[Blackirish]

Sammon is jumping the gun a little but the next POTUS wull be Romney...Rudy...or McCaine.

[Panerai]

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[Courdeleon02]

I think Romney is looking better every day.More conservative than Guiliani or McCain.He is articulate a good manager and makes a great appearance. I think more and more we should be considering Mitt Romney as one of our leading candidates. I think he can win.

[dawn53]

Romney made some points when he refused to have his state pay for security for Khatami.

[Jim Noble]

I live in the Crawford, Texas of the Romney administration :-(

We run into Mitt around town quite a bit.

Does this mean Cindy Sheehan is moving here, too?

[Gay State Conservative]

I can't think of a single state that went blue in '04 that Romney could carry (including Massachusetts).I can think of at least a few that went red in '04 that he might fail to carry in '08,AR and TN,for example.

[cripplecreek]

I guess I can still vote in senate and house races.

[mo]

This is why he will not be......

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/04/05/ap2650336.html

[MikeA]

The rest of the article can be accessed here. The above is apparently an excerpt:

http://www.examiner.com/printa-277076~Meet_the_next_president:_Mitt_Romney.html

[CBart95]

Nice to see you have revived from your coma.

However none of the folks you named have even a glimmer of hope for the job. As admirable as the former Mayor is, and as reprehensible as McCain is, or even as empty as Romney's suit is...none of them will get the nod.

Give the average American voter more credit for common sense. We are electing a President here...not a pig in a poke.

[Pukin Dog]

One thing we already know about Romney is that he is by far the best manager in the current field, short of Cheney. He is also the most Presidential 'looking' candidate. Being a Governor doesn't hurt, and I don't think the Morman stuff will be a big deal, as Libs wont vote for him anyway.

But I think the heading is correct, Romney will be next.

[Rutles4Ever]

This is going to be a very large obstacle:

http://www.lifenews.com/state1315.html

Massachusetts Gov. Romney Won't Issue Morning After Pill Exemption

December 8, 2005
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reversed himself on whether he will issue an exemption for Catholic and private hospitals that don't want to be forced to distribute the morning after pill to rape victims.

The state legislature approved a bill backed by abortion advocates mandating that all state hospitals must make the Plan B drugs, which sometimes cause an abortion, available to women who have been raped.

Catholic and other religious and private hospitals that have moral beliefs against the drug, objected.

Romney on Wednesday indicated the state health department would issue an exemption to such hospitals because state law also mandates that they can't be forced to perform abortions or distribute contraception.

But Romney said Thursday that his legal advisors reviewed the matter after his idea came under attack from lawmakers and pro-abortion groups. He said is legal counsel told him the new law supersedes the old one.

"On that basis I have instructed the Department of Public Health to follow the conclusion of my own legal counsel and to adopt that sounder view," Romney said, according to an AP report.

The new law will go into effect on December 14 and Attorney General Tom Reilly, a Democrat who is running for governor next year, said he would make sure it's strongly enforced against all hospitals.

Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom previously said the governor supports exempting Catholic and private hospitals because it "respects the views of health care facilities that are guided by moral principles on this issue."

Seven other states that have laws forcing hospitals to dispense the Plan B drugs do not have exemptions for religious facilities.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>Sammon is jumping the gun a little but the next POTUS wull be Romney...Rudy...or McCaine.

I think you're jumping the gun. First you jumped on the Giuliani bandwagon. Then you added McCain to the mix. Now its a threesome of Romney, McCain and Giuliani.

Sure wish you make up your mind.

Frankly, its way to early yo start picking sides. Promoting a liberal like Giuliani on the internets premier conservative website, which you've been doing now for the last two months or so, isn't very smart on your part and raises questions of your conservatism. There is some 15 months till the GOP primary season starts and over two years till the general election takes place.

Social conservatives don't support pro-abortion candidates and pro-gun control candidates like Giuliani. Most cosnervatives don't support special rights for homos and illegals either. I suggest you rethink your politics and stop supporting the liberal Giuliani for the office of POTUS. Backing a liberal candidate does nothing to advance conservatism, and only pushes the GOP further to the left. A Giuliani nominee could fracture the GOP for many years to come.

Btw, Mitt Romney is worth serious consideration.

[ameribbean expat]

romney's candidacy is DOA. the mormon thing hurts (moron with an "m"), but even worse his family gave this country the amc pacer.

[#1CTYankee]

As Al would say

"I don't think so Tim."

[Lancey Howard]

LOL, sure.... somebody from Massachusetts will carry the South.

[Vision]

Like it or not, Newt is the candidate.

I don't want to argue about it, just wait and see.

[jdm]

Nice satire. Best LOL I've had in a while.

[BnBlFlag]

"..........The next President will be Romney......."
I don't think so.

[burzum]

I think people in this discussion are going to have to realize that there is no perfect candidate. It would be better to have a candidate that you disagree on with a couple of issues get elected than for Al Gore or Hillary to become President.

Personally, I think Newt would be the best conservative candidate. But I don't think he is electable. So I have to defer to Mitt Romney or Rudy. Both of them are electable though I disagree with them on several issues. But if we can get a campaign promise from them to only appoint strict constructionist judges like CJ Roberts and AJ Ailito, then I can live with them. Newt should be VP though.

[MarkT]

I used to do a modest amount of drugs in the 60's and early 70's, but I've outgrown it. You should, also.