Posted on 08/27/2009 11:53:20 AM PDT by Shout Bits
I’d vote for a gym sock before I’d vote for Mitt Romney.
Folks around here (Myself included) do not have Mitt as their first choice for POTUS but he (sadly) might be the most conservative person that Massachusetts might elect. Even if they wouldn’t it would be a nice delaying tactic forcing a special election.
You know, I’d be O.K. with Romney getting Kennedy’s seat, RINO that he is, since the Senate is a political dead-end for middle-aged white RINO politicians like him.
But didn’t Mitt just establish California residency?
Hey, if he runs for Senate, he won’t be running for President! I’m all for that!
I don’t want Romney in the Senate anywhere near ObamaCare.
I’m all for Mitt for Senate. Great idea, actually.
HUGE improvement. And if he has presidential aspirations, he could be a Senator for a term or two and then run.
better he be in the Senate than in the White House unless of course it is BO and Romney then i would vote for Romney in a heartbeat
honestly though i dont think Romney would run for the seat since he has the White House bug and seems intent on running again
The only announcement I want to hear from him is that he will never again be heard from for any reason!
The special election isn't until January of 2010.
The presidential race begins January of 2011.
Please explain how this will help his "presidential aspirations" by serving one year in the Senate.
Romney, like Giuliani, does not want to be a Senator.
These guys have such huge egos that they do not play well with others and do not want to be one of 100 — they are better suited to executive positions.
Perhaps they are correct in assessing their own relative attributes, but the GOP has failed to run many, many good Senate candidates over the years from all parts of the country. And the many of the best ones we elect choose to retire after a term or two.... one of the most significant reasons that our majorities did not grow larger in the Senate throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Another reliable liberal vote for the Senate?
What, Massachusetts wants its own John McCain?
Personally, I’d like to see a Palin/Romney ticket.
I think ex. Gov. Palin is presidential material right now, and Mitt can get some experience after 8 years of going to the Sarah Palin Graduate School of not kissing Liberal A$$
“Please explain how this will help his “presidential aspirations” by serving one year in the Senate. “
I said he could be Senator for a term or two and then run. In 2016 or 2020 is what I’m thinking. Governor, Senator, then President. It’s a good resume. Also his handling of the LA Olympics, which I’m sure many remember.
I am not a particular supporter of Romney. I just think it would make sense for him.
That would work for me. A friend of mine said that he would like to see Romney be President in 2012 w/Palin as Chief of Staff. That holds no appeal for me whatsoever.
I just don't see him making the sharp left turn necessary to get elected to any statewide office in Massachusetts, then expecting to turn right again to compete for nationwide office. He's trying to shake the flip-flop label, not cement it.
Unless he's lowered his ambitions to being 1% of the U.S. Senate, I just can't see him making this move. I think it equally unlikely that he could actually win.
*IBTZ*
Mitt is not fit...
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