarah stood us up. Paul Ryan said he wasn’t ready. Mitch Daniels couldn’t go. Nikki Haley isn’t ready. Marco Rubio isn’t ready. Chris Christie took a pass. Eric Cantor is sitting this one out. John Thune said no. Haley Barbour has some delinquent friends who could get him in trouble.
If Paul Ryan or Mitch Daniels or some of the others got drafted as a “consensus” candidate, to heal the fracture…to offer a compromise all sides could live with…THAT would be a BETTER outcome than falling in line behind an oaf and crossing our fingers.
Four leaf clovers, horseshoes, a rabbit’s foot…is not a political strategy for beating back a leftist takeover…and march toward European style ruin.
If Paul Ryan or Mitch Daniels were in the race today…the polling would show an annihilation of Obama in swing states…and nearly everywhere else except small c communist strongholds of California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts.
Since you and I agree that losing is unthinkable and should not be an option…AND…since we ARE going to the convention fractured and without a candidate anyway…why not make the course correction there? I would rather support Paul Ryan starting in August, then to suffer the continuing rage that a Romney or Gingrich candidacy after a raucous convention would quite clearly evoke. Paul Ryan is the candidate around whom the entire party could coalesce.
Paul Ryan could win the swing states. A Ryan/Rubio ticket would be extraordinarily young. So what? Age hasn’t made Gingrich any more mature, Ron Paul any less loony or Romney any more politically savvy.
We go to the convention fractured and STAY fractured…or we try to heal the fracture and win this damn thing.
No…I will NOT get behind Romney now. Not until every last opportunity for an “A” teamer is exhausted, or until somebody who has an ounce of credibility convinces me that being fractured AFTER August…is a good thing.
If Ryan wanted to run for President, he would have declared his candidacy. He’ll likely say no again.
That’s the problem. Ryan, Rubio, Jindal, Christie, Thune, others decided not to run. So we got left with retreads from past election years.
I get it, sinz.
They don’t WANT to run.
I just don’t think we should take NO for an answer in this election.
Since we are going to the convention clearly fractured and losing is an unthinkable option…ONE of these folks is going to have to be drafted into serving their country.
It can’t be a brand damaged, polarizing figure.
It has to be someone with savvy, articulation skills and general likeability.
It should be someone who understands numbers, budget concerns, and economics.
Someone who is not going to be stumped on general knowledge issues and can at least carry on an intelligent conversation on foreign policy.
I would love to see Gingrich as Press Secretary and Romney as Treasury Secretary….that would keep them both in the tent, perhaps. And certainly would be entertaining.
In order to overcome the rigged advantage of the small c communists and their propaganda machine, we have to approach this like a TEAM…not a bunch of individual divas.
TEAMS require role players, sacrificing personal glory for the greater good, not subverting the opportunity to win for the vanity of self-aggrandizement.
Heal the fracture. DEMAND BETTER. Draft an “A” teamer.
I don’t think it’s possible to draft someone to run for POTUS against their will, CFB.
If it were not for the fact that we have an AA POTUS, we would not be discussing this because at least one among the first string would be running. But they know better than to try; they don’t want their precious reputations besmirched by accusations of being “racist.” It’s no more complicated than that.
If we believed that the fate of the world hung in the balance, how could we do less, bobbcat?
Perhaps people think it’s hyperbole. Or don’t recognize the danger…and sleep well at night in ignorant bliss.
Israel has been backed into a corner, Iran is a grave and serious threat, the Middle East is a tinderbox ready to explode.
China is in a very precarious economic position.
Greece is toast.
Western Europe is hanging by a thin thread.
OWS/SEIU/ACORN are going to try to tilt the unrest onto the home field and the small c communists are poised to do damage to capitalism.
Again, if we thought the fate of the world hung in the balance…how could we do less? It is not against their will as much as it is a request to do this for the greater good. Any good patriot would understand.
There is a precedent:
“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”
William Tecumseh Sherman
You can’t much more direct than that. If someone doesn’t want to run, you can’t make him.
cfbleachers: “If we believed that the fate of the world hung in the balance, how could we do less, bobbcat?”
That’s a good question.
Logically, we must conclude that Christie, Ryan, Rubio, Thune and the others don’t really believe that the fate of the world hangs in the balance–and that they will always have another chance to run for President, 4 years from now or 8 years from now.
