Mitt Romney Can Crush McCain

NewsMax ^ | February 6, 2008 | John LeBoutillier

[2ndDivisionVet]

Despite what the pundits, talking heads, and self-annoited experts say about the Republican race, it is more muddled and more up in the air than at any time since Iowa.

Why?

Because 60 percent of the Republican Party is against John McCain.

And the more a dour Tim Russert or an arrogant Chris Mathews says that, “the Republican race is, for all intents and purposes, over,” or this one, “it is very hard to see how John McCain can be stopped,” the more agitated conservatives get.

That translates to “we lefty pundits who dominate the TV airwaves want McCain so we will just proclaim him the inevitable nominee.”

But conservative GOP voters are rebelling against McCain; yes, he gets moderate Republicans and independents who come into the GOP primaries. But the base — conservatives — are voting against McCain.

So I ask you this question: How can the Republican Party, with a huge base of conservatives, nominate a candidate who hates them and who they despise?

This is the crux of the dilemma that is ripping the GOP apart now. Ann Coulter’s "Hannity & Colmes" diatribe was more than amusing. It raised this question: Who do conservatives hate more, John McCain or Hillary Clinton?

The question, more than any answer, is instructive: The fact that we are even talking about this shows how divided we Republicans are and how unaccepting of John McCain we will be.

We feel like he is being jammed down our throat by the left, and by the same inside-the-beltway GOP establishment that has been, frankly, wrong on just about everything from amnesty to Dubai Ports World.

The two candidates opposing McCain are both having difficulty cobbling together enough support on their own to defeat McCain; they are splitting the conservative vote and enabling a moderate-to-liberal win.

And Huckabee is clearly in the tank for McCain. Yesterday’s rigged convention in West Virginia was designed to deny Mitt Romney a “Romney Wins West Virginia” headline running all day long on cable TV. While within the rules, it was a petty, ugly example of the "real McCain" at work.

As the so-called GOP front-runner he should be above that kind of thing. But it tells us he is still more afraid of Romney than he is of Huckabee. Therefore, conservatives are increasingly going to rally to Romney from here on out.

And what Romney now needs to do is simple: pick an upcoming state — a crucial one — and make it a mano-a-mano race, Romney vs. McCain, and win it!

It is time Romney beats Mccain one-on-one because if he cannot, then McCain will win the nomination by default.

But if Romney draws the line in the sand and beats McCain, then we have a new race on our hands. The conservatives will rally to Romney and McCain could still be stopped.

So, Mitt, get going and fast.

Your task is a difficult one: take on not just McCain but the entire D.C. establishment.

Let it all out . . . get angry; show some passion. Embrace the talk-radio hosts, as they represent the GOP base.

Take on McCain and squash him, and soon, maybe in Ohio.

Make the economy the issue.

Do us all a favor.

[Kellis91789]

I’m not suggesting we’ll win back Congress. Only that there will be enough Republicans left in Congress to fight amnesty if it is Hillary pushing it. If it is McCain pushing amnesty, however many Republicans there are, they WON’T fight.

[Son House]

Perfect timing, From Fox News,

The 15-minute Tip: The Candidates And The Economy

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/media/article/15minute-tip-candidates-economy_469029_15.html

NEW YORK — The economy has become the No. 1 issue for most Americans. With both the Republican and Democratic nominations still up in the air, it’s more important than ever to find out where the candidates stand on economic policy.

And, somewhat to my surprise, that’s not so easy to do.

END QUOTE; but see the link for more links to compare bugets of all the Candidates, there are several.

Exactly what the media wants, Republicans not to be able to see Romney’s budget, so McDole gets a free pass on his.

[Son House]

From;

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/subdir/economic-choices-2008_gridgt/

Mitt Romney

* Keep income tax rates low
* Lower corporate tax rate
* Eliminate all taxes on investments for anyone with Adjusted Gross Income under $200,000
* Make Bush Administration tax cuts permanent
* Eliminate Death Tax

John McCain

* Keep marginal tax rates low
* Balance the federal budget

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ron Paul had such high hopes for Alaska, too!

[Son House]

Yep, Now in a General vs Democrats;

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/subdir/economic-choices-2008_gridgt/

Mitt Romney

* Keep income tax rates low
* Lower corporate tax rate
* Eliminate all taxes on investments for anyone with Adjusted Gross Income under $200,000
* Make Bush Administration tax cuts permanent
* Eliminate Death Tax

Hillary Clinton

* Balance the federal budget
* Repeal Bush Administration tax cuts
* Return to upper-income tax rates of the 1990’s
* Reform the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

Barack Obama

* Provide an income tax cut of up to $500 per person
* Create a mortgage interest tax credit for homeowners
* Elimate income taxes for retirees making less than $50,000 a year

[Kellis91789]

If McCain is the nominee, I think we definitely shift all focus to a fight for Congress.

