Donate

Feed My Blog

Contact:

BlogsForMitt AT Gmail DOT com



Categories


Sign the Stand By The Mission Petition!
    From The
    Mitt-O-Sphere
  1. Evangelicals for Mitt: Do You Ever Do a Double Take on Certain Headlines?
  2. Evangelicals for Mitt: I Love What David Said About "The Bottom Line" on CNN
  3. Evangelicals for Mitt: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
  4. Mitt Romney Central: Georgia Governor’s Race: Mitt Romney Endorses Handel
  5. Mitt Romney Central: Mitt Romney’s Father Honored: Adrian College Announces George Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy
  6. Mitt Romney Central: North Carolina Candidates Endorsed by Mitt Romney
  7. Mitt Romney Central: Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC Releases Impressive 2nd Quarter Numbers
  8. Mitt Romney Central: Zogby Poll: Mitt Romney Best Shot at Beating Obama
  9. NY for Mitt: Missouri Is The Concord Bridge For Obamacare Repeal
  10. RightOSphere: Problems with RomneyCare
  11. Powered by
    Planet Romney
    From The
    MSM
  1. 2012 Watch: Jeb's Out, Rick Santorum Pitches Run
  2. Handel touts 'purse' and 'Palin' in new ad
  3. Minn.'s Pawlenty gazes south at Iowa as 2012 looms
  4. Mitt Romney backs Republican Handel
  5. Poll Says Romney is GOP's Presidential Front Runner
  6. T-Paw Comes Out
  7. The Morning Line: The Rangel Trial Gets Underway
  8. Why Florida Is the Best Senate Race in the Nation
  9. WikiLeaks: What it means
  10. Will Romney's START Gamble Pay Off?

Recent Posts

Recent Posts

Search


Mitt Endorses McCain, Supresses Gag Reflex

February 14th, 2008 by Rick

If there were any doubts about the true meaning of “suspended,” Mitt has made his intentions clear:

“I am honored today to give my full support,” the former Massachusetts governor said, standing alongside his former rival at his now-defunct campaign’s headquarters. “I’m asking my delegates to vote for Senator McCain at the convention.”

There are two thoughts that make this somewhat comforting:

First, Gov. Romney just poked Mike Huckabee in the eye, once again. That must have felt good.

Second, I like to think that Mitt threw up in the back of his mouth as he endorsed “Senator Squish” McCain. Kinda like that time in college when I realized I was using my roommate’s toothbrush.

You’re a better man than I, Governor.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 2 Comments »

Time To Close Ranks

February 8th, 2008 by Jon

Now that I’ve had some time to process the fact Mitt has now exited stage right in the 2008 Race for the Oval, I’m ready to look ahead to what awaits in the remaining months before the conventions and the general election this November.

I’ve seen the various reactions to Mitt’s “stepping aside” as pundits, bloggers, and everyday people make their feelings (good, bad, and indifferent) known. I must admit that I find troubling the number of people who declare steadfastly that, now that Mitt has taken himself off the field, there is no way they will ever support the candidacy of John McCain.

People, this is the way politics work. Sometimes your guy wins, many times he does not. Either way, once the squabbling and primary brass knuckle fights are over, there comes a time when you need to look at reality and get behind the candidate who comes nearest to your values.

I have made no bones about my disagreements with Senator McCain. I could go into great detail about where he and I differ on policy, strategy, and overall Republican-ness. I do not believe he’s the best qualified candidate for this nation’s highest office. The best candidate, in my mind, is Mitt Romney. Mitt stepped aside, so while McCain may in fact be a Maverick SOB, now he’s my Maverick SOB.

Some of you reading this are probably too young to remember the 1976 Republican primary contest. I was only five-years-old, so what I know about that contest I read from history. The long and the short of the story is that Ronald Reagan fought Gerald Ford tooth and nail, state by state, all the way to the Kansas City convention. Ford narrowly beat Reagan on the first ballot, and Reagan gave a speech endorsing Ford which in fact overshadowed Ford’s own address.

Reagan had a way of overshadowing everyone. But I digress.

There was no love lost between Reagan and Ford. The two had deep differences and Reagan could have just as easily left the stage and gone home. He didn’t. He put his heart and soul in to campaigning for Ford. When the convention dust had settled, Reagan knew Ford would have been better for American that Carter ever would be. He was right.

