Posted on 06/14/2011 8:14:54 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
"Despite my affiliation with the Republican Party, I don't think of myself as highly partisan." -- Mitt Romney in his book No Apology
And there it was again.
Front and center in last night's CNN New Hampshire debate with Republican presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney twice -- not once but twice -- illustrated his problem as a presidential candidate and potential Republican president in the post-Reagan era.
Midway into the debate Romney answered a question on how to deal with the issue of raising the debt limit by saying that as president he would concentrate on "reining in the excesses of government." And when asked about picking a vice president Romney came back to the point; he would "restrain the growth of government."
It's not as if no one is noticing The Problem with Mitt Romney.
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Which raises the obvious question with the obvious answer.
Why in the world would Mitt Romney ever campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in a style and substance re-emphasized last night in New Hampshire -- in such a fashion as to send signals that he is bidding fair to be the 21st century successor to Nelson Rockefeller, the "Dark Lord" of Republican presidential politics? The man who became the conservative equivalent of "He Who Shall Not Be Named" or "You Know Who"?
The obvious answer is: because that's exactly who Mitt Romney really is.
Rockefeller Republicanism is Mitt Romney's political core, his every political instinct, and it expresses itself and will continue to express itself as Romney moves through this campaign. Asking him to stop is like demanding the Pope not sound so, well, Catholic.
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Or this guy, from the same era:
"Yeah.. That's the ticket."
“Still George Romney is treated like he was a shock therapy patient.”
He was an absolute idiot and an Arlen Specter before his time. Mittens didn’t fall far from the tree.
romney should be running for the democrat nom for president.
I agree with your interpretation. He was steamrollered by the poor use of words, when his substantive point was the LBJ DOD wasnt on the up and up. which was correct! .. And so it goes. Gingrich had to live with the 'wither on the vine' remark, Bush has to live down 'mission accomplished'... it's amazing how the media can use one phrase, overstate its importance and make it anchor around a politicians neck.
Nah, he’d be better than Hoover ... more like Eisenhower meets Ford. A throwback to the pre-Reagan moderate GOP.
Neiher IKE nor Ford confronted what we confront now. More like Hoover who thought he knew what he was facing but really had not a clue. A bit like Captain Smith of the Titanic.
You nailed Romney to a tee. The quintessential politician...
Hoisted by his own petard.
I’m a native Upper East Sider and do not recall “saddle” being a euphemism for “secretary”.
Why? Do you think he’s destined to die mid-coitus with his pants down???????????
Not really 'amazing'.
The MSM is comprised of traitors to the USA
and the American people.
They LIE routinely. They coverup the real news
and substitute Weather, fabrications, and lies.
IF America survives the next three years,
history should not be kind to the MSM.
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