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Krauthammer declares Romney ‘most conservative candidate who can win’ thus far
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Posted on 09/24/2011 12:28:33 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Krauthammer declares Romney ‘most conservative candidate who can win’ thus far Jeff Poor - The Daily Caller 1 hr 21 mins ago

Although we’re some 14 months out of the 2012 presidential election, knowing who will be facing President Barack Obama is still up in the air.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’a initial splash upon entering the field of Republican candidates garnered him a lot of attention and a bump in the polls, but some are saying that the luster has worn off. On this weekend’s broadcast of “Inside Washington,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, who admitted he wasn’t sold on Perry, seems to be leaning toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

“I think what has been said is correct — Romney is polished,” Krauthammer offered. “In the end, Republicans are going to have to decide whether they want authenticity or electability. And that is really where it is. I mean, it often is a choice. Democrats have had that in the past with Howard Dean and others. You often have to come down and say, ‘Which way are you going to go?’ Do you want the guy that you can rely on ideologically on everything or with the guy that might have a better chance of winning?”

And according to Krauthammer, Romney seems to have the edge when it comes to applying the so-called William Buckley rule.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: krauthammer4obama; krauthammer4romney; misogynists4mitt; mondale
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To: Sub-Driver
At this point in 2007 all the polling was saying it was going to be "Hillary vrs Giuliani"

It is pure idiocy for any one in the Junk Media to be proclaiming who "can and cannot" win 13 months before the election.

61 posted on 09/24/2011 2:39:24 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Bobbisox

Anything that puts a frown on the face of the establishment types puts a smile on mine.....


62 posted on 09/24/2011 2:41:00 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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FreeRepublic is becoming more and more polarized. It’s not enough that you agree 60% with someone, 70%, 80%, or even 90%. It’s now all or nothing.

So Dr. K likes Romney. Okay, one man’s opinion. Big deal. But, the outrage here by some is so childlike. Are you going to take your ball and go home now?

I’m 75% in agreement with Romney on the policies he’s brought forward. I’m 95% confident in his abilities. If he were the GOP nominee I’d vote for him. He’s far better than Obama, and that’s all that matters to me now.


63 posted on 09/24/2011 2:45:08 PM PDT by willgetsome
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To: comebacknewt
With all due respect I have no Idea why you thing Perry is any kind of an answer for the big real problems we have as a nation. Romney is not either they are both disasters waiting to happen. As far as spending goes we have a 31 billion deficit that we did not have when he came to office so thats NOT true. He would be no better than Bush when it comes to that. The TTC was did not go forward but he fought tooth and nail for it and its not really dead. Perry nor Romney are what we need. We need a real conservative like Palin. If she does not get in my number 2 choice would be Cain although I don't think he is ready but the great GOP is not giving us good choices like always.
64 posted on 09/24/2011 2:45:48 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Many pundits on our side and many in the Republican establishments are delusional regarding Romney electability. They are totally ignoring how successful Obama and the liberals are going to portray Romney as a ruthless and very rich Wall Street banker who made his fortune by selling and buying companies when he was CEO of Bain Capital and in the process many people who worked for these companies lost their jobs. They will successfully portray Romney as someone who cannot feel the pain of the regular folks because he is a super rich. America is not going to elect a very rich Wall Street Banker during this time of economic crisis when a majority of the country is very angry at Wall Street.


65 posted on 09/24/2011 2:48:13 PM PDT by jgge
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To: comebacknewt
Mitt clearly isn't it. If not Perry, then who?

Perry is Romney with a Texas accent. They are different faces of the same corrupt "politics as usual" Party Establishment coin.

66 posted on 09/24/2011 2:49:38 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Gene Eric

Krauthammer is a Harvard-trained secularist. He is not a social conservative. He beats around the bush, professing to respect social conservatives, but you can tell that he disdains them. He told social conservatives to “grow up” and support Giuliani for president in 2008.