Because the alternative–that they’re too cowardly to take on Obama and his dark skin–would disqualify them anyway. The voters aren’t going to elect a coward as Commander-in-Chief.
So maybe we should relax a little bit. If these fine Republicans aren’t so afraid of a second Obama term that they will work like hell to prevent it, why should we?
“I don’t think it’s possible to draft someone to run for POTUS against their will, CFB.”
It isn’t even slightly possible. CFB is in a fantasy world. The convention may well be brokered–but either one of the current candidates or a dark horse who wants to be the next President will be the nominee.
“So maybe we should relax a little bit. If these fine Republicans aren’t so afraid of a second Obama term that they will work like hell to prevent it, why should we?”
Excellent point. Of course, it’s possible that they are afraid of a second Obama term, but apparently though more</b? afraid of going through the process of running against Obama. Heck, Congress is evidently afraid to impeach Obama despite all the ammunition Obama has handed them to be able to do so.
Again, AA is at play here, IMO. It's just stunning how the soft bigotry of low expectations coupled with the fear of being labeled as a "racist" hobble people's ability to seek justice. It goes on all the time in all facets of our society.
Oops. Messed up on the bold there. Sorry.
Good argument, but take a look at Pete Wehner’s analysis of the Florida vote at Commentary: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/01/romney-florida-victory/ . He argues rather convincingly that outside of Romney suffering an “epic collapse,” which is unlikely to happen, he is going to be the nominee. Try to break apart his statistics and arguments if you can. I think he’s right. That means for better or worse, we have Mitt, and we better help make the case to beat Obama.
I have read and considered Peter’s analysis, Ron. I like and respect him as well…in fact, everyone at Commentary.
He’s just wrong, in my opinion.
38% of Florida Republican primary voters said they’d like to see someone else run for the GOP nomination, versus 58% who said they’re satisfied with the field.
That’s a jarring statistic. These are just the people who showed up, not the ones who sat at home, voting with their feet for NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Think about that for a moment. The people who came out and VOTED…4 out of 10 were holding their noses.
40% of Florida’s voters had a unfavorable view of Gingrich, while 41% said that Romney isn’t conservative enough.
Romney did not win Iowa or South Carolina. He got trounced in the only true “Southern” state. His support is “soft” as room temperature butter.
This guy is going to go on 50 First Dates as a campaign style and he isn’t even going to get to first base with any true “Southern” state.
His national negatives have been soaring. His campaign playbook must have been stolen from Joe Biden. If he was running for VP, the debates would be a gaffe-oon festival.
Yes, he is likely to go on a little roll here with Nevada, AZ…several states, until the debate on the 22nd. And the NARRATIVE will pick up again. But, that won’t make Gingrich or Paul back down.
We are going to the convention fractured and deeply divided. There is simply no way to garner enthusiasm for a half-a-loaf oaf. What would be the slogan?
“He’s the best we’ve got, Romney 2012!” “Romney or Obama, pick your poison!”
“See What Happened When You Didn’t Vote For McCain?”
“GOP, When Second Best IS Good Enough”
“This is Europe on entitlements…any questions?”
Ron, I fear for America’s future and Israel’s present. (Panetta just ANNOUNCED that Israel is probably going to attack Iran…ANNOUNCED IT. I would consider this a traitorous act against an ally, but, these are the same folks that announced our withdrawal dates, so it could be combined with rank incompetence as well as malice)
Europe is on the brink of collapse. China is unstable. The Middle East is a tinderbox.
This is no time for settling for “well, that’s the best we could do”. We MUST DEMAND BETTER. You, me, Peter…there is too much at stake. We are going into the convention fractured and divided anyway. Why not make the course correction? Why not demand better? Why not improve the odds of getting someone who actually LIKES the country to lead it? Why not refuse to “settle” for inferior, weak, oafish candidates…and coalesce behind someone we don’t have defend every single moment?
Gingrich is a sure loss and Romney is a bad odds bet. In the most important election in our lifetimes, I refuse this sucker bet. Draft a “consensus” candidate and heal the divide, pump up enthusiasm and have EVERYBODY get behind that candidate.
Or lose the country and maybe the world. Nothing more than that rides on us this time. Resist inertia. Don’t accept fate, control it. Avert the catastrophe.
Win.
