[af_vet_rr]

Unfortunately, Mitt’s being pushed on us. I won’t vote for him but I hope he wins over Obama. The only thing for us to do once he’s nominated is work to elect as conservative a congress as possible. He can’t sign liberal bills if they never get to him. He’ll have to be pulled to the right whether he likes it or not. He’s a go along to get along type. As governor, he signed liberal bills and appointed democrats. As president, let’s force him to sign conservative bills and appoint conservatives.

This is very dangerous thinking, because there aren't enough actual Conservative members of Congress to stop Willard and his supporters.

The Democrats and liberal Republicans make up a large amount of Congress, and they will most definitely pass the kinds of bills that Willard will sign off on, and he will push things that they will sign off on. In some ways, he's much worse than Obama, because he'll have both Republicans and Democrats supporting his liberal notions.

[Finny]

This is very dangerous thinking, because there aren't enough actual Conservative members of Congress to stop Willard and his supporters. The Democrats and liberal Republicans make up a large amount of Congress, and they will most definitely pass the kinds of bills that Willard will sign off on, and he will push things that they will sign off on. In some ways, he's much worse than Obama, because he'll have both Republicans and Democrats supporting his liberal notions.

A point well worth heeding.

[lentulusgracchus]

This is very dangerous thinking, because there aren't enough actual Conservative members of Congress to stop Willard and his supporters.

This is very true. As you know, we in Texas (other FReepers may not know) have a 2:1 GOP majority in the Texas house of representatives, and we have a GOP majority in the state senate. Nevertheless, the speaker of the Texas house is a liberal RiNO from San Antonio who was elected and re-elected by a straight-line vote of the Democrats and a fraction of the nominal Republicans -- he is, in essence, a Democratic speaker, except that he gives insurance companies and banks what they want.

This is what a Romney presidency would play out as, almost zig for zig and zag for zag. It was what McLame was trying to put together with his infamous "maverick" senatorial faction, the Gang of 14. They tried to seize power by creating a swing bloc that would force numerous interest groups and both parties to come grovelling to them.