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A ray of hope inside the beltway
Original at Power Line
• 14 hours ago
By Paul Breaking away from my image, at least, of the political consultant, Comstock decided to run for "low office" this year, namely the Virginia House of Delegates. The seat in question is in Fairfax County, including the wealthy Washington, DC suburb of McLean. The Republicans had held the se...
Mike edited Huckabee's website is clearinghouse of anti-Mormon information
Original at My Clob
• Fri, Nov 6
By email@hidden (Mike) Actual Quote from MikeHuckabee.com: “….because I do not want to be one of those that has to explain to God why I didn’t vote for the only clear good choice, Mike Huckabee, and wimped out and voted for Romney, a man who worships Satan. YES, there, it’s been said. Romney worships Satan.” Don’t belie...
From Gallup
Original at Evangelicals for Mitt
• Thu, Nov 5
Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (65%) and Sarah Palin (65%) in this early test of the strength of several potential Republican contenders. A...
NY-23 & 2012 -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Thu, Nov 5
By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Kathryn Jean Lopez) What I wrote on Tuesday -- which I think stands -- about Romney was: If he runs again, it’s going to be on his own terms. It’s the Let Romney Be Romney cycle. Which meant skirting the who’s-more-conservative? tug-of-war this time around.
Huckabee, Romney, Palin: GOP leaders
Original at The Swamp
• Wed, Nov 4
• 1 related articles
By Mark Silva Even as President Barack Obama's job approval has slipped to 53 percent in Gallup polling, this survey "suggests that the appeal of these potential challengers to Barack Obama in 2012 at this point is primarily limited to the Republican faithful,'' Gallup's Jeffrey Jones reports. "Amo...
Romney prods Obama to decide Afghan strategy now
Original at Newsvine
• Sun, Nov 1
By Associated Press Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of acting too slowly to decide what U.S. policy is needed in Afghanistan.
Mike edited We should increase the size of our military by 100000 troups
Original at My Clob
• Sat, Oct 31
By email@hidden (Mike) If they like Mitt Romney, agreeing with him because he said we should do this If they like Barack Obama, agreeing with him because he said weshoulddo this. If people don't like Mitt Romney, disagreeing with him because he said we should do this Use of American power in the world.
Huckabee Will Neither Show His Hand, Nor Play It
Original at race42008.com
• Fri, Oct 30
By Mark B. Lowe Contrary to Mitt Romney who made a point of publicly NOT endorsing Scozzafava in the contentious NY-23 race (see my post Romney shows hand, but doesn’t play it ), Mike Huckabee is playing his cards close to his chest. This is causing some consternation amongst movement conservatives whom...
Mitt Romney Presents His Nuanced Take On Middle East Geopolitics
Original at Wonkette
• Wed, Oct 28
By Jim Newell It took us so long to check it out, but we finally did, and guess what? Mitt Romney’s “Free and Strong America PAC” website has any number of funnies! There are all these videos of him yelling at Obama for doing things that Mitt Romney did like 20 times when he was governor of Massachusetts. [...]
Ron Paul to visit South Carolina
Original at CNN Political Ticker
• Tue, Oct 27
By peterhamby The onetime Republican presidential hopeful finished in fifth place in last year’s South Carolina primary, behind Mitt Romney but ahead of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Other potential 2012 candidates — including Mike Pence, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee — have already vis...
Opinion: Numbers Aren’t Everything
Original at race42008.com
• Sat, Oct 17
By Adam Graham Against trial heat after trial heat that fails to show a Romney edge against Obama, Romney supporters offer as evidence, their own unbiased evaluations of the American electorate. On the bright side, New Hampshire could put him on the map as a national figure to be reckoned with provided ...
Multi-Millionaire Mitt Romney: Health Care Public Option is "Death"
Original at Newsvine
• Thu, Oct 15
By CameraObscura On Sean Hannity's Fox News show, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney propagated a fearmongering claim that a public health insurance option would bring death to the country.
Romney taunts Democrats with memories of Carter
Original at Newsvine
• Sat, Sep 19
By Associated Press Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reflects conservatives' growing confidence when he taunts Democrats, saying "I'll bet you never dreamed you'd look back at Jimmy Carter as the good old days."
Romney For President
Original at race42008.com
• Sat, Sep 19
By DaveG The result of replacing our current obsolete federal policies on these issues with sleek, shiny, modern policies will be a foundation for economic growth, reduced government debt, and continued security. Of course a Republican president has to tend to the sacred cows of the GOP, such as...
