An Open Letter to Jim DeMint

Red State ^ | 11 January 2012 | Dan McLaughlin

[IbJensen]

FYI and comments.

[Timber Rattler]

Waste of time...DeMint and Romney are old political pals.

[mewzilla]

DeMint going over the dark side won't do a dang thing to conservatives.

But it will be another nail in the GOP's coffin.

[Diogenesis]

DeMint (like Ms. Haley) will soon discover that it takes YEARS to achieve
the connoation of “conservative” and yet only
one second of endorsing “RINO ROMNEY”
to lose it … forever.

[cripplecreek]

South Carolina primary is widely recognized as the last realistic chance to stop Romney

The second state where votes are actually counted. Wonder wgat kind of percentage that is that gets to choose our nominee?

Its time to start demanding a change in our primary system. 5 set primary dates of 10 states. 2 northern states, 2 southern states, two eastern states, two western states, and two central states in each primary date with the whole thing rotating every 4 years.

Such a system would serve several purposes. Right off the top it would force the candidates to campaign around the country and keep them from being pitted against each other for 9 months. Candidates would still drop out before the final date but we would get a much fairer shake at choosing our candidate.

As things stand now, the party is practically telling us that we need not bother having primaries.

[not2worry]

It is just my opinion,but I would bet that Paul Ryan endorses Romney if it means defeat for Gingrich.

Gingrich is going down by his own devices. Another “I made a mistake and I am sorry” is not going to cut it.

[SumProVita]

I understand why Bolton might opt for Romney but DeMint? I don’t understand how he could...

[Biggirl]

Better yet, have ALL the primaries be CLOSED primaries, PERIOD. Problem solved.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Are we(many on FR) the only folks who believe Romney is a huge mistake???

Are us conservatives(less government,lower taxes) that much in a minority in the nation???

If this is true, liberty as we knew it is gone forever...

[snoringbear]

“Another “I made a mistake and I am sorry” is not going to cut it.”

Yeah, for sure. His dumping on Romney and his experiences at Baine is making me want to puke. I'm further right (much further)than Romney but I'm of the ABO (anybody but Obama)segment of the Republican party so I'm going with Romney. I just finished watching Newt on Fox and Friends and his rude filibuster reminded me and I'm sure many others of what we don't like about Newt. So, go awaaay Newt, way awaaaay, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease...

[mewzilla]

At the risk of driving more people absolutely bonkers, have you has a chance to read the Codevilla piece I’ve been referencing constantly? :-)

[mewzilla]

Sigh. Had a chance....

[RC one]

13 delegates from states that each broke for Obama over Juan McCain by about 10%. I could care less about Iowa or NH.

[SumProVita]

No, I haven’t. What does it deal with?

[ngat]

...that further resistance is futile... And so the coming South Carolina primary is widely recognized as the last realistic chance to stop Romney, .... Romney has been lining up endorsements (including SC Governor Nikki Haley), money and favorable press from conservative journalists to create an air of inevitability that he hopes will end this race by Florida, if not South Carolina...

“Waste of time...DeMint and Romney are old political pals.”

I wish there were some columnists that would write long columns about how ridiculous it is that it is even possible for a candidate to pull off a win, when only 3 or 4 of 50 states have had their chance to vote for delegates to their respective state conventions. I guess it’s easier to whine to a Senator DeMint than to explain to readers how the convention system was set up to work, and how party insiders with the help of political professionals and mass media have destroyed it.

[maryz]

I'm meaning to read it again -- I did post elsewhere that Mitt is just as Ruling Class as Obama!

It is a truly great article!

[SumProVita]

“...have ALL the primaries be CLOSED primaries, PERIOD.”

I totally agree.

[livius]

Gingrich didn’t make a mistake and he’s not sorry.

He’s calling attention to Romney’s wild mis-statements regarding his “experience at Bain” and his flat out lies in characterizing what he did, as well as his concealment of the fact that there was at least one deal where he seems to have made a profit after Bain had stripped out a company’s pension fund and the government had to come in with a bailout to the tune of millions of dollars. Romney has not explained any of those things.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Bolton indorsed Romney last night and will become a foreign policy advisor. DeMint endorsing Romney today

[McGruff]

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I will never respect anyone to puts politics over principles.