Posted on 03/21/2009 10:45:23 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Today there is a complete lack of adult economic leadership in Washington. President Obama’s agenda on health care, higher education, and climate change is diverting his attention from the economy. Congressional Republicans are proposing austerity-oriented “spending freezes” and railing against “big bank bailouts” instead of articulating a pro-growth message and policy agenda.
The GOP — and the country — needs Gov. Mitt Romney’s voice front and center in the economic debate. His private-sector experience as a chief executive officer, his record as a turnaround artist, and his expertise on economic and financial matters are head and shoulders above those of any current Republican or Democratic political figure.
Here are some more of the benefits Romney could bring:
— Governor Romney is ahead of the curve in terms of modernizing our economic message. For instance, on regulation, Romney says: “Republicans believe in regulation. You can’t have a free market with people stealing intellectual property from one another, with monopolies being formed, we believe in law and regulation that sets rules for markets. . . . Do we need new regulations? Absolutely. Should regulators be looking at the market in a different way than they did 25 years ago? Certainly.”
— Romney has demonstrated his ability to craft innovative policy solutions. Last year, he put forth a proposal to create a public-private cooperative that would receive troubled bank assets, then renegotiate loans to homeowners and businesses to keep them performing. The income from the performing loans would then go to the owners of the troubled assets, thereby allowing them to recoup some of their losses.
— Romney has raised some legitimate concerns about the efficacy of “mark to market” accounting, the inside-the-Beltway think tanks’ favorite cure-all for the banking crisis. He said, “I do believe you need to somewhere recognize if you have a toxic asset and present that to stakeholders. Japan took the other route . . . and we have learned from that experience that if you try and hide the extent of the problem, you may not be willing to deal with it.”
— As a Michigan-born son of an auto executive, Romney is uniquely positioned to address the economic fallout that is occurring in the Industrial Midwest. Romney has been a trendsetter in calling for investment in new technologies that will modernize and preserve an industrial base in the country. The GOP has been hemorrhaging support in the Industrial Midwest because its leaders are tone deaf on the economic anxieties of blue- and white-collar workers in states like Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
— Romney can be a credible voice on the intersection of education and economic competitiveness. He is well versed in the economic challenges presented to our country by a rising China. Romney and the Republican party should lead a national call to bolster our teaching of math and science. This is crucial issue to our long-term competitiveness.
Looking backward, it should have been Romney, not Gov. Bobby Jindal, offering the official GOP response to President Obama’s address. And going forward, Romney should be the GOP’s go-to economic spokesman for media interviews. He ought to give a series of speeches on how to turn around the economy. He should lead an economic task force made of elder statesmen, prominent business executives, global-finance experts, and Nobel Prize winning economists to develop economic policy solutions, with a focus on fixing the banking system.
In the presidential primaries, Mitt Romney’s PowerPoint presentations did not connect to average Americans. But with the economy and stock market collapsing, he could find a much more receptive audience.
— Cesar Conda is a founding principal of Navigators Global. He was a domestic-policy adviser to former vice president Cheney and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Where did I say we should have invaded Iraq in 1998? The issue then was whether we should through various means pursue ultimately regime change. Matter of factly I think we should have removed him in 1991 already. Stop making things up.
And where the HECK did I mention Kosovo here? Matter of factly I repeatedly said that the Balkans are not our issue.
Sanford said his principles are a) no force unless after we are attacked and b) no regime change ever, even through nonviolent means. He is a surrender monkey, and you try to desperately spin my words to fit your argument.
BTW it’s funny how you think that mentioning “Muslim” makes your case about Kosovo more meaningful. So you think “policing the world” is okay if it does not involve Muslims? Make you stance clear, and stop meandering.
Silly me... but I think that might be trolling.
So you don’t have a link with Sanford’s remarks in context, just an opinion. And yes, I think it makes a difference that we were supporting Muslim terrorists in Europe that were beheading Christians in the 90’s and got stampeded into supporting our government’s military action by a press that didn’t report honestly. Nobody has talked about it much becomes the Dems wanted to support Clinton and the neocons want to run around the world using our troops for the greater glory . . . but it was a damn dumb and wasteful policy and Sanford was against it. Make fun of it if you want but he was right.
