He hasn’t done anything to earn my vote.

Kini on April 5, 2009 at 3:03 PM

Don’t be ridiculous. He went to Harvard. ;)

Maybe Mitt knows what he’s doing.

But I don’t. And like before, Romney is a populace candidate and we don’t need someone for everyone.

He hasn’t done anything to earn my vote.

We’re the Party of limited government.

sheryl on April 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM

That’s a little hard to prove, since the Republican’s lately have been more then eager to expand government…Mitt was more then eager to do that in his state.
I would like to see where your stats of “limited gov.” comes from…how many times did Bush veto spending bills?

The trolls/libs/media are terrified of Romney, hence the feigned outrage of “conservatives” saying this is what soured them on Romney- THEY”RE TROLLS OR MORMON HATERS LIKE RIGHT2BRIGHT. If republicans can’t see that, we don’t deserve to win. And when the US government is the owner of GM (which they are as of now), they can fire whoever they want. I don’t like it, but them’s the breaks. If Wagoner had declared bankruptcy instead of taking $14bil, he would still have a job. This is the essence of why conservatives like non-intrusive government- you suck at the government’s tit, you’re de facto in bed with the whore.

drballard on April 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM

I missed this foolish post…you are such a fool, typical. Someone doesn’t like Mitt, and he becomes a Mormon hater. Easy to post, but impossible to back up.
Meanwhile, you take every advantage of every tax break, right? So I guess then you are also “sucking”.
I don’t hate Mormon’s, but I do hate people who attack me personally, from behind a computer because you don’t have to answer for your insane statements.
Mitt, as I have stated for over a year, would make a great VP or cabinet member (but I have shifted that position in lieu of what he is doing now)…but he is un-electable. He spent millions for nothing, he doesn’t “connect” with the voters, he has no coat-tails, and he is no conservative by his own statement.
This has been stated dozens of times by me for over a year, consistently…he doesn’t have what it takes to get elected, no matter how much money he has.
And now that he is back to his routine of being “nicey” to Obama, he looks even worse.
The only “terrified” of Romney is that he divides a ticket without adding anything.

I agree it’s a great speech. And because of the out of context quotes reprinted by AP and many liberal MSM media outlets, someone would have no idea of how critical Mitt is of Obama and the Democrats.

Whether he decides to run or not, Mitt Romney is our best conservative statesmen, evidenced here and I think our best shot of being heard by detractors of our opinions:

I’m hopeful we can continue to fight for the supremacy of the citizen and of the individual with resolve. In the last eight years, we saw how a president’s political adversaries can be consumed by anger, even hatred. That’s not the spirit that brings us here tonight. We want our country to succeed no matter who gets the credit. We want America to be prosperous and secure. We want to always put the nation and the interests of the nation first.

The interests of the nation, however, require that the principles of the Founders are upheld and protected. Preserving and defending the principles of the Revolution is the charge of this Republican Party. We are the Party of the people. They are the Party of government. We’re the Party of limited government. We’re the Party that will keep America the land of opportunity and that’s a message which Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, African-Americans and others that have not voted with us significantly in the past, but as they should in the future if they understand. They will vote with us time and time again, because they are in this land, as we are all in this land, because it is the land of opportunity.

Many of the assumptions that people have about economics and politics are simply unfounded, but lead to Democratic votes. We need an articulate conservative, who can calmly explain and defend conservative principles with confidence.

From a moral standpoint as well as a logical one, drill baby drill and more tax cuts is SOUND economic policy, versus spend spend spend, raise taxes and alternative fuels. As far as being the party of ideas, thats code for government control…here is a novel idea…let the individual fail or succeed on his own.

/sarc

Heaven forbid we have anyone in the party that takes a reasonable and balanced approach to anything. We need solutions not rhetoric. If we become a party of nothing but vitriol and negativity we are doomed to far-left liberal government for the foreseeable future. Less than 1/3 of Americans consider themselves conservative. If we keep this up it will be even less in the near future.

SRL23 on April 4, 2009 at 11:26 AM

As of late last year, about 60% of Americans consider themselves conservative, according to a Battleground poll.

But “let’s not have invective and vitriol” sounds suspiciously like “too many people are voicing support for a politician I don’t like”. I prefer Palin over Romney. But if the choice is Romney or Obama, it’s pretty clear that Romney would have my vote.

sheryl on April 4, 2009 at 2:15 AM

Wow. Terrific speech. Thanks very much for the link Sheryl. I appreciate it.

What a joke that a few conservatives took a line out of that speech to make Mitt look like a McCain type.

