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Showing posts with label Ex-Governor Mitt Romney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ex-Governor Mitt Romney. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Ex-Senator Rick Santorum endorses President Barack Obama: I love this guy!
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
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Ex-Senator Rick Santorum said yesterday that Romney is so much like Obama, voters in November should just stick with the incumbent. In Texas, the candidate once again held up front-runner Mittens as the Etch A Sketch candidate, who will change his positions after the primary.
"You win by giving people a choice," he said. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future." I effing love this guy!
Romney's top political strategist suggested that Ex-Senator Santorum's continued presence in the race makes him President Obama's "most valuable player."
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
New Public Policy Polling results show Mitt Romney less popular than George W. Bush
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
A new survey from Public Policy Polling shows that Ex-Governor Mitt Romney is viewed favorably by 33 percent of voters, with nearly double that number—58%—viewing him unfavorably. Ex-President George W. Bush, who reached Nixon-style lows while in The White House, fared far better in the same poll—45% favorable and 46% unfavorable. As Public Policy Polling wrote, "The former president has seen something of a rehabilitation in his image since he left office and memories of his administration have begun to fade, but for him to be stronger than Romney among independent voters just a few years after an economic meltdown and disaster in Iraq is striking. "
This poll also seems to put the lie to Romney's oft repeated claim of electability and inevitability: "Romney is actually not the most electable Republican candidate on this poll. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum both do a point better than him, trailing by 3 points at 46-43 and 48-45 respectively."
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Ex-Senator Rick Santorum leads by 4+% in early returns from Michigan
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
We've been a little down since it looked like Ex-Governor Mitt Romney might actually pull off a victory tonight in Michigan after trailing in all the polls earlier. In the very early reporting from Michigan tonight, Santorum leads Romney by four+ points (40.8% v. 35.6%).
1% of the precincts reporting:
Santorum 3,622 votes - 40.8%
Romney 3,162 35.6 votes - 36.8%
Paul 1,074 - 12.1%
Gingrich 1,361 - 7%
Why do we want Santorum to win? a) We would love to see him run against BHO; b) it's kind of fun to watch the Romney campaign unravel; and c) a Santorum win should make Super Tuesday a whole lot more interesting.
We've been a little down since it looked like Ex-Governor Mitt Romney might actually pull off a victory tonight in Michigan after trailing in all the polls earlier. In the very early reporting from Michigan tonight, Santorum leads Romney by four+ points (40.8% v. 35.6%).
1% of the precincts reporting:
Santorum 3,622 votes - 40.8%
Romney 3,162 35.6 votes - 36.8%
Paul 1,074 - 12.1%
Gingrich 1,361 - 7%
Why do we want Santorum to win? a) We would love to see him run against BHO; b) it's kind of fun to watch the Romney campaign unravel; and c) a Santorum win should make Super Tuesday a whole lot more interesting.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Mitt Romney reaches out to voters, saying, yeah, I like NASCAR. . .well, the owners
By Jack Brummet
Ex-Governor Mitt Romney was asked by a AP reporter the other day if he follows NASCAR, and Romney responded, "Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans. But I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners."
"I don't know people who fish but I know people who own yachts," tweeted Brad Woodhouse, communications director of the Democratic National Committee.
Ex-Governor Mitt Romney was asked by a AP reporter the other day if he follows NASCAR, and Romney responded, "Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans. But I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners."
"I don't know people who fish but I know people who own yachts," tweeted Brad Woodhouse, communications director of the Democratic National Committee.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Mitt Romney's Santorum Problem
The site, spreadingromney.com ranks in the top ten in Romney Google searches. The site includes only one page:
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
It was four years ago, almost to the day, that Mitt Romney ended his first quest for the White House
By Mona Goldwater
Four years ago yesterday, Mitt Romney bailed out of the 2008 Republican Presidential contest. The people had spoken.
Things were looking better than they did back then until Mittens took a serious body blow in the heartland of America last night. Sure, they shrug off these primaries and caucuses off beauty contests, but that's not what they were saying last week. . .
