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Political Hay
Mad Mitt
Where did his unflappability go?
Mitt Romney appeared strangely agitated in his interview with Fox News host Bret Baier on Tuesday. Romney had won praise earlier in the campaign for his calmness. But the calmness has given way under campaign pressures to open irritation. He testily brushed off Baier’s blameless questions as “unusual.” Baier isn’t exactly Martin Bashir, yet Romney felt the need to treat him like a particularly hostile questioner. Romney hasn’t been this agitated since he grabbed at Rick Perry’s shoulder.
Behaving like a thin-skinned pol didn’t lend any credence to Romney’s claim during the interview that he is the refreshing outsider in the race. Newt Gingrich is a “good man,” Romney said, then implied in the next breath that the former Speaker of the House is a crooked beltway insider. Newt is a “lifelong politician” who comes from a different “background,” Romney continued, as if the taint of D.C. politics is somehow worse than the taint of liberal Massachusetts politics. Playing the purist is a bold and novel tack for a former governor whose political career has been largely defined by useful compromises.
Asked about his stance on deporting illegal immigrants, Romney just evaded the question, even as he suggested Gingrich is wrong to oppose it for settled ones. Romney did say that they should go to the “back of the line” but didn’t spell out where the line would start.
Annoyed at the charge that he lacks core convictions, Romney advertised his strongest wrong-headed one — that the wisdom of Romneycare shouldn’t be questioned. He is very proud of it. Yet coexisting with this pride is his implausible insistence that he wouldn’t want it imposed on any other state and that he never held it out as a “model” to anyone. (Baier was scolded for suggesting that too.)
Romney’s frustration with Baier was no doubt a projection of his frustration with conservative primary voters who remain unimpressed by him despite slim offerings elsewhere in the GOP field. Romney upbraided Baier for going down a list of his flip-flops and attempted to correct him in a patronizing manner — “We” need better information, he admonished Baier. Baier had said nothing inaccurate. If anything, his list could have been expanded. Romney accused Baier of listening to “snippets” of Democratic ads. Romney dismissed his reversals on issues like abortion as the standard evolution of any worthy leader, generously placing himself in the company of Ronald Reagan.
Romney sat down for the interview in Florida. Maybe his perturbed state had been caused by seeing Gingrich’s latest poll numbers there. Herman Cain’s implosion has helped Gingrich to surge in Florida in at least one poll.
Cain had won the Florida caucus but it appears that the steady wind of scandal around him has pushed some of his supporters to Gingrich. “Newt Gingrich is the current favorite in Florida’s Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, picking up supporters who fled Herman Cain to claim 41 percent in a poll conducted Tuesday night for The Florida Times-Union,” reports that newspaper. “Gingrich has as much support as the next four candidates combined in the telephone survey of 513 registered voters who say they’re likely to cast ballots in the primary. The poll, conducted by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research, has a margin of error of 4 percent.”
It looks like a denied affair rather than charges of sexual harassment and assault will finally finish off Cain’s campaign. Next to Cain’s interview with Fox News this week, perhaps Romney’s doesn’t look so bad. On Wednesday Cain told Neil Cavuto with his usual bombast that there was nothing suspicious about his frequent texting/calling and payments to Ginger White. He has called/texted lots of people “61” times. Moreover, his attorney Lin Wood will be “evaluating” the early-morning texts, he said. In the meantime, he is “reassessing” his campaign.
The personally upstanding Romney must find his inability to break away from this flawed field very annoying. Not even his assumed victory in New Hampshire is sewn up yet, where another recent poll shows Gingrich’s numbers climbing. As Romney put it to Baier in the hopes of quieting a question about his flip-flopping character, voters have a choice before them of a person who “has devoted his life to his faith, to his family, and to his country.” As if it were that simple.
About the Author
George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is co-author, with Phyllis Schlafly, of the new book, No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom.
Cosmo| 12.1.11 @ 6:15AM
You're being unfair to Romney...Brett Baier was very annoying...Romney is the best candidate in the race...The only one who has moral character,
executive experience in government and private industry, has won a state-wide race, and supports the entire Republican platform...Romney is a good man and would beat Obama and help elect Republicans to Congress..
Jack in Wi| 12.1.11 @ 6:49AM
Romney and Gingrich are both terrible candidates. I will say one thing about Romney. At least he has a home life that seems impecable. Gingrich is even a worse flip flopper then Romney. Now Newt has huge baggage both personal and political. How can anyone justify the 1.8 million dollars Newt got from Fannie Mae? how can anyone justify the 37 million his front groups collected from every vile and corrupt lobby in Washington?
Both Gingrich and Romney failed in their most important jobs in politics. Romney was a failed one term Governor of Mass. He caved on Romneycare, homosexual marriage, and abortion. He worked with the Democrats on every occasion and got nothing much in return. Gingrich was a flop at Speaker and had to be removed from office by his Republican colleagues because he was a windbag and totally ineffective. Clinton rolled and blackmailed him on numerous occasions.
Both these guys have a long history in the banking business. Newt condemned the House Banking system. Then it was found out that he was one of the worse abusers. Newt was for TARP and so was Williard. Williard also has a long history in the investment banking business and made many enemies. They are both chickenhawks who want endless wars, and endless destruction of the civil rights of American citizens.
Obama will be running as the guy who got Bin Laden, and is against the banksters. How are 2 guys like Romney and Gingrich going to answer that? If you saw the mild Ron Paul add on Newt Gingrich, just think what Obama and a trillion dollars of money can do to these inconsistant and thin skinned fools?
Shamus| 12.1.11 @ 7:49AM
In a way it's kind of sad that the best candidates that can be produced are Romney and Gingrich.
On the other hand, almost anyone has to be better than the clown we have in the White House today.
Obama has destroyed the economy with his tax, spend, and regulate policies. If Americans are so stupid that they return him to office, then the country really is doomed.
Jack in Wi| 12.1.11 @ 10:07AM
There is one candidate who gets more money from the active military then all other candidates combined, including Obama. That man is Ron Paul. The people who defend this country know who to trust when their lives are on the line. Ron Paul is no chickenhawk who didn't serve. He was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for 5 years. He has practiced in VA hospitals. He saw how the vets suffer because of the mistakes of chickenhawk politicians like Romney, Gingrich, Cheney and all the rest of the Neocons. Ron Paul and his son Rand will soon be running as a team to restore America.
Their slogan will be Ron and Rand for Peace Prosperity and Liberty.
rsdcllc| 12.1.11 @ 11:47AM
Were you for Clinton? He's the biggest chicken hawk of all, save LBJ, who was the worst wartime president this country ever had! Vets suffer because of the mistakes of the american people, who rush into wars without having the balls to them through! Romney hasn't sent anyone into war, you're way off base. Over 3000 americans are dead because of your buddy Clinton and you dare attack Romney! You're a fool!
SUBVET| 12.1.11 @ 12:27PM
I feel your passon but..........NO CHANCE when the dust settles and the R&R show doesn't make the stage I challange you to never post on this site again.
Jack in Wi| 12.1.11 @ 2:51PM
Romney and Gingrich are going down in a battle of the midgets. There is no way either of them can be eected to the presidency. They are the most flawed candidates to run for the office on the Republican side in my long lifetime. In case you don't know it I have been a Republican my whole life. I have been involved in politics going back to Goldwater. The Neocons have nearly destroyed this party and we are taking it back or else we will replace it.
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:19PM
I practiced in the Sepulveda, VA hospital. I learned full well how American soldiers suffered because of American non-interventionalists, who waited until a catastrophe happened before destroying our enemies who mean to destroy use, or who fought wars without the intention to destroy the enemy as quickly and comprehensively as possible. My experience training and practicing in a California VA taught me that non-interventionalist policies will get our boys killed because aggressors are enticed to aggress by weakness, not strength.
Of course, I wasn't a 4-F coward (self-proclaimed) like Jack.
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:20PM
Sorry, "destroy us."
Purpleguy| 12.1.11 @ 5:06PM
You have no idea what you're talking about ... just repeating right wing talking points.
Americans are not stupid, but then you may be an exception.
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 5:36PM
Purplemoron, you typed that while you were looking in a mirror, didn't you?