AP should be ashamed of himself…

This party used to be the party of ideas. We used to fight for federalism, personal responsibility, and sound economic policy. In the last election the party had nothing more to say than “Drill Baby Drill” and “More tax cuts!” Unbelievable. Pathetic.

May I recommend: http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12599247

All one has to do is ask him/herself who the far left is the most afraid of…the obvious answer is Sarah Palin.

The experience she’s gotten already has been invaluable to her, though, of course she is an easy target for the Left and the MSM. Could be that picking her was the best thing that John McCain did for Republicans/Conservatives.

Another problem is that with people being so fearful of what’s going on anymore, they would be less inclined to trust a woman…hate to admit it, but I think that’s true even in this day and age. They will tend to stick with Obama because they will never fully realize how bad he is for the country, and the press will continue to prop him up and cover for him.

Whoever it is down the line, they need to study and learn from the Obama campaign as well as the McCain campaign. Don’t forget, though, the upcoming Congressional elections which are an important part of the equation.

While you may say absolutely with regard to AIG, what about the banks that were forced to take government money to hide which banks were in trouble.

I read that the the government’s investment in some cases was less than two percent.

sDs61678 on April 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM

Your complaint about Romney is that he is too polished and plastic? I don’t feel that way and there a whole lot of other folks that don’t either. Besides, that is the kind of thing you can change rather easily.

Mitt’s whole speech is now posted at his PAC.

http://www.freestrongamerica.com/speeches/item/governor_romneys_remarks_to_the_national_republican_senatorial_committee_spring_dinner

Excerpt:

And so revolutionaries, like Republicans today, believed that the individual and the citizens should remain sovereign. Republicans are the revolutionaries of today, because we fervently, passionately, ardently believe that the individual is what accounts for the strength and capacity of America today and will always account for the capacity of America in its future. We want individuals to realize their dreams. We welcome people who come here as immigrants because they seek opportunity. We want that opportunity to be fulfilled. Republicans want individuals to be able to start businesses. We want individuals to be able to keep as much of their money as they can. We want them to be able to choose their own doctors. We want them to be able to choose their own schools. We want them to be able to grow and thrive in businesses and enterprises or to be able to select by secret ballot whether they want to have a union or not. We believe in the rights of individuals. That’s what Republicans stand for.

Excerpt:

Now occasionally, the odds look a little long. But in the end, we’re going to win, because the cause of personal freedom and citizen supremacy and sovereignty is far too compelling to be overthrown by big government. That’s our fight. We are going to make it happen. Thank you so very much.

so who would you like on the ticket?

sheryl on April 3, 2009 at 12:38 AM

Senator Gregg w/ Palin or Jindal

So what foreign policy/military/national security expert is running in 2012?

My suggestion about 2012 is not to try to pick a GOP Presidential candidate yet. Romney spent a lot of money in 2008, but he did not get that many votes for the expenditure of that money. He once was the pro-choice Governor of Massachusetts whose actual record of judicial nominations is NOT one to endear him to conservatives. But most of all, Romney has thin credentials with respect to foreign policy, military matters and national security; and in 2012, those subjects may be huge after Obama’s idiocy in foreign policy, military matters and national security causes us all to realize that the POTUS needs to know his stuff on those subjects.

**I supported Romney in the Republican primary, but he comes off as too polished and plastic.

**Huckabee irritated a lot of conservatives with some big government populism, and his shanking of Romney in the Republican primary.

**Palin is damaged goods, and is too polarizing because she has already been painted as a weirdo from Alaska. (eventhough she has truly rose to the Governorship from the bottom up)

**Pawlenty is a yawner, and will get blown away by President Obama’s charisma (unfortunately it matters).

**Governor Sanford is a possibility, but I do not know if he is articulate enough. (I have only seen him on Fox a handful of times…and I loved his principled stands)

**Will Jindal run (still really young) into an incumbent presidential campaign buzz saw? (doubtful).

Good Lord, does the GOP even have a bull pen anymore?
Who else is available? Mike Pence?

Romney is playing it extremely smart. No GOP candidate is going to win in 2012 unless they are able to win over some of the Obama voters. He is going to do it with stone cold logic, and politely rip Obama to shreds. Leave the red meat trashing of the administration to the Rush Limbaughs of the world, at this point it would only make Romney look weak and bitter.

He is setting himself up well for 2012.

Romney 2012!

joncoltonis on April 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM

Romney will win those Obama voters by being sorta kinda like Obama. So why won’t those Obama voters just go ahead and vote for Obama again? I never do get that “moderating” tactic. In 4 years, no matter what shape the country’s in, Obama will be able to trump Romney on experience if nothing else.