What are his spinmeisters saying tonight? "It's always darkest before the dawn," or "we've only begun to fight?" The Missouri and Minnesota losses weren't that shocking--these folks are going to vote mainly for the conservative candidate. But Colorado? What the Eff happened? A few days ago, Romney was polling ahead in the double digits. And tonight, Ex-Senator Rick Santorum whipped him by more than 5%. Romney had plummeted 16% in a few days? Maybe you can attribute this to his recent comments about the poor, or his recent financial disclosures, on top of his earlier verbal slips? Or maybe people are just finally coming to their senses? But that's not it, because those votes are going to Rick Santorum.
Mitt has been regularly tarred and feathered by his opponents as practically a Molotov-cocktail throwing Bolsheviki, or at best, a shameless flip-flopper and closet liberal, he walks into these next contests almost crippled. As Bob Dylan wrote "It's not dark yet/but it's getting there."
In the battleground states, however, Mitt Romney and President Obama are polling neck and neck. And, in the end, the battleground states are all that matter. The center of the party would like to get focused on Romney and away from the opponent du jour. But those damned voters keep getting in their way.
This could change rapidly, but in general, Romney now has to score in Arizona, Washington State, and the other states that vote/caucus before Super Tuesday, not necessarily to win, but to at least show he has some stuffing left. But Super Tuesday is where his focus will be. Super Tuesday is not as big as it has been in the past, but ten states is a pretty significant data point. It may tell all. But that's hard to know in this genuinely fragmented and bizarre nomination contest.
If anything, as a political dweeb, this is all great news. We now see the race, presumably with all four candidates, head into the next primaries and Super Tuesday. No one is going to bail out before then, not now.
Four years ago yesterday, Mitt Romney bailed out of the 2008 Republican Presidential contest. The people had spoken.
Things were looking better than they did back then until Mittens took a serious body blow in the heartland of America last night. Sure, they shrug off these primaries and caucuses off beauty contests, but that's not what they were saying last week. . .
What are his spinmeisters saying tonight? "It's always darkest before the dawn," or "we've only begun to fight?" The Missouri and Minnesota losses weren't that shocking--these folks are going to vote mainly for the conservative candidate. But Colorado? What the Eff happened? A few days ago, Romney was polling ahead in the double digits. And tonight, Ex-Senator Rick Santorum whipped him by more than 5%. Romney had plummeted 16% in a few days? Maybe you can attribute this to his recent comments about the poor, or his recent financial disclosures, on top of his earlier verbal slips? Or maybe people are just finally coming to their senses? But that's not it, because those votes are going to Rick Santorum.
Mitt has been regularly tarred and feathered by his opponents as practically a Molotov-cocktail throwing Bolsheviki, or at best, a shameless flip-flopper and closet liberal, he walks into these next contests almost crippled. As Bob Dylan wrote "It's not dark yet/but it's getting there."
In the battleground states, however, Mitt Romney and President Obama are polling neck and neck. And, in the end, the battleground states are all that matter. The center of the party would like to get focused on Romney and away from the opponent du jour. But those damned voters keep getting in their way.
This could change rapidly, but in general, Romney now has to score in Arizona, Washington State, and the other states that vote/caucus before Super Tuesday, not necessarily to win, but to at least show he has some stuffing left. But Super Tuesday is where his focus will be. Super Tuesday is not as big as it has been in the past, but ten states is a pretty significant data point. It may tell all. But that's hard to know in this genuinely fragmented and bizarre nomination contest.
If anything, as a political dweeb, this is all great news. We now see the race, presumably with all four candidates, head into the next primaries and Super Tuesday. No one is going to bail out before then, not now.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Newt's South Carolina win::::::::::The Republican ship is taking on water
By Jack Brummet, Paranormal, Art, Poetry, and Persiflage Editor (filling in for National Affairs Editor Pablo Fanque, on vacation in Belize)
I very much enjoyed Ex-Speaker Newt's win in South Carolina. Why? Because it was nice to see a cannonball blown through Mittens's aura of inevitability. It's also nice to see the GOP in disarray/upheaval. We have a different winner in each of the contests so far. I don't know what the real pundits are saying, but I think this also bodes well for Ron Paul.
The Mittens juggernaut has been slowed down--the ox is mired in the mud. Do I want to see Newt as President? No. But as for the GOP itself, I enjoy the confusion and chaos. Neither the establishment/money elite, or the Tea Party faction, or the fundamentalist wing seem able to right the Republican ship...and they're taking on water, fast.
