Five reasons why Mitt Romney’s Michigan and Arizona wins are a big deal

SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 2/28/12 | Richard Dunham, Hearst Washington Bureau

[SmithL]

We’ve been reading for weeks about Mitt Romney’s demise as a presidential candidate.

For a candidate who’s been declared dead more often than Mark Twain, he’s showing surprising life.

In his victory speech in suburban Detroit, the Michigan native called his twin victories “a giant step toward a brighter future.”

Here are five reasons why the former Massachusetts governor’s wins in Michigan and Arizona are significant:

1. Considering how many mistakes Romney has made, he still won.

It was a rough week with a bushel of bad press. Remember the trees being the right size. And the multiple Cadillacs in the family garage. He still won.

2. He is resilient.

Romney dug himself a hole in Michigan. He was trailing in the polls. And he came from behind. If he’s going to beat President Obama, he’ll need to follow that same path.

3. His negative ads have been effective.

He outspent rival Rick Santorum and buried him with a barrage of negative ads. Santorum damaged himself with a weak debate performance in Arizona and a couple of campaign-trail gaffes. But Romney proved — once again — that he can shape public images of his rivals through skillful attack ads. Barack Obama: beware.

[Waryone]

You believe one speech on one night by a proven liar and you think we’re kooks?

No one says you have to BS anything. In fact, you should stop the BS you’re throwing right now. You fall in love with one Romney speech, ignore everything you’ve learned about him, and think that makes him the most conservative candidate. Well bless your little heart.

Oh and I’m not a Newt supporter. I voted for Newt here in Florida because the disgusting tactics the lying socialist Obama-white pulled on Newt. I’m not a Santorum supporter. They both have their problems. But either of them is better than the lying socialist Mitt. If you want to support socialists, there are places for you to go. Free Republic is not one of them.

Hitler and Mussolini could give a rousing speech too. In fact, they’ve given many more than Mitt ever will. I guess since that’s your qualification for president, you’d be pulling for them too. Have fun with your lying Obama-white.

I will continue believing in conservative principles and supporting candidates who do more than give lip service to those principles. I will never be able to stomach either of the two Obamas.

[Williams]

See what I mean?

Hitler and Mussolini???

Two Obamas???

I’ve seen and heard MANY speeches by Newt, Rick, Romney, Cain, Michelle, Paul, etc. Romney happens to be the better speaker. That’s what I pointed out and it’s simple reality. It most definitely was true last night, and that was an important night. If Newt wants the nomination then why the heck did he come up so small last night?

Next, Romney is not Hitler or Mussolini, nor is he a duplicate Obama. But then I guess by your logic you will be more than glad to help reelect Obama if the GOP nominates Romney.

I respectfully suggest you actually listen to the republican candidates before you refer to Hitler, Mussolini or Obama.

[Williams]

Why do you worry about past global warming positions, when Newt sat with Nancy Pelosi and supported a liberal GW agenda? Was he lying then or is he lying now? This is your standard in your post, not mine. I accept that these people are politicians or that they make mistakes.

Perhaps Romney is an absolute liar and would govern as a left wing liberal. All of the candidates have been called out on liberal positions or past positions. Even Santorum, who I assumed to be Mr. conservative, voted for unions, big spending, etc.

I will vote for whichever one gets the nonination, I wanted to see Gingrich/ Santorum give great speeches last night.

[Waryone]

Romney is a proved liar and you listen to him. That is all I need to know about your judgment. So no I won’t be following your suggestions.

Two Obamas = Obama and his melanin deficient twin Romney.

Well maybe they aren’t quite twins. An argument can be made that Romney is more liberal. After all Obama is not the father of Romneycare. Obama has not banned any guns. Obama has not legalized gay marriage anywhere. Obama has not signed a bill allowing $50.00 abortions. Those are all things “your conservative” Mittens has done. Though they both support gays in the military, global warming and forcing the Catholic church and religious people to violate their religion. Something that would cause the founders of our country great distress.

Because you choose to imagine Romney has done none of these things, you erroneously think we should be supporting him. There is no one, republican or democrat, running today who can say they have done as much for the liberal cause as Obama-white Romney or the other Obama. So yes they are very much alike. As a conservative, I have no desire to support either of the two most liberal candidates running.

I have heard Cain and Newt both give much better speeches than Romney because they believe what they say and people come far and near to see and hear them speak. When Romney speaks, he is board stiff, almost plastic and his words are like cardboard. That is not the quality of a good speaker. I’m not the only one who feels that way. Just take a look at the size of his crowds. He is supposedly the frontrunner but if the bleachers are not stuffed with his specially bussed in supporters, no one wants to see him or hear him speak.

You like his speech. I get that. You don’t care that his actions have run contrary to his word. I get that too. But don’t expect the rest of us to give up our principles for your delusions.

[donmeaker]

Mitt has another trick. He has managed something and done well. That certainly contrasts with the Obamanation.

Not much of a Mormon though: He only has one wife. Newt has had three so far.

[donmeaker]

I guess you voted for Obama last time, and will vote for him this time.

You are sending a message all right: to your children: “I want you to be bankrupt, a slave to the Chinese.”

[Williams]

Right, you just said Obama is better than Romney. I rest my case.

I didn’t ask you to support anyone, I will support the nominee. I said Romney gave a better speech. I also pointed out that Newt and Rick gave lousy speeches.

And becuse we cannot support Romney based on past global warming stance, you just disqualified Gingrich? Sometimes logic matters. Newt wrote a whole book on adopting liberal issues and Rush had to take him to task for it.

But I’m guessing there is no logic to your nonsense, including the stupid references to melanin.

