Romney's Electability Myth - The Clothes have no Emperor

[JoeB131]

WOLF: Candidate in the cross hairs - Washington Times

that before Barack Obama trounced John McCain in 2008, Mr. McCain trounced Mr. Romney. But that’s not the worst of it. Mr. Romney’s Massachusetts electoral record hardly inspires confidence. He was elected initially in 2002 but couldn’t crack 50 percent of the popular vote. By the end of his first and only term, he had an anemic 34 percent approval rating and a 65 percent disapproval rating. Survey USA ranked Mr. Romney’s popularity 48th out of the 50 governors. With that, the supposedly electable Mitt Romney walked away rather than face the voters.

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Indeed!

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Spot on. The push for Romney is coming from liberals and the elite media. Once more they think they can choose our candidate. WRONG.

 

[JoeB131]

Another quote from the same article...

Furthermore, Mr. Romney, still unable to reach beyond 25 percent in GOP polls, may have hit his high-water mark. Consider how the selectively quiet mainstream media waged war on the conservative challengers, one by one, just as they began to pose threats to Mr. Romney, yet they have found little time for exposes on Romneycare or Bain Capital or - brace yourself - racism in the Mormon Church. Don’t worry, they will. Meanwhile, conservatives should ask themselves why they’re holding back now.

The media will turn on Mr. Romney faster and with greater vengeance than they did Mr. McCain in 2008, and when they do, his poll numbers - unlike those of his GOP rivals who already have faced their firestorms - will crater like Mr. McCain’s did. I would guess they’re already hunting down every family with a grievance against Bain Capital for breathless “How Mitt Romney destroyed our family” news stories. Unfair? Absolutely. Damaging? You decide.

 

[strollingbones]

Spot on. The push for Romney is coming from liberals and the elite media. Once more they think they can choose our candidate. WRONG.

so you think the candidate will be newt? really?

 

[Valerie]

The media will barrage whomever the nominee is, so what...? The question becomes which of these candidates can stand toe to toe and answer to the issues making a convincing case that America would be better off with him as President? He may not be the ideal candidate in the eyes of the Republican party, but many rational conservatives, moderates and independents find Mitt Romney a much better candidate...Again, based on the ultimate goal of winning THIS election.

The mantra that he is RINO who will be the same as Obama but with better hair is total BS. Go ahead and nominate Newt and you will see four more years of O.

 

[auditor0007]

Spot on. The push for Romney is coming from liberals and the elite media. Once more they think they can choose our candidate. WRONG.

Hey, if you're going to pick Newt, I don't want to help you choose your candidate. Seems you guys are doing a fine job on your own. Go Newt.

 

[JoeB131]

The media will barrage whomever the nominee is, so what...? The question becomes which of these candidates can stand toe to toe and answer to the issues making a convincing case that America would be better off with him as President? He may not be the ideal candidate in the eyes of the Republican party, but many rational conservatives, moderates and independents find Mitt Romney a much better candidate...Again, based on the ultimate goal of winning THIS election.

The mantra that he is RINO who will be the same as Obama but with better hair is total BS. Go ahead and nominate Newt and you will see four more years of O.

It's not who they are going to barrage, but who can take a barrage better.

They've been barraging Newt for 20 years now. He's used to it.

Mittens on the other hand, gets unglued if Brett Baier asks him a softball question...

I mean if he's going to go nuts over that, what's he going to do when a reporter asks him about racism in the Mormon "Church"?