Posted on 06/19/2014 3:36:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
He's said over and over that he won't run for the White House a third time, but a new poll indicates that if Mitt Romney changed his mind and made another bid for president, he'd be the frontrunner among Republicans in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.
According to the Suffolk University/Boston Herald survey, which was released Thursday, 24% of Granite State Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP say that Romney would be their first choice for their party's presidential nomination.
Among the potential 2016 GOP contenders, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was a distant second, at 9%, with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky at 8%, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 7%.
While the survey may make headlines, it's important to remember that Romney's very well known in New Hampshire. He owns a vacation home in the state, has often appeared at GOP events in New Hampshire, and was governor of neighboring Massachusetts. Romney easily won the 2012 Republican primary, but lost the state by six percentage points to President Barack Obama in the general election....
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
"Yes. I mean impeccable personal history means not Bill or Hillary’s personsal history."
Oh, so as long as he isn't a Clinton, it's okay for him to be pro-abortion and pro-queer. Gotcha.
" I mean Romney coud baby sit for you and you would not have to hide the silver ware or use a chastity belt on your kids. I mean that romney’s personal traits are excellent. Maybe his political views are not your cup of tea, but Romney as a person is excellent."
Well, you at least have one thing right: pro-baby murder and pro-queer is definitely not my "cup of tea." I'm sorry you find it so easy to overlook, and, in fact, describe as "excellent personal traits."
Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.
Wrong.
McCain and Palin were AHEAD by 6% when
Romney and his bloodthirsty surrogates went
after the Palin family.
Why dont you read the urls you were sent, Mitt.
Are you implying that neither Mark Begich nor Kay Hagan ever will be president? : )
But seriously, losing a big election seems to have become a prerequisite for eventually being elected president. Nixon lost the 1960 presidential election (allegedly) and the 1962 CA gubernatorial election; Carter finished *third* in the 1966 Democrat primary for GA governor; Reagan lost the 1976 GOP presidential nomination; Bush 41 lost the 1964 and 1970 U.S. Senate elections in TX and the 1980 GOP presidential nomination; Clinton lost a U.S. House race in 1974 and lost reelection as AR governor in 1980; Bush 43 lost a U.S. House race in 1978; and Obama lost the 2000 Democrat primary for a U.S. House seat in 2000.
Thank you. There are many reasons for Romney’s defeat, and plenty of blame to go around, THAT attitude being one.
Bravo.
this is where the Romney haters really get off their talking points.
They hate Romney. After that, it gets cloudy.
Obama won in 2008 because Mitt Romney convinced conservatives to stay home and elect Obama because his “surrogates” attacked Sarah Palin, who was ahead at the time. OR, Obama won in 2008 because conservatives stayed home to watch Obama elected to teach the GOP a lesson, because John McCain wasn’t conservative enough, not noting the Romney “surrogates” attacking Sarah Palin. Then, Obama won in 2012 because Mitt Romney’s “surrogates” attacked Sarah Palin’s family four years prior OR they wanted to teach the GOP a lesson, no mention of any “surrogates”. Take your pick. The Romney haters here want all of you to believe that you’re all a bunch of dopes, being duped by Mitt Romney in 2008 when you didn’t even know it! It was really Mitt Romney who convinced all of you to stay home because you didn’t like John McCain. Are you that easily fooled? According to the Romney haters, you are.
The way to REALLY teach the country a lesson is to elect a far left liberal, according to the Romney haters here on the premiere conservative website.
Don’t ask their candidate for 2016, OR their candidate for 2008 or 2012. It gets them off their Romney hatred talking points.
If ONLY they expressed the same outrage at the actions of President Barack Hussein Obama......but then, they would no longer be victims.
Next in line, attacks on Jeb Bush, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum........isn’t that right, Romney haters?
Excellent point. But as wonderful as Scott Walker may be, and he has indeed been a magnificent Governor, I can't see how a candidate in our current society, with the emphasis on education beyond the college level and the current Liberal press, is elected to president without a college diploma even on the second try.
Yes, it says do not receive those with ‘false teaching’, however your perspective of false teaching will come from where you go to church and the church doctrine you receive...it’s that simple.
Constantly copying scripture into a post does not make it read by others, most just scroll past it because after ten or twelve of those, it becomes an aggrivation and not a teaching tool. You have no idea what others are standing up for, with reading one or two posts of theirs on FR...that’s absurd.
This is a political forum and although most people here are believers, it’s basis is not religious.
Looking at your posting history, I can tell you really like the phrase “premiere conservative website.”
That’s always been my point. I’m not a fan of the primary schedule, but you have to work with it. What bothers me far more than anything is seeing people claim they would rather have another far leftist like Obama claiming that somehow it would help the GOP. It won’t. The damage being done by the Obama administration may never be fixed.