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 5:37PM
Shamus, I heard a while back Rush Limbaugh - or maybe it was Mark Levin; one of those guys - say they'd vote for Elmer Fudd over Barack Obama.
I'm wondering if we can convince Elmer to throw his hat in the ring. He couldn't be worse than this bunch.
chuck| 12.1.11 @ 8:42AM
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The shunning of Jack continues.
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 9:28AM
Jack who?
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:20PM
New knock-knock joke.
But I forgot the punchline.
Oh, yeah, there isn't one!
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:21PM
Dammit, "Big E," now you're another lawyer I've got to make an exception for, and like. Of course, you ain't a Democrat. ;)
C Smith| 12.1.11 @ 11:02AM
Jack: "Newt has huge baggage both personal and political."
I agree, but when I mention the personal e.g., as in portions of the following posts, all I get is a resounding plethora of denial: "The story of Newt visiting his wife in the hospital has been debunked ages ago." It was, how so?
Newt has a problem that will not go away. Newt, the guy who visited his wife in the hospital as she was recovering from cancer surgery to discuss divorce? Wanted to marry the woman he was currently "bedding." This lasted until Newt and Bill found something in common, interns and staffers decades their junior!
Newt's daughter’s credulous and conveniently timed contradiction of her mother's documented testimony (appended) bears every earmark of fraud and deception, yet is accepted without reservation.
Please remember that little Kathy is now the president and CEO of her father's public relations firm, Gingrich Communications, and an obvious shoo-in for a cabinet position if her father is elected.
“He [Newt Gingrich] can say we had been talking about it (a divorce) for ten years, but the truth is that it came as a complete surprise. He’s a great wordsmith.... He walked out in the spring of 1980 and I [Jackie Gingrich] returned to Georgia. By September, I went into the hospital for my third surgery. The two girls came to see me, and said Daddy is downstairs and could he come up? When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from the surgery.” (The Washington Post, January 3, 1985).
"His wife, who had started treatments for uterine cancer in 1978, underwent surgery in 1980. A day after the operation, Mr. Gingrich came to the hospital. Since they had already separated, he called her room to see if he could come up. Once there, according to friends who knew them both, he began talking about the terms of the divorce. She has said she threw him out of the room... A few weeks before Mr. Gingrich filed for divorce, he called his political aide and friend Mr. Carter to talk about his marriage. Mr. Carter said he and other friends had been worried that the marriage was falling apart. Mr. Gingrich told him why he wanted a divorce. 'He said: 'She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a President. And besides, she has cancer.' It sounds harsh and hokey, but anyone who knows him knows it's perfectly consistent with the kinds of things he says." (New York Times, Newt Gingrich Profile, November 27, 1994).
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:31PM
Grover Cleveland was a good President, with an illegitimate daughter. Thomas Jefferson was a good President, with illegitimate children. LBJ screwed everything that moved; he was a helluva lot better than Obama. Kennedy's indiscretions are legion. Harding, who was also much better than Obama, cheated on his wife.
Clinton's problem was not so much the womanizing as where he chose to have fellatio performed on him (the Oval Office), and lying under oath on a subject that had nothing to do with National Security in a sexual harassment case. (I will exclude the unproven rape allegations)
Lincoln suffered from clinical depression, and sometimes his friends would make sure he didn't have knives on him when he would go for walks in the woods. Churchill may have been bipolar, Caesar had epilepsy...
I'm hiring the guy to beat up our enemies and cut the budget and taxes. I somehow don't think Newt will get caught in a semen stained blue dress scandal, and neither would Newt. Incidentally, someone should check something out about Romney---what was his record on keeping campaign promises, rather than what issues did he flip-flop on? For example, George Wallace was voted into the Governor's office as a strict segregationalist early on, and then later as an INTEGRATIONALIST supreme---in both cases, he fulfilled his campaign promises to the letter. His past record as a segregationalist had nothing to do with the stances he took later on, when he ran for office as something else.
Now, that's interesting to me regarding Mitt.
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:43PM
Sorry, "and neither would Romney."
Robert776| 12.1.11 @ 12:44PM
Jack makes a lot of sense. As a lifelong conservative who loved Nixon and Reagan and started reading the Spectator in Bloomington, I am in deep despair over these candidates: how can the Republicans give us Romney or Cain or Gingrich or Perry or Bachman? If I hold my nose over his Supreme Court appointments, I have to admit that Obama has done more for my income and investments than the Republicans ever did in the previous eight years. Perry is right to want to abolish some federal departments. Reagan wanted to abolish the Dept of Education; Bush wanted to enlarge it and put it in charge of every school board in the U.S. Unfortunately, Perry is a fool.
We badly need not only good candidates, but also good commentators. Milton Friedman could have reduced any of these GOP clowns (and Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity et al.) to tears in less than an hour of drill on monetarism and conservative values.
I hope the GOP is listening to guys like Jack in WI and gives us some decent conservative candidates!!
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 6:03PM
Ron Paul will not govern as he is running. He wouldn't be able to. First of all, I agree with a lot of his fiscal pronouncements - but the Fed will chew him up and spit him out before he walks off the stage at his swearing in.
And he simply won't be able to conduct the foreign policy that his credulous followers thinks he will. Won't happen, can't happen.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 6:17PM
RINO-CINO Apologist Grizlelicky capitulates & goes down on his serf knees before Big FED.
Dr.Ron Paul,
" I would ask Congress for a Declaration of War against Iran, if necessary"
Imagine The President abiding by The Constitution.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Carl| 12.1.11 @ 12:52PM
Either Romney or Gingrich would be preferable to the present White House occupyer.
Newt was not forced out because he was a 'Flop' or ineffective. He was fined and sent home for PAC violations. He was later exonerated on those but the LSM effort against him had already worked.
I agree with just about everything else you have said but retstate--Either of them would be vastly preferable to what we are now stuck with...
BTW: Just who was your candidate?
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 5:59PM
If Gingrich gets the nomination, it will be a travesty.
First of all, there's a big difference between governing and pontificating about one's "ideas," most of which are unoriginal, onworkable, obvious or daffy.
Second, if anyone thinks Gingrich is a conservative, you are kidding yourselves. He has wrapped himself in the cloak of conservatism because that's how he thinks he'll advance his own career.
There are many instances of Gingrich's pernicious slipperiness. But his sitting on the couch with Nancy Pelosi for that Global Warming ad, and his support initially for cap-and-trade, tells you everything about Gingrich you have to know.
If Gingrich were elected president, Democrats would, of course, treat his "reaches across the aisle" - which would be many - with the contempt they treated Bush's craven overtures. And, by March of his inaugural year, Republicans who voted for him will be shaking their heads and wondering where that sharp guy that did such impressive battle in the debates went. They'll be left with a gelded school teacher unable to build a coalition of more than one, forever scolding even as the country slides into the abyss.
Dave | 12.1.11 @ 8:46AM
Often heard from his supporters is that "Romney is a good man." Fair enough. You'll get no argument here. Having said that, the pre-election primaries are about to get underway, and for true conservatives looking for more substance and less spin, it's open season on RINOS. To date, Romney has the biggest horn.
To Mitt supporters and conservatives all across the fruited place, the former governor has been wearing long pants for years, and I'm pretty sure this isn't his first time to the rodeo. Besides, next to what's currently taking up the first class b-tt on Air Force 1 - Mitt looks like ... The Man From Springfield.
Chill out, kids. The Mittster be just fine. Or as they still say in Pelosiville: "Groovy, man!"
CrackerHound| 12.1.11 @ 12:01PM
No problems with Romney's "moral character". Except that is the only thing he has going for him.
I know our choices are now down to two candidates with a little more than a month left until Iowa.
I choose Newt for two reasons:
1) he has a good plan and knows which levers to pull to get it done.
2) This one is the key...He has the fight in him to take on what will surely come his way from the opposition. Romney's lack of conviction will cause him to limit his push to do what needs to get done. We need TRILLIONS in cuts or savings and a guy who will not quit until that happens.
I could think of many candidates who I prefer over these two, but this is what we have and Newt is not too shabby while not perfect (and yes he can beat Obama...anyone can).
