Mitt Romney

By Kavon W. Nikrad The answer, I think, is that many Republicans will be able to imagine Mitt Romney dominating the sitting President of the United States in the debates. An event, where it to come to pass, that could play as big a role in Republican victory as Ronald Reagan’s defeat of President Jimmy Carter i...

By Aron Goldman Talking to people who are very close to Sarah Palin, I have been told that she has told her supporters, she is out of politics. Period. She is fed up with politics. She doesn’t like her life. She feels that she needs to raise her family. She’s sick of the commute from Wasilla to the capital. And she rea...

By Alex Knepper She couldn’t govern Alaska and run a presidentla campaign in the lower 48 (and be a mom) at the same time. One of them had to give. Alaska is hours away from Iowa and even further away from New Hampshire. South Carolina is further still. Not even superwoman can do it all. Especially when her main riv...

By Alex Knepper Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina — these men and women have shown that they care about the Franklin Ideal. They are men and women of excellence, regardless of what you want to say about their politics. They have their low points — both personally and in their politics — b...

By Adam Graham Discussing disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a fellow Republican, said governors and other national leaders are expected “to live by a higher standard because … the culture of the nation can be hurt by their failings.

By Doug Forrester I could see a lot of the loyal Romney base being influenced by a Romney endorsement. That’s probably as many as half of Romney’s voters being moved by his endorsement. Who would Romney be likely to endorse? Ann Romney, Tim and Mary Pawlenty

By Kristofer Lorelli We’re hearing that South Dakota Sen. John Thune has locked up support to replace Sen. John Ensignas chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. The opening came when Ensign admitted to an affair with an ex-aide and could clear the way for Thune, talked about last year as a vice presi...

By Adam Graham Looking at nationwide polling, it would be hard to seriously argue that Huckabee couldn’t get the nomination in 2012, so his efforts would be treated with a whole different level of seriousness from the get-go.  Romney had the good fortune to be paired against a pro-choice liberal (Ru...

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...

By Alex Knepper She annoys the left because of her culture, certainly; she’s horrifically annoying to me, a proudly elitist misanthrope, and I dislike what she represents more than I dislike, say, Mitt Romney, due to that: she’s a proud redneck, a down-home religiously conservative Christian “hocke...

By DaveG And Thomas Friedman, a NeoLiberal’s NeoLiberal, credits this development to President Bush: Harumph, harumph! So the American Right is now pro-Ahmadinejad? And here’s everyone’s favorite once and future presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, from this week’s episode of, er, This W...

By Kavon W. Nikrad Huckabee banking 2012 hopes on Vander Plaats’ 2010 success - The Iowa Independent2010 Iowa Republican Gubernatorial Straw Poll - The Iowa Republican & WHO RadioDeace’s Take: Bob Vander Plaats - The Iowa Republican Sarah Palin

By Kristofer Lorelli “What does a free and strong America mean to you?” Essay Contest: Sit in the Romney Family Seats at Fenway ——– First off, I want to thank you for staying involved with the Free and Strong America PAC. Your support has enabled my dad to continue being a strong voice for conservatism – travel...

By Doug Forrester Whether you like Mike Huckabee or not this is the sort of thing former candidates for 2008 need to be doing. It would be great to see Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, or Sarah Palin come down to help raise money for the District-5 race. This will be an expensive race and Republicans will need to mobil...

By Alex Knepper I find it very interesting that so many of the folks who DEMAND that we listen to the clueless Republican establishment in places like Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, absolutely refuse to follow the establishment choice at the National level. Mitt Romney is THE electable Republi...

By Anthony Dalke 2) If Mitt Romney is a CEO, then Sanford came across as a CFO. It kind of reminded me of company conference call where the CEO gives that analsysts the sales job and then calls in the CFO to run through the numbers. I am not sure what kind of salesman Sanford would be as a presidential candidate, bu...

By Max Twain 1) Mitt Romney - Gov. Romney remains in the best position to win the GOP nomination in 2012. He continues to do everything right; good interviews, smart policy critiques of Obama without the red meat attacks, joining the he National Council for a New America, etc. He gave a wide ranging spe...

By Kristofer Lorelli lt;p>Now that President Obama has decided to scrap his failed GM bail-out agenda and adopt most of <a href="http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f12/mitt-romney-let-detroit-go-bankrupt-71618/" target="_blank">Mitt Romney&#8217;s strategy</a>, c...

