Washington's problem isn't a lack of data, or a failure to calibrate the incentives as in the business world. Congress and the multiple layers of government respond exactly as you'd expect given the incentives for self-preservation and turf protection that always exist in political institutions. The only way to overcome them is with leadership on behalf of good ideas backed by public support. The fact that someone as bright as Mr. Romney doesn't recognize this Beltway reality risks a Presidency that would get rolled quicker than you can say Jimmy Carter.
All the more so because we haven't been able to discern from his campaign, or his record in Massachusetts, what his core political principles are. Mr. Romney spent his life as a moderate Republican, and he governed the Bay State that way after his election in 2002. While running this year, however, he has reinvented himself as a conservative from radio talk show-casting, especially on immigration.
The problem is not that Mr. Romney is willing to reconsider his former thinking. Nor is it so much that his apparent convictions always seem in sync with the audience to which he is speaking at the moment. (Think $20 billion in corporate welfare for Michigan auto makers.) Plenty of politicians attune their positions to new constituencies. The larger danger is that Mr. Romney's conversions are not motivated by expediency or mere pandering but may represent his real governing philosophy.
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Please do NOT stay home. You must vote. You do not have to vote for Hillybama or McAmnesty. There are always other parties and people on the ballot. You could write in Joe Oliva. The important votes are for House and Senate seats. Conservatives MUST win seats in the House. The House is where things get done. It was the passage of H.R. 4437, an enforcement bill, in Dec.05 that sparked the illegal alien protest marches and moved this issue to the front burner. It was the Senate that tried to jam amnesty down our throats. The D's that won seats in '06 were conservatives running on enforcement platforms. One of them, Heath Shuler D-NC, introduced the SAVE Act. Call, e-mail, or write your Congressman and urge support of this legislation. Enforcement is what Americans want, not amnesty.
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McCain is a true Conservative. I don't think his last name is Kennedy, Feingold or Lieberman. Further, I think his behavior is balanced, mature, adult and admirable. He's never nasty, brutish & short.(Thanks to T.Hobbes.) Johnny's overall TEMPERAMENT is to be envied by all who are not Mittbots & Romniacs. Little Man John is for yummy Open Borders, unilateral Global Warming Insanity, American Ambu-Chasers furnished to Islamist Butchers, and Closing Gitmo. John hates--yeas, I said HATES--Mitt Romney nearly as much as he hates bin Laden. He hates Mitt's self-made wealth(BAaaaadD!), huge successes in the Executive/Private Sector, and his nice family and hair. Hey, did I mention that Johnny's a nice little guy?? Most of all, I believe that unless I post here at HH 300 times repeating over & over & over the same words each ****ing day, people here just won't GET IT...Thanks for letting me share. Again, I'm Joe and I'm a PostAholic." |
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Unfortunately for Romney -- and for political conservatives -- politics is about more than policy prescriptions. It's about cultivating a winning image, creating a style that appeals to Americans. And Romney doesn't even have enough appeal for the hard-core conservatives who vote in presidential primaries. Despite McCain's long list of liberal bona fides, he won 27 percent of self-described conservatives in the Florida primary, as compared with Romney's 37 percent.
What's McCain's appeal? His style. If Romney has the policies conservatives want, McCain has the image conservatives want. Though Romney is a Washington outsider, he looks like a Washington insider. And though McCain is a Washington insider, he has played his outsider, "maverick" image to the hilt. Though Romney has been more consistent on policy than McCain, it is McCain's "Straight Talk Express" that draws support, not Romney's private sector experience.
Conservatives are understandably upset with the prospect of a McCain candidacy. But they should recognize that if Romney's stylistic drawbacks are severe enough to sink him in an election where most of the constituents agree with him on policy, his personal shortcomings will cripple him in a general election.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2008/01/31/mc cain_won_because_romneys_boring
It is more than just boring style. Mitt has had no qualms throwing out complete untruths about his opponents. Maybe it is not Mitt personally, but his staff, but his campaign does it all the time. He puts out false accusations about his opponents. When he is caught on it, he get's a bit pouty and looks hurt. In addition, he has changed positions on things so cavalierly that it is hard to take him seriously. That is why he is so unpopular with the GOP (seriously, he is getting beaten badly by a guy conservatives can't stand) and has close to zero chance to win the general election.
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Without the conservatives you McCainiacs are throwing overboard. Good luck if you get McAmnesty nominated. Goldwater '64 might look good by comparison. |
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pomposity on the post-debate thread here. Enjoy, Amigos. Joe: Eddie Haskell, my A**! Ward Cleaver's Boss, maybe. You gotta problem with that?
