Robert A. George: In Key New York Race, Barracuda Chews Up Mitt

Mitt as roadkill...from his lips...

This is huge

Mitt is such a weenie!

Sounds like Romney stew is on the menu tonight. No possums needed......

Mitt refused to endorse anyone. It was Newt who endorsed the GOP candidate. Pretty much buried any chance of being President with that, I’d say.

"I have chosen not to endorse the Republican candidate in New York's 23rd District," Romney told reporters while campaigning in Virginia for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell. "That should speak a certain amount of volume. I can't endorse our candidate in that race."

Way to take a stand, Mitt...

With Dede dropping out, Newt endorsed Hoffman. Expect Huckabee and Romney to follow suit.

“Pretty much buried any chance of being President with that, I’d say.”

Yeah...poor Newt...from the Penthouse to the Outhouse...

Sarah has impeccable timing but even more important she has truth and conviction.

What do you find most often in the middle of the road? Road kill.

"Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later get squish just like grape."
-Kesuke Miyagi

Saracudda enjoys Scozzafava beans with a nice chianti.

What do you find most often in the middle of the road? Road kill.

In this country we still drive on the RIGHT side.

Team Romney has been busy on other things.

“And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politico’s Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPC’s fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didn’t I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isn’t running for president) getting paid a speaker’s fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then we’ve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign.”
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

SSDD

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser “I am Myth” Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) 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… I will support him without qualm."

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
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…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"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 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."
… 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:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
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?"

There's a great need for a close examination of that portion of George Washington's Farewell Address which deals with the dangers of what he described as "the Spirit of Party."

Too bad that some real patriots don't step forward in both Parties, rediscover the Founders' ideas on preserving liberty, and get on with the business of governing in accordance with the principles underlying the Constitution.

Instead, George Washington's worst fears for the Republic are happening right before our eyes.

“A lady asked Dr. Franklin “well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy?”

“A republic,” replied the Doctor, “if you can keep it.”

McHenry’s notes.

From a Republic to this...if we can keep it, indeed...how smart was old Ben?

Romney is an opportunist. When he was Governor of Massachusetts, he was pro-gay and pro-abortion. And he gave them Romneycare, as well.

His most famous accomplishment was to rescue the Salt Lake City Olympics. We hear that meme every time his name is mentioned. How’d he do that? Was it his canny capitalist business sense? No, he got them a huge federal bailout.

Good work, Mitt!

The Scozzafava melt-down has inflicted mortal damage upon Gingrich, Romney and Huckabee. They either danced witht he liberal or dithered - too afraid to take a principled stand. The surging conservative base has taken note of those who stood with us in ousting Scozzafava from the race.