No More Mittmentum?

[Whoha]

Originally posted by Oerdin
A more moderate Republican party which returns to its traditional values and stops kowtowing to the extremists.

The things you'll do to keep Obama out of the Whitehouse.

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Ramo
The fact that he abandoned pretty much everything he stood for three years ago to run for the Republican nomination. He exudes swarminess.

I think Romney had already done that when he was running for Governor of Massachusetts. He had to set his liberal constituency at ease, or at least that's probably what he thought, so although he was personally conservative, he chose to espouse a liberal ideology.

For Romney, the real flip-flop wasn't going from liberal to conservative, it was going from conservative to liberal in the first place.

[Ramo]

I don't know or care what his deepest beliefs are, but the point stands.

[Zkribbler]

quote:
"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Sens. Clinton or [Barack] Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Mr. Romney planned to say in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference.

I have been pondering whether Obama might reach across party lines to appoint Romney as Secretary of Commerce. ...But, I'm sure the Governor wouldn't want to be part of an administration which runs on a "Let's Surrender to Terrorists" platform.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Mitt's way too conservative on the economy anyway. He'd loudly disagree with letting the Bush tax cuts expire for one.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I have been pondering whether Obama might reach across party lines to appoint Romney as Secretary of Commerce.

I'm strugling to understand your political jusgement here. Why would a person who campaigned as an economic conservative take an economic position in an economic liberal's admin?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I'm strugling to understand your political jusgement here. Why would a person who campaigned as an economic conservative take an economic position in an economic liberal's admin?

'Cause he knows finance and commerce Obama is touting himself as they guy who can bring independents and Republicans into his camp...I had thought that this might be one way.

& Colin Powell for Sec. of Defense -- if we can drag him screaming and kicking out of retirement.

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Alexander I


I think Romney had already done that when he was running for Governor of Massachusetts. He had to set his liberal constituency at ease, or at least that's probably what he thought, so although he was personally conservative, he chose to espouse a liberal ideology.

For Romney, the real flip-flop wasn't going from liberal to conservative, it was going from conservative to liberal in the first place.

Either way he's a big phoney. Bigger than usual, even.

-Arrian

[Ben Kenobi]

Good to see him gone.

Goodbye Mitt.

Now, one more left. McCain.

[snoopy369]

Ben, if you're hoping Huck-a-bee might win, I've got some land in florida you might be interested in...

Huck has 0% chance of winning the general election (to 8 significant places) and 0.01% chance of winning the republican primary. That 0.01% is if McCain has a heart attack, and Romney still chooses not to re-start his campaign.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben, if you're hoping Huck-a-bee might win, I've got some land in florida you might be interested in...

Huck has 0% chance of winning the general election (to 8 significant places) and 0.01% chance of winning the republican primary. That 0.01% is if McCain has a heart attack, and Romney still chooses not to re-start his campaign.

I already won a bet saying he'd outlast Romney

[Barnabas]

Why is so much money needed for a campaign?

[Ben Kenobi]

0.01%

So a dollar wins me 10k?

Where can I send you that dollar snoopy?

[Cyclotron]

Because it's a long campaign season and a really big country.

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Arrian
Either way he's a big phoney. Bigger than usual, even.

Though I don't think McCain's any less phoney, really.