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Dana Milbank

Romney can retire later

Romney’s post-election behavior has been, in a word, small. Never again, likely, will his voice and influence be as powerful as they are now. Yet rather than stepping forward to help find a way out of the fiscal standoff, or to help his party rebuild itself, he delivered a perfunctory concession speech, told wealthy donors that Obama won by giving “gifts” to minorities, then avoided the press at a private lunch with President Obama. …

A former adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, told Rucker that Romney will “be involved in some fashion” in public service. And nobody can begrudge Romney some downtime. But his failure to engage now, at a time when he could have the most clout, reinforces the impression that his candidacy was less about principle and patriotism than about him. …

In the fiscal-cliff debate, it’s not clear that John Boehner, Mitch McConnell or anybody else is in control of Republican backbenchers. GOP lawmakers such as Sen. Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) and Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) are treated as heretics for stating the obvious need to compromise. Even in defeat, Romney’s voice could be enough to return his party to reason.

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Obama goes to HI, on 4 million harlot dole, at a minimum, for 20 days.

Plus, this, you God damned Milbank.

Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM

This time, Lucy really means it, so kick that football, Charlie Brown!

Christien on December 5, 2012 at 1:11 PM

A former adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, told Rucker that Romney will “be involved in some fashion” in public service. And nobody can begrudge Romney some downtime. But his failure to engage now, at a time when he could have the most clout, reinforces the impression that his candidacy was less about principle and patriotism than about him.

A) Was there ever any doubt? Romney clearly ran on the platform of, “I need to be president” and no other
B) I’d still take him over Obama
C) The only reason Dana Milbank and others want him to speak up is to pressure the Republicans to give in to Obama. I think Romney’s done enough.
D) And most of all, Caving in to Obama is the opposite of standing on principle. Idiot. Journalist. What’s the difference?

tom on December 5, 2012 at 1:11 PM

Hey, Dana, something real to write about, you fool in Obama’s azz. Suffocate in there – it ain’t Beluga caviar.

Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM

It was emblematic of the tone-deaf, I-have-some-great-friends-that-are-NASCAR-team-owners moments that contributed to his loss. The country is in a crisis, political leaders in a standoff, and Romney is joining his buddy’s corporate board.

He lost the election asshole. Time to move on and do something else. You should too.

slickwillie2001 on December 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM

It was emblematic of the tone-deaf, I-have-some-great-friends-that-are-NASCAR-team-owners moments that contributed to his loss. The country is in a crisis, political leaders in a standoff, and Romney is joining his buddy’s corporate board.

He lost the election a$$hole. Time to move on and do something else. You should too.

slickwillie2001 on December 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM

When Romney met Obama at the White House last week, the administration released a statement noting the menu (white turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad) and saying the two men “pledged to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together on shared interests arise in the future.”

Shared interests? Shouldn’t keeping the nation out of economic calamity qualify as one of those?

Strange, I seem to remember he applied for the job, interviewed for 2 years, was accused of everything in the book INCLUDING MURDER, then turned down. And it’s his fault.

Chuck Schick on December 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM

Shorter Dana Milbank: “Hey, why aren’t you doing what I think you should do: helping Obama?

How does anybody get a national column and waste it on such nonsense?

tom on December 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM

And had Romney decided to take a very public role after the election we would be reading a very different article about it from Dana. Funny how things work out.

lexhamfox on December 5, 2012 at 1:19 PM

So, Ø is still a SCoaMF you say? No surprise there for this crowd. I mean, really, I am not surprised.

ExpressoBold on December 5, 2012 at 1:19 PM

Romney lost the election – albeit within the margin of fraud. If he attempted to participate in the current debate he would be criticized for that. There is no criticism of Romney that is too outlandish that it won’t be made – by the far left and the far right.

Basilsbest on December 5, 2012 at 1:20 PM

In the meanwhile

Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 1:21 PM

When a new hire performs poorly and then is re-hired and continues to fail, a company doesn’t blame declined applicants for not fixing for free the failure re-hire’s messes.

Go whine to Buffet for free advice, cheapskate Dems.

Christien on December 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM

Yet rather than stepping forward to help find a way out of the fiscal standoff, or to help his party rebuild itself, he delivered a perfunctory concession speech, told wealthy donors that Obama won by giving “gifts” to minorities, then avoided the press at a private lunch with President Obama. …- Milbank

A Democrat’s ability to deflect blame knows no bounds.
If Romney had said something, this very same person would be first in line to say “You lost”

Jabberwock on December 5, 2012 at 1:36 PM

“Obama is inept, he needs help” — Racist Dana Milbank

Schadenfreude on December 5, 2012 at 1:40 PM

Help us, Romney-wan Kenobi!