CF I like the way you think. A brokered convention might be a good thing but it could backfire with average voters looking for a reason to jump on the GOP bandwagon. A brokered convention certainly would give fodder to the MSM to dish out to the minions that have no brains that a vote for Obama is the safe bet. Appearance is reality and the reality is that the GOP entering the convention without a consensus candidate will appear very unstable. Will we have no consensus? Seems quite likely to happen if Newt Rick and Ron continue to get funding.
Maybe Soros will step up and help these guys get to the finish line (convention). Ya never know.
Such strange times we live in…
kt and sinz
Sinz, why should we care if they don’t? We should care, no matter what anyone else thinks.
And…I don’t necessarily buy into the notion that they didn’t run because they didn’t care. As this plays out…after our 19th Nervous Breakdown (also called the Republican primary debates), it may have crystallized for them…as well as over 40% of the Republican VOTERS…that this “B” team train wreck, might need a new quarterback.
So, the fact that they did not run…and asking them to please reconsider for the greater good…is not making them do something “against their will”. Or forcing them even to change a decision. It’s asking them to make a new decision based upon the most recent evidence…AND the likelihood of catastrophe waiting in the wings.
Throwing one’s hat in the ring in order to compete, I submit, is an entirely different scenario from being drafted, requested, begged …to heal the fracture, coalesce the base…save the free market.
No good man or woman would shrink from asking …and no good man or woman would shrink from accepting, if averting global calamity was at stake.
CFB. There is little doubt in my mind that several of these first-stringers have had a lot of pressure come down upon them to run. Much goes on behind the scenes that is not shared with the media outlets.
It’s apparent from what we can see that these people prefer not to run at this time for reasons I have discussed several times already. It stumps me as to why you have not addressed them one way or the other. You can pretend that AA is not a factor that drives the way people do things in the workplace, in politics AWA on the social scene, but that won’t make it so. It is a factor & most everybody knows it. Most, however, are not comfortable discussing it.
Have you ever tried to walk in others shoes? Your opinions do not take all into account? Why would Americans with 10 generations vote GOP? Or in plain English. At what point has “conservatism” been an option for Black Americans (Dem or GOP). The things you say are completely contrary to the “Black experience” in this country an the world. Taking our history into account after slavery. What has conservatism offered Blacks to gain their political support. Not one damn thing. So how is it your so correct about domestic policy. 13% of the American population has always been excluded from policy. That is precisely why what you call socialism is fairness to others. But refuse to acknowledge True American history. Just as Chris Christie did recently. You do not accurately apply history to your assertions. It’s as if you read the book but skipped a page after reading a page. Convenient….
“What has conservatism offered Blacks to gain their political support (?)”
gimmegimmegimme
Hold on Ron old buddy! El Mitto spoke the truth! YES THE TRUTH! He could have said “the poor have always been with us.” That is the truth-going back to before “Masada” going to the caves. We have got far more important issues facing “US” than this constant wringing of the hands by we conservatives or as I perfer the “Moniker” -Oh heavens to betsy he not going to do a “Moniker? zounds “Real Americans”
With this administration in particular helping the poor does not require a net, it requires the rest of “US” to continue to give until the current occupier of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and his “Minions” decide we… that would be “US” have given enough!
So El Mitto has had enough already. El Mitto is not alone in that view point in fact Ron old buddy “U” yourself might have similar feelings percolating just under the surface of this this cultural veneer known as PJ Media.
Ok folks everyone check your nets for any holes then check you collective sixes!
cheers from the dark side!
Redball “6″
Not to worry. Let them eat food stamps. We can afford it, and it keeps the natives quiet. Bail out the banks? No problem, they’re too big to fail; we can afford it, and it keeps the natives quiet. Mass. based Romney care extended to all the states? No problem, the Feds will back stop it with block grants (how do you think Mass. does it? It keeps the natives quiet). We can afford it, forgetaboutit. The middle class pays for everything anyway (We’re canceling the moon and mars; life is trade offs, and it’s easy to cancel a trade that hasn’t been made). Yeah, that looks like a winning strategy; we just have to get the buffoon to zip his lips and everything is right with the world.
The presidency’s importance has as much to do with the candidate as who he surrounds himself with. I fear Gingrich’s ‘smartest man in the room’ attitude. He may be a reasonably accomplished historian, but a futurist he isn’t. (Neither is Obama). We are faced with significant issues going forward, and the current policy makers are scary, not to mention the misanthropes that occupy most of the NGO’s out there, that seem to have an unbelievable influence on current policy. If Obama wins Lenin will be saying “I told you so” from the grave.
