Posted on 02/11/2007 11:24:18 AM PST by Clintonfatigued
If you were devising a candidate for a presidential run, what would you throw into the mix? Executive experience, obviously, so probably a governor. But not a policy wonk or professional politician: someone with private sector experience as well. A proven ability to win in territory inhospitable to your party would be a good thing. Ties to some of the early voting primary states and key swing states would be useful. Strong ties to tight regions like the Mid-West and interior West, where there are many swing states, would certainly help. Family connections have proved useful in the past. Oh, and good hair!
Though opinion polls – which mostly measure name recognition at this point – show Rudy Giuliani and John McCain as Republican front runners, with no-one else cracking double figures, most commentators and bloggers talk about the ‘big three’. In poll ratings, Mitt Romney doesn’t qualify – but most are expecting that he will before Iowa and New Hampshire vote in January 2008.
In, Iowa, he is a Mid-westerner. His father was Governor of Michigan. In New Hampshire, however they already know him as the just retired Governor of Massachusetts. Most people in the Granite State pick up the Boston media market. The next cluster of states to vote includes several in the Mid-West, including Michigan itself.
As the race moves westward, Romney will remind people that he ran the successful Salt Lake City Olympics – rescuing it from scandal. He is LDS (Latter Day Saints, or Mormon), and LDS voters are a majority in Utah and significant minorities in Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and California. In the general election Nevada, Colorado and possibly Arizona will be key swing states.
This business of having three home states – Massachusetts, Michigan and Utah – is a powerful asset.
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Romney is my least favorite candidate of all of them.
I should know this but I don't: the George Romney connected with American Motors wayyy back, president or CEO?
I'd take him over McCain in a heartbeat.
Of the major Republican candidates, the Mormon is the one who has only been married once.
I have a problem with serial adultery. If you can't keep your marriage vows, what agreement can you keep?
He was Chairman
George Romney (Mitt's Dad) was Chairman of American Motors, before being a RINO governor of Michigan and RINO Presidential candidate.
He's a far better candidate then the 2 liberal front runners, John and Rudy.
Brownback has a great family. I know no personal scandal about Hunter or Huckabee either.
I would take McCain over Romney and I could NEVER vote for McCain.
Why do we have such bad options?
Not in my estimation. Do you like your liberals open and honest or underhanded and sneaky? That's the choice I see. To me they are all liberals and I won't support any of them. Romney least of all.
Because nobody can possibly be pure enough for us unless we don't really know that much about them.
And nobody pure enough would be stupid enough to run for President and all that entails.
I don't see any reason why a Mormon cannot be President. I voted for GWB, over my fellow Catholic John Kerry. I don't support Romney because he has had too many positions on abortion. And he seemed to hold back from stopping homosexual marriage when he had the chance.
Is it just me, or is this the weakest, most limp-wristed field of RINO candidates since we nominated Wendell "FDR isn't enough of a Socialist" Wilkie in 1940? McCain, Rudy or Romney? A liar, a lib or a flip-flopper.
What's Mitt's position on abortion this week?
The more they know the less presidential Romney will seem..
Others will vote for him because of his smile..
Who? What credible conservative candidates are there in this race? There are no conservatives running who have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Not one.
Give me a break on the "pure enough" stuff. We are being offered the same liberal/"moderates" that Bush showcased in his last convention. This is a setup rather than a contest for someone who can actually represent the voters.
The writer is from the University of Cardiff as the remark reveals. If Massachussetts were in play for a Republican in a presidential election, we would be looking at certain victory. I doubt seriously if he could even put Michigan in play. But Romney might be more like Gore, who because he was not even strong enough to win his "home" state of Tennessee became another wannabee on the scrapheap of losing candidates.
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