I hope not but I suspect you are right. He still won't get my vote in the primaries though.
I don't know why so many conservative Republicans are against him. I am a conservative and have thoroughly studied his background and his job's plan. His health care plan has no other comparison to Obama's but the mandate- it dealt with 8% of the population "only" those that had insurance saw no changes. He set up exchanges so that people could shop for insurance carriers, " through the private sector," he expanded "HSA's" and 2 out of 3 people in MA are happy with the plan and as he says " if they don't like it they can vote it out." It dealt with people who could afford insurance but showed up at the emergency ward so they could let you flip the bill for it. He has also stated REPEATEDLY that he would repeal Obama care on his first day, issue a mandate for no implementation on his first day until he can get it to the congress and the senate for full repeal. He means it and he will do it.
He has been an awesome business man, turned the olympics into the most successful ever, turned around companies and made them successes and thereby created thousands of jobs. Yes, a few were laid off to make a company profitable, but in comparison to the jobs created he has a 98% success rate. He is a bean counter, right down to the penny, he is a waste cutter and that was very evident in the articles I have read.
Some call him a flip-flopper, well I used to be pro-choice and I changed my mind on that too. For someone to tell me that they have never changed their minds or positions is a bold face lie, everyone does, especially on the more difficult issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
Mitt Romney took a state that was 3 billion dollars in deficit and turned that into a 2 billion dollar surplus in a short 4 years and he did it without raising taxes. Keep in mind that he did that in a deep, deep blue state that continually re-elects the likes of Barney Frank and John Kerry.
The only problem I see with Romney, is that it was unfortunate that he was governor of one of the most liberal states in the nation and therefore many conservatives paint him as a liberal or moderate. He had an 85% democrat legislature, that was a deck stacked against him, there is nothing liberal about Mitt Romney.
Chris Christy would have had the same problem should he have run, conservatives would have painted him as liberal or moderate as he was elected governor of another deep, deep blue state. Chris Christy fully understands the battle that Mitt had to fight and what he was up against in MA, because he is fighting the same battle in New Jersey, that's also a major reason why Chris Christy has endorsed Mitt Romney.
What's not to like about Mitt Romney? he's been there, done that, he has an awesome record of success and most importantly he can BEAT Obama.
And as one author on Bill O'Reilly stated, that should we lose this election to Obama again, I will blame the " purists" who nominated a candidate that could not win against Obama. I agree, I will fully blame the purists should we elect someone who can't carry the independent vote which is what we have to have in order to WIN. Independents are breaking hard for Mitt Romney 54% to 41% Obama and that's a landslide win. It's important to be pragmatic get your emotions out of this, this is not a love relationship, it's a business deal. Use your brain and not your heart.
