Posted on 05/15/2011 7:42:32 AM PDT by Brookhaven
I'm not prone to conspiracy theories, but it seems as though we seeing the beginnings of a concerted effort by the GOP establishment to eliminate Mitt Romney from the GOP field?
The Wall Street Journal published a scathing piece about Romney titled Obama's Running Mate and followed it up with and article called Romney's Daredevil Act. Scathing is an understatement. By any measure, these were full, frontal assaults on Mitt Romney with only one purpose: derail his 2012 candidacy before it gets started.
National Review Online (which endorsed Romney last time around) published an article by the Editors titled Power Point Failure that was every bit as damning to Romney as the WSJ articles. They have also been an outlet for a number of anti-Romney editorials, including the recent op-ed by Mark Steyn titled Romney's Fix.
The Wall Street Journal and The National Review tend to be GOP “insider” publications. Meaning they have better access to the party's power brokers, and be friendly to the ideas and positions coming from inside the GOP establishment. By any measure Mitt Romney—the presumptive favorite of the GOP establishment and power brokers—should have publications like the WSJ and NRO in his corner, and we should be seeing articles that are somewhat friendly towards Romney. But we're not.
Instead, we're seeing these publications attack Romney with a force that is unprecedented (for a GOP candidate anyway). This implies a larger question: has the GOP party establishment (the national office holders and party insiders) made a decision about Romney—that they can't win with him in 2012 (not just the presidency, but the down-ticket races as well), and they need to get him out of the way now? It's certainly starting to look that way.
Is there a website we can join at?
Has the Political Annihilation of Mitt Romney Begun?
I certainly hope so.
So Mitt’s getting killed off by some people in the party?
Does this mean he actually didn’t sign RomneyCare in MA? Somebody did it to him to destroy him? He’s innocent?
Anyone who ran in 2008 ought not to even THINK about running in 2012 - we need a new fresh conservative face!
Nah, I can’t believe the Republican establishment could ever do something correct.
Gee, I thought Romney was the liberal media’s darling. Most of the so-called pundits talk about him as if he were already nominated.
Frankly, I’d be happy with Romney out. With Huckabee not running, one can only hope this party will wake up and field a true conservative candidate.
Duncan Hunter should run.
Governor Palin should draft him, as her running mate.
Adoration of Mitt Romney by the left isn’t as big as some on FR seem to believe. A lot of reporters get pretty sick of a guy who changes his positions from hour to hour based on the special interest group he happens to be speaking to.
Obviously none of us care for it either.
No need for outside help, he has done it to himself. Thankfully before the primary season kicked off.
It’s clear to me anyway, that we absolutely can’t win with Mitt.
I'm cool with that.
You have arrived at your destination.
Fire away.
BARF~!!
“Has the Political Annihilation of Mitt Romney Begun?”
It began a long time ago, courtesy of Plastic Mitt himself...
:-)
One can only hope...
I don’t think the GOP establishment has a lot to do with it.
Has the Political Annihilation of Mitt Romney Begun?
I certainly hope so.
But what you are going to get is an effort by the GOP establishment to push “Good ‘n Pawlenty” down our throats.
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