Posted on 07/23/2008 5:33:00 PM PDT by JRochelle
You've probably heard the story about the tycoon who wanted to bring out a new kind of dog food.
He spent lavishly. He hired the best marketing person, the top PR firm, the best ad agency, the No. 1 packaging expert, the most powerful distributor -- but the sales were flat after six months.
He summoned his consultants to a meeting and asked why the food wasn't selling. "The dogs won't eat it," was the answer that came back.
And so it is with Mitt Romney. Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries, the dogs won't eat it. He lost Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and California. The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states; and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals couldn't spare the cash to advertise. Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries. Using his gigantic money advantage to dominate television, he seized early leads in virtually all of the primary states, only to lose them later on. And, when they started slipping away, he resorted to unfair, distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges.
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Thanks. Never seen the guy before and that was not exactly a stunning performance. Surely we have some other serious VP candidates out there.
Slick Willard lusts after the Presidency like Bubba lusts after chubby interns. You’ve been corrected, Mr. Paid Agent of the Slick Willard campaign.
I mean Sanford might have a future with the GOP.
But right now he’s not ready for Prime Time.
We need someone with a base in place.
I knew you wouldn’t answer the question!
I’ll ask again. If he “lusts” after the Presidency then why did he suspend his campaign?
He could have kept going. He has much more money than Huckabee.
Slick Willard’s base of kooks, nuts, sycophants, metrosexuals, moon people and slanderers ? Say hello to President Obama !
If Morris says something’s going to happen.. you can always expect the opposite.
He’s notorious for making wrong decisions!
He hasn’t suspended his campaign or you and your cohorts wouldn’t be spamming this board propagandizing for his candidacy.
Urban myth.
Dickie usually is wrong.
Like a broken clock, he ain’t wrong here (at least the headline, not his suggestion for other loser RINOs to be VP).
We’re encouraging McCain to pick him for VP.
I wish he hadn’t suspended his campaign but that’s the way things go.
He set aside his personal ambition for the good of the country.
You would be wise to do the same.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
If McCain is serious about winning, he needs to pick a conservative. Moderates and liberals as listed above, need not apply.
I read an article that was sufficient enough.
He didn’t all out endorse him.. but he alluded to it.
Morris must think Romney is too Conservative.
Any day now Powell will endorse Obama anyways
I stand corrected, there are non-mormon Mitt supporters who will make such evangelical-hating comments. I stand corrected.
Put down the crackpipe, Connie. He can’t buy himself the Presidency, so he buys the Vice-Presidency and waits for McCain to die, getting the Presidency.
This couldn’t be a juicier opportunity for Slick Willard to weasel his way to the White House so he can do to the country what he did to Massachusetts, the state GOP and the Maucks. Kill it.
Oh, I agree. Besides, Powell might endorse Obama.
“It would take a lot more than that in the South with Romney on the ticket.”
I don’t think Southern prejudice against a yankee Mormon would be greater than that against an uppety churchless black guy.
I’m also a Southern Baptist who supports Mitt
See, just like a broken clock.
Stature is in short supply. I can name all the obvious people but they all have problems. I wish Newt would do it but I am sure McCain would never ask him, and I am not sure if Newt would accept if he were asked.
Hahaha :)
I wish Newt would do it too.. but I don’t think he wants to get back into the scuffle.
See, I give you credit when you say something correct. ;-)
McCain would never pick someone who will out shine him ... and that’s probably a big hindrance for Mitt Romney, too.
Newt’s damaged goods. He’s a better “behind the scenes” kind of guy, anyway.
THUNE’S A GREAT IDEA!!!
LOL - Romney managed 15 delegates in the South. Had he remained in, I doubt it would have been many more.
OH, I WIIIIISSSSSHHHHH IT WOULD BE DUNCAN HUNTER. I wanted HUNTER/BOLTON!
Love that beautiful picture of Laura! (at the end of your page) What a Lady she is.
That was our thought, too. I kinda thought that Romney worked a little humble magic on him, and hope it stuck. I really think Romney is a great choice!
Barr, once a conservative, but now?
Palin
Watts
Blackburn
Rove
Those are Veep picks.
The others are nose picks.
Never happen ... Mitt is too rugged, too hansome, too smart, too savvy; he would outshine John every time they appeared together and the nation would doubt the choice of McCain leading the ticket instead of the other way around. Both men are not conservative, but both are head and shoulders better choices than Barry the empty one.
Mitt ran against the MSM and their Candidates McCain and Huckabee. Allot of people bought the spin that the MSM shoveled regarding Mitt.
When Mitt lost, the NY Times, NBC,ABC and CBS put a notch in their belts, and Hillary / Obama both breathed a sigh of relief. He was the only candidate that they feared. They almost never said a negative word about McCain or Huckabee, but they took pot shots at Mitt, even after he left the race. We now have their choice, McCain.
I don’t think there is another serious suggestion.
Surely he won’t pick Graham...that would be a disaster.
“I stand corrected, there are non-mormon Mitt supporters who will make such evangelical-hating comments. I stand corrected.”
You stand confirming that you have a narrow, bigoted view of all who don’t agree with you precisely.
And you have a very peculiar and self-serving view of what constitutes an “evangelical-hating comment.” To suggest that evangelicals can be content voting for a ticket with a Mormon on it is an “evangelical-hating comment.”
I like Mitt Romney.
Rove would be a hoot, but doubt that will happen.
Ludicrous. Slick Willard was the best thing that ever happened to the rodent party. Enacted their agenda, killed the MA GOP and made sure the party won’t win another major office in the state again for the next 50 years. As President, he’d do exactly the same for the national party and our Congressmembers could caucus in a phonebooth by the time he was done. Let him run as Obama’s running mate. Two liberal rodent con men belong together.
And she is as classy as she is beautiful. How we’ve been blessed in this Country!
I would love it to be Rove, but he is too big of a story, himself.
I thought JC Watts had already endorsed Obama?
Absolutely not! He made a few comments about Obama addressing poverty and urban issues, and AP ran a smear piece saying it was tantamount to an endorsement. Likewise for Armstrong and Powell.
JC’s is in a great position to bully his way into the Veep nom slot, and I wish he would.
Watts or Palin or Blackburn would get my vote and my efforts to get McManiac elected.
Romney would outshine McCain, but then who wouldn’t? I really like Romney and he’s proved he will go all out in support of McCain. McCain even admitted that Romney does a better job of campaigning for him than he does for himself.
I’m a conservative Christian also and have no problem with Romney. He’s a good family man.
I’m a Palin fanboy, but you know, it does look,like a Pearle Vision ad. LOL
I like the one of her holding the head of the Moose she just bagged.
I like Palin but the only place I really hear her mentioned is here.
Is there any buzz about her from the McCain camp?
Again, a nice try at spin! Absolutely democratesque ... the evangelical-hating aspect was the condescension and the clearly implied ‘when the dumb evangelicals get edumacated they will vote for the Mormon and like it, or stand exposed as bigots’. You Romney flacks have been playing that ploy for months at FR, so can the spin, flack.
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