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Romney Recycled
Wall Street Journal. ^ | 1/13/15 | WSJ Editorial Board

Posted on 01/14/2015 6:44:15 AM PST by DoodleDawg

If Mitt Romney is the answer, what is the question? We can think of a few worthy possibilities, though one that doesn’t come immediately to mind is who would be the best Republican presidential nominee in 2016.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; romney
I can't sum it up better that the Wall Street Journal. Editorial Board does.
1 posted on 01/14/2015 6:44:16 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Subscription required to see more than this.

Dog catcher of Washington, DC?


2 posted on 01/14/2015 6:45:27 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: DoodleDawg

The question? Ummm ... Who belongs to a CULT GROUP?!

I ain’t votin’ for no cult group member!


3 posted on 01/14/2015 6:56:52 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: DoodleDawg

The problem with “Romney Recycled” is that the end product is still Mitt Romney.


4 posted on 01/14/2015 6:57:25 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: DoodleDawg
All it takes to deflate a Romney bid for renomination is to:
  1. point out the disastrous effects of ObamaCare, including the dearth of full-time employment, the UNaffordable premiums and deductions, the disincentives for entry into the medical profession and the incentives to retire from it . . .

  2. point out that no Republican in the US Congress voted for it . . .

  3. play a clip of Jonathan Gruber denigrating anyone who believed the sales pitch he made for ObamaCare, and

  4. play this: "Mitt Romney Credits Jonathan Gruber For "Econometric Model””
Do that, and Romney is toast. RomneyCare in MA is the only reason Romney couldn’t dominate Obama in the second and third debates as he did in the first. Romney is the only Republican who couldn’t run against ObamaCare.

As the Journal indicates, we had lousy fields in ’08 and ’12, but we have plenty of candidates in ’16 who are better than anyone who ran since GWB. Or since Reagan, for that matter.

5 posted on 01/14/2015 7:14:31 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: WayneS

Do they still make Brylcream ? If so, make Romney CEO of that.


6 posted on 01/14/2015 7:18:44 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

A little dab...


7 posted on 01/14/2015 7:29:03 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: WayneS

Well, since we the people, ruled as we are by an hidden oligarchy who place candidates in our path whom they choose, we the people will be voting for one or another of the oligarchs’ picks for US. So, what difference does it make which one of their choices we vote into office? ... How many Freepers actually believe that Mitt Romney would have been as destructive to America as the regime of L4B has been? ... And that question will be avoided at all costs by those who live in a fantasy world which posits we the people are still the sovereigns of American Republican Governance.


8 posted on 01/14/2015 7:41:18 AM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Therrrrrrrre ya go!


9 posted on 01/14/2015 7:59:16 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: WayneS

That’s because he’s made with 99% post-consumer waste!


10 posted on 01/14/2015 8:16:53 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: DoodleDawg
Why would the GOP re-run this LOSER? He is a proven LOSER, not once but twice.
11 posted on 01/14/2015 10:33:45 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Romney should run—but if he can’t deliever a better message—he should be soundly rejected by the GOP! He didn’t do it before—he better now! Take off the gloves, the Mittens, no more Mr. Nice Mormon-—Channel your inner Brigham Young! Should he run—yes—should he win? That’s another story. His running may well bring out more on the right. In the end it could be the best thing that could happen—For Ted Cruz! Now would Mitt make a good Sec. of State? Yes, Could he serve in other ways? Yes. He would be an OK VP (but then so would Trump). If I had my choice it would be Ted Cruz for President. Still, it might be too soon for the articulate Texan. He is needed in the Senate. I don’t see anyone else out there? Walker? Perry? Huckleberry (no way).


12 posted on 01/14/2015 10:37:24 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: 2001convSVT; Impy; fieldmarshaldj

The response was quick and severe. 2012 Romney supporters in the news pouring cold water on the Romney ‘16 idea. Did you see all the articles today?!

He’s a carcass and the grassroots vultures will delight in putting him to defeat in state after state from IA to SC and beyond.

Bush is a carcass, too.

By the time summer hits, Christie will look better to the insiders ... and even Rudy Giuliani. This is not going to be a good year for RINOs.


13 posted on 01/14/2015 10:26:38 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (-They will believe in hell when they get there. St. Pio)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

From your fingers to God’s ears.


14 posted on 01/15/2015 5:07:16 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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