‘Lenin saying “I told you so” from the grave.’ I love it.
Where Lenin is right now, I don’t think he has the luxury of gloating.
Romney will continue to say unwise stuff. What he needs to master is some “recovery” technique. Something like, “You know, I’m glad you brought that to my attention. I understand how what can be misconstrued. (Ask for further clarification to the interviewer). I certainly didn’t mean to imply. (Show some empathy for the people he just offended). Then go on to explain what he wanted to say. He needs to take the time to do a calculated retreat and then resume his advance. It’s really pretty basic stuff.
He will get plenty of practice on recovery techniques.
If one has to spend extra time explaining a statement one has made, then it becomes evident that one should have never made the statement in the first place. Tact has it’s virtues for obvious reasons.
Both Romney & Obama are haughty, stuffshirted country-club snobs who live in elitist bubbles. NTS, neither one is suitable to lead our country. What we need is someone who is more down-to-earth, dynamic & not afraid to shake up the establishment apple cart.
“What we need is someone who is more down-to-earth, dynamic & not afraid to shake up the establishment apple cart.”
Names?
Among the current crop: Gingrich.
OK, fair enough. At least you have the integrity to name who you support. Out of these 123 comments only 2 have mentioned the name “Gingrich”. If he wins the nomination, he’s got my vote. But I still think character is more important than ideology. BHO must not have the opportunity to nominate any more SCOTUS justices.
I think the Rep Party needs to stop apologizing for being the Rep Party. The Dems have them on the run, basically getting Conservatives, at least on the surface, to question their own values by calling them racists and saying it’s a party of old white men.
Rather than conspicuously pushing every black guy onto the stage as if to say, “See! We’re not racists” the Rep Party should go on the offensive in this little race dust up and ask black Americans why they themselves vote by race rather than issues. If white people had voted for McCain to the tune of 96%, black Americans and Dems might have a point but they didn’t and don’t. In this case it is the Reps who have a point and they should press it every time they are challenged as “code-talking” racist. Who’s really doing what? Is there a white association of journalists or white police chiefs or mayors – well there are black versions and tons more – start asking why this is in 2012. Challenge, don’t be challenged.
If black Americans voted on issues rather than through a lens of race, there would be many more who are Rep and they should be called out for it. Is the National Hockey League racist cuz it’s all white? Of course not. The reason black folks have no interest in hockey is because it is perceived as white, not because it is intrinsically less interesting than the NBA.
Should the NHL recruit black players to be more relevant? Of course not. How blacks perceive hockey or the Rep Party is not a knock on those entities but on black Americans and the obsession with race they themselves have and project onto Conservatives.
Reps are failing because they are trying to wriggle and squirm their way through a new era of unprecedented political correctness – let it pass and maintain values that are truly Conservative and don’t knee jerk to morons who can’t see the difference between “food stamp President” and the Tea Party and the truly institutionalized, formalized, racial constructs the Dems support such as affirmative action, the Congressional Black Caucus and ACORN; for their part, the Reps don’t support a single such entity.
Republican establishment elites support AA as well; this factor among others (white guilt, hunger for absolution of accountability for being descendents of slave owners) keeps AA going many years beyond the real need for it. If only we could all “let go” as it were, then we could reach the mantle of a truly postracial society. No telling how many years (if ever) that is going to take.
The first and most major thing that the Republicans have to do is to cork the negativity. The negativity is a counterproductive means of grabbing headlines and only feeds the MSM and campaign Obama. The nomination for that party should be an inhouse event at this time,but now only propagates the image of a dysfunctional family.
Meanwhile the other breaking news, Fast&Furious, Egypt, Iran, financial are not the headlines, because the headlines are about the Newt-Mitt fight.
The anger towards the current administration is the lever of choice. They could nominate a dead horse, have fun beating it, and still be able to successfully oppose the current regime. If the center of the news is about whatever the Obama crew is doing against our best interests, then they can dance centerstage to their own press.
Mittens Romney is a Big Government liberal; there’s no way in Hell I’m voting for him in the primary. He is not a sure thing nor electable given his recent, serious gaffes; it shows Romney has no moral core. He’s just a light shade of Obama.