Was it Jorge who suggested J.C.Watts as Veep for Juan? No such horror had occurred to me, but thinking of the comedy which that would soon be brings a grin to my post Florida Primary scowly face. One--most critically in time of WAR--must closely consider who the nominee has picked for VP-running mate. The biggest consideration being: Can he or she be a strong, able, effective President if something awful & unexpected happened to the Prez. Uummm...Watts?? Right, Jorge, mang...FOCUS...No. Nada. Nyet. Nein. Now, how about Howard's suggestions...Thompson...Good. Condi...Great...Nope to the others, including Crist. Oh, and which one of our gloating geniuses suggested Huckster for Juan's Veep? S'cuse, please, while I BWaaaaaaaaaahH...If it were either that pseudo-populist grifter or J.C., folks like me wouldn't punch that chad. How you guys figuring on Juan winning...? Why not Rudy? Seems to me he'd be awesome for it.
IF, Lady MacClinton picks Obama as running mate, and IF Obama can swallow his nausea and the thought of being forced off the stage by Billy-Bubba, they may not be beatable by McJuan & anybody.(*Barring, as I keep saying, unforseen al Qaeda &/or Iranian type crises which might give Americans a wake-up-to-REALITY call and give McCain an advantage. Or, successful Madame sabotage by sick-a** spouse who can't allow her having it.*) I have a very hard time imagining the Clintons risking their narcissistic spotlight with a heat seeking young magnet like Obama--UNLESS, they believed they couldn't win otherwise. I also can't feature Obama taking the spot, if offered, and risking being minimalized and swimming with the Sleaze.(*AND, risking his Future.*) |
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So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know
I thought it was you
Who would stand by my side
And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You said you'd die for me
Woke up to reality
And found the future not so bright
I dreamt the impossible
That maybe things could work out right
I thought it was you
Who would do me no wrong
And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
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I feel probably very similar to how you will feel when McCain goes down.... The Irony will be that it will be his own party that takes him down in the General..... whereas Gore was taken down by the opposing party.... I'm predicting a blow out, and i for onw will silently click my heels in my mind with each crushing state total that comes in...
Your guy is not very honorable and not very straight talking for someone who claims to be.... In fact, he's a snake like you and many of your cohorts.....
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... to be a one-trick pony monomaniac.
"I for one will feel a great thrill in my stomach when McCain goes down.... It would be nice if it happened in the primaries.... but if not then, for sure in the General... "
You guys are starting to sound like Gore supporters after Florida.
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will feel a great thrill in my stomach when McCain goes down.... It would be nice if it happened in the primaries.... but if not then, for sure in the General...And it will happen, as there will not be two or three opposing candidates splitting the opposition vote which is what he is enjoying today. |
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While you are probably an expert on that topic the only weaseling going on here is with McCain.... The so called "honorable candidate" what a joke....
Rmney criticized on issues... he talked about positions that McCain actually took.... he didn't lie, and make up stuff like your candidate....
McCain is acting exactly like the Clintons... He makes an accusation, forces the accused to defend themselves on the absurdity of the charge and by the time that Romney gets done with the accusation, McCain has made up another rediculous charge.... The only reason McCain does this is so that he doesn't have to deal with any other issues besides his only trick... The Surge....
McCain really needs to learn about the Economy and get more in touch with main stream GOP on Domestic Policy Issues.... Then, he won't have to play that game in order to avoid dealing intellectually with topic outside of Defense.... |
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wanna be politicians that are all jumping on the McCain bandwagon of endorcers....
We, the real conservatives, need to make sure that we help weed these guys out in their own elections. |
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Were you the one that recorded the cheap shot robocalls for the Floidians??? For McCain???
You know, the ones where you guys desperately lied about Romney's positions on Cuba and Abortion???
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Is, even though Huckabee is running interference for McCain because of a mutual dislike for Romney... he will end up without the VP spot on the ticket that he has been hoping for..... In fact, i suspect that the best he will get is a promise of some lowly cabinet position....
In the meantime, the Evangelicals will get a candidate that would not be very friendly to the group that he has refered to in the past as the "agents of intolerance".....
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By any objective measure, Romney killed McCain in this debate.... AGAIN.... But that doesn't seem to matter..... The Conservatives are divided and because Huckabee voters either got their feelings hurt in Iowa or because they are making decisions based on what they believe is a religious conflict McCain looks to probably get the Nomination.... But with it comes contempt on the part of Conservatives....
You and your brude were mud wrestlers ... you, like your candidate, are cheap shot artists, and I am guessing that for many of us. you and your candidate, will never get our support.... The General will prove to be one of the most embarrassing Republican losses in History.... similar to what another Arizona Republican suffered some 44 years ago...
He will be my fouth choice in the general, behind staying home....
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Obama! Obama! Obama!
McCain is as tired as his mama.
Obama was in Phoenix, today. He will beat McCain in AZ if McCain is the nominee.
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Romney wasn't happy about the criticism McCain leveled at him about timetables in Iraq. He said it was a dirty trick because it came days before Florida. Well, maybe so, but it should also serve as a comfort to nervous Republicans about McCain's ability to play hardball in the general. McCain may seem like a guy who likes to reach across the aisle but he's not afraid to get dirty. McCain will be a very clever general election candidate; it won't all be kumbaya with Clinton or Obama.