By Adam Graham Romney State Government is also a factor. I’ve already talked about Sarah Palin. If she doesn’t extricate herself from that zoo called “Alaska State Government” with its constant slew of expsnive frivolous ethics complaints, there’s no way Palin can run for President.  Pawlenty has hint...

By Adam Graham 5) John Thune-45% 16): Rudy Giuliani 10% (Not Scored): Rudy Giuliani for President 2012? Are you kidding me? This would be like making a sequel to Howard the Duck. Giuliani seems more likely to run for Governor of New York, so I may upgrade this slightly if he doesn’t run.  

By Max Twain Mike Huckabee- 99% Mitt Romney - 95% Potential VPs: Mitt Romney, John Thune, David Petraeus John Thune - 70% Potential VPs: John Thune, Haley Barbour Potential VPs: Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Crist Potential VPs: David Petraeus, John Thune

By Matthew E. Miller Unlike Alex, I don’t think a Romney run is a lock.  I think, of all the major candidates, Romney’s the most likely to be scared away by a seemingly “unbeatable” Obama.  Romney isn’t one to believe in his ability to, through sheer force of will or through providence, overcome impossible odds. ...

By Alex Knepper Mitt Romney - 99% Mike Huckabee- 92% Potential VPs: Giuliani, Romney, Sanford, Perry, Ridge (Her dream VP would be Petraeus, but keep dreaming, Sarah) 75% John Thune - 45% I expect Jeb to endorse Mitt Romney fairly early on. Rudy Giuliani - 5%

By Alex Knepper John McCain’s primary trimph was by no means inevitable. A few thousand votes the other way in New Hampshire or South Carolina and John McCain would have been eliminated. He walked a tightrope to the nomination. Nobody “fell in line” behind John McCain. He never even won a majority of the votes...

By Alex Knepper Woah, woah — slow down there, horsey. Many of us call Rudy Giuliani “Rudy” and Mitt Romney “Mitt.” Nobody would dream of calling Senator McCain by his first name because there are approximately ten billion “Johns” in the world. We call politicians by their first names when their names are dis...

By Anthony Dalke 1. Mitt Romney — The almost-nominee with the established organization, fundraising network, time, and talent to get the nomination this time. He does retain an image problem with some Republicans, who are not sold on his conservative credentials or upset with him for changing his emphas...

By Clarence Claus Huckabee has a net favorability rating of +8.  Romney is not far behind at +5.  Palin has a -7, and Gingrich has a -8.  Palin only a -10 with women, but she is still in negative territory at a -3 with men.  Huckabee also does the best against Obama though all four candidates trail.  Obama is more po...

By Alex Knepper For Adam Graham… “With this white t-shirt, I’ll be as sophisticated as Huckabee himself!” For commenter OHIO JOE… “Pink is definitely my color…” For my good friend IllinoisGuy… A Mitt Romney cutout…gosh, it’s just like meeting the real Mitt!

By Max Twain In reality, Gov. Huntsman had very little chance of winning the GOP nomination, not because of the far right, but because other republicans of his ilk out-shining him.  For example, Huntsman’s campaigns for Governor had been fully backed by Utah’s business community and the LDS church, b...

By Aron Goldman Rasmussen GOP Leader Poll Is the leader of the Republican Party Michael Steele, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, Eric Cantor, or is there no clear leader? Among Likely Republican Voters There is no clear leader 37% (68%) John McCain 18% (5%) Michael Ste...

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By Alex Knepper Among Republicans: Mike Huckabee - 20% Mitt Romney - 18% Newt Gingrich - 14% Sarah Palin - 13% Rudy Giuliani - 12% Too soon to say - 7% Don’t know - 4% Mark Sanford - 4% Jeb Bush - 3% Bobby Jindal - 3% Someone else - 3% Democrats n=375, ±5; Republicans n=274, ±6; independents n=213, ±7

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By Kavon W. Nikrad Over at Washington Whispers, Paul Bedard names Pawlenty, Cantor, Huntsman, and Sanford as the four dark-horses to watch for 2012: You already know the names of the Republican stars expected to run for the 2012 presidential nomination: Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sa...

By Michael Stubel If the Republican Party hopes to reaffirm itself as a national entity ahead of the 2012 presidential election, success does not begin with Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney or Michael Steele. Forget Rush, Bobby Jindal and Newt Gingrich. Sure, it would be beneficial to retain Mel Martinez’s U.S. Se...

