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David Brooks: Romney is the only 'plausible' candidate [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 10/23/2011 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 10/23/2011 1:40:25 PM PDT by martosko

Despite Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain's precipitous rise in the polls, New York Times columnist David Brooks seems to think that the Republican presidential nomination is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s to lose.

“It’s not a primary process. In the primary process you have several candidates and they go after each other. We don't have that. We have one plausible candidate and a bunch of other guys who are prepping him for the Obama onslaught. So, basically they attack him.”

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: brooks4deathpanels; brooks4ineligible; brooks4rino; brooks4romneycare; davidbrooks; gopprimary; meetthepress; mittromney

1 posted on 10/23/2011 1:40:40 PM PDT by martosko
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To: martosko

Brooks? As if anyone cares. Does this yo-yo ever go west of Amsterdam Avenue?


2 posted on 10/23/2011 1:49:37 PM PDT by SAJ (What is the next tagline some overweening mod will censor?)
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To: martosko

Excellent! Romney needed that like another hole in the head. Several moderates I know hate that Brooks calls himself a Republican.


3 posted on 10/23/2011 1:50:55 PM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: martosko

But what do Kathleen Parker, Chris Buckley and Peggy Noonan think?


4 posted on 10/23/2011 1:52:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: martosko
"David Brooks: Romney is the only 'plausible' candidate"

Well then, that settles it.

5 posted on 10/23/2011 1:55:20 PM PDT by garjog
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To: martosko

I thought “plausible” means believable.


6 posted on 10/23/2011 1:57:26 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: garjog

“David Brooks: Romney is the only ‘plausible’ candidate”

Well then, that settles it.

Yes, if Brooks says Romney, that means it cannot be Romney.


7 posted on 10/23/2011 2:04:26 PM PDT by JewishRighter ( Multiculturalism is killing us.)
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To: SAJ

You got that right. Total Manhattan wannabee.


8 posted on 10/23/2011 2:10:16 PM PDT by AdaGray
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To: martosko

David Brooks sold his soul to the Satanists decades ago. Who cares what these communists/atheists think, including their anointed Mitt. They only want the destruction of our free republic and another puppet in there for Soros and the muslim brotherhood to manipulate.


9 posted on 10/23/2011 2:23:44 PM PDT by savagesusie
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To: martosko
I've been pissed off at Newt for fifteen years, but I'd happily take even him over Myth.
10 posted on 10/23/2011 2:39:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: martosko

Only the New York Times and Mitt Romney really believe that David Brooks is conservative.


11 posted on 10/23/2011 2:56:02 PM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Obama - No matter how thin he slices it, it's still baloney.)
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To: martosko

Further evidence that Romney can’t win.


12 posted on 10/23/2011 2:56:12 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: martosko

If David Brooks supports you, you’re nowhere near being conservative.


13 posted on 10/23/2011 2:57:00 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: martosko

If Romney is the only plausible one left, then I say “THANKS A LOT FOR NUTHIN, MRS. DANIELS!”


14 posted on 10/23/2011 3:14:18 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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Despite Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain's precipitous rise in the polls...

"Precipitous". Interesting word choice. "Dangerously steep". Dangerous to who? Perhaps dangerous to the MSM and DC insider crowd.

15 posted on 10/23/2011 3:36:14 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (I'm an AmeriCain!)
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Looks like they are hoping for Mitt with one of the conservatives as VP to placate the right wing.

But, we did that last time and it didn’t turn out well.


16 posted on 10/23/2011 4:15:02 PM PDT by garjog
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