Like Hillary Clinton, Romney might be willing to trade his political ambition for the chance to do something awesome for the country.

How could Ambinder write this with a straight face?!

Like Hillary Clinton, Romney might be willing to trade his political ambition for the chance to do something awesome for the country.

I don’t agree with you Allah that Hillary is so self-sacrificing. We haven’t seen the last of her yet.
But Romney- I hope he does care that much. He seems to.
And his managerial skills were not fully appreciated by the GOP.
Bcs the GOP is just another snot-nosed hi-society club.
If you aren’t one of them, they snub you.
Like they did Romney.
I wonder if Obama has the ba!!s?

Like Hillary Clinton, Romney might be willing to trade his political ambition for the chance to do something awesome for the country.

I realize this is a side issue, but Hillary took State purely for reasons of ambition. In the Senate she was still “junior Senator from NY” but at State she has some autonomy… even if it means that the policies she is likely to undertake stem from Obama’s warped/naive view of the Middle East instead of from her own, slightly more realistic view of things.

If Hillary — or any major Democrat — were truly interested in doing something awesome for the country, she would have stayed in the Senate and built a coalition of people willing to stand up to Reid, Frank, and the Obamacrats so that this country wasn’t subjected to two years (minimum) of unchecked liberal policies. Instead, she took the path of least resistance (and most prestige).

I highly doubt Romney would do this job, though, and I highly doubt Obama would ask. Putting Romney in charge would be doing something competent, and Obama doesn’t want that! None of his picks so far show any signs of competence, and why would Obama change now?

Romney is (hopefully) too smart to accept such a position. He knows that if he tried to impose his own views in opposition to Obama’s, Obama could fire him on a whim, but if he “goes along” with Obama, Romney is toast as a Republican. If Romney, as part of an Obama administration, “saves” something, Obama gets the credit–if Obama goes down in flames, Romney goes down with him. No point in jumping on a sinking ship–better stay away and offer a lifeboat.

Romney’s better course is to watch Obama and his “health czar” make blunders from the outside, make constructive criticism, and build credibility with the voters.

Assuming that Obama’s ship is merely listing now and that the economy has recovered perceptablly, 2012 is not going to be an attractive cycle year for a Republican to run for president.

That’s a mighty big assumption, and one I personally can confidently say is wrong.

What’s another cross-cultural cabinet appointment?

uncivilized on February 3, 2009 at 9:43 PM

I it is closer to cross-dressing than cross-cultural.

Hear, hear! Mittcare quickly became uber-liberal legislature care as soon as he left office. Mitt is not to blame but the media and the ignorant will blame him anyway.

goat on February 4, 2009 at 12:40 AM

Yes, the man had no clue that the plan might be changed by Democrats. Imagine! Democrats! In the Massachusetts legislature! Whoda thunkit.

Can someone give me a compelling reason why Romney was better than Giuliani by the time he left office, based on what he had done?

Too many interest groups will want a piece of the health care pie. It will end as Hillary care ended.

Mitt should stay clear.

Assuming that Obama’s ship is merely listing now and that the economy has recovered perceptablly,

Merely listing! Hoping for change in action. Ambinder must be on the team.

Romney sounds like he would go along with Obamacare and also Obama’s social liberal agenda

Romney has had a hugely successful life, has hundreds of millions of dollars and has a great family. Yet there are idiots that think he would do anything for fame and power. He is not schumer, pelosi or reid. He can, and has, stood on his own accomplishments. It’s amazing that so many will accept the liberal attack on a good man hook, line and sinker.

To accept the liberal smear, you would have to accept that Romney is truly a bad guy. Someone who having achieved so much would forsake his own ill wife to gain any kind of power he could. That his intentions are all self centered and bad. It’s sad how the people of this country have turned out.

Romney might be willing to trade his political ambition for the chance to do something awesome for the country.

That’s jut precious. Somehow I don’t think his definition of “awesome for the country” is the same as mine.

Highly, highly improbable that this will happen

That’s how the last sentance begins, showing that the writer pulled it out of his butt and the entire thing has no basis in reality. Of course allah saw it as an opportunity to smear Romney. It’s pretty funny watching allah, a ny liberal and barry voter, question Romney’s credibility.

“The difference between us and the Democrats is this: they want to stimulate the government, and we want to stimulate the economy,”

In the final analysis, we know that only the private sector�entrepreneurs and businesses large and small�can create the millions of jobs our country needs. The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

“with an administration that is firmly on the side of abortion, that answers to the most extreme wing of the abortion lobby, our duty is clear. We should be a voice for moderation and compassion. And even if the administration will say nothing on behalf of the child waiting to be born, we must take the side of life.”

“We should be first to propose a Republican plan to bring health insurance to all Americans, one based on market dynamics, free choice, and personal responsibility.whatever direction we take, let’s not simply react to what the Democrats do. Their own plan would undoubtedly create a vast new system of costly entitlements and bureaucratic dictates, burdening the people and threatening the economy. Americans will be looking for a better alternative. Let’s give it to them.”

Sounds like Mitt will be finding solutions to making health care affordable, but not in the Obama administration.