Florida Mitt Romney Endorsements

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[Recovering_Democrat]

Mitt Romney Endorsements

• Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite

• Former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings

• Rep. Jennifer Carroll, District 13

• Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner, Charles Bronson

• U.S. Congressman, Connie Mack

• Former Speaker of the House, Allan Bense

• Chairman Of The Miami-Dade County Board Of Commissioners Bruno A. Barreiro

• Former FL Secretary of State, Glenda Hood

• Jeb Bush's Former Chief of Staff, Sally Bradshaw

• Former Representative, Dudley Goodlette
• Former Speaker of the House, John Thrasher
• St Petersburg Mayor, Rick Baker
• Former Representative, Dennis Baxley
• State Representative, Trey Traviesa
• Vice-Mayor Of The City Of Miramar, Troy R. Samuels
• Chair of the Romney for President Florida Steering Committee, Al Cardenas
• State Representative Anitere Flores
• St. Petersburg Councilman, Bill Foster
• Clearwater Mayor, Frank Hibbard
• Pasco County Commissioner, Ann Hildebrand
• Hernando County Commissioner, David Russell, Jr.
• Rep. Tom Feeney

Members Of The Florida Statewide Finance Committee:

• Jorge L. Arrizurietta, Akerman Senterfitt, Miami – Chair International Policy Group, Akerman Senterfitt, Coral Gables
• William W. Bain, Founder of Bain & Co., and Co-Founder of Bain Capital, Boston & Naples
• Speaker Allan Bense, GAC Contractors, Panama City
• Ward Blakely, Jacksonville
• Ambassador J. Richard Blankenship, Global Investment Advisors, LLC, Jacksonville
• William O. Brisben, Jupiter Island
• Hoe Brown, Tampa
• M. Anthony Burns, Chairman Emeritus, Ryder System, Miami
• Al Cardenas, Tew Cardenas, Miami
• Dr. Raymond F. Caron, Orlando
• Gary Chartrand, Acosta, Jacksonville
• Herb Collins, Boston & Palm Beach
• J.D. Collins, Jacksonville
• Rod Davies, Stuart
• Henry Dean, Henry Dean & Associates, St. Augustine
• Don DeFosset, Tampa
• Dr. A.K. Desai, St. Petersburg
• J. Thomas Dodson, Ponte Vedra Beach
• Ferdinand and June Duda, Oviedo
• Chris Dudley, Southern Strategy Group, Tallahassee
• Ann Duncan, Vertical Integration, Clearwater
• Earl Durden, Rail Management Corporation, Panama City
• Llwyd Ecclestone, Jr., Palm Beach
• Kenneth Endelson, Kenco Communities, Inc., Boca Raton
• Art Falcone, The Falcone Group, Inc., Boca Raton
• Thomas M. Ferguson, Palm Beach
• Blair M. Fonda, Madison Development Group, Jacksonville
• Michael & Daryl Garfield, Global Medical Research LLC, Winter Park
• Honorable Dudley Goodlette, Coleman & Johnson, P.A./Southern Strategy Group, Naples
• David Graham, Intuition Development Holdings, Jacksonville
• David Griffin, Griffin Consulting, Tallahassee
• Mark Guzzetta, Gemstone Development Corporation, Boca Raton
• Michael & Mallory Harrell, Foley & Lardner, Tallahassee
• William Harrison, Jr., Panama City
• L. Charles Hilton, Jr., Panama City
• Mori Hosseini, ICI Homes, Inc., Daytona Beach
• Rustin Howard, Pensacola
• Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, Orlando
• Jerry & Darlene Jordan, Palm Beach
• Frederick W. Leonhardt, Gray Robinson Law Firm, Orlando
• Ometrius Deon Long, Ometrius D. Long & Associates, P.A., Winter Park
• James MacDougald, St. Petersburg
• Randall McElheney, Panama City
• Stephen J. Mitchell, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Tampa
• Mitchell R. Montgomery, Montgomery Land Company, Jacksonville
• H. Gary & Renee' Morse, The Villages
• Bill Mullen, Palm Beach
• Lee Munder, Palm Beach
• Duane Ottenstroer, Jacksonville
• Herbert Hill Peyton, Gate Petroleum, Jacksonville
• Sergio Pino, Century Home Builders, Miami
• Honorable Van B. Poole, Dutko, Poole, McKinley, Tallahassee
• John Rakolta, Jr., Walbridge Aldinger Company, Detroit & Palm Beach
• David Rancourt, Southern Strategy Group, Tallahassee
• Jim Rathbun, Rathbun & Associates, Tallahassee
• Marc Roberts, Marc Roberts Companies, Boca Raton
• Pat Roberts, Tallahassee
• Wayne Rosen, Shores Development, Coral Gables
• Rudy Rowe III, Southland Contracting, Tallahassee
• Honorable R.Z. "Sandy" Safley, Tallahassee
• Brent Sembler, The Sembler Company, St. Petersburg
• Ambassador Mel Sembler, The Sembler Company, St. Petersburg
• James M. Seneff, Jr. CNL, Orlando
• Brian Shortsleeve, H.I.G. Capital LLC, Boston and Miami
• Vernon Smith, Ft. Pierce
• James "Jim" Stelling, Stelling Properties, LLC, Seminole County
• Stanley Tate, Tate Enterprises, Inc., North Miami
• Speaker John Thrasher, Southern Strategy Group, Jacksonville
• Ray Velazquez, Terramark Worldwide, Miami
• Dr. R. Vijay, Tampa
• Ken Wright, Shutts and Bowen, Orlando
• Jordan Zimmerman, Zimmerman Advertising, Boca Raton

