Posted on 02/01/2008 11:02:27 PM PST by Truthsearcher
I think right now Romney needs to focus his attacks instead of on McCain, on Huckabee.
The McCain voters are not going to come over to him. It's the Huckabee voters that are potential persuadables for Romney. Because they already don't like McCain.
And Huckabee, the McCain stalking horse that he is, has been focusing all his attacks on Romney and not on McCain, because his job is to keep Romney from winning, not actually winning himself. Romney not addressing these attacks and focusing his attention on McCain is making a mistake and leaving his flanks unguarded.
By attacking Huckabee, Romney could set up Super Tuesday where Huckabee is knocked out of the race. If McCain ends Super Tuesday with say 700 delegates, that's still 400 short of what he needs for the nomination. If Huckabee is knocked out on Super Tuesday. It will give the conservatives coalition enough time to regroup and rally to defeat McCain in the remaining states in a head to head 2 man race, and deny McCain the remaining 400 delegates that he needs.
The goal for Romney on Super Tuesday should not be to catch McCain. But to knock out Huckabee. That should also be the objective of all Romney supporters the next few days. Instead of spending all your time and effort criticizing McCain, focus all your energy on persuading Republicans to not vote for Huckabee.
Even if Romney comes out of Super Tuesday with 300 delegates to McCain's 600-700. He can still win if it turns into a real 2 man race from that point on.
I lost respect. I don’t think I could lose it.
I will tell you all the real reason that Romney is attacking Huckabee like this... it is because Romney is desperately afraid that Huckabee might get more delegates than him on Super Tuesday and that would not only seal Romney’s fate but be totally embarrassing to his ego and the money he spent from his personal fortune on top of it- OUCH!
Meanwhile McCain has said nice things about Huckabee which gives Huckabee his preference to campaign positive.
For Governor Romney, an unconventional strategy would be caring about something besides his political career:
http://www.observer.com/2007/mitt-romneys-convenient-truths
If McCain was such a leader then when the spending was getting out of hand he should have got the republican leaders together to stop their wasteful spending but he didn’t instead he reached across the aisle to give us:
McCain/Feingold anti free speech bill’
McCain/Kennedy bill amnesty for illegals
McCain/Lieberman anti gun rights bill.
vetoed Bush’s tax cuts twice they gave the rich to big a tax cut then changed his mind and said we needed to balance the cuts with spending cuts. These are not conservative attitudes but more liberal.
You are a one issue voter.
Mitt Romney has switched his attitudes on abortion.
As I said Before Ronald Reagan was a Democrat in the 1950’s and was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. Ronald Reagan supported FDR. If you think Romney is getting out your badly mistaken!
Huck is the one about out of idea’s and money. We already had one of Arkansas governor’s in the White House I think thats quite enough.
Is that the only issue you have. Abortion?
“Meanwhile McCain has said nice things about Huckabee which gives Huckabee his preference to campaign positive.”
There’s also the fact that Governor Romney is actually a worse candidate than Senator McCain, in the same sense that a wolf in sheep’s clothing is worse than a typical wolf:
“And for me, give me a guy that I disagree with but at least I know he’s speaking from his convictions, and it’s not just a convenient political view that he’s taking because, ‘Today I’m talking to a women’s group, so I’m pro woman, but tomorrow I’m talking to a men’s group, so I’m not.’ That’s what disturbs me, and I think it’s the kind of politics that just really turns people off.”
—Governor Mike Huckabee
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBRjSe8WvfQ
http://www.observer.com/2007/mitt-romneys-convenient-truths
My opinion is that McCains’ victories are due to voter manipulation (fraud) or liberals have crossed over to vote for him. They have no preference between Hillary or Obama. One way or other they are determined to have their man/woman win..be that Hillary, Obama or McCain. They can’t lose.
Huckabee needs to bow out. Our country is in a crisis and we need someone with business sense who won’t run us further in debt. Romney believes he can change the economy. I believe his run is driven by ego, but also to make his wife, five sons and Church proud. He may also want to live up to his father’s image. Regardless of the reasons I think “whatever it is” that is motivating him will result in a better outcome than any other choice we have now.
The ONLY thing about Huck's voters that's conservative is their Christianity - and that's very bad news for Mitt.
“Tallyhoe” wrote: “You are a one issue voter.”
And the issue is integrity.
“Tallyhoe” wrote: “Mitt Romney has switched his attitudes on abortion.”
No, he’s pretended to switch them. Then he stopped pretending he’d switched them. Now he’s pretending he’s switched them again.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBRjSe8WvfQ
http://www.observer.com/2007/mitt-romneys-convenient-truths
But wait. There’s more.
May 2005: Governor Romney reaffirmed that he was “absolutely committed” to support the pro-choice position: “I am absolutely committed to my promise to maintain the status quo with regards to laws relating to abortion and choice, and so far I’ve been able to successfully do that, and my personal philosophical views about this issue is not something that I think would do anything other than distract from what I think is a more critical agenda ...”
June 2006: Governor Romney said on the Charlie Rose Show that he’d converted to the pro-life position in November 2004 after meeting with Harvard scientists on stem-cell research: “I sat down with a researcher, and he said, ‘Look, you don’t have to think about this stem-cell research as a moral issue, because we kill the embryos after 14 days.’ That struck me as he said that.”