By Alex Knepper This is not to say that irreligious men or social moderates are not also secular Republicans: Rudy Giuliani is clearly a secular Republican, as are John McCain and Fred Thompson. But overall, their credo tends to be: no litmus test. Abortion is not a litmus test. Religious belief is not a litm...

By Alex Knepper 4. John Thune If it came down to Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee, who would you vote for? Mitt Romney Who Will Be In the Senate In 2011? Mike Castle, Arlen Specter, Jean Carnahan, Charlie Crist, George Pataki, Al Franken, Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, David Vitter.

By Matthew E. Miller It was a masterful performance. Pawlenty is a conservative with a disarmingly moderate style. He is smart, articulate, youthful, energetic and likable. He is, to boot, one of the funniest storytellers in American politics. When he had finished, the question in my mind was: who in American p...

By Kristofer Lorelli Mike Huckabee has made a scathing attack (in a press release) against the National Council For A New America, specifically its panel of experts, which includes Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and Bobby Jindal. It was “sad day” in Republican politics when “we think it is necessary to form a ‘listeni...

By Anthony Dalke The National Journal reports that Gov. Romney may establish a new primary residence by 2012 - most likely in New Hampshire but possibly even in California: Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said that the former governor is in the process of opening up the Lake Winnipesaukee house this mon...

By Doug Forrester The discussion revolves around whether Mitt Romney is a Christian. For Mitt Romney the task is magnified by having a tiny minority of Republicans who view certain religious beliefs as a prerequisite for office. His status as a Mormon is seen as spooky or scary by a loud few.

By Kristofer Lorelli Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney e-mailed his friends and thousands of supporters in California Tuesday to share why he's backing Meg Whitman for governor. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jpRtBisDZ4[/youtube]   ---------------------------------------------...

By Kristofer Lorelli “Well, I think Romney has run a national campaign, so people are more comfortable seeing him as a Republican presidential candidate,” said Tod Weiler, vice chair of the Utah Republican Party. Against President Obama, 67 percent of Utahns would pick Romney to Obama’s 27 percent.

By Anthony Dalke Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney House GOP Leader John Boehner House GOP Whip Eric Cantor House GOP Conference Chairman Mike Pence Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell The No. 2 Senate Republican, Jon Kyl And the Senate GOP Conference Chairman, Lamar Alexander

By Matthew E. Miller I’m the only conservative here.  No, but really….I interrupt this broadcast of Specter’s lame/cool and I’m awesome/conservative posts, to bring you news from our sponsors; Mitt Romney fans.  By popular demand, a bit from a Steve Schmidt interview:

By Kristofer Lorelli In the last 24 hours, Alex Knepper has attacked Pat Toomey, Republican ‘Hardliners‘ (85% of the party), Michael Steele and Jim DeMint.  I have not seen this much anti-Republican rhetoric since I opened the Huffington Post or MSNBC.com.

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...

By Adam Brickley Let’s run all of the scencarios at once: Please suggest four tickets - one headed by Mitt Romney, one by Sarah Palin, one by Mike Huckabee, and one by a fourth candidate of your choice. Mike Huckabee - Former Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA) Mitt Romney - Gov. C.W. “Butch” Otter (ID)

By Kristofer Lorelli History has proven that Republicans win the White House when their candidates are perceived as the ‘common man’, who voters can picture themselves having a beer with.  When Republican candidates are perceived as aristocratic or possessing an overweening manner, the Democrats win t...

By Anthony Dalke …Then on Thursday came the news that Mr Netanyahu’s planned first meeting with President Obama in Washington next month had been called off. Mr Netanyahu had hoped to capitalise on his attendance at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington to visit t...

By Kristofer Lorelli …but this time it is smart politics.  Mitt Romney is calling for the passing of an immigration reform bill during President Obama’s first term in office.  According to The Hill: Romney believes that one way to attract more minorities to the GOP is to pass immigration reform before the next e...

By Alex Knepper I must confess that I’m a tad bit confused by Kristofer’s post proclaiming that Romney may be our only chance. He first asserts that Romney’s bank account of $250 million may be the only thing that can save us from defeat, and then goes onto proclaim in the comments section that Obama will lik...

