[11th Commandment]

Good read and a breath of fresh air about the "front-runner".

[SWAMPSNIPER]

“Did-what-he-had-to-do” is the problem. When you cave into expediency and popular demand and it results in trampling Constitutional principles you are just another liberal democrat.

[From The Deer Stand]

Yawn. Every pundit has an opinion and every pundit will continue to have an opinion. Too early to make any predictions of strengths or weaknesses of anyone. Lots can change in a few months.

[Ronin]

I am totally convinced that the MSM is manufacturing (or at least wildly exaggerating) Mitt's "frontrunner" status in a conscious attempt to foist him on the Republicans as the presumptive nominee -- just as they did with John McCain.

Let's face it. Mitt is the standard issue, pump-him-up-knock-him-down generic RINO that the media absolutely loves to foist onto the Republicans in the primaries – smugly confident that if the Republicans do nominate him; they (the media) have plenty of poisoned knives to stab him with in run up to the general election.

And they will, too. What's more, they’re going to love doing it -- if they get the chance, that is.

[glorgau]

Mitt Romney is not a front runner, he is a place holder.

[Jim Scott]

Maybe I’m becoming paranoid but I see Mitt Romney as the anti-Palin candidate, propped up and pimped out by the RNC honchos and the MSM. Because Palin hasn’t declared - and may not - Romney can play frontrunner, for now. If Palin declares her candidacy, all bets are off and Romney will be standing by himself in a deserted campaign headquarters. Should Sarah Palin chose not to run, we’ll have to deal with Romney and pick someone that will reflect our conservative ideology and has a decent chance to defeat the pretender, Obama. Whatever way it goes, Romney cannot be the Republican presidential candidate in 2012. If he is, like many Freepers, for the first time in my life I’ll vote third party - but not Republican. No more RINOs!

[FrankR]

[Emperor Palpatine]

[GloriaJane]

I won’t vote for Romney (obama’s mini me). Because of obamacare, climate change, and it always seemed to me like he couldn’t make up his mind, is he or isn’t he for or against abortion.

[The Bronze Titan]

MItt Romney (like the rest of the field) are running SOLELY because they just
“want to be President”. So my question to all of them, and to Mitt...

What are your CORE BELIEFS? .....

[9YearLurker]

Both The Economist and Reuters this week had polls with Palin leading Romney and of course she hasn’t even announced a run yet.