With Christie hobbled, Jeb Bush’s lukewarm reception, Establishment GOP floats another Romney run?

againstcronycapitalism.org ^ | 8/11/14 | Nick Sorrentino

[cotton1706]

Yes, this is the genius masterstroke the DC GOP has been waiting for.

You have to hand it to the establishment. They keep trying. So what if Romney is another big government Republican which a large part of the GOP vote couldn’t really support in 2012. The consultants which got paid big time during the 2012 Romney run could get paid again! And if Romney could somehow get the nomination it would be another blow to the libertarian/conservative coalition in the Tea Party. Win/win. Well not for the American people, and probably not for Mitt Romney. But certainly a win for the folks who work in Downtown DC.

Check out what Pat Caddell, legendary pollster and political operative had to say about what happened in 2012. And now the establishment GOP wants to do it all over again?

Romney I am almost sure is a nice guy. He’s probably a capable manager. But he is not anything resembling what this country needs right now. A Romney/Clinton contest would basically pit 2 people with similar views on nearly everything against one another. Both Romney and Clinton are for generally larger government. Both are for a generally activist foreign policy. Both are intimately tied to the banks.

And that is why another Romney candidacy is being floated right now. Very powerful interests want to sew up the presidential race as early as possible. That is why they’ve been pushing Christie (originally) and Jeb, and now Romney.

[Pelham]

That’s exactly right. And pretty much what existed until the 1970s.

[Finny]

If there absolutely HAS to be a GOPe candidate, I’m holding out for 91 year old Bob Dole with either Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin as his VP running mate.

I'd gladly vote for either one of those tickets!

[Finny]

Of course Hewitt and Medved’s idea of a conservative is Karl Rove and Lindsey Graham and others of that sort.

In terms of Republican "branding," pawning off Hewitt and Medved as "conservatives" is like selling a Yugo as a Cadillac. That's the "Republican" brand. An even more accurate "brand" value comparison between "conservatives" like Hewitt and Medved compared to Obama and Democrats, is that of diet decaf Coke to the Democrat's full-blown Pepsi. Rove wants to talk about brands, THAT is the Republican brand and why it is losing in America.

But there's people who'll buy anything. For awhile, anyway.

[Pelham]

well said!