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The Spectacle Blog
Mitt Romney might finally be treated like an undisputed front-runner. After a weekend in which his religion was called into question and a month that’s seen him surge ahead of Obama in projected general-election polls, his once-powerful rival Rick Perry has released a dramatic attack-ad on the albatross Romney continues to carry around: Romneycare.
It’s well-made, and makes some dramatic points using Romney’s own soundbites. However, conservatives seem resigned to an acceptance of Romney’s imperfections. Romneycare’s been a liability for Mitt this whole time; will this attack be effective this time?
At the same time, the Democratic National Committee has launched WhichMitt.com, a quiz-based website intended to highlight Romney’s perceived flip-flops. This is a familiar line of attack, and it’s not the first time that national-level Democrats have singled Romney out of the GOP field for attack. In advance of tomorrow’s debate, however, it continues to feel like Mitt’s the man to beat.
And if you’re in the mood for laughs, SNL had a great treatment of the media’s obsession with finding a “better” candidate than Romney over the weekend.
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Sean| 10.10.11 @ 11:15AM
Mitt is for whatever will get him elected at the time.
sjccoach| 10.10.11 @ 11:21AM
CINOs like you seem to believe that conservatives are "resigned to an acceptance of Romney's imperfections". You inside the beltway establishment types keep trying to shove this RINO down our throats. Another Dole or McCain is not the answer. I will not allow establishment CINOs to decide who I vote for. If Romney is the nominee Obama will be reelected. Many conservatives will stay home or vote third party. RINOs are the problem not the solution.
Notes From Under The Bridge| 10.10.11 @ 3:03PM
If Romney is the nominee Obama will be reelected.
Only if people like you stay home in order to help Obama beat Romney.
The "tell" here is in the DNC attacks on Romney's flip-flops. Calling attention to Romney's weaknesses now, before a candidate has been chosen, hurts his chances of getting the nomination. They could have just contributed to Perry's campaign fund instead and accomplished the same thing. Why do they do it?
On the other hand, the attacks on Perry are coming from the right. You've got right-wing pundits tearing him down because of his weak debate performance. You've got right-wing bloggers upset about various things he's done, like promoting pro-Islam material in Texas public schools or helping illegal aliens get college educations. You don't see the DNC promoting these weaknesses.
Guess which candidate the DNC thinks would hurt Obama the most.
Casey Abell| 10.10.11 @ 11:26AM
Until somebody creams Romney in a debate, none of this stuff - political ads, religious attacks, endorsements, straw polls - matters. As Fred Barnes (of the anti-Romney Weekly Standard) admitted, nothing is moving the numbers right now except debates. http://online.wsj.com/article/.....69938.html
LiveFreeOrDie| 10.10.11 @ 11:28AM
SNL? I'll start watching again when they stop being leftist and start being funny.
Occam's Tool| 10.10.11 @ 12:29PM
PLease let it be Cain/West.
Notes From Under The Bridge| 10.10.11 @ 3:05PM
Amen to that.
TexasMom2012| 10.10.11 @ 12:35PM
Romney can't seem to get past the 25% threshold. Which means the Not Romney camp is 75% of GOP voters. When this large percent of voters determines who they will ultimately support it is highly doubtful that they will ever go to Romney. I am hopeful that we will end up with Cain or Perry. I like Cain. Perry has some flaws in his record but he does reverse course when the public has an outcry, he is not full steam ahead against the will of the voters like Obama. Also, as a fifth generation native Texan, I understand why he supported in state tuition for illegals with a least 3 years in public schools. As long as Washington will not enforce our immigration laws, Texas is stuck with millions of illegals. If we educate their children those children will be far less likely to be a drain on our tax resources through welfare programs and much more likely to pay taxes, IOW because a tax producer...
Dixie Pixie| 10.10.11 @ 12:50PM
If Mittens Romney is not the MSM and RNC generated illusion of a front runner then what straw poll or test caucus did he win to deserve such a title?
The only candidates that have won the majority of real votes are Bachmann, Cain and Ron Paul.
Mittens Romney keeps turning up in the middle of the pack not out in front.
Clint| 10.10.11 @ 4:08PM
"Mark Meckler, a co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, singled out Romney's Massachusetts health care plan as a primary reason why the national front-runner for the Republican nomination "clearly has difficulties" with members of the movement.
"He's attached to RomneyCare and has done a poor job of distancing himself from that," Meckler told reporters at a breakfast in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "I think he probably squandered an incredible opportunity and was probably the best guy to say, ‘I tried this and it failed,' and he has not done a good job of that. So he has taken positions that are contrary to what the average Tea Partier would take -- positions on man-made global warming, positions on energy efficiency. So I think he's in real trouble with the Tea Party base."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
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