Romney Is the GOP's Last and Only Hope (Who didn't see this one coming?)

NBC News ^ | July 5, 2009 | Sara K. Smith

[2ndDivisionVet]

Soon the Republican party will have no choice but to make Mitt Romney its leader. We've seen a suspiciously steady trickle of losers quietly exiting the ranks of 2012 hopefuls -- Bobby Jindal with his disastrous State of the Union rebuttal; John Ensign and Mark Sanford with their affairs; and most recently, Sarah Palin's bizarre resignation from the Alaska governorship. The only candidates left are Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty and Romney.

If history is any guide, we should expect some foul disclosure out of the Huckabee camp any day now. You just can't get away with saying something like this less than 48 hours after a fellow conservative Republican has made a dramatic announcement about leaving office:

[R]eferring to the ethics inquiries Palin faces, Huckabee said of his own time as a GOP governor in an overwhelmingly Democratic state: "If that had been the case for me, I would've quit in my first month. If she's looking to be a national political figure, it's not going to get easier."

You can bet that every major news organization in America took that sound bite and quietly filed it away under "Hypocrisy Watch" for replaying when Huckabee announces that he can't take the heat, so he's getting out of the kitchen. The only question is this: what confession of hideously depraved malfeasance will soon be forcing pious Mike Huckabee out of the public eye forever?

[2ndDivisionVet]

So the left wants to tell Republicans and conservatives who their "leader" is and who to nominate? We're damned fools if we let them!

[RobbyS]

Well, we did the last time!

[Texas Eagle]

So the left wants to tell Republicans and conservatives who their "leader" is and who to nominate? We're damned fools if we let them!

Relax. That would nehhhhhhhhver happen.

[South40]

Liberals hated GWB, the last liberal Republican to occupy the WH. Why would they want another?

[sinanju]

The usual throat-cutting advice from a friendly liberal.

Maverick John was their man the last time around and he sure didn’t disappoint (them).

[April Lexington]

WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE LIBERALS PICK OUR CANDIDATE FOR US AGAIN THIS TIME AROUND.....

[SolidWood]

If I want a liberal for President I can vote for Obama. Why does anyone need Mitt?

[Oztrich Boy]

“No. There is another”

[rabscuttle385]

It should be evident now as to exactly who torpedoed Sanford and Palin.

[my small voice]

Romney is horrible. We need a bad ass!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sara K. Smith, you ignorant slut.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Palin will curbstomp that little pissant used car salesman.

[Squantos]

Sorry presstitutes. You don't get to advise me on anything. Your historically wrong and never tell the truth. PALIN 2012

[rabscuttle385]

Romney is horrible. We need a bad ass!

No, we need a real conservatarian.

[rbmillerjr]

lmao

NBC News on How to rebuild the GOP.

Let’s read this in great detail.

[Texas Eagle]

Awwwwwww. Isn’t it sweet of NBC to be concerned with the future of The Stupi......errr....I mean The Republican Party?

[NavyCanDo]

The liberal media soiling their pants over the Palin announcement. They know this is the beginning not the end for her, and it scares the hell out of them.

[4rcane]

There will NEVER be a Republican the media will like unless he/she is far left. Even if someone is as pure and clean as pure driven snow like Palin, the media will dirty her up with false charges

[sockmonkey]

Who is Sarah K Smith? She is out of her mind.

[Tax Government]

NBC is totally in the pocket of the democrat party.