Posted on 01/24/2012 4:33:34 AM PST by RoosterRedux
"I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, 'Look, if Mitt Romney cannot win in Florida then we're going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries. And we're going to have try to come with someone as an alternative to Newt Gingrich who could be Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, someone.'
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These Republican ELITES are making the same sort of miscalculation! They're setting Gingrich up for a BIG WIN IN FLORIDA!
(You don't suppose these people are actually working FOR Gingrich, do you?)
(Nah! They're far too stupid for something like that.)
Ping
That’s what I was thinking. Jeb Bush? No one wants another Bush in office. I would think he would be less likely to beat Obama than Mitt. Americans don’t like the name. IMHO that is why Perry didn’t do very well because he is from Texas and Americans associate it with Bush.
Andrea Mitchell is all you need to know about this thread. She is a full time mouthpiece for the DNC and a scuzbag at that.
“Do they think they get to pick who the president will be?”
Yes they do. They tried with mclame and now they are trying with mittwitt. It MUST be someone THEY can control to keep the status quo inside DC
The biggest miscalculation that the Democrats AND the Republican Elites are making is not to comprehend this!
Democrats have made the very serious mistake of believing their own Propaganda--that "Conservatives are stupid!"
Republican Elites have made the very serious mistake of believing Democrat Propaganda.
All this is the the advantage of Conservatives and the benefit of the United States!
IT IS AN ADVANTAGE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED!
Jeb Bush the candidate emerging from a smoke-filled room?
The GOP truly is suicidal.
“Alternative to Romney?”
Linseed Graham
Sun Tzu agrees with you!
Bain and Bain Capital, being based in Boston, have traditionally leaned more Democrat than Republican.
I'm sure this will leak out sooner or later.
They have been doing it for a hundred years. Reagan was an accident.
-——soooo the big news is the acknowledgment of party elites.-——
No, the big news is the odor of fear. The elites feel the presence of failure and are sweating. Plan A was the only plan and there is no plan B or rational means for counter attack once the Plan A position is over run.
The sweat smells of fear
If the "elite" think they can ignore the will of the American people (real Americans, conservatives)...they are in for a big surprise when that fury is directed at them.
True enough. I meant though, if Gingrich has those 1440 delegates (or more), they couldn’t take it from him.
Seriously, I don't care if Jeb Bush were the greatest politician with the best plan for putting the country not only on track but into a station filled with gold, there's no way on God's Earth that another Bush will be elected in the next 50 years.
Well I guess the party elites are just not going to let us get away with this little rebellion. Trying to nominate a guy who will make significant changes and actually attempt to cut the size of govt. The very thought of it is just too much for them to stand. Their safe cushy lives depend on the status quo.
Trying to trot out Mitch Daniels or Jeb Bush at this point in time is really desparate. Mitch Daniels has all the charisma and appeal of a walnut. Jeb Bush is a non starter with almost all conservatives. Maybe they will try to ressurect TPaw.
Personally I think the GOP establishment went a bridge too far in 2008 when they literally force fed Juan McStain down our throats. It was so hard to support and vote for the guy that nobody wants to take that path again.
Two weeks ago, I might've towed the line like I did with McCain, but the more I see of these elites, the more I want Newt to win. When Newt first won in SC I have to admit I was a little disappointed - I'd have preferred Santorum. But Newt's winning me over, or more accurately, I'm being pushed towards him by these a-holes who think they can annoint the next nominee.
The mistake the elites are making is listening to the liberal friends' cocktail party talk. They believe the libs when say they'd vote for a moderate like Romney. The truth is none of them will go into that voting booth and pull the lever for Romney anyway. Rich liberals are a lost cause. They'll ALWAYS vote Dem. They just don't want to come across as closed minded to their Republican friends.
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