Romney's pushback, btw, that if this was an issue, then why didn't he raise it earlier, wasn't a great debate comeback moment. As I've noted before, Romney just doesn't come across well when he's angry.
Overall, Romney seemed simply ticked off. It was as if he realized the end was near and he didn't know how to stop it. He tried to go after McCain, politely mind you, but didn't trip the newly crowned frontrunner up.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/30/624574.as px |
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Despite McCain's 82 percent ranking by the American Conservative Union, and his support for balanced budgets, an end to pork-barrel spending and earmarks, strong support for the war, and expressed regret over once supporting the Bush illegal immigration reform package, McCain was branded by the conservative media as a sellout and a near liberal. Not to mention, he was supposedly too old and hot-tempered to be the Republican nominee. The more McCain was discovered not to be a perfect conservative, the more he was accused of not even being a good one.
Even stranger, the various Republican candidates began invoking Ronald Reagan's three-decade-old tenure as the new litmus test of the times — apparently to show how moderates like the wayward McCain fell far short of the Gipper's true-blue conservatism.
Were conservatives supposed to forget that a maverick Reagan raised some taxes, signed an illegal alien amnesty bill, expanded government, appointed centrist Supreme Court justices, advocated nuclear disarmament, sold arms to Iran and pulled out of Lebanon — but to remember only that John McCain was not for the original Bush tax cuts or once supported the administration’s offer of a quasi-amnesty?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=de mocrats_want_to_lose_but_republicans_dont_want_to_win&ns=Vi ctorDavisHanson&dt=01/31/2008&page=full&comments=true&submi tted=true06400744-ee90-4232-bd67-d0c592caf641
And no sluggo I am not a paid McCain poster. |
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"What I saw and heard last night was alarming. Sen McCain, (obligatory 'an honorable war hero') cannot admit when he has lied and made a mistake. He knew, as does everyone else, that he has intentionally mistated my position in the final moments before a primary caucus for political gain. But even when confronted with the actual quote itself and while sitting right next to me he was incapable of hearing or seeing the truth of it. Voters in these upcoming primary states should be very concerned about this. If Sen. McCain cannot hear argument and recognize and admit when he has made a mistake like this, do the American public believe he will hear them on the problems facing our nation? Will he hear them when they don't want illegal immigration, or higher taxes, (etc)? Who will he be listening to when he tries to address the huge economic issues facing our nation, will he give them same deaf ear to the truth and desires of the american people that he gave me last night? Will he make the same false allegations against a democratic candidate and what will that mean for our party?..." |
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Sorry Joe you and people like you keep thinking the rest of America gives one darn about McCain's prisoner of war status. GET OVER IT. Most young people care less about the Vietnam War and the fact is morons like you think that WAR crap is the only reason to vote for this LIBERAL FRAUD. And considering it is the economy people are MOST WORRIED ABOUT...they would rather hear from someone who did indeed run businesses in the REAL WORLD and not some old senator who never ran a darn thing and WHOOPPPEEE he was a SQUADRON LEADER...SO WHAT IN GODS NAME DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH RUNNING A MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR ECONOMY. Sorry Mitt made your man look OLD, DULL, OUT OF TOUCH AND IN NO SHAPE TO RUN A COUNTRY. MR. SHAMNESTY SHOULD RETIRE TO SUN-CITY IN WEST PHOENIX. He can go tell his old war stories to old fools who give a darn!!!
And look at California...Arnold is a joke and he has failed on almost every front!! The economy in CA is not good..but Arnold is a Democrat like McCain...perfect marriage |
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If you follow CNN's Bill Schneider Mitt won the debate as did CNN's own tracking. Follow the blogs from analysts and Mitt won the debate. You come here and McCain supporters continue to act as if the rest of the country do not this old wind bag with a temper and completely clueless on the economy. Plus Mitt did a good job slapping McCain on Illegal Immigration another point the Liberal McCain tries to hide. All he ever does is try to say "I supported the surge" It is pathetic. His CAFE standards are a disaster, he against tax cuts, he is against free speech and just look at the rage in him whenever someone questions HIS RECORD. It is amazing...he just thinks he can SMILE HIS RECORD AWAY. He is against ANWR which is a joke and his ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STANCE IS A COUNTRY DESTROYER. And we do not need to bus the illegals home. YOU CUT OFF THEIR BENEFITS AND END CHAIN MIGRATION AND THEY WILL LEAVE ON THEIR OWN!!! THEY ARE ENTITLED TO NOTHING ANYWAY.
Mitt you looked great and if you read from non-bias areas from FOX to CNN you were declared the winner. You did great and I will tell you McCain looked very uneasy and you can tell his supporters just down play his performance or deny how badly he did. Huck is a non-player anymore. |
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Romney didn't do enough to change the fundamental dynamic of this race. He scrapped with McCain over the timetables question, but any time Romney spends talking about Iraq is bound to end up a draw at best. No one is under the impression that he now wants out of Iraq, but his statements from late 2006 and early 2007 do not evince strong leadership. And on the merits, I'm not convinced he won the argument. McCain responded that "timetables" was liberal code for retreat, and that Romney should have just said no. It was effective enough.
