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McCotter Endorses Romney

There is no joy in McCotterville. Mighty Thad has dropped out.

And, in an odd twist, Rep. Thaddeus “The Red Eye Candidate” McCotter told the Detroit News this afternoon that he will throw his support behind the man he most reviled during the campaign: former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. This comes as a surprise, since McCotter’s populist campaign was meant in part as an answer to Romney’s establishment candidacy.

When Romney campaigned in Michigan in June, McCotter greeted the GOP frontrunner with an icy welcome. “Motor City hospitality dictates a Michigan message to Mitt that our struggling families, entrepreneurs, and workers think Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama are not rivals, they’re running mates,” said McCotter, referring to Romneycare, first cousin of Obamcare.

McCotter also slammed Romney for opposing the auto bailout, saying Romney’s solution “would have led to liquidation and the loss of more than one million jobs nationwide.”

While McCotter never realistically stood a chance, he was also robbed of a platform for his populist views when GOP debate organizers declined to offer him a podium (including at tonight’s debate in Orlando). While other long-shot candidates like Ron Paul got a voice, McCotter was essentially silenced. 

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   09/22/11 15:49

This is too bad. Rep. McCotter would have done better if he had jumped in at the beginning, giving him a shot at early MSM recognition equal to that of the other marginal candidates like Cain and Pawlenty. At the same time, the MSM failed in its duty to report the GOP nomination race without bias. The MSM decided who they would cover, and the MSM's choices decided for us, the voters, who we could vote for. McCotter could have laid waste on the debate platform to any of these buffoons still standing, and to Mitt Romney as well.

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   09/22/11 16:04

The only waste he laid was himself.

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 RTP
   09/22/11 15:48

To quote a famous movie, "This means something."

I think the GOP establishment is tightening nooses around the country.

The same crew that pushed "electables," like Bush 1, Dole and McCain. They gave Penna. Spectre over Toomey, as well.

I don't buy into the Bildeberger nonsense, but that doesn't mean I don't think they have their club of men who "they can do business with."

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   09/22/11 16:47

Wow. I think Agent Mulder said something just like this is the third season of the X-Files. Is this so-called noose-tightening establishment led by the Cigarette Smoking Man?

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   09/23/11 09:40

Wow, the GOP establishment has the power to influence the candidate? I'm shocked.

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   09/22/11 15:51

I mean no disrespect when I say this, and no snark intended, but...

Who???! I have no idea who this person is.

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   09/22/11 15:54

I was going to ask the same thing ...

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   09/23/11 09:38

Red Eye is a show for politics geeks and all fans know who he is.

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JeffD
   09/22/11 15:59

McCotter:

External Link 

>>
Ending the Retirement Ponzi Scheme
In its current form, America’s Social Security system is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses under the weight of federal debt and failed national leadership.
<<

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Joe M
   09/22/11 16:02

Shortest. Campaign. Ever.

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   09/22/11 16:03

Why bother endorsing when no gives a rats patoot about you? Not to mention throwing out your convictions in the process.

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   09/22/11 20:06

People in McCotter's suburban Detroit would care. Then again, Detroit's 90% Democrat with hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the suburbs, so.....

How DID McCotter get elected?

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   09/22/11 16:14

Is Mitt paying McCotter's campaign debts, too?

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   09/22/11 18:00

Exactly my first thought, Bulldog. Paw-paw and now this. Mitt has the deep pockets, so that's who gets endorsed. Of course, if one really believes in McC's politics, how could one vote for Mitt? This is about money. I guess it is a stride for fiscal conservatism that these debts will, indeed, get paid by somebody instead of just being shined on in the Democrat fashion, but still...

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Larry Jones
   09/22/11 16:17

McCotter on Social Security: "In its current form, America’s Social Security system is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses under the weight of federal debt and failed national leadership."

Hmmm....

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   09/22/11 16:19

I would have liked to see more of McCotter, but let's not be too ridiculous. Ron Paul is third in the RCP poll average. McCotter never even registered on any poll at 1% or higher. If you're going to exclude Paul on grounds of his being an impossible long-shot, then you'd have to kick out Bachmann, Gingrich, and all the others too and just limit all the debates to Perry-Romney.

With all thse debates, the organizers need to find a better way of allotting the spots. I'd like to see a format where those over 15% or so can go to every debate, while those at 5% maybe make it to half, and those at 1% make it to a quarter.

That would both keep us from having to have Santorum, Cain, and Huntsman getting equal time with Perry and Romney; and give very dark candidates like McCotter and Johnson the occasional stage on which to make an impact.

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Grag
   09/22/11 16:51

That's a pretty good idea, actually. Except instead of having hard thresholds I'd just make it random, with each candidate's probability of filling one of the (say) five slots on the debate floor proportional to (say) the square of some kind of average of his recent poll numbers.

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greenlight
   09/22/11 16:52

I dunno, Patrick, I think the reason it would've been okay to rule out Ron Paul is that his support was (as someone else put it) 'very deep and very narrow'.

His supporters were passionate and he seemed very adept at gaming the straw polls but he's never going to get beyond where he is right now.

Bachmann, Gingrich, etc. may not be going anywhere either but that's because they've already peaked.

McCotter was always a long shot but he was also one debate away from making a lot of people sit up and take notice. That he was excluded from the debates has gone from being a shame to being a scandal.

I very much agree with your second and third paragraph, though.

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   09/22/11 16:53

Actually he did in fact register 1% on some polls, but was completely left out of others because the pollsters wanted to make room for Palin and other non-candidates because that was what they were interested in. One lesson here is: be skeptical of polls, Methodology can be all over the place.

The other thing to take away from this is: realize that the media are more involved in selecting presidents than we might like. Be aware that everything you read and see and hear (or don't see and don't hear) was picked and chosen by someone, based on their business or career agenda, not necessarily your needs.

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   09/23/11 09:35

Yours is a great summation of politics in general.

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