Vote Fred '08
Posted on 04/16/2007 9:23:04 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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Romney is losing because he is a shameless flip flopper not because the public and suddenly fallen in love with big government and Wilsonianism overseas.
I’m sorry but this article is RIGHT ON THE MARK! Look at the 2006 election for clues to why this is on the mark! The U.S. is changing and unless we realize that - we will lose in 2008. This is not the 1990’s or 2000 anymore.
Romney’s problem is that he has not been a lifelong advocate of the principles he now espouses. Reagan Republicans are very good at sniffing out Reagan wannabe’s.
“engineered a state-wide health insurance plan that delivered universal health insurance coverage to all of Massachusetts’ residents...”
Maybe THAT’S his problem.
This has absolutely nothing to do with Reagan, Mitt belongs to a cult.
Vote Fred '08
Reaganism was a hiccup, dependent upon Reagan himself. It was a personal political movement, not a true philosophy.
Or worse, winning with a liberal republican from NY
‘Just not a lot of positive news for the good guys this morning!!
It’s not even noon, and I need a drink.
I’ve already read in another article that we are headed for a Socialist, anti-globalization world.
Then we get this friendly column saying that Conservatism and the Reagan Revolution is in the tank.
Make that a double on the rocks.
Neither was Reagan.
I'm not a Romney person, but I find it absurd that some candidates are automatically dismissed because they didn't come out of the womb spouting conservative tenets. People evolve.
Maybe THAT’S his problem.
Exactly. The article makes it seem that just because he did it without raising taxes, that he is somehow a Reagan revolution candidate. A Reagan revolution candidate would have cut taxes and privatized health care.
I just sent off my tax returns, and I had to write a check for each of them. Consider how much larger a check we'll all have to write if HILLARY becomes president and the Dems control the White House!
iraq has killed the republican party, and it will continue to kill them for years to come. the US hasnt changed that much in 4 years.
Only if you think the solution is for the GOP to run leftwards. That ain't gonna sell on a conservative website.
Look at the 2006 election for clues to why this is on the mark!
I don't see the 2006 election as vindication of the "leftward, ho!" agenda pushed by big-government Republicans.
2006 was a repudiation of the leftward drift of the GOP. You solution to 2006 is the same as liberal's solution to public schools - do more of what failed in the hopes that it eventually works.
Both are absurd.
Reagan espoused his principles for decades before he bacame president. Romney’s conversion appears to be fairly recent and rather convenient wouldn’t you say?
After being betrayed by Bush I and Bush II, we’re just a little distrusting of people who keep changing their views. I personally have no problem with Mitt but to be honest, I just didn’t trust him.
I very much agree with you. The U.S. has not undergone this fundamental change at all. It’s all about Iraq. Some freepers tried to warn about Iraq to no avail. They didn’t listen then and they will never listen. Some people can’t admit they are wrong. Bush is one of those and he is killing the Republicans.
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