In the past few days, Mitt Romney has won the endorsement of Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, and Bob Dole.
Take that, critics who say he’s too establishment!
Next up: Charlie Crist, Arlen Specter, and the senators from Maine!
(Okay, he was also endorsed by Nikki Haley and Christine O’Donnell.)
Chris Christie also comes to mind. Just another establishment RINO?
Let's all take a deep breath, now, and recall we need to nominate the most conservative candidate...who can win. Might just be Mitt, I'm thinking.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThose who know Romney endorse him, both Tea Party leaders and more moderate Republicans. Those who know Gingrich are shouting from the rooftops that he's not the right person for this job. CNN's poll today shows that more and more Republicans are realizing that Romney is the best choice. Gingrich's lead has gone away.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHas anyone of note endorsed Grindgrinch? Perhaps he should lie about people who are already dead endorsing him, say like Barry Goldwater or Richard Nixon. I doubt it would be beneath his ethical standards. Cordially, Bill
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDon't forget Ann Coulter and Jack Welch...
Many are endorsing Romney as it becomes more obvious he is the best for the job today.
The Examiner endorsement is a prime example:
"» Second, our economy is broken. Based on his long years of experience creating thousands of jobs here in the private sector, Romney knows how to fix the economy. As he says every day on the campaign trail, "government doesn't create jobs, the private sector does." To that end, he promises to cut individual and corporate taxes, reform the tax code to encourage growth and investment, and expand free trade. He pledges to slash unnecessary federal regulation and unleash America's vast energy resources to create jobs and free us from dependence on nations that are hostile to our country. He will, in short, follow in Reagan's footsteps to get America working again."
In 2008, the NR led with great clarity. They were way ahead of the curve. They have been unfortunately pounded by those stuck playing an awful image/identity game which weakens all.
Seeing some who should know better, using destructive populism, trying to divide "us vs. them" - with this "establishment" warfare nonsense is a vivid sign of the folly amongst us.
We all know there exists a small element who have ugly religious bigotry against Mr. Romney, some resent a "wealth success", some even are prejudiced against someone coming from the North East, etc. None of it is conservatism, none of it is sound.
We have to get it together for 2012. The same thing happened in NJ recently, and cooler heads selected Mr. Christie over the fashionable lean. We have to win in 2012, and cannot afford to allow the superficial fashion to take us off a cliff again.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI've never understood why everyone always associates Christine O'Donnell with Conservatives and the Tea Party but never mention WI Senator Ron Johnson.
Johnson, a businessman who had never run for any political office before, got his start by speaking at a Tea Party rally. He's Tea Party to the core, and the movement carried him to victory over Russ Feingold, one of the D's great champions, in traditionally blue WI.
Maybe he doesn't get much press because he destroyed Feingold in the election.
As for Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party was far more interested in making sure Mike Castle, a very liberal (R), did not win the Republican nomination rather than pushing for his opponent. O'Donnell, a gadfly for liberal talkshows who never held a real job, was not a product of the Tea Party movement. At best, she was a side-effect of the Tea Party's total revulsion at the notion of a Mike Castle as a Republican Senator.
Linking O'Donnell to the Tea Party is a Republican Establishment smear, prompted by their annoyance that we rejected Castle, their chosen candidate.
Maybe the Republican leadership will eventually learn that 'moderates' like McCain, Castle and Romney are anathema to the Conservative base that makes up an ever increasing percentage of their vote. We can't always beat them in the primary, but many of us will then simply stay home in the general election.
But, then again, maybe they'll never learn.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThat is silly, really silly.
The problem remains the image vs. reality. O'Donnell was an image based identity candidate largely fostered by many embracing the same fashion. She was pushed by those who took over the original image of the Tea Party protests - forming groups using the same name and identity. (I participated in the early Tea Party protests - and it is no surprise some who had their own agenda would try to use the positive image as their own, many of these voices simply are unfortunately lackluster). There is little doubt this bandwagon aided Ms. O'Donnell gaining the Primary win, which ultimately gave the Democratic Party a sincere gift.
The irony is, Johnson is far more compatible to Mr. Romney in every sense. Proven Private Sector offerings. There is no comparison to McCain and Mr. Romney. McCain is a career Public Sector Product, a Washington Celebrity who is entrenched in Washington having no CEO ability or private sector knowledge. McCain was destined to lose in the General Election. He is not articulate, well beyond his prime, a symbol of the Washington mess which Americans have rejected, has a bad temper, no sincere accomplishment besides his POW heroics from long ago.
Romney is a sound Executive who has a clear devotion to the Free Market, a proven American whose success is well earned. He is a fine symbol of a number of conservative principles which wisely see the strength of the Private Sector over the Government alternative.
The fashion which tries to divide with "establishment" warfare and imagined cabals is not conservative. It is enabling the opposite. The failure of those pushing the fashion to even recognize the weakness of some of the offerings they clamor for, is a sign of the lack of reason, rationale, logic, seriousness, even conservatism in the approach.
It is sad, but the delusions being peddled amongst us continues to weaken. Same folly which turned on Ronald Reagan in the Second Term, same which began to call GW Bush a "traitor", same which equates Boehner with Pelosi, same ignorance which sees Chris Christie as a "liberal".
It is nonsense, and it is sinking the credibility of so many. It isn't conservatism, just mindless fashion.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Mitt Romney exudes wisdom, in addition to decency, compassion, pragmatism and coalition-building skills. For a Republican to get elected in Massachusetts is remarkable, perhaps a bigger feat than Republican Ronald Reagan getting elected governor in California.
Romney is a self-made man. Obama is a government-made man. Romney's skill set includes three areas of expertise that are needed to run this country: He has success in the private sector. Romney led Bain Capital from a staff of seven people managing $37 million to 115 people managing $4 billion. His firm on average doubled its return on realized investments every year."
Old Fan do your fingers ever get tired of pounding the keyboard for Mr. Romney?
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