Posted on 01/21/2010 7:38:32 PM PST by GOP_Lady
Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts has most Republicans hopeful about midterm elections. It has Mitt Romney hopeful about 2012.
In many ways, the former Bay State governor never ended his 2008 presidential campaign. From a perch atop his Free and Strong America PAC, Mr. Romney has been raising money, nurturing his team, keeping himself in the national spotlight. With the Massachusetts Senate race, he sensed an unexpected opportunity to step to the front of the GOP presidential ranks.
He played it nicely. Aware that many voters have mixed views of his governorship, Mr. Romney stayed in the shadows, leaving other notables to stump with Mr. Brown. Behind the scenes was a different story.
Mr. Romney headlined fundraisers for the little-known state senator and used his own national mailing list to help raise dollars. He called on supporters to make calls on Mr. Brown's behalf, and he harnessed his media operations to bolster the candidate.
His closest aides flooded to Mr. Brown, bringing with them the savvy of a national operation. Beth Lindstrom, a cabinet official in the Romney administration, served as Mr. Brown's campaign manager. Also in Brown HQ were Beth Myers, Mr. Romney's presidential campaign manager, and Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, who worked on the now-famous TV spots showing a tax-cutting John F. Kennedy morphing into Mr. Brown.
Mr. Romney got his due on election night. He was the first political figure Mr. Brown thanked for helping "show us the way to victory." Romney allies had already been busy touting his role. "There's no one who has done more behind the scenes and in front of the scenes than Mitt," Republican National Committee member Ron Kaufman told Politico—two days before the election.
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Absolutely right. Whatever you think about Mitt Romney, he’s no dope.
Oh good grief.....MR will never be the Republican nominee. Just move along there is nothing to see here.
Brown’s TV ads were amazing.
AND ...
Just to let everyone know, I posted a WSJ editorial yesterday with the opposite view.
Misspelled Weiner in the title.
Seriously. Romney should run for Senate against Kerry.
I have to agree. You have to give the man his do.
He has won one election in his life, and he was terrible at the job, as the most recent Republican Governor that only left office in 2006, he couldn't even campaign for Brown, while people like Governor Weld and Rudy Giuliani could, this is why.
Governor Romney's approval numbers in Massachusetts
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KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL is a competent reporter/opinion writer. Romney did introduce Brown and was thanked by him at the victory celebration. This was the most amazing election in my lifetime. Massachusetts, Kennedy, health care , Republican victory...amazing! It is interesting to get some of the back story on the process.
I hope you are right! Please, no Mitt Romney, the creator of the disastrous MA health care boondoggle. Yuck.
Here is the video of Scott Brown being interviewed by my man, Neil Cavuto (mentioned in this article):
http://video.foxnews.com/v/3967537/mass-election-referendum-on-reform
What struck me the most is the very talented people that Mr. Romney surrounds himself with.
Since Tuesday, he might even have a fair chance of beating JFK. I really can’t see that touting Massachusetts health care as a slower route to bankruptcy than Obama care is a particularly winning argument.
Mitt is a sharp guy.
I’d bet you he spent his own money to get this guy in there. Mitt is quite generous when it comes to doing the money lifting.
Mitt paid for those TV ads.
Romney is a POS liberal.
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