All of the above is now so much blablabla. It’s over. The Donald has picked Mitt.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/02/02/donald-picks-mitt-obvious-instant-analysis/
The Donald: a legend in his own mind
– a good blog name. But please Roger, don’t let all these Comments cause you to institute Registration.
On Romney’s character….
Sometimes, this facet of Romney’s personality isn’t so subtle.
In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had disappeared. She had attended a rave party in New York City and gotten high on ecstasy. Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was. Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay’s daughter. Romney set up a command center at the La Guardia Marriott and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search.
He established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York, and asked them to help find his friend’s missing daughter.Romney’s accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other Bain employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone they could – prostitutes, drug addicts – anyone.
That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of the girl and the Bain employees searching for her.
As a result, a teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up abruptly. The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey, where they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose.
Doctors later said the girl might not have survived another day. Romney’s former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his daughter’s life, saying, “It was the most amazing thing, and I’ll never forget this to the day I die.”
So, here’s my epiphany:
Mitt Romney simply can’t help himself. He sees a problem, and his mind immediately sets to work solving it, sometimes consciously, and sometimes not-so-consciously. He doesn’t do it for self-aggrandizement, or for personal gain. He does it because that’s just how he’s wired.
Many people are unaware of the fact that when Romney was asked by his old employer, Bill Bain, to come back to Bain & Company as CEO to rescue the firm from bankruptcy, Romney left Bain Capital to work at Bain & Company for an annual salary of one dollar. When Romney went to the rescue of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, he accepted no salary for three years, and wouldn’t use an expense account. He also accepted no salary as Governor of Massachusetts.
Character counts!! ( yes…that’s worth saying again!) Character Counts !!!!!
In the movie “Cassablanca”, Humphrey Bogart’s charactor “Rick” would say, “I don’t mind a progressive RINO, but I object to a cut-rate progressive RINO.”
flyovermark, in context, your reply makes no sense.
Thanks for reminding me about his efforts to find the girl. That was truly exceptional.
I am also impressed by his work for the Olympics. I followed the story through European media. First there was the scandal part. This was followed by making fun of people who didn’t drink and concern about terrorism. In the end, the reporters were impressed and even confessed that Mormons were quite nice.
Mitt seems to have the ability to look at a total mess, identify the best way to get a handle on the situation, and then stick with the task till it’s completed. He won’t solve all our country’s problems forever, but I do believe he can get the conomy moving and present America to the world as a strong and confident nation.
Romney’s response indicates that thinking about the uses of power does not concern him, acquiring power does. If he were remotely conservative the whole frame of mind that led to the safety net would be abhorrent to him. But he’s pragmatic, which is to say he doesn’t question the state of the world: a safety net exists and therefore it must go on existing. It doesn’t interest him one way or the other. Climbing the greasy pole is the ONLY thing that interests him, obsesses him really, and should he get to the top of the pole expect nothing but more of the same, more of what was there and will be there because he can’t imagine himself past the power. What the power is doing is by definition what is right. All Romney wants is his hand on the levers not the other guy’s.
Boy, you must be a mind reader. I am so sure that you know exactly what Mitt Romney’s motives are, that I am totally convinced that I would have never understood without your help. Plus, the bastard has too much money and we would probably have more if he didn’t. Thank you. He is so disingenuous compared to most politicians, I know he is. Sheesh. Try to remember that the communist in the White House is the enemy. It will be healthier for all of us in the long run if you knew all about that.
Its so hilarious. Land grants, Homesteads, guaranteed public works. This is why your parents came here after struggling in Europe. Not to escape “socialism”. Your ancestors couldn’t make it in the old country. So they came here to take advantage of government programs and what the second class citizens were not legally eligible for. But now you all cry for some “conservatism” that never existed. Now your labor an or tax dollars aren’t going where you wish they did. An now it’s a issue. You all need a reality check.
I love the fact that today The Donald who loves to fire people endorsed Mitt who also likes to fire people. They should take a picture together!
You are AWESOME, thanks for the new Meme against Romney!
Most Americans believe that “Actions speak louder than words”, and by that criteria.
Romney=Obama
The political achievements of Romney and Obama are identical
Romneycare=Obamacare
Romney raised taxes=Obama wants to raise taxes
Romney increased spending=Obama really increased spending
Romney is a 1 term Governor=Obama will be a 1 term President
Gingrich on the other hand, took over congress, balanced the budget, reformed welfare, and cut taxes, they are exact opposites.
