No way. Romney runs rings around Allen as an intellect and an organizer. Romney is building a formidable machine. I predict he will be the guy to beat in the GOP.
The MSM said all the GOP candidates ran rings around Bush in 2000.
And I don't know how his religion will play in South Carolina.
Personally I think Romney and McCain split the more moderate votes between themselves and this leaves an opening for a more conservative candidate like Allen to grab the nomination.
That being said, Romney over McCain any day.
Romney is boring sounding on the stump and it doesn't help hes a flaming Rino.
Heres just a sample of the rino in mitt romney
June 13, 2006
Mr. Kirk Sullivan
Chairman, Idaho Republican Party
Dear Mr. Sullivan,
I read with surprise that Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is scheduled to be a featured speaker at this year's Republican state convention.
Research the Idaho Values Alliance has done reveals that Mr. Romney holds views which are wildly out of alignment with the party's own platform and with public policies that are best for Idaho's families. We think Idaho citizens need to have this information.
According to his 2002 campaign website, although Romney opposes gay marriage, he believes in legal recognition of gay and lesbian relationships, saying "domestic partnership status should be recognized" in law. In an interview with Bay Windows, a Massachusetts LBGT publication, he said, "I will support and endorse efforts to provide...domestic partnership benefits to gay and lesbian couples."
In 2002, he refused to support a proposed "Protection of Marriage" amendment to the Massachusetts constitution, and appeared to be a bit embarrassed by the fact that members of his own family signed the amendment petition.
He evidently has changed his mind, and now supports such an amendment, which naturally raises questions about credibility and consistency as well as what prompted this radical shift in political positioning.
He also pledged that as Governor, he "would protect the current pro-choice status quo in Massachusetts. No law would change. The choice to have an abortion is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not the government's."
In a debate with Sen. Ted Kennedy, Romney stated that "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal." Of Roe v. Wade, he said that "we should sustain and support it."
When he was accused of being "pro-life" in the 2002 gubernatorial race, Planned Parenthood and NARAL, the leading pro-abortion organizations in the nation, launched a vigorous defense of his pro-choice bona fides.
In a July 14, 2005 press release, they reminded the public that when he was asked by Planned Parenthood in 2002 if he supported "the substance of the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade," Romney answered "yes." When he was asked if supported "state funding of abortion services through Medicaid for low-income women," he answered "yes." When he was asked if he supported "efforts to increase access to emergency contraception," he also answered "yes."
He ended his response to the questionnaire by stating, "I respect and will protect a women's right to choose...the truth is no candidate in the Governor's race in either party would deny women abortion rights."
Further, he has stated that he believes homosexuals should be allowed to serve as scoutmasters, which should be of particular concern to citizens in eastern Idaho.
In a statement he made during his senate campaign against Ted Kennedy, Romney said, "I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation." He said this despite being a member of the Boy Scout executive council at the time. His opposition to BSA policy drew a rebuke from an organization spokesman.
To add insult to injury, he refused to grant the Boy Scouts any public role in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, contrary to the customary practice of previous Olympic organizers.
His political outlook is so friendly to the gay agenda that he received the unanimous endorsement of the Log Cabin Republicans in his bid for Senate in 1994, and pledged in that race to do more for the gay community than his opponent, Sen. Ted Kennedy. He received the Log Cabin endorsement again in 2002 in his bid for governor.
More recently, he proposed doubling the funding for the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth for fiscal year 2006, twice what he proposed for FY05. This commission represents little more than an effort to use taxpayer funding to promote the normalization of homosexual behavior among high school students.
He is a strong supporter of hate-crimes laws and gay rights laws, including Sen. Kennedy's notorious federal ENDA bill. Such laws simply become weapons to intimidate, threaten, silence, and punish those who believe in the historic Judeo-Christian view of sexuality.
It was a state-level ENDA-type law that forced Catholic Charities in Romney's state of Massachusetts out of the adoption business altogether because the charity wisely insisted on placing adoptive children only in households with both a mom and a dad.
He has appointed numerous left-leaning judges, including a 2005 district court appointment of a man who served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association.
According to a 2005 AP article, Romney "has leaned more left when filling judicial vacancies...including two gay lawyers who have supported expanding same-sex rights." Twenty-three of the 36 judges or magistrates Romney has appointed are either registered Democrats or unenrolled voters who have either donated to Democratic politicians or have voted in Democratic primaries.
Of further concern to Idahoans is his apparent weakness on the Second Amendment. Romney was an open supporter of the assault weapons ban contained in a congressional crime bill, and supports the Brady bill, another gun control measure. These positions are at odds with the views of nearly all Idaho legislators and our entire congressional delegation.
We believe it is necessary for you, as the leader of the state Republican Party, to clarify for Idaho citizens the stance of party leadership on these important matters. Is the leadership of the Idaho Republican Party in agreement with Gov. Romney's positions on abortion, the radical homosexual agenda, and gun control? Idahoans deserve a clear and direct answer to these questions.
To say nothing implies an endorsement of views that are out of Idaho's mainstream, inconsistent with the state and national Republican Party platforms, and contrary to what is best for Idaho's public policy.
Sincerely,
Bryan Fischer, Executive Director
bryan@idahovaluesalliance.com
The Mass Republican Party has suffered ever since Romney took office. Instead of concentrating on being a good governor he's been running around the country looking for national support.