There are those within the Republican Party who believe four years of wandering in the wilderness dragging the two-ton anchor of a Hillary or Obama presidency would teach the Republican Party and American a lesson. They look back to 1976 and see the intervening Carter years as penance America paid for leaning too close to the left side of the political spectrum. They see Reagan’s 1976 loss as a “strategic defeat” which enabled the Reagan Revolution to start with a bang in 1980.

History always provides a 20/20 hindsight view which is unavailable until you’ve already been there. 2008 is not 1976. Let’s quickly review the Carter legacy – most of which we still have to deal with.

1. The High Water Mark of the Misery Index.
2. The hollowing out of the American military.
3. 444 Days and the rise of Islamic Extremists.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the electorate, we are still dealing with the after-effects of the Carter years some 30 years after he was driven from the White House by the Reagan landslide. I’m pretty safe in saying Reagan would have preferred to have beaten Carter before he had a chance to run America into the ground.

November is fast approaching. The United States cannot afford (literally) to place the reigns of power in the hands of a man or woman who will run the white flag up in Iraq and other fronts in the Global War on Terror. If either Obama or Hillary cut and run from this war, you can rest assured their successor will be forced to send many more of your sons and daughters to fight the same battles again – this time at a much higher cost which will be measured in blood.

While I may have my personal differences with John McCain, like Mitt I know that for him, surrender is not an option. That’s enough for me. If we lose this war, the domestic stuff won’t matter much. It’s hard to have a thriving economy when cities are on fire.

Mitt made the decision to stand aside based on the belief that both Hillary and Barack are unacceptable options to lead this great country in time of war. Take special note of this line from his speech:

If this were only about me, I would go on. But I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, I feel I must now stand aside, for our party and for our country. (Emphasis Added)

Simply put, dear reader, if you sit home to “teach this country a lesson” and thereby hand the White House keys to Hillary or Obama, you’re putting your pride above what’s best for this nation.

I know for a fact there’s no other titled (aside from that of husband and father) that Mitt would rather have than “Mr. President”. I saw him yesterday swallow his pride and ambition in order to do what he thinks is best for this great nation. This country means that much to him.

This isn’t about Mitt. This isn’t about you. This is about America. Mitt made that clear yesterday.

That’s good enough for me.

It’s time to close ranks and move forward.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 11 Comments »

Know When to Fold ‘Em

February 7th, 2008 by Jon

UPDATE: Bear has video and still shots from Mitt’s CPAC address.

**********

Kenny Rogers put those famous words to music many years ago. Bob Seger more aptly advised that the trick was “never play the game too long”.

Mitt took to the CPAC stage tonight and put an end to his 2008 run for the Oval. I was sitting in the very back of the room during his speech – surrounded by fellow Mitt-backers. We listened to a few speeches which were more like book reports until about 1:30 when Laura Ingraham introduced Mitt.

If I ever run for elected office, I want Laura Ingraham to be my Press Secretary. But I digress.

With the possible exception of his Religion in American speech, Mitt gave the best speech of the campaign – all other candidates included. He hit all the high conservative notes. He spoke of America being the best ally Peace can or ever will know. He spoke of the importance of the family, and most importantly about the value of fathers in the home.

He warned about the dangers of dependency and how it can kill initiative and destroy the American culture and how it (dependency on government) must be fought like the poison it is.

Now, dear reader, I must admit that I had my suspicions about how this speech would end. Living in Virginia and being exposed to the mass media market the way I am, I did not see a single campaign ad for Mitt last night or the night before. I saw plenty for Obama and McCain – none for Hillary surprisingly. In the back of my mind I had prepared for the fact that this just might be the end.

Mitt spoke about his desire to fight this campaign all the way to the convention much like Reagan did in 1976. I felt he really wanted to do this – to fight to the last day and give it his very best shot. He said that today is different from 1976 in the fact that America today finds herself at war – a war which she cannot afford to lose or show weakness in the face of her enemies.

He said that while he and Senator McCain differ in many areas, there is one subject where there is no daylight between them. Both Mitt Romney and John McCain have the same desire to win the Global War on Terror. About that there is no negotiation.

That same desire is shared by neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama. They want to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, bring the troops home and triumphantly wave the white flag of surrender as the Islamofacists start a slaughter which will make the aftermath of Vietnam and Cambodia look like a walk in the park.

What Mitt Romney did today was in the best interest of the Republican Party and the United States of America. He has run a fine campaign and can be proud of his personal efforts, those of his wife and all the members of his family. His decision to step aside is one born of selflessness and will – in Mitt’s own words – allow a national campaign to begin.

