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Juliet Eilperin of the Wash Post, a superb gumshoe reporter (although she seems to lean left), does a number on Mitt Romney today, reminding people just how radically he has shifted on social issues in order to pander to whomever could give him needed votes. Great reading.

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Chuck| 11.3.11 @ 10:34AM

Romney's greatest vulnerability is his left-right-left-right political marching over the years. The right exposed this pattern four years ago and now the left has joined in the cadence. Reminds me of daddy George's remark as governor marched virtually with Michigan civil rights protestors but never physically. Like father like son political dissembling is a Romney family tradition.

sjccoach| 11.3.11 @ 11:00AM

I'm sure the article was written to reassure the Washington Establishment that Romney is a moderate who will reach across the aisle to work with Democrats and liberal groups. The article shows why Romney is not acceptable to the conservative base. If Romney is nominated we will be stuck with Obama for four more years. A moderate weasel can not beat a radical. Elect me I can work with everyone is not a winning campaign slogan. The Republicans may win the Senate. Romney will not be the President. Conservatives will stay home of vote third party. People want radical change in government Romney is not the indivdual to make that happen.

sjccoach| 11.3.11 @ 9:22PM

PCC you know nothing about me. Why the personal attack? All I'm doing is making an argument. What proof do you have that most conservative people would vote for Romney. He is not moving up in the polls. Conservatives are searching for an alternative to Romney. Give me proof that most conservatives would vote for Romney.

PCC| 11.3.11 @ 11:41AM

Well, sjccoach, maybe that's the way it looks from the underground fallout shelter stocked with canned goods and wired with cable news that you occupy, but most conservative-oriented people would vote for Romney, warts and all, over Obama.

Teflon93| 11.3.11 @ 12:13PM

Why does it take a liberal to do this?

Al Adab| 11.3.11 @ 12:48PM

Romney represents exactly the old rules, the establishmentarian, accomodationist GOP. The rules have changed in the last few years and the voters- at least the non-ideologue leftists- want something other than the old glad handing, back slapping politics as usual. Romney ( his father) and his wing of the GOP ( the Rockefeller/Romney wing) have opposed the Conservative Movemtnt from its inception.

Dan| 11.3.11 @ 12:49PM

Such oscillations on position after position, such clear pandering, such calculated shifting, and ALL on issues of tremendous moment to the life of this nation, after year after year of this, ------------------ there's only one question left, and that is: -------------------- Is Mitt Romney AN INTELLECTUAL DEGENERATE?

AND what does that say about Hugh Hewitt who has been puffing this degenerate for years?

Teflon93| 11.3.11 @ 1:08PM

Hewitt also scolded conservatives over not embracing Supreme Court Justice Harriet Miers. Because the man who said "There is no conservative movement" assured us she was a real conservative, don't you know.

Al Adab| 11.3.11 @ 1:49PM

Got that right friend. I will take my Goldwater/Miller sign (historic value) to any Romney campaign event I can. I will NOT cast a vote for him and I have never failed to vote.

Teflon93| 11.3.11 @ 3:16PM

Amen---I held my nose and voted for McLame last time around while all those RINOs who'd beat the party unity drum and went on and on about "The Maverick" voted for Obama.

No more.

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