Posted on 03/30/2012 5:23:23 AM PDT by true believer forever
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is expected to endorse Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney before Wisconsin's GOP primary next Tuesday, according to media reports.
Ryan would be the latest in a string of high-profile endorsements for Romney this week, as party leaders have increasingly coalesced around the former Massachusetts governor's campaign. The Wisconsin lawmaker would join popular freshman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and former president George H. W. Bush in signaling support for Romney this week.
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For the time being, anyway. I'm waiting to see who still hasn't endorsed Willard before the convention picks a nominee. (Has any of them said they definitely will not?)
But, even if Willard does get the nomination, any who then rally around him to defeat the Marxist incumbent will be deemed by certain folks around these parts to be self-serving sellouts, too.
I get your point, and I could see him on a Santorum/Ryan ticket. I think a strong conservative could be a good influence on Ryan, but right now, he’s too much of a party man for me to sing any praises. This is why his endorsement comes as no surprise, at least to me. In fact, I’m surprised that you’re surprised! lol
As far as Santorum is concerned, I thought he got awfully cocky, and actually cheered when he lost his Senate seat. IMO, in the way things worked out, he then had the opportunity to seriously recommit to conservative principles, especially during the year of 99 townhalls in Iowa.
If the choice is between Obama and Romney, I don't care.
Get back to me when that actually happens.
Before the primaries started, I was hoping one of our experienced Republican governors would emerge as the obvious candidate--e.g., Barbour, Daniels, Pawlenty, or Perry. I knew of these guys, mostly by reputation, as conservative, competent, and potentially electable.
Barbour and Daniels never got in. Pawlenty did, and early on, I liked what I was reading. But then in the first couple debates, he came across as snide, weak toward Romney and harsh toward Bachmann, and then he dropped out right away. In comes Perry. Again, good from what I had read--Tenth Amendment guy, "gets" federalism. But then in the debates, he came across as a dumb, slow-witted Texan, which didn't go over too well. Another disappointment. Bachmann and Cain, I never saw as electable--and they weren't. I didn't think Santorum and Gingrich were very electable, either. They did better than I expected, but still, not enough. So, given my heistancies about Romeny, I didn't really have a candidate I could get excited about in this go-round. (I was a FredHead in '07-'08.)
During the debates I cheered when any one of the candidates made a good point, especially when it was for conservative principles and policies, or when it was against Obama, not against each other. (The only candidate I got angry against was Paul, for his naive foreign policy.) I cheer for anyone on "our team" when they do well. I was reluctant to bash any of our candidates, because I know we need a united front against Obama.
Once the race reaches Pennsylvania, you can bet that Patty Toomey will line up behind Romney. Remember Patty Toomey came out in favor of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, right after he was safely elected Senator.
I will. Romney and the GOP-E can go to hell.
This. Brownsfan essentially listed three quite minor differences between Romney and Obama, while ignoring the fact that Romney essentially holds to the same type of "America needs to change" mentality that Obama does. For instance, Romney may not specifically hand $1.5 billion to the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, but this isn't a guarantee that he won't do equally as stupid things in the foreign policy realm - and for much the same reasons.
Ryan needs R’s to vote for his budget. R’s need credible people to try to influence the Tea Party.
A match made in Hell.
It’s amazing how many people on this board are suddenly going wobbly for Romney, ain’t it, especially after all the documented damage his minions have done to Conservatives in general, and Sarah Palin in particular, since 2008?
Its not the GOP that you should be mad at. Actual people voted for Romney, and some of them are conservatives.
NEVER GIVE UP!!!!
You have a problem with praising Jesus?
Let's face it - there will always be people, even a lot here on FR - who would rather crouch, lick hands, and hope for comfortable chains than to rock the boat by trying to do something about the problems we face.
That's debatable.
And Kevin McCarthy sails his RINOship once again.
McCarthy also endorses Mittens.
There are a lot of republicans on here. I am not a republican and I will not be voting for Romney. Yes, I understand the consequences.
until, of course, pence endorses romney.
What Ryan is doing is siding with the GOP-e in their efforts to ram a candidate down our throats. If Romney wins, the only reason for it would be that conservatives gave up.
We have time and the primary process should play out. There will be time enough to beat Obama. In the meantime, Ryan has shown us that as far as he’s concerned party will always win out over the people.
I say that there’s still more of us than there is of Ryan.
I never have trusted Paul Ryan after he voted with democrats
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