McCain improved as the evening wore on, and as the conversation shifted to national security...
McCain also got in a great dig in at Romney when he said that he'd led the largest squadron in the Navy and had "done it for patriotism and not for profit." Just seconds later he mentioned his time as a POW--a debate first, I think. John Podhoretz captures the result:
I know it is supposedly a great calling card that Romney ran the Salt Lake City Olympics, but saying it directly after John McCain talked about his time in the Hanoi Hilton might not be the best timing in the world.
In the end, Romney couldn't land the knock out punch. And he didn't say anything that will make it on to the local news tomorrow night. (One wonders just how many Republicans were really watching this affair? Anderson Cooper was insufferable, and Republicans don't like CNN to begin with. Many may have tuned out early.)
So the news tomorrow will be dominated not by debate coverage but by McCain's endorsements, from Rudy and Arnold, by the end of the Edwards campaign, and by the looming battle between Obama and Hillary. Romney missed his chance, and it's not clear that he'll get another
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp#4 342
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"I am calling on social and economic conservatives, conservatives who oppose amnesty, who want a vigorous, intelligent and strong president, to support Mitt Romney."
"Cuter", "great hair", "richer".
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Mitt's worst moment was not called out in the debate but it is coming. Mitt said that entitlements are the biggest issue facing us (fiscally) right now and we need to reduce them. Correctomundo!
But Mitt attacked John McCain in Florida two days ago for voting against expanding Medicare entitlements. Why? Mitt wanted to hurt McCain with retires (which Florida has a lot of).
It is a classic Romney move. Mitt is so upset that someone would misquote (as he claims McCain is doing to him on Iraq)--then he does it flat out in the debate right back.
It is too bad Mitt has these character flaws about stuff like this, because the sad part is he is talented guy. The truth is while Mitt did not flat out call for withdrawal, Mitt Romney was a weasel on Iraq. Mitt has been a weasel on a lot of issues. We can go on and on.
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Wow, McCain is not presidential. He's racking up actors and NY Times endorsements, but his only credentials are talking about 30 years ago when he was first elected. Then came his affair, Keating 5, voting against tax cuts, supporting research on embryonic stem cells and writing the AMNESTY bill. He has fought for liberal Democrats on most of the important issues.
He is not even close to presidential. He's not a smart man, and as a conservative Republican myself, I am ashamed McCain is being considered. This man is beloved by liberals for good reason.
I am calling on social and economic conservatives, conservatives who oppose amnesty, who want a vigorous, intelligent and strong president, to support Mitt Romney. A vote for anyone else is a vote for McCain AMNESTY. |
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It's wonderful to hear from you again dear friend. If Juanito McCain is going to be the chief, I better start learning few non-swearing Spanish! My computer's hard drive crashed, after I visited Mr. Hernandez's connection to Sorros, they might have infected it with a virus! Meanwhile, I am making good use of my son's computer.
I did not have the nerve to watch the debates, I knew what McCain would do! I did like Thompson, now I think Romney is the only conserative left. I wish Rudy had not backed McCain.
Rush Limbaugh was great today, he is always very funny and witty.
Good to see you back amigo, God Bless,
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Sorry, Virginia Patriot, at NRO they say that it's the conservatives that put McCain over the top in Florida.
"I was surprised when I looked up McCain’s lifetime American Conservative Union rating and discovered it was an 83, just slightly lower than Newt’s. So it’s hard to say whether conservatives have moved toward McCain, or McCain has moved toward conservatives. But one thing is certain, he needed conservatives to win in Florida."
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODg3ZmJjYmUwYTA3OGYzOG JhODMxYjYzZjljNWFlYzg=
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Loses big.
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By this time in the 96 election cycle Bob Dole had worn a hole though his shoe.
Bob Dole was a good guy with some good ideas and after promoting him as the second coming by the Media in the primary. Dole was sloughterd like a Lamb in the general election by the Media.
McShamnesty gives the Media far more Ammo then Dole ever did.
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posted by pj 5/24/07 Robert Novack column
I pledge allegiance
To the flags
Of the “Diverse States of the Americas”
And to the socialists
For which they stand
Many countries
Baja Dios
Indistinguishable
With gringo dollars for all.
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Unless he can get Jesus Christ to run on the ticket with him he is toast.
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I think he has gotten the word that Romney has pulled back on ads. Hewitt will write Romney won the debate, but don't look for Hugh to predict a turn in the race........like we all thought he would say.
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How appropriate that Mittens spent his eligible time in France. Le Mitt, La France, Le Coward.
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Money post. Amazing how this election has swung from Mitt's early decisions in Iowa. Not only did he end up giving McCain a narrative, but also Huckabee--which he used to get the ball rolling and defeat Romney in Iowa, where we didn't think it was possible. |
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Several time during tonight's debate, Johnny Mac said that his immigration bill was off the table!
