Posted on 02/14/2008 1:52:06 PM PST by Jim Robinson
(CNN) — Mitt Romney predicted Sunday his party's conservative base will rally behind him on Super Tuesday in order to prevent John McCain from winning the Republican nomination.
"What I have to do is continue to see what's been happening the last few days, specifically that is conservatives across the country are saying, 'whoa, we have to get behind Mitt Romney,'" he said on CNN's Late Edition.
"You've got people like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham and the list goes on and on and on — Hugh Hewitt, Lars Larson — conservative voices, both from radio and from publications, are saying, 'you know what, we've got to get behind Mitt Romney,'" he continued. "We really can't afford John McCain as the nominee of our party."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
It’s a foolish endeavor to try to get behind Flip-Flop Romney.
....and envisioning using it in a campaign ad down the road.
Great link, thanks!
You can kick Romney as you like but the McCain nomination is partially a result of your site having "truth files" that were one-sided and had no sense of objectivity. Romney had the most conservative agenda of any primary winner which, if he had gotten the nomination, would have at least reaffirmed those principles irregardless of whether Romney followed them. I maintain that he would of but that is never to be proved, at least in this cycle.
What we do have now is a candidate with a set of principles that is both pro and counter to general conservative principles. A Romney nomination would have confirmed conservative principles - now they are all up for grabs.
Shouldn't you know his record?
Five new links…
THE PAMPERED POLITICIAN - John McCain Keating 5 and other things. FR Nov. '99
MORE GUN CONTROL: McCAIN-LIEBERMAN FR April '01
McCain calls Jeffords' switch lesson for GOP FR May '01
McCain Antics Weary Arizonans in G.O.P. FR June '01
McCain may leave Republican Party to fight Bush in 2004 FR July '01 John Huang
Tom Delay On Faux "McCain Has Done More To Hurt The Party" VIDEO
How Bill Kristol ditched conservatism. Great Escape (Gave floundering McCain 2000 campaign a direction.)
McCain may leave Republican Party to fight Bush in 2004
His staff set up policy think-tanks and other groups to lay the ideological foundations for another third-party challenge in the Bull Moose style.
For the good of the Party. /s
Isn’t that the truth. It would be funny if it wasn’t so disgusting.
Speaking of sanity, welcome to the McInsane/Romney Straitjacket Express!
I can think of a couple of things Reagan did that I don’t approve of. Try ten or twenty for McCain and Romney.
The two Dhimmis are pledged to Cut and Run out of Iraq even when Al Quida is on the ropes, Conservatives have spent 5 solid years defending the War on Terror.
Thusly, with Blood on the line, how can “Romney stop Mad John” when Mad John is the only one interested in protecting America?
Abortion is a conservative principle? Gay rights? Compulsory health insurance?
My how far we have fallen.
Your photoshop is better than mine, LOL.
Well what are we supposed to do? I go back and forth about what I’m going to do come November, but the more I see of ultra-leftist Obama, my choice is being made for me.
If he has hopes for 2012 this kind of stuff surely can’t help him.
I don’t support either but I am against McCain.
“Maybe Romney’s jealous because he himself didn’t have the guts or the support to stay in.”
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Yeah, that’s real convincing.
Perhaps it’s something simpler and more believable - Romney has class and is adhering to the accepted practice of honorable candidates.
All is not lost...merely pinin’ ;o)
Give your wife a hug and the both of you
have a Very Happy Valentine’s Day!
At an early stage, the (perceived) non-conservatives with a chance to win will be attacked most. McCain's polls were so weak at that time that he was attacked less. So it goes.
The quality of debate in an unmoderated forum is not going to be the highest. It seems you are saying the "truth files" had an impact and weight far out of proportion to the value put into them.
“Not getting into that debate (don’t blame me- I voted for Fred:) ...but I have a question - did you notice the scowl on McCain’s face during the press conf? He was frowning and did not look happy. It seemed so obvious to me- just wondering if I’m alone in my observation...”
I did notice McCain scowl. I do not think Romney likes McCAin but he did what he felt he needed to do. Probably with pressure from the RNC.
Romney has class and I respect him. He was my second choice after Fred dropped out and I would vote for Romney again.
This is an old article, and Romney most likely did feel that conservatives would stop McCain back during the early primary season. However, there were just too many McCain supporters and folks did not unite behind a more conservative candidate like Romney.
I will vote R in November. I do not like McCain at all, but four years of him will be better than one day of Hillary or Obama!
Geez...what do you expect? This is what happens in a primary season...losing candidates coalesce behind the winner and support the party. I don't like McCain anymore than you do...I voted for Huckabee in VA's primary to try and stop him but that failed and it is now a mathematical certainty that he will be the GOP nominee.
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