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Right wants Romney as standard-bearer
The Washington Times ^ | 02092008 | Ralph Z. Hallow

Posted on 02/09/2008 1:36:43 PM PST by loreldan

Some 50 stalwarts of the political right privately met with Mitt Romney minutes after he dropped out of the Republican nominating race to discuss the former Massachusetts governor becoming the face of conservatism, as Ronald Reagan became en route to his 1980 election win.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; acu; elections; frpoll; gop; mitt; mittin2012; mittromney; ralphzhallow; romney
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To: pissant

Bingo! that’s hittin in on the head. He was never a first choice.. so why now? It’s more of the pack mentality.


21 posted on 02/09/2008 1:56:49 PM PST by Track9 (Conservatism is a Philosophy not a bag of politically expedient positions)
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To: loreldan

“Bobby Jindal could be the next Ronald Reagan.” ~ Rush Limbaugh 02/08/2008

Do NOT miss reading this interview:

Limbaugh Letter December 2007 Issue Rush’s interview with Bobby Jindal: http://download.premiereradio.net/guest/rushlimb/pdf/LimbaughLetter_BobbyJindal_Interview.pdf


22 posted on 02/09/2008 2:00:23 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Romney or Jindal will get the VP nod if I have anything to do with it.)
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To: loreldan

Romney belongs with McCain

Diane Francis, Financial Post
Published: Saturday, February 09, 2008
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=dd40b0a9-36fc-4c25-bc80-03960813ef60&k=24902

John McCain’s best running mate would be Mitt Romney, and a closer analysis of the primary results shows why.

Romney, not Mike Huckabee, shores up McCain’s two vulnerabilities: his admitted lack of knowledge about economics and business, as well as his age­a concern to many.

On Thursday, Romney nobly stepped aside and established Iraq as the centrepiece issue for the fall presidential election. To further this, he asked anti-McCain Republicans and conservatives to join him in unity behind front-runner McCain.

It was a non-endorsement endorsement, because McCain’s name was not invoked. Then President Bush did the exact same thing and called yesterday for unity to preserve “peace and prosperity.”

This is very smart, especially in the face of what is developing as a nasty, non-uniting scrap between Obama and the Clintonites.

(Hillary’s biggest mistake before Super Tuesday was to try and raise the “swiftboat” issue and that Obama would not be able to stand the Republicans’ withering attacks should he become the candidate. This merely raised the issue that there is more dirt against the Clintons to come ­ witness Obama’s call yesterday for them to release their tax returns and a statement of their income sources.)

Slick Willy has been freelancing all over the place since leaving the presidency, both socially and financially. So stay tuned. The Republicans will have a feeding frenzy if the Clintons are on the ticket, even as vice-president.

Meanwhile, Romney’s withdrawal accomplished four objectives:

-Romney finessed his fierce combativeness and attacks against McCain in the past few months by talking about the greater good of fighting “evil” terrorists. Candidates have supporters who develop very strong dislikes for opponents, and by saying that the cause trumps their dislike for McCain he helps keep his people on his side for future purposes.

-He saved face by presenting himself as a “sacrifice.”

-He has begun the uniting efforts for the party behind McCain.

-He trumps Huckabee as a potential running mate.

Yesterday, McCain hinted at this, saying he was “looking forward to meeting with Governor Romney.”

Romney may not have personal appeal, but he would strengthen a ticket because he is a hugely successful businessman who understands the nuances of the economy and business.

He also looks and acts the part and is young enough to put to rest concerns about McCain’s age. At 71, with some health concerns in the past, McCain may be a one-termer, which makes the vice-presidential position more enticing than usual.

An analysis of results also shows Romney’s value, or a Romney-endorsed running mate, for McCain: Romney beat McCain in Michigan, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Utah and Massachusetts. Republicans need help in Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts, which voted Democrat in the past two contests.

Meanwhile, Huckabee won Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and West Virginia, but these always vote Republican and except for Arkansas (Huckabee’s state) the combined McCain-Romney vote added up to more than Huckabee’s percentages.

dfrancis@nationalpost.com

See Diane’s take on The Clinton Factor on her blog: financialpost.com/ dianefrancis

16 posted on 02/09/2008 2:47:16 PM EST by Matchett-PI (Romney or Jindal will get the VP nod if I have anything to do with it.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1967729/posts?page=16#16


23 posted on 02/09/2008 2:00:52 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Romney or Jindal will get the VP nod if I have anything to do with it.)
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To: pissant
Mr. Zallow can speak for himself. Romney should go run the chicom olympics.

You make absolutely no sense.

24 posted on 02/09/2008 2:01:23 PM PST by lookout88 (Combat search and rescue officer's dad.)
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To: alicewonders
I wish the voters could have seen that from him during his campaign.

There was a virtual media blackout on Romney for the entire year that he was campaigning. No wonder most people only knew the sound bites that the DBM chose to repeat over and over.