“Actions speak louder than words”
Gingrich’s actions are conservative, Romney’s are not, he is a conservative of convenience and cannot be trusted.
I will not be voting for Romney if he is the Republican nominee, I will be voting for someone that is a TEA Party limited government fiscal conservative, or I won’t vote.
– President stated today that the Holy Spook (first dictionary definition meaning) is guiding him, he will draw the evangelicals away from Romney.
This will likely be a blog post here at PJM.
I was astounded to hear Nancy Peolosi reading from Kings. Next thing you know Barney Frank will start speaking in tongues.
God help us.
Hey – I thought Bawney was speaking in tongues all along. I never could understand him.
Romney was the one doing the bloodletting, so you need to unite behind him to make it stop?
Mitt Romney has done a lot of harm to Republican candidates in this election and the last. I would vote for a Conservative, but I will not vote for a liar who is disloyal to his own party.
Dear Jacksonian Libertarian and Valerie: These arguments have been repeated over and over again, ad nauseum. Yes, we know that Newt scores higher on the Conservo-Meter®. But, do you not see that his behavior since Idaho has raised more than a few eyebrows? He failed in Florida and he wants to get his mojo back and stay neck and neck with Mitt, I understand that. But many of us have made up our minds about Ginrich and realize that he is what he is and will not change. If, however, he winds the nomination, he’s got my vote.
Congratulations, you’ve managed to pick the ONE GOP candidate who actually makes Obama the lessor of the two evils. With a second “O” term we at least have another chance in four years for the GOP to pull it’s collective head out, but if their wrong minded BS is rewarded with victory there is no coming back. If Romney wins he will be “de-facto” the most “conservative” president for the next 20 years, maybe the next 50.
To paraphrase Lincoln, “I prefer my despotism pure. . . without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
Ever seen “reality TV” shows where it was obvious that scenes were either scripted or edited to fit a story narrative? That’s what Mitt’s gaffe was: one half of a quote taken out of context. There was no way Mitt (or any Republican candidate) could have cleansed their comments to prevent this. It is what the Media does.
That being said, it is obvious that Romney is the left’s dream candidate: “fat cat” from Wall Street who is tone deaf to both mass culture and conservative ideology. The class warfare meme was made to order for a Romney candidacy, and his inevitable pandering to liberals after nomination will kill any enthusiasm from conservatives.
I agree that Romney will be the nominee. I also believe he hasn’t a prayer against Obama.
Prepare for four more.
I’m a Canadian from Alberta. I follow your politics with great interest. I can’t comprehend the willingness of some Republicans to wimp out and advise the party faithful to get behind a guy to whom they first have to teach how to articulate true conservative principles. Wow! That doesn’t sound like the America I know and love. Don’t back a rino just because a pundit says you should; stay true to your principles. I think people hunger for truth and clear direction. Don’t let Romney “manage the decline”. Fight! Good luck!!
Guys an Gals. 150 million-80 million. That was the 2008 turnout an 2010 respectively. That’s how you gained congress. You are a very vocal minority. Nevertheless a political minority. I applaud your political astuteness. There are no conservative politicians. They do not exist. What you have is republicorps. I would vote for a conservative or a protectionist but there aren’t any. Obama will win another landslide. They will add a net positive in congress an maintain control of the senate. So you can urge your congressperson to stop the obstruction and make America work for all. Maybe in 2016 you can beat Hillary. Until then don’t cut your nose off to spite your face. We can afford another 4 years of Obama. We can’t afford 4 more years of GOP obstruction. The GOP doesn’t want to repeal healthcare. They want to repeal an replace. Hmmmm? Sounds like they just don’t want Obama to be the great president he is. That’s the whole gist of things. We really were on the verge of a very calamaris financial disaster.
PS Just Say No To Fox
Obama beat an old man with a cancerous jaw in an election no Democrat could have possibly lost, and won by 6%, hardly a landslide. Now, go back to your hideout and tell your comrades that Obama is going to have to get his OWS gangs to do more to scare us away from the polls this time. And don’t come back here either. People these guys are all over the internet and they get paid with our tax dollars to do this.
