Romney to launch 25-state tour, showcase more easygoing side
posted at 9:14 pm on August 24, 2010 by Allahpundit
Is this what he needs to salve the wound from RomneyCare? More denim?
But the most dramatic re invention may be a stylistic one: Romney is seeking to come across as more easygoing and accessible than the formally dressed, perfectly coiffed, carefully rehearsed candidate of the last campaign.
“Mitt is doing a better job at low-keying it,’’ said Steve Duprey, a former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party who supported McCain in 2008 and was a vocal Romney critic at the time. “He would be wise to stay with it right through a presidential primary.’’
New Hampshire is the place Romney’s advisers and allies say they see Mitt at rest: a wearer of jeans and driver of a black 2003 Chevy Silverado pickup truck. Some of them are hoping that Romney’s laid-back summer lifestyle will survive Labor Day and endure onto the campaign trail, helping to erase the impression many voters have had of a wealthy candidate almost animatronically focused on winning…
In early July, Romney marched in [New Hampshire's] Wolfeboro’s Fourth of July parade in jeans and a checked shirt, his hair tousled, a combination that became something of a uniform on his spring book tour. A few days later, he invited national and local political reporters to his Wolfeboro home for an off-the-record barbecue.
Follow the link up top and scroll down to the very end for some humor about his now semi-famous appearance at a fundraiser driving a pick-up truck a la Scott Brown. His strategy is clear now, in case there was any doubt before (which there wasn’t, really): Ignore Iowa, where he probably can’t win anyway, and focus on using New Hampshire as a momentum-builder for South Carolina and Florida. It’s hard to see any major rival like Huck or Palin topping him in NH; some mavericky dark horse like Mitch Daniels or Thune would have to emerge and then spend serious time and money there to build a groundswell. The new laid-back persona is, I take it, also aimed squarely at New Hampshire voters, as they have a rep for preferring “outsider” types to machine politicians (although, with the exception of McCain over Dubya in 2000, I’m not sure why). Good enough, grassroots conservatives? C’mon. He’s trying.
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But is he going to the border?
If not, then I’m not interested.
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 9:15 PM
So is this Romney version 7.0?
sharrukin on August 24, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Has he walked back RomneyCare yet vsv ObamaCare…. “Sure I supported RomneyCare. It was a state’s experiment. We learned something. Big Government health care doesn’t work. Didn’t work in Mass. Won’t work nationwide. ObamaCare needs to be repealed.”
If he does that, he will gain some creds.
Dandapani on August 24, 2010 at 9:17 PM
He should go right ahead and do it.
Con – It won’t make any difference
Pro – He might find a spine and or a personality along the way.
Guardian on August 24, 2010 at 9:18 PM
No he’s not. If he wants to be leader of the free world, he needs to start showcasing some leadership skills. Take a stand on hotly debated issues like Obamacare, Porkulus, Arizona 1070, the Ground Zero Mosque, and Iran. Quit sitting on the sidelines waiting for the primaries.
Doughboy on August 24, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Romney has been running for 2012 since right after Super Tuesday when he bowed out in 2008.
Is there any doubt that whatever move Romney makes, or comment that he makes, or candidate that he endorses, is all about Romney running in 2012?
texasconserv on August 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Mitt Romney understands me. /
Joe Caps on August 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM
I’m Mitt Romney, and I drive a pick-up truck…
Left Coast Right Mind on August 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM
I’ll give him that . . . If . . .
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Don’t hold your breath. Words you will never hear Mittens say, “I was wrong about RomneyCare.”
GrannyDee on August 24, 2010 at 9:22 PM
The “New Romney”…..
-Drinks “Coke Zero”
-Eats “Funyuns”
-Listens to “Kings of Leon”
-Plays “Bejeweled” on his phone 2 hours a day
picklesgap on August 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM
Don’t do it Mitt.
You’ll never get there.
NeoKong on August 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM
ROMNEYCARE!
artist on August 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM
Well, now that most of the primaries are over he cannot be put on the spot to take a position candidates. Once they are the winners he can support them all so of course he is pulling his head out of the sand!
bluemarlin on August 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM
No thanks. Driving a truck, wearing jeans and pretending to be Scott Brown is the sort of dull, copycat nonsense that I would expect from Mitt. He’s as stale as left over grits.