25 posted on 02/09/2008 2:01:51 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: loreldan
Very interesting. I think this is a good idea to pursue. From the article,

..."Participants said the group was not organizing against the presidential bid of Sen. John McCain, the party"s presumptive nominee, but only seeking to revive core values such as lower taxes, limited government and free speech....

......McCain's nomination creates an existential crisis for the Republican Party: Securing America at the price of open borders, higher taxes and the loss of free speech," said Mr. Erickson, who organized the Empire Room meeting. "It's a lot to ask."...

....The conservative movement has been without a leader since Mr. Reagan, and has faced competition from conservatism usually preceded by such adjectives as "big-government," "compassionate" and "neo."

26 posted on 02/09/2008 2:04:17 PM PST by Girlene
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To: Matchett-PI

I don’t think McCain will pick Romney, because Romney is not from the south and he didn’t win any southern states.


27 posted on 02/09/2008 2:05:57 PM PST by loreldan (Former global warming believer)
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To: loreldan
face of conservatism

I don't think so.
28 posted on 02/09/2008 2:09:40 PM PST by gpapa (Kill the terrorists, protect the borders, punch the hippies)
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To: loreldan

ROMNEY? Egads. Now I know the world’s gone mad.


29 posted on 02/09/2008 2:11:45 PM PST by livius
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To: loreldan

Romney is not a Goldwater conservative...

Goldwater would not have promised Michigan billions to bail them out...


30 posted on 02/09/2008 2:11:53 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Logical me

if you can be fooled by a rino that talks conservative all the sudden, then that is your problem.


31 posted on 02/09/2008 2:15:00 PM PST by pissant (Time for a CONSERVATIVE party)
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To: lookout88

IOTW, he should get the hell out of politics.


32 posted on 02/09/2008 2:15:58 PM PST by pissant (Time for a CONSERVATIVE party)
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To: loreldan

Those in question can speak for themselves. Willard didn’t get a majority of conservative votes in any competitive Republican primary because many conservatives know he is flip-flopping Massachusetts liberal that can’t be trusted.


33 posted on 02/09/2008 2:16:13 PM PST by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: alicewonders
"His resignation speech was quite inspiring,.."

So were these:

Governor Mitt Romney's Religious Liberty Address November 6, 2007

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Mitt Romney the Federalist

34 posted on 02/09/2008 2:16:33 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Romney or Jindal will get the VP nod if I have anything to do with it.)
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To: loreldan

I didn’t like him at first because I was for Hunter and frankly didn’t look elsewhere. I like Fred but never went for him because he was slow to enter and then didn’t appear to have his heart in it. I was frankly disappointed. That’s when I started looking and read more and went to Romney. I believe he would have made and will someday yet (2012) make a great President.


35 posted on 02/09/2008 2:16:53 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: WVNan
As far as I’m concerned, Romney was the only person running from the git go who has the intelligence and experience to actually be a good president.

There are far better candidates than Willard that didn't run.

36 posted on 02/09/2008 2:19:11 PM PST by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: conservativeinferno
I have a good feeling about this guy (Romney).

We need an articulate, upstanding squeeky-clean conservative spokesman like Romney who sets a good family-man example for others.

I totally agree with Coulter that Romney, in his private family life, is a strong morals-based conservative who raised his kids and runs his business in a conservative no non-sense way that would make all right wingers and Freepers proud.

He got into trouble politically in 2008 because in the past he felt the need to say "accepting" things in public to prove he was not this 'monster' homo-hating, woman-dissing, minority-hating, domineering male bigot like the press makes conservatives out to be.

I have fallen into that trap myself.

For example, I am SO ADAMANT in my right wing beliefs that at work I occasionally feel the need to publicaly admit that I have "respect" and "acceptance" of feminists and homo's and others with whom I vigorously disagree ...... just to prove how human and "compassionate" I am.

Romney, I truly believe, made pandering statements during that 1994 debate just to convince the Massachusetts voters that he wasn't this uber-white male who only accepts other uber-white Judeo-Christian males.

Unfortunately, by trying to prove how "tolerant" he was, Romney opened himself up to attacks by these take-no-prisoners hard right-wingers who demand 100% purity from a candidate going back decades.

37 posted on 02/09/2008 2:19:42 PM PST by Edit35
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To: pissant

4 years as a governor of a very liberal state. Huck was a liberal governor of a conservatie state. Who did a better job of prodding his state a little to the right?


38 posted on 02/09/2008 2:19:45 PM PST by Mamzelle (bull maverick party)
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To: seekthetruth
Romney/Hunter would also be a good ticket. I could live with Romney/Thonpson.

Fred just didn't really seem to have his heart in running for the top spot.

Course if Hunter were Governor of California for a few years, hopefully turning it around, he would have a much better chance nationally at the top spot on a ticket. But SECDEF would be good or SECHLS.
39 posted on 02/09/2008 2:19:57 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Mamzelle

I’m not defnding Huck. He ain’t th estandard bearer either.


40 posted on 02/09/2008 2:21:10 PM PST by pissant (Time for a CONSERVATIVE party)
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