Republicans can do better than a man with ambiguous stances [Romney]

SF Examiner ^ | 8-11-2009 | Opinion

[Brookhaven]

Driving home yesterday listening to the radio (a well known conservative host), he said Mitt Romney would be on soon to talk about Obama's health care plan. I thought my head would explode! Romeny talking about health care?

It seems the left in SF has figured Romney out (as the above opinon piece shows.) How is it conservatives commentators (Limbaugh, Hannity, Hewitt, Ingram, etc...) haven't? They defer to Romney as though he is the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. I don't get it.

In the NFL draft they have a saying: "Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" to describe someone that looks great at first glance, but is really a different type of player than their outside apperance would indicate.

The same can be applied to Romney: "Looks like Ronald Reagan, governs like Ron Reagan."

[Kartographer]

I posted before and I will posted it every time the subject of Mitt Romney and the 2012 election comes up, my worse fear is that we take back the Congress in 2010 and be in good position to win back the White House in 2012 and then the Republican Party pulls a '1996' on us and nominates a 'Bob Dole' clone (aka Mitt Romney) and we get 4 more years of 'Zero'!

[east1234]

Earth to DF examiner, Sarah didn’t flameout.

[east1234]

Make that SF Examiner

[henkster]

Romney is doing all the right political things to get the nomination. He is positioning himself well. The state run socialist propaganda machine know exactly what he is about, and will “arrange” it so that he is the GOP nominee.

Kind of like how we wound up with McLame last time.

It will be Romney v. 0bama in 2012.

[Kartographer]

I can only pray that you are wrong! 8 years of ‘Zero’ will leave us with a a third world ‘Amerika’.

[Brookhaven]

After a season of discontent, the limited-government movement has finally found its voice rallying opposition to the planned federal takeover of health care. Why, then, would the right line up behind the architect of the reform scheme that’s served as a model for Obamacare?
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I’m not sure who will emerge (Sarah perhaps), but the author is right with this statement. Health care has been the final straw that has pushed many over the edge (and from moderate over to the conservatives.) Romney would be an awful candidate to attempt to draw their votes.

[Boiling Pots]

If Romney was President today, we’d of had socialized medicine by the end of spring.

[east1234]

Agreed, nominating “moderates” is what got us in this mess.

[Antoninus]

It will be Romney v. 0bama in 2012.

No it won't. Romney won't get the nomination. And if (God forbid!) he does, there will be a strong conservative 3rd party candidate running who I will work for and vote for.

[henkster]

Believe me, I DON’T want Romney! But look at how our political system has been picking our candidates since 1988. It seems every four years we ask ourselves “out of 250-300 million people, this is the best we can do?”

Our political system is a very flawed reflection of a society that has gone seriously askew. So Romney-Obama is about what I’ve come to expect.

[Antoninus]

I’m not sure who will emerge (Sarah perhaps), but the author is right with this statement. Health care has been the final straw that has pushed many over the edge (and from moderate over to the conservatives.) Romney would be an awful candidate to attempt to draw their votes.

Indeed. America will be looking for a firebrand opposing all this garbage. The mantra should be: "Who knew that "change" meant more of the same, but worse? Time for REAL change in DC."

[pt17]

A note to the Republican Party: You will not get either my money or my vote if Romney is on the ticket. I am sick of finger-in-the-wind political hacks and will not support or vote for them.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Even before the recent Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford flameouts, Romney looked like the right’s favorite son for 2012.

I saw no flames from Sarah Palin. However, I see fire in the eyes of her supporters.

[PhiKapMom]

It will never be Romney — too many Republicans detest him and his healthcare in MA will make him flame out. He holds Town Halls just like a Democrat — only supporters/staffers are allowed to ask questions and they are down in front.

Romney is too liberal pretending to be conservative and it shows. Slick needs to stay out of the Presidential race period because he can never get elected. Ask his buddy Istook how much he lost to our Doofus RAT Governor in 2006 — almost 2-1 and this is Oklahoma.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

It will be Romney v. 0bama in 2012.

Now that's a real devil and the deep blue sea moment...

[martin_fierro]

Republicans can do better than a man with ambiguous stances

Well, maybe.

Maybe not.

[McGruff]

Even before the recent Sarah Palin...flameouts

Stopped right there. BS ALERT!

[oldvike]

I knew who the author was talking about just by the title. Mitt needs to crawl under a rock somewhere and never come out.

[henkster]

Get in your time machine. Go back four years. Re-post your post. Change “Romney” to “McCain,” change “healthcare” to “immigration.”

I rest my case.

Unless we can get our primaries closed to registered republicans, this will happen again.