Vic| 12.1.11 @ 2:19PM
He supports the puritan Republican platform just because at this moment its expedient so to do. Btw moral character includes standing up for what you believe, however distasteful it be to your constituents. Moreover, any Republican should be able to clobber Obama next November so the need to compromise for a left (check his Gov campaign nee MA) leaning person of questionable character is beyond me! I agree the field is not too awesome but any of them (except Cain, maybe Bachmann) should be good to beat Obama
Vic| 12.2.11 @ 11:34AM
Good character my left foot! He would say anything that could get him elected. "Had the dud Perry caught onto these words uttered by the Sleazy one at the time of Fox debate (I am running for office for Pete's sake) he would have been running with the nomination and Mitt would be toast. I am also rather certain Romney would lose seats for the conservative house (maybe even lose it completely) but the Senate should go safely GOP (too many bland Dem incumbents)
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 12.1.11 @ 6:20AM
These candidates could use a good speech coach, perhaps Sandusky is available.
It's easy to explain flip flopping in life and politics.
All Romney (Or Gingrich or ?) has to do is state that life is full of experience and it changes you over time, therefore positions change. It's easy and believable.
However, when you see candidates waffling on their flip flops, you wonder if they have flipped on the flop, or perhaps they still hang onto those beliefs while stating otherwise.
Shamus| 12.1.11 @ 7:52AM
Sandusky must be a Democrat, since the media never reports his party affiliation.
Joe March| 12.1.11 @ 9:57AM
You're right.
DRed| 12.1.11 @ 12:04PM
He's a registered Republican, not that it really matters.
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 5:46PM
Of course it matters: If he's a Republican, it means he'll likely go to prison for his crimes, be shunned as an outcast, and certainly could never be a candidate for political office.
If he's a Democrat, it will be a resume enhancement that could catapult him to the White House.
socon| 12.1.11 @ 6:18PM
You're right of course: Democrats elected accused rapist and serial sexual abuser/harasser Willy Nilly Clinton president twice!
Todd | 12.1.11 @ 12:30PM
Romney has said essentially that exact thing, over and over. Nobody believes it. Not because it isn't believable, because it is, but because it's convenient for them to ignore it and pretend he's just a flip-flopping RINO who can't be trusted.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:23PM
You betcha!
Guaranteed Romney will not flip flop on the health insurance mandate or man-made global warming. He believes in both and always will.
So he's the closest thing we have to Obama, other than Huntsman. (Who really isn't one of us.)
Michael Tomlinson| 12.1.11 @ 6:31AM
Has George Neumayr finally abandoned his love affair with Herman Cain? Surely this is just more media bashing of his hero.
As for Romney he's no more a flip flopper than Newt. The true conservatives Perry, Bachmann and Santorum can't win in a GOP pandering to the Tea Party's style over substance criteria.
Tidycat| 12.1.11 @ 8:44AM
"Romney he's no more a flip flopper than Newt"
Oh, I disagree, sir. Mittens is in a category of his own. True, the other candidates have changed some positions. Mitt goes back and forth, back and forth. I'll take a serial adulterer any day over a serial liar [Mittster]. I hate liars and Mitt is pretty much in that category.
JimP| 12.1.11 @ 8:56AM
To add to Tidy's comment, Newt actually has accomplished conservative reform on the national level unlike Mitt who has no conservative accomplishments that I have heard about or policy positions prior to deciding to run for prez.
Note: I'm not excusing Newt's apostacies, just comparing records.
rsdcllc| 12.1.11 @ 11:49AM
If you were for Clinton, then you got both!
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 9:41AM
"As for Romney he's no more a flip flopper than Newt."
This may be true, but there is a significant difference in the way they deal with or explain their past "mistakes."
Gingrich, for example, will admit (at least some of the time) that he was wrong when he was wrong, implying that he changed his position because he learned he was wrong. If that's sincere, then he's learning from his mistakes, which I view as a good thing.
Romney, on the other hand, steadfastly maintains that his mistakes were not mistakes at all, even when it is glaringly obvious that they were. He refuses to admit that was wrong, thereby implying that he either views himself as being incapable of error, or else lacks the maturity to accept his own shortcomings. If Romney would come out and say, "Yeah, I signed Romneycare, and that whole program was a mistake, and I regret it, and I have learned from it, and will never do anything that stupid again," then I would be much more inclined to believe him, respect him, and vote for him, than I am when he makes the lame, "it was the right thing for Massachusetts, but not for anywhere else" excuse he uses now.
It was a mistake, Mitt! Just admit it and promise to never do it again!
For some reason, Mitt can't do that. Maybe it's because he views Romneycare as his "legacy" in Massachusetts and doesn't want to tarnish his own legacy, maybe he's simply a man who cannot admit that he was wrong, I don't know. Either way, it's troubling.
A person who never admits their mistakes is incapable of learning from them. Barack Obama is Exhibit A in support of this proposition. Unfortunately, Mitt Romney is rapidly becoming Exhibit B.
samuelothar | 12.1.11 @ 6:58AM
Please let me know if you’re looking for a writer for your weblog. You have some really great articles and I believe I would be a good asset.
bill greene | 12.25.11 @ 8:57PM
You're Hired!! Any writer would be better than George Neumayr, who's piece on Romney is so loaded with bias and personal loathing that it is not worth any consideration.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 7:19AM
RINO-CINO Frontman Mittens Romney is the Fop,who gave us: RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
chuck| 12.1.11 @ 8:46AM
How the hell did Mittens give us TARP? He was not serving in any elected or appointed position at the time. He was a private citizen, who may or may not have supported it.
Do you just make this crap up as you go along?
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 9:06AM
Parce This RINO-CINO Chuckie .
Mittens Romney,
" The TARP program, while not transparent and not having been used as wisely it should have been, was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures. You cannot have a free economy and free market if there is not a financial system. … The TARP program was designed to keep the financial system going, to keep money circulating in the economy, without which the entire economy stops and you would really have an economic collapse."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
chuck| 12.1.11 @ 9:28AM
You said he GAVE us TARP.
I know accuracy means nothing to you, but it is important. There are many things to criticize Mitt for, but let's at least be truthful. For those of us not residing in Massachusetts (let us be eternally grateful for our blessings) Mitt didn't give us ANYTHING! Except the Salt Lake City Olympics.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 9:48AM
Your feigned outrage parsing of the word " Gave" is what it is, RINO-CINO Chuckie, " Crap".
This Is Same The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooge Apologetics, That Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Todd| 12.1.11 @ 12:35PM
John McCain is a good man and an American hero. You might not like all of his positions, but to insult him on the basis of the ones you disagree with is disgusting. The man has convictions and he does what he thinks is best. Are you going to tell me you've never made a mistake?
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 5:41PM
McCain Should Be Convicted Of Serial Treason To Conservatism,Toddie.
Now, Tell Us All About McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
You're Up, Sport.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Quartermaster| 12.2.11 @ 6:55PM
He had a good record as a POW, but that's about all he has going for him. He made it to flight training graduation because of his name and the influence of his father. he has repeatedly betrayed us on immigration and most other things conservative hold dear all the wile telling us through gritted teeth "F* you."
A great American hero he is not, and he proved it beyond doubt in 2008 when he refused to campaign against the Obummer.
Grzmlyk| 12.1.11 @ 5:46PM
Damn, Clint. Did you chew through your restraints again?
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 6:09PM
Damn RINO-CINO GrizleLicky Are You Apologizing For The Serial Traitor To Conservatism John McCain ?
JimP| 12.1.11 @ 7:25AM
I saw the Baier interview. Baier was anything but annoying, hostile or too tough on Romney. To Romney backers he's answered all the questions about his flip-flops, Romneycare etc. Many people haven't heard Romney's explanations at all. He should be happy to anwer the question(s) over and over so he can drive home to everyone possible what his position is. The election is a year away. That's an eternity in politics as they say. Instead be got flustered or frustrated or whatever you want to call it. Romney's behavior just made me more suspicious of him, not less. Also, I am voting for President next year, not saint or family man of the year. 'W' is a great person and family man, but his governing philosophy is/was bad for the country and I personally don't want another president with 'W's approach to government.
