[nathanbedford]

A couple of days ago I posted the following, I can see now the American Spectator was lurking:

Today is Wednesday, the 23rd of August 2006, and I predict on this day the nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States in 2008 will be Mitt Romney.

I come to this conclusion by virtue of the candidate' s telegenic personality and by the utter absence of charisma among the rest of the pack. It's all about television and Romney has it. No one on these boards can claim purer conservative credentials then I have been espousing for years on these threads. I am not unaware of Romney's deficiencies. I know that he is a Mormon, I know that he is the governor of the most liberal state in the nation, I know that he is not pure on the murder of babies. Nevertheless, he will march to the right and he will get the nomination.

I actually believe that we will not be as badly fooled by Romney as we were by George Bush when Romney gains our confidence.

[NeoCaveman]

I agree with your analysis.

[JohnnyZ]

I come to this conclusion by virtue of the candidate' s telegenic personality

Did you see his preposterously bad speech at the convention?

[txrangerette]

If you were fooled by George Bush, you weren't paying attention when he ran and campaigned.

Yes, he waffled on CFR (because he would NOT kill McCain's baby and there are excuses for that, not reasons), but otherwise (few exceptions) he has been entirely predictable to what he presented himself as when he ran. Don't bother with the "he was against nation-building" c*#p. That was before 9-ll and before Iraq.

And it is the MILITARY'S classic Counterinsurgency strategy we are following in Iraq, not a civilian Bush-invented strategy. The Generals are telling Bush what they think, and he is listening.

WAAAAAAhhhhhhh!!!!! I voted for Bush and he BETRAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYED ME!!!!!

LOL

OTOH, I completely agree that Romney is the only one who has those elements you mentioned. So very, very vital, it's true. The others are terrible in that regard, no matter what else we might think of them.