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Romney Is Coming On Strong

By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on 4.5.12 @ 6:10AM

And he doesn’t have to become a jogger to prove that point.

WASHINGTON — There are some campaign advisors who would counsel former governor Mitt Romney to jog on the campaign trail tirelessly, probably in short pants and with a catchy T-shirt emblazoned with some memorable phrase, say, “Fred Fna Ate Here,” à la Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Jimmy Carter started the presidential candidates’ jogging craze, and since him there have been a horde of presidential joggers, all wearing little boys’ outfits, the notable exception being Ronald Reagan — possibly because, as he campaigned from 1976 on, he was considered too old to be president. On the other hand, the old cowboy had a sense of dignity that all other would-be presidents in recent years have lacked. Perhaps Romney should be photographed windsurfing as John Kerry was in 2004 and downing shots of firewater as Hillary did in 2008. Or he could filch a page from President-elect Vladimir Putin, and campaign shirtless. Adopt the he-man look, Mitt!

Alas, Romney is a normal middle-aged American. He is the kind of man we would all like to have live next door. Facts are facts — all the aforesaid candidates save Reagan and now Romney are weird! Americans do not mind having them wearing funny hats and eating ethnic food on the campaign trail, but almost no American would want them as neighbors. Not so Romney. He would be welcome in our neighborhoods, and maybe even trusted with a key to the house. Romney is NORMAL.

That is one fundamental reason why, as this campaign season draws to an end, I am glad he will get the nomination. Think about it. Practically everyone who has run for the presidency over the last few decades is odd. You would not want them in your neighborhood. Why would you want one of them in the White House? Rick Santorum ran a fine, if improbable, race, emphasizing values many of us share. Dr. Ron Paul reminded us of our constitutional principles that set Americans apart from the citizenry of other nations. Yet Newt Gingrich was the standard-issue candidate of recent decades. He was as bizarre as Bill Clinton and lacks Bill’s charm — if that is the word for it.

Romney is normal. That is what the press corps really means when they say things like he fails to inspire or he commits gaffes. Compared to whom, to Joe Biden? The other day Joe addressed the perfectly nice female president of Scott Community College, a Dr. Theresa Paper, as “Dr. Pepper.” Joe’s list of gaffes is encyclopedic. Moreover, Romney is campaigning for things most Americans believe in, and, in fact, many consider exigent.

He will repeal Obamacare and give Medicaid block grants to the state. It costs less for Medicaid in Idaho than in New York City. He says he will take seriously an alternative healthcare proposal involving Premium Support, after the healthcare proposal of Congressman Paul Ryan. He has promised to cut taxes: a 20 percent across-the-board cut in marginal rates, eliminate the Death Tax, eliminate taxes on capital gains, interest, and qualified dividends on those with an Adjusted Gross Income of $200,000 or less, plus cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent. What is more, he will repeal Dodd-Frank, amend Sarbanes-Oxley, and initiate a review of all of Obama’s Nanny State regulations. That ought to get the economy revved up!

In foreign policy, he has promised in his first 100 days to reverse Obama’s cuts in missile defense, modernize our Navy, and reverse the decline in the aging inventories of the Air Force, Army, and Marines. He would pressure Iran to stop building nuclear weapons and improve our relations in the Middle East, starting with Israel. He has promised to open America’s energy reserves for development and prevent the overregulation of shale gas and extraction, helping to make America energy independent. He has promised to amend the Clean Air Act, excluding carbon dioxide from its jurisdiction. These are policies that all conservatives can applaud and independents too.

So why is there any doubt that Romney is a conservative? He has already won broad segments of the conservative vote and the Tea Party movement. Soon he will win over large numbers of independents. America is facing a crisis in spending and overreach. I think Romney can meet the crisis and restore America to Happy Days.

About the Author

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: the Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery.

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Steve| 4.5.12 @ 7:36AM

Why is there any doubt Romney is a conservative, writes the estimable Mr. Tyrell?

Well, let's see....He PROMISES this, that, and the other (must secure the base, don't you know!). I'm betting he will GOVERN as a Bush-esque moderate or worse once elected. Actions, Mr. Tyrell, actions...not words. And Mr. Romney's actions to date are not those of a conservative.

Yeah, he may be normal...but what we need is evidently someone abnormal enough to rip off Obama's mask and expose him for what he is. Is Romney that man? Nah.

Jack in Wi.| 4.5.12 @ 7:56AM

I say look at his record not his promises. Romneycare, Gay marraige without any objections from him, pro-abortion, even though his Mormonfaith condemnns both abortion and gay marriage. He appointed nothing but liberals to the Mass courts. He is the bankers best friend and gets most of his campaign contributions from them. They are buying another election. Obama is owned by the bankers as well. Who needs either of these guys?

The Truth| 4.5.12 @ 10:41AM

Jack:

A state mandate is constitutional and is what Massachusetts wanted as a group. You can't argue with that, except on extreme ideological grounds that doesn't address personal responsibility.

Romney fought against Gay marriage and did more than Iowa's "conservative" Governor did to fight Gay marriage in his state. yet, conservative Iowa still has Gay marriage.

Romney has never been pro-abortion. His senatorial and governor campaigns ran on a "non-interference" clause on abortion. Personally, Romney has been aligned with his Church and as a lay pastor counseled women to not get abortions, he even went to a hospital one time, and put himself between one of his congregants and the abortion doctor and asked her to stop.

In Massachusetts, he appointed Democrats that could get APPROVED by the majority Democrat congress.

I know 100s of people who have donated to Romney's campaign and none of them are bankers.

Your characterizations of Romney are all skewed by primary campaign rhetoric, and at their extreme are bald faced lies.

Why does it please you to bear false witness against Romney?

Here's some advice: for once, actually go to Romney's website and read. Read his books - then you'll know for yourself about the man Mitt Romney.

Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Jim Demint, and Rick Santorum all ENDORSED Romney in 2008 as the MOST conservative in the race.

If anything, Romney has become more conservative since then.

Unger| 4.5.12 @ 11:09AM

Well, let's see, "The Truth," that rogue gallery in 2008 consisted of Mike Huckabee, Rudi Giuliani, Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, and that true conservative (insert Laugh-In music), John McCain.

Not a lot of great material to choose from. So selecting Romney above this 2008 lot, well, is that really worth much?

You do not seem to get it either.

The GOP does not want, encourage, or support conservatives. Conservatives are considered radioactive and are thus only good when buried deep in Nevada mountains.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 5:54PM

So, Unger, who do you think is the real conservative in 2012? Which was your "conservative 2012 candidate did Romney beat? Can you release your bitterness to get someone in the white house who is absolutely more conservative than Obama?

Oh, and Truth is absolutely right in his assessments. Have you read Romney's material or just listened to democrat and rival Gingrich/Santorum talking points...all of whom had an agenda to, of course, beat Romney, and have been at least as negative against Romney as the other way around. The only difference there has been the amount of money and organization to get through the primaries and still be viable for the general.

You think Romney does not have the fortitude or the conservative bonafides to be MUCH better than Obama? Think again. Do some real research while working to overcome your bitterness. You will see Romney is absolutely right for the job, and absolutely a vast improvement over Obama!

RichmondG30| 4.5.12 @ 6:42PM

Hey Unger, who is your "conservative"? Lots of "conservatives" decided to sit out this election. Others showed themselves not-ready-for-prime time.

Instead of standing on the sidelines and griping, tell us who your choice is and how he/she plans to get the nomination at this late date.

Unless you have something constructive to add at this point, let me suggest you give it a rest. Thanks!

Anthony M| 4.5.12 @ 10:18PM

Where is Curtis LeMay? Oh well, I guess I can vote for Romney.

BackToBasics| 4.6.12 @ 1:07AM

A lot of conservatives sit out running for the presidency because they know they will get zero backing along with the back-hand from the RINO's who still control the top tier of the party. On top of that they will get even worse treatment from the media.

John - TMF| 4.5.12 @ 11:25AM

Truth? You mean the "Russkaya Pravda" (Russian Truth).

This has to be the most amazing catalog of delusional statements that I have seen from the Rombot Propaganda Machine... One cheesy vapid excuse, or flat out lie after another.

Forces gay marriage on the PRM by executive order... and it's not really his fault... it's the liberal Democrat's fault.

Appoints Democrat judges and it's not Mitt's doing, it's the liberal Democrat's fault.

You are a campaign worker, because only campaign workers know hundreds of people who contribute to any one candidate.. or any candidate for that matter....

Endorsed by Laura - Ivy League - Ingraham... Endorsed by Ann - Ivy League New England Yankee Coulter.... Rush Limbaugh endorsed nobody. He never does during the primaries. DeMint is a SENATOR, and therefore now a functional part of Club Senate (GOP branch) and will back who the party tells him to. AND did you notice? 2008... that was THEN and this is NOW. Hobson's choice then...

NO CHOICE NOW. The "FIX" was and is IN...

Oh? And the biggest Liberal Democrat to blame for Romney's failed and very liberal record in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Taxachusetts?

WILLARD MILTON ROMNEY!!! Who takes his liberalism with nice offshore bank accounts, back door happy times with Wall Street, Corporate Raider tax advantaged business deals, Limousine, car elevator for the car collection - two Caddies for every wife!!!

Willard Milton Romney is a Limousine Liberal Democrat masquerading as a Republican; therefore I WILL NOT vote for him, EVER!

-TMF

W| 4.5.12 @ 3:56PM

Another Obama voter masquerading as a Republican

Aaron Burr| 4.5.12 @ 5:00PM

Adults don't confuse their position with their best interest. Children hold their breath and turn blue. If you can't see that Romney will be better - albeit not perfect - compared to another 4 years of Obama you've clearly got no clue as to the best interests of the country. Got it, child?

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 5:57PM

John, do you even listen to Rush??? He absolutely endorsed Romney in 2008 and has reiterated that he did on his show several times recently.

You have shown in your post that you are much closer to the OWS crowd than the fiscally responsible crowd.

Romney is the man for this job. I support him completely. Let's get Obama out and this man in who has the ability to turn things around, despite all the caustic rhetoric people have tried but failed to smash him with.

Mike Hawk| 4.5.12 @ 10:36PM

I listen to Rush and I do not recall him ever endorsing Romney in '08. He did not particularly like McCain. In fact the primary was over before it ever got going when Romney dropped out after FL Where hell were you??

Ron| 4.5.12 @ 7:31PM

"The kind of guy you'd like as a neighbor and possibly trust with your key". What a refreshing thought! And, as near as I can tell, very true.

Reputedly, Lincoln when challenged by displeased congressmen, as to why he hadn't removed McClellen from command, sanguinely replied "I too would like to replace the general, but for now I fear he is the best that we have got".

I have not heretofore been outspoken in support of Gov. Romney. (A hint as to my philsophy: The moment I heard of Allen West, despite my Michigan residence, I strode to my computer with Mastercard in hand and sent the colonel (not "corpse-man") a modest donation.

I believe, in fact, I would appreciate a neighbor like Willard, and while I probably entrust him with my key, I think he can do me, and America, much more good residing in the White House.

It is my pragmatic opinion now that we should go with "the best that we have for now", disband the circular firing squad, and train all guns on the disgusting current occupant of the White House.

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:43PM

Well, with Mitt I would not be having panic attacks of a nuclear bomb exploding over Chicago killing my family. I do now.

Frank Bitzer| 4.5.12 @ 11:42AM

That's some mightly fine hair-splitting you have to do in your defense of the milquetoast moderate. Still a "no sale".

Dave Livingston| 4.5.12 @ 4:30PM

As much as I want Obozo booted out of the WH if the price of doing so is replacing him with the self-centered draft-dodging coward, Romney, the price is too high.

I've voted Republican since Nixon was in office, but I will not vote for Romney, if he's the nominee.

RichmondG30| 4.5.12 @ 6:45PM

"As much as I want Obozo booted out of the WH if the price of doing so is replacing him with the self-centered draft-dodging coward, Romney, the price is too high.

I've voted Republican since Nixon was in office, but I will not vote for Romney, if he's the nominee."

You are either lying or not intelligent enough to find the polls on election day, so I'm not worried about your position.

Mike Hawk| 4.5.12 @ 10:40PM

He's lying. What makes Mitt a draft dodger vs Bill Clinton, the Draft Dodger? I dodged the draft too. I enlisted before they got to me.

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:44PM

Me, I'm the damn Republican precinct Captain in my precinct. I'm voting a straight GOP ticket, top to bottom.

Skippy| 4.7.12 @ 9:18PM

Seminar poster.
We'll see a lot of indignant "life-long conservatives" posting they will NEVER EVER vote for Romney.
I think they are all either Democrats or morons.
Either way, no great loss.

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 11:45AM

Romney on Abortion - 2002

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:25PM

Ever do research beyond ancient history?

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 12:27PM

The Truth is, you're not telling the truth!

DavePowers| 4.5.12 @ 7:31PM

No? Well, how about these TRUTHS:
-Balanced the budget all 4 years as governor without raising taxes
-Vetoed spending bill after spending bill, though some were overriden in the Dem-lead legislature.
-Left MA with a $2 Billion+ surplus, which was promptly blown by the new Dem. Governor.

Obviously, working with the liberal state government of MA left Romney with lttle wiggle room to succeed...but he did...SPLENDIDLY!!

Imagine what he could actually do with a Republican-led House and Senate...

Really...just imagine!!!!

Pseudo-Intellectual| 4.5.12 @ 3:30PM

Romney will defeat Obama in a landslide.

jamal jackson| 4.5.12 @ 8:32PM

A state mandate is constitutional? That shows how intellectually foolish you are. The issue is about liberty - You are saying tyranny at the State level is different from tyranny at the Federal level. That's how the typical Romney voter thinks!

poyman| 4.6.12 @ 2:46AM

There are mandates everywhere you go on a state level (drinking age, auto insurance requirements, hunting and fishing licences, etc.)... That is the specific power passed to the states via the 10th Amendment...

And I am tired of hearing about how Liberal Romneycare is... The "TRUTH" is that the Individual Mandate is a conservative solutiont to EMTALA that was put into law by the Reagan Administration in 1986... EMTALA basically preserves one's so called freedom and "liberty" by imposing restraints on Taxpayers and Insurance BuyersFreedoms and Liberty... Emtala requires these poor folks to pay your medical bills if you choose to exercise your liberty and not buy insurance... In essense, EMTALA is a "De Facto Mandate" that you and your mob apparently support.... The fact that Romney was able to force this into the MA Law is a Conservative Coup of gigantic proportion and it is doubtful that any other GOP candidate would have been able to pull it off.

Judy Hopson| 4.5.12 @ 11:38PM

I gave $25 and have afixed my Romney sticker to my car. I have gifted 4 friends, so far, with stickers as well. I have a button and a yard sign that will be going up. So let's all get going and rid our country of this administration.

poyman| 4.6.12 @ 2:48AM

Here, here.

timbler| 4.5.12 @ 10:56AM

Jack in Wi, for the record, I agree with you this time. Well, to be specific, with your post at 6:56 A.M. A good post. Completely accurate. Romney is not very mormonesque or is this what million dollar mormons are like?

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 6:04PM

Timbler, for the record, Jack is absolutely incorrect in his characterization (or should I say caricaturization) of Romney. Do you really understand his positions? Apparently not. Do some research instead of listening to Dem and evangelical talking points. Both are incorrect. And I say this as one who considers himself VERY conservative.

Feel free to start saying how much I lie and whatever else you'd like to disparage. Happens whenever I disagree with someone who is set in their ways and unwilling to do real research. Doesn't change the truth if you are willing to actually look for it instead of rely on someone else to do your research for you. There are MANY who are willing to tell you falsehoods and call it truth.

The American Hitman| 4.5.12 @ 8:54AM

What's wrong with you? government healthcare, cap n trade schemes and $50 abortions are what made this country great! the Good Ol Days are back!!

Publius| 4.5.12 @ 3:28PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports Romney against the Muslim Marxist.

Cato| 4.5.12 @ 4:13PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports the lesser of two evils.

Brutus| 4.5.12 @ 4:14PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports Romney's Supreme Court Appointments over the muslim marxist's.

Centinal| 4.5.12 @ 4:15PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports Romney's hoped for conversion into a Reaganlike conservative.