Sandy Maisel: Hypocrisy in Massachusetts
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Sep 19
By Sandy Maisel Massachusetts Democrats are hypocrites because they voted to take the power to appoint an interim senator away from the governor, just a few short years ago, when it seemed that John Kerry might be elected President and Massachusetts' sitting governor, Republican Mitt Romney, would n...
Romney: The end of the affair?
Original at race42008.com
• Wed, Aug 26
By Kristofer Lorelli An interesting editorial by Adam Reilly on the evolving relationship between Mitt Romney and the right-wing media. H/T: Aron An interesting editorial by Adam Reilly on the evolving relationship between Mitt Romney and the right-wing media.
Opinion: Mike edited Strengthening Latin American Allies and Confronting Tyrants
Original at My Clob
• Sat, Aug 15
By email@hidden (Mike) Immigration Questions for Governor Mitt Romney Mitt Romney Illegal Immigration Quotes Governor Mitt Romney, 12-13-2006 Press Release Abraham & & Scott Helman, The Boston Globe Governor Mitt Romney Romney:EnforcingOurImmigrationLaws
How Mitt Romney is Like Robert McNamara
Original at New Republic
• Wed, Jul 29
By tnr1.com Now, I'm beginning to rethink my view of Romney. This June, he gave a national security address that essentially accepted all the premises of George W. Bush's foreign policy and coated them with a sheen of hyper-rationality. I use the phrase "hyper-rational" very deliberately, because it...
Don't mimic the Massachusetts Way on health care reform Opinion Articles - Irwin Stelzer | Editorials on Top News Stories | Washington Examiner
Original at Newsvine
• Wed, Jul 8
By JMassRes In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was praised for his visionary approach to health care. Now, the government is looking for national health care reform and attention has been brought to the Massachusetts approach.
Mitt Romney's team awaits 2012 - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com
Original at Newsvine
• Mon, Jun 29
By teresa-498430 excerpt: ""Mitt Romney says publicly he's not considering another presidential campaign, most recently on Sunday during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." But many of his loyalists expect one and remain at the ready for 2012.""
Opinion: When This is the Best Argument…
Original at race42008.com
• Tue, Jun 16
By Adam Graham Huckabee, Palin, and Romney all stand at the starting gate on pretty much equal footing. If Romney becomes an overwhelming frontrunner, it’ll be because potential opponents like Huckabee and Palin didn’t run as happened in 1996 with Bob Dole when Jack Kemp (who led him in several trial he...
Opinion: The Tale of the Polls
Original at race42008.com
• Sun, Apr 26
By Adam Graham The Public Policy Polling pollcame out indicating that Mike Huckabee would fare best against Barack Obama (Trailing by only 7) when compared to double digits for Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich. One poll doesn’t tell you a lot, three polls, even if there are flaws in them can in...
Opinion: Tumulty, Ambinder tout Romney for health care position, citing MA plan he says would be wrong to impose on states
Original at Media Matters for America
• Wed, Feb 4
On February 3, Time magazine national political correspondent Karen Tumulty suggested that President Obama consider former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for the position of Health and Human Services secretary, pointing to the part he played in creating Massachuset...
Podcast: Huckabee’s Utah Charm Offensive
Original at race42008.com
• Fri, Jan 9
By Adam Graham Huckabee has received some criticism in Utah for comments he has made about fellow former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and about some of the church’s religious beliefs.
Opinion: Right wing promotes Mitt ‘the jobs aren’t coming back’ Romney for ‘car czar.’
Original at Think Progress
• Fri, Dec 12
By Faiz Shakir Right-wing pundits and bloggers are calling for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry. “There can’t be too many folks who would be better qualified to be ‘Car Czar’ than Mitt Romney,” writes the National Review’s Jim Geraghty. Investor’s...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mitt Romney
Original at race42008.com
• Thu, Dec 4
By Kristofer Lorelli 5. The young couple moved to Boston so Mitt could attend Harvard Law School. He was also accepted into a joint M.B.A. program at Harvard Business School. Their second son, Matthew, was born and in 1975 he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and in the top 5 percent of his class at HBS.
Podcast: H3: Erwin Chemerinsky, Mitt Romney
Original at Town Hall
• Wed, Nov 19
By info@townhall.com (Hugh Hewitt) 11190803 Hewitt: Hour 3 - Hugh talks with one of the Smart Guys, Erwin Chemerinsky of UCI Law School, about the choice of Eric Holder at Justice and the decision to close down Guantanamo Bay, and then replays his interview with former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential contende...
