Safe + Moderate not equal to Electable - Low-beta isn’t always better.
The problem with election Mitt is that you get the good old boy status quo. Nothing will change. We need a bomb thrower such as Newt to change things in Washington. GO NEWT!
During the convention, the possibility of choosing former president Gerald Ford as the vice-presidential nominee was given at least some consideration. Ford asked for certain powers and prerogatives that has been described as making Ford a co-president. This included the return of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and the appointment of Alan Greenspan as Secretary of the Treasury in a “package deal”. The two sides could not come to an agreement, and ultimately George Bush was chosen less than 24 hours before the ticket was announced. [1]
The Reagan-Bush ticket went on to win the 1980 presidential election by a landslide victory.
Goerge Romney was a part of this BS too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Republican_National_Convention
And still, the GOP lets cross-over democrats select their candidate...
"Since 1896, only Republicans who have campaigned on a pro-growth platform have been elected. Mitt Romney, instead of being the most electable, is firmly in the tradition of Thomas Dewey, Jerry Ford, Bob Dole, and John McCain. His timid, scared proposals do not offer the promise of booming economic growth that Reagan's bold reforms delivered."
Yep- that about perfectly sums it up. If we have a nominee that truly understands this- we will likely win in a landslide. If we don't, we will lose.
Good article, thanks for posting!
The dims have to be rolling in the aisles with laughter at the fratricide going on.
If we are interested in beating obummer in November then we all need to quit having our little tantrums and focus on the objective.
FWIW I don't care who the candidate is as long as the winner isn't obummer.
If Romney gets in, I am voting for Gary Johnson.
Far worse than Bush Sr.
so we will end up with Ron Paul?
As if he is electable??
Bump to the top!