Federal Farmer| 4.5.12 @ 4:16PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports the extermination of socialist marxist communist progressive liberalism.

Founding Fathers| 4.5.12 @ 4:18PM

The Tea Party Rebellion supports the restoration of the Constitution of the United States of America.

Jack in Wi.| 4.5.12 @ 4:45PM

Brought to you by the Mormon youth club of Ogden Utah. Lets all jump in the tar pit with Romney.

Founding Fathers| 4.5.12 @ 6:41PM

Unfortunately for everyone, idiots like you are among those responsible for the need for the restoration of the Constitution.

Fortunately for us, there are damn few haters of God's Chosen people and ancestors of our Savior Himself up here.

Jack in Wi.| 4.5.12 @ 10:56PM

I don't think you or Romney knows what the Constitution looks like much less to have read and understand it. A Christian has to believe in the Trinity. I don't see where Mormons agree with that. Romney stinks as a Mormon, as well. Mormons are mostly pro-life. Romney has been pro-abortion most of his career. His father was too. They were both Bishops of the Church. What kind of Mormon is that? When he had a chance to stand out for the truth about abortion and gay marriage, he has always been missing in action.

Founding Fathers| 4.5.12 @ 11:25PM

We wrote the Constitution. We signed the Constitution. In so doing we risked our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

We wrote about you too. It is as near to that time the tree must be refreshed as it has ever been. You may not have fortune or sacred honor to risk, but you have the other.

And it will not be risked as a patriot, from the words that you write.

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:44PM

What does being Mormon have to do with anything?

George Collins| 4.5.12 @ 5:50PM

Steve, your obtuse comments are made worse by your misspelling Mr. Tyrrell's name twice, which may even shame the professors at the community college you attended.

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 7:37AM

It's good to see you have a good sense of humor Mr. Tyrell because this column was hilarious. Four more years of BHO coming up. Thanks Stupid Party.

Timothy L. Pennell| 4.5.12 @ 9:13AM

"So why is there any Doubt that Romney is Conservative?" Ummmm, because he has a Trail of Liberal bread crumbs?

Can I "DOUBT" Peggy Noonan's Conservative Credentials? After all, she did Vote for The Muslim. What about Client #9's Hoe - Kathleen Parker? Is she a Conservative? She not only Voted for the Racist Black America Hater, she felt it necessary to KICK Sarah Palin, in the face, along the way. How about Sling Blade Scarborough? Certainly, he's a big Conservative. Freshman Class of 94. Him heap big Conservative.

Perhaps all us knot to brite Konservsatips, just look at it, another way?

When he gets the Nomination we're gonna vote for him, in the same way that starving people would take food from Hitler, if he had it. If the sh*t under my shoe was running against the THING that's in there, now? We "CONSERVATIVES" would vote for him.

I could beat this Human Anomaly, even if I wore a Pretty Pink Sun Dress, Galoshes, and carried a lit Sparkler in my hand, wherever I went.

Do I have to go through the List?

The REAL Unemployment numbers. The REAL Inflation numbers. Foreclosures, Bankruptcies, Bank Failures, Gas Prices, Home Values, Homelessness, and Soup Kitchen/Food Bank lines.

He's the POVERTY President and the FOOD STAMP President. And, if that's "Racist"? I don't don't give a Sh*t, and niether should anybody else.

He is actively seeking to SELL US OUT to the Love of his life - RUSSIA - just as soon as he can. He wants to get rid of our Missile Defence Capabilities, and Unilaterally Disarm our Nuclear Deterrent. He has already cut our Arsenal, told them exactly how many Nukes that England possesses, and their Serial Numbers. He is either a TRAITOR, or he's Insane. Either way, he needs to be removed.

He won't let us drill, but he gives MILLION$ to a Company in Brazil that his Benefactor - The Nazi Loving Jew - George Soros, owns a big stake in.

He won't allow the Canadian Pipeline to go forward. That oil will have to keep being transported in Tankers, by Railroads that his good pal - Warren Buffett - owns.

NASA is gone. The Airborne Laser is gone. Our Military is being DECIMATED by Black Caesar.

Our Jewish Cousins face new threats in Libya and from Egypt, because of this man. He takes the necessary actions, where it benefits the Forces of Darkness - Egypt/Libya/Honduras (Where he sought the installation of a Hugo Chavez type Dictator) and does NOTHING, when the same forces are already in place. Iran and Syria.

He just had four members of his Administration LEAK Ultra Secret Tactical Information to a Magazine, detailing an Alliance between Israel and Azerbaijan. He WANTS that Iranian Nuke, and he won't stand by while those Dirty Jews muck it up!

Read his Books. Read the "Dreams From My Father". His book about his wonderful Dad, who ran out on him and his (invisible) White Mother (Typical Black Man) so he could drink himself to death, in a Kenyan gutter.

"Death to America!" "Death to the JEW!"

He doesn't need to say it. His ACTIONS tell us all we need to know. His hatred of the White Man, and this Country, was drilled in to his Skull, from his Father, to his Muslim Clerics in his Muslim Schools and Mosques, when he grew up in Indonesia.

Surely, I'm not the only one who sees these things? Do we have any ALLIES, any more? Can anyone point to a Foreign Country that TRUSTS THIS MAN, with anything?

He has not gotten a single Yea vote, on the Budgets he's proposed. Not even from a Democrat. They obviously KNOW what he's doing to this Nation, but they are too worried about THEMSELVES and THEIR SEATS, to do anything to stop him.

Tell me what he's doing right. How has handing over Hundreds of Billion$ of Stimulus Money to his Union Army Brownshirts, helped this Economy?

How has, him giving GM and CHRYSLER to his UAW Street Gangs, after fcking over the Bond Holders with their LEGAL CONTRACTS in their hands, help this Economy?

A Failed Stimulus. The bold faced LIE of Shovel Ready. His Illegal Drilling Moratorium. Coal Mines Closing. No New Refineries (Unless your in Colombia). Solyndra. Global Crossing. One after one after one after one of his BIG DONORS, getting Million$ in Taxpayer Dollars to hide in a box, in a hole behind their house, as their Mafia Style Solar Company FRONTS, go Bankrupt.

More?

Surely, Doctor Right wants some more.

He has MURDERED well over 1,000 Mexican Men, Women, and Children. He, and he ALONE, has Armed the worst people on this side of the Planet, with High Powered Automatic Weapons, in the Hope and Change of more attacks on American's right to own a Weapon.

If only these Dead Brown people, were Black. Then his Blacks Only Justice Department would be all over this like Bill Maher and the C*NT word.

You better be right, Emmett. If he wins, there's gonna be Civil War, The Middle Class will Disappear, as Corporations Flee this Sinking Ship.

"A Pretty Pink Sun Dress, Galoshes, and a Lit Sparkler in my hand, wherever I go."

Let's hope your boy doesn't Fck it up.

Dave Livingston| 4.5.12 @ 4:46PM

What the heck does some soft armchair warrior like you know about our military?

Draft-dodger Romney is as big a threat to our armed forces as is Obozo, because Romney's a bean-counter who avoided military service. He doesn't know thing one about the military.Because none of his sons have served in uniform, Romney won't hesitate to waste the lives of other men's sons, like Obozo does.

I? Captain, 101st Airborne Division in Viet-Nam.

Proof of that: www.vietnamproject.ttu.edu/banshee Check the unit roster for my name, Dave Livingston

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 6:06PM

So....who will you vote for?

Timothy L. Pennell| 4.5.12 @ 6:31PM

I'm sorry. I wasn't aware that I was speaking to the only Veteran in the Country.

I'M A VETERAN, Dumbass.

So, GFY.

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:46PM

TLP: thank you for your service, and your posts. And, what the hell, just for being you, pal.

MikeG| 4.5.12 @ 7:57PM

Your'e a phoney, Dave. Probably impersonating a real officer, or else you are the only vet in the country to favor Obama by trying to drag Romney down to Obama's level. Post your photo and the real officer.

rpm| 4.5.12 @ 9:32PM

Exactly what did he do to "doge" the draft? Go to Canada? Burn his draft card?

Dannyalts| 4.6.12 @ 1:16AM

John McCain served in the military, now we've had several years of Obama thanks to his leadership, and thanks to people that think like you we may have another 4 years of O. Jimmy Carter served in the military, how did that hostage crisis work out under his watch, let alone the rest of his presidency? Rick Perry served in the military, where is he when the country needs him now? He quit before this race started warming up. More US soldiers and non-combatants died under presidents that served in the military than those that did not in the last several administrations.
Military experience is certainly preferred, but let's not pretend anyone that did not walk in your footsteps is somehow a coward or incompetent to lead. I am grateful to anyone that serves, including you, but that rhetoric will not work on everyone.

Poqui| 4.6.12 @ 2:34AM

Just one question Dave Livingston, how is Romney a draft-dodger? I believe that to be a draft-dodger you must first be drafted. Romney, like millions of other Americans, received a very legal draft deferment to attend college. When that was done his name was entered in the draft and he received a draft number.

You don't do yourself a favor when you accuse Romney of dodging the draft when he didn't. The minute I saw that I stopped taking your argument seriously.

Vern Crisler| 4.5.12 @ 11:19AM

"He was as bizarre as Bill Clinton and lacks Bill's charm -- if that is the word for it."

I think RET is just out of touch now. He fought the good fight back in the days before and after Reagan, but in his older years, he's lost the zeal for conservatism. He does not want a conservative leader now; he just wants a good next door neighbor.

Romney's history is all one needs to determine what he will do as president. Since it's not that different from Obama's history, it's unlikely he will win the general election. People need a choice and Romney doesn't provide them with one. Even a hint that the economy is improving spells the death knell for this vapid candidate's chances. You can't beat something with nothing.

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 7:41AM

Romney Is McCain Redux.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

The Truth| 4.5.12 @ 10:43AM

Clint:

You're dreaming the extreme religious conservative dream based on bigotry - not conservatism.

The Tea Party is overwhelmingly for Romney

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:33AM

The Tea Party overwhelmingly is AGAINST Romney.
Stop spreading disinformation.

Dave Livingston| 4.5.12 @ 4:47PM

Yes, I agree with you, Loulou.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 5:04PM

'disinformation' or perhaps MISINFORMATION?????????????

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 9:59PM

Disinformation is the deliberate spreading of misinformation.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 6:08PM

Which Tea Party? Looks like Wisconsin's was for Romney. Tea Party in many states have been for Romney. Is there a "true" tea party and a "false" tea party?

the_iowa_hawkeye| 4.6.12 @ 12:09AM

Yes, there is actually. The old "Religious Right" band of Evangelical activists have been looking for a new way to hide their brand ever since they destroyed the "Moral Majority" and the "Religious Right" monikers. Many of them have gradually gravitated to the Tea Party and have turned it into a "social conservative" vehicle instead of the strictly "fiscal conservative" organization it started as. I would say these are the "false" tea partiers.

Stan| 4.6.12 @ 12:20AM

You're so full of it, Troll.
How much ya wanna bet this here person's a Paul-bot?
Conservatives are conservatives through and through, not just on "fiscal" matters.
Paul-bots are the ones that claim that we have to just go with fiscal issues and drop the social issues.
And you Paul-bot freaks are the phony baloney brigade.

Adjoran| 4.6.12 @ 5:49AM

The Tea Party was founded on opposition to bailouts, deficit spending, and later ObamaCare. I never saw social issues addressed from the platform at any TP event I attended or saw reported.

Stan| 4.6.12 @ 12:04PM

And you never saw the lunatic anti-Israel, anti-war, pro legalization of drugs "issues" being addressed from the platform, did you, Paul-bot?

No, of course you didn't, except by Ron Paul the lunatic, himself. And that's precisely why he and his ilk can never win. Open your mouths and crap falls out.

Nice try.

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 11:53AM

Do Your Homework, Mitten's Kitten.

Rasmussen Poll:
Friday, March 16, 2012
Santorum now leads Romney 38% to 33% among Tea Party voters, after the two men were tied a week ago. Romney leads Santorum 42% to 23% among those not affiliated with the movement.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 2:56PM

TELL THE ''''''WHOLE ''''''' TRUTH [IF POSSIBLE]:
'.....Latest Election Polls
Election 2012SenateState of the UnionAll Latest PollsThursday, April 05
Race Poll Results Spread

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary PPP (D) Santorum 37, Romney 42, Paul 9, Gingrich 6 Romney +5

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Santorum 42, Romney 38, Paul 7, Gingrich 6 Santorum +4

New York Republican Presidential Primary Quinnipiac Romney 54, Santorum 21, Gingrich 9, Paul 8 Romney +33

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Romney 39, Santorum 26, Gingrich 10, Paul 12 Romney +13

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 45, Romney 47 Romney +2
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 46, Santorum 44 Obama +2 .......'

Alan Brooks| 4.5.12 @ 4:59PM

"Mittens Kitten", that's funny. Philadelphians are as funny as Nu Yawkers.

"funny, how'm I funny?"-- Joe Pesci

Poqui| 4.6.12 @ 2:37AM

@Clint - So Santorum has a whopping 5% lead amont Tea Party voters? Wow, that is HUGE! (note sarcasm in my voice). I believe this primary is over. Romney won. Accept it, embrace it, move on.

Romney 2012

Adjoran| 4.6.12 @ 5:54AM

It's really within the margin of error for the sample from one poll to the next. But this is just opinion polling by phone. Exit polling of actual voters showed Romney winning the "Tea Party Supporter" category in most states, and Santorum or Gingrich (early in the race) taking the "Very Strong Supporters of TP" voters.

W| 4.5.12 @ 3:58PM

Romney and Santorum have been splitting the Tea Party vote in the primaries, and in some states the exit polls have Romney slightly beating Santorum on the Tea Party votes.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:13AM

If the STUPIDS of this nation weren't so lacking in brain cells, we'd have the pleasure of possibly arguing over which one of these Republicans could do a better job as POTUS than President McCain. But oh no, we STUPIDS had to vote for the first AA president to soothe our collective guilt over slavery. Oh no the Messiah II is represented by this AA with a Harvard law degree, speaks semi-correct English etc; so that qualifies him for POTUS right? Oh no, we could not vote for the semi-crippled from honorably serving his country in Vietnam and becoming a POW for multiple years [just as his father and grandfather had so done] and who had hororably served in his country thereafter in congress, because we had to elect our first AA POTUS, right? Oh no, we're STUPIDS right? You GD right you're so, dufus, and as Forrest rightfully proclaimed, STUPID IS AS SUPID DOES [AND SAYS]!!!!!!!!!!!

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 2:58PM

Some tranquilizers over here please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head exploding over in aisle #5, RINO section!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 5:02PM

Well in aisle #3 are all those American taxpayers who have flames shootin out of their backsides from demands for MO TAXES FROM THOSE RICH FOLKS [MILLIONAAIRES & BILLIONAIRES, IE ANYONE WITH AN INCOME] perhaps, A????????

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 6:11PM

The question is...whose head is actually exploding on that aisle? What reallu defines a RINO anyway? Anyone not within a particular Tea Party?

Alan Brooks| 4.5.12 @ 4:55PM

Oh no, we could not vote for the semi-crippled from honorably serving his country in Vietnam and becoming a POW for multiple years [just as his father and grandfather had so done] and who had hororably served in his country thereafter in congress"

Vietnam legacy is no way to pick a POTUS. Tranks, indeed.
Tranks alot!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:59PM

Well it sure beats tha hades out of someone who sat through 20 years of BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY FROM GD AMERICAN JEREMIAH, that's for sure!!!!!

Alan Brooks| 4.5.12 @ 5:07PM

Oh, Vietnam was a big success! wasn't it.
with successes like Vietnam, we don't need 9-11, Bernie Madoff, Typhoid Mary, OKBOMB, Katrina...

Kitty | 4.5.12 @ 7:49AM

I just read Jeffrey Lord's "Mark Stevens: A Profile in Courage" and wished we could replace Romney with Stevens.

John - TMF| 4.5.12 @ 7:52AM

Coming on strong like the odor of 3 day old rotting fish. He stinks and I hate fish...

So:

Willard Milton Romney is a Limousine Liberal Democrat masquerading as a Republican; therefore I WILL NOT vote for him, EVER!