John C.| 12.1.11 @ 7:32AM
The only difference between Newt and Romney is Newt is smoother in presenting himself as a conservative to the naïve Republican base and the Tea Party.
There is little policy difference between these two establishment flip-floppers yet most of the phony RINO talk radio guys, except for Mark Steyn, are presenting Newt as a conservative. Cripes, Newt makes Bob Dole look like a conservative.
If this is the best the GOP can offer America is doomed -- going off a cliff quickly with Obama or more slowly with Mitt or Newt. Our only hope for the Republic is if America-First Donald Trump runs as an Independent; he would draw votes from patriots across the political spectrum and win easily.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 7:38AM
" A Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips wrote a scathing attack on Romney’s record last week, touching on the issue that has most Tea Party supporters worried– Mitt Romney’s principles, or apparent lack thereof:
‘Romney is a flip-flop. He could have written the line for John Kerry, “I was before it before I was against it.” He has flip-flopped on abortion, gay rights and socialist healthcare, just to name a few. Looking back at the 1994 debate between him and Senator Ted Kennedy, when Romney was trying to defeat Kennedy for reelection, it is hard to tell who is the more liberal.’
And in a recent interview with The Daily Caller, Matt Kibbe, President of leading Tea Party group, FreedomWorks, said that the Tea Party may sit out the general election if Mitt Romney or “another John McCain” is nominated, saying:
‘I believe in redemption, but at some point, you sort of give up, and we’ve given up on Mitt Romney."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Proud Mormon| 12.1.11 @ 7:42AM
I assure you Romney will overcome this latest conservative uprising and win the nomination. Newt Gingrich is a pathetic creature who had is chance and blew it. The Tea Party is a bunch of scheming right-wing zealots who don't know their political ass from third base.
JimP| 12.1.11 @ 7:53AM
Just curious, but how will Mitt get the nomination or win the presidential election if the "scheming rigth-wing zealots" refuse to vote for him?
Also, "...Romney will overcome this latest conservative uprising ..." isn't this an acknowledgment that Romney is not a conservative?
JmsA| 12.1.11 @ 12:44PM
Facts. They're sooooo inconvenient.
Truth to Power| 12.1.11 @ 8:29AM
You don't sound like any Mormon I know. You sound like a pathetic lefty trouble maker imitating what you think a Mormon would sound like. You have your usual blunder but today you have added to them turning your small paragraph into one blunder after another. I am happy that so many on the left are unbelievably shallow.
KyMouse| 12.1.11 @ 9:49AM
Speaking of Mormons -- this is interesting:
"Praise to the Man" (a Mormon hymn about founder Joseph Smith)
Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!
Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer.
Blessed to open the last dispensation,
Kings shall extoll him and nations revere.
CHORUS: Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven!
Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.
Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren,
Death cannot conquer the hero again.
Praise to his mem’ry, he died as a martyr,
Honored and blest be his ever great name!
Long shall his blood, which was shed by assassins,
Plead unto heav’n while earth lauds his fame.
Great is his glory and endless his priesthood.
Ever and ever the keys he will hold.
Faithful and true, he will enter his kingdom,
Crowned in the midst of the prophets of old.
Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven,
Earth must atone for the blood of that man.
Wake up the world for the conflict of justice.
Millions shall know ‘Brother Joseph’ again!
Peppermint Tea| 12.1.11 @ 10:14AM
Love that hymn.
Bruce| 12.1.11 @ 10:16AM
So, what's your point. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints do, indeed, believe that Joseph Smith died as a martyr for the Church he established at God's command. He was killed by assassins. What part of the hymn can you prove is incorrect?
Margie| 12.1.11 @ 6:48PM
How about the point is the man was a fraud?
Care to love the Truth?
Or a delusion?
John Navratil| 12.1.11 @ 3:34PM
KyMouse,
Reading this hymn, with which I am unfamiliar (my C of E background recalls "Jerusalem"), my mind added the tune to "Ladies of Spain." Am I bad?
c. j. acworth| 12.1.11 @ 8:17AM
If Romney gets testy now, what will happen to him if he does win the nomination and has to face all the guns of the MSM and the DNC. Obama is the one who has the thin skin, the Republican nominee had better be able to keep his cool.
Kade| 12.1.11 @ 8:21AM
Romney is an open-border, pro-China globalist no matter what he says now --only problem is so is Newt, in spades. We are so screwed.
teflon93| 12.1.11 @ 8:24AM
Little Lord MittleRoy is a slimy pol who was legendary in 2008 for his underhanded oppo research smear campaign against other candidates, which made him the most despised man in the field.
The serial knockdowns of Perry (N*ggerhead rock) and Cain (a bunch of moneygrubbing women coming out of hideyholes to launch unsupported allegations of sexual misconduct) just at the moment when they happened to be beating Romney is the best indication of who was behind the smears.
Romney's slimy, dishonest half-hearted praise of Gingrich immediately followed by attacks on his character tell you all you need to know about the man.
He is a weasel.
chuck| 12.1.11 @ 8:53AM
I have to agree. Plus never trust a man with "pretty" hair. He's got to pay several hundred dollars for that haircut, oops, "styling". Cain looks like like a number 2 at Great Clips for about $12. I'd take Cain over Romney any day.
bill greene | 12.25.11 @ 9:04PM
But, let's face it--you can't win the presidency without good hair!!
Robert776| 12.1.11 @ 3:50PM
Please, Lord, may the unsubstantiated allegations against Cain remain unsubstantiated. I don't want to see video proof.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:29PM
It seems that the allegations are really proving to be thin. It's too soon to give up on Mr. Cain.
His hair cut is a #2. I.e. clippers with the 1/4" comb. Costs $12 - $14 at any US barbershop with a pole and an open, free parking place out front.
Mike Rogers | 12.1.11 @ 8:28AM
Mitt Romney has high personal integrity and zero political integrity. He's way too thin-skinned and testy to make a good president, and he simply can't grasp why people aren't that into him, even after displaying that famous testiness over and over in the face of voters.
His best opportunity was staying above the fray, but that could not last forever, and now the rubber has met the road and the lack of traction is obvious.
We find ourselves in a sorry state where Newt looks like the nearest thing to a conservative who is electable, but that may be the case.
Do not, however count Cain out yet.
irish19| 12.1.11 @ 12:25PM
"Do not, however count Cain out yet."
Very true. Let's wait until the votes start coming in before declaring a winner. That is what the legacy media & libs (a redundancy) want us to do.
Cliff, looks like it's time to have your Shift key exorcised again.
Tidycat| 12.1.11 @ 9:00AM
Mitt is the synthesis of everything despised by ordinary Americans.
Elgordo| 12.1.11 @ 9:02AM
On the Bret Baier interview, I did not think Romney "lost his cool". I think he was just showing a staged frustration about being asked the same question for the nth time.
The FL Primary will be decisive !! Marco Rubio will endorse Romney and Romney will win in FL. If needed after the FL primary, before the subsequent primaries, Romney will announce Rubio to be his VP running mate. The conservatives will then move towards Romney and he'll win the Republican nomination.
As for some of Romney's liberal policies in Mass. How else can you be a successsful politician there unless you make these compromises.
Romney is a Mormon and I believe his default principles are more conservative than we have seen.
JimP| 12.1.11 @ 9:12AM
He chose to run in MA where genuine conservatism does not sell. If his default positions were actually conservative (economically and politically) he would not have made the choice to run there and/or would have been an outspoken conservative crusader- a la Reagan. Instead he was a moderate compromiser with statism and touted statist solutions repeatedly before deciding to run for prez. Personally, I believe my 'lying eyes' over what Mitt tells us now.
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 9:52AM
"I think he was just showing a staged frustration about being asked the same question for the nth time."
By definition, something that is staged is false, ergo, the problem with Romney. Even his supporters - like you - acknowledge he's a fake.
It kind of reminds me of the way Bill Clinton's supporters fawned over the brilliant way he lied about things.
I don't want somebody who will "stage" their emotions to try to deceive me into believing they think or feel a certain way when, in truth, they don't. Personally, between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, I've had enough of that crap in the White House to last me a lifetime. I don't want any more of it.
