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To: George W. Bush; Plutarch
A candidate has to find the right balance before a huge variety of audiences.

And Mitt has connected better than anyone else with a majority of people in the early primary states. I'd say, he's doing pretty well. I am sure the other candidates would jump at the chance to change places with him if they could be leading in those states.

While I don't often disagree with you, in this case, I do disagree with the bulk of what you said. Perhaps, if all we had to go on were his words or his debate performances, you'd be right. However, we have his actual record as governor by which to judge him. His record as governor is the best indicator of his future actions. Actions speak louder than mere words.

He governed dark blue Massachusetts in a very conservative fashion. That's a lot harder to do than in a red state.

As that great FReeper, Plutarch, once said:
"Being pro-life as a Republican Senator from Tennessee isn't heavy political lifting, it is more like rolling off a log. Romney in Massachusetts was fighting upstream against raging left-wing rapids, while Thompson (R-TN) was drifting lazily along barely paddling downstream along Tennessee's right wing current."

The chances of him going backwards or retreating from this conservative course are slim to none when he's already weathered the storm in such a hostile environment and proven his commitment. As Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe put it: "Romney’s very public migration rightward over the last few years is . . . intended not to hide his real views but to liberate them."

Basically, people lazily focus on words or a certain style rather than looking at the real record and his current platform. Mitt doesn't get enough credit for his actual record and the things he did on behalf of the pro-life and pro-family causes. READ THIS. It documents many of the conservative actions taken by Romney while governor and is a testimony to the support he has received from conservatives who ACTUALLY know him and worked with him.

27 posted on 10/11/2007 9:55:54 AM PDT by redgirlinabluestate
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To: redgirlinabluestate
While I don't often disagree with you, in this case, I do disagree with the bulk of what you said. Perhaps, if all we had to go on were his words or his debate performances, you'd be right. However, we have his actual record as governor by which to judge him. His record as governor is the best indicator of his future actions. Actions speak louder than mere words.

Even granting all your other points, I will say that the nominee is the one who can personally connect with voters, make them buy into their campaign on a personal level.

Mitt hasn't done that yet. And that's why his national poll numbers are so much lower than they should be.

I am right about this. Part of Mitt's problem is that he thinks the rest of the country is like Massachusetts. Well, it isn't. He's got to make that personal connection. And it's not the Mormon thing either. George Bush managed to sell himself in this personal sense to the GOP. Mitt isn't getting it done yet. Mitt's campaign needs to focus on why before Rudi (or Fred) manage to fill that void.

The voters are looking for that candidate they connect with personally, the guy they feel they can know from his speeches, that they know what he'll do in all those situations they can't even foresee yet.
28 posted on 10/11/2007 10:25:56 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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