Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

VIDEO: Romney’s media strategy: Avoid Fox News?
The Daily Caller ^ | 11/09/2011 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 11/09/2011 11:01:53 AM PST by martosko

With ratings head and shoulders above its cable news competitors, a Fox News Channel appearance would seem like an appropriate place for Republican presidential candidates to make their case. Fox’s 6:00 p.m. “Special Report” program is especially popular — but not with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has declined to appear on the show.

“We just received an email from the Romney campaign that they are officially turning down our invite to be on ‘Center Seat,’” host Bret Baier revealed at the end of his Monday broadcast. “They say, as of now, Gov. Romney will not appear on center seat. We hope they reconsider.”

In the “Center Seat” segment of ”Special Report,” candidates answer questions from a panel comprised of Baier, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer and two other rotating experts. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, and other Romney rivals have already either appeared on the segment or made commitments to do so.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedc.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bretbaier; foxnews; mittromney; specialreport
Oh, for Fox sake ...
1 posted on 11/09/2011 11:02:02 AM PST by martosko
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: martosko

Romney the rino...is skurred of a lil fox... LOL!!!


2 posted on 11/09/2011 11:04:13 AM PST by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER 2012 from my house....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nat Turner

Odd. They frequently shill for him.


3 posted on 11/09/2011 11:05:22 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: martosko

Stunning, they way the FOX panel has been saying Romney is the nominee and he turns them down....? Morris nails it today in his lunch video email... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/


4 posted on 11/09/2011 11:05:40 AM PST by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: martosko
Good. I hope he NEVER goes on FOX.
I have NO USE for the RINO. . . . None, Nada, ZIP

I hope and pray we don't wind up with his sorry A$$. I will more than likely not vote. I will move to my own island.

5 posted on 11/09/2011 11:06:49 AM PST by DeaconRed (My Hat Don't Hang on the same Nail to Long. I am a CAT adjuster.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: martosko

Hmmmmm The center seat fits him. Perhaps he can sit in it and lean a little to the left.


6 posted on 11/09/2011 11:07:33 AM PST by stratboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: martosko

The media will never lay a glove on Slick Willard until after the GOP convention.

The moment he is nominated, they’ll bring out all the stuff they didn’t bring out that we know of on here.

By Election Day, they’ll make him look so repulsive, even his own mother won’t vote for him.

Obama will be re-elected by a thumping margin. The game is now afoot to get him nominated quickly.


7 posted on 11/09/2011 11:09:16 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: martosko

Perhaps Mitt does not like the obvious displays of public affection that would come with him showing up on Fox News. The love fest that results on these shows from the mere mentioning of Mitt Romney borders on pornographic.


8 posted on 11/09/2011 11:13:19 AM PST by ConservativeTeen (Proud Right Wing Extremist)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Psalm 144

Exactly. He should feel at home there!


9 posted on 11/09/2011 11:14:32 AM PST by Sister_T ("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Sister_T

That is what I was thinking. He should be on their every hour. It would help them justify talking about him every 15 minutes.


10 posted on 11/09/2011 11:16:23 AM PST by kempster
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeTeen

With a candidate like him, the GOP can win.

Why? All the media talking heads say so, that’s why!

They’re going to express their adoration for Romney until they can take him down.

Don’t believe their hero worship is genuine.


11 posted on 11/09/2011 11:17:05 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: martosko

I haven’t watched tv in about 8 years, why would he not go on this show?


12 posted on 11/09/2011 11:18:44 AM PST by 7beuties
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop

“By Election Day, they’ll make him look so repulsive, even his own mother won’t vote for him.”

There is a possibility - remote but real - that if Romney is the GOP candidate, the Republicans will place third. The bad news is that Obama would win with a plurality.


13 posted on 11/09/2011 11:20:06 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop

It amazes me how many of his dumb supporters don’t think this is going to happen.

It happened in 2008 because they wanted McCain, whom they showered with soft gloves until he got the nod too.


14 posted on 11/09/2011 11:27:28 AM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: martosko

Romney doesn’t need to worry about FOX, the have his back and are working hard in his behalf.


15 posted on 11/09/2011 11:33:21 AM PST by Breto (never accept the premise)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: martosko
Any time Romney appears in front of conservatives they distrust him even more. He is trying to win the moderates and unaffiliated and counting on conservatives to vote for him out of fear of an Obama victory.

If Romney wins he will not feel that he owes conservatives anything. He will govern exactly like he did in Massachusetts.

16 posted on 11/09/2011 11:56:49 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Breto

THe reason WHY Romney isn’t going on Fox is exactly because FOX is in his corner. They don’t want to expose the establishment FOX/ROMNEY/ROVE connection, so they make it a “SNUB” and it makes it look like FOX is not carrying Romney water.

Simple as that.


17 posted on 11/09/2011 12:19:21 PM PST by gwgn02
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Click the Pretty Waterfall

Let's Restore Our Beautiful Country

Donate Monthly
Sponsors will contribute $10 for each New Monthly Donor

18 posted on 11/09/2011 12:55:31 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: 11th Commandment

Got part way through but when Dick Morris started saying he thought Romney was just pretending to be a liberal in Massachusetts, would get rid of Obamacare and is really a conservative now, I started feeling nauseated and turned it off.

The only thing we really know about Romney is that he isn’t a conservative. Morris is clueless and Romney is a RINO.


19 posted on 11/09/2011 2:43:01 PM PST by Waryone (RINOs, Elites, and Socialists - on the endangered list, soon to become extinct.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson