Posted on 01/17/2008 5:27:36 AM PST by tortdog
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who won the primary in Michigan on Tuesday, faces a far tougher challenge this weekend, at Saturday's primary in South Carolina. The former Massachusetts governor is among the candidates turning their attention to the Palmetto State, where the GOP race is wide open.
He is stressing a message of economic optimism.
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Romney does not duck, answers the challenge convincingly, and persuaded me that he is the best man to lead America through the economic challenges for the next four years. Excellent interview. A must hear.
I think if there’s one lesson from both parties’ primaries/caucuses so far, it’s that nobody who wins gets momentum for the next contest.
Romney is a fraud.
I think Romney has a very long road ahead of him. Being in Texas, my vote might actually count this year. I still have serious reservations due to the anti-Mormon vote out there. Not sure a Mormon can win a national election.
I fail to see how you can listen to that interview and state that.
Breaking News???
Breaking News?
Maybe I don’t understand what that topic is for. Since this was released just last night, I thought so. My apologies if I err.
If he's a Mormon like he's a conservative he should be okay.
Why is Fred Thompson truly not doing better in the polls in South Carolina?
I don’t need to listen to it. I already listened to Romney’s never ending series of ridiculous, shameless flip-flops the past two or three years. That was plenty.
Two words: Media Manipulation.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Romney has enough cash to go negative against McCain effectively and I don’t think he can count on the others to do it. I’m all for it because it’s the right thing to do, it helps my guy, Thompson, as well as Romney, hurts RINO McCain, and from Romney’s perspective keeps the McCain delegate count down.
And Romney will not win South Carolina (which the author of this piece almost certainly knows). Romney doesn't think he'll win South Carolina. So I'm not sure of the point of the piece other than someone had a blank space in the newspaper and they gave someone else a deadline to fill it.
Who do want to see come out of the primary for the Republicans, Thompson?
If so, who is your second (more realistic) choice?
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
There’s a lot of competition. Every candidate has a core group.
McCain = veterans, military
Huck = Christian evangelicals
Romney = businessmen, professionals
I am not sure what is Fred’s core group, so I’ll accept whatever you say it is.
liberal media starting to promote Romney as he would get crushed in national election.
Thompson gained two points today in the Rueters/Zogby poll, which is good movement. Continued movement by Saturday could yield him a second place since Huckabee is also losing. Let’s hope the polling is as screwed up as it was in New Hampshire and McCain’s lead is bogus.
Two words: Media Manipulation
They love Fred since the debate. He is on every show, everyday, practically every hour. He is getting max air time which should help him in South Carolina. If he loses, he can’t blame media this time. They are helping him out big time. He has been on every talk show there is.
I read Ann Coulter’s new article this morning. She’s coming out in favor of Romney. Go figure.
Check out this thread. FRed08 is whooping the others in web traffic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953779/posts
She knows a winner when she sees one.
He will beat Hillary.
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
I think that Romney is in South Carolina because:
(i) he will win Nevada (more delegates than SC by far but not the media exposure for the GOP);
(ii) he wants to have a decent showing in SC since it will give him delegates and prevents suggestions that Michigan was a fluke; and
(iii) its proximity to Florida.
I don’t think that you listened to the interview or read the article. NPR was attacking Romney on several fronts.
Romney 1 - NPR 0
Sure, even if you don’t count NV, even if McCain took all 24 delegates in SC, which is highly unlikely, Romney will still lead McCain. If Huck took all 24 delegates, then I think Huck will lead Mitt by several delegates. Thank goodness, McCain and Huck, and hopefully Mitt, will dilute the delegates awarded on Saturday. So most likely, even if Mitt doesn’t win delegates, if both Huck and McCain do well, Mitt will still lead in delegates. Counting NV, which Mitt could win big, Mitt will again have the substantial lead in delegates. So most likely, Mitt will have a substantial lead in delegates going into FL. The key was that Mitt was the only candidate who achieved a top 2 spot in the first 4 contests.
I think you're right on all those. I don't think it's bad for him to be in South Carolina, I just think the article is a straw man (not intended to help Romney). "Well, he was looking for momentum, but he came in 3rd." When in reality 3rd wouldn't be a bad finish for him in South Carolina.
Mitt has mormentum.
The huge military vote will give the state to McCain. Romney doesn’t expect to do well in SC. Evangelicals there are just like my pastor who rails against Mormons. Makes me want to change churches.
” I still have serious reservations due to the anti-Mormon vote out there.”
And the anti-liberal vote out there as well.
Who do you want to win the Presidency in 2008? If Romney, who is your second (more realistic) choice?
Dang, this is funner than I thought!
Nice to hear your view on that. I’ve often wondered about churches that rail on other faiths how they are doing such a great job that they do not need to concentrate on their own flock as opposed to attacking the flock next door.
The Left said the same thing about Reagan, and the current President Bush.
Romney might not be your choice, but he’s not a ‘fraud’.
Where I come from, they're called conservatives.
If Fred can't muster a very strong showing in SC, it can't be blamed on anything but his own image/shortcomings as a candidate. He says all the right things, but he must be able to draw votes.
McCain = veterans, military
Huck = Christian evangelicals
Romney = businessmen, professionals
I am not sure what is Fred’s core group, so I’ll accept whatever you say it is.
Romney is the best suited to bring those divergent groups together in the end.
Its what businessmen do to get things done,.
‘I read Ann Coulter’s new article this morning. She’s coming out in favor of Romney. Go figure’
Its not surprising. He’s the front runner, has the cash.
I think that Romney is in South Carolina because:
(i) he will win Nevada (more delegates than SC by far but not the media exposure for the GOP);
(ii) he wants to have a decent showing in SC since it will give him delegates and prevents suggestions that Michigan was a fluke; and
(iii) its proximity to Florida.
Exactly. He finishes third in SC or better, its a win under the circumstances, and if he wins Nevada, he has a commanding lead in the delegate count.
I am from SC. Thompson is doing poorly in the polls mainly b/c he is seemingly sluggish and he got started too late. On top of that, his comments about him not taking his election bid seriously have hurt him. People in SC are warming to Romney quickly.
And he's a WINNER. In time they shall all see the light.
‘The huge military vote will give the state to McCain.’
That theory was disproved in 2000, and I strongly suspect it will happen again this time around.
Retired military like tax cuts. McCain voted against them. Retired military like secure borders (obviously) McCain voted against THAT as well, and whats worse offered Amnesty to those that broke into our country - another thing military types take a dim view on.
McCain has a ‘base’ made up of the MSM, Dems that like to play games in GOP primaries, and those weak minded folks that can’t choose between either party til sixty seconds before they begin punching holes in ballots.
Thats it.
Yep.
Romney/Thompson would be a tough ticket for the Dems to beat, no matter who is on their ticket.
No way Romney wins in SC. IF Romney does win, then this race is over.
But it won’t happen.
Investments, Liberal Speak
To pay for these investments, Romney says he will "dramatically" reduce the amount of discretionary nonmilitary funds.
In June 2007 he says, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/16/romney-increase-the-size-of-military/ June 16, 2007 Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday that if he's elected, he wants "to carry the big stick" by increasing the size of the nation's military. The former Massachusetts governor said his plans include boosting the size of the military by at least 100,000 troops and increasing the military budget.
So which is it Mitt?
Ann Coulter's column was a real eye opener, but I'm still pulling for Fred in SC because I'd like to see the McCain-Huckabee tag team out of the race more than anything.
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