When Mitt actually puts himself on the line and says something that indicates he’s a risk taker, puts his career on the line for a principled stand, I’ll take notice. Until then he’s something one pops in the microwave and hopes it turns into something like dinner.
Cody1991 on August 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM
This is SAD. He devises a well orchestrated, planned, scripted show to let everyone know how authentic he is. Will people really buy this stuff? Pathetic.
Dan Pet on August 24, 2010 at 9:26 PM
No more Mitt please. Spare us.
cubachi on August 24, 2010 at 9:26 PM
I don’t know if Mitt can go the distance, but he might as well try. He has high approval from indies, which is huge, and although I love when Palin launches a salvo from her Facebook, it doesn’t make her anymore appealing to this key constituency. A plastic persona does not help him.
Huckabee is known, is likable, has a good sense of humor, but is a ‘big government’ conservative (used to be an oxymoron).
Thune is an unknown quantity nationally, but is conservative.
Mitch Daniels comes across a little folksy, but has an Ivy League education, and has been successful in the public and private sector. He also loves to campaign, and has been a big problem solver, and real fiscal conservative. However, I don’t know if he has the charisma to avoid being knocked out of the box with Obama.
Palin is fiesty and smart, and has her hand on the pulse of the grassroots, but was successfully defined as socially obtuse and uneducated (untrue). Between journos and Saturday Night Live, she has been portrayed as a caricature, which is no good.
God, I wish we had a Reagan waiting in the wings.
sDs61678 on August 24, 2010 at 9:27 PM
He should take along a dozen books to hand out to everyone that shows up to see the “easygoing Mitt”…
Gohawgs on August 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
I saw he was hitting several Taco Bells.
CWforFreedom on August 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Leave it to Mitt to do the jeans/tossled hair/rumpled shirt act about 10-15 years too late. Now you’ll just look like some prematurely senile dude who can’t dress himself or comb his hair anymore.
Marcus on August 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
I would only vote for Mitt if I had to. I trust him. I like him, but I’d prefer someone else.
ted c on August 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Time’s running out, Mitt. At least try to show how the Democrat skunks were responsible for hijacking ‘Romneycare’ and running it off the rails.
Sometimes the truth needs to be told loud and proud…you can’t expect people to go find it anymore, sadly, especially not about political matters.
Dark-Star on August 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
More like something that gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe when you’re at the dog-walking park.
GrannyDee on August 24, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Is he trying to reinvent himself? Did he get clothing tips from Algore? Mitt may be a good businessman, but he doesn’t seem to pick very good campaign managers.
Kissmygrits on August 24, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Too late, you had your chance Mittens. You couldn’t even beat the Mav.
HellCat on August 24, 2010 at 9:32 PM
You’e counting Sarah Palin out much to easily. Its just something I find annoying on the Right – so ready to give up before the fight. I assure that the LEFT has not counted her out, nor should you.
From what little I recall, Reagan wasn’t Reagan until once he won. Before that he was just another joke for the Leftists of the day, that silly dumb B-grade actor.
Sharr on August 24, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Grow a mullet and we’ll be yours forever.
Feedie on August 24, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Don’t hold your breath waiting for that principled stand. The only idea he wholeheartedly believes in is the idea of MITT ROMNEY on the Oval Orifice door.
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Americans want “a regular guy“
Johnson on August 24, 2010 at 9:32 PM
I swear the man sleeps in a three-piece suit. I`m sorry, it`ll come off as phony. I`d respect him more if he was just himself, he`s a nice enough guy.
ThePrez on August 24, 2010 at 9:33 PM
He’s a beta…he’s trying way too hard. Somebody who wants it this bad needs to just give up. No way I’m voting for this guy above Palin or, I hope, a Thune.
AUINSC on August 24, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Please go away, (groan).