-John - The Mighty Fahvaag

Jack in Wi.| 4.5.12 @ 8:02AM

When I was a kid another kid said to me " boy are you strong. " I puffed up with pride. He then said strong smelling. Romney is strong smelling as well. He stinks like a combination of rotten fish and a sewage plant. No thank you to this phoney pushed on us by the Bush Rove gang.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:15AM

The only rotten smell I'm aware of is coming from directly above this post!!!!!!

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:35AM

That was actually a good post from Jack in Wi. Romney is a RINO and a phony.

Obama and his thugs will make mincemeat out of him and he'll preemptively surrender just like his mentor McCain did. RINO Romney will run a respectful campaign.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 2:58PM

Possibly you're correct, BUT SANTORUM WILL RUN A ''''''LOSING''''''CAMPAIGN since he already cause an 18% loss of female support for the Republican candidate from his/Santorum's religious war over WELFARECARE!!!!!!!!!

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 3:00PM

Loulou, how dare you make sense at American Spectator online!!!!!!!!!!!! Oldfarte & Forrest are going to fix your little red wagon now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:57PM

Naw, I'll leave that to the Rickster and his plans to mandate chastity belts for all females no doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:44PM

Of course to Jack the Muzzie lover, Ron Paul is the only one who smells any good to him.

Adjoran| 4.6.12 @ 6:07AM

One heckuva job of "pushing Romney on us" by Bush and Rove! How'd they manage to do it so well that millions more voters in the Republican primaries - the most open process in the world, we even reserve fewer seats for elected officials than the Democrats - follow the advice they never openly gave!

How did they do it? Subliminal messaging? Witchcraft?

Or is it just that your displeasure with the result means it MUST be some nefarious conspiracy?

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:48PM

Jack---you still smell like moldy cheese.

W| 4.5.12 @ 4:00PM

So who cares, go vote for Obama and stop pretending your are a Republican.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:45PM

John TMF or whatever your name is~ is too haughty to vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee. So many haughty folks willing to shove the Marxist back on us again.
What a bunch of imbeciles.

yikon| 4.5.12 @ 7:56AM

Does American Spectator ever offer analysis or just simple headlines-like blather?

Calling D.C. and Maryland wins for Romney is as bogus as a $3 bill.

Barely what, 5,000 people voted in D.C. And how many electoral college points does D.C. carry?

Maryland? Winning Maryland is useless to any GOP candidate. Maryland the land of dem fairies will go 60% for Obama on November 6th.

Do you ever talk about how Santorum only lost in Ohio because he was DENIED presence on ballots? In Virginia? (I firmly believe that Santorum would have rocked the house by carrying away more Virginia delegates that Romney had Santorum actually been on the statewide ballot.)

You never speak of which of these "events," caucus or primary, you never get into the specifics of open or closed and how that impacts voter turnout.

You never talk about abysmally low turnout like in Nevada. I mean, the Republicans in Nevada just plain stayed home. THAT was the real story in Nevada.

Why don't you spend more time on the "hook or by crook" methods at play here -- week after week?

You are providing ZERO service here day after day. Zero real analysis, zero real utility to voters and citizens who care enough about their states and country to try to come here to your website to better understand.

In essence, Mr. Tyrrell, you suck.

And hey, dork, Ronald Reagan may not have jogged, rode a mountain bike, or windsurfed, but he was sure to have the cameras there when chopping wood, riding a horse on doning a stetson.

And ole Mitt Romney was sure to have us there via the cameras when he was doing his own laundry in that hotel laundry room! In Iowa, right? Sure enough.

Who's the real horse or mule or ass? We are. Reading your drivel and never asking or wondering why any mature adult would allow himself to be photographed when allegedly home getting "down time."

A real adult would tell reporters, cameramen to scram.

A real man and leader does not need photo ops and fake meet and greets.

A real man calls it all the malarkey that it is and will have no part of it.

I wish you'd pillory them all for such a national farce (this go-round, in 2008, before that and on and on) rather than doing such poor analysis.

And spend some time on the cheating going on. The money games. The pay for play. The endorsers who demand more money before they'll open their claptrap to endorse.

Now that would make for journalism that is worth reading and useful.

Marco2| 4.5.12 @ 8:13AM

If only the recently deceased St. Rick woulda, shoulda, coulda. Yada, yada, self-proclaimed tru-cons yada. Here's to the winner, and on to Obama!

Yips| 4.5.12 @ 10:40AM

Marco, you miss the point entirely.

This is not about a political winner. It is not about the "Who" with a proper noun attached to it.

It is about the integrity owed the people, you know, those "We the People" people, to the process of selecting

A pop quiz for you, Marco. Name 12 states that have not yet had a chance to decide. Actually there are more than just 12.

Where is there integrity in this nomination process when the citizens of those states yet to vote are already told who has won?

And did the presumptive GOP nominee really win fair and square along this road? How much is "won" through coercive payments? Address that.

To sum up for you, the two issues:

1. Is this process legitimate? (something a political thought magazine editor ought to be discussing)
2. Has the repeated financial malfeasance of the frontrunner tainted his claims of "restoring?" What then would he be restoring?

Old Soldier| 4.5.12 @ 11:10AM

The people who know St. Nick best, PA Republicans, are about to hand him yet another loss in his home state.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:24AM

No doubt an Obama supporter and Democrat. Why don't you go critisize the $800 billion non-stimulus, the WELFARECARE that's being decided by the SCOTUS, the labor unions attacking Scott Walker and causing this nation's huge defecits/debt within government, the open door non-immigration enforcement and the prevention of oil drilling domestically by this administration, the $500 million loss of taxpayer money from Solyndra etc by these environmentally corrupt bastards, etc?????? Romney didn't have anything to do with any of them. Are you attacking this Republican similar to how the POTUS is now attacking the SCOTUS for intimidation purposes????? Point your arguments in the direction of 1600!!!!!!!!

Adjoran| 4.6.12 @ 6:11AM

Santorum was "denied access" only where he failed to meet the requirements. He failed to either make the ballot or filing requirements for delegate slates in Virginia, DC, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. In IL Romney didn't object to Santorum's incomplete petitions, so he was allowed on the ballot. In Indiana, he was only a few signatures short in several districts and the state party gave him a pass.

Alan Keyes was able to make all those ballots. Santorum couldn't, and you think he's competent to be President?

Heh.

The American Hitman| 4.5.12 @ 8:53AM

He would be welcome in our neighborhoods, and maybe even trusted with a key to the house. Romney is NORMAL.

Yeah, we have lots of car elevators in our neighborhood too, and we all share keys. The Conservative Lifestyle!

gearjammer| 4.5.12 @ 9:02AM

I'd live next door to Vlad, as long as he brought along stable of those pretty Russian mail order brides. The Vodka would flow.

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:49PM

When you drink your vodka, be sure to sharply inhale through your sleeve afterwards, the Russian way.

Indy| 4.5.12 @ 9:09AM

Wow, Mr. Tyrrell, you really broke out the Pom Poms this time.

Romney is no conservative, period.

Many that I know in the Tea Party Movement are not happy with any of the candidates, we are being forced to vote against Obama not for anyone. Yes, there are those who support Ron Paul, some for Newt, Rick and Mitt but the majority in my area feel we have nobody to back and we are focused on Senate / House and State elections.

"why is there any doubt that Romney is a conservative?" Simple his record, there are many examples to cite but this writer is too busy doing his cheerleading routine, I'm not going to waste my time.

Unger| 4.5.12 @ 10:44AM

The very reason we now have Mitt Romney is to punish and end the Tea Party -- forever.

Everyone makes the mistake of thinking the liberals, Democrats and "progressives" are the ones who were shaking and quaking in their boots at the drubbing of November 2010. Wrong. The GOP leadership was.

As so...we have Romney. He is the the Tea Party slap down.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:12PM

Which Tea Party (or faction) do you belong to? Several Tea Parties in several states are backing Romney over Santorum (and have throughout the primaries). Stop besmirching other Tea Party folk who have supported Romney from the beginning.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:27AM

Who [with any brain cells] gives an excrement if he's a conservative or not? He NOT A SOCIALIST and he IS A CAPITALIST and that all many of us do give an excrement about, since this country is economically and financially going down the toilet presently from the socialist MF'er now in charge!!!!!!!!!!!!

Indy| 4.5.12 @ 2:13PM

I have said numerous times, I will vote for the GOP nominee because the alternative is the end of the Republic. In your comment, you infer that I don't have any brain cells, fine, that's your opinion. Romney will buy us some time, our decline will be slower, during that time, perhaps more will wake up.

I'm a realist, we have a poor selection of candidates to choose from, it's Mitt's turn which is the typical Cocktail Party way. Our country needed the "A" team to run, for whatever reason, they chose not to run so we have to work with the hand we are dealt.

His record shows he's a big government supporter, he has openly stated he is a progressive. Yes, he is a better choice than Obama if for nothing other than SCOTUS and getting the czars out of office.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:06PM

I did not infer anything regarding you personally, and apparently you understood my point. You may also wish to research Dick Armey's recent interview in which he compares the primary concern of the tea party [conservative] movement [of which he's slightly involved] of electing conservative Republicans to the Senate/House/Congress instead of solely concentrating on the election of the next president; and that IHO it would be much easiar for a conservative dominated congress elected such to corral/box in a MODERATE than it would be to alternatively deal with a SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT. Makes sense to me!!!!!

diogenes| 4.5.12 @ 10:01AM

Mr. Romney is a "grownup", whom we sorely need after suffering the adolescent Clintons and the juvenile Obama.

If a "true" conservative is one who believes that it is the Federal government's job to regulate birth control, abortion and gay rights, the Mr. Romney is evidently not a "true" conservative. By that definition, however, Mr. Reagan was not a "true" conservative.

Mr. Romney is the kind of man people can respect, and I believe we will be proud that he is our nominee. I do believe that he can beat Obama, so long as he doesn't try to engage in the gutter politics of Obama.

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:41AM

RINO Romney is a grownup?? So what? Talk about defining down.

McCain didn't engage in gutter politics (whatever THAT is) and look where it got him, the doddering old fool. All I can say is RINO Romney had better develop a spine, pronto. And drop that silly sh*t eating grin.

BTW diogenes, you're not a progressive infiltrator, are you?

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:53PM

No McCain lost because THE STUPIDS of this country couldn't gather enough intelligence to distinguish between him and the socialist [and they're rightfully paying for their STUPIDITY now with WELFARECARE, NON-STIMULUS, NON-KEYSTONE, SOLYNDRA, OPEN-DORR IMMIGRATION VIA THE D OF J, ETC!!!!!!

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 10:17AM

R-Resolute
O-Organized
M-Mormon
N-Natural
E-Energetic
Y-Young
What is "ROMNEY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 10:59AM

R-RINO
O-Obamacare (architect of)
M-Massachusetts type "conservative"
N-"Next RINO In Line"
E-Enabler of liberalism
Y-Yawn!

THIS is ROMNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill, you are one funny guy. Thanks for the laughs & have a good one!

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 11:21AM

You mean, I'm better than Jon stewatr or Colbert!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:30AM

No, the next one in line is the one presently at the head of the line calling the shots, and if the STUPIDS vote as they did in 2008, he will continue so [again thanks to the STUPIDS]!!!!

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 3:02PM

Anger management therapy needed here asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:09PM

No, but a degree from KINDERGARDEN 101 class might be beneficial to some unable to understand my point perhaps, no?????

Nick| 4.5.12 @ 8:40PM

"That nigger lover President Clinton had the pen and vetoed so many good bills passed by the Gingrich-led Congress."
- Written by Bill the Bigot, in the Time for Newt to Do the Honorable Thing thread:

http://spectator.org/archives/.....ent_749403

You're a moron and a racist, Bigot Bill.
GO AWAY!

Patty50 | 4.5.12 @ 10:30AM

Mr Tyrell your article is brillant!
Mitt Romney is a fiscal conservative and a decent man, his is what our country needs now.

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 10:59AM

Agreed.

Randy | 4.5.12 @ 10:45AM

Great column as always Mr. Tyrrell and spot-on. And it will be very interesting to see who Romney picks as Veep.

PJ| 4.5.12 @ 11:01AM

Didn't the RINOs usurp the Tea Party?

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 11:51AM

Yes, because the Tea Party was apparently under the false impression that the GOP wanted to win, and wanted to win on principle. But it seems they would rather fail with someone just like the other guy.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:14PM

Again, which Tea Party? Lot's of Tea Party groups have supported Romney throughout the primaries.

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 11:08AM

Romney is a guy we'd want living next door? Is that the best you can do, Bob? Oh, and we're supposed to ignore his record and his past positions and, instead, trust that he will keep the promises he's made during the primary? And, I guess we're supposed to forget those promises when Romney moves toward the Left/Middle during the general election?

Who is the real Mitt Romney?...the guy with the liberal record?...the guy who said Obama should copy RomneyCare?...the guy who last summer believed in AGW and we must do something to stop it?...the guy who has run to the right during the GOP primary and carpet-bombed his opponents with negative ads saying they weren't conservatives?

How can you market a guy like Romney, Bob? Romney has only received 41% of the Republican primary votes, so far. You're going to have to do more than say he'd make a great neighbor. The GOP nominee will get my vote, but the low turnout in states that Mitt wins indicates that you and your colleagues have been backing the wrong candidate.

You've helped make this mess, now clean it up!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:32AM

Try reading today's cover/main story on Romney @ newmax. com!!!!!

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 11:36AM

Newsmax can't save Romney. Rubio can't save Romney. Ryan can't save Romney. The base still does not support him.

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:44AM

You're right.

We the base don't like him. Some will hold their noses and vote for him and some won't. It's pathetic that RINO Romney's main selling point is that he's not Obama.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:11PM

DUH......YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:10PM

TELL THE ''''''WHOLE ''''''' TRUTH [IF POSSIBLE]:
'.....Latest Election Polls
Election 2012SenateState of the UnionAll Latest PollsThursday, April 05
Race Poll Results Spread

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary PPP (D) Santorum 37, Romney 42, Paul 9, Gingrich 6 Romney +5

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Santorum 42, Romney 38, Paul 7, Gingrich 6 Santorum +4

New York Republican Presidential Primary Quinnipiac Romney 54, Santorum 21, Gingrich 9, Paul 8 Romney +33

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Romney 39, Santorum 26, Gingrich 10, Paul 12 Romney +13

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 45, Romney 47 Romney +2
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 46, Santorum 44 Obama +2 .......'

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:48PM

Again try reading Newsmax story about how Romney possibly saved the daughter of one of his employees from a drug overdose death, okay????

Yips| 4.5.12 @ 11:12AM

I guess we can only remember Etch-A-Sketch for just a fortnight. We are supposed to act like that statement was never made. Erase it from cognitive memory.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:35AM

Try contemplating the Etch-A-Sketch words recently issued forth from the actual POTUS to the head of Russia's government, and then compare same to those you note FROM A CANDIDATE'S '''''''REPRESENTATIVE'''''!!!!!

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 11:36AM

Here in San Diego, the headline was Romney building an elevator for his cars at his "cottage" at La Jolla. Talk about a man who will connect with the people.

Seneca Trail| 4.5.12 @ 12:28PM

So, Romney is a Californian after all. Makes sense. It is the Nixon and Reagan way. Pete Wilson thought it might work for him, too.

Odd that Romney did not declare for California as his state citizenship and run for the California governorship in 2010.

I mean, Romney would have had a really, really good shot at knocking off a guy like Jerry Brown, right?

Pete, please opine. Tell us why.

CK| 4.6.12 @ 11:28PM

You do realize that Ann Romney has MS and the car elevator is a necessity for her illness, right?

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 11:24AM

Santorum opposed the "Right-to-Work" law, and that SEIU endorsed Obama. Santorum's downfall on the ballot is self-infilcted. It ain't helped him in MI, OH, WI, and it ain't gonna work in PA. He'll be the first GOP contender losing his home state.

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 11:34AM

He is leading in the latest poll.

Old Soldier| 4.5.12 @ 12:18PM

Not this one.

http://content.usatoday.com/co.....323otmQn0R

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 12:20PM

So what. Romney still will not be President.

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 12:33PM

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/po.....opularity/

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 3:28PM

Romney will defeat Obama. Consider this, Romney is a Christian, and Obama is a Muslim. We'll crusade.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:38PM

Romney is not a Christian, he's a Mormon.

