Posted on 02/21/2009 9:26:16 PM PST by Steelfish
Romney playing role in Calif. governor race His support of Whitman could aid ambitions
A victory by Meg Whitman in the race for California governor could deliver Mitt Romney a foothold in a Democratic state. (Noah Berger/Associated Press)
By Sasha Issenberg February 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - From a Lexington office complex, Mitt Romney's political action committee has ensured the former presidential candidate's omnipresence on cable news shows, Republican rally stages, and antistimulus T-shirts, the last available with a $50 contribution to his Free and Strong America PAC.
But for the next year and a half, the center of Romney's political universe will shift west to Sacramento, where key parts of his operation have reassembled on behalf of Meg Whitman, a longtime friend and former business colleague who this month entered next year's Republican primary to become the governor of California.
The former eBay CEO is still readying her headquarters, but it has already become something of a campaign-in-exile for Romney's ambitions, which could include another presidential run in 2012.
His leading fund-raisers and top aides, including one known as the former Massachusetts governor's "sixth son," have already signed on with Whitman. Today Romney will appear with Whitman at the state Republican convention, where he is expected to endorse her.
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Romney is a dud. I cannot put my finger on it, but he seems like a Johnny-come-lately as far as his conservative credentials. His chorus of disingenuous “me too” during the primary really torqued me, as he wanted to paint himself as a conservative stalwart. Plus, it was sad to see McCain pick up Romney campaign rejects, only to have them subvert McCain and turn sour grapes on Palin. Despicable and unforgivable.
Listen, Hoss, Slick Willard ain’t the only RINO in the country. Whitman sucks with or without Slick Willard.
Direct hit!!!
You’re veering from the script.
Thank goodness it is easy, because it would otherwise exceed the somewhat limited capacity of the members of your merry band.
Oh, conservatives, is that what you Romney loathers are? No telling what is prompting the anti-Romney obsession, but conservatism it isn't.
Bingo! Romney opposed Reaganism, the Contract with America, the GOP and trampled on the Constitution all in the name of political expediency --- not conservative principles.
Not only opposed Reaganism, he opposed Reagan the man. And proudly so.
I always think if “charlatan”, “carpet-bagger”, and “snake-oil salesman.”
What do you expect?
Willard is just following in his Father’s footsteps.
Reagan warned conservatives about those Rockefeller Republican.
“Romney is a bad man.”
That is the sad bottom line.
Mitt Romney is deeply, deeply bad and roboticly self focused on something that none of us can discern. Yes he is liberal by nature, but the lust for position drives the man.
He so desires to fulfill his father’s dreams of his being a “good boy” and taking on all those right wingers like Goldwater and Reagan at that evil 1964 convention even though Romney himself seems to longer remember what started all of this.
Romney is only obsessed, he knows not to what end except that he does remember the title that he desires.
He is an ultra slick, a flim-flam man. He turned on so many issues during the campaign my head was spinning. He redifined himself as much as Gore did / and flip-flopped as much as Kerry. If he now has a so-called conservative , constitutionally tenable core, it’s suspect to me. Too self-serving and untrustworthy. Plus, I’ll Never forgive what his nefarious campaign operatives did to undermine and subvert McCain/Palin.
Deep man, really deep, personal attacks is what the Romney supporters offer, I see it on every Romney thread and I think that fence sitters see it as well.
Whitman and Romney can both go straight to hell!
Take Pete Wilson with them.
Wilson is how we got Arnie the commie!
Romney could show Whitman how to out liberal the liberals like he did to get elected Governor of Massachusetts twice.
Quite true, so could her same-named ex-Governor of New Jersey, another execrable RINO disaster.
A few posts from me objecting to the posting style of your band doesn't constitute a creepy Romney obsession.
If you are looking for a creepy Romney obsession, look for those with thousands of repetitive spam posts about Romney, largely unhinged from the thread topic.
Can a Republican win in a state which is so third-world?
“If you are looking for a creepy Romney obsession, look for those with thousands of repetitive spam posts about Romney, largely unhinged from the thread topic.”
I am looking at it.
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