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RED ALERT: Romney To Gather Aides In Utah
Conservative HQ ^ | 3/10/14 | CHQ Staff

Posted on 03/10/2014 7:01:15 PM PDT by xzins

The Washington Post reports that failed establishment Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is gathering his “political brain trust” at a swanky Park City, Utah ski chalet later this month.

If political brains were a prerequisite for an invitation it seems like Romney could have held the gathering in the broom closet of one of his mansions, but conservatives should not dismiss the threat to the prospects for a conservative victory in 2016 that Romney revanchists represent.

As The Post reports, and we hear from time to time with incredulity, there is chatter among some powerful GOP donors about another Romney presidential campaign in 2016.

The reunion is expected to include some senior campaign staff and debate prep advisers, including Beth Myers, Stuart Stevens, Russ Schriefer, Bob White, Peter Flaherty, Eric Fehrnstrom, Austin Barbour, Gail Gitcho and others of the so-called “brain trust” that managed to give away the 2012 presidential campaign.

According to The Washington Post article, Romney is also planning another get together this summer in Park City, where for the third straight year he will invite top political, business and policy leaders for an ideas summit. In 2012, during his campaign, the retreat included several possible vice presidential hopefuls, and in 2013, many of the GOP's leading 2016 presidential contenders attended, including Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

We’re inclined to believe Romney, who has been adamant in saying he will not run for president a third time, even though this this is the same Mitt Romney that said during the campaign "I've been as consistent as human beings can be" in response to challenges regarding his constant flip-flops and evolving principles of convenience on matters related to the conservative agenda.

It says a lot about the caliber of advice Mitt Romney received that that in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s he was soundly defeated in a 332 to 206 Electoral College blowout that saw him lose virtually every closely contested state, including the must-win states of Ohio, Virginia, and Florida.

In any logical universe Romney’s staff and consultants, such as Beth Myers, Stuart Stevens, Russ Schriefer, Bob White, Peter Flaherty, Eric Fehrnstrom, Austin Barbour, Gail Gitcho and pollster Neil Newhouse would never be hired to run or consult on a national Republican campaign again and no one would give a dime to any organization that would be so improvident as to take the kind advice that led Romney to lose in 2012 by almost 5 million votes.

The danger presented by the Romney pow-wow in Utah isn’t a nascent Romney presidential run, it is that Romney's “stand-for-nothing” style of politics will continue to exert its destructive influence on the Republican Party through the influence of his “brain trust” and the content-free campaigns they advise Republicans to run.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fail; gop4obamacare; gop4romneycare; gop4romneymarriage; gope; gopvsamerica; mormons; romney; romney2016; utah
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I agree. We had our chance to elect Romney last time. He won the primary. He was ready to go ... and what?

What?

He folded. We do not need someone who folds that way. We do not need someone all fired up to win the nomination, but then who doesn’t appear to give a flying frog whether they win the election.


Romney and Mitch McConnell are very much alike. Both ran/run slash and burn take-no-prisoner campaigns against their primary opponents, (Fellow Republicans), and then are pussy-cats wanting to be stroked and petted when running against the Democrats.

The lesson I take from that is simple. They really aren’t Republicans-in-name-only they are democrats-hiding-in-plain-sight, DHIPS.


81 posted on 03/11/2014 3:53:09 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: HereInTheHeartland
He endorsed a US Senate candidate here in Iowa last week.

The same candidate who has (along with Mitt's machine) been sending me e-mails and letters despite my cutting of all ties to the GOP. Their being a "Mitten" drops my enthusiasm for any candidates by at least 50% before they are even out of the gate.

82 posted on 03/11/2014 3:56:34 AM PDT by niteowl77 ("Why do we go to Iowa? Because that's where the suckers are.")
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To: staytrue

I remember those threads. But even more odd, I remember the threads during the 2012 elections, when Mitt Romney was running. He gave some good speeches and many, if not most, on FR suddenly loved him.


83 posted on 03/11/2014 4:37:55 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: JudyinCanada

Romney is the reason the diabolical community organizer is in the White House.

His strategy failed.

He bet his election that he could move to the left and pick up enough liberals to offset any conservatives he would lose thinking that most would have no other choice.