My question is why did it take a strong public stand against his proposed bill for him to realize that border security is the major issue for many Americans? Can't he think for himself? Does he need polls and public opinion to guide his decisions? If his proposed bill is now deemed to be "bad" why did he submit it?
Sometimes we stumble and sometimes we're just flat wrong. Johnny Mac can't seem to bring himself to say that his bill was just flat wrong. He doesn't have the fortitude to admit being wrong, he's now afraid of losing rather than being concerned about needing to win honorably!
Romney now needs to address that aspect of McCain and also be more positive himself about his positions. Romney will make a great president.
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Earlier this year he referred to Putin as the President of Germany.
Tonight, he said back in the year of April.
Any person, let alone a 70-year old, would be exhausted by this point in a campaign. He should take 3-days off and rest up somewhere.
He has to be sick at the fact that he still has to do this for another 9-months!
Huckabee did seem energetic and on his game--again. He puts you at ease...kind of like Reagan did. Does anyone else notice that? Quite a contrast with the others on the stage tonight. |
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Or McCain - Huckabee.
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("I deeply regret not being able to serve in the military" Huh? What stopped you?).
He was working for free doing a mission for his church you flipping moron.
Working for God or killing people from 10,000 Feet for Dick Nixion in JFKs war.
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all over the web.
Romney has not bought ads for SuperTuesday. You know that he will at sometime but he has already skipped two days. Romney is really pulling back.
We all know that it's over but now we know, Mitt knows it's over.
McCain - Pawlenty
McCain - Watts
McCain - Thompson
McCain - Crist
McCain - Rice
One of those five will be the ticket.
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"Just who is going to do the processing of even half of them - 6,000,000 people in 90 days? That would be over 66,500 people a day."
Word on the street is that Romney's going to call in a bunch of favors from the Salt Lake City (*ahem*) Olympics and they're going to build luge tracks from all the large cities to the border.
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Jacob, Mitt is not going to be deporting anyone:
There is, in fact, nothing left to debate on the GOP primary side. Tonight was for show only:
'Several officials said that on the heels of a defeat in Tuesday's Florida primary, Romney's campaign was not attempting to purchase television advertising time in any of the states on the Super Tuesday calendar.'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22920891
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SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT!
Oh hey WOW! There is a big suprise. Arnold does not care a lick about California. I know because I live here.
Arnold is no differant then Gray Davis was.
What Arnold cares about is Mexico and how to merg Mexico and California into one happy utopia.
Like McCain, Boarder Agents will tell you Arnold could care less about the boarders.
Arnold only objective is to help Ted Kennedy (Unkle Teddy) get Obama in the Whitehouse and McCain is the best avenue to do so.
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And I voted for him!
I actually thought Huck won. McCain looked venal and dodged questions. Romney looked smug and served up his typical shmarmy goods ("I deeply regret not being able to serve in the military" Huh? What stopped you?). I think Huck did best.
Of course, Mitt schooled him on the Highway Project to fix America...
So sad. Mitt could have won this thing. If only he hadn't pretended to be the social issues uber-conservative; if he had stayed positive, instead of freaking out in Iowa, I really think he could have ridden over any loss there and on to the nomination. Instead, he gave McCain a narrative: the underdog outspent by the rich phoney. Underdog wins that one, every time. |
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"Also, To think Ron Reagan would endorse McCain? What a knee slapper."
McCain was Reagan's guy from way back when, after he returned from the war.
Of course, Reagan would have endorsed McCain. Like just about *every* other conservative politican has.
Sorry, Charlie, America no likee Mittee.
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Many well trained & well respected mainstream scientist such as Richard Lindzen, Reid Bryson, Hendrik Tennekes, Antonino Zichichi, William Kininmonth, Marcel Leroux, Tim Patterson, Roy Spencer, Frederick Seitz & many thousands of others of their equals, all comprehend that today's so called "Global Warming" (hysteria), actually falls well within known, natural, repetitive & cyclic, warming & cooling climate variables.
With all that said & true, it's important to recognize that McCain-Lieberman is the equivalent of the very foolish Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, & may turn what amounts to today's common (but somewhat painful) Recession, into another full blown & crippling "Great Depression".
This foolhardy environmental pseudo-science nonsense must not be embraced, just stopped.
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I do't flip flop I just change positions, by going across the isle. To the other side, no wonder he is backed by the librials and rhinos. We The people do not count. |
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Just who is going to do the processing of even half of them - 6,000,000 people in 90 days? That would be over 66,500 people a day.
A Greyhound bus seats 49 people. That would be 1,360 Greyhound buses a day going to Mexico from all over the country for 90 straight days.
Maybe I'm missing something and Mitt didn't say he was going to deport them. If he's not going to deport them, doesn't that make him a pro-amnesty RINO?
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Mitt (rightly) pointed out in the debate tonight that entitlements make up 60% of our federal budget and are expected to grow to 70% with baby boomers aging.