[Recovering_Democrat]

I know endorsements are of a limited value.

Endorsments alone did NOT make up my mind to support Mitt.

But they did make me stop and look more closely at him.

I consider: National Review--arguably a pack of blue blood Republicans--endorsed Mitt. So does Ann Coulter, and she is a social-fiscal-visceral conservative.

Also in Mitt's court: Robert Bork, the judge whose nomination by Reagan started a firestorm.

Frankly, one can find conservatives of every stripe who support him...not just "social" conservatives and not just "fiscal" ones.

I hope my fellow FREEPers will consider this, especially the ones who will be voting in two weeks in Florida.

Florida must not allow McLame to get a victory in our state.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Romney For President Florida African American Steering Committee Honorary Chairs:

State Representative Jennifer Carroll, Clay County
David Griffin, Leon County
Romney For President Florida African American Steering Committee Statewide Chair:

Deon Long, Orange County
Romney For President Florida African American Steering Committee:

Edward Bailey, Manatee County
Jerry Blackwell, Bay County
Rev. Terrell Blair, Orange County
Dan Bolden, Gulf County
Lorenzo Carnes, Manatee County
Tracey Chatfield, Duval County
Charles English, Seminole County
Dan Estes, Bay County
Marvel Estes, Bay County
Myron Gilford, Bay County
Eric Godet, Alachua County
Marc Glover, Orange County
James Green, Lee County
Almon Gunter, Duval County
Derek Hankerson, St. Johns County
Alison Hewitt, Hillsborough County
Thomas Huggins, III, Hillsborough County
Cassandra Jackson, Pinellas County
Kristen Jackson, Leon County
Whitfield Jenkins, Marion County
Dooley Johnson, Escambia County
David Langston, Gulf County
Charles McNeal, Manatee County
Morton Nembhard, Alachua County
Hosea Pittman, Escambia County
Francis Rice, Sarasota County
James Richardson, Clay County
Jack Robinson, Collier County
Edwin Rodriquez, Leon County
Matt Shack, Bay County
Jacquelyn Solomon, Liberty County
Leslie Steele, Leon County
Linda Tschudi, Gulf County
Kenneth Tschudi, Gulf County
Catherine Walker-Spencer, Lake County
Lidia Wallace, Broward County
Dr. Vibert White, Orange County
Adron Wynn, Franklin County

[colorcountry]

Regarding your screename “Recovering_Democrat”; it seems you and the flipping Mitt have much in common.