Why not Paul Ryan or Mitch Daniels?
koolbrease on August 24, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Perfect for a Senate run, right? In a few more years they can strap him to a plank like Strom, wheel him into the Senate chamber while one of his paid assistants wipes the drool from his mouth. Byrd comes to mind, and in the lower chamber we have the senile, dangerously crazy Pelosi who looks like Bette Davis in, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Term limits. Term limits. Term limits. Term limits.
Cody1991 on August 24, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Ugh. No more leftovers, if you please.
scalleywag on August 24, 2010 at 9:35 PM
After hitting rock bottom, this is a positive step for Romney.
Johnson on August 24, 2010 at 9:35 PM
So Romney’s strategy is to parade around like a good ole boy and not take controversial stances ?
Mitt hasnt changed one bit. He is more worried about losing the presidency than he is about winning it.
That isnt leadership.
William Amos on August 24, 2010 at 9:36 PM
What’s he supposed to wear, tennis shorts?
Dark-Star on August 24, 2010 at 9:36 PM
It’s so hard to keep track. Is this Mitt version 3.0 or 4.0?
I am warming up to the idea of Haley Barbour. He has executive experience and would likely assemble an excellent and authentically conservative administration. I could see Palin as his Secretary of the Interior, Mitch Daniels at the Treasury, and Pawlenty in Transportation. Maybe Barbour would put Romney in charge of Government Motors.
Heh.
Terrie on August 24, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Hey, fly. Forgot the sarc tag. The day Mittens takes a daring, principled stand I will streak nekked through the Oval Office.
INOW, it ain’t gonna happen.
Cheers
Cody1991 on August 24, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Mitt reminds me of the guy who finally gets the “ten” girl to go out with him and then spends the rest of the evening trying too hard. You know the one I’m referring to. He usually starts discussing dates four, five, and six on the first date usually creeping the girl out and bringing date #1 to a premature (for him) conclusion.
Mitt seems to think that the reason we are not jumping up and down with excitement is because we haven’t seen enough of him or heard enough about him. Would someone please tell him. For me, as far as Mitt the candidate goes, less is better.
ncjetsfan on August 24, 2010 at 9:37 PM
We have Mama Grizzly on one side and Papa Peacock in the Middle and Goofy Squirrel on the outside.
William Amos on August 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM
One thing I don’t think Romney has is conviction… I think that gives him the perception of being ambitious and insincere… I’ve seen YouTubes of him going back to his run for MA Govenor and he definately changes his positions depending on what he thinks will get him elected.
CCRWM on August 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Is the MSM starting early to pick the GOP candidate again? I remember the great one we got last time. If I remember correctly he was the only guy who couldn’t beat Obama. I’m a bit prejudice on the this point, but the best candidate for 2012 is a guy who probably doesn’t want to run. Of course I’m talking about MItch Daniels.
Tommy_G on August 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM
They all tried to compare themselves to Reagan during the last primary. They all seem to know what we want, but they’re only pretending ’till the primaries are over.
Then the ‘Progressive’ comes out.
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Anyone will get my support but Paul.
hawkdriver on August 24, 2010 at 9:39 PM
:)
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 9:40 PM
See, to me Mitt screams “politician” in the pejorative sense, and if you think a cookie cutter politico will be the solution to all your worries, you might as well get used to seeing Obama’s mug.
Beck was right about one thing. Our next President will be less perfect “image wise” (I think he used the metaphor of a cracked mirror) but whoever it will they’ll be one of us.
Sharr on August 24, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Who’s Goofy? Huck?
Cody1991 on August 24, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Romney care is his boat anchor.
tarpon on August 24, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Your post was dripping was sarcasm, not tag needed. I just took the opportunity to add my own bit of snark.
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I hope he skips Massachusetts because we are very well versed in his softer so-called side!
I wish he would just go away. He’s gotta answer for gay marriage and Romney-care and flip floppery oon abortion. If the dopey Liberals were not so bloody stoopid, they’d realize Mitt is their man!
Gob on August 24, 2010 at 9:45 PM
unless he admits romneycare is an unmitigated disaster, i can’t see me supporting him. i want to support him, but the country doesn’t need another squish conservative (bush).
sbvft contributor on August 24, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Yawn. Not really buying lil Teddy as Joe everyguy.