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 11:32AM

No Romney is stilling coming on weak as the failure he is and will become. He will not be president. Sellouts support Romney because to them principle doesn't matter. Otherwise they would not be supporting a proven Socialist that has most of his life fought for all the things we've been fighting against.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 11:37AM

A '''''socialist''''''????? Do you know the meaning of the word? Do you know who is presently POTUS?????????????

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 11:39AM

Yes I fully understand the word. RomneyCare is a socialist program, Romney is on of fathers of that program he is a Socialist. And don't give me the lame States Rights accuse that it was ok to abuse power and force free citizens to buy a product simply because they exist.

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:47AM

If RINO Romney was a real leader he would have shown the people of MA how socialism does not work. In addition to being un-American.

RINO Romney is not a leader--he takes his cues from the mob.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 1:07PM

Yeasah, thems ol RINOS-CINOS of them thers yankee states puts a horseeee in ever bed, thems ther for shor!!!!

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 12:41PM

Romney doesn't understand that Gov't is Gov't. It doesn't matter whether it's a State-run health care system or a Federal-run health care system. It's Socialism either way. The fact that Romney doesn't understand the difference tells me all I need to know about him.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 1:04PM

''''accuse'''''? '''''The fathers'''''? WTF does that mean??? Oh have you ever heard of the Kennedys of Massachusetts by chance? Are you aware that the state GOV'MENT in Massachusetts was 80% Democrat at the time of Romney's term in office as governor there? Socialism means "PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION". You no doubt meant instead SOCIAL which means "of society" which a statewide health insurance program that medically covers its state residents would rightfully describe, right? There a difference in meaning between SOCIALIST and SOCIAL FYI!!!!

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 1:16PM

I remember Romney running to the left of a Kennedy. I remember him being a Liberal ONE TERM Governor of a Liberal State. I recall him forcing his form of Socialized Medicine upon the free people of Mass and just like Obama forcing Religious Institutions to pay for things like Abortion. Go cry a river into a ocean of sad the reality remains Romney is a Liberal, Socialist, and Statist. He will not be President, he cannot sucker enough people into buying his bs.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:15PM

I remember Bill Clinton governing in the southern state of Arkansas as a CONSERVATIVE also, but his true ULTRA LIBERAL stripes evolved as POTUS, right??????????

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 11:33AM

I am surprised Santorum did as well as he did in Wisconsin. He only lost by 4 percentage points, hardly a route by Romney. Polls had Romney winning from 7 to 12 points. Now Santorum is leading in the polls in Pennsylvania.

For a guy coming on STRONG, Romney is looking mighty weak.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:20PM

Umm, may want to check your sources. Romney beat Santorum by more than 7% (not 4%) in Wisconsin. Pretty darn close to the average of the 3/22-4/1 polls leading up to election day (per RCP).

Pete, enjoy that time in your small sphere.

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 9:09PM

You better check your sources. Romney beat Santorum 42 to 38 percent. That is 4%.
Don't know what you are talking about with small sphere, but as long as you aren't part of it, I am happy.

rm| 4.6.12 @ 3:29AM

Pete, I think we can all attest that we've never seen "Hmmmmmmm" making comments here before.

So what are we to presume, a Romney troll is here amongst us today? I've seen at least 11 "Hmmmmmmmm" postings. All worried that so many on the GOP/Republican/Tea Party/Conservative side are wholly unconvinced and thoroughly unsatisfied with Romney.

When "Hmmmmmmm" lies about the 42 to 38% result, as you correctly listed (with just 34,100 voter difference), one has to wonder why he/she/it is here. 42 - 38 = 4. And this result has been known since about 10:30 EST on Tuesday of this week.

How does one get it wrong (or why?) 46 hours later?

Notice how no one, and I mean no one, talks about the delegate split from Wisconsin. See below -- see last comment on this thread today.

JP| 4.5.12 @ 11:38AM

But what will Mitt do with his nomination? Will he begin acting like a GOP presidential candidate and focus against the target rich enviorment of the One, or will he follow his normal templete of middle of the road highmindedness and offer the voters nothing other than bromides and vague cliches?

It is a funny thing about Republicans. Nothing gets them more upset than being critiqued from the Right (remember McCain and both Bushes); but the Left can slam them 24x7 and they wilt.

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:47AM

Brilliant. Thank you, JP.

Butch| 4.5.12 @ 4:58PM

Exactly, JP. Romney won't go negative on Obama except on economic issues, where he'll be characterized as "in over his head." Won't do the job.

McCain could have won by showing Rev. Wright regularly, but he wouldn't touch it. However, he savaged J.D. Hayworth, running to his right in AZ. Slaughter conservatives in the primary, tiptoe gingerly around outright communists in the general--it's the Republican way.

Republicans are now in the position of having their candidate chosen by primary voters in states they are certain to lose in the general. We need a weighting of votes in the primaries by the percentage by which those states won or lost in the last general. Upweight TX; downweight MD. (No offense to those of you from MD!)

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 9:16PM

That's why they are RINOs. They just pretend to be different than the Dems.

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 9:16PM

That's why they are RINOs. They just pretend to be different than the Dems.

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:21PM

This election cycle is VERY different. Think PACs.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:36PM

Well, JP you haughty turd. Here's a bit of Critiquing for you: all your questions above about "what will Mitt do?"

WHAT DO YOU THINK OBAMA WILL DO?

Dumbass.

Deb| 4.5.12 @ 11:39AM

I think it would be o.k. to have Rick Santorum live next door. I think Terrell thinks so too. Why is he suddenly promoting Romney?

Frank Bitzer| 4.5.12 @ 11:39AM

What is Romney running on? All I've seen are muilti-millions in relentless carpet-bombing negative attacks on his fellow Republicans. Other than keeping the tax code and defending RomneyCare I couldn't mention a single Romney campaign platform issue.

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 11:49AM

Romney's running on the fact that he's not Obama. That's all he has. Big whoop. That will get the voters motivated.

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 11:52AM

Even more so when Obama rightly points out how much Romney has in common with him.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 1:10PM

Yousa, thems ther Obamee and Rominee ars too peas in a pods, right. Nots lik that ther boy from Pa, hes beez a real conservtive, guns & al, Yousa. Lives freesz or dies, thats what Is says!!!!

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 1:17PM

English. Do you speak it?

loulou| 4.5.12 @ 1:55PM

Something's got the Romneybot all riled up.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:16PM

Yes, it's called......COMMON SENSE!!!!!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:34PM

loulou: you know better.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:40PM

Oh right you are oh learned one. One has a BUSINESS college degree, while the other has a LAW degree; one governed a state, while the other community organized the streets of Chicago; one is a devout religious person, while the other attended the 'GD AMERICAN' rantings of a black-liberation preacher for 20 years; one is a CAPITALIST while the other is a SOCIALIST; one wants to attempt to economically/financially restore this country, while the other wants to so destroy it, etc. They're one in the same, right???????????

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:51PM

Actually, Olde, Romney has both an MBA & a JD from Harvard. Both. The other points are accurate. I'm OK with Mitt. I voted for Rick, but I'm OK with Mitt, and will vote and donate for him. He'll lower my taxes.

Oldefarte| 4.7.12 @ 5:12PM

I gladly stand corrected OT.....Happy Passover to you and yours!!!!

Hmmmm| 4.5.12 @ 8:24PM

Have you done ANY research or just watched the talking points from Dems and his rivals (whom he has had to beat in some ugly fistfights).

He can run on his record as well as against Obama's. The unfortunate thing is he will have to run AGAINST Obama's record because of the nature of the race. I recommend at least we on the Republican side do some research to understand his record properly to help defend him against Obama's fierce onslaught that is coming via Axelrod and the MSM.

TURK| 4.5.12 @ 12:04PM

On some of the comments above:
Santorum helped Bush/Rove give us more of Spectre--yes THAT Spectre
After years of thinking Newt had too much baggage I voted for him in the Ohio primary because of his forthrightness in the debates.
If it had been Romney in '08 instead of daffy duck we wouldnt have had to suffer 3+ yrs of a guy who has been and still is surrounded and mentored by a plethora of marxist/stalinists (read article in March Spectator in re axelrod!
ANY repub candidate is preferable to allowing Obama and cpusa to have 4 more yrs to destroy our great nation. You who threaten to withhold your vote make me suspicious. Are you fellow travelers, or worse?????

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 12:11PM

I'm voting in November it simply will not be for Romney or Obama. But those that talk of staying home like myself do not like being forced to vote for someone who goes against basic principles that either Romney doesn't share and/or claims to share but is not believable or trustworthy. The fact that Obama and Romney share so many things is another problem. Given the choice between the Marxist and the Socialist why blame those that refuse to vote for ether?

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 1:13PM

Mes toos stays homes, buts shazams that ther friend of Jeremiah the GD American Man will haves another 4 yeas to destroys this country, shazams. As mys ol bud Forrest says STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES, iz guesses!!!!!!

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 1:19PM

Yes Forest voting for Romney is the same time as voting for Obama. Thanks now go eat and cry into a box of chocolates. Because Romney is doomed to failure.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 3:23PM

'Forest' name contains two[2] ''''r'''''', and what is 'the same TIME AS VOTING FOR OBAMA????? Oh and also, if Romney does become the Republican nominee and thereafter is as you predict 'doomed to failure', it will [just as it was in 2008] be solely due to the STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN VOTERS THAT DUMARSINGLY ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT WITH A HARVARD LAW DEGREE, WHO SPENT 20 YEARS LISTENING TO 'GD AMERICA', WHO WAS MENTORED BY SOCIALISTS IN CHICAGO AND WAS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZING STREET MERCHANT PRIOR TO BECOMING A SENATOR, ETC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:33PM

The unfortunate thing is that the stupids will once again give us the President THEY deserve.
Because they are too stupid to learn anything.
Yeah, Obama's the same as Romney. And Hiltler's the same as John McCain.

They refused to vote for him, too. And look what we got.
Oh, but it doesn't matter, they say! Because McCain would've just sloooowed the decline to Socialism anyway.. they say. DUH: So Obama SPED us there in no time flat, you fools!

Chuck| 4.5.12 @ 12:09PM

Memories are short, I remember from 2002-2006 the GOP had control of the WH and Congress and it ended with Pelosi as Speaker and Obama as President. Romney will finish off what is left of the Republican Party if elected. The Tea Party is a mere remant of its 2010 self and you are kidding yourself if the Supreme Court fails to get rid of Obamacare, Willard won't either. Rest easy Roe v. Wade Preservation Society, abortion grinds on no matter which liberal is elected.

Anthony| 4.5.12 @ 12:09PM

Oh Emmett, you've put yourself out on a very thin, long limb here with your Romney cheerleading.
The problem is, it's more than just you that will fall when the limb breaks, the very existence of America is at stake here.
According to Mark Levin last night, in all the primaries thus far, Romney has only managed to get 41% of the R vote. This is an indication that his campaign is a disaster in waiting, especially when Obozo and his thugs, especially the whores in the LSM, crank up the attack machine.
Romney is not a conservative, and you do a disservice to your readers by attempting to insult our intelligence by insisting otherwise.
We have no choice but to support Romney if indeed he is our nominee, as I said, the very existence of America is at stake, something you folks in Washington appear not to comprehend. This election is not just business as usual.
Obozo cannot be given a 2nd term under any circumstances, he's too dangerous and too commited to America's transformation.
Romney had best understand his position in this most critical time in our history, as the last R to have given away America to the radical left.
If Romney pulls another McLame, and plays softball with Obozo, while Obozo attacks with the fury of harpies, and if Romney hands America over to its executioner, Obozo and the left, we Americans will hold ALL OF YOU responsible. We will not allow America to be transformed into a 3rd world socialist banana republic.
It will not be pretty Emmett, I suggest you tell your pal Romney we mean business.

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 12:56PM

Great comments, Anthony.

It's a bizarre situation we're facing. The GOP conservative base and the GOP establishment are actually in agreement....we don't believe Romney when he says he's a conservative. As we know, the Establishment wouldn't be backing him otherwise.

And, yes, we will think of "conservative" pundits, like Bob and Ann, when Romney starts showing his true colors. Oh, but he would make a fine neighbor, you know.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 1:16PM

Guess the old Rickster can't win for losing due to them-there RINOS-CINOS in Pa:
'.....Poll: Romney Takes 5 Point Lead Over Santorum in PA Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:52 AMBy: Newsmax WiresRepublican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney leads rival Rick Santorum 42 percent to 37 percent among likely GOP primary voters in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP). Ron Paul places third with 9 percent support and Newt Gingrich fourth with 6 percent. The numbers represent a significant reversal from the last PPP survey a month ago, which showed Santorum ahead 43 percent to 25 percent.Former Pennsylvania Sen. Santorum is hoping that the April 24 Keystone State primary serves as his firewall, calling it a must-win state.
“The momentum in Pennsylvania is moving completely against Rick Santorum,” said PPP President Dean Debnam. “Mitt Romney has a great chance to deliver a final crushing blow to his campaign on April 24. A home state loss would be incredibly embarrassing for Santorum.”
Only 36 percent of Republicans in Pennsylvania think Santorum has a realistic chance for the nomination, while 54 percent believe he doesn’t.....'

David Messick | 4.5.12 @ 1:32PM

Give a hand to yet another member of Romney's Snob Mob insulting those who dare oppose the Socialist known as Romney. Please continue this practice as it ensures that few will be converted to sing the praises of the dear Socialist Romney.

http://www.rasmussenreports.co.....an_primary

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 2:30PM

Blessed are the STUPIDS, for they shall inheret a devastated country from the SOCIALISTS-DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 1:43PM

"Only 36 percent of Republicans in Pennsylvania think Santorum has a realistic chance for the nomination, while 54 percent believe he doesn’t.....'"

That's been the problem in this primary, you Oldfarte. Instead of the voters voting on their favorite candidate, they've been convinced they should vote for the guy most likely to win the nomination.

Primaries are where we get to vote for the candidate that we like. The General election is where we (conservative base) have to hold our noses.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 2:40PM

TF, I have not been nor will I ever be the '''''problem''''''. WAKE UP to the fact that the Democrats have controlled this country for my entire lifetime, while I sir have voted consistently and totally Republican for 40 years. The Democrats gave this country what some of you entitle SOCIALISM, not the Republicans. Oh and as to the difference between PRIMARY and GENERAL, please SPAIN how if a particular candidate cannot effectively win the needed votes in the PRIMARY [or perhaps in his own state of residency] HTF can he/she ever STAND A SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN HADES of winning in the GENERAL? Even Forrest Gump would agree that the best possible chance of winning in the GENERAL would be to possibly nominate a candidate which stands a chance of obtaining broad based support [ie duh....women, Hispanics, Catholics, Protestants, the business community, seniors, etc]. It would take a complete moron to possibly suggest that a candidate appealing ONLY to Catholics and religious-social conservatives would become about as stupid as say A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE, no?????????

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 3:16PM

Oldefart,
As someone who has voted a straight Republican ticket for as long as I have, we should be pretty much on the same page. It is clear, however, that we are not.
Democrats have not controlled the country during our lifetimes. Since 1952 we've had six Republican presidents and had Republican majorites in both houses of Congress from '94 through '06. Did the Federal Gov't ever get smaller during their terms? Isn't that because they were all moderates, like your man Romney?

As for the primaries, each voter is supposed to vote on who they WANT to be the party nominee. That's called voting your principles. We are not supposed to be betting on who we think will be the party nominee. NO ONE knows who is going to win in November!

