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I am a conservative from Mass and I have no problem voting for Mitt Romney. He is a highly successful executive and virtually every business venture he touches becomes highly successful as well.
As far as his liberalism goes, anyone knows that to hold high office in Mass a conservative has to at least try to move to the center.
I am a conservative from Mass and I have no problem voting for Mitt Romney. He is a highly successful executive and virtually every business venture he touches becomes highly successful as well.
As far as his liberalism goes, anyone knows that to hold high office in Mass a conservative has to at least try to move to the center.
could I or would I vote for him? Probably but I don't think his liberalism is just because of what he had to do while in MA. He has been almost a McCain wishy washy guy..
I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if he is a good candidate or not. But I do know that someone seriously needs to become a big time thought as a GOP candidate.
Everyone is saying "maybe" this one or that one when what we need is a "this is definitely the candidate". It's already 2011 and needs to happen soon.
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I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if he is a good candidate or not. But I do know that someone seriously needs to become a big time thought as a GOP candidate.
Everyone is saying "maybe" this one or that one when what we need is a "this is definitely the candidate". It's already 2011 and needs to happen soon.
Normally those seriously thinking of running will make their intentions known by spring of the year prior to the election, certainly by summer. I am guessing and that is all it is, those who are really serious about wanting to run at anytime are waiting to see how Obama handles some of the challenges. It it appears he is on the upswing many might sit this election out and wait for 2016.
Normally those seriously thinking of running will make their intentions known by spring of the year prior to the election, certainly by summer. I am guessing and that is all it is, those who are really serious about wanting to run at anytime are waiting to see how Obama handles some of the challenges. It it appears he is on the upswing many might sit this election out and wait for 2016.
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Oh no!!! I don't see how he can be on the upswing.... IMO, he hasn't handled anything with any sort of success.
Other than giving a speech, I doubt he can do anything for this country.
Oh no!!! I don't see how he can be on the upswing.... IMO, he hasn't handled anything with any sort of success.
Other than giving a speech, I doubt he can do anything for this country.
Oh, you certainly know how I feel about him, I am just saying, if this were to happen some of the better candidates may choose to wait it out rather than lose ground by getting defeated in 2012. It is hard to turn around and win after a defeat. Nixon did it, but how many others have?
I really do not see why him being a Mormon should play a role in deciding whether to vote for him or not.
It is still like a branch of Christianity and not to mention that I think he is one of the more reasonable Republicans we may have.
It's always the same old story. "Southern evangelicals won't vote for _____!" Before 2008, how many times did you hear that there was no way McCain could compete in the South, what with his calling Robertson/Falwell 'agents of intolerance', once saying Roe v. Wade shouldn't be overturned, and having a checkered marital history? Well, McCain got more votes in Southern states than any other candidate, and that includes winning the two biggest prizes, Texas and Florida. Romney, it should be noted, did well in Florida, finishing second (he didn't compete in Texas, having dropped out by that time). The refusal of evangelicals to vote for candidates who don't match their evangelical mindset is vastly overstated.
It's also worth noting that most primaries aren't in the South. The nomination race begins in Iowa (which, curiously enough, is more often won in open GOP races by someone who doesn't go on to win the GOP nomination than by someone who does). Then, on to New Hampshire, where Romney will be a heavy favorite. After that, it's on to Nevada (which Romney is likely to dominate again) and South Carolina. Thereafter, the schedule is not yet fixed. But most of it is outside of the South, naturally. Romney should do quite well in the West (like he did in 2008, where Mormonism is more prevalent) and the Northeast (his natural base) and the upper Midwest (such as Michigan, one of Romney's sort-of home states (his father served two terms as Michigan's Governor).
This doesn't mean he will win. But the idea that he can't win simply ignores the evidence we have at hand. Way too many people are unable to distinguish between what the evidence indicates and what they want to be true.
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