http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/romney/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:31:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421089/posts David Frum responds to Jennifer Rubin's article in Commentary titled "Why Jews Hate Palin." First off, Frum is right that the poll that Rubin cites doesn't really prove her case because 37% approval from Jews is actually very good . . . Frum then goes on to assert: Palin excites intense support among a core group of conservative Republicans....She polls poorly...among independents. I'll give Frum credit for changing what he considers Palin's core group of support from "social conservatives" to the broader group of "conservative Republicans." After all, with some recent polling showing Palin to hold a robust 79% favorable... Conservatives4Palin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421089/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421038/posts Draft Sarah Committee: We are on the verge of entering 2010, so let me be the first to wish you a Happy New Year! 2009 has been a challenging year for the nation, but one where Governor Palin has taken a stand on a variety of issues that are so crucial to America’s progress. It’s also the year of her best-selling memoir, Going Rogue. I am confident 2010 will be even more exciting. The 2012 Draft Sarah Committee started 2009 by attending CPAC in February, which brings me to the point of this correspondence. CPAC, held in our nation’s capital,... Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421038/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421021/posts Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will make two stops in Iowa in March as part of his nationwide book tour, following visits by fellow 2012 GOP hopefuls Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Romney’s second book, “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness,” is due out March 2, and the promotional tour will take the former GOP presidential candidate to 18 states. Romney will visit first in the nation Iowa on March 29, signing books at the Des Moines Central Library and making a speech at Iowa State University, located in Ames. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421021/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:23:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420391/posts WASHINGTON - Later this winter, Mitt Romney will strike out on a national book tour, but unlike his party’s most successful recent author he does not expect to make headlines with bits of fresh gossip from the 2008 campaign, see his fans camp overnight outside bookstores, or chat with Oprah Winfrey about his family. “Inevitably there are going to be comparisons with the Sarah Palin book,’’ said Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney spokesman. “We’re not going to match her crowd size or sales. These are two different people with different ways of expressing themselves.’’ -snip- But Romney, considered by many in... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420391/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 05:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419255/posts Political furor over the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 has thrust national security back to the center of American politics, with Republicans and the White House scrambling to blame each other for intelligence lapses and present themselves to voters as tougher on terrorism. Strategists in both parties believe that terrorism and, more broadly, foreign policy could emerge in the November midterm elections and in President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign as key issues for voters who have been focused primarily on the economy. GOP opinion leaders such as former Vice President Dick Cheney have seized on the attack to... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419255/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419564/posts Mitt Romney - that rare political breed, a Republican elected statewide in Massachusetts - told supporters yesterday that if Scott Brown can pull off a similar feat next month in the US Senate special election, it “would shock the country and send a strong message that business as usual in Washington is coming to an end.’’ “He would bring badly-needed fiscal restraint to an out-of-control budget process that is adding trillions of dollars to our national debt,’’ said Romney, the former Bay State governor who gives every indication he’s preparing a second presidential bid in 2012. The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419564/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419332/posts -The Race42012 staff was asked to take look ahead and share their predictions for the coming new year. Our readers are encouraged to post their own predictions in the comments. Adam Brickley Sarah Palin continues her recovery and cements herself as de-facto leader of the GOP after vigorously campaigning through 2010, after which she begins work on a second and more issue-oriented book. Mike Huckabee decides that he rather likes being a media figure and veers away from presidential politics – he pursues either a nightly show on Fox News or a daily radio program. Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty... Race42012 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419332/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418993/posts History turns in a moment: Harper’s Ferry, Trafalgar, Dien Bien Phu. The Democrats may have seen such a moment with Sen. Ben Nelson this week in Nebraska, so it might be worth marking that page. At year’s end it is worth looking forward to what is likely to rise ahead. These four will be key: Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and William Daley. Sarah Palin: She was seen from the very beginning as a rising star — a cultural awakener similar to Andrew Jackson — bringing a whole new cultural paradigm to the political process; a new heartland spirit... THE HILL'S Pundit Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418993/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:37:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418681/posts Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, yesterday