Romney's Decision Not to Run Again Stirs Presidential Talk

FOXNews.com ^ | 16 December 2005

[adorno]

as if I give a flying fartola regarding what you are offended by! You can take your indignance elsehwere, I am only speaking the truth.

Approving or dis approving of "language" is indicative of what is truly wrong here!

Are you infuriated by "reality"? or the words and concepts that you "feel" are HURTFUL? Give me a big break!

Went away for a couple hours and came back to notice another response from you.

I can only say, you're such a classy guy.

Your comments and tone just goes to prove that your really are a bigot.

Refusing to admit when you're wrong is the same kind of personality we accuse the democrats of exhibiting when they refuse to admit that they have the wrong messages and ideas for America.

Carry on, Mr. Class Act!

[jla]

Your post might have the desired effect if directed towards the person responsible for the remarks you've cited.

[GeronL]

we need a real conservative to be President

[Luke21]

Get lost, LOSER. We hear from you libs all the time, always trying to show your secular religious zeal by being so hoity toity and open minded and lacking in prejudice. Why don't you buzz over to DU and DHQ to share your stories of superiority and how racism has impacted your life.

Nobody cares if you are offended, comrade. Nobody. Get off your liberal high horse.

[caffe]

Agree: he will never win the Republican nomination, but, he could give McCain some trouble..as they are both middle of the road opportunists and Romney is better looking.

[Aussie Dasher]

Is there one who looks like sticking their hand up? What about Mike Pence? Is he up to it?

I know expecting another Reagan is a big call, but I'm hoping...

[Miss Marple]

Mike Pence would make an excellent president. He is well-spoken, conservative (very), moral, religious, and tough on defense.

What I don't know is if someone without name recognition can win the primaries. Only political junkies and people from Indiana know who the guy is. (It doesn't hurt that he's good-looking, too. A camera-friendly face is an asset in the age of television.)

I would support him if he decided to give it a try.

[Aussie Dasher]

I remember back in about 1990, I think it was, I looked at a photo gallery of potential Dem candidates for '92. All were unknowns. I picked the one I thought would win based purely on looks and "camera friendliness". My pick was a guy called Clinton from Arkansas. I can't tell you how much I wish I'd been wrong.

Let's not underestimate Pence if he's a good media performer. The Lord knows, that's the ONLY thing Slick Willy had going for him.

The time has come for US conservatives to start seriously thinking about who they will back in '08.

[Miss Marple]

I am convinced that camera-friendly is a very important asset. Common Tator says that "likeability" is THE most important asset when runing for the presidency. Most winners have had that edge over their opponents, although there have been a few exceptions (Carter over Ford, Nixon over Humphrey). Usually those exceptions happen because of an overriding issue. In MOST elections, the likeability is very important.

This is why Romney would have a better chance than Guiliani, Allen over Frist. ALL would have a better chance over most of the possible democrat candidates, with the exception of Evan Bayh. Bayh would pose a real danger, if you ask me (he is my senator).

Pence is articulate and likeable. He is also humble, friendly, and able to disagree without sounding like intransigent. He has stood firmly for conservative principles even when disagreeing with the President, yet never attacks the President or sounds like he is a "perfect" conservative. A LOT of people on the right should take lessons from him.

As I said, he would be a formidable candidate IF he can get enough support at the beginning, before he is widely known. I also think he has the leadership capabilities to do the job...some of the possible candidates I am not so sure about.

[Aussie Dasher]

Pence sounds good. You may care to raise his name on the following thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1541603/posts?page=29

[Galveston Grl]

He just ordered the Catholics to kill babies in their hospitals. He is a Weld.

[proudpapa]

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When it comes to Federal Elections, the democrats have not had a better friend than Massachusetts in the last 20+ years. To think that this will miraculously change with Mitt on the ticket is foolishness at best.

[Theodore R.]

It used to be that a presidential candidate would never run from a reelection fight in the two-year period before the presidential contest. Now they seem to bow up to run for president EXCEPT HRC of course. The late Governor George W. Romney, R-MI, ran for reelection in 1966 and then tried to dislodge Nixon for his party's nomination in 1968, but fell far, far short. Romney would have never thought that not running for reelection in 1966 would have strengthened his 1968 prospects.

[Theodore R.]

Pence sounds better than anything else thus far "mentioned," doesn't he? I suspect that he will not run unless he can also seek House reelection in IN.

[Theodore R.]

we need a real conservative to be President

When was the last "real conservative" president? Has there ever been one?

[Theodore R.]

Hillary Clinton would run better in the Republican primaries there than he would.

That's what I'm afraid of: HRC winning even in the South!

[PAR35]

That's what I'm afraid of: HRC winning even in the South!

If she'd run as a Republican and I was in charge of the campaign, she would. Particularly if the Republicans make another suicide run like they did with Bob Dole.

I've got an even better idea for winning - she should run on a 'national reconciliation' platform and run in both the democrat and republican primaries. "Stop the hate in 2008"

[Theodore R.]

I am fairly certain that a candidate cannot run in both party primaries in any state. I know that CA once permitted "cross-filing," but that was prior to the 1960s.

[GeronL]

Somone more conservative than a northeast RINO at least