Is Romney Fighting the Last War?

TIME ^ | Michael Scherer

[fernwood]

Romney tried to run as the establishment candidate, only to find that the establishment no longer held the power.

[fernwood]

An interesting article from TIME. It poses the question whether the conservative coalition still is the controlling part of the Republican Party? Romney ,the alledge newcomer to the conservative right finds out the right has faded and no longer the controlling basis of the Republican Party. People this is a wake up call, do we allow the liberal media and the maverick define the party? This is only 1 month into the primary season out of 5 months. Only 6 states so far and only four that is of significance. WE have 22 states up for grabs on Feb 5 and 3 on Feb 12th.

WE do not have to allow the maverick take this party from us if we rise up and start agitating for others to support Romney against McCain. Get involved, use your home phones and the call banks . Put up signs.

Don't just lie back and groan. There is still a chance.

[B Knotts]

The establishment definitely does hold the power. And they are not conservative.

[sageb1]

“The establishment definitely does hold the power. And they are not conservative.”

Exactly. Scherer is serving up kool aid.

[kjo]

I’m groaning because the ex-liberal governor of Taxachusetts seems to be our best choice.

Where did we go wrong? Fred ran a terrible campaign, and he was the only real conservative in the race. How did that happen?

What this primary campaign has shown thus far is that the liberal MSM is still very powerful.

[jerry557]

Only a 1/3rd of Republicans are voting for McCain. In NH, SC, and FL the conservatives are voting against McCain by gigantic margins.

[reefdiver]

What a mess were in.

[fernwood]

If the conservatives voted against McCain in Fla, why did Romney lose? The question is whether GOP the party of conservatism?

[ilgipper]

There is a lot I like about Romney, and he has ended up running a good campaign. He has beat out Fred, Rudy, Huck and everyone but McCain in this election. He has a lot to like, but a mixed record on some conservative issues.

The conservative movement needs some leadership. A Reagan, a Gingrich, etc. Bush, to an extent carried the mantle, but he is not right on some key issues and does not have the communication skills to lead a movement. He has carried the water in a large sense for us on many issue. Compare a lot of the courageous things he has done these eight years despite intense pressure to fold to what we will have under McCain.

I think a lot of us are going to miss President Bush in the coming months. It is time we begin looking for new leadership to fill the vacuum.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Look what the MSM is trying to do. They’re attempting to paint Romney as the “establishment’ candidate and McCain as the “maverick,” when in fact the exact opposite is true.

[geopyg]

Pretty sad when Romney is considered “conservative right”. Which for this election is now true.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

“So Romney played in nearly every early straw poll, and pandered to each conservative demographic. He joined the NRA. He talked tough on illegal immigrants, and became a crusader against gay marriage. “Strength” was his watchword. With an impressive gallery of high-profile endorsements, he was the only Republican candidate who seemed to be on the right side of nearly every issue for the plurality of the old GOP coalition.”

In other words, a fraud.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I think the election is rigged from the start.

We had a whole bunch of liberals trotted out front by the RNC hacks in D.C. with their willing accomplices in the media, on Madison Avenue, and in the bowels of DNC hell.

The illegal immigrant proxy invasion and the economic proxy invasion of Chinese goods will eventually tear down the U.S. manufacturing base.

Now, the big Wall Street geniuses want their Keating Five bailout man to stick us with the bill for the subprime lending and mortgage failures.

Giuliani was just one of their leftist dupes people rejected.

It isn’t over yet...

[Earthdweller]

This is all commie bull hockey. They blacked out the conservative candidates and now they want to blame the sheeple and say they are the ones who picked the liberal ones standing. What a bunch of crooks and liars.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You're premise is that Romney is a conservative in the first place. He's not.

Although not as "mavericky" as McCain is, he's still a liberal, someone who expediently switched to being a conservative because of his insatiable lust for power.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

In other words, a fraud.

Yep, exactly.

[XR7]

groan.

[RightWhale]

Somebody has to be the last one to run as the establishment candidate.

[fernwood]

A candidate tries to assume our positions and maybe a fraud. So now we do not allow anyone to join us in our positions. He may not be a passionate conservative, but now you have a choice and vote for the maverick who back stabs conservative in the last 7 years.

Me, I will take a chance on a brilliant man who came over to our side. I know that McCain does not believe in the first amendment. He did not want to vote on stem cells. He wanted to give Z cards to illegals.

I thought his interference on Gang of 14 damaged the chance of getting judicial nominees approved.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Read up on the Council on Foreign Relations,

HTTP://CFR.org

and their plans for the North American Community.

Rigged would seem to be correct.

They’re all either in the Council or on the waiting list, pending approval of their initiation.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

How rewarding will it be when once elected, he returns to his globalist, elitist liberal roots?