In book, Romney styles himself wonk, not warrior

Boston Globe ^ | 3/2/2010 | Sasha Issenberg

[Brices Crossroads]

As Mitt Romney sets out this week to promote his new book, “No Apology,’’ he is also auditioning for a rapidly disappearing role in American politics: a politician who is speaking out against the “temptations of populism.’’

“The populism I’m referring to is, if you will, demonizing certain members of society: going after businesspeople, going after Wall Street, going after people who are highly educated, people who are CEOs,’’ Romney said in an interview....

[snip]

Instead of ideological fervor, Romney is working to win over Republican voters and party elites with intellectual sobriety more tightly linked to his career as a management consultant and venture capitalist.

[snip]

Even though he is critical of the Democrats’ health care plan, he says his experience adjusting the Massachusetts system has led him to share their goal of universal coverage and the belief that only government can expand the number of Americans who are insured. “I’m not at all surprised to think that I have differing views on some topics than my fellow Republicans,’’ he said. “Sometimes it takes government to get government out.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/03/02/mitt_romneys_no_apology_is_not_light_reading/

[Brices Crossroads]

Just the few lines I have excerpted should be enough to convince anyone with a small conservative bone in their body to reject this charlatan. He is anti-Populist (read anti-Palin). He appeals to the elites. He wants to downplay the social issues as too divisive and runs as a competent manager (Shades of George H.W. Bush's abortive 1980 effort against Reagan). He associates the populist sentiments of the tea party movement with anti-immigrant xenophobia. (Wrong, Mitt. We are against ILLEGAL immigration; so were you in the last campaign when you were trying to pass yourself off as a strong conservative, instead of a "competent manager")

Finally, he thinks governmental mandated universal health care is fine and dandy.

Palin is going to clobber this clown. I don't think he will make it past New Hampshire, and he may not make it that far.

[C19fan]

What is this Romney Version 10.0?

[Brices Crossroads]

Ping

[pissant]

With dishpan hands like his, it would be hard for him to claim warrior status

[marron]

He’d make a fine Secretary of Treasury or Commerce in a DeMint Administration.

[AlanD]

You only have one chance to make a good first impression. And Romney failed at that in 2008. He ran against a very weak field, and couldn’t pull it off, and won’t do so in 2012.

Mitt, I think you would make a great Secretary of the Treasury, but not President of the United States.

[Brices Crossroads]

Is Romney a wonk? I think most of FR feels he is donk, and should migrate to that party, where he belongs.

[Cicero]

You took the words out of my mouth. He’s a Donk.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I suspect Romney spends most of his time messing with his hair. It’s a danger signal to me!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“The populism I’m referring to is, if you will, demonizing certain members of society: going after businesspeople, going after Wall Street, going after people who are highly educated, people who are CEOs,’’ Romney said in an interview

What a Grade-A idiot.
More proof that Romney flat-out just doesn't get it. There is no "demonizing" going on other than Democrats' using misdirection to get people mad at the CEOs and Wall Street rather than them.
The Tea Party folks are angry at the Ivy League elitists who have flushed this country down the toilet and think they know best. We're not mad at Wall Street or the CEOs per se, other than rightfully being angry when they receive million-dollar bailouts and bonuses while the working man gets the shaft.

I don't care if Romney wins the nomination, I will not vote for him.

[Al B.]

So who's next for the Bushie elites when Romney crashes and burns? Mitch Daniels? Pawlenty?

With Huckabee not even going to SRLC, it looks like he may not enter the 2012 race. Team Bush/Romney needs to find a conservative challenger to Palin real quick to split the conservative vote.

[Diogenesis]

Romney “gets” it.

Romney PROTECTS and serves Obama, not the GOP.

Hence, RomneyCARE’s attacks on Gov. Palin for Obama.
Hence this BS.
Hence, his appearance tonight competing with Gov. Pain.

RomneyCARE is the turd in every party’s punchbowl.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

My point is that Romney thinks the Tea Party folks are mad at Wall Street, the CEOs, and highly educated people. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are mad at the so-called smartest people in the room who had a hand in destroying this country. This is a strawman of biblical proportions.

[Leisler]

Mitt is Royalty. What do you expect? He’s used to obedient ‘little people’ that don’t ask questions and do as they are told.

He’ll be great as President.

[Brices Crossroads]

“Team Bush/Romney needs to find a conservative challenger to Palin real quick to split the conservative vote.”

That is their number one concern. The conservatives are coalescing around Palin. Even if they had someone, I think it is already too late. It would cost 200 million dollars and take a really terrific candidate to even have a chance of dislodging her. Once they realize she is inevitable, look for the Romney/Bush people to begin aiding Obama in hopes of reelecting him and defeating her. They want SP in charge of the Republican Party even less than they want her as President.

[ellery]

Even though he is critical of the Democrats’ health care plan, he says his experience adjusting the Massachusetts system has led him to share their goal of universal coverage and the belief that only government can expand the number of Americans who are insured. “I’m not at all surprised to think that I have differing views on some topics than my fellow Republicans,’’ he said. “Sometimes it takes government to get government out.

Sometimes it takes government to get government out?? What in bloody he!! is he talking about??!!?

He's a statist, through and through.

[ellery]

This pro-TARP, pro-bailout statist would make a horrible Sec. of Treasury.

[Brices Crossroads]

“Sometimes it takes government to get government out??”

That is just double speak like the Dems telling themselves, “We have got to pass Obamacare. It will be worse if we don’t”

Totally delusional but it fits with their overall goal. And Mitt’s goal is definitely big government.

[Oztrich Boy]

Sometimes it takes government to get government out?? What in bloody he!! is he talking about??!!?

It's the old dance. Throw their rascals out and put our rascals in.

[SmokingJoe]

“The populism I’m referring to is, if you will, demonizing certain members of society: going after businesspeople, going after Wall Street, going after people who are highly educated, people who are CEOs,’’

Romney still doesn't get it.
Voters are not “going after” anyone just because they are “highly educated” or work on Wall Street.
We are going after those at Wall Street who gambled with trillions of dollars of their investors money, brought this country to the edge of collapse, then demanded that tax payer dollars be used to rescue their sorry butts, then once they were back on their feet, turned round and started doing the same highly risky financial maneuvers that got them into deep trouble in the first place.
These people should be in jail right now, not raking in even more billions of ill gotten dollars in huge bonuses.
It's not the hard working American man in the street who is out spewing out venom, and calling anyone who attacks 0bama, as stupid. It's the so-called ‘elites” at Time magazine, Newsweek, the New York Times etc have been calling the Tea Partiers by every derogatory name under the sun.
Romney might want to have a word with his arrogant, venom spewing, Ivy League media “elite” pals, instead of pretending its the angry voters who are the problem.