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A Hard Loss for Romney (He's all but doomed now)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ ^ | Jan 4,2008 | By John Ellis

Posted on 01/03/2008 11:39:37 PM PST by Maelstorm

A Hard Loss for Romney By John Ellis

It's one thing to lose as you are. What you lose is an election, but there's always another election and in the case of presidential primary politics, a new electorate that awaits you in the next state. It's another thing to lose as you aren't. Mitt Romney was never the 700 Club right-winger his campaign managers conceived. He was and is a man of business and a very capable one at that.

He's all but doomed now. Senator John McCain will beat him in New Hampshire, probably by a lot, and Romney's media coverage will evaporate and his candidacy will consequently die. On January 9, his managers will walk in and say that the campaign needs $10 million or $15 million to continue and that he, Romney, will have to write the check. Everyone who would contribute has maxed out. Everyone who might won't. Two-time losers don't get new money. It's a basic rule of politics.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ia2008; mitt; mittromney; romney
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To: Greg F

You can’t honestly answer those questions can you?
Why won’t you answer them directly? What are you afraid of?


301 posted on 01/04/2008 1:24:30 PM PST by WOSG (Iowa gave us a CLUSTERHUCK)
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To: Scarchin
Romney is actually in great shape right now.

It's so great for Willard right now, he probably took a dive in Iowa just to lose by nine points so he could get to this great shape.

He's the smartest man in the room, donchaknow. The smartest man in any room (filled with voters at $400 a pop).

302 posted on 01/04/2008 1:27:48 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 51% negatives)
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To: MHGinTN

Thank you very much for the lead. I did and found a very detailed site explaining this prophecy, said to be an oral one. The very interesting thing to one not familiar with it before is that the conditions that were supposed to have been prophesied are so general and have sufficient accuracy that they do not differ appreciably from what hundreds of non-Mormons have predicted or said. In fact if a candidate pledges to do something about such conditions he does not differ noticeably from his competitors. I do not see the harm in any candidate having such beliefs. In a real sense when Pat Robertson ran he had such beliefs and also voiced them. And Pat Robertson, like his father before him, is a Baptist I believe. Incidentally, I had the honor of knowing Willis Robertson when growing up and into my early adult years. He was a fine man and one of the best Senators we’ve had, but his son at times does things and says things that I have as much or more difficulty in following as this business about this prophecy. What is the harm in believing that God might want you to straighten out the problems that we have and that in helping to salve them you are doing His work?

I don’t for example, believe everything in the writings of the Reverend Moon, or for that matter, Swedenborg, but they have some excellent points and, overall, there has been much benefit. I shudder to think, for example, what it would have been like in Washington if part of the Rev. Moon’s vision had not encompassed starting the Washington Times and we had only had the Washington Compost, as Ollie North calls it, all these years.


303 posted on 01/04/2008 1:29:46 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
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To: Greg F

I am a Catholic. My belief in the Holy Spirit in the same way as a Kennedy doesn’t make me a Kennedy clone and thus doesnt specify how I make decisions.

“My view is that Reagan as a believer was guided and protected by the Holy Spirit. He believed exactly that as well.”

SO DID JIMMY CARTER!
So does that make Jimmy Carter our best President?

You failed to answer the basic question of whether you would choose a Jimmy Carter over a Jewish Reagan conservative because he had Christian faith? You keep evading the central question. Why are you afraid to answer it directly?


304 posted on 01/04/2008 1:30:13 PM PST by WOSG (Iowa gave us a CLUSTERHUCK)
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To: Greg F

A freak is a freak.

Keep snorting - it’s the sound intellectual dinosaurs make as they die out.


305 posted on 01/04/2008 1:33:27 PM PST by Scarchin (+)
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To: WOSG
You’ve been spamming so much that I didn’t notice it. I’d probably vote for the Jewish conservative over the Christian liberal with the caveat that in a period of tensions with Muslims that could bollix up any pretense we have of being an honest broker in the Mideast. I say probably because I don't know these two imaginary candidates -- since they are imaginary.

However, all this is irrelevant. You showed me that this discussion wasn’t worth the time when you said you’d vote for a scientologist for President.

307 posted on 01/04/2008 1:38:18 PM PST by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Scarchin

Dinosaurs dancing on the Romney campaign’s grave!


308 posted on 01/04/2008 1:40:02 PM PST by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Scarchin

So classy!


309 posted on 01/04/2008 1:41:50 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 51% negatives)
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To: Petronski

Mitt showed his greatest dignity when he offered to drop out
if did not come in first in Iowa. Is he out?

If not, how much did he increase taxes for NH residents
when he was Gov. of MA?


310 posted on 01/04/2008 1:46:10 PM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: broncobilly

311 posted on 01/04/2008 1:51:21 PM PST by Afronaut (Press 2 for English - Thanks Mr. President !)
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To: WOSG
I am sorry you lack the grace, compassion and wisdom to ‘get it’. Maybe some day when the shoe is on the other foot and your religion is attacked, you will."

I'm sorry that you do not 'get it', that Jesus Christ is the ONLY means of salvation and that CHRISTIANS are called to oppose lies and false doctrine's of folks who use His name in their title in order to fool those seeking God. Perhaps someday you will pay attention to that 'still small voice within' which calls you to Him for salvation. We can add you to the pray list, if you like.

In the mean time, try your liberal 'tolerance is politically correct so you better tolerate false doctrines or we will call you a bigot' crap and make yourself a sandwich.

312 posted on 01/04/2008 2:08:04 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: broncobilly

Okay, n00b, so this is the newest strategy, to call people pathetic for opposing the heresies in Mormonism?... Not going to sling ‘bigot’ around anymore? Tell your handlers that’s a pretty smart change. Smarter still would be to shut up for a while, save your feckless powder for the dnc campagin should Romney slip into the nomination.


313 posted on 01/04/2008 2:11:45 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: WOSG
You are misusing the term.

 
Humpty Dumpty
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything; so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. 'They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs: they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs - however, I can manage the whole lot of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!'


314 posted on 01/04/2008 2:12:27 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: broncobilly
You really have trouble with your logic.

This is a really good example of answering the question that SHOULD have been asked.

315 posted on 01/04/2008 2:14:37 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: broncobilly
Are you telling me you don’t believe the Catholic Church is apostate?

I assume you are Protestant. If you believe they are not, how come you are not a member of the Catholic Church?

If your Organization wants to be known as christian; why aren't THEY Catholic?

316 posted on 01/04/2008 2:17:03 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: WOSG
You’ll allow Mormons to sign up and fight and die for our country but won’t let them serve in high office?

Psst...

It's called CHOICE.

317 posted on 01/04/2008 2:18:41 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: WOSG
NO, what is sick and demented is the damage you are doing to cosnervative ideals and Republican unity with your divisive and hateful Jihad against the LDS.

Boo Hoo...

TRANSLATION:

"Accept us as 'Christians' or else you prove you are bad Americans!"

318 posted on 01/04/2008 2:20:57 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: MHGinTN
So you Mittiacs want folks to not realize that massive increases in fees the state controls are not equivalent to tax increases.

Words simply have different meansing for us.

--MormonDude(still cryin' in my beer about last night.)

319 posted on 01/04/2008 2:22:58 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: MHGinTN

It is amazing how many insults you can pour into three lines of text. I suppose that is what you call being Christian.


320 posted on 01/04/2008 2:24:25 PM PST by broncobilly
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