Bruce| 12.1.11 @ 10:19AM
Please show me where his most profound beliefs indicate his Mormonism. Why not take a stand against abortion? Why institute Romney-care? Why open the borders and give sanctuary to illegal law-breakers?
Jabber3| 12.1.11 @ 9:11AM
FOX News has diminished itself with the recent Bret Baier interview of Mitt Romney. Not only were the questions ancient having been asked and answered many times before but Fox tried to impose the “center seat” format on an one on one interview taking place in a Florida warehouse. Bret asking questions submitted by the panel members and the lightening round questions were pathetic. It is no secret that FOX News who employed Newt as a “FOX News analyst” and paid him big bucks is practically a member of Newt’s campaign committee. Recently Gingrich admitted at a town hall meeting that unlike his time as a FOX analyst he must now know what he is talking about before answering a question
er| 12.1.11 @ 9:21AM
Like Rush says, the Democrats and the Obama Chicago attack machine loves it when "conservative" writers like Neumayr "thoroughly" vet REPUBLICAN candidates. Yeah, vet Obama and the article dies; but keep pounding the Republican candidates and your article or quotes will get picked up by the MAJOR MAINSTREAM news outlets...Right? EVERY single Republican candidate has more skill, integrity, thick skin, ideas and love for American than our current disastrous President. Obama wasn't vetted when you all cried about McCain's imperfections, and he is STILL not being vetted. Way to go "conservative" bloggers!
Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.11 @ 9:34AM
Elmer Fudd over Obama!
That having been said, Mitt is finally a wimp.
I hope Governor Perry can keep getting better at these so-called debates.
There is NO question in my mind but that he would be the best "governing President."
"Governing Presidents" don't debate. They simply lead from honest convictions...then make the hard decisions...mostly behind the scenes.
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:37PM
Mr. G:
Why did you respond to that scumbag? I know, he's just too easy to hit, given that his Jihadist Johns make him stay in the BOHICA position for hours, and that has impaired his flexibility, but...even so.
Occam's Tool| 12.2.11 @ 9:42PM
You know, I looked up his ad (Perry)---a man who can film an ad making fun of himself on the biggest stage of all has cojones the size of church bells.
I like a lot of his positions. The toughest sheriff in the US likes his positions on immigration (still don't like the in-state tuition crap, but nobody's perfect except my wife, Ken, as you know from talking with her. ;). Good guy, both of you.
Hey, for me anybody but Paul on the Republican side. Then I will donate $500 or so and vote "early and often" for him or her in true Chicago fashion. If Clint or Jackboot Jack is representative of Paul supporters, then Ron Paul really is a feces eating scumbag, because those two sure are.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 9:50AM
Mitt is the NE version of John McCain. He supported TARP, the auto bailout, abortion, gay rights, gun control, and global warming. I'll be astonished if anyone consider him to be a Republican/conservative. He is done, similar to Newt (identical stance on various issues) and Cain (rattled by the sexual harassment claims). Mitt, Newt, Cain, they are looking for a cheap shot on the GOP Primary, ironically, it will never happen because conservatives are wise and patriot and will never fall in the trap of those three RINOs. Gov Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann are the two solid conservative candidates, who will take us to the finish, ousting Obama from the WH.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:39PM
Bill;
Cain isn't done, unless he quits. I don't see a lot of 'quit' in ol' Herman.
I do see a lot of personal and financial mismanagement and incompetence amongst his accusers. None of whom has really proven credible for more than their obligatory fifteen minutes.
And NONE has claimed he did anything illegal.
Ms. Bialek was served eviction papers today - she didn't get them, sheriff gave them to her apparently home-alone thirteen year old. That alone could be child endangerment.
Apparently the Ginger woman has been sued for non-payment of rent 9 times in the last two years by the owner of the apartment she lives in.
Of the alleged 70 cell phone call/text messages on Herman's cell phone, 53 were incoming FROM her, he responded to her 17 times. Sounds a little lopsided - story is that most of the messages were asking for money. Doesn't sound like romance, sounds more like extortion...
er| 12.1.11 @ 9:53AM
Yup. agree with Ken. Why are we trashing really FINE leaders? First Bachmann, then Perry, now Cain. Chuck them out the window! Because....they make an error? Did you hear the Pretender in Chief call the BRITISH embassy the ENGLISH embassy? We elected him by a LANDSLIDE!
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 10:23AM
I wonder who's doing the trashing?
The fact that Romeny seems to be immune leads some to point the finger at him, but I'm not so sure. I think the Dems want Romney to be our nominee because: (a) they think he is the most beatable - and I agree - or (b) they think he will be the most likely to leave the Democrat infrastructure in place so that when they next assume power it will easier to pick up where they left off.
This is also consistent with the reality that if Romney becomes the nominee, it will likely be because of the large number of Democrats voting in open primaries - remember - they don't have a Presidential primary to vote in this time around.
With every passing day, it becomes more and more clear that Mitt Romney is the Democratic Party's choice to be the Republican nominee.
irish19| 12.1.11 @ 12:29PM
Absolutely correct!!!!
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 9:53AM
If you vote for Mitt, Newt, or Cain (I don't know whether he would survive that long), you are wasting your precious mandate. Please, vote either Rick Perry or Michelle Bachmann, the two solid Reganite conservative who will defeat Obama in a landslide.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:44PM
Reganite?
You mean big supporters of Don Regan, Ronald Wilson Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury?
And are you saying the fellow who called people opposing in-state tuition at state colleges as heartless is as conservative as Michelle Bachmann?
You need a new program - you can't tell the players without a program. And you really can't.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 9:59AM
Breaking News!
Reporter: Mr. Cain, Do you know Ginger White?
Herman Cain: 9-9-9
Reporter: Do you know Sharon Bialek?
Herman Cain: 9-9-9
Reporter: Do you know Lady Gaga?
Herman Cain: I love Bad Romance, oops, I never heard of her in my life
Chuck| 12.1.11 @ 10:08AM
Mitt just had his Ted-Roger Mudd moment. One difference, conservatives already knew Ted was a liar and a fraud and Mudd confirmed it. Conservatives suspected Romney of the same and Baier confirmed it. Romney is a deceitful person in an empty suit trying to brainwash us he is a bona fide conservative. Brainwash...Just like daddy George another bonehead liberal.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 10:11AM
Mitt Romney will never change because he is born this way, a RINO.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 10:12AM
Herman Cain should abandon his Presidential bid and instead join the Haus of Gaga for the upcoming Lady Gaga music video, 9-9-9.
Margie| 12.1.11 @ 6:46PM
Bill ought to watch out because God throws liars into the Lake of Fire.
No kidding.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:47PM
Bill;
You should abandon this here.
One note-wonder, you. You parrot the mainstream folderol about Cain as though it were true. Are you just a mind-numbed robot, or what?
Ya know, if Herman Cain and I were both liberal, I'd be calling you a 'racist.' But since he is conservative, you're not. Lucky you.
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 10:15AM
I don't know whether Mitt Romney will be the nominee or not. If he is, I will hold my nose and vote for him over Obama - just as I would hold my nose and vote for a steaming pile of manure over Obama (and isn't that a nice visual - a steaming pile of manure over Obama).
However, one thing is obvious at this point, regardless of whether Mitt Romney becomes the nominee, he is NOT the preferred choice of a majority of Republicans. If he becomes the nominee, it will because (a) the majority of the party was unable to avoid splitting itself up among the non-Mitt's, and (b) because he is the preferred choice of Democrats who voted in open primaries.
We've seen this before - in 2008. John McCain did not win a single primary - at least among registered Republicans - until Super Tuesday, and if you recall, that was the period of time when he went from mid-pack to frontrunner. But during those early primaries, he significantly out-polled the other candidates among non-Republicans who voted in the open primaries.
Furthermore, remember that in 2008 Democrats were voting in presidential primaries of their own, in 2012, they will not be.
Therefore, if Mitt Romney wins the nomination, it will be because he was the preferred choice among Democrats, not because he was the preferred choice among Republicans.
