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Romney playing role in Calif. governor race (Meg Whitman)
Globe Staff ^ | February 21, 2009 | Sasha Issenberg

Posted on 02/25/2009 8:25:01 AM PST by restornu

WASHINGTON - From a Lexington office complex, Mitt Romney's political action committee has ensured the former presidential candidate's omnipresence on cable news shows, ....

But for the next year and a half, the center of Romney's political universe will shift west to Sacramento, where key parts of his operation have reassembled on behalf of Meg Whitman, a longtime friend and former business colleague ....

The former eBay CEO is still readying her headquarters, but it has already become something of a campaign-in-exile for Romney's ambitions, which could include another presidential run in 2012....

"Mitt's going to be involved in dozens and dozens of races, but one that he's particularly excited about is the race for governor of California," said Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney spokesman....

A Whitman victory could deliver Romney a valuable foothold in a state that will likely be a big, early prize on the Republican nominating calendar. Her 2010 campaign will also offer a...

Romney and Whitman both harshly criticized the $787 billion stimulus package championed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, saying it includes too much bloated spending and not enough tax cuts. Whitman is also railing against the plan, signed into law yesterday, of tax increases and spending cuts to plug California's $42 billion budget deficit, saying in a statement it "will kill jobs, hurt families, and make future deficits worse."

The parallel careers of Romney and Whitman - ...

Yet Romney is the only one of the three considered a possible 2012 presidential candidate, ...

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ca2010; calf; calgov2010; megwhitman; romney
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1 posted on 02/25/2009 8:25:01 AM PST by restornu
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To: restornu

It’d be something if Romney could bring California back to red.


2 posted on 02/25/2009 8:27:57 AM PST by Troll_House_Cookies (Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
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To: restornu

Swartzenegger has irritated me way too often. It would be nice to have an alternative.

California is going to be a tough nut to crack. Its not a particularly conservative state overall. Pretty conservative in the central valley, but the Los Angeles and San Francisco rule at the ballot box.


3 posted on 02/25/2009 8:29:27 AM PST by marron
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To: Troll_House_Cookies

I am afraid after Mr.Arnold Shriver, it will be years before the republicans can have the governorship..no matter who runs..


4 posted on 02/25/2009 8:30:18 AM PST by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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To: Troll_House_Cookies

Too bad Meg Whitman is such an abortion advocate. So much for Mitt’s conversion. Leaves me really disappointed. I thought he was going to spend the next four years convincing folks that he is a conservative.


5 posted on 02/25/2009 8:30:28 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: restornu

The Romney liberal leveraged buyout of the Republican Party continues. Thanks for making people aware.


6 posted on 02/25/2009 8:30:40 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Where every principled conservative belongs: http://aipnews.com/mxPage.asp?ID=3)
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I thought he was going to spend the next four years convincing folks that he is a conservative.

Some things are so far-fetched that they can't be sold no matter how much money you have.

7 posted on 02/25/2009 8:31:36 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Where every principled conservative belongs: http://aipnews.com/mxPage.asp?ID=3)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Romney is a complete dirtbag. I’ll be polite and leave it at that.


8 posted on 02/25/2009 8:32:27 AM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I wish Mutt would just pack up his magic underwear and move over to the RAT party where he belongs!


9 posted on 02/25/2009 8:33:54 AM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Troll_House_Cookies

Romney is a fake.


10 posted on 02/25/2009 8:36:14 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Two peas in a pod........ so to speak.


11 posted on 02/25/2009 8:36:34 AM PST by Old Badger (After this sorry election, boy do opportunities abound!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

If abortion is your only issue, you are doomed to a lifetime of political disappointment my friend.


12 posted on 02/25/2009 8:36:34 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: restornu

This crap was posted several times last week.

Romney and Whitman are faux conservatives.

Enough already.


13 posted on 02/25/2009 8:37:08 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: darkangel82

This is how we ended up with McCain.

How’d that work out?


14 posted on 02/25/2009 8:37:22 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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If abortion is your only issue, you are doomed to a lifetime of political disappointment my friend.

If pro life advocacy ISN'T a non-negotiable core value then you are doomed to an eternity of disappointment my friend.

15 posted on 02/25/2009 8:41:05 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: Badeye

Amen


16 posted on 02/25/2009 8:43:43 AM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW ,)
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To: Badeye

Not good.


17 posted on 02/25/2009 8:44:03 AM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Too bad Meg Whitman is such an abortion advocate.

Do you think we could elect anyone in CA that isn't? I'm willing to take an 80% conservative Republican over a 100% liberal Democrat . . . in states where that is the best you can get.

18 posted on 02/25/2009 8:49:05 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Troll_House_Cookies

And help us elect a Governor who can return our state back to Black (Budget wise).


19 posted on 02/25/2009 8:49:42 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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It doesn’t prosper one to gain to world only to lose their soul.

Pro-abortion = no go.


20 posted on 02/25/2009 8:50:32 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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