Fair enough.
So why did Mitt attack John McCain two days ago in Florida over John McCain's no vote on expanding Medicare entitlements? McCain took the conservative position (less government) and Mitt attacked him for it. Could it be becuase Mitt was trying to hurt McCain's standing with seniors in Florida? This is no different than Mitt promissing lots of goodies for Michigan to woo votes, it is blatant pandering by Romney.
Mitt was completely disingenuous on this matter. This is not just flip flopping, this is a flat out lie. |
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"Mitt seeing the handwriting on the wall? When Mitt quit spending in SC, he tanked. A preview of Super Tuesday?"
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN, baby!
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When the 06 election loss was brought up.
Romney should have said that lose was due to the Bush, Martinez, McCain, Kennedy Amnesty bill and that single issue killed the Republicans election hopes.
Romney could have put that lose right on the back of John Mexicali McCain.
Also, To think Ron Reagan would endorse McCain? What a knee slapper.
Ron Reagan said the worst mistake he ever made as President was Amnesty. Reagan would never endorse McCains energy policy or his anti Anwar vote to keep America dependent on other Nations any more then we had to be.
Ron Reagan would not have voted against the Bush Tax Cuts.
McCain is in NO WAY another Ron Reagan. Ronald McDonald maybe? But no Ron Reagan. |
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McCain didn't even attempt to answer the economy question. Just more I supported the surge.
Furthermore, Romney isn't a trust fund baby. He is an example of the American dream. I get more sick every time he brings up the line about serving for patriotism and not for profit. As if the millions of Americans that go to work each day and earn an honest living and pay their taxes aren't patriots. It is nauseating!!! |
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Hugh can make his post-debate orgasmic statements about Romney all he wants, but the fact is... anyone who watched the Reagan Library Debate tonight saw Mike Huckabee win BIG! While McCain and Romney bickered like school children on the playground, Huckabee gave honest, thoughtful, practical and most-importantly presidential-answers. I am so sick of the he said, she said behavior of McCain-Romney that I hope America will do something novel and give their vote to Huckabee on Super Tuesday. He has the experience, common sense and--sense of who he is... and that would make an excellent President. Huckabee's final response to the question of whether Reagan would endorse him made the others look like the boobs they were. (Ron Paul wasn't a boob he was just Ron Paul...and he barely got to speak).
I will give my vote to Huckabee. I hope America will wake up before it's too late. Vote for the candidate who isn't running for his own glory and vanity. Huckabee proves again he is closer to what Reagan was than anyone else in the room.
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Martin at Politico reports:
'Much more important than anything said just now on stage at the Reagan Library is what didn't happen tonight: Mitt Romney didn't buy any TV ads.
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirms in an email that they "haven't made any time purchases yet" in Super Tuesday states.
Now,that doesn't mean that they couldn't make a buy tomorrow.
But that would be Thursday, leaving precious few days to drive a paid media message before the 21 states vote on Tuesday.'
Mitt seeing the handwriting on the wall? When Mitt quit spending in SC, he tanked. A preview of Super Tuesday?
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I have a record. I'mJ John McCain, Yeah if he supports the surge what the surge for Illgal immagration? Open the borders? Oh I forgot he said he will build that F***ing fence if they want it bulit!!! I'm moving across the isle? What to the Democra5tic side? Let sell out the American people? |
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That red line. Sure dipped a lot durig Huck and Mac's lie fest. But Mitt? Pretty much over 80 all night. Who got the most boos?
John McCain.
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McCain looked and acted very old. I ask you, if it was your enterprise that you were running, who would you select as leader, McCain or Romney.
Man o man, it will be interesting watching McCain physically (and mentally) deteriorating before our very own eyes. I say the odds of his health preventing his ascendency to the White House are far greater than any electoral (or non-health induced electoral) factor. |
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Romney was by far the strongest candidate tonight. McCain looked slow and lifeless. If you support Romney and can't bear to see McCain tear conservatives apart, support him now!
http://www.mittnewt08.townhall.com |
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Opps, he flip flopped again.
There was a lot of tension and anger tonight, but I still think it is too little too late for Romney. Had Romney run on his true positions and not tried to do what Hugh and others told him he had to do to win conservative, well, things might have been different.
For example--Romney went off on entitlements tonight, but he criticized John McCain in Florida for voting against expanding Medicare entitlements (specifically to alienate McCain from senior voters in Florida). That was flat out disingenuous and contrary to the position Mitt Romney said tonight on the subject. |
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I predict Hugh will say Mitt won the debate.
Of course I know I am taking some real serious chances here, and you may call me a risk-taker, but for some reason I just have that really nagging feeling Hugh -- the impartial observer -- will do this.
In other breaking news, it now appears that the earth is round and that we are part of a solar system. |
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himself the tiny touch of class it would take to give Mitt respect. He sits there grimacuing, sneering, grinning, patronizing...Small, Detestable Little man.