Like Mitt, I hate to lose. Having said that, I hate the thought of waking up on November 5th to the sounds of President-elect Hillary or Obama.

That’s the view from my chair.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 6 Comments »

Huckabee Flunks Business 101

January 24th, 2008 by Jon

Mike Huckabee readily admits most of his foreign policy knowledge comes from having spent several nights at a Holiday Inn Express.  Evidently he must have skipped the Holiday Inn Express that offered overnight MBA classes because he’s now proven he knows less about how businesses are run than he knows about particle physics.

CBS News’ Joy Linmade her own travel arrangements to report on the Huckabee Puzzle and wrote a piece detailing Team Huck’s woes going into the Sunshine State.  Quick summary: Huck is very short on cash - so much so that his teeth kicking campaign manager Ed Rollins has to do without his $25K monthly pay check.

Anybody who pays Ed Rollins $25K per month obviously has no clue about ROI.  But I digress.

In Lin’s piece she found Huck at a “rally” attended by 250 people in an aircraft hanger.  Here Huck rejected the idea that Mitt might be a better candidate for the Oval due to his overwhelming success in private industry.  Huck would have none of this.  Said Huck:

If one looks at [Romney’s] business career, it is largely dealing with a capital company that took companies, often broke them apart, people lost jobs, didn’t gain jobs. A lot of the money that was made within those companies ended up offshore. I’m not sure that that helps the American economy when you take people’s money and you put it in Cayman Island bank accounts…If that’s how we recover the America’s economy, I’m not sure how many Americans benefit out of that.

Actually, if you look at Mitt’s career, its a story of how he rescued several companies from impending financial disaster, made them profitable, and kept them in business.  Yes, there were companies that went bankrupt.  Nobody has a perfect track record.  Having said that, Mitt’s batting average is spectacular and I think it’s fair to say he create, and helped save, far more jobs than he ever did away with.

Business is about making hard decisions.  Sometimes those decisions involve the restructuring of a company or business unit which - though it may make the organization more profitable and indeed save it from the scrap heap - will end up in some people losing their jobs.  That’s life in the capitalistic society in which we live.  Markets change, companies change, products change.  Don’t believe me?  Care to tell me when you bought your last Buggy Whip?

Business is in business to make money.  Period.  If a business is not profitable it dies.  No business equals no jobs which then equals long unemployment lines - the kind of lines which make Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi happy.  Profit is the over arching goal of every single business whether it be large or small.  Without that profit, every other good thing business does for America is history.

Mitt knows how to turn a profit.  Huck knows how to raise taxes.  Huck has never had to make a payroll.  He’s never been responsible to ensure the viability of a for-profit entity.  His knowledge of the inner workings of the American economy is frighteningly thin.

Also contained in Lin’s report was this Huck gem:

If you’re extremely wealthy, you can write checks of tens of millions of dollars to your campaign and be credible – not because your ideas are resonating with people but because your checkbook is taken seriously at radio and television stations…But the fact is if you’re a campaign like ours, you’re limited to people who can only give you up to $2,300 per person.

Here Huck fails yet again in spectacular fashion.  Memo to Huck:  How exactly do you explain the nearly $50 million in contributions made to Team Mitt to date?  All of those contributions, by the way, were made by people giving under the $2,300 limit.  The only person suffering from a lack of credibility here is you.  End Memo.

The fact of the matter is very simple.  Huck resents the fact that Mitt has more money in his couch cushions than Huck has in his bank account.  Huck’s campaign is out of gas and money because his base is extremely narrow.  He hasn’t won a contest since Iowa and doesn’t seem likely to win another anytime soon. 

Huck can’t buy any media, so the only way he’s going to keep himself in the spotlight is to throw baseless accusations at the preferred candidate.  That’s not going to work on this outing.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | No Comments »

Quick Roundup

January 23rd, 2008 by Jon

Political Derby’s Power Rankings are up. Memo to Jason: Thanks for the mental image of a Roseanne Barr/Rosie O’Donnell offspring. Now please excuse me while I go rinse my eyes out with Drano. End Memo.

Blogfather Hugh has two posts of interest: First his take on McCain’s Tin Cup Trip to New York. Second is a link-o-rama piece on the Fredhead’s Mitt migration. Both well worth reading.

While on the subject of Fred, Mike Laub has an excellent post on style (Huck) versus substance (Fred).
Article VI’s John Schroeder calls into question Huck’s campaign strategy, to which Lowell interjects:

My guess: He just wants power and influence, and he resents Romney’s wealth, success, good looks, intelligence, and beautiful family. I don’t think he’s enough of a zealot to want to stop a Mormon candidacy.