How many more times are we going to let the Democrats choose OUR nominee?
topeka| 12.1.11 @ 3:32PM
Until there are no more elections... apparently.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:48PM
Or until the Tea PArty and Conservatives can gain enough authority in the Stupid GOP to close our primaries....
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 10:27AM
Mitt Romney is the New England version of John McCain. We need Rick Perry, who has a solid conservative record on fiscal and social issues and will get us out of the fiscal crisis and overhaul the entitlements, the federal workforce, the Judicial, the Executive, the Legislative Branch, and reform the tax code and balance the budget, by cutting spending and reducing the federal deficit, and will secure the border and fix the immigration fiasco. God bless, Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan is back!!!!!!
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 10:35AM
Mitt Romney : RINO (flip-flopper)
Newt Gingrich: RINO (a Washington Insider)
Herman Cain: RINO (Obama's uncle and Bill Clinton's mentor)
Rick Perry : A solid conservative (the shadow of Ronald Regan)
Michelle Bachmann: A social & fiscal conservative (lot like Margaret Thatcher)
Rick Santorum: Lost reelection bid in 2006
Jon Huntsman: Ambassador of China under Obama
Ms Jones| 12.1.11 @ 5:12PM
IMHO, Bachmann, Santorum and Cain are they only true conservatives running. And Ron Paul, but his isolationism in the face of the growing threat of radical Islam rules him out. Newt is slimey. I don't think I can take another Texas governor so soon, especially one who won't turn off the magnets to illegal immigration. Please don't rule out Herman Cain just yet. I think the character of his accusers makes their allegations highly suspicious. Don't let the mainstream media and their RINO counterparts "lynch" this Washington outsider.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:49PM
I'm with you, Ms. Jones.
Robert776| 12.1.11 @ 7:25PM
Perry = Reagan?
Bachman = Thatcher?
Are we losing our sanity? How about
Cain = Churchill?
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 10:36AM
PLEASE HELP ELECT RICK PERRY!
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:49PM
I'm with you, Bill!
Rick Perry for VP!
Buck Ofama| 12.1.11 @ 10:40AM
The *real* flop(per) is Ovomit. We must be rid of this assh0le ASAP.
Jane| 12.1.11 @ 11:02AM
Romney is a handsome man but he wavers too much on issues. I watched the Baier interview and simple questions flustered him. He does fine in debates but he didn't look presidential in this interview. Perry never impressed me at all, like most southern politicians they come across as dumb. Huntsman is my man, I coo over him. He is so handsome and presidential; I have a school girl crush on John. Love, Jane.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 11:17AM
Huntsman worked for Brack Obama, and now he wants to defeat Obama. Huntsman is a traitor and RINO.
RCV| 12.1.11 @ 11:27AM
Huntsman worked for his country as ambassador to China.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 11:35AM
Huntsman quit his governor mansion of UT, for his love for Obama, and became the Ambassador of China, prompting Obama's socialist policy abroad. Huntsman is disgrace and unelectable.
John Navratil| 12.1.11 @ 3:38PM
RCV,
One presumes that ALL in public service work for their country. It's a presumption being tested at the moment by the public service unions and this administration. Huntsman has done honourable service and is to be respected for it. I still won't vote for him.
RCV| 12.4.11 @ 10:41AM
That's fine. But he ought to be honored for serving his country in a difficult role, one previously held by George Bush, Sr. Bill seems to forget that we are all Americans and that our ambassadors represent our country, not the party in power.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:52PM
Jane,
You are a serious argument for disenfranchising women from the vote.
Handsome, love, school girl crush?
Are you still wearing bobby sox and a training bra? Do you have any idea how idiotic you look? And how insulting your comments are to thinking women everywhere?
If I were a girl, I'd claw your eyes out. Really!
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 11:23AM
Rick Perry is not a good debater, but he has a solid conservative record and resources and supporters to take on Obama. Perry will destroy Obama in the debate if he gets the GOP nomination. If The Republican Party cannot win in the South, they will never win back the WH. That's why we need a proven leader like Rick Perry, with southern charm.
Robert776| 12.2.11 @ 5:19AM
Perry will destroy Obama in debate? This is typical of the caliber of thinking that is giving us Bachman, Cain, et al. as candidates. Obama learned debating at the Harvard Law School. He was President (Editor-in-Chief) of the Harvard Law Review. Where did Perry learn debating? Where, where, where are today's William F. Buckleys, Milton Friedmans, and Ronald Reagans????????
Kade| 12.1.11 @ 11:37AM
I just heard Mike Gallagher dissing finger-in-the wind Romney and yesterday he was defending Newt’s amnesty plan. Looks like the fix is in by the so-called conservative pundits. Closet liberal Newt dressed in primary conservative clothing is their boy -- are we in deep trouble.
MarkR| 12.1.11 @ 12:20PM
Romney wants it served on a platter. He is NEXT in line. Only problem is this isnt the typical primary season of years past. Its a public fed up and restless and in no mood for a moderate or moderate leaning republican. Gingrich has lots of flaws and yet has governed from the right during his whole career. Its easy to nitpic and Romney does have good qualities and may win the whole thing- but I gotta say his attitude of "I dont have to go center stage" like the other candidates who appeared on Fox and "I dont have to answer what everyone else does" doesnt bode well. He will be scrutinized over and over and the same questions will be asked again and again. So he better buck up if he wants the nomination- its not a given this time.
Elgordo| 12.1.11 @ 12:38PM
The Dems and Obama apparently prefer to run against Gingrich rather than Romney. They now have anti-Romney commercials out and none against Gingrich. Further, Bill Clinton has issued some very complimentary statements regarding Gingrich.
I like them, Newt and Mitt, equally and I don't know who would be the better president. At present my primary concern is to defeat Obama. He could do a lot more domestic and international damage in the second term including Supreme Ct. nominations.
I believe at present Romney would be more electable than Gingrich. He has the better organization and better standing among Independents. Plus, I think Marco Rubio will be his running mate and that should bring out the Conservative vote. Rubio will do for Romney what Sarah Palin did for John McCain plus win FL for sure.
I also believe that the Supreme Ct. will declare Obamacare unconstitutional before the election so Romneycare will be a lesser issue in the election.
I know Gingrich would be preferable and skewer Obama in the debates but Romney has also been excellent in the debates .
Romney is the better executive. As Speaker, Gingrich did not show great executive ability and resigned after a few years whereas Romney has successes as an executive. Gingrich is more of the gunslinger.
It's hard to tell who would be the better president, but electability is primary for me and so for now I prefer Romney over Gingrich.
The Big E| 12.1.11 @ 1:50PM
"I believe at present Romney would be more electable than Gingrich. He has the better organization and better standing among Independents. "
Organization is important, but it's not everything. If it were, Clinton would have defeated Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary.
Republican candidates kow-towing to independents has a long, and storied history of insuring a Democrat in the White House. Most recent Exhibit - John McCain.
Leadership does not kow-tow - leadership leads. Sticking a finger in the wind to see which way the independents are blowing at the moment is not leadership, does not result in independents voting for the wind-checker, and will not result in Republican victory in 2012.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 12:38PM
Romney will never able to get the Evangelic votes whether he gets the GOP nomination or fails again. His problem is his record and accomplished almost nothing. Considering Rick Perry, he dealt with the Democrat legislators better part of his tenure, yet he never compromised and governed as a conservative governor. Rick Perry is solid and will never negotiate with the liberal Satans, unlike Mitt Romney. Rick Perry will become the next president and Romney will never make out to the NH Primary.
HELP RICK PERRY DEFEAT OBAMA!
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:54PM
By getting Rick Perry to endorse HERMAN CAIN!
YAY!!!!!!
Carl| 12.1.11 @ 12:40PM
Romney has always run away from his past positions on the issues. He has attempted to rebrand himself so many times that he is running out of surface area...
Mark MacInnis| 12.1.11 @ 12:55PM
Last night on Hannity, Newt won the nomination. He will now continue his slow, deliberate surge to the top; while Mitt stays still or slightly declines in popularity. Newt was engaging, human and at the same time scholarly and humble. He took Obama apart without making it appear personal or racist. I relish the prospect of seeing the debates....Newt v. Obama will be no contest.
