That's -- I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals. [video clip] -- Mitt Romney, GOP presidential debate - October 18, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV
Posted on 11/21/2011 3:03:39 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
That's -- I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals. [video clip] -- Mitt Romney, GOP presidential debate - October 18, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV
“Lisa’s the coach and Gina’s the quarterback” in the work of rolling out new clean air regulations, said Daniel Weiss, an energy and climate policy expert at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with close ties to the Obama administration. “She’s running the plays, improvising on the line.”
Another Romney environmental adviser in the effort to regulate “greenhouse gases” is now Obama’s Director of Science and Technology Policy, John Holdren. Dr. Holdren has some exotic views: …………..
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Mitt Romney's environmental coal policies--Obama's environmental coal policies.
Carbon Copies [60 second video campaign ad]
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Romney’s Advisers Met With Obama to Help Craft ‘Obamacare’ “Three of Mitt Romney’s advisers went to the White House at least a dozen times in 2009 to consult on the former Massachusetts governor’s health care plan that President Obama used as a model for his initiative -- now a federal law that all the Republican presidential candidates want to repeal.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday he was "not in a position to comment on specific meetings." But in a remark that won't help Romney in his pursuit for the 2012 Republican nomination, Earnest repeated that Obama took cues from the Massachusetts legislation.
"You've certainly heard the president himself say that there were a number of very good ideas included in the health care plan that then-Gov. Romney put in place in Massachusetts that were incorporated into the Affordable Care Act and so it’s clear that these are some ideas that we were interested in incorporating and we did incorporate.
"But in terms of individual meetings and who participated and what the goal of them was, I don’t have that information,” he said.”……
... mostly because they know that no one else does.
No - we won’t have him - I don’t care if he can win the office of dogcatcher.
I’d rather have four more years of Obama than see Slick Willard anywhere near the White House! He’s not to be trusted!
Yup... and clueless Republicans who back him ignore his liberal record! He ain’t one of us and will never be!
Gallup: Romney, Gingrich Now Top Choices for GOP Nomination......."With the first official nominating contest, the Iowa caucuses, now just six weeks away, there is no clear national front-runner for the Republican nomination."...
Mittens’ only hope is the rest of the field washes up. He can’t win over the Right but he can hope it will defeat itself.
I think it's embarrassing the way Republicans keep playing musical chairs with the candidates. We look like a bunch of schizophrenic nuts. I agree with Ann Coulter.
“I’d rather have four more years of Obama than see Slick Willard anywhere near the White House!”
Be careful what you wish for.
Well... its not going to be Mittens.
If you like him, don’t post on FR. People just can’t stand the guy!
I’ll accept that to keep a RINO out of the White House. The Republican Party can nominate a conservative. Slick Willard doesn’t excite any one. He can’t lead the party. And a guy with 25% support in the party is not someone I would describe as being “electable.”
FU mitt romney... you RAT bastard.
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I have confidence in the process. We truly vet our candidates and they will stand up under scrutiny.
It may lead to conflicting thoughts and feel drawn out and damaging, but I don't think so. Once we get past this, we will have a solid, vetted candidate and most of the ammo the socialist bastards will have already been deflected.
As for Mitt(care)...
Notice how Romney has managed to avoid many of the “debates” or even appearing in public at all. The “debates” may have been a waste of time, since nothing substantial was generally discussed (and what can you say in 30 seconds anyway?), but they gave people at least a view of the candidates.
Romney has carefully avoided being seen very much, because he and his handlers know that he’s not going to sell in a free market, so to speak.
The fight is for congress. A solidly right or center right congress can still save the republic so long as Obama is not the president. This sucks.
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This is just how Rick Perry is. After Hurricane Ike devastated my community, he came here to survey the damage. He did not just walk through here surrounded by security and news cameras and then make a speech. That's not Perry. He showed up in jeans and a work shirt, no cameras, no press conference, and he walked among all of us who had been hit. A hug, a pat on the shoulder, a listening ear, and an encouraging word. He saw to it that emergency shelters were being set up and food and water were available to everyone. When Obama/FEMA refused to help us, Governor Perry set up state funding to help us rebuild our homes and our lives. My home is at 'ground zero' where Ike came ashore. We all took tremendous damage. FEMA sent me a check two months later for $600 dollars. Governor Perry set up the Recovery Fund to help us all rebuild. That is what a true leader and a true Christian does. That's my Governor! I can't wait to see America under the caring wing of Rick Perry.
CW - Yeoman’s effort on this post. Thank you and I salute you.
There’s an old story about a company that was going to put out a new line of dog food. They got experts to come up with a formula that was nutritionally excellent. They arranged for shelf space in major retail chains, hired the best ad agency to design packaging and advertizements, and the focus groups all said they would buy it. They put it out, and initally sales were good, but quickly dropped off. They hired a research company to find out why. A few days later, the researchers met with the CEO who told them, “Cut to the chase, what’s the problem?”.
“Well, it’s pretty simple. The dogs won’t eat it.”
Sorry Myth, the dogs won’t eat it.
Although that may be part of it, his campaign has been the classic Rose Garden method. He’s stood above the fray, using the debates to look Presidential and focused. No attack ads, no gaffes, no flubs. It’s textbook.
His “25%” number has also been impressive and intriguing. I’ve seen commentary that people think it is his ceiling. I think that’s a misread. “25%” is his FLOOR. That’s the group that’s sticking with him no matter what the flavor of the week is.
Let’s hope we can get behind one conservative before SC. Otherwise Romney is going to run away with it.
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