Ouch! That’s gonna leave a mark! Seriously, Lowell. Tell us what you really think.

As long as I’m talking about Huck, check out John Fund’s analysis of his campaign.

Why is Mitt loathed by his opponents? American Thinker’s Amy Goldstein has the Top 8 reasons. I’m sure she could have found another two reasons to round the list out, but then the Writer’s Guild and David Letterman would’ve started picketing her desk.

Mitt knows markets.

Mitt does the Tonight Show.

This girl didn’t make the Tonight Show, or American Idol, but has a good Mitt song.

Mitt took a tour of Cape Canaveral yesterday. A Lockheed Martin representative told him about the upcoming funding gap for space exploration. Space Exploration is important to Florida – and to those of us who still think rockets are amazing pieces of disposable technology – and had Mitt wanted to pander to the crowd, he could have made a possibly empty campaign promise. Here’s what he said:

I’m prepared to study it thoroughly. I do not have a budget for you on the
gap. I’m not making promises, because I shouldn’t make promises until I’ve
studied something.

That, dear reader, is a tried and true work ethic which has made Mitt a wildly rich and successful man. We need that in Washington.

Mitt does pop-culture.

I don’t like unsigned editorials, even if they do come from the Washington Times. The Times Editorial Board is just plain greenly envious of the fact Mitt has more money in the cushions of his couch than they will collectively earn in their professional careers. The Editorial Board demands that Mitt be “forthcoming about how much of his personal fortune he is donating to his campaign.” Memo to the Washington Times Editorial Board: Mitt will be extremely forthcoming about how much he’s donated to his campaign. He’ll do it on January 31, just like everybody else. I call upon you to be forthcoming about your collective personal bias toward whichever candidate you’re supporting – which obviously isn’t Mitt. Being rich in this country isn’t a crime – yet. Elect any one of the current crop of Democratic candidates and it just might become a felony. End Memo.

And finally, add this to the Glen Johnson Hall of Shame. Glen has the scoop on the shocking revelation that Mitt Patronizes Mormon Businesses! Which businesses are these? Marriott and [gasp] Jet Blue Airlines. I’ll give you a minute to recover from your shock. Memo to Glen Johnson: Did you not get my memo suggesting a vacation? I’m sure you could find a Marriott resort in a deep blue state someplace. You could probably even fly there on Jet Blue. End Memo.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, Campaign, mitt romney | 2 Comments »

Leaving New Hampshire

January 9th, 2008 by Jon

Well, so much for conventional wisdom. The voters of New Hampshire have spoken – and in my humble opinion have spoken in a very unwise fashion.

No, I’m not talking about Mitt’s second place silver medal finish. The Granite State had the opportunity to finally drive a stake through the heart of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and they chose not to do so. I would have taken great pleasure in watching her being forced to slink back to Chappaqua after being trounced soundly by Obama. I guess I’ll have to wait a few more months for that footage.

New Hampshire’s results have some people chugging pickle juice, wringing their hands, and opining that Mitt should “gracefully exit” the campaign. The Boston Herald’s Lone Republican Holly Robichaud personifies this crowd. Nice try, Holly, but its still early.

Mitt disagrees with that assessment and has declared that he’s in this race for the long haul. The Wall Street Journal’s June Kronholz has some reasons for optimism as we now look forward to Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina and other primary states. This race is far from over – despite what the pundit class would have you believe. Over at EFM, Nancy has plenty of reasons to look on the bright side.

Mitt is the consummate turn around architect. He knows there is a lot of states still to come and many votes still to be counted. He’s the only candidate with the organization and resources to go the distance – so don’t look for him to exit the stage anytime soon.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 1 Comment »

But For Religion

January 5th, 2008 by Jon

As I surveyed the campaign coverage of post-Iowa, mid-Wyoming, and pre-New Hampshire I found pretty much a mixed bag. Nobody really knows what’s going to happen, but everyone’s willing to hazard a guess.

Then I happened upon Michael Medved’s latest Townhall column and I started to get just a little miffed. I don’t really have an opinion on Medved – I’ve never really listened to his show, I don’t read his stuff and my only exposure to him has been via Blogfather Hugh’s radio show. Medved has now come out as a McCain backer, but his latest diatribe will most likely find its way to Team Huck for distribution.

