Romney keeps missing the message
A candidate with even half the usual complement of political antennae would have seen this as a game-changing opportunity to win with conservatives. It was Mr. Romney’s moment to turn his occasional defense of Bain Capital into a broad rallying cry for capitalism. Florida posed the perfect backdrop to elevate his causes of free-market housing and energy. It was a chance to unveil a simpler and bolder economic reform plan.
Instead, Mr. Romney is plodding on. As in Iowa, as in New Hampshire, as in South Carolina, he’s still criticizing Mr. Gingrich. He’s still running on his biography. (Did you know he rescued the Olympics?) He’s still sending the media press releases announcing the latest Miami Dade politician to pronounce him most electable against Barack Obama.
Which gets to the other story of this week: the president’s State of the Mitt Address. Mr. Gingrich might have some Republicans spooked, but Democrats are still hoping for the Massachusetts governor. They, too, have noticed that Mr. Romney is ducking the class-warfare debate, and that not even the Gingrich threat has moved him to engage. They take that as an invitation to make it the central theme of the Obama re-elect. The president’s Tuesday speech was a direct assault on Mr. Romney’s wealth and tax breaks for “the rich.”
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If Fl goes Romney it is pretty much over and Obama gets four more years.I really see no reason to cast a ballot for the death of conservatism. If somebody conservative goes 3rd party I will support them regardless of the consequences for Republicans
Southernblogger on January 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM
This entire thread reads like a loser pity party.
Please go third party and take Newt with you.
haner on January 27, 2012 at 12:03 PM
If you’d rather be righteous than relevant, knock yourself out.
Go RBNY on January 27, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Romney/Obama
or
Romney/Flynt
Schadenfreude on January 27, 2012 at 12:04 PM
If you want to vote for the R flavor liberal knock yourself out
Southernblogger on January 27, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Have Kleenex with you on election day
Southernblogger on January 27, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Oh, the contents are different, alright. Just like New Coke, the New Obama formula doesn’t tickle the nose with effervescence, crisply bite the tongue, soften the teeth, or make the eyes water a bit like Classic Obama.
Christien on January 27, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Glad to see that Exhibits “A” and “B” took the initiative to self-select themselves from the studio audience, right on cue.
Seriously. You can’t buy utter, abject cluelessness like that, really.
Kent18 on January 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Keep inspiring people to vote for Romney. You’re doing a fantastic job.
angryed on January 27, 2012 at 12:13 PM
At some point between now and November, he’ll be heatedly insisting to someone right here, on this very board, that “any vote not cast for Romney is a vote for Obama!”
Absolutely. Guaranteed.
Kent18 on January 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Don’t pretend to be victims here. You all played dirty. You all ostracized others who didn’t support your pet candidate. We all threatened third party either overtly or subtlely. We all accused others of irrelevancy.
Don’t pull the victim card. You played, you lost.
haner on January 27, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Translation: If only Romney could learn to fake authenticity he would have this nomination in the bag/
Dr Evil on January 27, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Speak for yourself and that mouse in your front pocket, sonny.
Those are the only two actors for whose actions you can credibly lay claim of knowledge.
Everything else is just… squeaking.
Kent18 on January 27, 2012 at 12:25 PM
I’ll never get tired of posting this:
ElectricPhase on January 27, 2012 at 12:27 PM
That is so rich. You are number two or three behind jailbreak in slamming people who don’t support Romney. If he wins the nomination I’ll support him. You aren’t doing anything to make Romney more palatable.
One other thing. Romney had better kick it up a notch if he hopes to defeat Obama.
arnold ziffel on January 27, 2012 at 12:33 PM
I’ll never get tired of posting this.
Kent18 on January 27, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Romney’s statement that Obamneycare “isn’t worth getting angry about” should be the same kind of debilitaing dealbreaker as Rick Perry’s “heartless” or Gerald Ford’s Poland mistake was.
It was that egregious, and drove home indisputably how out of touch Romney is with the electorate he hopes to win over.
Right Mover on January 27, 2012 at 12:43 PM
I thought he had a good start in that direction last night. Long way to go, but aggressive is a nice change from the Boy Scout routine. About flippin time…
gaius on January 27, 2012 at 12:45 PM
de rigueur on January 27, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Oh, the contents are different, alright. Just like New Coke, the New Obama formula doesn’t tickle the nose with effervescence, crisply bite the tongue, soften the teeth, or make the eyes water a bit like Classic Obama.
Christien on January 27, 2012 at 12:08 PM
And also, of course, the original Coke formula used cocaine.
de rigueur on January 27, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Tin ear.
That’s good.
INC on January 27, 2012 at 12:50 PM
What message would that be?
That he has more money than anyone?
ToddPA on January 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM
One of the many reasons why RomBama is dead to me.
jimfreedom on January 27, 2012 at 12:57 PM
I watched a bit of CNBC today and a Romney fundraiser and advisor was on. He defended the mandate!
Romney has no intention of repealing Obamacare. None.
MaggiePoo on January 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM
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