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Meghan McCain's Endorsement May Solidify Mitt Romney's Status as Moderate
Yahoo! News ^ | March 16, 2011 | Tina Molly Lang

Posted on 03/16/2011 10:07:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

On Monday, Meghan McCain told Kennesaw State University that she wants Mitt Romney, not Sarah Palin, to be the next president.

As McCain explained, "My personal favorite right now is Mitt Romney. I like that he's not so radical. I like that he has really, really played his cards right, almost perfectly since the last election" (as reported by Marietta Daily Journal).

McCain's endorsement may be a double-edged sword for Romney. On the one hand, her endorsement is a boon because she chose him over her own father's running mate. And McCain enjoys a devoted following among independents, moderate Republicans and young voters, which could help him with crucial swing voters.

On the other hand, praise from a high-profile moderate like McCain could backfire on Romney as conservatives might take it as further evidence that he's too liberal for the Republican Party.

Other recent news stories suggest the conservative base's reservations about Romney: Mike Huckabee's attacks on "RomneyCare," David Axelrod's praise of Romney's health plan and Rick Santorum's attacks on Romney.

Last month, Huckabee began promoting his new book, A Simple Government. In his book, he criticized Romney's health plan, comparing it to "ObamaCare." According to Politico, Huckabee argued that if Romney wanted to be a serious contender for the GOP nomination, then he needed to admit that he was wrong and to see that as a lesson on why socialized medicine doesn't work.....

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To: byteback

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41 posted on 03/17/2011 12:23:04 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Rational Thought
Mitt Romney/Meghan McCain in ‘12

I think there are more suitable candidates for Dog Catcher...that is what they are running for, right?

42 posted on 03/17/2011 12:45:40 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

‘McCain enjoys a devoted following among independents, moderate Republicans and young voters’

It is amazing what you can learn on FR.


43 posted on 03/17/2011 12:46:32 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Romney’s a moderate? Someone needs to light the Captain Obvious signal.


44 posted on 03/17/2011 12:58:39 AM PDT by McCloud-Strife ( USA 1776-2008)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tina Molly Lang? She like 13 from the Valley? Like? What a moronic article on a fatty nobody. Yeech!


45 posted on 03/17/2011 4:06:56 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"Bottom line? Mitt promised me more FOOD."

46 posted on 03/17/2011 4:54:19 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Meghan McCain's Endorsement May Solidify Mitt Romney's Status as Moderate"


47 posted on 03/17/2011 5:04:38 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Milt, take a second from signing your co-DNC-written bills.
Listen to this!! Meghan McCain endorsed you as a ….. ‘moderate’."

48 posted on 03/17/2011 5:27:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: frogjerk

“WHO CARES ABOUT THIS MORON?”

No one pays any attention to her. Meahan McCain holds no public office. Does she even have a job? Young people don’t like her. Freepers certainly don’t like her. She was even mocked by comedienne Tracy Ullman. Ignore her and maybe she will finally go away.


49 posted on 03/17/2011 10:20:28 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tina is a violinist, violin teacher, and recent Yale music grad. She is also a freelance writer for arts and entertainment, classical music.

50 posted on 03/17/2011 10:28:10 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Darkwolf377

Well, the article is referring to her father’s fanbase, not her own. I don’t know if John McCain’s had any approval ratings taken recently, but their source was probably that traditionally this is the voter’s he’s drawn - liberal republicans and independents. I’m not sure how “devoted” they are now (or ever were) but that does fit the demographic that supported him in the last campaign (plus conservatives who once again felt the need to plug their noses and cast a vote against Obama).

As for Meghan McCain, I have a hard time believing much of anyone cares what she has to say. This article is only worthwhile to the extent that it’s the sort of thing to make Team Romney squirm as they try to cast their candidate as an actual conservative.


51 posted on 03/17/2011 11:30:13 AM PDT by COgamer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am just awestruck by the level of vapidity inherent in the headline here.


52 posted on 03/17/2011 11:39:02 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Endorsed by Meghan McCain” There’s a slogan to build on.


53 posted on 03/17/2011 3:20:10 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Radioactive plume to hit USA. President Obama and family fly to Brazil)
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To: COgamer
Well, the article is referring to her father’s fanbase, not her own.

Not true. Look at the full paragraph I excerpted--the reference is clearly to Meghan McCain:she is the subject of the previous sentence, and the one I excerpted doesn't then say "And her father..." or "And Senator McCain..." So it's to Meghan.

54 posted on 03/18/2011 1:53:18 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

be careful what you wish for bump


55 posted on 10/09/2012 3:54:26 PM PDT by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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