I would encourage conservatives to not give a dime to McCain but instead to give all the support they can to the most conservative GOP candidates running for House or Senate.

The goal for 2009 - 2012 will be to make Hillary or Obama the most ineffective POTUS ever. Make sure by 2012 the country is as sick of them as we were of Carter in 1980.

[fish hawk]

I can’t help it, your argument is so intellectual.

[Son House]

Supporting McDole isn’t easy, timetables, whatever they can throw at Romney in hopes of McDole getting the nomination, and America gets a Democrat President.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

That’s why Romney could come from behind and win since McCain is disliked so much and a lot of conservatives only recently started pushing hard for Romney.

I think McCain’s support could drop dramatically in a short period of time. I’m not about to give up on him yet and neither should anyone else.

http://www.mittromney.com/

[Zechariah11]

If McCain is the nominee, I think we definitely shift all focus to a fight for Congress.

I would encourage conservatives to not give a dime to McCain but instead to give all the support they can to the most conservative GOP candidates running for House or Senate.

The goal for 2009 - 2012 will be to make Hillary or Obama the most ineffective POTUS ever. Make sure by 2012 the country is as sick of them as we were of Carter in 1980.

Excellent ideas. I very much like how you think. Please put me on your ping list if you have one.

[ari-freedom]

then why was he for the big rebate? you know what he said? http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Romney_Agenda_1.19 Permanently Reduce The Lowest Income Tax Bracket to 7.5%. Permanently cutting taxes for all taxpayers will put more money in workers' pockets and stimulate consumer confidence and spending.

huh??????

He also attacked McCain for wanting to cut government spending and for being against the bogus stimulus rebate plan. http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Research_Briefing_1.20

sure sounds straight out of Keynes to me. It is Romney that doesn't seem to get it.

[Son House]

As long as Romney stays in America has a chance to beat another Decade of high tax rates Democrats would impose to keep paying for Congressional Spending Sprees.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

You know my repulsion to a mccain presidency is so strong that I could almost agree to that idea. Of course I’d much rather that Romney knocked both of them out.

[adc]

Not giving up either.

Tonight on Hannity & Colmes, that Bill Beckel was apoplectic at the suggestion that Romney might continue on and win. He and Susan Estridge continually say they would love Mitt to be the candidate because he’d be easy to beat.

Right there you know Mitt’s the last one they want in this race.

[ari-freedom]

of course. They remember the kennedy-romney debate. All they would have to do is play it in its entirety and Romney would lose in a landslide even in Utah.

[skeptoid]

Mitt Romney wins GOP caucuses in Alaska.

Romney takes 55 percent, Huckabee a distant second in Republican primary

Here's the story from the Juneau Empire today.

SNIP . . . .The Alaska Republican party had its first binding primary vote ever last night. In a preliminary tally of Juneau votes, Mitt Romney took the lead with 266, or 55 percent of the total. Mike Huckabee came in second with 76 votes, or 16 percent. John McCain was third with 73 votes, or 15 percent, and Ron Paul took fourth with 65, or 13 percent.

Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire
Awaiting results: Gov. Sarah Palin, right, speaks Tuesday
with House Minority Leader Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau
during an informal gathering at the Governor's Mansion
to watch the Super Tuesday returns.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

That’s exactly what the democrats will do ever so subtlety, mostly through their media proxies with mccain. The only difference is stain actually has a record of liberalism that is so repulsive to conservatives they won’t need to play those kind of tricks, but will they will anyway just to remind us.

[RobbyS]

Romney has not demonstrated a comittment to a specific, anti-Conservative agenda the way that McCain has. A lot of what Romney did as governer was the result of compromises with a solidly Democartic legislature. A comparison would be what Clinton did with the Republican Congress. Romney did a bit of trangulation as well. Furthermore, he did not go as far as “Arnold” has done in California to accomodate the Democrats. As a “conservative” he does lean more to the libertarian wing, although he did move right socially on the stem-cell issue. NO Republican leader has really done anything to short-circuit the move toward universal acceptance of same-sex marraige.

I can’r say that like McCain he has worked against his own party so openly and so consistently. What I dislike the most is his stance on the tax-cuts, because his rhetoric was so “populist.”

[ari-freedom]

What I dislike the most is his stance on the tax-cuts, because his rhetoric was so “populist.”

like this?

[Sun]

I don’t think that Alaska likes McCain voting against drilling in ANWR, and neither do I!

This also tells me that McCain won’t be supporting drilling in other parts of our oil-rich country.

MEANWHILE China is digging offshore of Florida.

Charlie Crist, who endorsed McCain:

“Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist opposes rigs within 125 miles of Florida’s coast, ..”

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/07/State/Offshore_drilling_sep.shtml

RINOS supporting RINOS.