Again, label me all you want... I’m voted in every election in my area since 1996 and I have never voted for a Dem once.
1) I think any reasonable person would agree that Government Executive experience trumps Congressional experience. Besides Obama, who is the last non-governor non-VP to get elected?
2) To me, successful business experience is a MAJOR plus, especially in this economy.
3) He ran the most liberal state in the country, as a Republican (shows electability).
4) Basically unimpeachable family story, education, and religious devotion.
5) Olympics is proof that he can turn a government-style organization into a profitable one.
Now, you and I may argue about his qualities as a Conservative. I’ll admit, he is no Conservative. I wish he was. But, again, I’m not focused on marking off a sheet of requirements. I’m focused on winning.
Romney has the best chance to beat Obama nationwide. I would say that Gingrich has the 2nd best chance, but would need a dynamic VP pick to put him over the top. Santorum, in my book, is less likely to win a nationwide race than Ron Paul.
So, I would not disagree with you that Romney is not an optimal Conservative candidate. But, the truth is that you will never find one, out of this group, who is also likely to win.
And please, I read FR every single day. Done so for over 8 years. I am not big on posting. I just wanted to speak up because I think we need to be realistic about what it takes to win.
1. Gingrich was Speaker of the House, a history making figure and national leader.
Mitt Romney was a failure as a Governor, he was the 4th Republican Governor in a row, in a state that prefers Republican Governors, Romney devastated the state’s GOP, they lost seats in both elections while he was Governor, Romney wanted to, but could not run for reelection, he left office with 34% approval and the Democrats have owned the seat ever since. You are totally ignorant of the man’ electability, by the way, he didn’t reach 50% in that single election victory of his life.
2. Romney’s most unpleasant and harshest form of “business success” will haunt him in the election.
3. Romney was the 4th Republican Governor in a row, in a state that prefers Republican Governors, that doesn’t show electability, and since when did any Republican consider being Governor of Massachusetts, being electable to lead the conservative party? Did Romney’s mentor and political hero, President of the United States, William Weld, tell you that?
4. Bishop Romney’s cult leadership, his family history of having immigrated to the United States 171 years ago, solely to personally serve the Cult leader, and the perfect, unbroken record of all Romney males avoiding serving the United States in uniform during that entire 171 years, and the fact that they are cult royalty and have transferred many tens of millions of dollars into attacking Christianity, makes his family history a nightmare of satanic horrors and polygamy, a betrayal of America as they literally fled our laws to Mexico, to serve their perversions.
5. The (Winter) portion of the Olympics? The one in Utah, that was being ravaged by corrupt Mormon politicians? The media will quickly uncover how the thing that propelled the Mormon Bishop, the fulfillment of the cult’s “White Horse Prophecy” into his single success for political campaigning, was a Mormon Bishop and future Presidential candidate, fixing a Mormon problem, in a state owned by the Mormon cult, and his success in that less than history making turn around was largely assisted by the leadership of the cult itself controlling the compliance of the corrupt Mormons who faced never becoming polygamous Gods, if they did not help Cardinal (Stake President) Romney clean up their mess.
If you read FR everyday then you know that FR is devoted to defeating Romney, and that Newt Gingrich is the freerepublic candidate. You don’t read FR everyday.