Posted on 07/05/2012 8:07:24 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney is planning to fortify his communications and messaging team by adding seasoned operatives, advisers close to the campaign said Thursday, after withering criticism from prominent conservative voices that his insular team has fumbled recent opportunities.
Romney’s advisers insisted that he would keep his inner circle intact amid growing concerns about the Republican presidential candidate and his campaign. The tempest began with a weekend tweet from media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and burst Thursday onto the pages of his newspaper the Wall Street Journal, as its conservative editorial board opined that Romney’s advisers were “slowly squandering an historic opportunity” to beat President Obama.
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There are no plans, however, to alter Romney’s core team of advisers, most of whom have worked for the former Massachusetts governor for years, and campaign officials said it was highly unlikely that Romney would demote or fire any of his senior staffers.
“I don’t sense any panic. I don’t sense that any heads are going to roll,” said Tom Rath, a longtime senior adviser to Romney. “The idea that this guy at this point having gone through what he’s gone through is going to somehow scramble the eggs on the team — they don’t know Mitt Romney.”
“The idea that somebody other than Beth Myers, Eric Fehrnstrom, Matt Rhoades, Stuart Stevens and Peter Flaherty are going to call the shots, it’s just plain wrong,” Rath said, ticking through Romney’s closest advisers, including Rhoades, the campaign manager, and Stevens, the chief strategist.
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And who chose Mitt? Mostly republican voters! So your beef should be directed at the voters who did not choose a more conservative candidate. I can assure you Mitt would have lost badly if only posters on FR could determine the nominee.
Now that you have concluded Mitt is a lousy candidate, what do you propose to do? Re-elect the radical socialist from Chicago?
Next time, conservatives should not allow the vote to be split among several conservatives, thereby allowing the sole RINO to win.
I will try not to upchuck when pulling that Republican lever for Romney.
Then again....
I have been harping that thought since last November 2011.
But how do you get the big ego’s to surrender to another candidate who is just as good a conservative as themselves?
Mitt & Rick fought each other to the bloody end.
‘We’re talking about keeping our pants zipped and our wicks dry around here.’
—The Right Stuff
When the Powers That Be start to complain,
Then the delegates in Tampa must abstain.
[On the first ballot, that is.]
Meanwhile, a Spanish-speaking two term Southern Republican Governor looks on...
‘Wait...Watch...and LEARN!’
—George HW Bush
‘You Betcha!’
Sarah Palin
‘God help me I love it so.’
—Wall Street
I can’t remember a modern major campaign where heads didn’t roll - very often very high up heads.
Reagan’s first race and W. Bush is the only ones I remember where the three top advisers were there from beginning to end.
My hope is that Obama makes no changes.
If so, not to worry. They'll all be dead soon enough and out of the equation.
It's not like this is a peasant society. People have educations. They know what goes on.
But how do you do that? This was predictable long ago, once the field was set. It just kept right on happening, nothing changed, this was not a surprise.
OMG!! If he hires Steve Schmitt, Nicole Wallace or Mark McKinnon, I will SCREAM!!! They DOOMED Bush....McKinnon was and is a DEMOCRAT, Schmitt is probably also.
Excellent points,nb.
Wrong...
Mr. RomneyCARE has NO chance to win.
Even this morning, he is hiring Democrat spokesman
to ‘improve’ his ‘message’.
Mr. RomneyCARE WAS chosen to LOSE, but fortunately
Mr. RomneyCARE is NOT THE CANDIDATE, yet.
Mr. RomneyCARE is A cheat.
Mr. RomneyCARE used surrogates to suggest Gov. Perry
was a racist, while Mr. RomneyCARE hid behind
some woman’s skirt and his EVER-PRESENT “Mormon CARD”.
Mr. RomneyCARE is nothing but a BACKSTABBER Democrat
posing as a ‘conservative’ again (but NEVER was).
No, the real loser won’t be Mittens but the uninformed, ll-informed, just plain DUMB Republican primary voters, particularly those in FL, AZ, MI, WI, and OH.
Walter E. Williams, subbing for Rush on Thursday, reminded the listeners that FDR, the patron Democrat saint, won two elections with unemployment much higher, numerically, than under Obama. Is Mittens just another reincarnation of the hapless Landon and Willkie?
” - - - And who chose Mitt? Mostly republican voters!”
Thanks for the joke. I appreciate your sense of humor.
BTW, would the “mostly Republican Voters” in TEXAS have voted for Marvelous Mitt were our Primary held when there were more than just 2 active candidates?
As to what to do? Ponder this: the Godfather of Obama”care” will lose in November to the Father of Obama”care” by 10 %. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE TAMPA CONVENTION?
What's Jeb Bush got to do with it? :)
Beth Myers was there last time also...
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