Why do I enjoy this SO much? As Alfred Pennyworth said in another context "Some men just want to watch the world burn."
I very much enjoyed Ex-Speaker Newt's win in South Carolina. Why? Because it was nice to see a cannonball blown through Mittens's aura of inevitability. It's also nice to see the GOP in disarray/upheaval. We have a different winner in each of the contests so far. I don't know what the real pundits are saying, but I think this also bodes well for Ron Paul.
The Mittens juggernaut has been slowed down--the ox is mired in the mud. Do I want to see Newt as President? No. But as for the GOP itself, I enjoy the confusion and chaos. Neither the establishment/money elite, or the Tea Party faction, or the fundamentalist wing seem able to right the Republican ship...and they're taking on water, fast.
Why do I enjoy this SO much? As Alfred Pennyworth said in another context "Some men just want to watch the world burn."
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
Mitt Romney between a rock and a hard place
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
I was going to write about Mitt Romney's having pigeon-holed himself to the extent that he can only pull a quarter of the votes in any given contest. Sure, he looks like he will be strong in New Hampshire, but after that? The right, and even the middle (if one actually exists in the G.O.P today), seem thoroughly unenchanted, as do we all. I don't see the Republicans circling their wagons around, holding their noses and crowning Mitt. . .at least until they become truly spooked. And that is coming on fast. So far, he's shown he can beat Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry. I was going to write about this, but when I saw this image on the FYVM web site I knew I didn't have to write anything. That's Mitt in the corner.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
John McCain's recent endorsement of, and his thoughts on, Mitt Romney in 2008
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
illustration by Jack Brummet
Although Senator John McCain endorsed Mitt Romney in his quest for the presidency yesterday, this is a new position for him. Wednesday's McCain-Romney event was a rather stiff affair, and seemed to stop well short of a heart-felt embrace of Romney. The endorsement was a one-hand-washes-the-other/quid pro quo arrangement for Romney's 2008 endorsement. The only thing missing is John McCain holding his nose and crossing his fingers. . .
In 2008, Senator McCain had a different take on Mittens:
illustration by Jack Brummet
Although Senator John McCain endorsed Mitt Romney in his quest for the presidency yesterday, this is a new position for him. Wednesday's McCain-Romney event was a rather stiff affair, and seemed to stop well short of a heart-felt embrace of Romney. The endorsement was a one-hand-washes-the-other/quid pro quo arrangement for Romney's 2008 endorsement. The only thing missing is John McCain holding his nose and crossing his fingers. . .
In 2008, Senator McCain had a different take on Mittens:
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Sunday, January 01, 2012
Luke Burbank talks about Mitt Romney, and flip-flopping, and why it's not such a bad thing after all
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
Luke Burbank, talk show host, and star of the wonderful podcast Too Beautiful To Live, weighs in with a great opinion piece on Mitt Romney, and why flip-flopping and changing your mind is what makes us different from the beasts in the field. . .
Luke Burbank, talk show host, and star of the wonderful podcast Too Beautiful To Live, weighs in with a great opinion piece on Mitt Romney, and why flip-flopping and changing your mind is what makes us different from the beasts in the field. . .
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Christine O'Donnell endorses Mittens, pouring salt on his festering flip-flop wound
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
Illustrations by Jack Brummet
Christine O'Donnell endorsed Ex-Governor Mitt Romney, last week. It's not what Romney's campaign had in mind, even though they probably recruited her for the job. In fact, it blew up into a minor tempest in the political press.
"That’s one of the things that I like about him — because he’s been consistent since he changed his mind,” O’Donnell said.
She went on to say that Romney is “humble enough” to admit he doesn’t always have the right answers and is open to making the “necessary changes” to his own view points sometimes, but maintained that he never betrays his core convictions.
Illustrations by Jack Brummet
Christine O'Donnell endorsed Ex-Governor Mitt Romney, last week. It's not what Romney's campaign had in mind, even though they probably recruited her for the job. In fact, it blew up into a minor tempest in the political press.
"That’s one of the things that I like about him — because he’s been consistent since he changed his mind,” O’Donnell said.
She went on to say that Romney is “humble enough” to admit he doesn’t always have the right answers and is open to making the “necessary changes” to his own view points sometimes, but maintained that he never betrays his core convictions.
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