Finally, Romney gets tea party support

The Washington Times ^ | March 19, 2012 | Ralph Z. Hallow

[tet68]

He didn’t get any support from me.
If it comes down to him or Obama then maybe.

Eye of Newt works for me now.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm convinced that first order for the GOP rank and file should be a reform of how delegates are allocated.

A big part of the problem is the delegate selection process which over weighs a state's population versus the likelihood they will actually vote for the GOP candidate.

This cycle, there are 2286 delegates to be chosen. Just to pick a random example or two: the District of Columbia gets to pick 19 delegates, North Dakota gets 28. The probability of them actually delivering 3 electoral votes for the eventual GOP nominee is something like 90% for North Dakota and less than 0% for DC.

Every state or territory should start with the number of delegates they would get based on their electoral vote power. There would be a minimum of 3 for every territory except maybe 7 for Puerto Rico which would be its equivalent electoral votes if it were a state.

After that, delegates would be awarded based on the actual number of electoral votes delivered to the GOP candidate for the last four or five election cycles, with a little more weight given to the more recent results.

Bonus delegates would be assigned for GOP governors, U.S. senators, congress people and state legislatures.

Additional bonus delegates would be assigned to those voting in April, May or June and those awarding delegates proportionally rather than winner-take-all.

It really doesn't bother me that under this formula Texas would have more delegates than California despite having lower population. In fact, it is a fair way to encourage California to do something to have a greater voice in the delegate selection process.

In 20-20 hindsight, we should have seen this coming.

[SoConPubbie]

But if our choice is between th devil and the deep blue sea, I’ll take the latter and pray to God. We can’t have Obama and derailing Romney at this point is all but impossible. Credit must be given where credit is due, and like it or not, he won pretty handidly and among major demographics in IL. The Fat Lady sings.

Then you are throwing your vote away. Romney can't win.

I am also surprised, that as the Christian you are, that you can still vote for a man who has whole-heartedly backed the Gay Agenda and has not backed away from it, has not repented for it.

It would better for all conservatives involved, that if Romney is the nominee, that we spend our time making sure actual conservatives are elected in lower races and start laying the groundwork for either removing the influence of the GOP-E in the GOP or working on an actual conservative third-party for a home for conservatives.

[NoGrayZone]

"4 more years of rule under the boy-Muslim will be the end of America, period. Carve it in stone....America RIP."

Why so negative? barry wants a fight....we should give it to him. He has NO idea how vast we are. Look at the history of our Founding Fathers. It seemed they were out numbered.

"Somehow" America was born.

I believe we need a re-birth of America. Too many commies/socialists have infiltrated. There is only one way to remove them, and it isn't pretty.

[dragnet2]

The tea party gave Mitt Romney perhaps his biggest victory yet, a top executive in the group told The Washington Times.

Ya know when the TP suddenly obtained, "Top Executives", where it was going.

[Antoninus]

Please. Any group with Dick Armey as it's spokes-tool is not for real when it comes to reform. He is the ultimate insider hack.

That this group would endorse Romney is absolutely no surprise.

It's looking more likely that I will be an ex-Republican very soon. I will never support Romney under any circumstances. He is toxic.

[Zathras]

I’m going to catch flack for this but I agree with Freedomworks.

Newt (to whom I’ve sent funds in support) can’t seem to move forward beyond some portions of the South.

Santorium seems daily more like a High School Nun with her ruler ready to wack someone who misbehaves.

RP...enough said.

So who do you have left?

Palin
Perry
Ryan

None have the funds or organization to do it this late in the game.

The Tea Party movement has moved the country slowly to a more conservative thought. Concentrate on keeping the House, capturing the Senate and kicking Obama to the curb.

Stop playing tick-tac-toe while the RATS are playing Chess.

[NoGrayZone]

"We are stuck with Romney or Obama. Make your choice. I still would rather hit the wall at 70mph rather than at 140mph."

I'd rather not hit the wall at all.

[LibLieSlayer]

I voted for Newt in Mississippi's primary and I will not tell anyone here on FR how to vote... all I can tell you is that I would rather take one between the eyes than vote for romney. I cannot vote for romney... any more than I can turn from my faith in GOD. I just cannot do it... no way.

LLS

[houeto]

"The only solution to this problem is annihilation of the blue blood country clubbers at the RNC..."

That needs to be screamed from the rooftops.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Make your choice. I still would rather hit the wall at 70mph rather than at 140mph.

Third party or write in. I'll die on my feet before living on my knees, thanks.

[Antoninus]

Better Romney than Obama any day of the week. Four more years of Obama and with major lifetime Supreme Court appointments and the rest of the federal judicairy, we are cooked if Obama is re-elected.

Look at Romney's record of judge appointments in MA. We are cooked either way. It's bad enough when a Democrat president puts liberals on the bench. But when a Republican president does it, it's *game over* That's why it is absolutely VITAL that we not nominate him.

Most annoying to me is that Democrat presidents never "slip" and put a Souter on the bench by accident. Ever wonder why it's only our guys that do that?

[NoGrayZone]

Amen LLS. Let “what is to be done, be done”.

[Timber Rattler]

The truth is, Sarah Palin needed to step up and lead the movement, she chose not to, so it’s failing.

You are 100% correct. If she had run, she'd be on top right now, and the GOP-E would be flailing wildly trying to stop her (again).

[Steelfish]

You make a good analysis and I won’t quarrel. But as Rush says maybe just maybe Romney is the “conservative alternative” He has agreed to defund Planned Parenthood, a convert to the anti-abortion cause, and does not believe in gay marriage and is prepared to take on the Chinese and the Iranians. We’ll simply have to hold his feet to the fire. But this is not an election for anyone who believes in God and country to sit it out. That would border on treason. In the general, it’s anybody but Obama.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I just don’t think we should give up yet on having a conservative as the nominee. Anything can still happen.

[Antoninus]

We are stuck with Romney or Obama. Make your choice. I still would rather hit the wall at 70mph rather than at 140mph.

Not me. If this country's going to be destroyed anyway, let the Democrats do it and let the Republicans be known as the party who opposed the destruction. I will not give my vote to a liberal--and especially not a liberal Republican.

[SoConPubbie]

You make a good analysis and I won’t quarrel. But as Rush says maybe just maybe Romney is the “conservative alternative” He has agreed to defund Planned Parenthood, a convert to the anti-abortion cause, and does not believe in gay marriage and is prepared to take on the Chinese and the Iranians. We’ll simply have to hold his feet to the fire. But this is not an election for anyone who believes in God and country to sit it out. That would border on treason. In the general, it’s anybody but Obama.

There is nothing in Mitt's record so support the following assumptions:

1. He has made an honest conversion to conservatism.
2. He has quit lying. (Quite the opposite, remember the recent "I've always been Pro-Life" statement at CPAC?)
3. That anyone would be able to hold his feet to the fire.

You're living on hope.

The last time America did that, we got Obama.

[Diogenesis]

Romney would be WORSE than Obama.

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[dfwgator]

They don’t speak for me.