I hope you have been more successful than Mitt.

[Tennessee Nana]

I’m a REAL conservative and therefore I do not endorse RINO Romney...

[mwl1]

Coulter needs to speak up more loudly so that more conservatives hear her.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Everyone also watch these great endorsements of Mitt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxV-QNXoRIc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUMSlzig10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKwVNUz52vo

[rface]

Fred Thompson may throw in with McCain.....that will say something about Fred.

here's one endorsement that's not on your list:

ME!

[BlueNgold]

I cannot hold my nose long enough to cast a vote for Governor Romney, certainly not in the primary.

Perhaps in the general, but I pray it does not come to that.

He is another in the ‘believe what I am saying today instead of looking at my record’ group of politicians. He cowtowed for 4 years to a liberal legislature - what will he do with a liberal senate?

[rface]

I would never endorse someone who supported limiting the 1st amendment .... like Fred Thompson when he voted for and endorsed the McCain / Feingold act.

Fred the RINO

Maybe I should support a TRUE CONSERVATIVE like Tancrado .... oh... he's gone. Maybe Duncan Hunter......me and all of his support could split a pizza together.

[tortdog]

She also hates Mormons and refuses to say what church she goes to.

[GOP Poet]

Well then the poster and Mitt also have a lot in common with Ronald Reagan and that is a darn good thing in my opinion. :-) It doesn't matter how we all got to our conservative philosophies and beliefs. What matters is that we got here!! Romney himself said that as he grows older Reagan gets wiser.

Thanks for the post R_D.

[ari-freedom]

Fred is also in the “campaign in name only”

[colorcountry]

I guess you never recovered then?

[GOP Poet]

Thompson endorsed McCain/Feingold? If ever there was a ripping to the Republican party it was McCain/Feingold. I really, really hope for Fred’s sake, if he does withdraw, that he DOES NOT put his support towards his ‘friend’ McCain. Then I will never be able to call him a conservative. Somewhere I heard that he might and it may have just been hearsay, but I am very much hoping this is all it is. However it was a while back like three weeks ago.

[Vigilanteman]

Some of us have been on this forum a lot longer than you and can tell you that Recovering_Democrat is more than a one-dimensional poster. What he generally posts is thoughful and reasoned.

Unlike some of the one-dimensional types around here, however, I don't think religious bigotry has much influence with him.

FWIW, I'd be interested in knowing who Katherine Harris is backing. Considering that prissy Lindsey "Amnesty" Graham was backing McCain in South Carolina and Jim DeMint, one of the most solid conservatives in the U.S. Senate, was backing Romney, I'm a likely switch also if Fred Thompson drops out.

[GOP Poet]

Are you saying Ann Coulter is a Democrat then? This is what your post towards the initial thread poster implies. I guess it also implies Laura Ingraham is also a Democrat and Rush Limbaugh . . . if your logic follows they are all Democrats.

[colorcountry]

Perhaps they are recovering also. Who knows?

[Kodie39]

I’ll be voting for Romney, also.

I saw him on Saturday night when he made his first showing in Florida after he won Nevada. I am now one of his many, many volunteers here in the Northeast Florida area.

I made up my mind a few weeks ago. I love Fred, but he’s a yawner for me. I’m a Christian, but I wouldn’t dare vote for Huckabee, and I certainly won’t vote for McCain, for a number of reasons that need no explanation.

[TheLion]

Boy, Romney sure racked up some endorsements in Florida! I think more and more conservatives will get behind him as he is indeed our best chance to take the white house.

[libbylu]

I just looked up the Florida donations
Rudy 3.466 million
Mitt 2.712 million
Mccain 1.681 million
Fred 500,000 plus a little.
fwit. Mitt a million plus over johnboy. Rudy probably has the most because he was frontrunner for so long, more donations earlier, that is a guess.
Alachua county voting started 1/14, ends 1/29.