Posted on 01/17/2012 6:06:55 PM PST by TBBT
f you were trying to come up with the most atrocious candidate imaginable to go toe-to-toe with Barack Obama in 2012, you couldn't do much better than Mitt Romney. He was an unpopular moderate governor who lost 2 out of the 3 major elections he's run in and whose signature issue Romneycare is an enormous failure. Moreover, he's so uninspiring that he makes Bob Dole look like Ronald Reagan and that's before you consider his incessant flip-flopping that makes it impossible to really know where he stands on any issue.
Romney's candidacy also runs counter to almost every political trend in the book right now. He's the antithesis of everything the Tea Party stands for -- a moderate establishment-endorsed, principle-free Rockefeller Republican. On the other hand, he's like a bad guy straight out of central casting for the Occupy Wall Street crowd, a conscience-free 1 percenter who makes $10,000 bets and lectures the public about how corporations are people -- while hordes of poor and middle class Americans that he fired trail in his wake telling tales of woe about how Romney made their lives into a living hell.
At one time, I thought both Gingrich and Perry were more electable than Romney. I have, however, reassessed and now believe Gingrich, Perry, Santorum, and even Huntsman, who just left the race, are ALL more electable than Mitt. It's also worth noting that all of those candidates, including Huntsman, are more conservative than Romney. It's mind-boggling to consider the fact that if Romney wins, the conservative base will have chosen the guy behind Romneycare over the man behind the Contract with America, America's premier social conservative, and the best job-creating governor in America, all of whom would also be more electable.
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This should be put into every mailbox in S.C..
However, the outcome is becoming more and more inevitable. We can thank Iowa and Rick Santorum for that.
Yes... Santorum fans will say that Newt should drop out. After all, Santorum won Iowa and beat Newt in N.H. and therefore has a more legitimate claim on being the sole remaining Not Romney.
Where that argument fails is the fact that Iowa and N.H. are now history and no longer matter a wit. What matters now is the current state of the race today. Right now Newt is down 10. Santorum is twice as far behind. Same story in Florida and many other states down the road. Santorum is HIGHLY unlikely to experience another last minute miracle (it would be a miracle for another miracle to happen). Newt's resources are weak at the moment (though Adelson will likely throw more money at his PAC should he do well). But if Newt's resources are weak, Santorum's is likely none existent. Add a multitude or other reasons, and Santorum will not be able to stop Romney.
Neither will get out before S.C.. Egos and personal ambition will prevent it. What this author is hoping to prevent will most likely come to past. Sad.
I wont sell my soul. I am not voting for Romney, there is not a dimes worth of difference between him and BHO.
And I will never, ever vote for Romney. Period, paragraph, turn the page, amen.
/johnny
AMEN!!
John is under the mistaken impression that my soul is for sale.
Amen.
Maybe we should consider just letting the inevitable happen and get ready for the civil war.
Apparently that is what it will take to rid the system of the Dummies that have infiltrated and destroyed this great country.
But, I'm done. We should have done this with Dole and put that "I'm next" crap to bed then.
/johnny
John has an argument, the same as in 2008.
We conservatives seem to be on the outside looking in
if the primary votes end up nominating Mittens.
I, for one, can’t figure out what they’re thinking.
Are they voting for John Tesh over, say, Dr. John, or what?
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“We can thank Iowa and Rick Santorum for that.”
Yeah, whupping Romney’s butt in Iowa will do that.
“Santorum fans will say that Newt should drop out.”
Oh? Can you quote one of us.
As I said before - best man wins. He’s going to have earn a win in South Carolina.
“Where that argument fails is the fact that Iowa and N.H. are now history and no longer matter a wit.”
Oh, so we’re supposed to ignore the fact that Newt was in 4th and 5th?
“Right now Newt is down 10”
Smells like loser to me. Why should I endorse a loser?
“Newt’s resources are weak at the moment”
Smells like loser to me. Why should I endrose a loser?
Why should I waste and money by endorsing someone who’s going to bail?
“We can thank Iowa and Rick Santorum for that.”
Yeah, whupping Romney’s butt in Iowa will do that.
“Santorum fans will say that Newt should drop out.”
Oh? Can you quote one of us.
As I said before - best man wins. He’s going to have earn a win in South Carolina.
“Where that argument fails is the fact that Iowa and N.H. are now history and no longer matter a wit.”
Oh, so we’re supposed to ignore the fact that Newt was in 4th and 5th?
“Right now Newt is down 10”
Smells like loser to me. Why should I endorse a loser?
“Newt’s resources are weak at the moment”
Smells like loser to me. Why should I endorse a loser?
Why should I waste my money by endorsing someone who’s going to bail?
The conservatives aren’t choosing Romney.
Amen.
I doubt Perry will have a miracle either, but Newt might.
The race is shifty and the NotRomney NotPaul vote might coalesce by Saturday. I do hope we come out of SC with one candidate against Romney.
Then you deserve whatever bad things happen as a consequence. Unfortunately, we're all stuck in the same boat and I don't believe I deserve what will happen to us if obama is reelected.
The author mistakenly assumes that conservatives owe and allegiance to the republican party.
Republicans deserve another 4 years of Obama if they make Romney the nominee.
The Establishment owns both parties! They wantObama just where he is.So they want the weakest, the most pliable opponent to face him in 2012. It is as simple as that!
Little wonder they literally expunged Herman Cain from his front runner status! He was a force to be reckoned with! Now they are trying to do the same thing to Newt, who could beat obama in any debate with both hands tied behind his back!
Wake up, America! Time is growing very short!
King Jorge the II was a big disappointment and the 2nd time around he didnt earn my vote. You can guess the rest.
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