[Lazlo in PA]

He has managed something and done well.

Does Romneycare count for his managing things well as Gov of MA? The reason he ran for Pres in '08 was because he was such a "great" manager of the state, he was going to lose reelection as Gov.

[Seaplaner]

Good detective work on the suspicious...AmericansElect.org.

I looked it up online, and it's a list of far-leftie Dems (Thomas Friedman, NYT, PBS, etc) and quite apparently its a party-splitting, vote-splitting hoax. (They decline to name the funding sources, so one suspects Mister Soros.)

[Waryone]

Wrong, I proved to you Romney is at least as liberal as Obama. Yet oddly you still support him.

But then as I’ve already mentioned. Your skills of judgment and discernment are lacking. You’re pimping a liberal candidate on a conservative site and you think that’s a good thing. You’ve been here a long time. It’s too bad you haven’t learned to support conservatives.

Take your Romney pimping elsewhere. This is a conservative website.

[funfan]

Yes! If you look at the block leaders or the people who are hosting events they seem to be a part of the OWS and that sort of thing scofflaws no doubt. I hope they all end up like Wiley Coyote as he tried to use dirty tricks to catch
the Road Runner but instead suffered at the hands of his own dirty tricks.

[Williams]

You proved nothing to me pal, and drop youjr insulting crap. In fact you’re very close to peferring Obama and I call that a liberal or most likely just a fool. Have a nice evening.

[Waryone]

Sorry I don’t have to choose either commie tweedle dum Obama or socialist tweedle dee Romney. You haven’t said one thing condemning any of their liberal ways. They are both liberal idiots and you obviously love the way they think. I don’t like liberals. I don’t care what party they claim to represent. That you have no problem with Romney’s socialist ways says volumes about you. It also tells me what you really think about Obama’s ways. Say one thing and mean another. Just like Romney.

[SoConPubbie]

As for who is a “real conservative” I have absolute contempt for anyone who would assist in any way in the reelection of Barack Hussein Obama.

So do I that is why I despise anyone supporting Mitt Romney in anyway since he doesn't have a chance at winning the General Election for POTUS.

[SoConPubbie]

Not much of a Mormon though: He only has one wife. Newt has had three so far.

He's not much of an honest man either:

"I have always been Pro-Life" - Mitt Romney January 2012

[SoConPubbie]

Not much of a Mormon though: He only has one wife. Newt has had three so far.

Let me elaborate on my last post to you:

He's not much of either an honest man or a conservative:

1. "I have alwasys been Pro-Life" - Mitt Romney January 2012
2. Supported Abortion as Governor of MA.
3. Supported the Gay Agenda, including Gay Marriage, as Governor of MA.
4. Supported and implemented an Assault Weapons Ban as Governor of MA.
5. Supported TARP
6. Supported the Auto Bailouts.
7. Supports Global Warming
8. Supports the repeal of Don't ask Don't Tell.
9. Implemented the socialistic RomneyCare with an Individual Mandate.


What was your point about Myth Romney again?

[Yosemitest]

You couldn't be more WRONG if you tried!
Romney is just another stinking liberal, a real loser!
The DemocratsMarxists sold our children to China as slaves to debt years ago!
I want FREEDOM and Santorum will get us there, and Newt would work well also.
But Romney? Don't be a dupe, buying the "Establishment Republicans" crap!
Like a caller to Rush said:

" We're going for the big guns.
We have a strategy, and we're gonna win.
And if we don't win, nobody else will, either, 'til we get to convention.
And then we've got the uncommitted delegates, we've got the Newt delegates, we've got conservative delegates --


RUSH: We are hearing a strategery here.

CALLER: -- and Newt's got this thing.

RUSH: All right. I like it.
I like upbeat people. She not succumbing.
I like upbeat people.
If we don't win .... nobody else will ... and we're gonna have an open convention.
Yeah, I heard that.
If we don't win, nobody else will, either.
So her claim is that
the Romney camp is not happy,
that Romney supporters are not happy,
Republicans not happy 'cause they --
I heard Romney say last night, it wasn't a big win, but it was a win, and that's all that matters.
They looked pretty happy to me last night.
I don't know that they start worrying about the margin after the victory, but we'll see.
Kate, thanks for the call. Appreciate it very much.
What's the question, Snerdley?
No, you mean after Super Tuesday? It's not gonna be over a week from today I don't think.
We're all professionals here. The professionals are saying this could go 'til May.
It could go out actually that long.
Remember, it was supposed to be over before it started.
From the establishment Republican types, it was supposed to be over before it started.

Yep, the "Establishment Republicans" will claim that we can win without them.
Look at their track record. They chose 3 candidates and look what it brought us, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and The ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN CHIEF.
"Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS set us up for a loss.
Read how desperate the "Establishment Republicans" are:

All Heck Breaks Loose on Primary Day

Is the GOP Elite Ready to Concede?

Look at the "winners" the "Establishment Republicans" have picked before:

The "Establishment Republicans" rate a

[donmeaker]

I figure a member of the senate or Speaker of the house count as establishment.

Just sayin’.

[Yosemitest]

I understand, however, someone that was "rebelled against" for trying to "change the system" is my kind of guy.
And a real conservative is what I want, the most.
But Romney, NEVER!!! He wouldn't change a damned thing!
No, we need a real fire breather, to take down the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN CHIEF.
A vanilla flavor just ain't gonna' cut it!
And the first thing we need to do, is root out all the liberals in the judicial system.
Then prosecute the hell out of the guilty that has pan handled most of the tax payers' money through these "bailout" that weren't nothing but money laundering schemes.
No, Romney won't do!!!