Southernblogger on August 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Ugh. Give me a candidate who runs on who they are, not who they can act like if it’s politically expedient. Gimme more like Palin and Christie – those other panderers suck.
miConsevative on August 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM
I don’t know how any conservative can win without social cons.
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM
What an utterly useless, opportunistic P.O.S.!!! Romney waits until others have done the hard lifting for him (i.e. driving the Demo organization nationwide COMPLETELY INTO THE GROUND), and then he embarks upon his version of a ‘World-Wide Victory Tour.
Folks…Please toss this complete asshat loser into Boston Harbor where he belongs.
alwyr on August 24, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Southern Fried Squirrel
William Amos on August 24, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Sorry Mitt, you come across as a fair weather sailor. and only come out on sunny days !
Sandybourne on August 24, 2010 at 9:52 PM
SNORE, SNORE, SNORE.
Jayrae on August 24, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Or Anthony Perkins dressed as Mother in Psycho.
Feedie on August 24, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Mitt…Romneycare…
Mariner meet albatross
Caper29 on August 24, 2010 at 9:56 PM
He needs to walk-back Romneycare in substance or at least perception (the latter since there’s no evidence he would ever advocate it nationally, or stand in the way of repealing Obamacare, etc).
If he can get the healthcare thing off his back, he has my support; I want to work for him here in NY, and more realistically, NJ
All yoos conservative-conservatives, swallow if you must, and realize that in 2012, what we need is someone competent to manage the dismantlement of Obama’s Washington DC. If you want to go further, that can be Step II. But everyone should be able to agree that Romney will advocate the first phase of downsizing. AND, he can actually win in a general election.
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Those so-called “journlists” in the linked video havn’t got a clue.
Didn’t Howard Dean try to use that line during the 2004 primary?
As I recall, he was hammered by references to laxatives for some time after.
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 9:59 PM
No actually he will be fine with expanded government as he has never shown any problem with it anywhere else. Does Romneycare ring a bell? Why do you think he will change so dramatically when elected to the White House?
sharrukin on August 24, 2010 at 10:01 PM
I love it. I’m a Fred Head but I’m glad we’re going to have a bunch of Republicans out there fighting with O on a regular basis. It’s going to be great. The more the better. I just hope we get some Dems in there beating up on him too.
kerrhome on August 24, 2010 at 10:02 PM
By pounding the right message down everyone’s throat, and not taking any crap from the MSM.
Tommy_G on August 24, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Does Romneycare ring a bell? Why do you think he will change so dramatically when elected to the White House?
For one thing, he would not be President of the most liberal state in the Union. For another, he would have a fairly conservative Congress to keep him “honest.” For another, during his MA administration, he did a number of conservative things. For still another, nomninating someone who has NO chance of winning, like a Huckabee or Palin, is national suicide.
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:05 PM
We can have that with Obama in office.
sharrukin on August 24, 2010 at 10:08 PM
The issue isn’t whether Romney is or isn’t an uber-conservative. The issue is whether he is sufficiently conservative; has a sober defense/foreign policy outlook; and could actually win. I think Romney could win in states as “blue” as NY, and even MA and CA. He can win in states like MI and FL. Yes, the South would be, at least relatively speaking, de-emphasized.
The set of things you support but that Romney would not is small or non-existent. The set of things he would support but, say, Sarah Palin would not is also small or non-existent.
And the thing Romney brings that may be key is uber fund raising skills.
I just hope we stay sane, and don’t think that defeating Obama will be a cake-walk.
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:12 PM
We can have that with Obama in office.
REALLY? REALLY? Not with foreign policy, and not with the federal agencies, Supreme Court appointments, and, well, anything other than budgeting.
STOP SHOOTING FOR THE CONSERVATIVE STARS. YOU WILL FALL SHORT AND MISS.
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Correction above: states as blue as NJ, not NY (NY is DEAD).
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Don’t worry, if he isn’t coming to your state just wait, he will change his mind
KBird on August 24, 2010 at 10:17 PM
He wasn’t good on the Second Amendment, either. And don’t forget how Mittans ran around Michigan promising billions for the auto industry. Heck, he probably gave the libs the idea. Like too many of the rich, he obviously isn’t troubled by crony capitalism (fascism).