By Kristofer Lorelli In fact, I expect President Obama and the DNC to take the ‘Gray Davis’ approach and interfere in the Republican primary.  The Obama campaign will advertise against the candidates they perceive as the front runners and they will attempt to create cultural and ideological wedges withi...

By Adam Graham A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll* shows that self-identified pro-life Americans are nearly three times as likely as pro-choice Americans to describe themselves as single-issue voters on abortion. Thirty percent of pro-lifers say they will only vote for a candidate who shares thei...

By Tommy Oliver Similarly, Romney is among the many Republicans who support a stimulus plan, but not in the form Congress passed in February. With the economy remaining a top concern for the vast majority of Americans, Romney’s experience as a businessman could come in handy as Republicans search for a c...

By Anthony Dalke The Governor is obviously incredibly brilliant, organized and focused, but in this day and age of 24-hour news coverage, soundbites, YouTube and short attention spans in voters, does Romney possess sufficient charisma to take down the silver-tongued Obama and spearhead a Reaganesq...

By Max Twain 10) Judd Gregg - He’s a former Governor of New Hampshire, and currently New Hampshire’s senior Senator. Sen. Gregg, often viewed as a ‘Yankee Republican’, has become a new hero to the conservatives for his decision to back out of Obama’s Cabinet on principle. He’s to the right of McCain/G...

By Ryan Mauro 2) Governor Mitt Romney. I honestly believe Romney and Palin, at this early, early point, are tied for the top stop. The economy is the #1 issue and Romney simply has the credibility. However, if Obama looks strong, there’s a possibility Romney won’t want to spend millions of dollars again. Th...

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.

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.

By Alex Knepper 1. Mitt Romney would turn Michigan red! First of all: would you Rombots make up your minds? Are Mormons reliable, patriotic citizens that routinely bloc-vote for Republicans en masse, or do we have to bribe them with a Mormon in order to secure their votes?

By Tommy Oliver Mitt Romney would also balance the ticket quite well. While he still seems to invoke the passions of many of those who didn’t support him during the primary, I think he would bring the ability to raise money that McCain has been lacking. Romney is not without his weaknesses, and there are a lot...

By Jason Bonham Like many of those deeply involved in the Romney For President effort, my involvement was driven entirely by my belief that Mitt Romney would make an exceptional leader for America. I’d worked with Governor Romney in the private sector nearly 25 years ago, and had tracked his career close...

By Gary Matthew Miller But it doesn’t mean that he’ll be able to deliver the state for Mr. McCain. In the run-up to Super Tuesday earlier this month, Mr. Pawlenty stumped hard for Mr. McCain only to watch as Republican voters delivered Minnesota overwhelmingly to Mitt Romney.

By Aron Goldman Mitt Romney Gov. Romney On Cutting Wasteful EarmarksGov. Romney Reacts To The State Of The Union AddressMitt Romney, the anti-Kennedy Romney Says He Won’t Be a McCain VP Romney comments on Hinckley’s deathRomney on Death of Mormon Church PresidentFormer Rep. McIntosh endorses RomneyRo...

By Matt C “Nevada Republicans on Saturday should examine their choices through precisely such a filter. Each GOP candidate can make — and has made — a reasonable case that he’s best suited to ensure the party again embraces the ideas and concepts that made this nation a beacon of freedom and economi...

By Matthew E. Miller In other words, relatively speaking, Romney does better among evangelicals then McCain. After Huckabee, only Fred Thompson does relatively better among evangelicals (he’s received 4.1% of the vote, but 6.5% of the evangelical vote). But, as we’ve established, a poor showing in South Car...

By Brett Passmore Romney: This is Barney Frank’s legislation? Interview with Senate Candidate Mitt Romney, Bay Windows, 8/25/94] Romney’s characterization of those laws — which as he says, he saw up-close in Massachusetts — is entirely accurate.

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By Tommy Oliver The only time one I was personally angry about was Paul Weyrich’s endorsement of Romney. I was not mad at his decision to endorse Romney, but of some comments he later made of accusing the NRLC of endorsing Thompson because of money. I wrote a 5 page article about his comments, but in the end, ne...

By Justin Hart National Review Online has a new article up by Mark Hemingway digging deeper into the notion of whether or not the Romney campaign itself conducted the recent surveys with apparently anti-Mormon messages. (I’m proud to say that he links to MMM quite a bit for his information).

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...

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...