67 posted on 09/24/2011 3:08:48 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: Allegra

Romney used to be liberal on just about everything in Massachusetts, not just his dreadful socialized medicine.

I say “used to be,” advisedly.


68 posted on 09/24/2011 3:10:37 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: johniegrad
ANYONE is better than Obama.

I do not agree.

I'd rather have an Obama with a Republican majority in Congress dedicated to seeing him fail, than a Romney with a Republican Congress following meekly along as he tries to make ObamaCare acceptable, and ends up cementing it in place.

If the choice is the fast route to hell, or the slow route to hell, I'll take the fast one as folks find it easier to see where we are heading, and are more willing to make a big change.

I won't vote for Romney in any circumstance.

69 posted on 09/24/2011 3:17:43 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: AlaskaErik

>> I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. <<

No problem. Just exercise your right to stay home — so as to help elect the GREATER of two evils.


70 posted on 09/24/2011 3:17:43 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Sub-Driver

Romney is about as conservative as Bill Clinton. The nation needs a real conservative and this time, it wants the real thing. No need to aim low.


71 posted on 09/24/2011 3:29:00 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: willgetsome
>> Dr. K likes Romney. <<

Well, up until now he has been distinctly and extremely negative on Romney. Now he thinks Romney is the “most conservative” who can win, because the facts on the ground are now different -- presumably because of Perry's poor debate performances.

As an objective matter, Dr. K's statement may be correct or incorrect. So then the factual accuracy of this opinion is where the debate should be — not whether Dr. K “likes” Romney, not whether he wrote speeches for Walter Mondale, not whether he's a neo-con, etc. etc.

So if anybody on this thread has solid evidence that Perry or some other candidate actually in the race would run better against Pres. Ø, then let's see it.

72 posted on 09/24/2011 3:35:03 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Baladas

>> FOX News is still trying to pump up Mittens? <<

Maybe so, but it seems to me that it’s not particularly germane to the matter under discussion since Kraut’s statement was not on a Fox show.


73 posted on 09/24/2011 3:37:36 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: EyeGuy
And David continued to pray to the blue fairy... she who smiled softly forever. She who welcomed forever. Eventually, the floodlights died... but David could still see her, palely, by day. And he still addressed her, in hope. He prayed until all the sea anemones had shriveled and died... as the ocean froze... and the ice encased the amphilbicopter and the Blue Fairy... locking them together where he could see her... a blue ghost in ice. Always there. Always smiling. Always awaiting him. Eventually, he never moved at all... but his eyes always stayed open... staring ahead forever all though the darkness of each night... and the next day... and the next day... Thus, 2000 years passed by.
74 posted on 09/24/2011 3:44:00 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Pay to Play Cabal Cafeteria now serving oatmeal muffins)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama’s a weak president who can be easily toppled. What’s ideologically making Kraut pretend otherwise?


75 posted on 09/24/2011 3:45:33 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

50% FOR and 50% AGAINST I guess. Sorry.


76 posted on 09/24/2011 4:02:23 PM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: PJ-Comix

Gross misread on your part.

Can’t help it if you are so embarrassingly and easily led around by the crisis-every-day timeline of the LeftMedia.

Conservatives are supposed to be smarter than that.


77 posted on 09/24/2011 4:28:36 PM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: Graybeard58
Charles "the hammer"..... phooey!!!!

Never, will I vote a Morman.....

78 posted on 09/24/2011 4:43:37 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: comebacknewt

Another major problem with Perry is crony capitalism. During his tenure Texas state government has selected business winners and losers just as much as the federal government.


79 posted on 09/24/2011 5:30:04 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Red in Blue PA
Chris Christie - great choice: pro-illegals, pro-Ground Zero Mosque, anti-second amendment, campaigned for Mike Castle. A real conservative. sarc.
80 posted on 09/24/2011 5:33:55 PM PDT by bwc2221
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