Posted on 09/19/2009 5:19:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A day after former Baptist minister and likely presidential rival Mike Huckabee offered a withering critique of Mitt Romney's record, the former Massachusetts governor made his pitch to the same group of religious conservatives.
Romney appealed to attendees at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Saturday, using a speech that drew heavily from his address to social conservatives at the same hotel earlier this year. "Putting such a spirit-crushing, back-breaking debt burden on our children is unworthy of our national character," he said.
"That is why I believe that this spending and borrowing is not just economically irresponsible, it is morally wrong."
The former Republican presidential candidate, widely considered a likely 2012 contender, was on the ballot for the gathering's 2012 presidential straw poll, along with Huckabee, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
Huckabee won the straw poll Saturday, grabbing nearly 29 percent of the vote. Romney, Pawlenty, Palin and Pence each won roughly 12 percent of the 597 votes cast.
Just four of the eight prospective GOP standard-bearers spoke at the three-day conference: Romney, Pence, Huckabee, and Pawlenty. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who will speak later Saturday, earlier asked that his name be removed from the straw poll ballot.
Despite the makeup of the crowd, Romney's speech was relatively light on social issues, focusing instead on economic and security policy.(continued)
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Hunter/DeMint. No global warming or amnesty pushers.
Wish Huck would shut up and go home, I can’t stand him on any Fox show he is on. Come to think of it Mitt-Witt is just as bad along with Dah-Newt.
MR defends record? huh A liberal defense...how does that work?
The liberal defense is to lie!
Sarah/Joe Wilson
Sorry MITT ... your experimentation with State run Healthcare requirements ... makes you a NON STARTER.. dayum, I’d voted for the HUCKSTER before i’ll vote for Romney!!
ROTTON,DIRTY, STINKING MSM think they are going to pick the GOP pres. runner again -—”AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN BOY”
** Sarah/Joe Wilson **
Sarah/michele Bachmann ....
Of course, thanks for reminding me.
**MSM think they are going to pick the GOP pres. runner again**
THEY WILL ... unless GOP does away with the IOWA CAUCUS and replaces it with a primary.. and ALL PRIMARIES CLOSED.. republican ONLY (which means I DO NOT have a Primary Vote)
Too/Early
Romney is just plain awful and is such a typical blow-dried socialist that I think the GOP would do even worse than it did with McCain (because, for one thing, Romney tried very hard to spike the Palin candidacy and would certainly not be open to running with her).
I like Huckabee and I agree that his values are great. He could possibly clarify his positions on other matters. But I’m just not sure he’s a very galvanizing or aggressive person (which will be necessary in 2012, if we make it that far).
I also like Jindal, but again, he’s not a very motivating speaker.
At the moment, I like Palin/DeMint, or DeMint/Palin. Of course, things can always change.
Surprise...surprise...surprise!!!!
Sargeant Carter and Miss Bunny you are the best!
Palin/Bachmann...hmm, that’s interesting.
Gov. Mike Huckabee 28 %
Romney 12.4 %
Gov. Tim Pawlenty 12.23 %
Sarah Palin 12.06 %
Rep. Mike Pence 11.89 %
One got a 168 votes and four tied for second, all attended, lobbied and gave speeches except for one of them.
Mitt is like Jello. Except he does have some carrots in him. (Back handed Mormon joke)
Mitt changes positions more than I change my underwear. I could see him making a few changes to his positions, VERY few.
The dude what gave Texas Illegal Alien in-state tuition?
Man can move to Mexico after spitting on the rest of America that way.
I don’t if she will be the nominee or even wants it but we are not going to elect anyone who ran in 2008 in the primary including Romney or Huckabee. Put a fork in every Republican primary candidate from 2008!
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