[iowamark]

(David S. Bernstein can be reached at dbernstein@phx.com)

[AlaskaErik]

He ain't gettin’ my vote...not ever. If he's the nominee, I'm staying home or voting third party, period.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

We don’t need no more STINKIN’ USED CAR SALESMAN gringo!

[9YearLurker]

Along with his business and now political networks, and a network of support through the Mormon church, Romney’s got both the Harvard Law and Business School alumni networks to tap. That makes for some pretty good fundraising sources.

On the other hand, you just know that the gals on the View will be preoccupied with trying to get him to say something bad about Palin—because she’s a thousand times more interesting than he’ll ever be.

[taxcontrol]

Romney_care vs Obama_care

I dont CARE for either.

[newfreep]

"David S. Bernstein can be reached at dbernstein@mittromney.com"

[flash2368]

NOT A CHANCE. He might as well forget it.

[Leisler]

Mitt is toast.

[Rastus]

That’s a lot of ink to spill on a lost cause. No Romney. Never.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Never vote for Willard the RAT!

[Diogenesis]

Romney tanks out a real conservative site:

RESULTS – Feb. 2010 Early Freerepublic.com straw vote

Governor Palin - 102 votes - THE WINNER

None Of The Above - 12 votes
Barbour - 10 votes
Hunter - 8 votes
Demint - 7 votes

Pence - 3 votes
Ryan - 3 votes
Jindal - 2 votes
Jeb Bush - 2 votes
Liz Cheney - 2 votes
Mitch Daniels - 2 votes
Newt Gingrich - 2 votes

Thune, Gary Johnson, Joe Wilson, Scott Brown and Rick Perry - each 1 vote.
Romney and Huckabee - 0, that is zero, no, zed votes

[Doulos1]

I’m remembering that there was a Romneycare before there was an Obamacare. He is not Republican. How in he— could this guy expect to get elected from energized conservatives. Why doesn’t he just go away he. Just go away. You couldn’t beat Juan. He lost to Juan. We didn’t have much to choose from. Sad. I love Jim Demint. ~

[Diogenesis]

"Whereas most superheroes' secret identities (Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker) are their true identities
--the people they were before their parents were murdered or they were bitten by radioactive spiders
or exposed to gamma rays or what have you--Superman was born Superman.
It's Clark Kent that is the invented alias, the pose, the "costume."
And in the way Superman plays Kent--weak, self-doubting, cowardly--
we can see what he thinks of the human race overall.
It occurred to me that the same is true of Mitt Romney's desperate,
if never terribly persuasive, impersonation of a conservative Republican."
[from "Mitt Romney as Tarantino's Superman", New Republic]

[A2J]

What a pant load.

[Woebama]

Good and comprehensive article. Thanks for posting. Just so much I wanted to comment on as I read the article:

1) Romney is admitting he was a lying huckster that was just pretending he was a conservative! (think about it).

2) Romney is a terrible politician. Rich enough to buy a Governor’s mansion (think of all the terrible politicians with giant bankrolls who are Senators and Governors), but not good enough to win the Presidency.

3) How do I know Romney is a terrible politician?

a) Last campaign he outspent everyone and lost to a geriatric that was no-one I knows first choice.

b) He can’t read the “times.” The times are more conservative and more populist than any I can remember since Carter. Yet Romney is planning to run to the left and as an elitist Mr. Fix-it. “I’m smarter than the other elitist Mr. Fixits like Paulson and Bernacke . . .”

4) He wants to ignore conservatives, the South, and Christians and win the Republican nomination. And he wants us to think he’s smart . . .

5) He won Florida last nomination. Not this time. That’s a pledge. I’ll work my tail off against this guy.

[PreciousLiberty]

“But will GOP voters give a Mitt?”

No. Go away, Mr. Plastic.

[Joe Boucher]

After holding my nose and voting for f-ing McLame I vowed to NEVER again vote for a RINO turd. And Romney is a damned RINO turd.
Just check out his record as govenor of mass.
Ya’d best get your pooh in order Pubbies cause if not a hell of a lot of us real CONSERVATIVES will either stay home or vote go fish.

[youturn]

Sounds like a winner...not!

That’s the most ridiculous strategy I’ve heard. Hasn’t endorsed Rubio, the conservative rising star? Won’t talk about illegal immigration? Yeah. Those are some winning ideas.

[LibLieSlayer]

Nominate willard the rat and I vote third party.

LLS

[stockpirate]

Mitt is pro-choice, anti-gun rights, pro-NATIONALIZED healthcare. That makes him a progressive which leads to fascism.

I would vote for Mike Huckabee before I’d vote for Mitt the progressive and I’d never vote for huckbee no matter what.

[trisham]

If Romney couldn't win over Iowa's Christian conservatives in '08 — when he spent millions there, and McCain and Giuliani skipped the state — it's hard to see how he can do so in '12. Especially when a number of conservatives with strong religious credentials from nearby states are likely to be competing, including Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Mike Pence of Indiana, and John Thune of South Dakota. If South Carolina is out of reach — and bear in mind that Romney finished fourth there in '08 after devoting three years and millions upon millions of dollars — that means Romney must win New Hampshire, particularly in that it's in his back yard.

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I have to question the fitness of someone who can't grasp the fact that he is not wanted by the electorate.