As a long-time resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I can say with utter conviction that Mitt Romney made an utter pig’s breakfast of the political situation here.
His “wonderful” healthcare reform has been a disaster, with cost overruns going ballistic, and actually making it MORE difficult for some to obtain health insurance.
Meanwhile, doctors are quitting their practice of medecine, taking early retirement, or simply refusing to accept any new patients.
His wishy-wishy stand on the Second Amendment did nothing to alleviate longstanding FFL inequities in the commonwealth, as well as related blatant and bare-faced abuses of power by two of the State’s Attorneys General.
To top it all off, as soon as he’d done the damage, he bailed out to “go national.”
Personally I wouldn’t vote for Mitt Romney for Toilet Attendant, but... Lord Help Us... even HE is better than the Marxist Obama, even if only marginally.
Let’s hope there’s someone - anyone - else on the Republican ticket, but... if he somehow gets the party nod, let’s hope he defeats Obama.
And, yes, saying so is indicative of just how low we’ve sunk as a nation.
But a far more serious issue is ObamaCare,
If Romeny had even distanced himself from Romneycare I might have reluctlently accepted him. But he is actually PROUD of it. He defends it. He LOVES it.
By doing this he SCREAMS I AM A LIBERAL! And I don’t CARE what you think about me, just vote for me and shut up.
Yep! That does not keep the GOP pundits from praising the wonderful attributes of Romney though - does it?
Makes me wonder just why we even have elections anymore. It seems that the party machines actually control the outcome anyway. We sheeple just seem to keep going along for the ride.
The funny thing that happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation was Sarah Palin who intervened in South Carolina to keep the process going.
It seems like Santorum has less baggage than the other two.
While I don’t agree with all Santorum’s positions, I could
vote for him. Of course, there’s a long way to go (1,000 delegates) It may be a brokered convention yet.
At the very least, Santorum, walked back a lot of his votes and offered explanations for them. He has articulated how fed up with big government we are, and he said “I get it.”
I like Gingrich’s bold plans, but if he doesn’t get anywhere I would vote for Santorum because I think free market conservatives would at least have a fighting chance at persuasion, whereas for Romney I don’t really think so.
If the “establishment” wanted a moderate, there are quite a few to choose from that don’t have Romney’s liberal governing baggage, the kind of baggage that will make a huge difference in the lives of everyone for years to come. And it irritates me to no end that they picked this guy, the grandmaster of forced healthcare, who resorts to the language of class warfare from the left when cornered by the press, with nary a clue as to how angry we are, not just about ObamneyCare, but about all the epic fail central planning, the spending and governing like the guy on the street just doesn’t matter. It’s got to stop. I am so irritated about this that the race, for me at least, has become more about defeating that whole mindset and showing them who is in charge.
I am, therefore, reveling in Romney’s astounding defeat last night. I hope to see the RINO establishment running from this guy as fast as they can. If they have to get someone else, someone who we can at least feel comfortable with, and take care of the problem at the convention, then I’ll be just fine with that. As long as it isn’t Romney.
GOP Voters Are SCREAMING ‘We Don’t Want Romney!’
Music to my Pennsylvania ears. We've been waiting 150+ years to redress the Buchanan disaster.
“Even in Colorado, where Gov. Romney came closest to winning, the combined votes for Sen. Santorum and Speaker Gingrich added up to an absolute majority against him.”
Look folks, whatever you feel about whatever candidate, the assumption is faulty here.
That assumption is that if one candidate dropped out, some other candidate would get 100% of their votes.
Not justifiable statistically, not a valid numbers argument.
