[padre35]

IMO, Mitt lost because Conservatives did not realize just how this cycle was going to turn out, we sort of thought Fred could win, maybe...kind of...when Fred didn’t win in SC, we were taken aback, then McCain won FL and we got serious, but it was too late by then.

Mitt spent piles of his own money and showed alot more heart then I thought he had, but time caught him.

As well as Huck splitting the vote, we were facing a stacked deck this time around, Huck ran flack for McCain, and McCain has such name recognition that he started with a huge advantage.

Bottom line though, we were sleeping this time around.

[Appleby]

Mike Huckabee described Romney succinctly: He looks like the guy that just laid you off, that blank, smiling, *sorry* guy who is already thinking of his three martini lunch as he shakes your hand and gives you ten minutes to clean out your desk. He looks as if his response to 9/11 would be to pick up a phone and dictate a memo to his *girl*.

Once I worked for a man like him. When our office was being evacuated due to a bomb threat on the floor below, my boss insisted that I remain at my desk and type his dictation, until the Managing Partner overruled him and hustled us both out of the building. Down on the ground my boss harassed the police with demands that his *girl* be alloweed back into the building to type his dictation until they threatened him with jail.

That is why I believe Romney lost: because his response in an emergency would be to force someone else to do research until the threat goes away.

[Rameumptom]

>>>But he never fully understood that the voters were looking for some spark in a candidate that connects him to them.

Apparently the "spark" this go round is being unabashedly liberal and stabbing conservatives in the back. Romney has the misfortune of converting to conservatism at the wrong time. Well, on a few issues he converted, the rest he was already conservative on, but the DNC and daily Boston Globe hit pieces were obviously effective) The conservatives went down one by one, Tancredo, Hunter, Thompson, and finally Romney. Even 75% of FR supported him the day before super Tuesday.

[kittymyrib]

A good rule for the GOP would be that if you are a politician from a state that has not voted Republican in at least two of the last four presidential elections, you are disqualified from running as a presidential candidate. If you can’t help deliver your own state, your chances of running well nationwide are too slim.

[trenton1776]

There’s another reason not to vote for McCain. He based his career on picking battles with conservatives knowing he’d get fawning press and the love of those who hate “bickering” in Washington.

A victory by him will send the message to other members of the party that the way to win is to backstab like McCain. It’ll show that enough conservatives will go along “for the good of the party” regardless of what you do to them.

If McCain wins expect to see his way of operating become the norm for Republicans because it will, in fact, be the path to victory.

[airborne]

Everyone was sitting on their hands waiting for Fred.

Fred never really showed up.

Here’s Obama’s theme song. It will take him straight to the White House.

---

‘Cult Of Personality’

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality

[TexasCajun]

Many of us are Disenfranchised Primary Voters who have not even cast a vote yet!!!

[Jim Robinson]

"When Romney tried to present himself as the most conservative of conservative candidates — remember when he said, playing on Paul Wellstone’s old line, that he represented “the Republican wing of the Republican party”? — a lot of conservatives in Iowa and South Carolina and beyond didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him in the fall of 2002 — not that long ago, during a debate in his run for Massachusetts governor — vowing to “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose” five times in a relatively brief period of time, they didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him almost indignantly saying that “I wasn’t a Ronald Reagan conservative” and “Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush; I am not trying to return to Reagan/Bush” — they didn’t quite know what to think. And when they read the letter he wrote saying he would “seek to establish full equality for America’s gay and lesbian citizens” even more than Ted Kennedy, they didn’t quite know what to think."

A Massachusetts liberal with his record readily available on video can hardly pass himself off as a conservative. His candidacy was like Rudy's: DOA.

Of course, McCain's should be DOA too. Probably will be in the general.

[IrishMike]

Mitt’s failure can be seen as follows
1. A MSM success
2. A GOP/ Conservative leadership failure

[bigcat32]

Here’s why Romney lost:

Christian Conservatives don’t vote for Mormons. The Christian Conservative vote went to The Huckster.

[glorgau]

It was about that ineffable something that voters look for in candidates.

Authenticity?

[dmw]

“Why Romney Failed”

Simple. RINO.

[Tennessee Nana]

‘Nough said...

[RaceBannon]

When Romney tried to present himself as the most conservative of conservative candidates — remember when he said, playing on Paul Wellstone’s old line, that he represented “the Republican wing of the Republican party”? — a lot of conservatives in Iowa and South Carolina and beyond didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him in the fall of 2002 — not that long ago, during a debate in his run for Massachusetts governor — vowing to “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose” five times in a relatively brief period of time, they didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him almost indignantly saying that “I wasn’t a Ronald Reagan conservative” and “Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush; I am not trying to return to Reagan/Bush” — they didn’t quite know what to think. And when they read the letter he wrote saying he would “seek to establish full equality for America’s gay and lesbian citizens” even more than Ted Kennedy, they didn’t quite know what to think.

and at what point will Freepers realize this is why those of us from New England knew the emperor had no clothes?

[sauropod]

Romney failed b/c he came across as a newly minted conservative. His public persona also is one of a cross between Max Headroom and Joe Isuzu.

No thanks.

[CharacterCounts]

Why Romney failed.

It's difficult to understand since his conservative credentials go all the way back to August!

[xzins]

Excellent read about romney ....I recommend it.

[Biblebelter]

He was a former Governor of the most liberal state in the union. A state which has produced more politicians distrusted by conservatives that any state that I can think of . Because of that Romney had a lot of explaining to do, and he had to spend too much time on defensive. Jorge Bush, the son of a wealthy politically wired family just like Romney came out of the state of Texas, which has been a very red state lately. Romney was probably a better candidate than Bush, but in politics geography is sometimes everything. Bush’s geography allowed him to burst on the scene with a positive and offensive message and he rarely had to play defense. With Romney, more times than not he was on the defense. In many ways, Romney is an attractive candidate and for my money “looked” as Presidential as anyone in the race. McCain gets to play the conservative in great part because he is from Arizona. Does anyone believe that McCain could not get elected in Massachusetts? If so they are probably the same people who would deny that McCain was not playing footsies with the Democrats and Puff Daschle. The reason McCain is not a Democrat today is not because of his principles or his loyalty but simply because Jeffords trumped him by acting first.

[ILS21R]

Romney was the only candidate that had a chance against the dark side and he failed because the MSM needed him to fail.

Now I have to hold my nose and vote for McCain. Why? Because I love my country and realize that the alternative is much worse.

[madprof98]

When they saw video of him in the fall of 2002 — not that long ago, during a debate in his run for Massachusetts governor — vowing to “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose” five times in a relatively brief period of time, they didn’t quite know what to think.

I knew what to think, all right. I thought Mitt was the kind of lying skunk who would say anything whatsoever to get himself into office, and I refused to vote for him under any circumstances.