Good News And Bad News On Romney
Great news for Mitt Romney. He trounced in the Illinois primary. Big time. He's building his delegate lead.
And former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed him in a statement. That's actually the most coveted Bush endorsement out there.
So things are looking fantastic!
Conservatives are finally starting to feel at ease with the presumptive nominee.
Which means it's time for another Romney gaffe. This time it comes from his communications director. This is an actual transcript from a CNN show this morning:
HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election.
FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.
Oh dear.
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Mar '11
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Oh, c'mon guys. The question was a When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife question and the response is honest and fair: of course the general campaign differs from the primary campaign. Why should he be dishonest and say something untrue? Romney & Co. clearly believe that the best way to the White House is a reasoned center-right position. His biggest potential problem is not that he's too centrist, it's that the demos and the msm willl paint him as some right wing nutjob in the general. As a result, his strategy of *not taking the bait* and swinging hard right during the primary season is thoughtful. I don't think it will win him the election, btw, but it strikes me as a more winnable position than going on about the evils of contraception (santorum) and letting iran get the bomb (paul) or lunar colonization ( newt). If he wins the primary by being the *moderate* republican choice he's in a better position in the general by far.
Jun '11
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<<Someone talk me down off this ledge.>>
Jun '10
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Don't worry. Mitt knows who he is...right now.
Mar '11
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KC Mulville: I'm so against Obama that if the GOP nominated a flowerpot, I'd still vote GOP.
But now I'm starting to prefer the flowerpot ... · 40 minutes ago
This flowerpot...is it a pro-life flowerpot?
Jun '10
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Mitt Romney: the Republican version of Alexander Kerensky.
May '10
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I wonder about this statement. Are conservatives really starting to feel at ease or are they beginning to get up enough nerve to vote for the inevitability against which they spent months trying, unsuccessfully, to fight.
The very real danger for Romney here is that his campaign's apparent disdain for all things conservative will drive those voters away from doing anything for the candidate but casting a vote. No phone banks. No donations (though with his big money donors, I wonder if that matters to his campaign). No selling friends and family.
Right now, the only compelling case for Mitt Romney is, "well, at least he's not Barack Obama", which doesn't exactly inspire much beyond slump-shouldered resignation.
Feb '12
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You say gaffe----I say refreshing candor!
Aug '10
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Conservatives have had ample opportunity rally behind an ABR. They have instead settled in to dividing their loyalties between three unelectable candidates.
To expect Romney, the guy they have resolutely rejected, the guy who is winning without them, to be beholden to them, strikes me as odd.
Sooner or later movement conservatives will have to come to terms with the fact that we hold a general election for President of the United States.
Dec '10
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Squishy, Romney's team seems to be operating on the principle that Romney won't need the votes of conservatives in November either. They may get a real-life field test of that principle.
Dec '10
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So, has anyone broken the news to Ann Coulter that she's just a particle of aluminum dust waiting to be shaken off come autumn?
Apr '11
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Richard O'Shea: <<Someone talk me down off this ledge.>>
16 minutes ago
Mr. O'Shea let me introduce you to a couple of Mormons you oughta meet.
Aug '11
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Nathaniel Wright: Let's see...
A candidate campaigns to the party's base in the primaries...
Then a candidate campaigns to the general electorate and moves toward the middle in the general...
Isn't that politics 101?
That assumes that all the conventional wisdom still applies in 2012.
EDIT: Oops. C. U. Douglas said the same thing back there. Should probably read further before replying. Anyway, GMTA.
Edited on March 21, 2012 at 5:31pmMar '11
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.: If Romney is already taking conservatives for granted, and it's 7 months before the election, what do you think would happen if he ever made it to the White House?
Someone talk me down off this ledge. · 58 minutes ago
Do not fret, Mollie. Mitt will never make it to the White House.
Jun '11
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Aug '11
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Party like it's 1992!
Not this one.
Edited on March 21, 2012 at 5:55pmAug '10
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I have no doubt they will, but I am betting that desire to unseat the Obama Administration will overcome the disappointment with nominee.
Edited on March 21, 2012 at 6:04pmApr '11
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DrewInWisconsin
Nathaniel Wright: Let's see...
A candidate campaigns to the party's base in the primaries...
Then a candidate campaigns to the general electorate and moves toward the middle in the general...
Isn't that politics 101?
That assumes that all the conventional wisdom still applies in 2012.
EDIT: Oops. C. U. Douglas said the same thing back there. Should probably read further before replying. Anyway, GMTA. · 30 minutes ago
Edited 29 minutes ago
Great minds, etc.
Aug '10
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Politics 101 and the conventional wisdom worked for Obama in 2008. If you don't think his Hopey/Changey rhetoric moved to the middle, you and I disagree.
There's a reason fools like David Brooks were fooled by Obama, because he lied and implied he'd rule from the middle.
Feb '12
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Squishy Blue RINO: Conservatives have had ample opportunity rally behind an ABR. They have instead settled in to dividing their loyalties between three unelectable candidates.
To expect Romney, the guy they have resolutely rejected, the guy who is winning without them, to be beholden to them, strikes me as odd.
Sooner or later movement conservatives will have to come to terms with the fact that we hold a general election for President of the United States. · 1 hour ago
Sooner or later the "moderates" will have to come to terms with the fact that they are enabling those who have been stealing away our liberties.
Mar '11
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Mr Romney's victory speech didn't sound like he is gonna move to the middle - 'twas almost Reaganesque. He still has to keep the conservatives on board in the general, and thereafter, so I don't think he can stray too far.
I'd say he is a capitalist at heart, which is far superior to a flowerpot and infinitely preferable to Mr Obama.