Just a different breed of a RINO.
Posted on 03/08/2011 8:04:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Just a different breed of a RINO.
And, is hated by social conservatives because of his radically liberal record in Massachusetts on social issues.
Romney can only win if conservatives don't unify around a candidate.
I think that if you took Romneycare out of the equation, Romney would be in a solid position for front runner status. I know a lot of fiscal conservatives and non elitist GOP base who would like Willard if it were not for that huge Albatross on his neck.
Right now the one single issue solidifying all factions of the GOP base is dislike of Myths healthcare folly.
I kind of envy you. It's pretty bad when a hernia is more appealing than voting for the "republican" nominee. Don't blame you a bit. I held my nose.
There are some interesting comments at the site. Worth reading through.
The title suggests that Romney is the favorite. Then immediately the thrashing begins. He's Obama-like on healthcare. They apply the phrase "spineless opportunist" to him. He brings nothing to the table (doesn't believe in anything.)
Thus, even though the rest of the GOP field isn't (at this point) particularly strong or deep, Romney -- despite being crowned the front-runner as soon as the 2008 campaign ended -- is lucky if he breaks 20 percent in polls of national Republicans. The most recent Gallup poll, released earlier this week, has him at 16 percent -- in a virtual tie with Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin.
The author groups him with Huckabee and Palin at this point by poll numbers.
And yet, despite all of this, I'd still bet that GOP's standard-bearer next year will end up being Mitt Romney. Why? Even though he disagrees with my conclusion, the New Republic's Jonathan Chait offers a useful guide to analyzing the emerging Republican field:
Subterfuge.
My view of the primary selection system is that it consists of two basic constituencies, the elites and the base. The elites want to find a candidate who is electable and committed to their policy agenda. The elites are the prime driver of the process; they can communicate, via organs like Fox News and The Weekly Standard, which candidates may be undeserving of serious consideration despite their emotional appeal to base voters. That’s how the elites have disqualified insurgent candidates like Pat Buchanan (too right-wing) and John McCain (too left-wing); they are now doing the same to Sarah Palin (too unelectable).
I like that word usage: via organs. The last time I heard the word organs in this context, it was usually describing elements of a totalitarian state.
Elites and base. The theory that elites control the base, and what choices they will have. Perhaps that is how the Democrats operate; however, the Republicans have ignored their base in many preceeding years, and paid dearly. Some theory. The motive of this article is next. What a gem.
That’s how the elites have disqualified insurgent candidates like Pat Buchanan (too right-wing) and John McCain (too left-wing); they are now doing the same to Sarah Palin (too unelectable).
He now tries to knock off Palin, calling her 'unelectable'. Palin is the one person they fear most.
So, if you want to find the next Republican nominee, you need to find a candidate who’s acceptable to both elites and the base.anybody but Sarah Palin.
Most of this makes sense. Certainly, as I've written, the GOP elites won't allow a Palin nomination -- they've already taken great strides toward extinguishing her hopes.
Yes. Palin is out. I heard you the first time. Dream on. Last thing I heard was that she paid a visit to India (International recognition, small potatos, right?)
I'll skip past a few paragraphs of meaningless drivel here.
Meanwhile, Romney, for all his flaws, starts with a significant base of support -- or at least potential support. The elites still see him as an acceptable, maybe even preferable, option for the nomination and plenty of Republican voters are still open to supporting him. If you assume that Huckabee and Palin won't run (or that Palin, if she does, will be marginalized)
I suppose the author feels it necessary to take a third swipe.
That should be enough. This article isn't about Mitt Romney; it's a thinly veiled hit piece on Sarah Palin.
the trouble with Palin a sfar as the elites see is the more people see of her the more they like her. therefore their answer is to not allow people to see her. Get her not to run, twist her words make up stuff etc. that type of effort is doomed to failure since it is all based on a lie.
Please don't be a dumbass, get some facts: Mitt's dad *was* born in Mexico to two parents who were always citizens of the United States. His father was NEVER a Mexican citizen because the laws of Mexico at the time forbid it. Case closed.
This "birther" stuff has become a kind of mental illness and Obama's got you dancing around like his puppets! He keeps the issue going by refusing to release documentation because it is good political strategy and makes his opposition look a bunch of nutjobs.
Get laws requiring eligibility documentation passed at the state level and MOVE ON! Don't be fooled by Obama's red herring. Stop being his useful idiots!
Mitchovitch Commney won’t get past his socialist mittcare plan that helped destroy MA. He’ll choke on it sure as water is wet.
Great commentary - thanks for taking the time to post it.
‘Romney can only win if conservatives don’t unify around a candidate. “
And watch MSM assure that no other candidate “gets traction” by simply ignoring them and reporting that so-and-so “isn’t getting traction” or MSM attention, an Ouroboros loop.
“Romney can only win if conservatives don’t unify around a candidate.”
This is where, IMHO, Sarah Palin can do a tremendous service. If she were to declare that she was not running but, instead, was supporting acceptable conservative candidate X, the unification you and I seek will happen almost overnight.
Sarah’s capacity to be a kingmaker cannot be underestimated.
Every now and then I get it right ;>)
Do you really believe Obama’s telling the truth? Boy, you are gullible, aren’t you?
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