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whogo, Comparing any in the field to RR is ignorant at best. MR is the most likely to have any shot at BO; none of the others will fare as well as JM 2008, and RR would clean BO's clock in '12, if he were alive and at a reasonable age.
The Newtster is having his 15 minutes of fame, just like sure bets MB, R(I)P, and the Pizza Man previously.
Romney will get eaten alive when they turn the dog's loose on him ...
MR is beating BO in NH by 10.. a state Obama won in 2008. MR with a mod, like Ohio gov, would take most swing states, and hold the red ones..a path to 270. W/O swing states, its 2008 all over again for the GOP. Swing state death.
BO will run a negative campaign, but quite frankly, Newt has far more baggage to expose than MR. Plus Newt would run into BO's personal popularity rating (avg above 20 points above performance polls), due to Newt's acerbic, elitist personality. Newt need only look in the mirror to see why a career looking so promising in 1994 never took off. He is his own worst enemy.
MR is beating BO in NH by 10.. a state Obama won in 2008. MR with a mod, like Ohio gov, would take most swing states, and hold the red ones..a path to 270. W/O swing states, its 2008 all over again for the GOP. Swing state death.
BO will run a negative campaign, but quite frankly, Newt has far more baggage to expose than MR. Plus Newt would run into BO's personal popularity rating (avg above 20 points above performance polls), due to Newt's acerbic, elitist personality. Newt need only look in the mirror to see why a career looking so promising in 1994 never took off. He is his own worst enemy.
No, Mitt is not a moderate. Mitt will be whatever he needs to be to get elected. His record once in office shows he governs as a liberal. Maybe that's why you and the liberals like him so much.
Mitt is a moderate, Don9, you are an extremist. The term moderate is not party sensitive, it means the middle of America, not the middle of either base. It is the vast land where BO won independents by 8 by in 2008, and oh the election he won by 7.4 (notice how close those numbers are). That means the two bases negated each other, and as always moderate independents chose the president. The party that most pleases them wins their votes. They are loyal to neither, as we all should be loyal to neither. They must EARN their support each election.
You are too smart, Bob, therefore you have to be called a liberal Obama supporter by the 'true conservatives"....lol. You see if we don't jump on their bandwagon, that by the way has three broken wheels, we are suddenly liberals.
I think the conservatives forget that they are not the only members of the Republican Party.
Mitt is a moderate, Don9, you are an extremist. The term moderate is not party sensitive, it means the middle of America, not the middle of either base. It is the vast land where BO won independents by 8 by in 2008, and oh the election he won by 7.4 (notice how close those numbers are). That means the two bases negated each other, and as always moderate independents chose the president. The party that most pleases them wins their votes. They are loyal to neither, as we all should be loyal to neither. They must EARN their support each election.
Extremist ... really ... what do you base that on? Becasue I won't support Mitt over Newt? Mitt can't even keep his story straight. At the last debate Mitt jumped on Newt for saying illegals that have been here for a quarter century should not be automatically rounded up and deported. Then later in the debate Mitt flipped and agreed with Newt on that one point. Now today ... he flipped back again and claims Newt is supporting amnesty ... which is not true and Newt even made that clear in the debate.
Mitt was told that this was a good political argument against Newt so he is going with it to attack Newt.
But let me ask you ... a Mexican family that has been here illegally for a quarter century .. they have jobs ...they stayed out of trouble ... they have been good neighbors ... they have children and grandchildren in the neighborhood ... are you saying you support Mitt in having ICE pull up to their house of 25 years and throwing them into the van cuffed like criminals and dropping them off at the Mexican border with none of their possessions? Is that what you and moderates want?
See .... I'm an extremist and actually feel that would be a bad thing. I actually do have compassion for people in situations like this. These people were here for ~25 years and "allowed" by our government to live and raise their kids. They should be considered a special case and given a chance to become citizens.
But you see ... Mitt probably feels the same way ... matter of fact he probably has a more liberal perspective on this ... but he will not state his true position before election day ... unlike Newt who will be honest and real. Mitt is not honest and he is not real.
I'm a Reagan conservative and proudly served under him.
Mitt is no conservative. All you have to do is look at his history and what he says today. People who want him elected are also not conservatives or misguided conservatives.
Why do you think Mitt is not getting demonized by the left like they have done with anyone who comes close to Mitt?
You need to look around and read something instead of just listening to Rush and watching Fox News. Who do you think the Obama campaign is already targeting with negative ads? It sure ain't Newtie. They don't care about Newt or Cain or Perry or whoever the flavor of the week is. They are targeting Mitt Romney because they are actually threatened by him.
No, Mitt is not a moderate. Mitt will be whatever he needs to be to get elected. His record once in office shows he governs as a liberal. Maybe that's why you and the liberals like him so much.
His record shows anything but that. He was a very conservative governor in a very nonconservative state. He got Massachusetts out of debt and they had a suplus in about 3 years. He vetoed over 800 bills while he was governor. He was tough on illegal immigration. I am not sure where you see any of that as being liberal as a governor.
Extremist ... really ... what do you base that on? Becasue I won't support Mitt over Newt? Mitt can't even keep his story straight. At the last debate Mitt jumped on Newt for saying illegals that have been here for a quarter century should not be automatically rounded up and deported. Then later in the debate Mitt flipped and agreed with Newt on that one point. Now today ... he flipped back again and claims Newt is supporting amnesty ... which is not true and Newt even made that clear in the debate.
Mitt was told that this was a good political argument against Newt so he is going with it to attack Newt.
But let me ask you ... a Mexican family that has been here illegally for a quarter century .. they have jobs ...they stayed out of trouble ... they have been good neighbors ... they have children and grandchildren in the neighborhood ... are you saying you support Mitt in having ICE pull up to their house of 25 years and throwing them into the van cuffed like criminals and dropping them off at the Mexican border with none of their possessions? Is that what you and moderates want?
See .... I'm an extremist and actually feel that would be a bad thing. I actually do have compassion for people in situations like this. These people were here for ~25 years and "allowed" by our government to live and raise their kids. They should be considered a special case and given a chance to become citizens.
But you see ... Mitt probably feels the same way ... matter of fact he probably has a more liberal perspective on this ... but he will not state his true position before election day ... unlike Newt who will be honest and real. Mitt is not honest and he is not real.
You need to quit making things up to suit your story. Mitt Romny has never been for amnesty. He has always taken firm stands on illegal immigration. He vetoed a bill to allow illegals a driver's license when he was governor. He would not pass a bill to allow illegals instate tuition. He was not in support of the 'Dream Act'. His has a history of being firm on illegal immigration overall. You might want to study up on the candidates if you are going to bring up things about them that aren't facts.
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... really ... what do you base that on? Becasue I won't support Mitt over Newt? Mitt can't even keep his story straight. At the last debate Mitt jumped on Newt for saying illegals that have been here for a quarter century should not be automatically rounded up and deported. Then later in the debate Mitt flipped and agreed with Newt on that one point. Now today ... he flipped back again and claims Newt is supporting amnesty ... which is not true and Newt even made that clear in the debate. 