Watch yourself!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0W3jerK9Sw
Rush’s response:
http://vodpod.com/watch/1391725-rush-responds-to-sanford-calling-him-an-idiot
Have you reading problems or do you have to resort to lying? Pretty please my dear, show me where I mentioned, much less "made fun" of Sanford's stance on Kosovo. Come on... show me. I critisized his stance on IRAQ and his PRINCIPLE of rejecting regime change and preemptiv force. I was not talking about Kosovo, not at least because I AGREE that the Balkans are not our vital interest. The Persian Gulf region however IS.
Thanks, everybody should watch that youtube clip of Sanford. Regarding Iraq, the vote against regime chage was in 1998 while Clinton was President. Don’t let your support of Palin blind you to other good Republican’s in the field, especially this far away from the primaries.
Are they talking about his image, or his hair with that headline? 'Cause Mitt does have awesome hair, and I think we can all see why he'd like to maximize it. Wonder if he has developed a comprehensive national policy on Mousse versus Hairspray yet? Pompadour versus Close-cut? He's probably waiting to see the polling numbers before he commits one way or the other.
If they're talking about his image, a vision of a weather vane comes to mind, pointing whichever way the current wind blows. Maybe he can make an ad about it, like the one he made about the evils of porn, a few months before he went skipping back to Marriott, one of the largest distributors of porn in the US through in-room movies.¹
Details about the author of this Ode to Mittens on a Warm Spring Day, FTA: Cesar Conda is a founding principal of Navigators Global. He was a domestic-policy adviser to former vice president Cheney and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
When a candidate needs endless propaganda and propping up by friends and former employees this far from the next election, it says a lot.
None of it good.
FYA:Looking backward, it should have been Romney, not Gov. Bobby Jindal, offering the official GOP response to President Obama’s address.
When a candidate needs to tear down a sitting governor for his own aggrandizement, it says a lot.²
None of it good.
When a candidate needs manufactured exposure, rather than doing something lasting and positive behind the scenes, it says a lot.
None of it good.
¹ While I don't care much one way or the other about what adults do pornography-wise; like many Americans, I find hypocrites and people who care only when expedient highly distasteful. The latest go-round with Marriott just solidifies the widely-held picture that Romney seems willing to say anything to raise his popularity.
² I'm not really a Jindal supporter, at least not yet.
Yeah, but he'll be for them again just as soon as the focus groups say he should be.
I won’t support someone who calls me “idiot” for wanting Obama to fail. I won’t support someone who won’t fight our enemies. I won’t support someone who supports the Global Warming scam. I therefore won’t support Sanford.
I would however be interested in your take on his stance on global warming? Do you also believe the nonsense he talked about “man causing” global warming?
You are awfully extreme in your opinions based on something Rush said he “heard” but wasn’t sure about . . . once again no quotation or anything. Lots of stuff being “heard” without support . . .
Mitt’s collecting money for 2012 like crazy. He has been running since the day he dropped out of the last election. If he gets the nod we are another four years from winning back the WH.
No more RINO's... Period.
Pull my other leg...
Choke away.
I posted the actual video and you still talk about “no context” or “no support”?
I am a Christian. No need to add an adjective or modifier to the label.
Furthermore, you would do well to read some of the facts of the Mittster’s history before supporting him.
On most issues he has been against the conservative position before he was for the conservative position and he and his supporters do their best to hide that information from the general public. He has only admitted (as far as I can recollect) that he was wrong about one of his past positions, his support for Abortion.
Many of the most rabid Mitt supporters here on FreeRepublic just ignore the facts, and they have been posted over and over again, and keep on lying about Mitt.
Hey Woebama,
How about answering his question concerning Global Warming?
Quit running away from the fight.
Get it through your head right now...
No More RINO's.
Who knows? Maybe more. But, Mitt will probably get a sweet book deal and prime speaking engagements out of it, so It's All Good™.
You know, good for Mitt Romney. For the rest of us? Not so much.
Who would buy it?
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