Posted on 09/12/2014 10:09:16 AM PDT by C19fan
In early June 1964, a group of Republican governors sought to wrestle control of their party from Barry Goldwater, the Arizona conservative who was about to lead the GOP to one of the most crushing defeats in its history. The governors saw a disaster in the making, and sought a moderate candidate who could capture the imaginations of grassroots Republicansbut also beat President Lyndon Johnson in the general election. Led by Ohios James Rhodesthe Republican Governors Association was meeting in Cleveland, and Rhodes was a legendary vote counterthe group included Pennsylvanias William Scranton and later New Yorks Nelson Rockefeller.
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Couple that interview or statement with the real Mitt Romneythe one from the documentary speaking to the nation from the heart every day and on every stop. Match that Mitt against the polished and calculating Hillary Clinton. Well then, as Paul Ryan said, the third time really could be the charm. Romney may still do this2016 needs Mitt even if Mitt doesnt think he needs it yet.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/mitt-romney-2016-110870.html#ixzz3D7d2GQFj
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“third time’s the charm”, eh? tall that to the buffalo sabers.
not just “NO” but “HELL NO”
That’s a good one. Someone needs to build some faux campaign graphic off that. :)
What an utterly delusional statement.
Government can never be run like a business -- that is a fiction.
Romney's first instinct is to believe that State action is the proper course -- he worships at the Alter of State Power.
Romney does NOT believe in limited government.
I very reluctantly voted for Romney is 2012. If this Statist is top of the ticket in 16 I will do a write-in.
Yeah, be series!
despite being told in another thread that I helped elect obama.. I also voted for him last go around.
won’t do it again.
The changed demographics in this country is why we will have a woman President - if not Hillary then certainly Elizabeth Warren who has none of her polarizing negatives.
In that kind of political environment, Romney looks dated, not fresh.
I NEVER read queer obama’s web site.
A recent poll showed that 37% of likely voters could not identify which party controlled the House or Senate.
Nichole, is that you?
Jim, in my view, a man can’t be as pro-queer as Romney and be a decent person.
I thought Texans abhorred Royalty?
Romney has shown time and again that, during the fight of the century, he is content to sit on the sideline, waiting by the phone, waiting to be anointed president.
What he does not do is speak up from right where he is, he does not confront the forces of evil with the voice he already has and the celebrity he already has. He waits to be called.
Leaders lead. Fighters fight. They don’t just shop their resumes around and wait to see if someone calls. Romney is not a leader and he is not a fighter. He is not the guy we need. Look for someone who is already in the fight. Thats your man, or woman.
Get ready the MSM will pick our candidate just like they have before. we will get Romney, Huckabee, or Christie, and I will stay home.
Another media selection for the GOP-E.
Then they have a Republican to pin the economic collapse on.
All DIMs want mitt to run.
Beating dead, old, horses.
He is already running and he won’t win the Election. The only way he might lose the nomination is if the NRC has decided that it is Jeb’s Turn. Short of the entire NRC being wiped out by Ebola very soon, one of those two will be the Nominee and whoever the Democrats put up will be the next President.
Me too.
Ted Cruz
Romneycare was the basis for Obamacare. Romney made the 47% comment- writting the rest of the country off. He won't be able to overcome these things.
Like the majority of politicians, and most of our population- Romney is a nice man who appreciates the comfortable life he has been able to have here, but he doesn't really understand what this nation is, what it means.
Ted Cruz "gets" it. He gets what this country is about at gut level. He can win. He is what we need to try and undo the tremendous damage that has been done to our national psyche.
I just hope and pray he can overcome the brutal personal attacks, and treacherous, dirty, underhanded tactics the Gope will use to try and destroy he and his family, in order to prevent him from being the nominee.
He'll have to deal with the democrat nastiness too, if he can get withstand the Gope attack, and get the nomination.
Praying he can get there.
And Mitt will not try. If it looks like he might win anyway he will do something to throw the election just as he did before and McCain did and Dole did and Bush 1 tried to do. Bush 1 at least didn't try to lose even though he didn't try very hard to win either.. Jeb would do the same. They are Republicans and as such seek only to by honored by the Party with the supreme honor that the Party can bestow- the Nomination. But being President is a pain in the ass and they don't want to do that.
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