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Romney: 'My wife thinks I should run'(only his wife knows whether he can beat Palin)
Boston.com ^ | Tuesday February 01, 2011 | Matt Viser

Posted on 02/01/2011 9:18:32 PM PST by Bigtigermike

Former Governor Mitt Romney may not have decided whether to run for president, but someone else in his household has already made the call.

"My wife thinks I should run," he declared tonight in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan. "She's absolutely committed. She's saying, 'You've got to run, you've got to have somebody who understands the world of the economy, small business, who can create jobs.' She's convinced I've got to run. But I have to look more broadly and say, 'Alright, Do I have a team necessary to do this?'"

Romney, continuing a whirlwind tour of television interviews to promote the new paperback version of his book, also talked up potential presidential rival Sarah Palin.

"I believe she is an extraordinarily powerful and effective voice in our party, that she has generated a great deal of support and attention," he said of the former Alaska governor. "She'd be great in a primary process."

When Morgan asked whether Romney could beat Palin, he said, "I don't know the answer to that."

The host then asked whether his wife knows the answer.

"She probably does," Romney replied.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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To: Bigtigermike

Romney might make a decent treasury secretary or be good in some other cabinet position, but a lot of people will be turned off by him at the top of a presidential ticket. Some won’t like his positions on things (too liberal in many ways), some will be anti-Mormon, some will be bitter that he beat their preferred candidate, some will have other reasons. But Romney will be fighting an uphill battle against whomever the dems put forth to replace 0bama when he can’t produce a legitimate birth certificate and states keep his name off ballots.


21 posted on 02/01/2011 9:51:52 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad ((((( )))))
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To: lonestar
I do think he would be a good cabinet member...in the economy...he’s good in business.

Yeah, good in business. So good, in fact, that he destroyed the medical insurance industry in Massachusetts by signing Romneycare.

Friend, Mitt is a phony from start to finish.

22 posted on 02/01/2011 9:53:12 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: DannyTN

His personal bank account is an indicator,


23 posted on 02/01/2011 9:54:12 PM PST by lonestar
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To: dennisw; All

Jon Huntsman will be filling the Romney slot. Romney will not run because he authored Massachusetts health care law and lost last time around...he is too familiar. Jon Huntsman is fresh on the national stage and has the $$$$ raising connections


No Huntsman, either. Hunstman is pro-Illegal Alien and...you do not get selected by Obama for an ambassadorship if you are a conservative....

No Huntsman


24 posted on 02/01/2011 9:56:19 PM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Michelle Bachmann would make an excellent President)
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To: Windflier
he destroyed the medical insurance industry in Massachusetts

He had a lot of help...it was Mass.

I don't like him...and I think he will do anything to be elected POTUS. But I think he has made too much money not to be good in business. If he made his money down-sizing businesses to make them profitable, I think he could do same in gov't. Downsize and get rid of certain Depts.

I don't want him for POTUS...but he isn't stupid...he's just wishy/washy.

25 posted on 02/01/2011 10:03:39 PM PST by lonestar
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To: lonestar

Massachusett’s bank account and Romney’s continued defense of Romneycare is more indicative of what mitt will do as a politician.

But maybe Mitt is irrelevant. It’s his wife that wants him to run. What’s her policies?


26 posted on 02/01/2011 10:05:19 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
It’s his wife that wants him to run.

You believe that?

(I'm not ignoring you....I'm hitting the hay!)

27 posted on 02/01/2011 10:08:46 PM PST by lonestar
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To: dennisw

John Huntsman is DOA.


28 posted on 02/01/2011 10:09:06 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: lonestar
You believe that?

He's the one who said it, but no, I don't believe him.

I wouldn't vote for him even if I didn't think he was as liberal as Hillary, because I don't want a non-Christian in office. They don't share my value system. So they aren't likely to make the decisions I want made.

29 posted on 02/01/2011 10:14:30 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Bigtigermike

Hey Mitt, tell your wife she doesn’t know what she is talking about.


30 posted on 02/01/2011 10:20:53 PM PST by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

I’ll take Huntsman over Obama. I held my nose and voted for McCain. I’ll take any Republican over Obama


31 posted on 02/01/2011 10:26:55 PM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: Bigtigermike

Was it his wife or did the Country Club call?

Pray for Egypt


32 posted on 02/01/2011 10:33:19 PM PST by bray (Palin's Army is at Valley Forge right now.)
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To: lonestar
I think he has made too much money not to be good in business. If he made his money down-sizing businesses to make them profitable, I think he could do same in gov't. Downsize and get rid of certain Depts.

Problem is, Willard didn't do that when he was in a position to do so as governor. He could have applied his business acumen to running the state of Massachusetts, but instead, he wound up signing into law, a measure that's bankrupting that state.

He'd make the same disastrous mistakes as president of the US.

33 posted on 02/01/2011 10:35:30 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Does his wife know what language the cook and maids speak.????


34 posted on 02/01/2011 10:45:04 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
John speaks Chinese, has lived there for several years, understands the culture.

Would make a great SoS - expect Bolton is soooo much better a choice.

Mitt and John are non-starters due the incredible religious bigotry found in too many parts of the US.

Cabinet level posts are the best they can hope for now.

35 posted on 02/01/2011 10:48:16 PM PST by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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To: SIDENET

In other news...my mom says I’m a hell of a dancer and I am a lot of fun to be around.


36 posted on 02/01/2011 10:52:00 PM PST by willyd (Tree planting is a zero sum game unless you find the seed on the sidewalk ;-))
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To: shibumi

He looks way too happy in that picture.


37 posted on 02/01/2011 11:23:19 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

Methinks he’s got a thing for latex.

And fudge.


38 posted on 02/01/2011 11:24:53 PM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: Bigtigermike

If I would have been ignorant enough to like him up to this point, I would’ve become disgusted with him for spouting such an unmanly, limp-wristed statement.


39 posted on 02/01/2011 11:24:56 PM PST by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: ASOC

“Mitt and John are non-starters due the incredible religious bigotry found in too many parts of the US.”

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Wouldn’t vote for either because they are RINOs.

But find it interesting that to vote against them for being cult members is “religious bigotry.”

If they were Scientologists, would you make the same accusation?

What if they were Sharia-loving Muslims? Same judgment of religious bigotry?

Or maybe being a cult member is a symptom of poor judgment at best...which in any event should disqualify them from becoming President.

Fortunately, a moot point because of the RINO issue that disqualifies them. However, I feel like hurling every time someone applies moral relativism to the LDS cult and accuses others of bigotry to silence the opposition.


40 posted on 02/01/2011 11:49:43 PM PST by peyton randolph (There is no such thing as moderate Islam)
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