December 2006: The Harvard University researcher with whom Romney met, Douglas Melton, disputed Romney’s recollection of their meeting in the governor’s statehouse office: “Governor Romney has mischaracterized my position. We didn’t discuss killing or anything related to it.”
http://boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/12/17/romneys_journey_to_the_right/
“Tallyhoe” wrote: “If you think Romney is getting out your badly mistaken!”
I didn’t say he was getting out. I said he’s dead, and he knows it, and he’s plotting his exit strategy. Whether he implements that strategy or stays in through the convention, time will tell.
“The ONLY thing about Huck’s voters that’s conservative is their Christianity ...”
That isn’t true:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950692/posts
I was disappointed in Romney's intellect in the last debate, when he got bogged down in a 15-18 minute pointless, petty squabble with McCain on the 'time lines' issue (who cares), with the endless 'he said, I said' ping-pong yelling match. That was ridiculous behavior from presidential candidates.
It seems Romney is prone to getting disoriented and tangled up in details, not exactly a presidential material. McCain is senile and seems to have been medicated to keep his temper in check. They're both waste of vote.
Let me see....you lost respect for Hunter because he threw his support to Huckabee who is pro-life if nothing else.
But you’re voting for an abortion-promoting, gay-rights activist, health care nanny-stater.
I see.
If McCain comes out ahead after Tuesday, it is over. He will be annointed by the MSM.
The ignorant Republican sheeple and opportunistic Republican politicians will all be on board. Anything to do with Conservatives will be finished.
Romney must win for conservatives to have a say in the process.
Actually, it is possible to sit on our duffs at home and help immensely.
We have three days to stop McCain if you want to help us.
The calls you make that connect you to voters could put Mitt over the top, they could mean the difference in determining our next president. Please join us during all or some of the following times by emailing “I want to win” to CallatHome@MittRomney.com.
Pass this info on to as many people as possible.
“We already had one of Arkansas governor’s in the White House I think thats quite enough.”
So does the conservative Arkansas Republican Assemblies. They endorsed Romney instead of Huckabee.
ARRA Board Endorses Romney (Arkansas Republican Assemblies)
Arkansas Republican Assembies via Race42008 ^ | 31 Jan 2008 | ABRA
Posted on 02/01/2008 12:18:07 PM EST by elizabetty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963296/posts [refresh browser]
by Dr. Patrick Briney, ARRA President: Mitt Romney received the endorsement by the conservative ARRA board of directors yesterday. The board was polled to determine whether to endorse a candidate, how to conduct such an endorsement, and then which candidate to endorse.
The Florida primary results, the delegate count, candidate attrition, and national polls show that the Republican primary has come down to a two man contest between Mitt Romney and John McCain. As of January 29, 2008, the delegate count for the remaining Republican candidates is: John McCain 98, Mitt Romney 61, Mike Huckabee 26, and Ron Paul 8.
Clearly, conservatives will support Romney over McCain. Some will make statement votes and leave the outcome to be decided by others. Understandably, many struggle with the moral dilemma between the ‘personal conscience vote’ and the ‘socially responsible vote’ addressed previously by ARRA President Dr. Patrick Briney. Readers are encouraged to read this article before casting a vote in the primaries.
Fred Thompson received the endorsement of ARRA during their August endorsement convention. Duncan Hunter was the runner up choice of the conservative group. However, now that both candidates have bowed out of the race, ARRA directors unanimously recommend that conservatives vote for Romney in the Super Tuesday primaries.
~snip~
Rick Santorum Endorses Mitt Romney
Laura Ingraham Show | 02/01/08 | Rick Santorum
Posted on 02/01/2008 10:26:16 AM EST by Reaganesque
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963216/posts [refresh browser]
Comment #40 Laura just said that she is voting for Romney in the DC primary.
Sean Hannity announced yesterday he’s supporting Romney in the NY Primary.
Santorum is as pro-life as they come and has endorsed Romney, who is also pro-life. Is that not enough? In addition, look at the judges and constitutional law scholars that have endorsed Mitt. I respect your choice of candidate, but it is completely unfair to say that Mitt advocates killing babies.
161 posted on 02/01/2008 1:02:45 PM EST by La Enchiladita
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1963216/posts?page=161#161
Sit, Roll Over, Speak
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 02/01/2008 10:26:03 AM EST by governsleastgovernsbest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963215/posts
Tim Russert isn’t practicing his Christmas tree-ornament hanging technique. The Meet the Press host is demonstrating how John McCain is dangling the VP slot to Mike Huckabee. And Huck seems as transfixed as a hound before a bone, judging by the way he’s staying in the race against all odds and spending his time taking shots at Mitt Romney. Russert was a guest during the 7 AM half-hour of Morning Joe.
View video at newsbusters.org ...
I think generally this is why the MSM is desperate to push mccain.
McCain probably can’t survive after tuesday because he has near limits of public campaign money.
Huckabee is a waste of vote energy since his campaign is shut down without money.
If McCain is shut down with a less than plurality then the effete elites will not be able to “kick out” the conservatives.
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