Why Romney dropped out (Barf Alert)

he didn't want to aid "a surrender to terror" by damaging John McCain's campaign

[And falling behind in the delegate count wasn't helping, either.]

BECAUSE HE LOST!!!!!!!! Sorry, I just do not know how much simpler it can be.

That’s it in a nutshell. Now go away Rom.

sounds about right to me, you can dislike the man and his politics but he calls a wee weed what it is...

Staying in the race, he had concluded, would only weaken McCain’s prospects against Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

And yet, McCain still managed to lose the electoral votes by nearly 2 to 1.

“In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney had written.

"One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share."
Sincerely, W. Mitt Romney

Consider the source - Politico.

Romney spent millions of his own dollars and received only a paltry number of votes for his effort.

He just was tired of throwing good money after bad- particularly after he thought it was hopeless.

He was more concerned about receiving the blame for McCain loss than actually reducing McCain’s chances.

You are both right.

But, you have to admitt, Romney made the right decision at the right time and showed excellent judgement in doing so.

That is, he gave himself a reasonable chance and when it was likely he would not win, he decisively pulled the plug.

That is an attractive quality in an executive and it probably served him well in business.

Awwww! He did it for the good of the country. What a guy. /sarc

He just was tired of throwing good money after bad- particularly after he thought it was hopeless.

And would this not be refreshing to have this attitude when it comes to ineffective govt. programs. I think this speaks very well of Romney.

Christian conservatives preferred to vote for Mike Huckabee. That’s why Romney dropped out and Mike stayed in.

Romney’s decision to drop out were both economical and political calculations.

"“In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney had written."

I guess repeatedly stabbing Gov. Palin in the back didn't count.

Dear Mittens,

For the good of the country, don’t run in 2012. :)

Team Romney trying hard to 'spin' (rewrite) history.

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 pts. days prior to September 18th, 2008.
So the RomneyTeam attacked Gov. Palin and her children to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 Early Show appearance."

David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."

David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician.
Let me say for the record: If Romney emerges as the Republican nominee, I will support him without qualm."

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House,
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin.
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
He's in charge on November 5th.'"
The Prowler added: "Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Romney supporters in the McCain campaign had access to internal polling which indicated well in advance of the November 4 election that McCain had no chance to win.
So they began working to position their man Mitt for a run in 2012. Just two days after the election,The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
These aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"Here’s what I think: I think there are some staffers on the McCain campaign who seriously screwed up the roll out of Sarah Palin, to which Governor Palin herself objected.
These staffers are now out trying to finish her off thinking, as typical D.C. types do, that if they don’t do it to her, she’ll do it to them. They just never understood who Palin is or what she is about."
"Likewise, I do think there are some staffers and others who expect Mitt Romney to run again in 2012,
they decided McCain could not win, and decided to undermine Sarah Palin and her chances hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign? (Mark Wallace, Romney pimp)
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Do you know the difference is between mitt and hussein? Melanin content.

LLS

"One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share."
Sincerely, W. Mitt Romney

I just saw this posting and wanted to know where you got the quote from so I did a Google search. Guess what! The only place I found it is where you have posted it on every single thread put up in regards to Romney.

Please give me a source besides your postings.

I have some stock in the Brooklyn Bridge if anyones interested.