Posted on 02/19/2010 4:52:41 PM PST by Al B.
Mitt Romney got a rousing reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference. And why not? He was introduced by the new conservative hero, Scott Brown, the Massachusetts senator whose election Romney played an important role in bringing about.
And I am starting to think that Sarah Palin is Mitt Romney's other best friend. First, compared with Palin, Romney is a plausible president. Many conservatives won't say that publicly for fear of alienating Palin or her followers, but they believe it. Suddenly, Romney's looking like a bit -- or more than a bit -- of a technocrat becomes an asset to him.
Second, Romney is a kind of front-runner for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, and Palin's huge presence in the media blocks out alternatives to Romney (notably Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who appeared at CPAC today). The media don't have much time or room for a long list of GOP candidates, and the media obsession with Palin leaves space for only one other candidate. Romney has the best claim on that spot.
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Ohhhh, I hate RINOs so much.
Oh, yes. E.J. certainly only wants what’s best for the Republican Party.
This thread is a duplicate of one posted 3 minutes earlier.
Because the poster of the one 3 minutes earlier made up his own title.
What good does a title search do?
Yep, I did a title search. Not good enough, I guess. :)
LOLOLOL @ the Wah-Poh, tooooo funny; did Meg Whitman move out of California and become a copy editor in Washington, D.C.???
Yeah, E. J. talked to all of his many conservative friends and they clued him in to what they really think. You betcha.
LOL
Gov. Palin has got to be laughing at all this while up in Alaska helping her husband get ready for the snowmachine race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
Hey EJ, you moron. Scott Brown is NO cosnervative and neither is Willard. NO conservative in their right mind would support either one of these scumbags!
Sarah is running interference for Romney? E J is smoking what?
The media don’t have much time or room for a long list of GOP candidates, and the media obsession with Palin leaves space for only one other candidate. Romney has the best claim on that spot.
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They not only tell us who is the front leader but also how many Republican candidates they “have time and room for”.
Such hubris.
Is Mitt the man on a White Horse that can save the republic? Has he really converted to Conservative? If he has OK, if its all a fraud we need to find out and kick him off the tea party bandwagon. Don’t look at his past but all he has or hasn’t done this year. No more RINOs need apply.
He’s a conservative. No, he’s a liberal. No, he’s a moderate. My conclusion is that he is nothing and wouldn’t get my vote no matter what words came out of his mouth.
It would be understandable if he was a liberal when young and then saw the light and was consistently conservative thereafter. He changes with the weather always trying to give people the answer they want to hear. He is a politician of the political class.
All the people at CPAC are peddling their conservatism. See how conservative I am! Look,I’m against Obama. I’m more conservative than so and so. Have these people governed? How did they govern? Did they create new social entitlements like Romneycare? Did they ever balance a budget? Do they live their values if they have any?
We don’t need a sideshow to select candidates. We need to get serious and cut through the BS.
America will NEVER forget what Mitt RomneyCARE and the MSM did.
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser I am Myth Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided
to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off
.hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"
Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker - UPDATED"
Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
So Romney is now the MSM’s favorite Repub. Before the last election it was McCain, they had chosen as the one, on the Repub side.
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