For those who think Mitt Romney will be our next president, forget about it because "President Romney" is just not going to happen. Either Romney will lose the nomination or he'll lose to Obama in November. Choose your poison accordingly.
Mitt Romney just does not have a very good track record in elections and Obama, with his billion dollars, will blow him out in a general . For you must all realize that even if Mitt was a conservative we could back, he is a pushover, a milquetoast, who has only won ONE election in his political career. And even that victory was a unimpressive 5-point win in the Massachusetts 2002 gubernatorial election against one of the biggest lightweights the Democrats ever ran in a statewide election (Shannon O'Brien). How much of a lightweight was Shannon O'Brien? Well, despite being a lifelong Massachusetts resident, I had to Google Mitt Romney's Wikipedia article yesterday to get her name because I had forgotten all about her.
So Mitt Romney's only political victory ever was against a no-name political hack that nobody outside of Beacon Hill would even recognize in a line-up.
Once Romney got in the governor's chair, he was so apparently disinterested in the job that not only did he not run for re-election, but he didn't even bother grooming a replacement for him so that when the 2006 elections occurred, the people of Massachusetts were saddled with Obama-clone Deval Patrick, who is shaping up to be the most incompetent governor in our history - and this includes even Mike Dukakis.
Romney apparently only used the governorship to impose mandatory health care on us, an initiative that he hoped he could use as a springboard for his 2008 presidential run, before it all went up in flames.
If you still aren't convinced that Mitt Romney does not have what it takes to win a national election, consider that in 1994, which, remember, was a big Republican year, Romney was trounced by Ted Kennedy in a senate bid. Now Ted Kennedy was very beatable that year but Romney ran a listless, lackluster campaign and got buried accordingly. And some Republicans still think they want this guy to be their standard-bearer against Obama in 2012?
Trust me, if Romney gets this nomination, the only thing Romney will need to work on next summer is his concession speech - which is something, I might add, that he has more than a little experience with.
If Romney gets this nomination, he will go down in history with John McCain and Bob Dole as just another gracious loser - a nice guy running an uninspiring campaign while the liberal Democrats kick his butt from Maine to California. A Mitt Romney nomination will be a disaster for the Republicans, which is why the mainstream media is giving him the kid glove treatment while all the other candidates get anal exams. The Democrats love Mitt Romney almost as much as they loved John McCain.
You are wrong.
Disagree.
That is what Gingrich will be if he gets the nomination, but Gingrich doesn't have a prayer of beating Obama because he won't be able to get the women's vote like Romney can.
And it is WOMEN who will determine who the next President is this November.
If Gingrich gets the nod, he won't get the support that you think he will.
And if Romney loses to Obama, I suspect it will be considerably due to the fact that Protestants across America would rather stay home and allow a Kenyan Stalinist to stay in the White House before allowing a Mormon in.
Just my .02 USD.
And not one mention of who your pick is?
You are 100% correct. Obama has hoped to run against Mitt for 4 years now. He’s the McCain of 2012. They started the whole 1% campaign in preparation for their 2012 campaign, painting Romney as the defender of the 1%. Simple fact that sadly many freepers are ignorant enough to deny.
Romney can win, but so can most anyone in this environment. Too many on the right think Obama is some sort of challenge to beat. He is easy to beat with his record. Our side has won 90+ percent of elections in the past 3 years running against the Obama agenda. He is formidable, but very beatable. Many here fall for the propaganda of the left. Why are Nelson and so many Dems running for retirement? They are going to be in the minority for at least 2-4 more years, and the White House is unlikely to survive in anti-incumbent era where their footprints are all over the highest unemployment, lowest growth, and lowest consumer sentiment in modern history.
Interesting point, Sam...off the top of my head, hasn't Mitt won FEWER elections than every other GOP presidential candidate? (Not sure about Governor Huntsman.)
If I am wrong; feel free to set me straight.
I agree with you entire post, especially this part:
“A Mitt Romney nomination will be a disaster for the Republicans, which is why the mainstream media is giving him the kid glove treatment while all the other candidates get anal exams. The Democrats love Mitt Romney almost as much as they loved John McCain.”
When you realize that the average-uninformed-legal-to-vote-American-public DOES NOT CARE about politics, and DOES NOT FOLLOW THE ISSUES, we will stop deluding ourselves into supporting an issues oriented candidate. It won’t work. And the nonsense of believing otherwise will return Obama right back to the White House. Depressing, yes. But it’s reality in this culture.