Remember....you read it here first....
Diane| 12.2.11 @ 10:27PM
I think Gingrich could beat anybody in a debate. He's really smooth. He just keeps coming up with wild statements that sound like he's very wise and knows what he's talking about. Since most people don't know much about the topics being discussed, he sounds great.
The only way Obama could have a chance against him would be to take much the same approach and not worry about the fact that hordes of liberal journalists, bloggers and academics would accuse him of making absurd claims and sheer fabrication.
They don't matter. What matters is that he sounds good to average voters. Facts and logic have nothing to do with it.
martin j smith| 12.1.11 @ 1:01PM
The 2012 election will be our last election if Obama wins and the Socialists win in Congress. But especially if Obama wins. Romney is not a serious candidate to deal with the reality that the 2012 election is the LAST opportunity to have the America that our founders created. Romney is the wrong kind of candidate--( though if he were the candidate I would with little enthusiasm ) vote for him.
Every single Republican candidate has baggage and I know so far no one denied it. I think it is imperative--if you are serious about winning in 2012 to act that way and focus more on two things: Defeating Obama and Defeating the
Socialists. Not picking apart every Republican Candidate. That is if you serious. I fear many on this site who create articles are not.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 1:02PM
Rick Perry will hold the line, all the way from Boston to Seattle, Charlotte to Miami, Atlanta to Austin, Detroit to San Francisco, Oakland to San Diego. It happened in 1980 when Ronald Regan crushed Jim Carter. History will repeat itself, this time it's Rick Perry, destroying Obama and the Democrat machine across America.
I see Rick Perry, I see Ronald Regan. Rick Perrry will give us the "Shinning city in the hill."
Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.11 @ 1:45PM
Bill,
did you see my posts on other threads today?
:::
What Are You Thinking,
Governor Perry is "soldiering on" despite being labeled a dunce, and ridiculed...(or ignored)...on my former favorite web forum here.
I think..."how in the hell do you ignore the ONE solid conservative with a PROVEN track record?
" How in the hell do you ignore and/or ridicule the Governor of the only successful State government in the nation?"
Well, TAS has managed to do so, and it embarrases me for you.
I guess our country is doomed to stupid. (Can any of you even imgine Mitt admitting "he stepped in it"?)
In my mind, a little humility goes a long way in a President.
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 1:22PM
Of course most Evangelicals will vote for Romney. Who else? Obama?!
Evangelicals are moral people who recognize what many consider the evil in the BHO presidency.
And many Evangelicals are nervous about the claimed moral mistakes of Cain, as well as the proven moral mistakes of Gingrich.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 1:33PM
Romney is gone with the RomneyCare.
Cain is strangled by Sharon Bialek and Ginger White.
Newt is sucked by the issues and his stance.
Rick Santoruma nd Jon Huntsman, Who cares?
Rick Perry is a protege of Ronald Regan, and is the most electable and invincible.
Michelle Banchmann, I love her, she will make a good VP with Rick Perry.
DTOM| 12.1.11 @ 6:57PM
Bill,
You need a new program. I find it fascinating that you can spell the names of the paid accusers of Herman Cain correctly, but cannot spell Ronald Reagan's name.
And Rick Perry was a Democrat when Ronald Reagan left politics.
Your sorta dopey, aren't you?
martin j smith| 12.1.11 @ 2:02PM
"Bill" is exactly the kind of post that I totally distrust
especially the last post. I think there are posters that are making the mistake of going along with the "lets knock out" each candidate. This entirely destructive. So if your favorite X is not the nominee you will vote Obama ? I believe that is either foolish or you are not who you claim to be.
Have your favorite that is fine-no problem but I advise being open minded. For
example: If Ron Paul got a gem of insight that leads him to a more acceptable to those of us ( now here comes a joke for the Paul Crowd --Israel Firsters--I did say JOKE ) who see the world that is more dangerous than he seems to see, then I would even vote for him. Any of there candidates would be acceptable not in order to preference except one:
Cain,Bachman,Santorun,Gingrich,Perry,Romney last.
Any one of these would be far more acceptable to me than Obama by miles. If you do not believe that and you claim to be a Republican perhaps
you are of the Colin Powell School. Translation you are FOS.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 4:08PM
Dr.Ron Paul,
"I would ask Congress for A Declaration Of War against Iran, if necessary,"
Dr.Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Advisor Michael Scheuer, Former CIA Chief of The bin Laden Unit,
On Iran, The President should,
2.) Publicly state that there will be no U.S. surprise attack on Iran, and no U.S. attack at all on Iran unless the president asks for a formal declaration of war and the Congress votes its approval in a constitutional manner.
3.) Call in Israel's ambassador to the United States and tell him that we understand that Israel believes Iran is a threat to its survival, and that we agree that Israel has every right to defend itself. If Israel believes it must go to war with Iran, then so be it. But also tell the ambassador that if Israel attacks Iran, the U.S. administration will declare U.S. neutrality in the war and immediately cut off military and financial support to all combatants in the war.
4.) Speak to the American people and tell them to expect to be brutally propagandized by U.S. citizen Israel-Firsters through AIPAC, their ubiquitous media shills, and the men and women they own in the U.S. Congress and federal bureaucracy. Urge Americans to ignore this effort by U.S. Israel-Firsters to get them to send their soldier-children to fight in a religious war in which the U.S. has no genuine national interest at stake, and in which U.S. participation would further bankrupt the country, require the reintroduction of conscription, and put America at war with all of the Muslim world -- Shia and Sunni -- for the foreseeable future."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Margie| 12.1.11 @ 6:44PM
Bill is a lying Troll who has blatantly lied about Herman Cain.
Just another one to add to the stupid bunch.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 2:05PM
I am rooting for Rick Perry. He is my candidate in 2012. I never change my position, and Rick Perry and I, we both share conservative values, and Perry's record on fiscal and social policy impressed me.
Casey Abell| 12.1.11 @ 2:06PM
Neumayr hates Romney. Dog bites man. Zzzzzzzz.
But what's really going to be fun around here is watching Quin Hillyer's head explode if Newt coasts to the nomination, as current polls are predicting. Rasmussen has him up 38-17 over Mitt with everybody else dumped into single digits. Other polls also show a huge surge for Newt as Hormonal (and Clueless) Herm's support evaporates.
http://www.rasmussenreports.co.....al_primary
Naturalborn Texicanette| 12.1.11 @ 2:11PM
I hope and pray that people will wake up to Rick Perry.
Yes, he's from Texas and a lot of people DON'T like him ONLY for that reason. They are afraid Perry is a carbon copy of the Bushes.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least do the research on Governor Perry and his accomplishments and then, THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!
So what if he's not a silver tounged devil .....we have one of those now and HIS silver tongue is tarnised and rotten!
Don't let the liberal namby-pambies steer you wrong regarding the most important job in the U.S.A.! Do some research for YOURSELF!!!!!!!!
Thank you Ken and Bill and all the others on this site who are working to EDUCATE those who do not know Perry like we do.
And, I agree that Bachman would be a spectacular VP...as she travels on her own road to the White House in the future.
God Save America!!!!
martin j smith| 12.1.11 @ 2:20PM
To those Perry supporters: First you are honest and you have a farvorite. Great. But for some reason will you vote Obama if Perry is not it or, will you hold you nose and vote whoever the R candidate is ?
I am for everyone but Paul and Huntsman and I am very uneasy about Romney--but I would even vote for him if here were the chosen one--so to speak.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 2:24PM
Naturalborn Texicanette, you're right and I agree with you 100%. People hates Rick perry because he is from TX, but Perry is nothing like Bush, rather Perry has been a proven conservative leader, and his record on fiscal and social policy resonates with the conservative voters. Liberal media and the Team Obama has distorted Perry's image so bad that many voters became skeptical about Perry and his leadership role. The truth is that Obama is afraid of Rick Perry, because Perry is unbeatable and defiant.
Margie| 12.1.11 @ 6:43PM
". People hates Rick perry because he is from TX,"
You have GOT to be kidding.
Naturalborn Texicanette| 12.1.11 @ 2:33PM
I do not want to vote for Romney, ever......only if forced to, because this country CAN NOT withstand another 2 weeks of Obummer, IF he should win....
