Posted on 08/15/2008 4:04:09 PM PDT by Plutarch
On the day Mitt Romney bowed out of the presidential race last February, his supporters latched onto something of a consolation prize that appeared to bode well for his political future: the warm embrace of hundreds of conservatives whose seal of approval he had long sought.
The enthusiastic ovations Mr. Romney received before and after his speech ending his campaign at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington seemed to signal that Mr. Romney had finally overcome doubts about his conservative credentials, as conservatives embraced him as a bona fide standard-bearer for the movement.
Yet as Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is said to have emerged as a top contender to be Senator John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate, a vocal segment of conservative leaders and grass-roots activists have mobilized against him, with some going out of their way to block his path to the Republican ticket.
It is unclear just how large the group of Romney detractors is and how representative it is of the broader conservative movement. Many are evangelicals who flocked to one of Mr. Romney’s rivals in the Republican primaries, Mike Huckabee, the Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor whose own hopes for making a repeat presidential run in 2012 or 2016 could suffer if Mr. Romney were named to the ticket.
Indeed, Mr. Huckabee himself aimed a few jabs at Mr. Romney this week, arguing that he would make an unacceptable vice-presidential pick because of his shifting positions on several issues...
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Ain’t it though ?
I count how many times I've called McCain a f***ing RINO, but seriously, he is NOT a Democrat.
Buying, buying.
And the bigots are checking in.
I was distracted by midget porn.
I used to think the media was liberal because though they tried to be impartial overwhelmingly liberal journalist couldn't hide their true beliefs when they reported. I'm not convinced a large segment of them consciously try to promote their cause. Unreal.
Do not want
Why ? Don’t they like Republican party killers ?
So you are telling me that if Romney does nothing ever than issue the most hard hitting attacks against Obama you still would not appreciate that. Vice presidents do not set policy. They do attack in campaigns though.
Better put: you tell me who has traction in several meaningful states, has been thoroughly vetted and has a ready made base of grassroots support. That person also should be articulate, youngish, and have executive experience.
They have a lot in common w/ some here I suppose.
That’s ridiculous.
It’s a psych-out by the Slimes. They’re hoping McCain is pig-ignorant stupid enough to pick him.
No - he’s moral, involved with big business, he has more money than they’ll ever be able to steal through gov handouts, had the audacity to run against their god Teddy K, and he stomped on their lib candidate for gov - O’Brien.
Norm, you know where I stand. Slick Willard is perfect a running mate for Obama. He is AIDS to the GOP.
Sorry but the only kind of girl Romney could catch is one born in the 1940's or one that has been isolated from the greater society for 50 years....maybe a gold digger if he is lucky.
Edited for accuracy.
RIP, MA GOP
(1855-2007)
Slayed by Slick Willard
We hardly knew ye
I’d love to see Mitt debate John f’n Kerry.
Er, I meant I’m now convinced they actually try to forward their agenda.
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