Now THAT’S funny.
Mr. Zallow can speak for himself. Romney should go run the chicom olympics.
Ya know, since he’s out, can we now set our sites a lot higher?
I have a good feeling about this guy. Can’t wait till he runs again!
I think it shows just how desperate conservatives are at this point.
And we certainly DO need a standard bearer. The conservative movement needs someone who can draw everyone together from all the different parts of the movement. They have been feuding since 2006, and now they are proceeding to go off in all directions.
Whether Romney is the man to do the job is certainly a question. It seems to me that he has just proved that he is not. But we need somebody.
But we sure need somebody.
Not all of us. I’m happier with McCain than Romney, and I have no intention of voting for McCain.
I do believe that Mitt Romney was the best choice of what we had available to us. His resignation speech was quite inspiring, and I wish the voters could have seen that from him during his campaign. By “suspending” his campaign, I still have hope - for what I don’t know. I don’t quite understand what this meeting was about - to represent the face of conservatism? Is this about another party or keeping hope alive that we can keep McCain from being our nominee?
At this point, I am willing to hang onto any shred of hope that somebody will step up to the plate and give me an alternative to McCain, Clinton or Obama. I feel pretty down right now.
“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
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.
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
ROMNEY? Egads. Now I know the world’s gone mad.
Romney is not a Goldwater conservative...
Goldwater would not have promised Michigan billions to bail them out...
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.
The ol’ grey mare, she ain’t what she used to be.
These people are way off the reservation.
I voted for the guy, but he’s not much of a standard-bearer for those of us on the right.
Do the conservative ‘leaders’ see a problem here:
Super Tuesday voter turnout:
Democrat: 14,865,735
Republican: 8,929,123
Approval Rating for Congress = 22%.
An experienced corporate executive, former governor and self made multi-millionaire like Romney isn't good enough for the republican party to run as their candidate for president.
Let's get some more incompetent, whining RINO Senators to run instead.