Exactly, JB. Comparisons of Romney to McCain just do not wash. McCain was a horrible campaigner, his choice of Palin was cynical and transparent, and he had the burden of Bush’s second term hanging over him.
Any competent GOP candidate has a real shot this year.
That’s just it. McCain was more enduring to Americans then Rommney is. Scare you away from polls? Isn’t that what your party is all about? I haven’t heard one gripe out of you clowns about voter suppression. Not one word about using a fishing net to catch a fly. That fly is James O’keefe.
In presidential elections 6% is a landslide. When was there last such a wide margin of victory?
OWS? Tax dollars? OK then. As usual creating a false narrative. For your information I donate my time to Truth telling.
Just as your buddy snap says. “Any competent GOP candidate has a real shot this year.” Problem is you have no competent candidate.
Just Say No To Fox
just say no to fox?
curious, i’d wager that a majority of pjmers would say fox is in the corner of the establishment republicans and, by extension, in the corner of the status quo along with the socialists
find a new straw man– at least be a troll with new material
“Problem is you have no competent candidate.”
We kinda already know that, but thanks for posting it anyway, in case there’s someone who has been living in a cave for the last year and is just catching up on PJM.
Other than that, your post is all over the place. Exactly what are you trying to tell us?
OK, geniuses, who instead of Mitt? Let’s here YOUR plan. Or do you just love to gripe? Blah Blah Blah.
Just having a “D” after your name guarantees you NY, Illinois, and Cally, good for 104 EC votes. 104. The good news is that, because of the census, Texas has picked up 4 votes, Florida 2, and Georgia 1. And Illinois lost 1. Romney definitely has a shot.
If we take the executive branch, we can at least get the EPA and the Justice Dept off our backs. And get rid of the CFPB. And an oil pipeline from Canada, fer crissakes.
As Al Davis used to say, “Just win, baby, win.”
So you propose that a liberal governor from one liberal state is the best candidate to defeat a liberal senator from another liberal state?
No wonder this country is in so much trouble.
MSO, you didn’t answer my question. What is YOUR solution?
When Republicans prefer liberals to conservatives, we’ve already fallen off the cliff; to this there is no ‘solution’. After the fall, when jobs are gone, and life savings are gone, and one meal a day is questionable, then only conservatives will have the discipline, foresight and determination to rebuild.
I’d hoped that Republicans had enough conservatives to avoid the fall.
OK, MSO, now I get it. You sense an impending collapse of society. Well, I don’t blame you for thinking that. I think it’s unlikely, but would never say it could never happen. Look, we’ve all felt let down by the GOP. Can’t a country of 300 million people give us at least one more Ronald Reagan? No. We got Newt and Mitt. Oy Vey. I like Ron Paul because he’s honest and sincere, but this nation is not ready for a minimalist federal government, plain and simple. Game over… this time around. The Libertarian Party gets a little bigger and a little better each election cycle. In 2008, Ron Paul ran a terrible campaign. His campaign workers didn’t even have the sense to make sure his schedule was on the press’s daily call sheet. This time around his organization is much better, and will be even better in 2016. You have to look at the long-term goals.
Wow, I hate when people post long comments, and here I am doing just that.
As I see it: Mitt can win the General Election if he gets the nomination in a knock-down and drag-out contest. Or at least one that is reasonably close and from which he emerges showing that he has been in a fight and won it fair and square.
If he gets a coronation, I think we are in deep kimchi.
Why? Mitt is a yankee. Barack Obama is a damnyankee. A good GOP tussle
lets everybody know the (critical) difference. Smooth sailing for Mr Romney
makes too many people in too many swing states oblivious to said (critical) difference.
“To avoid this outcome, which could in fact also help Obama in the campaign since he would be facing a fractured and despairing Republican Party, it is important to now unite behind Mitt Romney and prevent further harmful bloodletting.”
No.
This is just an attempt to make sure the side you approve of less is the one despairing. An attempt to make disastrous business as usual continue.
So no.
I will not vote for Mitt Romney.
The establishment GOP brought us to this pass, I will not affirm them.
“I will not vote for Mitt Romney.”
That is fine for the primary. But if you fail to vote against Obama in the general election, you GUARANTEE 4 more years of this administration. You will have no one to blame but yourself and other idealogues.
And if we vote for the liberal governor from the liberal state of Massachusetts, we’ll have not changed anything except ownership of the bad economy.
