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As Democrats avoid Obama, Romney is in demand on the midterm campaign trail
Washington Post ^ | August 2, 2014 | By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker

Posted on 08/03/2014 7:09:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Obama thumped Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, but now their political standings seem reversed. During a summer in which Democratic candidates are keeping their distance from an unpopular president, Romney is emerging as one of the Republican Party’s most in-demand campaign surrogates.

Over three days in mid-August, Romney will campaign for GOP Senate and gubernatorial candidates in West Virginia, North Carolina and Arkansas, aides said. In September, he is planning visits to the presidential swing states of Colorado and Virginia.

Romney is filling up his October schedule, as well.

“Democrats don’t want to be associated with Barack Obama right now, but Republicans are dying to be associated with Mitt Romney,” said Spencer Zwick, a longtime Romney confidant who chaired his national finance council.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; election2014; romney; romneycare; romneycare4ever; romneymarriage; romneypolygamy
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1 posted on 08/03/2014 7:09:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The reason for zer0’s second term is in demand??? Brilliant!


2 posted on 08/03/2014 7:11:35 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Someone’s smoking crack.


3 posted on 08/03/2014 7:11:54 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
woulda coulda shoulda.
4 posted on 08/03/2014 7:12:12 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lots of buyers remorse out there.


5 posted on 08/03/2014 7:13:00 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

REALLY?? In demand by whom???


6 posted on 08/03/2014 7:17:49 AM PDT by madmominct
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obamacare was modeled on Romneycare.
I never wanted either of them.


7 posted on 08/03/2014 7:19:35 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The LAST thing we need is a Romney resurgence, because he never surged in the first place. Enough already. Stay out da Bushes as well.


8 posted on 08/03/2014 7:20:26 AM PDT by donozark (The voices inside my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It has that JournoList stench to it.


9 posted on 08/03/2014 7:21:00 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh! Yeah! Let the Pubbies re-nominate Romney.

After all, he is the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama in 2008. And, he is the guy who lost to Obama in 2012.

A sure winner — for the Republicans — as far as the Dems/MSM are concerned.


10 posted on 08/03/2014 7:21:46 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
but Republicans are dying...

The sooner the better

11 posted on 08/03/2014 7:23:05 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That right there tells you the problem really is not nor has been Obama and the DEMOgoguebureauCRATS but with the part of this part of the Right that is aligned with this part of the GOP.

Since way back, the issue hasn't been who the DEMOgoguebureauCRATS prop up for election. That's easy. Everybody knows that will be problematic. The issue has always been who the GOP will offer - a true American who will stand up for freedom and what is right, or some "politically expedient" hybrid of what the Left is offering.

12 posted on 08/03/2014 7:24:05 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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So Romney's wife will make him run AGAIN? And the idiots on this side of the isle will buy it again?

As I said on another post, everybody knows the Left is wacko - the problem is with the Right.

13 posted on 08/03/2014 7:27:20 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Excellent GOPe, run to a 3 time loser for support.

This is always about money. And Romney has boatloads of it.


14 posted on 08/03/2014 7:29:14 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...but Republicans are dying to be associated with Mitt Romney,”

Exactly which Pubbies are?


15 posted on 08/03/2014 7:31:23 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Whatever. The GOPe and the MSM are both trying to boost Romney to run again in 2016 where it is certain he would lose another presidential race. The fact that a number of positive Romney articles are appearing in columns nationwide attests to it.


16 posted on 08/03/2014 7:35:15 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I’d guess it’s ones who want to tap into his massive cash hoard.


17 posted on 08/03/2014 7:35:31 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: nascarnation

1%ers at it again!


18 posted on 08/03/2014 7:36:49 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The left will continue to push a loser as the Republican “favorite” as they have over the last few cycles. They know what they’re doing, and the narcissists on the right who are being pushed as “front runner” will believe that they can win and will do whatever they can to get the nomination, thus once again spelling defeat for Republicans.


19 posted on 08/03/2014 7:38:46 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

As we all know, in politics, it’s all about the money.
And while a lot of us are scoffing at Caliph Baraq, he’s actually pulling in some huge $$ for Dems at these fund raisers he’s at several times a week.


20 posted on 08/03/2014 7:38:52 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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