When the Clinton Sleaze machine manipulates that pomposity and roaring volcanic temper, Little Man will churn himself into butter and get that red faced "I've been betrayed" look on his mug. It will be very hard for me not to feel, "He that soweth, so too shall he reapeth", for the contemptable behavior towards Romney. Nausea provoking.
P'Tooooey! |
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Craig, you nailed my point. He's pushed his stance so far in the other direction (to seem like the most hardliner) that he's made it impossible to accomplish. The 90-day window is impossible, and Mitt said as much when he went after Huck's plan. |
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Romney was by far the strongest candidate tonight. McCain looked slow and lifeless. If you support Romney and can't bear to see McCain tear conservatives apart, donate now!!!
http://www.mittromney.com
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Romney 2nd
McCain 3rd
Paul 4th
As a huge Mccain supporter as you all know, I'm glad that's over for McCain. He didn't do good tonight. I don't think it will cost him anything in SuperTuesday.
Anderson was horrible. Just horrible. I've never been a Romney fan but I feel for him tonight because it would have served him better if Paul wasn't in the debate and if Anderson would have let everybody go at it.
Arnold's endorsement after this debate also blurrs the debate result which was planned by the McCain camp.
Hugh's comments will be Romney wins-the tide has turned.
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Arnold will endorse McCain! Thanks to Hugh for getting Arnold elected, Arnold is finally doing something for the conservative cause.
Why can't Arnold see the wonder of Mitt? |
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I think Romney's immigration plan he espoused falls under bull. We will humanely remove every illegal in 90 days or the end of the school year. Isn't that the rhetoric that sunk him in New Hamsphire and Michigan. It is also impossible by all accounts.
And Hugh says McCain has a tin ear.
And by the way if McCain's position on global warming is so bad, than why did Romney say that global warming is a a big concern and that the states should have a right to address, which was the original question.
If Romney wanted to say global warming was a hoax and that California had no right to regulate fuel standards that hurt the car industry he could've said it. He won't because of of course he in now in California, not Michigan. |
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Just watched a little and Howard's right--to a point--Mccain started to answer the Economy Leadership question and veered right outta there quick to his Senate, Reaganesque Reaganism, POW-POW-POW-POW-POW, "watch my hands so you won't see what I'm saying because I don't know D**k about our economy and by the way I despise the man sitting in my aura, Romney."
I'd been cutting Little Man some slack tonight because of the Rudy Luv Fest. Thanks for the reminder, you bas***d, of what a mean spirited squid you are. |
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Huck is really doing a good job. He has always done a good in these debates, as Romney has. But Huck is really growing up. He is crushing these guys tonight.
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The final irony. Huckabee will finish with more delegates than Romney.
The ignomy!
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To have a strong government, you have to have a strong economy to have a strong military understanding economic issues to back a strong economy is one of the essentilas espeacially in a fre cappitilistic society. Ceating jobs and Employing people who pay taxes to support the military and government programs are suppoted by tax payers to the government The key answer is the people are the gvernment. We The people!!! |
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I have watched Senator McCain giggle, chuckle, snear, etc, this evening.
His answers are truly below average compared to Romney, as always. McCain offers nothing but Senatorial generics, running out of the clock.
He ducked the question on why he voted against the tax cuts again, quickly circled around to suggest McCain was part of the Reagan Revolution, ignoring his populist liberal divisive rhetoric.
Senator McCain bashes spending, but he was IN CONGRESS doing nothing to stop it. No reforms provided to address pork, spending, etc.
"Everybody knows, I know how to do that, We know about building walls"
He doesn't even look as if he is taking these things seriously.
Now he is smiling when Mr. Romney is forced to address McCain's LIE.
Ronald Reagan would have found it "REPREHENSIBLE".
Seeing this BELTWAY Elite's snide demeaning, juvenile belittling, of an ethical American Success from the Free Market has been regretful.
I see visions of Ford - Carter, Dole - Clinton.
Soon 2 aged Senators, with little accomplishment, employing vivid deceit, having an overt liberal embrace, pushing global warming populism, who vote against tax cuts, and are endorsed by the NY Times, will be seeking the most important office we have in Our Nation.
Two Celebrity Senators of John McCain's self described Washington Failure.
Embarrassing symbols of the Beltway Washington Elite for decades. 2 life long Politicians who have never had any serious, personal, CEO Experience.
Both with serious unethical skeletons in the closet: Keating 5 - WhiteWater, TravelGate, etc.
Two Egotists favored by the MSM !
Neither are optimistic - John McCain has stated repeatedly we need to embrace failure, to be straight!
Neither of these two are positive, pleasant, charming, or even funny. The polls suggest Americans are not happy with those in the Capital, yet they - led by Our own efforts - are encouraging the same dysfunctional incompetence.
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"I would have love to have served in the military"
Commander-In-Cheif
"Three diemensional chess."
Romney did horrible on that question. YUCK!!!! |
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Mitt ends up saying he is a leader. What are the names of famous companies he has turned around?
