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The most prominent candidate for the GOP nomination is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. He’s a prolific fundraiser and enjoys widespread name recognition, and he’s the darling of the GOP establishment. George Will lists him as one of the few serious presidential candidates.
But should Romney be the GOP’s presidential nominee? The answer is “absolutely not.”
Although there is no “perfect conservative,” and although conservatives have serious issues with every candidate running, Mitt Romney is nothing more than a strident liberal masquerading as a moderate. As Selwyn Duke rightly wrote in 2007, Romney is the Barack Obama of the GOP. Every Republican has made his share of mistakes, but Romney is a committed liberal on the whole spectrum of issues
I guess this is why the Dem base is less enthusiastic, Republicans are outperforming in early voting in battleground states, and independents prefer Romney. And if the 2012 electorate does not measure up to the 2008 electorate in terms of the Dem base....Rasmussen and Gallup were right.
I essentially agree. If it weren't for the Tea Party House I wouldn't be as worried about the prospects of a Romney presidency. Romney has been putting on a conservative act but I do believe he is a moderate. Of course there is no way of knowing for sure what he believes.
Yes, the Tea Party is what would worry me too with a Romney presidency. He can't stand up to the radical far right as a candidate, so what would make me believe he could do so as president? At one time he might have been a moderate, but he's been play-acting the role of a "severe conservative" for so long now I wonder if he remembers who his is any more. The good news is, after Tuesday he has the rest of his life to try to figure that out as a private citizen.
Its called a Country Club Republican. He is very similar to Reagan when Reagan was Governor of California.
Not even remotely.
Ronald Reagan was part of the conservative revolution in the Republican Party which wrested control of the party from the moderate Rockefeller Republicans.
His 1964 "A Time For Choosing" speech, given two years before he became Governor, was precisely about supporting Goldwater's conservatism in opposition to both the Democratic Party as well as the liberal faction of the Republican Party of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller and, not surprisingly, (George) Romney, among others.
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Of course he doesn't run on his past. He knows no one would vote for him if they knew the truth about where he really stands on issues.
I would. I'd like to know where a politician stands.
As far as I can tell, Romney would disband FEMA, now its good. He'd decrease tax revenue and increase spending, while we are already running a fiscal deficit, and he wants me to trust him that he'll find a way to pay for the deficit Obama has already set up, and the new spending he's talking about?
I would. I'd like to know where a politician stands.
As far as I can tell, Romney would disband FEMA, now its good. He'd decrease tax revenue and increase spending, while we are already running a fiscal deficit, and he wants me to trust him that he'll find a way to pay for the deficit Obama has already set up, and the new spending he's talking about?
Sorry, doesn't add up
No, the numbers do not add up, and his general plan to "work with Democrats" is horribly naive. The Dems are not going to work with him, just like the GOP refused to work with Obama. They will probably return the "our #1 goal is to get you out of the office" right back the fact of GOP. His divisive attitude was evidenced by his 47% comments.
Yep, they are two sides of the same coin; this is why I'm voting third-party.
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