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Romney: A Mistake for McCain
Real Clear Politics ^ | 07/23/3008 | Dick Morris

Posted on 07/23/2008 5:33:00 PM PDT by JRochelle

You've probably heard the story about the tycoon who wanted to bring out a new kind of dog food.

He spent lavishly. He hired the best marketing person, the top PR firm, the best ad agency, the No. 1 packaging expert, the most powerful distributor -- but the sales were flat after six months.

He summoned his consultants to a meeting and asked why the food wasn't selling. "The dogs won't eat it," was the answer that came back.

And so it is with Mitt Romney. Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries, the dogs won't eat it. He lost Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and California. The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states; and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals couldn't spare the cash to advertise. Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.

And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries. Using his gigantic money advantage to dominate television, he seized early leads in virtually all of the primary states, only to lose them later on. And, when they started slipping away, he resorted to unfair, distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008rncconvention; 2008veep; dickmorris; election08; gopprimary; mccain; mccainlist; mccaintruthfile; rino; romney; toesucker
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To: JRochelle

Mark Sanford.


21 posted on 07/23/2008 5:45:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: JRochelle
"Pawlenty? He just doesn’t do it for me. He seems squishy and a mini rino."

He is.

22 posted on 07/23/2008 5:46:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: JRochelle

“Powell, Rice, Lieberman, Huckabee — but not Romney!”

What are you talking about, Dick? This is the “Condi vs. Hillary” election. You mean they aren’t going to be the nominees like you predicted in that book?

So, based on your most recent analysis, you think McCain should select Powell, Rice or Lieberman? Two liberals, and maybe even three. And Condi can’t even say aloud who she intends to vote for after praising Obama.

Based on Dick’s analysis, Romney seems far and away the strongest possible VP selection.


23 posted on 07/23/2008 5:48:26 PM PDT by Will88
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To: bmwcyle

i thought of that!

but i was too polite to say it.

i think.

i would say that.


24 posted on 07/23/2008 5:48:35 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: Nachum

I’ll take boring of smarmy and phony.


25 posted on 07/23/2008 5:48:51 PM PDT by JRochelle (Barak in Berlin "Ich bein ein beginner.")
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To: libbylu

That would be Monica Crowley...I’m with you both. I want Mitt. ;)


26 posted on 07/23/2008 5:49:00 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: yldstrk
McCain needs a Bob Barr or Newt Gingrich type on his ticket if he is going to win.

In other words, it's basically a lost cause.......

27 posted on 07/23/2008 5:50:01 PM PDT by SENTINEL (By their works shall ye know them.....)
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To: Will88

MITT MATCH
While Mitt Romney’s set of paid PR minions are busy pushing out Mitt for Vice President spin, McCain campaign insiders say that while it’s true they have polled Romney on the bottom of the ticket, the data confirms that such a move would be a political disaster for the party.

“Mitt tanks the ticket,” says a McCain insider. “We lose fiscal conservatives. We lose social conservatives. We lose Catholics. We lose evangelicals. All the groups were spending time and money on bringing into the camp would be lost. He just doesn’t help us enough to do something like this, as much as Mitt might think we should. He doesn’t even win us Massachusetts.”

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13563

(Like a broken clock, Dick’s right about Slick Willard)


28 posted on 07/23/2008 5:50:25 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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McCain is a mistake all by himself.
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29 posted on 07/23/2008 5:51:54 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Vigilanteman
McCain: A Mistake for the Republican Party.

Any real Republican or conservative with a hope of a career in politics should stay away from the VP slot this time around.
There is going to be a bloody massacre in November and the smart thing to do is be as far away from it as possible.

30 posted on 07/23/2008 5:53:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: JRochelle

I heard Morris predict on BOR tonight that his prediction for VP is Tom Ridge. I hope not. Ridge is a bore.

Outside of Romney, I like John Thune and Pawlenty.


31 posted on 07/23/2008 5:54:55 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Iron Munro
And for that reason, I think that Romney -- who is willing to be on the ticket -- is a wsie choice.

I am very conservative and I would support Romney in either slot -- over whomever the Dems run.

32 posted on 07/23/2008 5:56:00 PM PDT by PackerBoy (Just my opinion ....)
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To: Nachum

H. Clinton. If she will take it. Mark my words.


33 posted on 07/23/2008 5:56:25 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Bobkk47

I am not sure Tommy Boy would help all that much even in PA.


34 posted on 07/23/2008 5:57:00 PM PDT by PackerBoy (Just my opinion ....)
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To: Bobkk47
Calm dawn.

If Dick Morris says one thing, the complete opposite will happen.

35 posted on 07/23/2008 5:57:28 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: Will88
dicky morris sucks whores toes... and pays money to do it.

I give a fat rat's ass what this fat pig says.

If he were in range, I'd probably do something really stupid.

36 posted on 07/23/2008 5:57:47 PM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Bobkk47
Bill Kristol and Jeff Birnbaum predicted Ridge last night on The Panel. I wept.
37 posted on 07/23/2008 5:58:27 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Bobkk47

Once again Dick shows us how dumb he is.

McCain has already said how he would pick someone who is pro life.

Ridge is pro abortion.

End of story.

If McCain picks Ridge, I won’t cast a vote for McCain.


38 posted on 07/23/2008 5:58:44 PM PDT by JRochelle (Barak in Berlin "Ich bein ein beginner.")
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To: JRochelle
TOE-SUCKER SPEAKS!
39 posted on 07/23/2008 6:00:17 PM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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GOP - Forget 'em all!

GOP needs a *real* Conservative Rock Star! / per Michael Reagan - Feb? 2008

Radio Host Jason Lewis is the conservative Rock Star!   Let's let all the hot-shots with their vast govt. experience be the advisors, I want the hot-shot *Conservative Communicators* with character ON The Ticket!

My suggestions: GOP Primary 2008: Need Fresh Faces & New Talent = Gregg Cunningham / Jason Lewis
Post #19 (other thread)

 

Gregg Cunningham
Conservative Republican
Gregg's civilian & military bio
 
 


Jason Lewis

Leading Conservative Spokesman
Radio Talk Show Host
100.3 FM KTLK News Talk, Twin Cities, MN
Jason Lewis Bio
 

40 posted on 07/23/2008 6:01:40 PM PDT by Golden Gate
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