He turned around the 2004 Olympics. Who won the two man bobsled that year?
Mitt regrets he did not serve in the military. I regret he did not either.
OH, OH, threeD chess is back! Like Mitt played the states to win all those delegates, right.
And now Mitt compares himself to Lincoln.
This has to be the Great Debate. |
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What's this 90 day plan thing? I haven't heard about it. |
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The question was on leading the economy. McCain did not bring up the economy. He might not have heard the question correctly, but McCain blew that one. |
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McCain lands body blows to Mitt by saying McCain was the only one who wanted Rummy out and who supported the surge from the beginning. Mitt tell us a Pinochio story from the WaPO. Which man do you want facing the Islamic threat? |
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Bad news folks. I found out today that my Congressman, Dan Lungren, one of the most conservative folks in the House of Representatives - has endorsed John McCain. After listening to Hugh, I an forced to conclude that Dan is a RINO and a liberal too. Boy, it looks like they are everywhere, what's a guy to do? (Obviously Dan Lungren isn't listening to Hugh's talk show and is being duped.)
By the way, this is HughHewitt.com, isn't it? I'm having issues with my computer but this looks suspiciously like a Mad Magazine spoof site. |
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Last I saw, your boy is not winning the nomination battle. Just what mainstream are you talking about? The one that Republicans inhabit or the echo chamber of talk radio? |
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No wonder the liberal media and Rhinos agree, that McCanine, are backed by the them. Just another Shame for the dems that people take don't into account to make it easier for the democrats. Too bad we seemed to be not electing a candidate by the people for the people. |
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But were still talking about the surge which has been succesful.
No one can out surge McCain. This is not doing any damage to McCain. Romney is just xasperated.
I can see RomBots thinking their man is winning on points but his tempermeant is costing him as well.
McCain is smiling. Tempermeant problem for McCain?
Not tonight anyways. |
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Between John and Anderson, Mitt is tripping over all himself trying to explain away his 'timetable' remark.
What did Mitt do to support the surge? The war? Nothing. |
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GRAMPS McCain - hey there is a sunspot that will reach out and hit Arizona tomorrow, scientists say. Can we spend Billions to stop it, because what is the problem if the sun spot doesn't occur.
What an idiotic stance!! |
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How about calling Mitt on his "90-day plan". It's ludicrus, and Romney has even said as much. When Huck released his plan for deportation, it talked about 120 days, and Romney said it was undoable. Then, because he knew he had to change his stance on ths issue, he comes back with an even faster deportation plan. He didn't answer the question tonight, and if anyone believes he can acrually do it in that amount of time, you're an idiot.
And Mitt agrees that greenhouse gases are causing global warming, and he gets no flack for it? Give us a break, Hugh--call it like you see it. |
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Chicken little morphed into GRAMPS McCain!!
Scientists say there may be little martians coming to attack us now that we don't even know. We need a national multibillion $ program to stop them!!
What a joke the old man is. He will say anything to get elected and has no clue!!! |
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I hate McCains lack of intelligence (or is he just a bold liar?) A Z-Visa IS an amnesty plus special privalges. It is a special "you can stay" visa that ONLY illegals can obtain.
Gotta love it, reward them with staying with a special visa and then claim that they a have to obey the law by picking up an Amnesty visa that grants them special rights.
How sick
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It is hard to believe that our likely nominee is proposing a benighted policy that has already proven to be a resounding failure in Europe - quite apart from the fact that Nordhaus (the leading enivornomental economist on global warming) says that
a) Cap and Trade is a very ineffective form of carbon control and...
b) Any arrangement MUST be universial otherwise it may be worse than useless.
Why bother to be confronted with reality when you are on a crusade? Is there an issue that McCain has an opinion on that is not a matter of holy rightousness?
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Give it up, Hugh. Your boy is flushing his kids' inheritances down the tubes, all in a losing effort. He hasn't done anything yet tonight to stop that, either. And that's a great line by richard. |
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But he is the only one who doesn't look exhausted.
McCain wants this to be over.
Paul is about to fall asleep
Romney is babbling all over the place.
I do feel bad for Romney...Anderson will not let him attack.
Boy Huck is winning this thing. It's not even close.
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How does Mitt plan to get the illegals out of the country? He never says. Buses, police round ups, how?
If he can't get them off his front yard, we don't believe he can get them out of the country. |
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From Bill Bradley at Pajamas Media:
'** SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is for Senator John McCain for president of the United States. According to very well-informed sources, Schwarzenegger will make his support for the Arizona senator and Vietnam War hero known tomorrow in a California event.
At 9:30 AM Thursday, according to an official source, Schwarzenegger will commend McCain and his candidacy for President to his California constituents and others in a Los Angeles event at a “green tech” firm. Schwarzenegger will make it clear that he is not only an admirer of John McCain but is voting for the Vietnam War hero and Arizona senator for president.'
Oh, if Hugh's boy Arnold endorses McCain the irony will be just too sweet. |
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