As for morons, I'd say the GOP establishment fits that description because they continue to think they must run a candidate that is just barely to the Right of their Democrat opponent. The farther Left the Dems go, the farther Left the Establishment goes. They refuse to ackknowledge that it is far better to offer general voters a sharp contrast between the two parties. I guess we are morons, too, for allowing this to happen.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:08PM

Wait Tommy, in'''''59''''' years you're telling me we've had ''''6''''''Republican presidents? Are you trying to tell me that as per my above ['MY ENTIRE LIFETIME', from say 1967 to 2012] that Republicans have dominated this country's government? Your '94 to '06 [12 years by my calculations] compared to my '67 to '12 [45 years]? Did the Republicans legislate THE WAR ON POVERTY? What about THE GREAT SOCIETY? What about today's $800 BILLION STIMULUS, $TRILLION OBAMACARE, $500 MILLION SOLYNDRA, etc, did the Republicans legislate those [or did the Democrats]? Okay lets talk the Godfather of conservatism [Reagan], what pretel did he do budget wise? Answer, he ramped up the military expendatures hugely and was unsuccessful in getting Democrats in congress to LOWER GOVERNMENTAL EXPENSES, so therefore the defecit/debt exploded, right? Is Reagan the conservative to blame also? Who is your example of a conservative if not him? Granted Republicans are not saintly and are guilty of not reining in government expenses also, but WHICH PARTY IS GUILTY OF SPENDING TAXPAYERS' MONEY ON SOCIALISM LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR, WHILE PERHAPS WHICH PARTY IS TRYING AT LEAST [MAYBE NOT SUCCEEDING] IN PREVENTING DEMOCRATS FROM DOIND THUS???????? Do Republican spend money on social programs [ie welfare] or do they alternatively spend money on military warfare? Does military warfare expendatures PROTECT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FROM DEATH AND DESTRUCTION FROM OUR ENEMY COUNTIRES [IE RUSSIA ETC] AND IS SAME A WORTHWHILE EXPENDATURE MOSTLY? Can you say the same for the socialism expendatures of Democrats??????????? Which is better in your opinion for you and your's betterment, military expendatures or welfare, and which party's candidates are more likely to expend your tax dollars upon which of those two general expendatures??????????

Tommy Frisco| 4.5.12 @ 6:16PM

Reagan was the most conservative POTUS we've had, in our lifetimes, but even he was only able to slow the growth of the Federal Government while he was POTUS.

I'm sick and tired of the Gov't continuing to grow and get more intrusive! That's why it disgusts me that we're nominating another Big-Gov't moderate like Romney. There seems to be nothing we can do to stop this madness.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:28PM

Nothing we can do to stop this madness? Sure, just don't vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee. You'll see more madness than you've ever seen it before. Dummy.

It's A Cunning Plan, Actually| 4.5.12 @ 3:08PM

You forgot to end this post with ten exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're slipping there Mittbot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:17PM

I'm not a Mittbot, but I do care about my country, I do care whether Democrats are allowed to increasingly steal taxpayers' money and expend same upon welfare for indigents, I do care whether this country is administratively managed by socialist domestic terrorists, I do wish to have a Republican WIN in November, and I do think that possibly the best chance to do so [WIN] is through Romney. What I do know is that there's not A SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN HADES of so WINNING with a candidate whose only platform is more suited to taking over the Vatican in Rome instead of the WH in DC, and that I'm certain of!!!!!!!!!

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 9:14PM

How do you win with another "moderate" Republican.? And what do you win when he does his own spin on big government?

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:26PM

How do you "win" with Obama, nincompoop?

Oldefarte| 4.6.12 @ 1:06PM

I'll just repeat what Stan just told you, fool. You'll have two choices, just like you did in 2008. Democrat or Republican. Which would be a winning choice for you? Do you prefer socialism or capitalism? Governmental mandates to non-interference? Drilling our own domestic oil or purchasing middle eastern oil at monopolistic prices? Open border immigration and granting governmental services free to same or enforcement of our immigration laws? Which, dummie? Which.....there are only two?????

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:42PM

Like I said, their self-righteousness is more important to them than what happens to the country under OBAMA the MARXIST!!

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 1:31PM

" Rasmussen Poll:

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum holds a four-point lead in his home state in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the upcoming Pennsylvania Republican Primary.

A new statewide telephone survey finds that 42% of Likely GOP Primary Voters support Santorum, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney picks up 38% of the vote."

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

theduke| 4.5.12 @ 2:16PM

Only 4% in his home state?

It's over. Deal with it.

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 4:09PM

Pennsylvania Republican Polls.

http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....-1594.html

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:10PM

TELL THE ''''''WHOLE ''''''' TRUTH [IF POSSIBLE]:
'.....Latest Election Polls
Election 2012SenateState of the UnionAll Latest PollsThursday, April 05
Race Poll Results Spread

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary PPP (D) Santorum 37, Romney 42, Paul 9, Gingrich 6 Romney +5

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Santorum 42, Romney 38, Paul 7, Gingrich 6 Santorum +4

New York Republican Presidential Primary Quinnipiac Romney 54, Santorum 21, Gingrich 9, Paul 8 Romney +33

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Romney 39, Santorum 26, Gingrich 10, Paul 12 Romney +13

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 45, Romney 47 Romney +2
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 46, Santorum 44 Obama +2 .......'

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 4:25PM

Truth This Alabama Romney Deliverance Troll.

http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....-1594.html

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:18PM

TELL THE ''''''WHOLE ''''''' TRUTH [IF POSSIBLE]:
'.....Latest Election Polls
Election 2012SenateState of the UnionAll Latest PollsThursday, April 05
Race Poll Results Spread

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary PPP (D) Santorum 37, Romney 42, Paul 9, Gingrich 6 Romney +5

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Santorum 42, Romney 38, Paul 7, Gingrich 6 Santorum +4

New York Republican Presidential Primary Quinnipiac Romney 54, Santorum 21, Gingrich 9, Paul 8 Romney +33

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Romney 39, Santorum 26, Gingrich 10, Paul 12 Romney +13

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 45, Romney 47 Romney +2
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 46, Santorum 44 Obama +2 .......'

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 4:28PM

Truth This Alabama Deliverance Troll.

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who 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 Heads To An Open Convention.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:05PM

You behave more like a Troll here than anyone else posting from what I see.

You sure are one arrogant nasty son of a bitch.

Oldefarte| 4.6.12 @ 1:01PM

And you troll this you DASOB: Learn to verbally express your own thought if possible instead of C&P your insane Paulisms. Show the guts/courage of YOUR convictions, not hiding behind the skirts of those that do so. Most everyone partially agrees with some but not all of Paul's ideas, but you're a complete moron whose afraid to say what you think or mean in your own individual words. Come out, come out whereever you are..........or are you scared that your own lack of verbal skills will expose you to ridicule??????????

Rick McInnis| 4.5.12 @ 2:08PM

It is about time you (the esteemed Mr. Tyrrell and I mean that sincerely) have given up the impossible (and in my opinion absurd) mantle of supporting Santorum. I am sorry but anti-abortion Big Government is just as obnoxious as slightly smaller government pro-choice.

Santorum is a buffoon, as is Gingrich, and I hope I never have to hear from either one of them again. I consider them in disgrace.

We all seem to forget that Reagan was not quite as conservative as he has become in our rose-tinted memories. I voted for Ed Crane in 1980 since I did not think Reagan small government enough. But it turns out he had something more important than policies. He had good sense and instincts and I gladly voted for him in 1984 only to be disappointed numerous times by many of his actions but, all in all, it worked out well for most of the citizens of the US.

In this respect I have come to see Romney as the most Reaganesque candidate we could ever hope for. No, his rhetorical abilities are not in the same class but Romney has many talents that Reagan did not possess.

Romney will do a good job for this country and it is time we support him. No need to love him or fawn over him, we simply need to support him.

Indy| 4.5.12 @ 2:15PM

"the most Reaganesque candidate we could ever hope for."

Really? Romney is nowhere close to Reagan. There are no Reagan's in this race.

theduke| 4.5.12 @ 2:15PM

I wasn't for Romney at the start, but I am now. Time to get with the program, Republicans and conservatives. If your ideological purity is the cause of an Obama victory in November, you will bear at least some responsibility. Let's get together and win this thing.

Butch| 4.5.12 @ 5:29PM

It's not ideological purity for some of us. We doubt Romney as a candidate who will win. Note I didn't say who can win, it whether or not he's willing to do what it takes. See Anthony's post above; it explains where we are coming from very well.

Mary Wilbur| 4.7.12 @ 6:50AM

I have donated money to the Romney campaign, to his PAC, and I have also donated to Gov. Scott Walker's PAC that supporting him against the union led recall effort. These are good Republicans. I reject the appellation RINO. I have been a Republican ever since I started paying taxes, and I am more of a libertarian than a conservative. If you want 4 more years of Obama then sit out the election and blame yourself for the election of the farthest left most Progressive ass we have ever had as President.

Simon Templar| 4.5.12 @ 2:18PM

Mr. Tyrrell,

You make your case for Romney nomination based on his supposed campaign promises and his guy next door quality that I believe you think will appeal to the general public.

Now, we can argue all day about whether he is conservative, conservative enough, or is just another establishment politician that is a progressive Republican. This idea that he is a nice guy and that holds some weight and is an asset is another arguable point that we can argue till the day ends.

There are some facts that seem to be ignored here and are inescapable.

The first is the fact that this nomination process has been rife with intense division, self destructiveness, and conflict between the vast conservative electorate and the GOP establishment. The vast majority did not vote for Romney and have held strong objections to his nomination and grave doubts about his authenticity. Even his great supporter, Coulter, screams that he better live up to his claim that he is a conservative. Many conservatives are soured as well about his extreme negative campaigning and bold face lying about his opponents records.
Does this sound like a strong candidate? Does this sound like a man of principle and integrity?

Well if that is not bad enough, Romney has essentially done nothing to quell these conservatives concerns through out this campaign season and has largely ignored the Tea Party. He refuses, like McCain, to call Obama a socialist and refuses to use strong descriptive language in illustrating the radical nature of this current administration.

But what is most troubling is the fact that from the beginning of this race focus has been primarily on his inevitability and on his opponents. Extreme prejudice and critical analysis has primarily been directed at all his opponents whereby their mistakes, gaffes, and records have been microscopically analyzed, dissected, and exaggerated. It does not take a genius to see that this race has been a contest between the conservative base and its Elitist Establishment. The only thing you and your "journalist" seem to be concerned about is who is dropping out of the race.

All this could be ignored despite its magnitude and consequences if there was a sense that Mr. Inevitable was in fact the best candidate at this time to actually beat Obama and a substantive case was made by the establishment that this was the best course of action and the man to do the job.

None of this has been presented nor does there seem to be a strong desire to present it from anyone, the conservative sycophant media, the GOP establishment, or his supporters. This is the most unsettling fact of all. It betrays the reality that there is not really a strong desire to win, nor a committed and strong belief that this is absolutely necessary to avoid certain and inevitable disaster if we do not. To underscore this squishy, lukewarmness, and lack of clarity and seriousness, The Romney team seems to not be able to agree on how he should be presented or formulate a plan of attack and defense against the coming typhoon of smear, distortion, and lies the MSM already has begun to whip up.

Why no articles and deep analysis about how he is going to win particularly because he is Mr. Inevitable? Being a nice guy next door ain't going to cut it.

May I make a suggestion that you direct yourself and your fellow writers here spend some time thinking about HOW he is going to win other than hoping that the economy does not take an upturn this summer or remains poor, or gas prices are high.

Simon Templar| 4.5.12 @ 2:53PM

For the morons that can not hear anything beyond the fact that I rose some criticisms of Romney and hear absolutely nothing else, let me assure you if Mitt is nominated, I will vote, and I will vote for him and encourage the 30 million conservatives that stayed home last time get off their couches and asses, and vote! This can be won if you want to win it.

It is going to take more than just cute little retorts, shallow comments and articles, cheer leading, and lame, conventional wisdom.

Many of you really do not know what is coming because you do not know or understand Alinsky tactics or far left politics and strategy. They are not traditional American liberals.

Let me make this VERY clear to those that idiotically think that ideological purity will have something to do with losing this election.

Anyone proposing this idea is truly stupid.
If we lose it will be the inability of the Nominee to clearly articulate his ideology, his message, control the narrative, and respond effectively to the smears and lies that will come.

Peter| 4.5.12 @ 6:36PM

Boy, Simon, are you right. I live in NYC and have many, many liberal friends. They not only do not object to the tactics you outline but welcome them. They don't say so directly, but it's clear that they will support any degree of lies, demogoguery, misstatements and innuendo to win. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is beyond the pale.

BackToBasics| 4.6.12 @ 1:49AM

Peter, I understand totally. Birds of a feather, flock together. You may be aware of Romans 1: 21-32. After listing numerous sins and evil attitudes up to verse 31, verse 32 sums up their attitudes; Romans 1:32, "Who KNOWING the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

Inside, they know of God's judgements but they still love and embrace a leader if he is a fellow scoundrel, even if he is evil.

Peter| 4.5.12 @ 6:31PM

Actually, Romney has received far more votes than his opponents, and do you really think that if they had the same resources he has had they wouldn't have attacked him to win as well? C'mon! It's going to take the type of money and organization Romney can bring to the table to defeat Obummer. If he wins and doesn't govern in a conservative manner he certainly will not do harm to the nation as Obummer is doing and we can nominate someone else in 2016. We must, must, must defeat The One first before anything and need to recognize that no one else in the race stands a real chance of doing so at this point except Romney. Period.

Simon Templar| 4.6.12 @ 2:23PM

Something for you to think about, Peter.

The first point is his opponents did not, infact, lie to the level that Romney's negative campaigning did and Gingrich pointed it out with third party observors who monitor these commercials.
Logically it is not a matter of having as much money as to whether or not one might employ negative and highly unethical political cvommercials about your opponents. Money does not drive this tactic but rather your character.
If Romney did not have the backing of the establishment and was not running, that same organization and money would flow to the other candidates.

All the money and oragnization in the world does not guarantee anything and when it is all finished and done it matters less than the candidates ability to articulate a strong message, defend himself against MSM smear, and his ability to control his own narratives and excite voters.
This is what wins elections. This is why Ronald Reagan won, as he was percieved as a candiadte that was too radical, conservative, and a poor candidate to beat Carter as far as the establishment was concerned.

Yes, Obummer must be defeated. The question is, can Romney actually do it. Other than the very suspect polls that you apparently are using as a basis to support that idea, there is not much of anything else to conclude that. Besides, those polls have already shown Romney losing. McCain was ahead and then behind and the ahead and the lost by a landslide ( electoral votes).

These polls need to be ignored for the most part because they are very suspect and are created by the MSM. If Romney does not deal with this debt and spending and get it under control or reverse Obamacare, it will not matter much, this nation and its economy will collaspe.

So, we better pray and hope that this guy is seriously capable of winning, wants to win, and is actually a conservative.

TURK| 4.5.12 @ 2:34PM

Rick

Amen!

As I said earlier, I voted for Newt in the Ohio primary. In '08 I voted for Mitt over daffy duck and the Arkansas charlatan. He would have beaten the leftist who has been destroying our nation for the last 3+ yrs. Surrounded with '60s marxists he is and will continue to tear asunder this great nation.

Are all of you naysayers dumb or are you just leftists sneaking onto a conservative site! That includes you Alen.

Hippie | 4.5.12 @ 2:45PM

You could make your true political/policy points without the absurd name-calling involved in calling Al Gore, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Jimmy Carter "weird," "odd," bizarre," and people you "would not want ... in your neighborhood." Give me a break! I want anyone in my damn neighborhood who keeps their property up, pays their taxes, and doesn't have loud, wild parties too often. That's it. Black, white, rich, poor, Republican, Libertarian, Democrat, single, married, young, old, gay, lesbian--all are most welcome. What an absolutely snobbish, intolerant attitude you express. And you wonder why MSM thinks so many Republicans are out of touch? Sheesh! BTW, I was in Bloomington IN when Spectator started and back then it actually seemed worthy of some respect!

Simon Templar| 4.5.12 @ 3:08PM

If you spent some time actually reading the article, you would have noticed that he was speaking of past republican candidates as well.

"Practically everyone who has run for the presidency over the last few decades is odd."

No, give us a break.

Now, I am guessing you are a liberal troll making hay out of nothing or a moderate independent who seems to suck up whatever the MSM tells you and has a problem ONLY when a conservative says something that might be something other than a Mr. Rogers might say.

Cute, did you get that talking point this morning from the politburo?
All points Bulletin! Blog the internet accusing Romney and Republicans are rich guys who are out of touch!

You want something to sheesh about? Sheesh about the MSM playing pravda and editing tape to make someone out to be racist, defining the new term white Hispanic, and not reporting the news but rather propaganda.

Fielding Melish| 4.5.12 @ 3:07PM

Mitt may not be the rank-n-file's 1st choice, but he'll do -- ABO!!! Nah, he doesn't wax his chest, strut the beach on Oahu or comment on the daily doings of whatever social peccadillo seems to be the news of the moment and I'm sure he doesn't wear [thong briefs], but who does???

