The Globe reports on the Bay State Republican’s Hannity hit:
Former Governor Mitt Romney tonight blasted President Obama, going after him using a line of attack that opponents have utilized before: competency for the job.
“He’s trying awfully hard,” Romney said during an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. “The problem is, he just doesn’t know what to do.”
Romney said that not only were President Obama’s policies misguided, but that he had been “cavalier” in dealing with the economic woes facing the nation.
“It’s sad to watch in some respects because obviously we care very deeply with what’s happening with the country, we want people to get back to work,” Romney said. “But he just doesn’t know what the right things are that he’s got to do to make that happen. He’s really put in place over the last two years about the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs regimen that we’ve seen probably in the past couple decades.”
Romney was coy about 2012:
“You know, no decision at this point,” he said. “We’ll give that some thought, obviously, and we’re doing the things we need to to keep in the public eye.”
The longtime businessman then said it was important for the field to have a businessman.
“I don’t know who all is going to get in the race, but I do believe that it would be helpful if at least one of the people who’s running in the Republican field had extensive experience in the private sector – in small business, in big business,” he said.
“It’s sad to watch in some respects because obviously we care very deeply with what’s happening with the country, we want people to get back to work,” Romney said. “But he just doesn’t know what the right things are that he’s got to do to make that happen."
I've been told never to attribute to malice what one can attribute to incompetence, but at some point the evidence is too strong in one direction. Obama is "very deeply" concerned with the widespread unemployment, but he's not competent in addressing the problem?
At some point one has to conclude that he, AT THE LEAST, he doesn't care. He's apathetic about our problems compared to pushing his agenda.
He runs on radical changes to health care, energy, and education. Facing rising unemployment upon his inauguration in 2009, he immediately pushes an agenda that focuses on health care, energy, and education.
In 2010, his administration claims to "pivot" to jobs, and his agenda is STILL health care, energy, and education.
In 2011, he's doing the same thing.
"He’s trying awfully hard"? There's absolutely no evidence of that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAre you kidding? Mitt has never stopped running for president. He is just as disingenuous as Obama.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseStay out of the race, Mr. Romney. Herman Cain is not a son of privilege, he's self-made. He isn't a wooden communicator and he has that terrific experience in the private sector you rightly believe important. Unlike you, Mr. Romney, his experience was in the world of real business, not crony capitalism. He never proposed spending billions of federal dollars to transform the auto industry. He doesn't stand with his finger in the wind before taking a position on an issue. He comes at issues based on principles, not polls and politics.
In the 1990's he equipped himself with the facts and publicly battled against national health care, even going so far as to publicly challenge President Clinton. Unlike you, he isn't responsible for a health care abomination (some people in Massachusetts now have "group" doctor appointments) that he has wrongly and stubbornly bragged about. Mr. Cain has no history of sucking-up to lefties on abortion or homosexuality. And he has not been weak on Second Amendment issues. The Second Amendment is just as important as the First, but you don't understand that. Your support of firearms is at best an affectation. You can't be trusted not to cave to the gun-grabbers if you sense a political advantage.
Believe it or not, I don't know if Mr. Cain is my candidate in 2012. All I know is that he is a far superior candidate to you, Mr. Romney. You have had a grand opportunity to be a conservative leader and you have squandered it. You are not a principled conservative. Your record of pandering on left-wing issues while governor is all the evidence I need to know that you are not conservative to your core. You just want power and will say or do anything to get it.
Unabashed and unafraid conservative leadership is what this country must have to dig out of this deep hole in which we find ourselves. You, Mr. Romney, lack the instincts of a true leader. If we must nominate a squishy Republican, Rudy, Newt, or Chris Christie would each be a much better choice. At least they know how to lead.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat a pity that Obama continues a health care debacle like Romney's.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMitt has not been my second or third choice for Republican candidate for the presidency but I am starting to worry we don't have a first string candidate.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI agree, the GOP will wheel some stooge out that has no idea of how we all live, that is out of touch, that has no public appeal, that is safely a moderate. In other words John McCain or Bob Dole at a time when a dynamic candidate can change the course of our nation.
Oh lord enough with the populist "regular guy" nonsense. I don't care who someone's father was. I'll judge each man on his own merits. This "son of privilege" talk just goes to show that we are no different than the other side when it comes to class envy.
Those are part of the strains of Palin support that bother me the most. "Oh she's just like us! What a regular gal!" I don't have Just Like Me in my top 50 criterion for what I want in an executive. Ronald Reagan wasn't "just like us." He could communicate more effectively to us than just about anyone in the history of this country but he wasn't us.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo an Ivy League theorist would be the answer?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseActually, Rinot, I will admit to being impressed with men who are self-made. However, being a son of privilege isn't per se a problem for me. I had absolutely no problem with either Bush being president (even though I didn't always agree with them). It's Romneys seeming sense of entitlement to public office that I have a problem with, (along with a litany of other problems). There's nothing in his DNA that makes him qualified to be president, just as there is nothing in the DNA of a Kennedy. Romney has done little ON HIS OWN to prove himself worthy of the presidency.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTommysr1: I agree, we cannot run a candidate under the "its my turn" philosophy ala Dole and McCain. It is also disturbing to read that the DNC is already running a search and destroy campaign against potential Republican candidates. This is starting to feel a bit like King Sisyphus's task.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell said Ben! Herman Cain is will be a strong candidate. I expect Mitt will not be a frontrunner. Sorry to disappoint most of y'all, but I am optimistic. Can you say "tea party"? Or Tea-publican?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou know what else is sad, seeing a Big Government RHINO like Romney act like he has always had the conservative religion.
If this guy gets the nomination in 2012 our country is doomed for the next 20 years, cause that will be how long it will take to replace the Republican party with a conservative party.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJust Like Me really should be in the top 50.
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I like Mitt, foibles and all. No candidate is perfect. Politics is ugly, dishonest, and it corrupts. Putting emotion and personality aside, ask yourself this: Who would you have most confidence in in making critical decisions in a time of national crisis? Palin? No. Huck? No. Romney? Yes.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse@ Tommysr1 - ridiculous strawman. If an Ivy League theorist was adherent to constitutional and the founding principles of the republic and was electable, sure. If a Regular Guy was adherent to constitutional principles and was electable, great. It doesn't matter - as conservatives it shouldn't matter, at all. People who share our beliefs come from nothing and they come from privilege. Cultural elites and blue collar types. Reagan knew it and that is why he was so effective - he could speak to both. The chip on their shoulder that many conservatives have for those with means is a disservice to our movement. I come from nothing and I've got a touch more than that now - not much, but I'm comfortable. I'll never begrudge another man for having more and I certainly won't judge him based on who his father is.
Imagine being liberal and becoming more conservative? I'd certainly never get behind someone like that.
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What a wimp. It's clear to everybody that he's running and yet he won't admit it. Honestly, what else is he doing to do? If people want to vote for a candidate who cannot even admit that he's running harder than Usain Bolt, go right ahead.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI like him and I like what he had to say. If he runs, I'm going to vote for him. I think he's going to enter the race later rather than sooner, for president 2012, for strategic reasons.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI like a Romney/Cain or Romney/Newt or Romney/Christie ticket.
Palin is out. Her endorsement of Christine O’Donnell shows extremely poor judgment. Quit her elected job for celeb status. Better off if she is next on DWTS.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThese people have really done their homework on Romney. They will surprise you with real research and analysis, not rhetoric and hearsay.
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