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:17 PM
I actually really like and respect Romney. I don’t fault politicians for putting their fingers up to test the wind every now and then. But…the dude has to come out and do a major mea culpa on Romney Care. Say he meant to be bipartisan and went along with things he wished he hadn’t. Own that s*&t dude, and then say how wrong you were and that you’d be focused on un-doing Obamacare.
Shy of that, he’s too flawed.
Sugar Land on August 24, 2010 at 10:18 PM
And don’t forget how Mittans ran around Michigan…
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Eck!!!!!! Mittens
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM
LOL…someone who as to work that hard to project a “regular guy” image should forget it. Romney should just be himself, and if that’s not good enough, so be it.
ddrintn on August 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Mitt?
You’re a poll watcher
You’re done. You had your chance to shine. You had your chance to beat the POS that is handing down the doctrine of Barack Hussein Obama:
“Equal Poverty to Every Body”
Step off. You and your manicured hands and your meticulously groomed hair, and your rehearsed speeches and your rehearsed charm and your rehearsed accomplishments and your rehearsed tie and flag placement can just step off.
America knows.
That’s what strikes fear in the hearts of career political operatives and politicians.
“AMERICA KNOWS”
Step aside.
Key West Reader on August 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM
I agree, but I honestly think that Mitt Romney is the guy the GOP wants, as well as the guy the MSM want. I don’t think he can win in the same way that John McCain couldn’t. Sarah Palin came close to upsetting that pre-planned applecart, but it didn’t happen.
Too many on the right think Obama is down for the count and I believe they are delusional. The GOP will win in the midterms and they will share in the blame for nothing changing as well as the bills they support like Amnesty and tweaking Obamacare. That will cost them at the polls and I wouldn’t be surprised if a third party candidate showed up either through pissed off conservatives, or Democratic astro-turfing.
People are not happy with the GOP. They just dislike the Democrats more.
Romney is identified with wealth and corporate America and if things go south as expected in the economy I wonder how much of a connection he will make with those on the losing end. He has changed his position on too many things to be credible and that will be brought up in the campaign in the most damaging of ways.
sharrukin on August 24, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Sugar Land on August 24, 2010 at 10:18 PM
I 3/4th agree. I keep hearing there are “Mittigating” factors with MA’s healthcare, such as, had he vetoed what was done, MA would have created a single-payer regime.
The truth will come out in the primaries. I just hope the center-right doesn’t give Obama a 2nd term by having a purity test that gets us an uber-conservative (or a Palin) that loses worse than McCain….
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:22 PM
He can’t and he won’t because he and his ilk never make mistakes. I don’t buy into the businessman drivel anymore, either. He’s ruling class and therefore another pustule on the tattered Constitution.
So he’s another ruling class chameleon. Bush III. I got that.
Feedie on August 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM
In 2010 the message must resonate.
Those who purport to represent the People must stand and represnt the People.
Public Service is not supposed to be a career endeavor. Public Service (as I always understood it to be) was to SERVE, to make things better, to make things right, to make things happen for We the People on The Ground. And We the People in the Grind.
No more career politicians. You serve Me.
Key West Reader on August 24, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Based on… ?
Yeah, no. Just wait till the Media decides its time to Bork him, and he has not built up any teflon to withstand it. Choose Romney and you’ll have more Obama, not less.
Sharr on August 24, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Mitt would not carry the Northeast, much less the South.
kingsjester on August 24, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Fred!
RushBaby on August 24, 2010 at 10:29 PM
McCain lost so bad because he wasn’t umm Palin enough. The only reason he did not lose worse than he did was BECAUSE he had Sarah Palin. Without her it would not of even been a contest.
Sharr on August 24, 2010 at 10:29 PM
I’m not sure who made this post but I will speak out.
I’m a small business owner who is being forced into shut down as of October 1. It’s not that I don’t want to succeed, I do! I want to employ as many people as I can save in this economy.
The Obama rules and regs are too much for me to bear going forward. There is no way that I can compete. I will have to fire 9 workers because of the new rules and regs. These 9 people know how much I care, but they also know I have no choice. There is nothing I can do to save these jobs.