So we heard about gay boyscouts, the “health” of the mother, gay adoption, gun control that he liked, enhanced “revenues and fees”, RomneyCare, and compromise.

The result of that: the liberals said no anyway, and he’d already run off the conservatives.

His grand strategy failed. The failure lies at the doorstep of the general who approved that strategy.


84 posted on 03/11/2014 4:42:30 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins

Voter fraud didn’t help him either.


85 posted on 03/11/2014 4:49:55 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: JudyinCanada

It is all his fault. He was the general.

He was supposed to cover every base.

If the enemy sneaks into the camp, it is not the enemy’s fault. That is what enemies do....what a good general plans for them to do. He institutes “force protection”.

Romney failed in so many areas that it is time to simply admit he was a failure. His plan failed, his personality failed, his lack of forcefulness failed, his protection of his own election failed.

A general is supposed to cover all those bases. He did not measure up.


86 posted on 03/11/2014 5:03:52 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
Mitt.

GTFO.

STFU.

87 posted on 03/11/2014 5:42:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: xzins

NOOOO!!!


88 posted on 03/11/2014 5:49:01 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: xzins
Romney's off his rocker. He couldn't defeat the sitting antagonist and here we are, even worse for wear and he thinks we want his Obama lite agenda? Someone commit this guy.
89 posted on 03/11/2014 5:58:03 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: xzins

Romney got a lot of votes, he’d be stupid not to use that to try to grasp some relevancy for as long as he can, but he ain’t running again, he’s priming the pump so he can pass the torch to his son who will be the next Governor of Utah.


90 posted on 03/11/2014 6:20:18 AM PDT by polstar123
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To: xzins

Something I noticed about the pattern of comments on thos site about the Bruce Campbell impersonator. The big problem most people here had with romney wasn’t that he was a rino, its that he lost. Which kind of backs up the sports mentality of the american public, where everything has to be reduced to the level of some retarded football game.


91 posted on 03/11/2014 6:26:37 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: Starstruck

We have some exciting candidates I think this time.
Cruz and Rand Paul.
I really think Romney will be old news and not a factor.


92 posted on 03/11/2014 6:40:58 AM PDT by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Orangedog

So many were holding their noses and voting that his inept campaign and loss just sticks in their minds as one big cluster freep.

When they say “loss” they mean everything about the entire situation: bad campaign, bad candidate, etc.


93 posted on 03/11/2014 7:03:52 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Tonytitan

Thanks, I was waiting for this.


94 posted on 03/11/2014 7:47:55 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
McCain picked Palin which was the only smart thing he did. Otherwise he was useless. And he didn’t try to win. He tried like heck to win the nomination, but then it was “blah

IMO he picked Palin because he thought that she would HELP him lose and then it wouldn't be his fault in public view. Watching him campaign there was little doubt in my mind that he planned to lose.

There is still a certain segment of people who don't want a woman. I was surprised at how many people I know (who aren't stupid) told me that a woman can't win. Of course, now we all know that Her Heiness is a shoo-in.

I think it took McCain and his advisors totally by surprise that Palin excited so many people and she almost dragged that rat (kicking and screaming) over the finish line.

95 posted on 03/11/2014 8:22:58 AM PDT by Sal (The scandals are real. The "president" is a phony.)
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To: JudyinCanada
Voter fraud didn’t help him either.

And he didn't contest it and neither did the RNC despite the obviousness of the fraud. That should tell us something.

96 posted on 03/11/2014 8:33:33 AM PDT by Sal (The scandals are real. The "president" is a phony.)
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To: xzins
"Romney To Gather Aides In Utah"

Maybe they're just going to discuss the latest fashion trends in magic underwear.

97 posted on 03/11/2014 8:48:06 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: xzins

Vote for me, or it'll be YOUR fault the other guy wins!

I mean, how could you LIVE with yourself???


98 posted on 03/11/2014 8:49:42 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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99 posted on 03/11/2014 8:50:54 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: xzins

I recall seing a recent poll on potential Republican Candidates and Romney had a two to one advantage over the nearest competitor. Does anybody out there remember which poll this was? It was quite recent.


100 posted on 03/11/2014 8:56:55 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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