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Meghan McCain's Endorsement May Solidify Mitt Romney's Status as Moderate
Yahoo! News ^ | March 16, 2011 | Tina Molly Lang

Posted on 03/16/2011 10:07:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

On Monday, Meghan McCain told Kennesaw State University that she wants Mitt Romney, not Sarah Palin, to be the next president.

As McCain explained, "My personal favorite right now is Mitt Romney. I like that he's not so radical. I like that he has really, really played his cards right, almost perfectly since the last election" (as reported by Marietta Daily Journal).

McCain's endorsement may be a double-edged sword for Romney. On the one hand, her endorsement is a boon because she chose him over her own father's running mate. And McCain enjoys a devoted following among independents, moderate Republicans and young voters, which could help him with crucial swing voters.

On the other hand, praise from a high-profile moderate like McCain could backfire on Romney as conservatives might take it as further evidence that he's too liberal for the Republican Party.

Other recent news stories suggest the conservative base's reservations about Romney: Mike Huckabee's attacks on "RomneyCare," David Axelrod's praise of Romney's health plan and Rick Santorum's attacks on Romney.

Last month, Huckabee began promoting his new book, A Simple Government. In his book, he criticized Romney's health plan, comparing it to "ObamaCare." According to Politico, Huckabee argued that if Romney wanted to be a serious contender for the GOP nomination, then he needed to admit that he was wrong and to see that as a lesson on why socialized medicine doesn't work.....

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And McCain enjoys a devoted following among independents, moderate Republicans and young voters

What is their source for this information?

21 posted on 03/16/2011 10:38:32 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Megan McCain/Alvin Greene 2012


22 posted on 03/16/2011 10:42:20 PM PDT by Avery Iota Kracker (He hate me.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

23 posted on 03/16/2011 10:44:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s all about fooling the middle. Obama is a die hard Socialist but he can come off as a left of center President to many. Romney is very Conservative yet can do the head fake from the right. He even has quite a few here fooled. Reagan did the same.


24 posted on 03/16/2011 10:50:56 PM PDT by byteback
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meghan “The Kingmaker”

The media is delusional.


25 posted on 03/16/2011 10:53:47 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (The most dangerous place on the face of the earth is between a liberal and their money.)
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To: byteback

Yeah, Romneycare and his waffling on abortion certainly faked me out. All this time, I just thought Mitt was just a moderate.


26 posted on 03/16/2011 10:54:23 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: byteback

Wind the tape back, I don’t think I understood you correctly.


27 posted on 03/16/2011 10:59:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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To: byteback
> Romney is very Conservative...

Hmmm. Got yet Flame-Proof Magic Underwear on?

You might gonna need 'em, making remarks like that around here...

28 posted on 03/16/2011 11:00:12 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Paul Kib
An endorsement by Ms. Mccain carries a lot of weight, about 300 hundred pounds of pure baby fat.
29 posted on 03/16/2011 11:00:34 PM PDT by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: dayglored; byteback

“yet” -> “yer”


30 posted on 03/16/2011 11:01:02 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Rational Thought
You must be kidding. Hope that was a sarc.

I don't know who my candidate is yet. we're still LONG way out. But I GUARANTEE it won't be from the McCain family or anyone connected to them. I want a conservative with fire in their belly this time.

Tired of the same stupid, spineless bunch that we've been getting offered up for the gipper. Here I am again, not voting for someone, but voting against someone. The lesser evil is still evil.

31 posted on 03/16/2011 11:01:18 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
...we’re going to be picking our own candidate this time. No more McCains.

Recently, another FReeper claimed we need certain endorsements for our candidates, such as Letterman or Leno.

I ripped this idiot a new butt hole.

32 posted on 03/16/2011 11:03:03 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: dayglored
Got yet Flame-Proof Magic Underwear on?

Yea every once in a while I venture out and show my elitism since I attended college.

33 posted on 03/16/2011 11:07:36 PM PDT by byteback
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mitt’s Twit.....


34 posted on 03/16/2011 11:14:42 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: byteback; dayglored

Oh, you’re the one out of 400,000 FReepers who attended college? I’d heard of you, but didn’t know which one you were.


35 posted on 03/16/2011 11:19:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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Romney?????? No way, Jose.


36 posted on 03/16/2011 11:23:40 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

they are kidding right? why do they keep redefining what the GOP is?


37 posted on 03/16/2011 11:57:08 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s only one thing I’d believe if Meghan McCain said it and that is: I’d like another GIANT helping of mashed potatoes with 3 lbs. of butter.


38 posted on 03/17/2011 12:02:03 AM PDT by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

ROTFLOL

Please don’t post anymore mind numbed stupid articles about mind numbed stupid Meghan McCain. She deserves to fade into the wall paper.


39 posted on 03/17/2011 12:16:26 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: byteback

Romney’s Bain Co. bought Burlington Coat Co. to get the building that Romney (Bain Co.) sold to the Jihadists to build the Victory Mosque at Ground Zero.
Romney helped the people who want to build a memorial to the Muslim Terrorists that destroyed the World Trade Center.


40 posted on 03/17/2011 12:21:49 AM PDT by namvolunteer (We draw the Congressional districts this time)
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