Folks, Romney would be an angel sent from heaven compared to Obuckethead!!!

PCP Smoker| 4.5.12 @ 3:22PM

He's getting 41% of the GOP vote. Typical DC Conservative analysis. Fuck off Bob.

PCP Smoker| 4.5.12 @ 3:25PM

Alas, Romney is a normal middle-aged American. He is the kind of man we would all like to have live next door. "
I can't afford a mansion, with a four car garage featuring an elevator, in La Jolla, let alone three other mansions in NH, MI, and Boston. Some neighbors you have. I'll stick with regular and normal (Christian) neighbors like Merle, Bob, and John the country sheriff.

poyman| 4.6.12 @ 4:14AM

He'll be pleased to hear that you have given him a home in MI... He will probably need the address though...

This whole Occupy garbage that you and your buddies throw out is nausiating... When one goes to look for a Lawyer or a Doctor I am guessing that they try to pick the one who has a record of success because they either want to win or they want to be cured... Romney has been successful, DEAL with it... The fact that clowns like you believe that an individual can relate better to the average American because he only earns $1M to $5 M a year vs an individual who makes $20M a year is laughable and thruthfully shows how out of touch you are...

Mike| 4.5.12 @ 3:28PM

Respectfully, I ask, what proof is there that Romney is a conservative. He spent 1994-2006 trying to convince everyone he wasn't an evil conservative. People do change, but what proof is there he did change?

His primary achievement in Massachusetts was creating Obamacare. If he became president, he'd probably strengths it. Today he came out and admitted he is a hardcore global warmingist, and his signature achievement if he gets elected with be a global warming law. (i.e. destroying the economy)

Mike Hawk| 4.5.12 @ 3:36PM

John McCain claimed to be a COnservative when he was running for office and then promptly morph back into his RINO progressive reach-across-the-isle self after being elected. Romney is of the same mold. He simply doesn't have McCain's skill at it.

poyman| 4.6.12 @ 4:25AM

Proof:
In MA:
1) Balanced the budget 4 years;
2) lowered taxes 19 times;
3) reduced spending and overhead by $2B;
4) Vetoed 800 Bills sent to him by a Democratic Legislature;
5) Vetoed Stem Cell Research and nearly a dozen other "ProAbortion Bills";
6) Forced an "Individual Mandate into the MA Health Law with an 85% Dem Legislature; etc.

2002 Olympics:
1) Cleaned up a scandal ridden event that promised to lose over a Billion dollars and actually turned in a surplus that went back to the US Olympic Organization;
2) Did this job and the MA job for no salary, just service...

In the Private Sector:
1) Turned around over 80% of the failing companies that he took on;
2) Made his own personal fortune based on the improved market value of the companies that he and his group turned around;
3) Created nearly a net gain of 100,000 jobs in the process... etc.

You want more evidence???

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 3:57PM

Romney's VP list:
1. Pat Toomey
strength: PA is a swing state, a Tea Partier, former Club for Growth leader.
2. Marco Rubio
strength: FL is a swing state, name recognition, a Tea Partier, the Latino votes.
3. Mitch Daniel
strength: IN is a swing state, a great "fiscal conservative" and pro free-market governor, helped passed the "Right-to-Work" law.
4. Kelly Ayotte
strength: NH is a swing state, a Catholic, crime fighter litigator, Tea Partier, and the women votes, ............"Lady in Red" factor.
5. Chris "Great" Christie
strength: NJ will turn blue,name recognition, former litigator, a fiscal hawk governor,........the "Rock-star" image.
6. Paul "Genius" Ryan
strength: WI will turn blue, name recognition, a fiscal hawk legislator,........the "Rock-star" image.

My pick: Gov. Chris Christie
Obama will be forced to campaign in a "safe" blue state, NJ, while Gov. Christie will be favourite to deliver NJ for GOP. Gov. Christie will help fix the economy and never surrender to the big-labors or bureaucrats. Recently, he traveled Israel and vowed to thwart Iran's fascist regime and its nuclear threat.

President: Mitt Romney
VP: Chris Christie

Your comments, please.

Indy| 4.5.12 @ 4:20PM

No thank you, no Chris Christie, I don't trust him on judicial picks, nor freeing us from the EPA, he refused to join in the lawsuits against ObamaCare, I could go on.

"Get off the beach", remember that, sorry, it's my responsibility to get off the beach, don't order me.

I don't want to risk losing any conservative senators. Allen West is my pick for VeeP

Bill| 4.5.12 @ 4:43PM

Allen west is in the middle of FL redistricting fiasco, abandoning his old house district and running in a newly drawn district, and I'm very skeptical whether he gets elected second time.
Thanks for your comments, Indy.

Nick| 4.5.12 @ 8:42PM

http://spectator.org/archives/.....ent_749403

You're a moron and a racist, Bigot Bill.
GO AWAY!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:03PM

Spare us. I'm sure you've never used a "bad word" in your life.?

Nick| 4.6.12 @ 1:41AM

Not the point, Stan.
Bill the Bigot is a racist. I'm just pointing it out for all to see.

Spare us, indeed. Next time, do your homework before you pop-off, newbie.

Stan| 4.6.12 @ 11:58AM

And I'll just point the fact that you're an arrogant son of a bitch who unless you own this site, doesn't have the POWER to tell anyone else what they can and can't say.

I've done my homework and that's what I'm seeing.

Nick| 4.7.12 @ 5:41PM

Arrogant?
How am I arrogant, Stan?

And, I never claimed the power to tell others what they can say. But, if you make racist statements, I'm going to make sure everyone knows about it. Others can decide if they want to converse with a racist, or not.

Since you are new here, I'll cut you some slack.

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:38PM

You're an arrogant SOB, Nick. And a pitiful bully. In your own words, get lost!

Nick| 4.8.12 @ 2:38AM

I'm not going anywhere, newbie.
You GO AWAY! (In my own words, brainiac.)
Why are you defending a racist?

Simon Templar| 4.6.12 @ 2:34PM

Stan, yes, most of us have used a bad word. But most of us have not typed such a word as this and made such racist slurs in writing on a blog that is seen worldwide and in many ways represents conservatives and conservative thought. This was not a slip of the toungue. Nick and I need not "own" this site to object to this racism. This is an open public forum and as Bill has the so-called right to write what he writes, we have the right to object to his racist language. As far as the policy of this web magazine, it states clearly,

"We encourage readers to share and discuss their thoughtful and relevant comments about this Spectator article. Comments are routinely monitored and will be deleted if profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite. "

Apparently, you did not do your homework.

Nick| 4.7.12 @ 5:43PM

Well said, Mr. Templar.

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:40PM

Spare me, Simon. Go suck on a lollipop.
Nick bullies this guy and tells him to get lost for his WORD. Now, the word nigger is used by blacks all the time.
And it IS true that Bill Clinton pandered to blacks.
Sorry, but the self-righteous bullying is so FAUX and so petty.

Clint| 4.5.12 @ 4:17PM

Romney Is McCain Redux.

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:19PM

TELL THE ''''''WHOLE ''''''' TRUTH [IF POSSIBLE]:
'.....Latest Election Polls
Election 2012SenateState of the UnionAll Latest PollsThursday, April 05
Race Poll Results Spread

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary PPP (D) Santorum 37, Romney 42, Paul 9, Gingrich 6 Romney +5

Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Santorum 42, Romney 38, Paul 7, Gingrich 6 Santorum +4

New York Republican Presidential Primary Quinnipiac Romney 54, Santorum 21, Gingrich 9, Paul 8 Romney +33

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Gallup Tracking Romney 39, Santorum 26, Gingrich 10, Paul 12 Romney +13

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 45, Romney 47 Romney +2
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Obama 46, Santorum 44 Obama +2 .......'

Oldefarte| 4.5.12 @ 4:21PM

It would/should have been President McCain if not for the DUMBARSDUXES who voted for and today support this POTUS, right MEDIA MATTERS BOYTOY??????

Pete| 4.5.12 @ 9:11PM

Mc Cain lost because he was a lousy candidate.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:59PM

Obama won because crybabys like yourself pouted and cried and kicked and screamed instead of voting for McCain.

Wake up, dummy.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:05PM

STUPID Stan is dreaming if he thinks that idiot McCain would have been a good President.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:11PM

A fool like you will re-elect Obama just like you did the first time you imbecile.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:21PM

STUPID Stan is such a brainless, arrogant nitwit that he can presume to say who I voted for!!

Listen, you worthlesws piece of dog excrement;

1; I DID vote for McLame; ONLY because of Sarah Palin, and it will be the LAST time I EVER vote for a "moderate" Republican.

2; A McLame Presidency would have been a total disaster for this country.

Republican whores like you act as they have an inalienable right to my vote.

Well, I owe the Republican Party absolutely NOTHING. I don't owe the GOP or ignorant little GOP twits like yourself the snot out of my nose. And if you don't like it; then that is YOUR problem, not mine.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:48PM

Asshole, if you can say you voted for McCain for the same reason I'm going to vote for Romney IF he becomes the nominee, then it means you are fully aware of the reasoning amongst conservatives for so doing.

Now, GFY~ Troll.

Oldefarte| 4.6.12 @ 12:51PM

Pete/Tom, you're a imbicile AH! The RP doesn't want, need or care about you, so take your DA vote and give it to the Democrats where it no doubt belongs. People like you as Stan rightfully indicates are the sole reason why we now have that socialist within the oval office. People like you are political prostitutes, who'll sell your vote for whatever candidate comes along with $10 in their pocket. Your #2 is totally stupid, since a mcCain presdency could never be the train wreck that we've had for the last three years, and apparently you and yours are so stupid that you don't have the foggest clue as to WHY [which is sad and exactly as Stan indicated spells the reason why since a majority of voters in thsi country did not have the common sense to know who/what this president was. McCain as bad as Obama? You're sick and demented....go see a psychiatrist! Your #1 is equally stupid since to vote for a political presidential candidate solely because of their VP running mate is completely asinine and ludicrous, but typical of lame-brained idiots like you [you'd vote for Obama if Paul was his VP probably also]. Granted McCain would not have been the second coming of JC as president, but to ignorantly proclaim that he's equal to Obama is flat out stupid!!!!!!!!

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:35PM

Oh, but it's all about their so-called principles. They can't vote for Romney IF he becomes the nominee because it'll offend their principles! these people are what is called useful idiots.

I truly pity them, but the problem is, while they're busy being so self-righteous, they give us the President WE don't deserve.

It's utter insanity.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:02PM

Clint here is the epitome of fools.
He's such a hypocrite calling everyone in his path RINO and CINO when he himself won't vote for the Republican nominee.

And then he blames everybody else for "setting him up."

Ha! A mental case to be sure.

Jo| 4.5.12 @ 4:30PM

The choice is ours...either we truly believe in ourselves, our freedom to pursue dreams, to work and achieve goals, to reign in our spending, leave a great America to our children and take the steps up the ladder by going Mitt's way or just laying down like stupid sheep and taking handouts, just stand by and watch our national debt skyrocket, leave crippling debt to our kids and grandkids by sticking with the Community Organizer who doesn't know how to balance his own checkbook but is Real Good at Depleting Your Wallet... Time to decided WHO YOU ARE and WHAT YOUR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE!

Jo| 4.5.12 @ 4:30PM

martin j smith| 4.5.12 @ 4:56PM

Romney must run twice or more as hard against Obama as he has against his Republican opposition.
And he must resign as chairman of Etch a Sketch and demonstrate that he will lead on at least three major issues: The deficit and Obama's dangerous authoritarian policies and behaviors, his dangerous economic policies and his equally dangerous foreign policies .

Sue| 4.5.12 @ 5:03PM

If you believe Romney can meet the crisis and restore America to Happy Days, you have your head buried in the sand.

And yes there is doubt that Romney is a conservative.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:39PM

Exactly right, Sue.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:58PM

Apparently Sue believes Obama will meet the crisis and restore America to Happy Days.

You are worse than a fool.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:03PM

She never said that, STUPID Stan.

But one thing is certian, Mr. Electability will NOT meet the crisis and restore America to Happy Days.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:10PM

Oh yes she did, fool.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:14PM

No she didn't, Liar.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:20PM

If one such as she or yourself plans on not voting for Romney if he becomes the nominee, as you hold him in such utter contempt, more utter contempt than you voice for Obama the destroyer of this country, then YES you ARE saying that.

Imbecile.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:22PM

No you are not, Romneyite scum.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:46PM

GFY Soros Troll.

shoebox57| 4.5.12 @ 5:14PM

Romney is unelectable. What a shameful primary! The Elites are going to wake up on a Wednesday in early November and realize they just lost control as their wealth is taken from them and then their heads! Shame on the GOP Elites!

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:38PM

Yes, and they will deserve every last thing that is coming their way.

gerald| 4.5.12 @ 5:14PM

everything you mentioned that Romney would do would explode the deficit. We are at the lowest tax rates since the 50's....if lower tax rates means more revenue...than where is this revenue? The CBO just came out with a report that if Obamacare is repeal the deficits will skyrocket. What is Romney's plan to replace Obamacare? Increasing military spending would increase our defict. Do you really think that deregulating the financial industry is good after what we have just experienced in 2008? Under Reagan and Bush II deficit spending was king....I find it odd that Republicans are now concerned with the deficits, considering Ryan voted for EVERY SINGLE Bush proposal that help add trillions to the deficit. And speaking of Bushh II, if his economic policies were so great, how come not one person running for prez has mentioned his name and the good things these policies have done? Only when Obama was elected did we hear Republicans worrying about how to pay our bills. What a bunch of frauds!

SnowCypher| 4.5.12 @ 5:35PM

Typical Liberal response. The deficit is exploding under Obama already, but without aim or any positive effect. However, tax cuts and spending cuts, along with closed loopholes will actually cause the economy to improve and tax revenues with the economy. Dems just never get it.

gerald| 4.5.12 @ 7:27PM

Well consider that I voted for Reagan, Bush I and II wasted a vote on Dole...I can say that I opened my eyes to the fact that under Republican prez's the deficts didn't go down, so yes I switched paries and vote for Obama and will continue to vote for them until the crazies leave the party I grew up with. If you can't open your eyes to the fact that you have been had...that's your issue not mine.

shoebox57| 4.5.12 @ 5:21PM

Will not vote for anyone who is unwilling to say the following: "Government is not the solution, government is the problem!"

Phil Byler| 4.5.12 @ 5:34PM

One of the characteristics of conservatives is that they make up their own minds based on facts and sound reasoning. Propaganda "rah-rah" pieces like what Mr. Tyrell has written here will have no effect.

No, Romney is not more normal than Newt and Rick. And Romney is not conservative. Review his record and his stated beliefs.

What is Romney’s record? It is certainly not a conservative one. He served only one term in public office as Governor of Massachusetts and did not run for re-election at a time that he had a 35% approval/65%disapproval rating. As for spending during his one term as Governor, Romney increased it, and when graded against other Governors according to the 2005 Fiscal Policy Report Card produced by the non-partisan Cato Institute, Romney got a D. As for job creation during that one term, the Massachusetts state economy ground to a halt with Romney as its steward and ranked 47th out of 50 states. During his one term as Governor, Romney increased fees and taxes by over $740 million. As for entitlements and growth in Government during his one term as Governor, Romney created a brand new entitlement (RomneyCare) and then mandated that all individuals purchase health insurance and all employers with 11 or more employees provide it; RomneyCare is socialized medicine at the state level. As for health insurance costs resulting from RomneyCare, according to Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston, state health expenditures increased by $414 million, private health insurance costs increased by $4.311 billion, federal Medicaid for Massachusetts increased by $2.418 billion, and Medicare expenditures increased by $1.426 billion for a total increase of $8.569 billion in RomneyCare’s first five years. During his one term as Governor, Romney appointed pro-abortion rights Democrats the state judiciary, he appointed litigation-happy environmentalists to key government jobs, he flip-flopped on cap and trade, he flip-flopped on carbon taxes, and he made the following promise about a coal-fired plant: “I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people, and that plant, that plant kills people.” And while he was Governor, Romney was adamantly pro-abortion rights. Romney says he was a severely conservative Governor. Baloney; the facts say otherwise.