Over50 just gave the game away, MSO. You want Obama to win. In four years your messiah will arise and lead us into a glorious future.
I do not intend to surrender my vote to the Will O ‘the Wisp currently leading the Republican primary. It isn’t Obama that we are fighting; he is merely the latest representation of the fatal disease known as big-government. Individual mandates, CO2 emission regulation, automatic minimum wage increases, class warfare, judicial oversight of child/parent relationships involving abortion, overwrought personal smears of competitors, etc. are all symptoms of the disease inflicting Obama.
No, I will not lend my vote to another such candidate. If you don’t agree with me, that’s the way it’s suppose to work. Your candidate does not meet my standards and apparently my candidate doesn’t meet yours.
Your Romney like attack on my motivation is just confirmation of my good judgement.
OK, so I’m wrong about your motivation. Would it be too much to ask you to tell me who “your candidate” is?
Radosh, you’re just another RINO Romney shill. Shame on you. Mitt may be a good manager, but we don’t need someone to manage our far-too-big government. We need a radical and relentless reformer to restore our constitutional, limited-government republic.
Like who? Name names.
romney lies, he said the 1st thing he’d do is repeal obamacare, we know now he won’t, and you know it too, ron
post my comment saying romney said he would but really won’t repeal obamacare, because you know it’s true
Let the Republican Establishment “get behind Romney” (aren’t they already?). I will never contribute another penny to the Republican Party nor will I ever again back a “lesser of two evils” candidate put forward by the party. It’s candidates like Romney that have helped get us where we are today. We’re in way to much trouble to settle for “not Obama” or “the lesser of two evils”. Time for the Republican Party to go the way of the Whigs or the No Nothings. Never again.
Did you ever hear of something called Operation Chaos? It was a plan by Rush Limbaugh 4 years ago to stretch out the Democrats nomination process all the way to the convention. The point was that by that time, Obama would have hurt Hillary so badly that the party would be split and a Republican would win the general election. Your article demands that Newt must get out of the way and support Romney for the good of the (establishment) party. Aparently you never were informed that McCain LOST that election
i’m curious why there is not more outrage over romney’s minimum wage comments
like charles krauthammer said, to paraphrase, “conservatism, for mitt romney, is like a foreign language…”
if the minimum wage goes up much more i will be laying off workers- end of story-
i cant imagine the damage to economic libertarianism and conservative bedrock principles romney will do (as one of the prime goals of the left is to completely discredit conservatism by linking it to rinoism and calling it the same thing) as commander in chief
@dax Mitt’s minimum wage statement is a face-palm, for sure. He needs to take a day off and regroup. Don’t think that us Romney supporters will not feel the pangs of buyer’s remorse between now and November. If Newt can transcend his current state and do better in the polls vs Obama, that would be fine with me, but it looks like the Newt train, which looked so promising just before Iowa, has come off the rails.
But I disagree with you that the opposition will “completely discredit conservatism by linking it to rinoism”. How would they do this?
they will do this in the same way they link “bush” to “conservatism” when gw went on his cowboy spending spree and the rest of his “big government” programs
then they will proceed by spreading this stink onto the tea party and other true threats through their highly touted “mathandscience” (ie. “bush” = “conservatism” = “tea pary” = GREEDY RACISTS DERP!)
the left will, in fact, smear/spin anything and everything so best to just stick to the blueprint for prosperity and nevermind the chatter
the main concern with many regarding romney is that the very simple core principles of “conservatism” are the very first items that get trampled in the name of “reaching across the aisle,” “we can work with the other side” and the other leftward tacking most republicans adopt to “appeal” to the independents
@dax I guess I didn’t interpret “linking conservatism to rinoism” in the way you meant it, because it sounded like a contradiction to me. BTW, I think the “greedy racist” slander is not going to stick, and the Tea Party is going to continue to grow as a significant movement, but at a slower pace than we would all like to see.
I was pleased to hear that one who comments here, has taken the time to learn what Newt Gingrich is all about. The slander, name-calling, vitriol and anger against him seems to generate out of fear. Yes, he’s been there, done that, and did most of it very well. He stepped on some toes, kicked some butt and made his own party fearful. If all who really are interested in an alternative to Romney–and I for one join their ranks–would take the time to read about Newt’s real self, his accomplishments, his patriotism, I believe more would see that he’s the best choice we have.