Newt? If he's the only choice. He's smart, savvy, experienced, but a bit worrisome from where I stand. Only if he is the last chance to get Obummer OUT.
And Bill, you are SO correct about Gov. Perry. He is tenacious, as well as knowledgeable and experienced in every catagoery you can think of when it comes to governing.
He is the dark hourse who could just take us OUT of the mess we are in..........
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 2:40PM
The GOP Primary voters will pick the most conservative and electable candidate, Rick Perry poised to be that candidate, with his record on governing state of Texas, and his commitment to get us out from the fiscal mess we have right now, and to overhaul the broken Washington, including all three branches and the Federal Reserve. Some people are obsessed with Rick Perry's debate performance, but you do not govern based on your rhetoric but by the content of your character and being a proven leader. Without Rick Perry, Obama is shoe-in.
David| 12.1.11 @ 2:44PM
I'd rather have Mitt that Newt. Newt's evil.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 2:44PM
If Rick Perry fails to get the GOP nomination, Republican Party will be in disarray(because of lack of a conservative candidate) and lose the South, and Obama will be shoe-in for his re-election bid.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 2:46PM
Rick Perry is dark horse by the liberal media, but he is the front runner for the GOP voters.
DTOM| 12.2.11 @ 2:12PM
Bill,
You forgot the part about if Rick Perry is not the Republican candidate, we will all be killed.
Give it up! You have no idea and no reason for any notion that Perry will or will not be the candidate. You should try to have reasons for thinking your random thoughts.
Daniel Peterson | 12.1.11 @ 3:22PM
If Newt Gingrich is the nominee, the Republican Party will lose in 2012, and will DESERVE to lose.
martin j smith| 12.1.11 @ 3:31PM
OK -there are some really peculiar posts and I will assume they are trolls and advise ignoring them .These posts claim to be Perry supporters. I do not what they are but they are either foolish or phony useless either way. Its not about being against Perry its about these posts being against a number of candidates. That is fine but I dismiss these out of hand because they imply that another Obama term would be OK. Those that assume a loss--again are assuming --they have no proof and in fact signs are pretty good that a good candidate ( any one ) can beat Obama. Its one thing to challenge candidates but if your is not the one again do you vote Obama ? What about it ?
If you are not going to vote who another candidate
who is a real alternative to Socialism then I say to you-adios.
Bill| 12.1.11 @ 3:59PM
Rick Perry is running his campaign based on solutions and records, not on rhetoric, unlike Mitt, Newt, Cain. Mitt and Newt both are flip-flopping on issues, and they are ultimately hurting their own campaign. Rick Perry stayed on the message and avoided political bickering, thus ran a clean campaign to oust Obama. Cain is done and needs to end his campaign. Rick Perry is the clear alternative and the best candidate.
socon| 12.1.11 @ 6:29PM
Bye, Willard. Don't come back now, ya hear!
Confounded Society| 12.1.11 @ 7:41PM
WOW! Big wet kiss to Romney. After all he's the perfect candidate in the race.
What an idiot. This is Romney. He's never been unflappable. This why he's afraid of interviews. It's why he doesn't do Sunday morning shows. it's why he insisted on a taped segment with Brett Baier instead of doing the Center Seat segment like every other candidate has. Look at the last debate where he snapped at Huntsman (and was completely wrong about what Huntsman had just said.) He's a child. He's never had to take responsibility for anything in his life. Never had to deal with any personal adversary. When anybody actually challenges him on anything, he turns into a whiny little brat.
Bob| 12.1.11 @ 8:23PM
The Democratic Ad was the beginning of the end of the rat Willard. Even the GOPukes are completely disgusted with that plague carrying flea bag who doesn't know which end is up. That leaves my old buddy the Speaker of the Blouse.
gary siebel| 12.1.11 @ 8:24PM
Perhaps the country club crowd has thrown in the towel and conceded 2012 to Obama. Newt will position them better for 2016, is the reasoning, having put up a spirited fight, but in the end unable to escape his history. Romney would just leave the Party still confused. Somebody needs to articulate something, the reasoning goes in the back rooms, that used to filled with cigar smoke, and the evangelicals can't vote for a Mormon. That leaves Newt by default.
Ron Paulites then become the wild card. Newt will probably try to throw them a bone.
I look forward to Bill Clinton chatting about Nute. It's possible the Dems actually want Newt to be the candidate, too.
John B| 12.1.11 @ 9:56PM
Note to Gary. You say it's possible the Dems want Newt to be the candidate. You think? They not only want this, they pray for it (if any of them prayed). Newt is the ideal candidate for Obama to run against. He is old, fat, corrupt, trice married and an admitted adulator. And he wants 10 year old kids to work as janitors in our schools. A dream come true for the Dems.
Nightwing| 12.2.11 @ 3:29AM
You delusional folks actually BELIEVE you represent the majority thought in the U.S.
In fact, both the GOP and the DEMS are both minority parties----the largest voting segment is INDEPENDENTS. Nominating some extremist whack-job is not going to attract those votes.
Are we really expected to believe that 40 million Seniors will vote to eliminate Social Security and Medicare ?
How sad that my Republican Party of Lincoln, that fought to defend and preserve the Union and the sovereignity of the Federal Government, has now been turned upside-down and seeks to represent the Confederacy.
Lyneuss Fields | 12.2.11 @ 11:28AM
But wait! There's one more Mormon coming up from center-right. Didn't anyone hear about "The White Horse Prophecy"? http://lyneussfields.blogspot......rated.html
nova9047| 12.2.11 @ 6:59PM
Newt would win zero electoral votes north of the Mason Dixon line, nor should he. Mitt is the GOP's only credible national candidate.
POST American| 12.2.11 @ 10:38PM
"---Psychopaths ALWAYS gravitate
toward positions of power. ALWAYS.
Even at the local level. Understand,
they can be VERY charming, they are great
actors --and LIARS. They worship
power and those above, and have nothing
but disdain and contempt for those
below. They can sniff the wind of oppurtunity;
they can read you better than you yourself;
they recognize each other, and they have
NO CONSCIENCE. Absolutely ---NONE."
----As you take in HER-MAN CAIN
----------KNEW--IT Getting--RICH
------------------TTT-Rick Pair--he
----------------------ME--shell BALK--MEN
--------------------------and SUB-Mitt ROME--knee
learn to SEEEEE the PSYCHO--pathy.
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ryan| 12.3.11 @ 3:08PM
there will be a draft sarah movement at a divided convention next summer.
antidote| 12.3.11 @ 5:41PM
Can you say, "Four more years!"? hehehehehe
Zak Klemmer| 12.4.11 @ 6:03PM
The POTUS who ever he is should stop "playing God". Americans should stop investing their patriotism in the President. Conservative should stop thinking that the Republican Party and the "Conservative Movement" are mutually inclusive. The Progressives keep dragging the USA to the left and both political parties with it. Conservative pundits should stop making excuses; have they become "fellow travelers"?
wedding dresses | 12.6.11 @ 3:34AM
"---Psychopaths ALWAYS gravitate
toward positions of power. ALWAYS.
Even at the local level. Understand,
they can be VERY charming, they are great
actors --and LIARS. They worship
power and those above, and have nothing
but disdain and contempt for those
below. They can sniff the wind of oppurtunity;
they can read you better than you yourself;
they recognize each other, and they have
NO CONSCIENCE. Absolutely ---NONE."
Rhoetus | 12.8.11 @ 5:29PM
Did Dole or McCain have a chance? I can't see the logic of voting for an appeaser and stalwart of the status-qua as they have created our 15 trillion + debt. Anyone who supports Romney as a winner or a problem solver does not have any data to support said argument. His political career does not support a smaller government model.
bill greene | 12.25.11 @ 9:27PM
But Romney has something neither Dole or McCain had--good looks--good hair--masculine demeanor. You can't win the election without those qualities. Women vote!! Romney is the best candidate TO WIN!! The positions of all these candidates is not the big issue--they are all relatively conservative fiscally--to get our government back on track. What counts is winning. And Romney is the most likely to draw a majority of votes.