What are Romney’s beliefs? While Newt was a “Young Turk” captain in the Reagan Revolution and then as House Speaker was forcing Bill Clinton to balanced budgets and welfare reform, Romney voted for liberal Democrats Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale and Paul Tsongas. Now Romney is supposedly a conservative? The problem is that when it comes to beliefs, Romney is a flip flopper. Romney was adamantly pro-abortion rights until around 2006 when he started running for President. The “Etch-A-Sketch” comment of a campaign manager for Romney was on target. Romney will say what he needs to fulfill his political ambitions. That is what he learned in the private equity world to seal the sale. That is not what the Republican Party candidate for President should be.

SnowCypher| 4.5.12 @ 5:37PM

Sorry, bigotry is not conservatism. Your case against Romney is mostly nonsense and half-truths.

shoebox57| 4.5.12 @ 6:17PM

We only wish you were right, but your not. Romney is not a conservative, at least not by his actions. The problem is true conservatives watch what you do, not what you say! Romney is unelectable because he has not be able to show himself to be any different than Obama. By carpet bombing others and frankly, simply telling lies about his opponents he has zero credibility. I get an uneasy stomach trying to listen to him. Romney is unelectable and will be the "last" Republican presidential candidate. The GOP will explode into pieces out of which will come a new conservative party to represent the 60% or so of Americans who currently feel they have no say. The Republican Party missed a historic opportunity to rule for 40 plus years.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:37PM

What you call "bigotry" is nothing but the TRUTH that is as plain as the nose on your face. But Romneyites like you are too stupid and too dishonest to accept that.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:46PM

You're the Bigot, Troll. You said you won't vote for Romney because he's a cultist.

Freak.

Beppo| 4.5.12 @ 5:40PM

This guy is going to be a huge albatross. Mark my words. At a time of economic stress for everyday Americans we're nominating a guy with swiss bank accounts and a elevator in his garage who like to fire people.

Becka| 4.5.12 @ 8:10PM

Correct. And worst of all, the RomneyCare guy. The TARP supporter. The mandate supporter. The guy who publicly stated on FOX news three years ago that he thought Tim Geithner was a wise choice for Treasury Secretary. He's a loser. He will cost us this election.

somnolence| 4.5.12 @ 6:11PM

Directed specifically at Clint: Latest Public Policy Poll has Romney leading Santorum in Pennsylvania.

somnolence| 4.5.12 @ 6:14PM

Romney was smart enough to make that money to buy that elevator. That's my take on it, and anything derogatory about that from naysayers is nothing more than class envy sourgrapes. The money he inherited he gave away, and he made his fortune on his own business expertise. Obama has NOTHING to run on. Repeat, nothing.

shoebox57| 4.5.12 @ 6:20PM

You missed the gist of the comment. It doesn't matter where he got his money. The issue is that the Elites, of whom he is a part, have tilted the system to enslave the middle class into poverty. It is not about envy, it is about corporate facism. Obama and Romney are part of the same team.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:34PM

And Romney ahs NOTHING to offer the working class, small business holder, and/or those who hold to conservative social values.

NOTHING!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:17PM

Oh no, but OBAMA does, right, fool??

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:25PM

Obama has as much to offer them as your left-wing Mormon cultist does, Romneyite twit.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:26PM

Ahh, finally, the Troll's true colors are revealed.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:31PM

I'm PROUD of my "true colors" as a Christian, an American, and as a conservative.

And that is why I will NEVER vote for a left-wing Mormon cultist like Mitt Romney.

And if STUPID Stan doesn't find that acceptable, then that is HIS problem, not mine.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:38PM

You're no more Christian than your lover, Obama.

And you're a liar and a fool to boot, Troll.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:30PM

You're a joke, Troll. And trying to label everyone here that says they'll vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee as Romneyites twits is as imbecilic as you pretending to be a conservative.

Conservatives will do the right thing and elect a Republican President. I personally voted for Santorum in the primary, you freaking idiot.

Now, go get your paycheck from Soros, Troll.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:32PM

Up yours, Romneyite whore.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:37PM

Obama awaits you, he has mighty good praise for you for helping to re-elect him.

Imbecile.

somnolence| 4.5.12 @ 6:15PM

Reagan voted for FDR four times. Now what was that again about who is liberal???

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:18PM

OMG. Ancient history. That was in the 40's. What a maroon.

Peter| 4.5.12 @ 6:19PM

It seems the primary objection to Romney among conservatives is his shifting positions on social issues. Sorry, but most of the general electorate who will decide the election on a national level just don't care that much about them and every politician on the right has had to finesse their way through them, from Reagan on. What did Reagan do, proactively, to curb abortion? Zip, that's what. No one with any firm moral grounding wants to see the number of abortions that take place in this country but persuasion is what's needed to try to end it, not legislation that will not be effective and will just divide the nation even more than it already is. And even a 100% conservative Supreme Court is not going to reverse Roe v Wade. Just the way it is.

Gay marriage? Well, why not. Does anyone with half a brain really believe that gay marriage will harm society in any way? If so they must not know many gay couples, married or not. My heterosexual 12-year old son knows our gay neighbors at our country home and could care less whether they are married or not, as could anyone else. Does anyone, again anyone with half a brain, really believe that gay marriage won't be broadly accepted within a decade or less?

We need Romney to deal with the economy, reinstitute a strong military and foreign policy, nominate conservative judges, especially the likely vacancies to come on the Supreme Court, effectively and resonably address entitlement reforms, establish realistic energy policies and just focus on the truly vital issues that are holding the nation back from achieving its full potential.

Romney has shown throughout his life an ability to lead and to manage effectively and if does so again as president, nay I say in a somewhat moderate manner that pleases independents and perhaps brings back Reagan Democrats to the GOP tent, he will end up doing more for the party in the long-run than can possibly be imagined. That is an optimistic view, I know, but for anyone to suggest that he wouldn't be 1000% better than Obama is just insane nonesense. We have a serial liar and divider running the nation that most certainly wants to turn us into the United States of Europe and doesn't care how much debt or division it takes to get us there. This is the most important election ever, at least in my lifetime, and failing to support the GOP nominee, whoever it is, is too risky to contemplate. Romney is far from perfect, and yes, he has flip-flopped on a variety of important issues. But conservative lawmakers and activists will not let him forget the debt he owes them if elected and we simply cannot, must not believe that having Obama serve another four years would be no better or worse.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:33PM

Now it's time for you to wake up.

Becka| 4.5.12 @ 8:07PM

Responding to you as a conservative, the primary objection to Romney has nothing to do with social issues. It has to do with Romney. He's a boring, uninspiring politician. He doesn't say anything that makes me proud, or makes me cheer. He doesn't give me a feeling of confidence whatsoever. He's a politician. A GOP insider. I don't like him. I don't trust him. Your question from this conservative has been answered. Pretty simple, yes?

Tim| 4.5.12 @ 6:26PM

Beppo has it right.

During a struggling economy for millions of hard working traditional and patriotic Americans it will be a very hard sell to tell them that a Very rich guy understands them and should be their president.

I am not disputing that Romney has the right to make all the money he wants. More power to him!

The point is political.....getting a majority of Americans in swing States to vote for a very Rich North East Liberal will be a hard thing to do especially when Romney will be looked as someone with the silver spoon that wants to take the free lunch and plastic spoons away from those that have very little to begin with.

It's not like he can appeal to their Social Passions.

See what we mean?

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:32PM

If you took each and every negative stereotype ever uttered against establishment Republicans, added them up, and then put them together in a nice, neat little package, you would have Mitt Romney.

If you are a member of the working class, have a small business, and/or embrace conservative social values, Mitt Romney has absolutely NOTHING to offer you.

The only people who stand to gain from a Romney Presidency are the Mormon Church, liberal Republicans, and guys who boost that their wives can drive two Cadilacs.

MikeG| 4.5.12 @ 8:01PM

Hey idiot, it is boast not boost. Maybe if you get a job you can buy your wife a nice car. Instead, you are an Obama voter waiting for that ObamaMoney from Obama's stash. Get lost Tommy.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 8:40PM

A sure sign of an internet LOSER is somone who can only reply by, first, pointing out a typo; and second, making stupid lies about their opponeent's personal life, which they know NOTHING about.

CONGRATULATIONS!! You have proven yourself fully successful on both counts.

LOSER!!!!!!!

MikeG| 4.6.12 @ 9:08AM

Tommy learned how to use upper case to act tough. Typical Obama sissy.

Evan| 4.5.12 @ 6:27PM

NORMAL? What's normal? I think you've confused "normal" with "average." Is averageness a quality you'd usually ascribe to leaders? Seems to me, averageness is by definition the opposite of greatness.

Nicholas| 4.5.12 @ 7:25PM

Can someone please explain to me what the BIG differences between Romney and Obama are? They both agree on continuing our fantasy-land monetary policies (paying the Federal Reserve billions to print our money, devaluing our dollars at 6-10% per year), will continue adding to our debt until at least year 2030 - what is that 30-50 Trillion dollars in debt by then - REALLY?. They both will continue perpetual war, overthrowing foreign governments, spending trillions overseas while we are broke. They both will continue us towards a police state: assassination/indefinite detention of US citizens, Patriot Act, Trespass Act, drones over US, ect... They both will continue corporate welfare. They both are largely funded by the same bankers. And are both proven liars. Why are they our only 2 options?

I'm voting Ron Paul, even if I have to write his name in.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 7:26PM

Mitt Romney is an unscrupalous liar who will say and do ANYTHING to get what he wants. He is the scum of the earth, and I wouldn't trust him to take out my garbage.

MikeG| 4.5.12 @ 7:59PM

Another lefty for Obama. Get lost Tommy.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 8:43PM

Another psuedo-conservative Romneyite moron.

and it will take a far better man than you will EVER be to make me, "get lost," Mikey.

MikeG| 4.6.12 @ 9:09AM

You made your point that you are an Obama troll, now get lost, you have nothing to say.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 10:56PM

So apparently Obama appeals more to you than Romney, Tom?
IDIOT.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:00PM

What's the difference between them, Stupid Stan?

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:09PM

If you don't know that already than I pity you.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:13PM

Romneyite nitwit STUPID Stan cannot so much as present a basic difference between B. Hussein Obama and Mr. Electability.

Why???

Because there isn't any significant difference between the two!!!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:16PM

Says the fool who is getting ready to help re-elect Obama.

Imbecile.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:26PM

Then tell me why Romney would would be better than Obama.

STUPID Stan won't, because he can't.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:34PM

Only a fool would consider Romney, or NAY Republican on the same par as Obama, Troll.

Now take a hike, Obama-bot Troll.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:35PM

ANY, that is.

You must be a FAVE of the Soros clan, eh Troll?

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:43PM

GOP whores like yourself who would support ANY Republican regardless of how UNconservative they may be are the best friends that theLeft has, Romneyite scum.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:39PM

Only a fool would think that the mindless ranting of someone such as STUPID Stan who cannot bring himself to give us ONE difference that would make Romney any preferable to Obama aside from the fact that the former is a Republican carries any credability.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:42PM

The only mindless one in this conversation is you, imbecile.

You're a Soros Troll and Obama suck up who plans on helping to re-elect the Marxist scum.

You're the one with ZERO credibility.

I told you I voted for Santorum in the primary you freak~ you're a nasty little Troll.

And I will vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee. Anyone who would castigate a conservative for so doing is nothing but SCUM.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:49PM

First of all, STUPID Stan, your word means absolutely NOTHING to me.

Second, you still haven't provided one legitimate reason why I should Romney over Obama.

Third, the stuff I flush every day of my life is of a higher quality than Romneyite scum like you will ever hope to be.

Finally, time for this TRUE conservative to turn in.

Good night!

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:52PM

You already KNOW the reasons for voting for the Republican nominee, asshole. And you just staed them in how YOU voted for McCain.

GFY Troll.

Tom| 4.6.12 @ 7:34AM

You are nothing but a little fascist punk who walks lockstep with whatever orders the Party hierarchy send your way, dipstick.

It is because of mindless tools like you that people like Hitler get voted into office.

You just continue to go along with that GOP goosestep like a good little storm trooper.

MikeG| 4.6.12 @ 9:11AM

Stan, you are trying to reason with an Obama troll. They pop up every day using different names, probably the same flunky. This is probably Purp Tommy.

Stan| 4.6.12 @ 12:12PM

Yeah, and a vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee is a vote for Hitler according to this lying scumbag.

The freak's a phony POS.

Becka| 4.5.12 @ 8:03PM

Well, happy day. Color me thrilled. Romney is super conservative, and we should all be proud as punch that he represents us. Yeah. I think I'll reserve my excitement on this one, thanks. Another two-bit GOP politician stepping up to the plate to do absolutely nothing worthwhile for my country. Yippee.

David| 4.5.12 @ 8:10PM

I will vote for Mitt if he is the nominee - I will look at it as not so much a vote FOR him, but AGAINST Bam Bam. We all should look at it that way - and please don't stay home.

The problem is, I just don't think Mitt can beat the one. There is not a lot to distinguish. We need a stark contrast with the one and Mitt can't provide it.

jamal jackson| 4.5.12 @ 8:36PM

I agree. But in my case I'll go out and vote for Mr. Etch-a-Sketch only if the weather is nice outside on November 6th.

jamal jackson| 4.5.12 @ 8:35PM

Republicans are on the cusp of nominating the only other person in America besides Obama who foisted the biggest affront to individual freedoms on American citizens. Great.

David| 4.5.12 @ 8:48PM

Oldfarte, I am disappointed that you continue with the same (I will call them lies) about Santorum and that his only appeal is to social conservatives and that he wants to set up a satellite Vatican in the Oval Office. That is simply unfair, and it is something I would expect the democrats to say.

I have watched the guy for 20 years and there is much much more to Santorum than his social conservatism. The guy fully understands the issues, both domestic and foreign, and has practical solutions to dealing with them.

Do I wish he wouldn't have said that contraceptives are bad for woman? YES
Was he wrong about that statement? NO. The problem with him saying it is that it is not a subject that has been debated in the public arena of ideas like global warming or abortion. It came out of the blue and people, even me, said huh???!!!

Please be fair, Oldfarte.

I am convinced we will lose with Mitt as the nominee. We most certainly will when the bombshell drops at the dem convention and Bam Bam announces that Hillary will be his running mate.

It will be heralded as the most brilliant political manuever in history.

David| 4.5.12 @ 8:58PM

A poll shows just now on Fox that Bam Bam gets the woman vote by 54 to 36% for Romney.

What we need to win are blue collar workers, conservative democrats, and union types (yes, there are a bunch of them who can't stand what Bam Bam is doing to their country).

Romney can't attract any of the three groups, and Santorum has proven over and over again that he can.

somnolence| 4.5.12 @ 10:37PM

There is an interesting article in Forbes from a friend of 22 years of Rick Santorum in which Santorum is depicted as a fabricator of tall tales. BTW I suppose Romney could counter the pick of Hillary by Obama with say, General Petraeus. Dream on anyway------it isn't going to happen in either case with either person. I will predict that Romney WILL challenge Obama on Obamacare and effectively WIN on that issue alone. Boldness will reign when the others are out of the way.

Jake Selby| 4.5.12 @ 10:59PM

I stopped reading after he criticized Joe Biden for mistakenly calling Dr. Paper by the name Dr. Peppers. I thought that was funny and charming...

David| 4.5.12 @ 11:00PM

Let's keep in mind that one of the biggest reasons to get a repub in as prez is the courts: we do not need someone who will nominate a Souter, Kennedy, or Harriet Meirs (ala Bush the younger), who no doubt would have picked Alberto Gonzales (another lightweight) after her. We, the conservatives, rejected, rebelled, against Meirs and made it impossible for Bush to nominate Gonazales. We got Roberts and Alito instead.

Who posting on this site believes that Romney would nominate strict constructionist/originalist constitutionalists to the Sup Ct., rather than some lukewarm judges like Bush tried to shove down our throats. We may be able to force him, as we did Bush, to nominate a more strict constructioniswt to the court, but what assurance do we have that he will. He did not do so in Mass.

Does anyone posting on this site have any doubt that Santorum will be certain about how his nominees to all levels of the federal bench will interpret the Constitution? If you are fair, you know that he instills more confidence than any of the four remaining candidates
AND, it is not only the 9 on the Sup Court that are important, but the hundreds who are appointed for LIFE at the District and Appellate Court levels.