Podcast: H1: Christopher Hitchens, Mitt Romney
Original at Town Hall
• Wed, Nov 19
By info@townhall.com (Hugh Hewitt) 11190801 Hewitt: Hour 1 - Hugh catches up on politics and the shape of the Obama (Clinton) administration taking shape with Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens, and then talks Big 3 auto bailout and what the Republicans need to do next with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Rom...
Podcast: Romney on Glenn Beck
Original at comMITTed to Romney!
• Mon, Oct 27
By Ann Marie Curling GLENN: Okay. He is saying that he’s got — Barack Obama’s saying that he’s got this jobs creation program. As a businessman, I mean, I’m a small businessman. You’ve been a large businessman your whole life. Tell me the frothing at the mouth that people, just chomping at the bit to get that $3,000 t...
Karl Rove's Broken Wings
Original at news.aol.com
• Mon, Oct 13
By David Knowles Himself a closet atheist, Rove forged what proved, for a time, to be a cunning strategy of harnessing the fervor of two distinct groups within the Republican Party: Christian and fiscal conservatives. To be sure, these two factions often overlapped. There are many anti-abortion, anti-g...
Podcast: What Kind Of Vetting Process Did McCain Use?
Original at Crooks and Liars
• Sat, Aug 30
By Nicole Belle He passed over Mitt Romney, who ran a big state, Massachusetts; a big company, Bain Capital; and a big event, the Olympics. He passed over Joe Lieberman, his best friend in the Senate and fellow Iraq Kool-Aid drinker. And he also passed over Mike Huckabee, the governor of Arkansas.
Daniel Koffler: Dear John McCain: Pick Mitt
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, May 22
By Daniel Koffler Second, the Democratic primaries have gift-wrapped you a blueprint for victory that can't fail in the states that matter like West Virginia. I mean, take a look at Barack Obama. He's from a bunch of islands, has a funny name, went to a bunch of cushy schools, can't bowl, and likes arugula. I kno...
Opinion: John McCain's V.P. Dilemma
Original at Observer.com
• Mon, Mar 17
By Jennifer Rubin At the top of the list of proposed shotgun marriages is a pairing with his former rival Mitt Romney. Conservative pundits, former Romney boosters and even Romney himself have been dropping hints-- loudly. Romney even auditioned as McCain’s attack dog (a familiar role for the VP) by labeli...
FNC Notes AP Hails Edwards: ‘Scrappy Underdog...Steered Rivals to Progressive Ideals'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Jan 31
By Brent Baker Giuliani finished a distant third to winner John McCain and close second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement...
Podcast: ABC: Limbaugh Anti-McCain Because Senator Won't 'Answer To' HimOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Jan 30
By Brent Baker RON CLAIBORNE: What's remarkable is that he [McCain] beat Mitt Romney in a closed primary, where only Republicans could vote. No independents, who provided him winning margins in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Today, Romney told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts that he would rem...
Weekend in Review: Post S.C., Pre-Florida
Original at Observer.com
• Sun, Jan 27
By Katharine Jose The biggest news from the Florida Republican primary is that the popular Governor Charlie Crist, who Rudy Giuliani courted for an endorsement, gave his endorsement to John McCain and is going to be stumping with the Senator as well, although Crist demurred when asked about his potentia...
McCain Stretches Romney's Words
Original at Marc Ambinder
• Sun, Jan 27
Romney said called McCain's charge "simply wrong" and "dishonest." A Romney spokesperson called McCain "unhinged;" A McCain spokesperson called the Romney spokesperson "Unhinged." McCain later said it was Romney who should apologize, and "to the troops."
Weekend in Review: Nevada, S.C.
Original at Observer.com
• Sat, Jan 19
By Katharine Jose John McCain triumphed over Mike Huckabee in Saturday's Republican South Carolina primary by a small margin, and Marc Ambinder thinks he knows seven reasons why. Fred Thompson, despite taking only 16 percent of the vote, hasn't dropped out of the race.
Podcast: Will SC AG Prosecute Huckabee Push-Poll Robo Calls?
Original at Reason Online
• Wed, Jan 16
By info@reason.com (Jeff Taylor) McMaster is a major John McCain supporter in the state, but the prime target of the calls -- at the moment -- seems to be Fred Thompson. In a call partially recorded last night by one South Carolina resident and sent to McMaster, Thompson's record on abortion and taxes was attacked.
