Posted on 01/20/2012 9:43:20 AM PST by Mozilla
Bachmann sources tell me that Charlie Black, the longtime GOP power broker and Romney backer, is reaching out to the Minnesotan, urging her to back the former Massachusetts governor. But Bachmann has rebuffed the overtures, sources say.
Were not endorsing anyone, one source says. Theyre trying to get us to sign on, but there has been no commitment on our end. She will not endorse before South Carolina, she probably wont endorse before Florida, and she may not endorse even when the likely nominee emerges.
Bachmann has mixed feelings, sources say, about the remaining contenders. She respects aspects of Ron Pauls fiscal arguments, but she has problems with his foreign-policy positions. She agrees with Rick Santorum on social issues, but she has concerns about his congressional spending record. And she is unenthusiastic about both Gingrich and Romney.
In coming days, expect Bachmann to reach out to local reporters, giving them a chance to interview her. But for now, shell keep a low profile. After she left the race, Bachmann went to Florida for a week and relaxed. One of the trips highlights: spending time with Rush Limbaugh, who was celebrating his birthday.
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The way she ran interference for Mitt, she’ll be out endorsing him before the sun sets.
If she ever endorses Romney, she will be committing political suicide.
I dunno. Mitt is sinking fast and no one wants to be on board with a loser.
Newt Romney ping
If Mitt wins SC, she endorses him. If Newt wins SC she’ll “search her heart and pray some more”.
I considered her a phony once she hired Ed Rollins.
NO WAY, Newt PAC will just run that clip of Bachmann praising Newt.
she will be mitt’s vp... she was in on it from the beginning... this will be mitt’s “bone” to the conservatives... but we all know she is not a conservative first, but a republican first ( just like hannity, coulter, and now possibly rush )
That's where a record comes in. Not just the record of votes, which is often a meaningless toll of positions taken for political reasons on bills that were always going to pass or were never going to pass, but a record of actions taken that actually mattered.
A record of actions taken that actually mattered. Newt is the man who fits that description to a "T".
He can identify what is most important to the country, develop a plan to overcome that challenge, articulate the the merits of overcoming the challenge and why the plan will work.
I hadn't been for Gingrich initially and spent plenty of energy excoriating him, these last several years, for any number of sins he committed against the Republican/Conservative ideals. He seemed a turncoat of sorts, particularly when he babysat Pelosi on the couch.
On reflection, Newt is an attention whore seeking relevancy for his ideas and I guess I take him at his word that he made a few mistakes in his life and he has at least some regret for those decisions. God knows I am no angel and so I have to reflect on the man's ability to get things done.
Newt gave us the Republican majority, the Contract with America and completed 2/3rds of his agenda while in office.
He now has a new plan for America and with what is likely to become a Congressional Super Majority and a Senate Majority, if not Super Majority, I believe he will absolutely accomplish his agenda.
Say goodbye to ObamaCare the single biggest scam and travesty foisted upon a free people who, by right, ought to have been given the opportunity to read the bill and debate it. Instead, a win at all cost, cheating agenda was developed and it was signed with most people never laying eyes on at least page 2 of this utopian dreck.
Executive Orders Positions:
The following are all within the executive powers to simply order and with the exception of securing the border within one year, they are all easily accomplished with the stroke of a pen and no way to challenge them in the legislature.
Keystone may be challenged in the courts but I think the Executive can order the EPA to approve, under National Security Priorities and it is a National Security issue, as well, a jobs issue.
As President, Newt, could actually have a very busy 1st week or month just on these initiative alone.
1. Eliminate the thirty-nine White House "Czar" positions created during the current administration. The president does not have the authority to appoint bureaucrats to power who are not accountable to the Congress.
2. "Mexico City Policy" of Respect for Life. Reauthorize President Ronald Reagan’s policy – also known as the "Mexico City Policy"— to stop tax payer dollars from being used to fund or promote abortions in foreign countries.
3. Restore conscience clause protections for Healthcare Workers.No American working in a medical environment should be forced to perform any procedure that he or she finds morally or ethically objectionable based on religious teaching. This protection should include, but not be limited to abortion. Existing conscience clause protections need to be strengthened.
4. Respect Each Sovereign Nation’s Choice of its Capital. Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own Capital. Accordingly, the U.S. State Department should be instructed to respect the choice of each sovereign nation and place the American embassy in their Capital. (Israel is the only country the United States discriminates against in this regard. The people of Israel have designated Jerusalem as their capital. Yet the United States retains its embassy in Tel Aviv.)
5. End the Attorney General's Assault on the States. Instruct the Attorney General to withdraw all immigration-related lawsuits against states immediately, including those pending in Arizona and South Carolina. The Obama Administration refuses to enforce federal immigration laws, and instead sues states who are merely trying to enforce the laws that the federal government neglects. The Gingrich Administration will secure the border by Jan. 1, 2014 by any means necessary.
Unleash American Energy by Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline. Instruct the State Department to approve a Presidential Permit immediately for the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that will send 700,000 barrels of oil a day from Great Plains and Southwestern states to Gulf Coast refineries lower staggering energy prices, and create up to 120,000 American jobs.
Now we get into the details of an inclusive agenda that brings the people(you and me), through their representatives, into process. The TEA Party and conservatives are going to have a majority in both houses.
Let’s elect an Executive who will absolutely fulfill the promise of our ideals.
Newt gave us the three most important victories of the 90’s Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget and Reduced Taxes. I hope I don’t need to describe the benefits of those victories. They ought to be obvious to everyone by now.
Lastly, there have been some reports that Newt shouldn’t get all the credit. Really? Then perhaps we marginalize the accomplishments of Washington, Roosevelt, Kennedy and ….wait for it… Reagan.
Do we really want to go down the road with that kind of adolescent sophistry and parsing of what happened?
Newt is the guy who thought of these big things, proposed them and shepherded their implementation?
Newt has once again identified what is important to us now, at this time and described how we can get there with our representative majorities. He has done it before and I declare Newt Gingrich was then and is Now a leader.
We should elect Newt Gingrich to the Presidency of the United States
“But Bachmann has rebuffed the overtures, sources say.”
I agree with the above. If she does it will be suicide. She best remain mum.
Yep, the “conservative alternative” stalking horses for Mitt such as Cain and Bachmann can’t be seen endorsing him now. The best they can do for him is stay on the sidelines and/or back “9-9-9” instead.
She is the only CONSERVATIVE true and real that was in the race.
Really? Explain the non-stop attacks on Mitt and "Newt Romney"!
If Michelle Bachmann does her homework there is no way she will endorse Ronney. Let us hope she does her homework.
If Michelle Bachmann does her homework there is no way she will endorse Ronney. Let us hope she does her homework.
I think she's watching the sun setting on the Romney train and holding her endorsement.
If Newt wins SC shell search her heart and pray some more.
Love it. Perfect.
Sure she did - way too little and way too late.
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