From Rudy to Romney [Patrick Ruffini says Mitt is "vastly more conservative on everything else"]

hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog ^ | 1/29/08 | Patrick Ruffini

[inkling]

I'm with Patrick. Now that Fred and Rudy are out, I guess I'll go for Mitt.

This feels like 1996 all over again...

[RonDog]

From www.patrickruffini.com/about:

Patrick Ruffini is an online strategist dedicated to helping Republicans and conservatives achieve dominance in a networked era. He has seen American politics from every vantagepoint — as a campaign staffer, activist, and analyst. This site is his on-again, off-again effort to chronicle the glories and absurdities of American politics; eleven years after coding his first website, it’s a habit he can’t quite break.

Shaping Online Strategy

Ruffini currently advises Republican candidates and organizations on mastering new media, with a disciplined focus on Web site, e-mail, and blog strategies shaped by years of experience in the field. His strategic consulting firm is set to publicly launch in the summer of 2007. For more information on potentially working together, he encourages you to email workingtogether@patrickruffini.com.

From 2005 to 2007, Ruffini served as eCampaign Director at the Republican National Committee, overseeing the Party’s online strategy for the 2006 election cycle. His tenure saw unprecedented outreach to the online community, breakthroughs in online fundraising, and successful initiatives in the emerging worlds of social media, online video, and text messaging. Even during a difficult election cycle, the RNC’s relationship with the blogosphere grew closer and stronger than ever. Beyond these successes, the RNC’s eCampaign serves as the Republican Party’s R&D arm for innovation on the Internet, where no major development online goes unnoticed or is left untapped. In this role, Ruffini advised Republican candidates and organizations at all levels on best practices for winning online...

[ari-freedom]

“vastly”
hehehe

[RonDog]

ping

[jwalsh07]

I'll support Mitt to defeat McCain. In fact McCains win tonight prompted me to get off my duff and send Mitt some money. What the hell, if he's spending millions to defeat McCain, I can chip in a bit.

As for McCain, I wouldn't vote for him for dogcatcher.

[Antoninus]

Gee, a Rudy-bot moving to the next least conservative candidate? Color me shocked.

[angkor]

Since I’m a conservative, I’ll have to vote that way which means Romney, hands down and without question over McCrazy the covert Democrat.

Good thing I happen to like Romney and agree with him.

Funny how things work like that.

[RonDog]

ping

[libbylu]

Ditto to all, I sent money tonight too. If you find anyway else I can help please let me know.
I think the ads McCain ran saying he was the only one could beat the dems had a bad effect., not to mention his other nasty ads. I hope Mitt gets a chance to carve him up tomorrow.... maybe bring out the mcqueeg temper.

[EternalVigilance]

"Mitt Romney IS Giuliani. He's just lying about it." - Alan Keyes

[Antoninus]

"Mitt Romney IS Giuliani. He's just lying about it." - Alan Keyes

That's it, in a nutshell.

[jwalsh07]

Good on ya libbylu, money talks and you know what walks. ;-}

[WOSG]

RINO MCCAIN DOESNT FIT - VOTE FOR MITT. ... or to put it another way ...

BETTER A CONVERT THAN A TRAITOR

[ARE SOLE]

I heard McCain is out of cashish. This means, going forward, no last minute lying commercials from Mr Campaign Finance “Reform”.

Regards

[WOSG]

Yes, compared with the RINO McCain, Romney IS the more conservative. Do you deny that obvious reality?

Florida voters figured it out. Pro-amnesty, pro-abort, moderates, anti-Bush voters, independents all went for McCain.
Prolife, churchgoers, economic conservatives, conservative voters, went for Romney.

[ilgipper]

Patrick’s view is well thought out here.

[WOSG]

I would hope so, but I fear the establishment special interests in DC smell McCain as the victor and will throw him cash... the proamnesty candidate can get all he wants from the cheap labor lobbies and the multi-culturalist/Soros types (check FR article on the Univision head helping McCain).

[WOSG]

“Mitt Romney is a better candidate than he lets on. His business acumen has hardly been explored in this campaign, at least not early enough. He is, as they say in Boston, wicked smart. Of all the candidates running, it is hardest to see the colossal managerial failures of Katrina happening under his watch. His plan wasn’t perfect, but I like the fact that he’s a Republican who’s tackled the health care issue. He can communicate about matters of war and peace, and his instincts are sound. He could position himself as a clean break on the economy. Attributes he had to soft sell in the primary campaign would provide attractive contrasts to Hillary Clinton in a general election. And in Presidential elections, Governors beat Senators. Romney is our last chance of getting that historically winning combination.”

Well said.

[Prokopton]

Mitt Romney IS Giuliani. He's just lying about it."

Yea, that's why liberal Rudy is endorsing liberal Johnny.