Posted on 09/03/2014 1:53:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
— Albert Einstein
Unbelievably, the drumbeat has begun for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to run for president a third time. The man who lost twice for president is now being encouraged by many party leaders to give it another try.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, recently told MSNBC, “I think he’s proven right on a lot of stuff. I happen to be in the camp that thinks he’s actually going to run, and I think he will be the next president of the United States.”
Chaffetz is not alone; commentator Ann Coulter, Internet titan Matt Drudge and many others are on board the Romney 2016 bandwagon. In addition, Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Romney’s running mate in 2012, told reporters last week that he would “love to see Mitt Romney run for president again.”
Romney is the darling of the establishment wing of the party. He is a moderate from the Northeast who is not known for strong positions on social issues. For example, he has changed his stance on gay marriage and abortion multiple times.
While he is for a secure border and opposed to amnesty, he is the worst possible candidate to address the dangers of socialized medicine. As governor, Romney championed a Massachusetts version of government-operated healthcare. President Barack Obama used Romney’s plan as a model for the disastrous Affordable Care Act that was foisted on the American people.
Even with all of his baggage, Romney was positioned to defeat Obama in the last election. He won the first debate and needed strong performances in the final two outings to seal the deal with the American people.
Instead, he listened to his advisers and played it safe. The result is that Romney missed many opportunities to blast the president on the Benghazi terrorist attack and wound up agreeing with Obama on a number of issues.
In the last election, his comments on the “47 percent” of Americans on government assistance and his remarks about “binders full of women” were manipulated by the media and misinterpreted by voters.
His successful background as a Bain Capital executive was easy fodder for Democrats to attack him as a rich, heartless businessman. Sadly, his leadership position in the Mormon Church was an issue for some evangelical Christian voters who were not comfortable supporting a candidate who did not share their religious faith.
For reasons both fair and unfair, Romney was not a particularly good presidential candidate in two nationwide elections. Despite this track record, insiders in the Republican Party are obviously in love with the idea of another Romney campaign. According to Ryan, he should run because “the third time’s the charm.”
Fortunately, Romney has not taken the bait so far. He has been adamant that he is not running again. Hopefully, he will continue to hold off these misguided requests and spend his time supporting good GOP candidates across the country.
Romney can certainly play a role as a fundraiser. He should be a respected elder statesman but not subject the Republican Party or the country to another presidential campaign.
The bottom line is that Romney cannot win. He does not unite the wings of the Republican Party and is not an effective candidate to reach independent voters.
Like moderate presidential candidates Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole and John McCain, Mitt Romney was unable to win, even after two attempts.
Now, it is time for the Republican Party to start a new chapter and nominate a reliable conservative who can articulate a positive message to the American people. This type of candidate can win in 2016. Clearly, Romney cannot.
Maybe we should put the nation on Cruz Control?
How many low information voters still believe Romney is against amnesty?
He quit on the issue in the general.
Tancredo and NumbersUSA endorsed Santorum. Im pretty sure even in the primary, Romney wanted a massive amount of guest workers. He promised all these tech workers and he got 20% of the Indian immigrant vote.
I don’t even see how guest workers help pander to Hispanics. I’m sure all these Hispanic voters get all excited about how many slaves Zuckerberg gets to import.
http://madisonproject.com/2012/06/romneys-bold-statement-on-obamas-illegal-administrative-amnesty/
“I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered, and should be solved on a long term basis so they know what their future would be in this country,” Romney said after a campaign stop in Milford, New Hampshire.
“I think the action that the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long term solution because an executive order is, of course, a short term matter and can be reversed by subsequent presidents,” Romney said.
“I would like to seek legislation that deals with this issue and I happen agree with Marco Rubio as he looked at, considered this issue, he said that this is an important matter that we have to find a long term solution,” Romney said.
King, who is from Iowa, said that Florida Rep. David Rivera’s bill, called “Studying Towards Adjusted Residency Status Act,” or STARS – which was introduced in May – “meets the definition of amnesty.”
There are other alternatives to voting for the faux conservative and staying home - you could write in the candidate that best represents your convictions.
“To this day, no one knows what Mitt Romney’s reason is for being involved in political campaigning.”
That’s not hard to figure out. As a young boy, he was a firsthand eyewitness to his father’s defeat at the Republican convention. I think that he has carried the sting of that his whole life, and he has always wanted to succeed where dad failed.
Unequivocally Fk U Mitt...
I was convinced by JR and Dr. Wheeler, at the last minute, to support this POS.
I won’t be doing it again and if you send another like him, Dole or any Bush, even so much as enters the race, I’ll quit that day and there supporting anyone.
I’ll keep my money and spend my time on more pleasing activities...like making money.
Results are unambiguous.
Romney shouldn’t remind you of President Nixon.
Romney has a single victory to show for his entire decades old political career, he failed in that office and gave up running for reelection and left with 34% approval.
Navy Lt. Commander Richard Nixon came out of WWII and became a two term Congressman, sworn in one year after resigning his Navy commission.
Congressman Nixon later won office as a United States Senator, and then served as a two term Vice President of the United States as veep he ran for and lost that 1960 presidential election by only thousands of votes.
Mitt Romney is a true loser, with almost nothing to show for decades of campaigning, except that one lonely, less than 50% election win which ended in failure, his having to give up his plan for reelection, and losing the seat to democrats after his having been the 4th GOP governor in a row.
YES. Romney represents the GOP.
Chaffetz sold out like many of the flip flop Mormon Republicans like Jeff Flake, Romney,Issa and Buck McKeon.
I dont know if regular Mormons get asked about their views on illegals.
http://utahpoliticalcapitol.com/2014/07/15/utah-businesses-urge-congress-to-act-on-immigration/
Yes. Yes they are.
I agree and think that he blames conservatives and Christians for the shame and embarrassment heaped on his parents, both his anti-war father, and his pro-abortion Senate candidate of 1970, mother.
That would also explain why he left the party because of Reagan, and didn't become a republican again (after supporting the democrats) until Clinton was in the White House.
Romney and anyone named Bush should sit this one out. And all the rest of them too.
Paul Ryan maybe. Mitt Romney? Puh-leeze.
“If one looks back over the political history of this country, there is only one other man other than Richard Nixon who has been his party’s nominee for president or vice president five times. That is Franklin Roosevelt.”
I don’t want to see a Romney, Bush, Newt, Santorum, Bachmann, Paul, Huckabee or Northeastern/Midwestern Ripon Republican of any kind.
Guess you haven’t been following Eddie Munster’s career and pronouncements?
Yep, and Nixon won 4 of his five, while it is widely agreed that the 1960 election was stolen from him.
Seriously, the only ones that I know of who actually want Romney to run again are Democrats and Democrat flacks in the lamestream media.
They were insane to force him upon us last time. The GOPe is not sane.
It’s not insanity when it’s done on purpose. Welcome to the one party system. The RINOs wanted obama to win in ‘08 so they got McDingbat to pimp him. They wanted obama to win in ‘12 so they ran the goofiest candidates they could find. They want obama to win in ‘16 so they’ll run the same tried and true losers again. Ok, fine, if hussein hasn’t completely destroyed the Constitution by ‘16 they’ll have to run Hillary but the final vote tally will be the same.
You forgot Bush.
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