In the last two election cycles, this place in particular has been a total circular firing squad. In every thread, any GOP candidate mentioned was attacked (usually by the same small but vocally abusive group) as being “liberal” or not conservative enough. When I see Rick Santorum being called a liberal here, I seriously shake my head. I realize that people are on the net to wreak havoc at times and some of this bluster I see here is just that, but there is a sense in the republican party that nobody can satisfy the more vocal critics.
I will not vote for Hillary Clinton under any circumstance. Period. I won’t vote for her by proxy either by staying home or writing in a name. Oh, the usual response is “you don’t care about the candidate”. Knock off that crap, the attacks here on those of us who truly understand the primary process by those wreaking havoc is silly. The energy wasted among those who demand the invisible perfect conservative really needs to be put forth to find said candidate.
This presidential election is going to be ALL on the net. Twitter, facebook, instagram, forums like this. It will probably be the first, but not the last election to be totally dependent upon social media. I hope everyone’s ready for that.
Well the only choice of who to vote for is decided by those who do not share the more conservative values. Without a candidate that shares ones values, it’s then a vote for the ‘lesser of two evils’ and that causes many to stay home.
Nice of you to study my posting history. I don’t do that, but then, it’s not my style.
Isn’t FR the premiere conservative website?
Yes they were and McCain screwed it up, when Palin was stating who Obama was in a public forum, McCain stopped her and said Obama was a decent man. McCain lost a lot of voters on that day who decided to vote for Obama. Palin looked shocked and rightfully so, McCain blew their chance at the WH...in one endorsement of Obama’s character.
I have no candidate to push because I am looking for someone who isn’t a religious nutcase. I like common sense. I am Christian, so I do see some things from that viewpoint."
From your post, I take a few interesting things.
You're a Christian, but you look askance at "very religious" folks. They have a closed mind and, in fact, might qualify as "nutcases." You, on the other hand, have common sense and you see SOME things from a religious viewpoint.
Therefore, you're one of those "Christians" who are only slightly religious, and who think POVs based on non-Christian theory are equally valid. The things you do happen to see from a Christian POV are those which don't conflict with your OWN personal priority of being seen as tolerant and "open-minded." Don't want to be mistaken for one of those toothless, Bible-thumping snake handlers, right?
Yeah. I've seen the type before.
Bulls eye! Laughing out loud really, really loud.....you summed it up extraordinarily well. : )
Yep, excuses are cheap but they dont make a winning candidate.
When I listen to the utter lameness of the Dems excuses for Obama
(”How would Obama know what is in his Obamacare bill, or know what is going on in those agencies?? No one should expect that of him. Its not his responsibility”)
I am reminded of all the pretzel twisting excuses made on this side for GWB, usually mirrored from talk radio.
“Its not Bush's fault that Iraq war turned into a mess while he was C+C, thats not his responsiblity”
“Its not Bush's fault the economy tanked in the last of his EIGHT years, he saved the economy with tax cuts but later in in his term Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Barney Fwank tanked it AFTER that. It wasnt his economy”
Yep, to read many past posts here Bush was responsible for nothing that went bad in his 8 years, as with Obama on MSNBC now.
Great if you live in bubble.
Well, I didn't "study" it as much as scroll through it, but you're welcome to view mine. That's what it's there for, right?
"Isn’t FR the premiere conservative website?"
There you are! If I were playing a drinking game I'd be on the floor!
Thanks for the offer, but honestly, I really don’t spend tons of time here, maybe when I’m retired and traveling the world by yacht I will. I won’t be looking through your posting history, it’s of zero interest to me.
“there you are”? Drinking games were played during my college days.
Rut roh. It’s Bush’s fault!
Romney haters, Bush haters....next in line is...?
Unbelievable that you would say such a thing.
I am a very conservative Christian, however, I am not in agreement with Christians being as divisive as I have seen lately. The Bible is clear to warn a ‘divisive man once or twice then have nothing more to do with him’.
As Christians we are not to try and beat others into submission with the Word of God...especially if the person trying to teach someone is not understanding that all Scripture interprets itself, so taking it out of context to just make a point is ridiculous.
Especially if you are trying to get people to support Romney! The Mormon Church is built on Freemasonry, as is the Illuminati, NWO, and a lot of things that are not part of what most of us would vote for. I would not support an Islamist Extremist anymore than I would support an extremist who is claiming to be a Christian or Catholic, because most extremists are not Jesus centered but self centered....Jim Jones is a good example.
My whole point has been that “you can stand in a garage and claim to be a car, but that does NOT make you one”. Anymore than someone who goes to church and claims to be a Christian, really is a Christian. O Drama claims to be a Christian, enough said.
If you were a real godly person you would have discerned me by the Holy Spirit and have known what I meant.
I see several people on FR who give pages and pages of Scripture or religious material as a rebuff to things they just don’t understand, when they could condense that into a few paragraphs for easy understanding and be heard.
And lastly, who the h4&& are you to question my Christianity? I am a daughter of the KING, and I am probably more intense in my devotion to Christ than a lot of people. I am NOT however using it to beat people over the head to buy my candidate a vote, if I had one.
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