Posted on 08/18/2009 8:13:08 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was the hope of many self-described conservatives during the 2008 presidential race, and was the apparent frontrunner in an early 2012 presidential poll in New Hampshire last week. The question facing most conservatives these days is: Who is going to be the standard bearer for the conservative wing of the Republican Party into the 2010 elections and beyond?
The GOP has few genuine conservative voices left who are capable of credible leadership on a national level. While it's too early to start putting former GOP presidential nominee John McCain's face on a milk carton, any hope of a grass roots following for McCain is gone. McCain has become the “wrinkly white-haired guy” Paris Hilton called him during the campaign, and he was never much of a conservative anyway. On issues like freedom of speech (McCain-Feingold), immigration, and fiscal issues, McCain's record leaves a lot to be desired. Gone also is any hope of leadership from McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, who recently earned for herself the reputation as a “quitter.”
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Uh-huh. That's why she can make Obama do an about-face on death panels from her Facebook page.
I think the GOP is on thorzine .
Mitt-Witt needs to go home and shutup. He will never get the nomination and his lackeys attempts to damage Sarah only serve to piss off conservative’s even more towards him.
Mitt-Witt is a RINO
There are many candidates:
Jim DeMint
Jeff Sessions
Mike Pence
Ted Poe
Haley Barbour
and Sarah Palin
just for starters.
Romney has been AWOL on the Health Care Debate.
Ron Paul is the best they can come up with?
Sorry, I’ll take Sarah.
The greater question here is whether RINOs will dictate the future direction of the GOP or will it be true conservatives?
His Romneycare was the model for it.
“Mitt-Witt needs to go home and shutup. He will never get the nomination and his lackeys attempts to damage Sarah only serve to piss off conservative’s even more towards him.”
Mitt is as likely as anyone to be nominated. I think the Dems who cross over will select Mitt in the primary, just as they selected McCain. That will set the GOP up for another defeat, as the right wing stays home again, saying that Obama is better than a RINO.
Palin is not a likely nominee. She’s not very popular with moderates and independents.
Gone also is any hope of leadership from McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, who recently earned for herself the reputation as a “quitter.”
SAYS WHO? ‘Cause this jerk says so? Because RINO’s and elitists say so? SORRY, it aint up to YOU. It’s up to WE THE PEOPLE.
FORGET ROMNEY he is TOAST. Day old toast
Watts from Ok.
And yet with a (presumed) stable of those with "credible leadership" the democrat party selected a man with zero experience, zero record and zero demonstrated abilities. Any of those mentioned on the right have more impressive credentials than Zerobama, even today.
Michelle Bachman
Marcia Blackburn
Jim DeMint
Jeff Sessions
Mike Pence
Ted Poe
Haley Barbour
and Sarah Palin
Good list...
Yeah, but Hugh Hewitt says . . .
Who is Ted Poe?
Oh, sorry I was making another “Romneybot Simulator” test...
Thanks, I forgot those two ladies.
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