Tea party dilemma: What to do about Mitt Romney

Politico ^ | 06/24/2011 | Kenneth Vogel

[screaminsunshine]

Right. They get a split of the loot and no responsibility.

[Rational Thought]

The Third Party threat is real. The nomination of Romney would enact the threat.

It’s possible for a Third Party candidate to win over one third of the vote, especially if the opponents were two candidates so similar on so many big issues. The real problem would be winning 270 votes in the Electoral College, which would throw the entire election to the House.

[Perdogg]

The question is if Mitt gets the nomination, do you stay home? The answer is NO. This country cannot afford 0bama now; it cannot afford 4 more years of him.

[SoConPubbie]

Of course, Politico, which is the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party online, is promoting Romney in hopes that the TEA Party members will sit out the election if he is nominated.

We won't be sitting out the election, but many of us will be voting third party if Mitt is the nominee.

[sand lake bar]

What would Reagan do?

[SoConPubbie]

The question is if Mitt gets the nomination, do you stay home? The answer is NO. This country cannot afford 0bama now; it cannot afford 4 more years of him.

Who said anything about staying home and not voting.

If Mitt is the GOP Nominee, then we vote 3rd Party, Period!

[demshateGod]

...And I don’t blame you for holding your nose and voting Romney. I don’t think I would but I didn’t think I’d vote for McCain, but I did.

[Scotsman will be Free]

“Romney’s campaign contends that his business background and fiscal management in Massachusetts make him a good fit for the tea party.”
Wrong. You can not be a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. Also, Romney has proven, by his words and actions, that he is, at best, a RINO.

[EternalVigilance]

New tagline ...

[demshateGod]

And there’s the dilemma. I really don’t know what I’d do. Except I doubt any candidate could win if the vast majority of his voters are really not voting FOR him but AGAINST someone else. There’s no doubt in my mind that if Mitt wins the nom, 0 wins the presidency. Might as well vote 3rd party.

[dalereed]

Romney should solve the problem by registering as a democrat.

[cc2k]

No dilema here. I will never vote for Romney. I will also never vote for Obama.

If the Republican party (aka the Spend and Spend party, aka the "stupid party") is interested in my vote, they will put someone conservative on the ticket.

I want a President who will wear out the veto pen, and start most veto letters with, “I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution of the United States, …” With our current Congress, there is no reason Grover Cleveland's records for most vetoes in a single congressional session and most vetoes in a single presidential term can't be easily and significantly eclipsed. We just need to find a candidate who cares about the Constitution. Unfortunately, in the Republican party, I don't think there is one.

[Lee'sGhost]

“What to do about Mitt Romney “

Pat him on his back, tell him “thanks anyway,” and send him on his way.

What’s so hard about that?

[HMS Surprise]

Agree. Romney is not acceptable at any level. I can’t go another cycle without a choice. The Republican Party will be in danger of extinction if it nominates Romney.

[Perdogg]

Reagan backed President Ford in 1976 after he lost the nomination fight.

[Ingtar]

Marxist Obama (D) or Socialist Romney (R). Hopefully, the TEA party and others have learned that it is important to vote on the other lines, even if they cannot stomach the top of the ticket.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It's not a dilemma for the silent majority known as the Tea Party.

It's a dilemma for the ruling-class RINOs who are about to be trampled if they don't get out of the way.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Reagan backed President Ford in 1976 after he lost the nomination fight.

Gerald Ford was no Mitt Romney.

[EternalVigilance]

Reagan backed President Ford in 1976 after he lost the nomination fight.

Remind me how that general election turned out, will ya?

[Clyde5445]

It's rather simple: PRINCIPLES OVER PARTY.