Mr. D on December 5, 2012 at 1:59 PM

http://conservatives4palin.com/2012/12/governor-palin-cmon-now-gop-dont-go-wobbly-on-us.html

Governor Palin: C’mon Now, GOP, Don’t Go Wobbly on Us

Posted on December 04 2012 – 12:42 PM – Posted by:Stacy Drake | Follow Stacy on Twitter!

Via Facebook:

Please read and pass along this article. We send good conservatives to D.C. to fulfill the promises they made to the electorate, and yet when they stay true to their word the permanent political class in their own party punishes them. This won’t be forgotten come 2014. Right now the GOP establishment is more concerned about the opinion of the media and the Georgetown cocktail circuit than they are “we the people” who hired them. For all this new talk of how the GOP needs a “populist movement,” it would do them good to remember they already have one; it’s called the Tea Party movement, and it won for them the majority they now enjoy in the House.

- Sarah Palin

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/03/Boehner-GOP-leaders-purge-conservatives-from-powerful-House-committees

Notice that Hotair no longer quotes Palin. Did this site turn into a version of the House ‘leadership’?

We need a TRUE Conservative to lead the party.

PALIN 2016

ChuckTX on December 5, 2012 at 2:12 PM

Wait aren’t you the person who said you couldn’t bring yourself to vote Republican this year because of Santorum’s extreme positions on life?

Kataklysmic on December 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Yes, unfortunately-
I said Santorum’s views and the war on women would cost the Republicans the White House and the Supreme Court, and it did.
I told you so.

c.j.ammenheuser on December 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM

A former adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, told Rucker that Romney will “be involved in some fashion” in public service. And nobody can begrudge Romney some downtime. But his failure to engage now, at a time when he could have the most clout, reinforces the impression that his candidacy was less about principle and patriotism than about him. …

This is why Mittwit lost. He’s not a leader in the sense that Reagan and Palin are/were. They didn’t need a title to evangelize conservative values. Reagan was out there for nearly 2 decades promoting conservative values to anyone that would listen. Where was Mittwit in the decade leading up to his “moment”? Nowhere near the battlefield of ideas.

I have no doubt that if Reagan hadn’t succumbed to illness, he would have continued to carry the banner into the twilight. Likewise, Palin is fearless in promoting the conservative values – even to the point of speaking off the cuff. Mittwit on the other hand never says anything that hasn’t been poll-tested, lest he sound inarticulate and/or insincere. Either conservative principles flow thru your core or it doesn’t. It didn’t for Mittness, claims of being “severely conservative” notwithstanding. Why should I or any other conservative, tired of being betrayed by the GOPe vote for someone who is just a few shades of progressive lighter than the marxist in chief.

Let. It. Burn!!!

AH_C on December 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM

I said Santorum’s views and the war on women would cost the Republicans the White House and the Supreme Court, and it did.

c.j.ammenheuser on December 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Yes it did. With your help. Good thing we kept the party with “extreme” abortion views out of the white house though, right?

Kataklysmic on December 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM

I said Santorum’s views and the war on women would cost the Republicans the White House and the Supreme Court, and it did.
I told you so.

c.j.ammenheuser on December 5, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Hahahahahahaha. Let me get this right. Santorum lost it for us? Not Romney?

besser tot als rot on December 5, 2012 at 2:39 PM

Set Condition One Concern Troll throughout the ship media.

CorporatePiggy on December 5, 2012 at 2:42 PM

Liberal media bobbleheads complaining that Romney’s not helping resolve our country’s fiscal issues, just weeks after vilifying him as an evil, uncaring, felon and tax cheat.

You wanted Obama at the helm, you got him. Choke on it.

Bruce MacMahon on December 5, 2012 at 12:14 PM

They will.

Del Dolemonte on December 5, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Yes it did. With your help. Good thing we kept the party with “extreme” abortion views out of the white house though, right?”

With my help? I didn’t support Santorum. I was strongly against the tone early in the campaign that ended up being portrayed as the war against women.

Both parties have extreme views on abortion.
And in this election it cost the Republicans the White House- but worse it cost us the Supreme Court, which will basically change the course of the country.

My conscious is clear. How’s yours?

c.j.ammenheuser on December 5, 2012 at 3:48 PM

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