I’m fresh outta hopenchange. Brother can you spare a dime
Key West Reader on August 24, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Based on… ?
Based on his business acumen, his smarts, his huge, huge admiration of Reagan, and my intuition.
Again, I have the impression that, at least in the halls of the center-right blogosphere, people compare real candidates to their fantasy candidates (or Sarah Palin).
Show me a candidate who is at least as conservative as Romney, who will be able to mount a credible campaign in 2012, and I’ll take a look. But I just don’t see someone out there who has an operation chance against Obama.
My real point is to respond to those who think that Romney’s tangle with healthcare should disqualify him. At worst, he argues that its’ a 10th Amendment/States’ rights thing. That may not feel satisfying (it isn’t to me), but the guy has so much else going for him that I can handle it; focus on the rest of him.
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:34 PM
There was a reason these were so poular!
http://www.zazzle.com/im_voting_for_sarah_um_and_that_other_guy_bumper_sticker-128396634125251357
sharrukin on August 24, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Romney is a guy who simply wants it too badly. Let’s call him the “transformer.”
Captain America on August 24, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Conservative christians will never support a party that turns its back on the social issues, particularly abortion. People who live according to fixed principles cannot be demagaged.
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:38 PM
The GOP nominating Romney would ensure a win for Hillary. After all, can RomneyCare really criticize HillaryCare?
Captain America on August 24, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Fred!
RushBaby on August 24, 2010 at 10:29 PM
RushBaby: I second that!!:)
canopfor on August 24, 2010 at 10:39 PM
”Meh. Did you catch him in the 90′s primaries? He ran against Clintoon.
Everything happens for a reason. Although I am personally beginning to break down, I retain a scintilla of hope. Our Nation has never been challenged to this degree. We are beginning to look at our sons and daughters with a different eye.
Although we raised them in entitlement era?
I have two sons both 15 that are openly stating their desire to not only succeed…. but to DOMINATE the democratic party and tear them apart at their seams for not only enslaving free people, but for ripping apart scabs and wounds that have been healed. For many, many years.
Just ask my black sistah’s.
Watch it, MSM… We comin’ fo your .. eh.. whatevah.
Key West Reader on August 24, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Mitt is not the answer.
trigon on August 24, 2010 at 10:41 PM
So based on nothing…
I’ll see you your “intuition” and raise you my instinct. Mitt is the Left and the media’s dream for the Right’s next presidential run. Milquetoast, cookie cutter and a sure fire loser.
Perhaps the handful of people who showed up at his book signing will rouse the troops to the polls?
His admiration of Reagen? Well, if we’re going to go that route, and use that as a barometer I’d say Sarah Palin has it in the bag as she’s on more than one occasion expressed her admiration for Reagan.
Sharr on August 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
HEY MITT!
If you’ll go down to the border for an extended stay (not some whirlwind “touch-’n-go”), talk to some border Ranchers, Border Guards, and any other indigenous people, you will HAVE MY ATTENTION!
Why not spend a week at one of those border ranches? I’ll bet there’s at least one border Rancher who’d be willing to host a Presedential candidate, just to show them first-hand what the hell’s going on down there.
What the hell, this is a GREAT idea for any of the prospective candidates.
You’re welcome.
listens2glenn on August 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
A stripper in a baptist church is more comfortable than Mitt is in the South.
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Romney is a guy who simply wants it too badly. Let’s call him the “transformer.”
Um, wanting it badly in politics is a bad thing? No one runs for the White House without wanting it badly.
He’s ruling class and therefore another pustule on the tattered Constitution
What does that mean; ruling class? The guy has never served in Washington. He was a governor for one term. Most of his experience is fixing and/or helping mid-sized succeed.
Ruling class? He’s part of a religious minority, which is a deal-breaker for a lot of primitive types (but which, as a Jew, I find kinda cool).
ParisParamus on August 24, 2010 at 10:46 PM
flyfisher on August 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Amen, neighbor. Here’s something you might enjoy.
kingsjester on August 24, 2010 at 10:46 PM
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