became the first to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, contending that Congress intruded into a matter that should be left to states. The suit filed by state Attorney General Martha Coakley says the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 violates the US Constitution by interfering with the state’s right to define the marital status of residents. The suit also says the law forces the state to discriminate against same-sex married couples - on certain health benefits and... Boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418681/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:54:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418194/posts Oh, that’s quite good. Promoted from diaries. - Moe Lane If he doesn’t pull out a win in Massachusetts I’m gonna pull out all the stops to get him to move to Arizona. VIDEO His website is here… You can contribute here… even if John Cornyn won’t. Or especially since John Cornyn won’t. And finally, you can volunteer - EVEN if you don’t live in Massachusetts, you can make calls for Scott - here. Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418194/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418207/posts There is Scott Brown the Senate candidate in Massachusetts, and there is Scott Brown, the musician in New Zealand. They each have Twitter accounts, but the Scott Brown from Down Under laid claim to @ScottBrown first, and the Senate candidate had to resort to @ScottBrownMA. As the Boston Globe reports, in the past few days, as @ScottBrownMA has gained momentum through bloggers and twitterers and other social media, @ScottBrown has been inundated with people seeking @ScottBrownMA. Here is one of the tweets by @ScottBrown about the flood of contacts: Despite, or maybe because of, Martha Coakley's high profile as Massachusetts... legalinsurrection. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418207/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:25:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417709/posts Martha Coakley, Democratic candidate for Senate in Massachusetts, will fit right into the Senate culture in Washington, D.C., as witnessed by her recent award of $1.5 million to community groups in Massachusetts: Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants aimed at promoting health and wellness in some of Massachusetts’ most at-risk communities by creating jobs for low-income teens that promote increased physical activity. Through the office’s Project YES Initiative, the grants were awarded to active youth programs for the purpose of battling both high teen unemployment rates and the physical inactivity that is a major... Legal Insurrection blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417709/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:42:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417655/posts Normally, when a special election occurs to fill a seat in Congress or especially the Senate, the national parties throw resources and attention onto the race. The lack of competition for attention allows the national parties to transform the elections into national referendums of sorts, and the party out of power usually has an opportunity to exploit the lower turnout to steal a march on the governing party. So why have the national GOP and party leaders gone AWOL in Massachusetts, where Scott Brown will battle Martha Coakley for Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate? Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417655/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417235/posts GOP U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown has been all but abandoned by the same national Republican committees that pumped hundreds of thousands in campaign cash to former governors Mitt Romney and William Weld Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417235/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:54:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417041/posts House group's 'contract' is issue in 2 Mass. races. (snip) Republican US Senate hopeful Mitt Romney yesterday distanced himself from a GOP leadership move to rally congressional candidates behind a "contract with America" - a 10-point manifesto that embraces welfare cuts, tax cuts and a beefed-up military. The contract, promoted by Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia, is already a hot issue in Massachusetts' 6th and 3d congressional districts, where Republican freshmen Peter Torkildsen of Danvers and Peter Blute of Shrewsbury are defending their support of the document in the face of charges from Democratic opponents that it would inflate the... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417041/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:36:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416887/posts GOP U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown has been all but abandoned by the same national Republican committees that pumped hundreds of thousands in campaign cash to former governors Mitt Romney and William Weld during their long-shot bids for U.S. Senate. The snub has outraged local Republicans who say national conservatives should be jumping at the chance to nab the first open Senate seat in decades despite Brown’s tough odds in the Jan. 19 special election. ...In 1994, NRSC’s leader, then-Sen. Phil Gramm, vowed an “all out effort,” during Romney’s underdog battle against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The national party boosted... www.bostonherald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416887/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:55:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416796/posts (snip) The long-odds contender for the right to wage an up-hill fight against Teddy Kennedy bases his campaign on something rare among current Republican office-seekers: a positive, innovative and daring proposal. Tuesday in historic Faneuil Hall, at the fourth debate between the two contestants in the Sept. 20 GOP primary, heavily favored Mitt Romney mixed Republican boilerplate with me-too liberalism ("Sometimes I'll vote with Ted Kennedy"). His opponent, John Lakian, opened by commenting that Romney, in emphasizing crime and welfare, did "the traditional things that politicians do." (snip) When other Republican stars also proved reticent, the 47-year-old millionaire business-consultant son... The Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416796/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416327/posts I have in the past been a skeptic of Sarah Palin. Not of her political talent, which is considerable, but of her grasp of – and even interest in – substantive policy issues. When she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska on July 3rd, I wondered if she simply hadn’t the stomach for national politics. And the rambling, disjointed speech she gave that day left me wondering if she even knew why she was making such a momentous and potentially career-crippling decision. Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416327/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:43:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416239/posts (snip) On abortion and religion ROMNEY: I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it. . . . I think the low point of this race was when my opponent and their family decided to make religion an issue in this campaign. Brought it out, attacked me for it. I think that's a mistake. I think... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416239/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415826/posts I have in the past been a skeptic of Sarah Palin. Not of her political talent, which is considerable, but of her grasp of – and even interest in – substantive policy issues. When she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska on July 3rd, I wondered if she simply hadn’t the stomach for national politics. And the rambling, disjointed speech she gave that day left me wondering if she even knew why she was making such a momentous and potentially career-crippling decision. But then a funny thing happened: In November, Mrs. Palin debuted her memoir “Going Rogue” with great sales,... Andrew Breitbart's Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415826/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:40:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415674/posts Among conservatives, the GOP is often referred to as the "Stupid Party" for its tonedeaf, ham-handed, wrong-footed management of key issues like taxes and government spending. With the Senate's passage of government-run health care legislation, Democrats are making their bid to replace the GOP as not just the Stupid Party, but the stupidest party since the Whigs owned the title in the first half of the 19th century. But conservatives need to insist that the GOP press its opposition to big-government health care right through the 2010 elections. Think it's unnecessary to insist? Think again. Moderate Republicans have very little... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415674/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415585/posts As haggling between House and Senate versions of national health care reform gets under way in Washington, Massachusetts residents may be feeling a bit of dejà vu. The insurance mandates and cost controls being negotiated on Capitol Hill are the same polarizing issues that echoed in Beacon Hill chambers three years ago. In 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed the nation's most ambitious and complex health reform initiative with the goal of providing universal health care coverage to all Massachusetts residents. Like the bill taking shape in Congress, the state's health legislation required all residents to obtain health insurance or face... The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415585/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415408/posts Massachusetts has led the way for ObamaCare taxpayer-funded abortions. Governor Mitt Romney (with guidance from the still proud, would-be conservative think tank Heritage Foundation!) allied himself with the corrupt Democrat legislature (and its godfather Ted Kennedy) to pass a hideous mandated health insurance program here. Here is how the "Four Women, Inc." abortion clinic (in Attleboro, Mass.) advertises its abortion services, as funded by RomneyCare: Abortion Care:
Convenient day and evening appointments are available for abortion care. Surgical Abortion from 5.5 to 20 weeks. Medicaton Abortions from 5.5 to 7.5 weeks. Mass Health:
Most Mass Health programs cover pregnancy termination services. Please... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415408/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:29:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414780/posts Gov Palin interview with Greta Van Susteren was probably one of her best interviews, in that interview Van Susteren asked Palin about resignation, quitting, ethic violations and the prospect of dealing with attacks in future political positions. This is to all of those hacks, the misinformed and the haters that hide their true intentions against Gov. Palin, and you know who I'm talking about.......here are excerpts. PALIN: Because it was the best thing for the state of Alaska to be able to progress the conservative agenda up there without the distraction that the new normal in Alaskan politics had become... Blog Disclose TV Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414780/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414575/posts It’s no cause for celebration, and Sarah Palin’s not the type for schadenfreude, but she was right about the death panels. So right, in fact, that the death panels are receiving some very special and probably unconstitutional protection in the Senate health care bill. The creation of the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board – the panel that decides who goes without coverage so costs can be cut – cannot be repealed, according to language Harry Reid has inserted into the bill, without a supermajority vote of two-thirds. Death panels? There are no death panels! Stop listening to that crazy cackling... The North Star National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414575/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:13:10 GMT