Do you understand that, Oldfarte (sorry to call you out), the next prez will appoint hundreds of judges all across the country for LIFE.

Do you trust Mitt or Rick to ensure that he nominates judges to the federal courts that have FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION?

Santorum's Catholicism, Mitt's Mormonism???

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:24PM

"Santorum's Catholicism, Mitt's Mormonism???"

No, no. It isn't their Religion, it's their conservatism that counts.

And either one will be a thousand times better than Obama.

Even Michelle Bachmann said that.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:25PM

She said that about Romney. If he becomes the nominee, he'd be a thousand times better than Obama. Google it.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:28PM

Then tell us WHY that is so????????

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:32PM

Because he isn't a Marxist, fool.

Tom| 4.5.12 @ 11:41PM

Romney only provides Marxist ideas such as Romneycare with the individual mandate, you brainless GOP whore.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:44PM

Your a concubine to Obama, and a Soros paid Troll.

Get lost, scumbag.

Tom| 4.6.12 @ 7:36AM

You are nothing but a mindless GOP fascist punk, moron.

MikeG| 4.6.12 @ 9:12AM

The true tell of an Obama troll: calling you a GOP fascist.

TeaPartyPatriot4ever| 4.5.12 @ 11:46PM

Obama- Radical Liberal Progressive Socialist who implemented Obamacare, forced mandated substandard inferior State Socialized Medicine that bankrupts the residents, citizens, and Independent businesses and companies in the Free Market Capitalist Free Enterprise system in the Nation, which has but destroyed private healthcare in America, not to mention stripping American's of their Freedom, along with Borrowing, Taxing, and Spending America into Bankruptcy oblivion, which is crippling the US Free Market and America's Economy.

Romney- Moderate liberal Mass. Progressive Republican, aka RINO / Republican Obama Facsimile who implemented Romneycare, precursor of Obamacare, forced mandated substandard inferior State Socialized Medicine that bankrupts the residents, citizens, and Independent businesses and companies in the Free Market Capitalist Free Enterprise system in Mass ,which Romney refuses to refute, but says he will repeal Obamacare, which has all but destroyed private healthcare in Mass, that have all but crippled and bankrupted his State's govt, the resident tax payers, and especially the economy in Mass..

So, now where is the difference.. where is the opposite political party policies and programs and ideology..

That what RINOism / fake conservatism / liberal progressive Republicanism is all about, being the same- not the opposite.

Here's a question for you Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan- Reagan Conservative Tea Party Back Stabbering Traitors-

How does one defend forced mandated substandard inferior State Socialized Medicine that bankrupts the residents, citizens, and Independent businesses and companies in the Free Market Capitalist Free Enterprise system of a State, let alone the Nation, but then turns around and argues that he must repeal Obamacare, the very same thing he implemented and refuses to refute and repeal in his own State called Romneycare..

And people actually buy this BS horse manure.. It’s no wonder why Obama was elected in the first place. How easily the people are fooled..

The people who voted for Obama, are the same people with the same mentality and attitude of apathy and indifference to what and who they are electing, are the same people voting for Romney, which is what got them into this mess in the first place.

They want to replace one radical progressive liberal, with a moderate progressive liberal.. Well, that makes sense.. No it doesn’t..

Just because someone is deemed electable by the media and the GOP RINO establishment, does mean they are the best person to lead our Nation. Thus also why Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan have done a great disservice to the Tea Party Constitutional Reagan Conservatives, and Conservatism itself.

In other words, how and where do we get to a point that abandoning our Principles for political electable convenience, is best for the Nation.. It is NOT, and is why we stand by the US Constitution, and NOT by the politicians, as Freedom and Liberty are forever, not these fraudulent politically electable politicians.

What this means is that with the election of Romney, there will be no real change from the liberal agenda, only the person at the helm will be different, but the direction will be the same. Like Liberals Jews who actually are defeating their own race, religion, and State of Nation Israel, intentionally or unintentionally, for some perverse Freudian Psychological reason to be accepted by their enemies, the Republican electorate, aka so called moderate Republicans, as well as Independents, are choosing the same path as Obama, but because the person has an "R" next to their name, believe that they are the opposite of Obama and the Democratic Party of Progressive Liberalism. How truly wrong and stupid they are, as they drive the Constitutional Freedom and Liberty car straight off the cliff.

This is why Conservatives are not necessarily Republicans, and Republicans are not necessarily Conservatives.

Simon Templar| 4.6.12 @ 3:11PM

TeaPartyPatriot4ever,

Excellent comment and insights.

Stan| 4.5.12 @ 11:50PM

Another one who will help to re-elect Obama.

THIS is why we're doomed, folks.

Simon Templar| 4.6.12 @ 3:09PM

Stan,

What is going to doom us is not pointing out that Romeny is an establishment picked candidate who leans in the direction of progressivism. Nor is it pointing out that the establishment GOP is wrought with progressives and big government Republicans that have dominated the party and politics in this nation since Teddy Roosevelt luanched their boats. None of this is this going to get Obama reelected.

What is going to doom this country is the continual acceptance and resignation that the only way we can beat a leftist democrat is with a moderate squishy establishment Republican. What will doom this nation is the belief that we are helpless to big money, big organizations, polls, cultural marxism, independent voter myths, gigantic government spending, the MSM, and the establishment telling us who is electable and who is not.

What will doom us is our continual adjustments, the incremental compromising, our fears, and our willingness to sell out our values for popular acceptance and expediency.

Gee, how do I know this? Well, I have nearly 100 years of past history demonstrating just that!

Whether we lose or win will be determined by the Mr. Inevitable candidate and his abilities and sincerity, not a few bloggers here or those doubting his sincerity or conservativism.

We will show up and vote for him. Will he be able to hold up his end?

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:29PM

Want another 4 years of utter destruction?

Don't vote for the Republican nominee, or write in a name other than the Republican nominee, or just stay home.

THAT'S DOOM, Simon.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

I voted for Rick Santorum in the primary, I do not like Romney, but I will vote for him OR whomever becomes the Republican nominee.

Dave | 4.6.12 @ 1:49AM

I'd like a more commited conservative but if my man Tyrrell is in - then I'm in. I'm for Mr. Potato Head over Obama.

Stan| 4.6.12 @ 12:17PM

You shouldn't be "in" because Tyrrell is "in". You should be "in" because any Republican's better than re-electing the POS Obama.

Ask our pal, "Tom". He's too busy equating Romney to Hilter though, and not Obama, and calling those of us who want to run the man who is truly more like Hitler than any man that's ever been President in our history-Obama~ GOP Fascists.

Wake up people, and get minds of your own.

Ford Bailey| 4.6.12 @ 2:45AM

I wouldn't be so confident Romney is coming on strong. There are still millions of us conservatives who don't like him, especially the way he campaigned against his conservative rivals. A fair number of us, including me, will be skipping the election this year.

rm| 4.6.12 @ 3:34AM

Please explain the delegate counts. NOTHING here makes sense. Read the delegate counts per state as we have chronologically moved on since New Hampshire, South Carolina, to the present (Tuesday)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R....._primaries

Look at percentage of total vote/raw vote numbers and then resulting delegates for the four remaining candidates.

THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!

Why, for example, does Washington, D.C. have 18 total delegates to offer for the Tampa GOP convention, yet Louisiana only has 15?

Santorum only finishes 4 percentage points behind Romney in Wisconsin but ends up with 24! fewer delegates out of 36 total up for grabs????

Folks, look at this, and start to analyze. Is this all really above board?

Nightwing| 4.6.12 @ 3:43AM

Um......you mean the "socialist" who saved Wall Street? Or the "socialist" who saved General Motors, Chrysler and thousands of American jobs? Or the "socialist" who's administration is loaded with Goldman Sachs cronies?

Yeah, you got a real choice in November.

The Obama / Goldman Sachs administration

The Romney / Goldman Sachs administration.

Flip a coin.

Dominiac| 4.6.12 @ 8:07AM

Great article. Many find Romney odd. I find him normal, we all make mistakes.

Nightwing| 4.6.12 @ 1:16PM

Ideology and issues aside, a great many in the electorate vote their gut instincts. Call it the "likeability" factor. It worked for Reagan, Clinton too.

In such a case, Romney is at a distinct disadvantage since his public perceptions are strongly in the negative.

As a personality, most people LIKE President Obama. His demeanor is a positive among voters, and many believe having THAT FACE out to the world says alot about this country.

Contrary to Emmett's mischaracterization of Romney as "the guy next door type," many voters perceive him as a montebank and a charlatan.

Irrational as it may be, those intangible "gut instincts" will often decide election outcomes.

Nightwing| 4.6.12 @ 1:33PM

Correction: it's "mountebank" (forgot to hit the u key) - defined as a fraudulent peddler of snake oil medicine or dishonesty.

All politicians are guilty of this to some degree.

Valerie| 4.6.12 @ 4:14PM

Many conservatives have been brainwashed by the constant anti Romney drumbeat. That can be changed if we all agree to change it.

Slim| 4.6.12 @ 2:21PM

Romney is not normal. He is a pretend conservative. He is liberal. He is in a major cult - not normal. I am conservative and there is no way that I will vote for Romney. And I know a number of other conservatives that will refuse to vote for Romney. We know what that means. Quit pushing Romney. He will sink the ship.

MikeG| 4.6.12 @ 3:21PM

Slim is Tom is Purp, the usual Obama trolls.

Valerie| 4.6.12 @ 4:13PM

your comments border on insanity at best, and treason at the worst...think about the SCOTUS! we will not turn this contry around for more decades than I care to imagine, should Obama be reelected!

Occam's Tool| 4.6.12 @ 8:55PM

Folks, I'm going to eat supper now. No more politics tonight. But something to think about. Mitt may be many things, but he is a patriot who loves this country, as is Rick, as is Newt.

Obama is demonstrably a traitor, whose friends are traitors. Something to think about.

CK| 4.6.12 @ 11:03PM

I like the way you think. Obama is the most un-American president since Woodrow Wilson.

TeaPartyPatriot4ever| 4.6.12 @ 11:37PM

This is Romney's political campaign strategy and tactics- If you can't dazzle them with your record of Reagan conservatism and brilliance because you don't have any, carpet bomb them with Goldman Sach's and GOP Party establishment money bought negative ads 24/7. A lesson he learned as a so called moderate progressive Republican, aka RINO, from being defeated by a more liberal politician- Ted Kennedy, in a ultraliberal State like Mass.

In other words, Romney is a multi-millionaire elitist and a moderate progressive Republican, aka RINO, and when his SuperPac coffers are stuffed with mulit-millions of dollars from his Wall Street buddies like Goldman Sachs, along with the internal network support of the GOP Republican Party establishment and their machinery apparatus, because he is the GOP Republican Party establishment candidate, aka not a conservative, who out spends his opponents 10 to 1 on neg ads in every blue and purple State in America, then how can you not win when the stack has been stacked in your favor.

Of course people who support Romney, like Karl Rove and the rest of the GOP RINO establishment crony's, want to rap this Nomination contest up before they get to the real conservatives States like Texas, where Romney will lose big, even with all of his millions of dollars in Neg. Ads.. This is all part of their coordinated political strategy.. What else happens when the fix is in.

And the one part of this whole boom doggle campaign fecal stenched stink of it all that can be smelled from one end of the nation to the other, is the cooperation of so called Tea Party politicians like Rubio and Ryan, that have all but sold out to the GOP RINO establishment, and stabbed their Reagan Conservative supporters in the back.

And people actually buy this BS horse manure.. It’s no wonder why Obama was elected in the first place. How easily the people are fooled..

They want to replace one radical progressive liberal, with a moderate progressive liberal.. Well, that makes sense.. No it doesn’t..

Just because someone is deemed electable by the media and the GOP RINO establishment, does mean they are the best person to lead our Nation.

How and where do we get to a point that abandoning our Principles for political electable convenience, is best for the Nation.. It is NOT, and is why we stand by the US Constitution, and NOT by the politicians, as Freedom and Liberty are forever, not these fraudulent politically electable politicians.

This is why Conservatives are not necessarily Republicans, and Republicans are not necessarily Conservatives.

Stan| 4.7.12 @ 10:49PM

So tell us, who's your man? Hmm, let me guess.. Ron Paul?

Gene Carr| 4.7.12 @ 2:11PM

If Romney is a true conservative, why has it been so hard to convince so many in the heartland. Don't tell me that he is enthusiatically getting their support now. They may not see an 'electable' alternative. He has been practically rammed down their throats by the GOP establishment with overwhelming money firepower. This is the same establishment--the Bush family, Karl Rove, Cheney and their shrills like neocon Frum that squandered the legacy of Ronald Reagan, together with 'moderate' like McCain and backshooters like David Brooks, Kathleen and Colin Powel brought the GOP to its knees in 2006 and 2008!!! In what way is Mitt Romney any different from these--what de'Tocqueville would have called "accomplished mediocrities". In what way is he not just another 'good ole boy' playing business as usual.

Mayb e what is required is that the GOP suffer another Preidential defeat to deal a death blow to its current establishment to allow a real conservative reformer emerge for 2016. Send the Bushes and Rove back to Texas and let them stay there anmd sit down and shut.

Presently, the voters are only half awake, given the masks that Obama wears. After four more years they will be wide awake.

Conniption Fitz| 4.9.12 @ 9:01AM

Romney is the empty dishonest candidate of the empty dishonest RNC. Voters have watched him lie on stage, researched his record and dirty deals...know that he has survived and thrived on bail-outs from us, the taxpayer and voter...and now we are having him shoved down our throats with our own money.

The Republicans have held a dishonest, disorderly and disgraceful primary whose only endgame was Romney's coronation as the nominee. Romney has bought endorsements, owns media groups, and has driven the rest out of the field in 8 + years of ugly campaigning. As a liberal with no record of conservative achievement, Romney has won by building a powerful political operation and by tearing down others using his media and millions of Mormon minions typing nasty epithets on the blogs. Romney is a nasty POW hiding behind a mask of wide-eyed innocence. Even if he could debate, Romney's policies the same as Obama's. Therefore, he will have nothing to say to Obama in a debate, except, "Me too."
Ryan and Rubio have lost all credibility for colluding with him.

TeaPartyPatriot4ever| 4.10.12 @ 3:59AM

After the American people voted for Obama in 2008, they are realizng what a mistake they made, and are now having voters remorse and want to go back to proven and tested Reagan conservative values and principles.. But yet, the GOP Republican RINO party wants to elect an anti-Reagan, anti-conservative moderate progressive Republican RINO multi-millionaire elitist named Romney. lol
Amazing, they never learn..

Ask Romney or yourself, as a conservative, how does one defend a Ted Kennedy collaborated forced mandated substandard inferior State Socialized Medicine entitlement program law that bankrupts the residents, citizens, and Independent businesses and companies in the Free Market Capitalist Free Enterprise system of a State, let alone the Nation, but then turns around and argues that he must repeal Obamacare, the very same thing he implemented and refuses to refute and repeal in his own State called Romneycare..

And people actually buy this BS horse manure.. It’s no wonder why Obama was elected in the first place. How easily the people are fooled..

The same apathetic people who voted for Obama, are the same people with the same mentality and attitude of apathy and indifference to what and who they are electing, are the same people voting for Romney, which is what got them into this mess in the first place. They want to replace one radical progressive liberal, with a moderate progressive liberal.. Well, that makes sense.. No it doesn’t..

The Truth speaks for itself, and all the propaganda and delusional denial in the world cannot hide it, let alone makes taste any better.

Romney for all intents and purposes, should be Obama's running mate, as they have the exact same agenda, policies, and programs as each other.

What will they debate, how much each of them loves inferior substandard force mandated State Socialized Medicine programs like Obamacare and Romneycare.. How they both love Global warming cap and trade policies and programs.. How they both love crony capitalism to prop up govt, and stifle the Free Market economy.. How much they both love social welfare programs.. How much they both love to spend and borrow and tax.. How much they both support abortion rights, and how much they both lie about everything they say and do, and use blame game excuses for political plausible deniability, etc, etc, etc.

John Talleos | 4.23.12 @ 3:54PM

If eliminating capital gains tax means that gains from capital be counted as income (am I right so far?), wouldn't that constitute a de facto tax increase on capital gains because the income tax is higher?

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