Posted on 01/09/2015 4:07:09 PM PST by presidio9
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering another White House bid in 2016, people present said.
The possibility of a third Romney bid could upend the emerging GOP field, coming as top Republican donors are starting to rally behind former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Mr. Romney made the remarks during a session Friday afternoon -SNIP-
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This is exactly the type of attitude I was referring to, and I'm surprised. I think you're better than that.
If you and I were the only two people with primary votes, what you're saying here would make a lot more sense. But like it or not, Romney is going to pick up a ton of delegates in places that he can't win in the general election.
What we can do on places like this website -the only thing, really -is to get our ducks in a row and pick a champion, instead of wasting time figuring things like which candidate made the most enthusiastic attacks on gay marriage (or whatever political topic is in fashion that week). If we fail to do that, we end up with Romney, and, ultimately, Hillary.
The point about "The best candidate who can win" refers to guys like Santorum. Love him. Love his politics. But can he win? I say "no," and I move on to someone who can. Even if it means I have to be called a RINO on this website.
As of now, my candidate is probably Walker, should he choose to run. The next question becomes "Can he win. I'm still not convinced yet, but he as a year to prove he can.
Stop talking in riddles and spell out what you really mean.
Sounds to me like you're already setting yourself (and others) up to vote LibRINO. That about right?
It will only be presdent Warren when all you purists do not vote for Romney, because you only agree with him 80% of the time and you must then wish to have a president with whom you agree with 0% of the time, right?
Yea, cut off your nose to spite your face.....
No I’m pretty sure that electing the best person for the country is a higher ideal than winning with crap. So no, I’m nor better than that. Not even close. Since it’s guided me since 2008.
But if you want lesser evil, you will find plenty of supporters here to agree with you. Because FR is full of them. So is DC right now. That your idea got elected. Brilliant plan. Worked so well for America.
So we’ll have a choice between him and Jeb, eh? Wow, can I vote early???
Find a hole with a rock. Crawl back under it with your purist crap.
Too bad, so sad for the GOP-e. They can't kill us, but they can drive us away from the polls and into the streets.
Their call.
Good points. The GOP nomination got mediocred twice so far in the face of a plethora of fine candidates. The Showy Righteousness Du Jour shouldn’t be determining who wins because that poses an undeterminable question. There aren’t anything BUT lesser evils in this world, as far as choosing a candidate is concerned. Even Ronald Reagan wasn’t that wonderfully conservative; his rhetoric about libertarian self-reliance is what won the people’s hearts. (And it was all about what the worrying, malaise-filled Jimmy Carter wasn’t.)
Sure they can. And given time, as any other communist group, they will. Or stand aside while the Dems do. Like in Poland. and Siberia. And Cambodia. And China. And Vietnam.
No. Cruz, providing he doesn't pull a Perry, will stand alone on immigration (dig a moat, add gas and gators), life (new car smell trumps SweaterVest), Supremes (original intent a la Nino and Scalia), foreign policy (dislodge IS with boots on ground). The whole package that Perry couldn't deliver.
Rand OTOH pulls the Paulists back off the pine, so it's a new voting vector in what were zer0-sum primaries the last two times - if they're willing to vote GOP.
FatBuckle is the wild card but his presence doesn't hurt Cruz as much as it hurts ...*drumroll*...eventually...Mitt. In fact, I think FatBuckle will run as a mano y mano thing he needs to satisfy against Mitt - talk about a dream scenario for Cruz.
GOOD ENOUGH!
“Cruz, providing he doesn’t pull a Perry, will stand alone”
Thats the whole problem. He will stand alone because all the moral cowards will flock to the ‘winner’ because thats what they will again be told to do.
And I will say this: I have no use for Rand Paul, or his all over the place foreign policy.
But I believe that he can win a general election. I will vote for him if I have to.
I also believe that he has inherited the tenacity of his father, and will stick around longer than most. I will be rooting for pretty much anyone else for the non-establishment wing of the party. But if it got to that point, I would hold my nose and vote for him. I won't have that chance this time around. NY (29 electoral votes) moved up on the calendar. It will now be held immediately after NH, on Feb 7th. Either Bush or Romney will win NY, and the other may very likely drop out at that point.
This website is great but we are very small these days, a few thousand active members perhaps. We are the choir and the preacher combined. An echo chamber.
I assue you, very sophisticated polling is causing this change in course for Romney. Do you remember the human interest video that came out after the election? Mitt has not authorized replays because it still has legs.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, as it was when Reagan ran again after defeats.
We needed Reagan because of the slide we experienced relative to Russia and the cold war. We need Mitt to remind us of our humanity, our faith, our resolve, our responsibility, and our greatness.
He is a Pastor after all and one hell of a determined leader.
What it sounds like to me is that you're already getting yourself warmed up for the next round of name calling. Hope its a blast for you.
As I said, the first priority is finding a guy who can win.
I'm not sure that Bush or Romney even qualify there, but if they did, they would not make the next cut, which would be "Find a guy who is not Bush or Romney."
And so on.
Run, Mitt, run. And please encourage Doughnut Boy to jump in there, too, along with Peter King and any other Big Government Republican you can convince.
Ah.. Bush, Huntsman, Romney...
I know you can do it... open your mouth..
try to form the word... “CONSPIRACY”...
that was easy.. now try the word. “SEDITION”..
“TREASON” is a bit harder.. but can be done..
“Just you wait until Jon Huntsman throws his hat into the ring. The two have about an equal chance this time around with Bush already declared.”
Jon Huntsman has a snowball’s chance in h*ll of winning anything. However, he will get in because he hates Romney, relative or not.
So, you agree with 80% of this?
Mitt Romney’s Dismal Record"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]
Romney's "accomplishments".1. Implemented/created Gay Marriage in MA
2. Supported and forced Gay Adoption in MA
3. Supported Abortion wholeheartedly
4. Raised taxes/fees over 300% while being Governor of MA
5. Implemented a state-level Cap and Trade system.
6. Supported Man-Made Global Warming
7. Supported the Brady Bill
8. Implemented a state level “Assault” Weapons Ban after the Federal AWB was allowed to expire.
9. Supported TARP
Mitt Romney also left office as MA Governor with a 34% approval rating. He didn't even try to run for re-election, he was that despised by the voters.
Ask yourself what difference the R on his sleeve meant, when he had a record in office like that? Romney's record in office is one that would make any liberal Democrat blush with pride.
Not as long as we're armed, they can't.
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