Opinion: JOHN MCCAIN 2008 LAUNCHES NEW WEB AD, “EXPERIENCE”Original at schotlinepress (WordPress)
• Wed, Jan 2
By schotline “John McCain for president.” JOHN MCCAIN: “I’m John McCain and I approve this message.” AD FACTS: JOHN MCCAIN 2008, “EXPERIENCE” · Watch Romney Say That The Next President Doesn’t Need Foreign Policy Experience Romney’s Iraq Position “Has Been A Study In Flexibility”
Podcast: Race 4 2008 Evening Essential Reads
Original at race42008.com
• Sat, Dec 22
By Aron Goldman Hillary Clinton Clinton: We Don’t Vote for AdvisersThe Clintons, Messages and IowaHillary Clinton Embraces Her Husband’s LegacyHillary Clinton courts female voteHillary Clinton’s Gift to the MediaClinton Lands Seasoned Operative for S.C. Effort
Opinion: Sunday Snapshot
Original at National Journal
• Mon, Dec 17
By hotlineblog(mambinder@nationaljournal.com) Mitt Romney was on "Meet the Press": Romney: "Oh, oh, of course. Oh, of course." Romney: "Oh, of course." John Edwards made the Sunday show rounds this weekend: Mike Huckabee was on "Late Edition": Fred Thompson was on "Face the Nation": Thompson: "I was trying to be kind there."
Opinion: Election prediction: Clinton defeats Romney
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Thu, Dec 13
By Chris Lawrence When it comes down to the general election, I think the fundamentals support a Democratic victory. I also think that Romney is very problematic as a presidential candidate, not only due to his more-liberal record as governor of Massachusetts leaving him open to “flip-flopper” charges b...
Opinion: 2008 Election Prediction: McCain vs. Obama
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Wed, Dec 12
By Alex Knapp Now, the Dark Horse in the Republican race is clearly Mitt Romney. If Romney can salvage either Iowa or New Hampshire, he will be in a much stronger position to take the nomination, and probably force McCain out of the race. However, given the flow of the campaigns so far, I just don’t think tha...
Podcast: NPR reported on McCain's criticism of Romney over waterboarding issue, but not his support for Mukasey
Original at Media Matters for America
• Tue, Dec 4
From the December 4 edition of National Public Radio's Morning Edition: ROMNEY: I know what waterboarding is, Senator. SHAPIRO: Giuliani has mocked the idea that sleep deprivation is torture, saying, "On that theory I'm getting tortured running for President of the United States."
Podcast: An Interview with David Keene
Original at Redstate
• Tue, Dec 4
By Leon H Wolf Yesterday, I talked with David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union. Mr. Keene, as many of you know, has endorsed Mitt Romney for President. I discussed Mr. Keene's decision for this endorsement with him in this interview, in which he frankly assesses the strengths and weakne...
Opinion: STRATEGY FOR A STRONGER AMERICA: A CONSERVATIVE BLUEPRINT FOR STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY
Original at schotlinepress (WordPress)
• Mon, Dec 3
By schotline Governor Romney Will Lower Taxes On The American People. Lower taxes are the key to ensuring continued economic growth and job creation. Governor Romney believes it is not fair for Americans to pay taxes when they earn their money, when the save their money, and then when they die. Gover...
Podcast: Race 4 2008 Evening Essential ReadsOriginal at race42008.com
• Fri, Nov 9
By Aron Goldman John McCain McCain Campaign May Borrow Money For Primary PushSeeing Progress in Iraq, McCain Hopes for Credit McCain Takes Aim at Kerik - and GiulianiMcCain Irony WatchMcCain Feingold Fallout McCain gets outside help as polls riseMcCain doing everything he canWhat A Bizarre Day For J...
Opinion: Race 4 2008 Interview with Gov. Mitt Romney
Original at race42008.com
• Thu, Nov 8
By Kavon W. Nikrad Kavon W. Nikrad: Perhaps the signature accomplishment of your time as Governor of Massachusetts was enacting Massachusetts health care reform. However, while campaigning for President you have stressed that the solution that was right for Massachusetts would not necessarily be the c...
Podcast: Lion and Lamb TV : Mormonism Unveiled Part 6, The Evidence is ClearOriginal at blip.tv (beta)
• Fri, Sep 21
The Doctrine of Mormonism. Mormons share with Bible believing Christians some important moral precepts from the Bible. However, as we point out in this series there are examples of the many fundamental and irreconcilable differences between historic, biblical Christianity and Mormo...