Medved would have you believe there is no anti-Mormon bigotry behind Huck’s success in Iowa and in other evangelical heavy states. I’m not going to take Medved’s data apart here, simply because its not necessary to prove my point. I’d simply like to pose a question which turn’s Medved’s logic on it’s head:

But for religion, where would the race stand today?

But for religion, Mike Huckabee would be lagging back in single digit polling no matter what state he ran in. He’d be rightly labeled as a populist tax and spend governor of a state that – were it not for its alphabetical ranking – most Americans would never have heard about. His attitude toward and record on crime – demonstrated by his seemingly endless string of pardons – would subject him to an endless barrage of questions and commentary which would subsequently consign his campaign to the Dukakis Memorial Dust Bin. His Carter-esque foreign policy ideas would lead most responsible Republicans to run screaming from the room – to say nothing of his economic ideals which appeal to the masses but portend fiscal danger and disaster should they ever actually be implemented.

So what, pray tell, is Huck’s appeal? He plays the religion card and manages to convince some Iowans that he’s one of them. He brands himself as the “Christian Leader” thereby calling into question the religiosity of every other candidate – a not-at-all veiled jab at Mitt Romney. He then takes an even less-veiled broadside at Mitt specifically and Mormonism in general with his throwaway line to the New York Times Magazine specifically designed to put religious and not political differences on the front page – again.

While Huck may have apologized for that insult, and Mitt may have accepted said apology, the intent was clear. No, I don’t buy Huck’s explanation and I don’t accept his apology. After so many years at the pulpit, Huck knew exactly what he was saying and the publicity and religious furor it would generate. Huck’s “apology” is a bout as valid as Typhoid Mary’s would have been weeks after she came to town.

In short, but for religion, Huck would already be an also-ran.

On the other side of the spectrum you find Mitt Romney. Here is an exceptionally accomplished man – by any yardstick you choose to measure him. He has succeeded at nearly everything he’s ever even thought of attempting – be it professional, personal, or political. When the chips were down and conventional wisdom said it couldn’t be done, somebody called Mitt and the impossible got done.

Mitt has made over a quarter-billion dollars for himself, and untold billions for others in the private sector. Unlike any other candidate, he has created and saved untold millions of jobs for Americans. He enjoys new challenges, so he took it upon himself to save the 2002 Olympics and then serve his state. Having given Uncle Ted the race of his life and not being stymied by defeat he took a shot at the Governor’s chair and turned a state around. Most people would think Mitt had done enough and deserved a well earned early retirement.

In any other universe, Mitt would be so far beyond any other candidate – Democrat or Republican – this race would all but be over. He personifies the all American family man – married to the same woman for nearly four decades with five strapping sons all successful on their own merits. Norman Rockwell couldn’t have painted a better picture of a presidential candidate.

And yes, in case you were wondering, my picture does include all Mitt’s rightward shifts on the issues he takes hammers on. It wouldn’t matter – and in reality it doesn’t matter.

But for religion, Mitt would all but be sworn in. Were he Baptist, Presbyterian, Unitarian, Catholic, or Methodist the only questions in this campaign would be aimed at policy. But Mitt is Mormon, and evidently that changes the rules set down by over 200 years of American political tradition.

Were there no Mormon Question, the media might have to focus on issues that really matter rather than the actual location of the Garden of Eden or the actions of Mitt’s long dead relatives. They might actually have to work for a decent newsworthy story.

No matter what Mr. Medved claims, there is an undercurrent of religious bigotry which has and will continue to dog the Romney campaign. Bear in mind with the exception of the occasional reference to “faith”, Mitt has been fairly neutral on the subject of religion. He’s gone to great lengths to avoid bringing religion into a race for a secular office. Never the less, Mitt’s opponents and their surrogates seem to revel in reverting to religion at every opportunity.

What proof do I have of this undercurrent? I won’t bother pointing you to the surrogate blogs filled with a never ending diatribe of combined anti-Mitt and anti-Mormonism. I’ll just point you to Mike Huckabee’s officially sanctioned blog. What you’ll find there is just one example of many I could point you in what is fast becoming little more than a cesspool of anti-Morminism. Spare me the “Huck isn’t responsible for comments” excuse. It’s got his name on it, he’s responsible for it.

I’m not going so far as to blame all the woes of Team Mitt on religious bigotry – I’m not quite that naïve. What I am saying is that Mitt has one hurdle the other candidates are free to bypass – and it makes this campaign race much like Mitt having to run100 yard dash in knee-deep water while his opponents sprint down the track.

Even with that obstacle, Mitt is still running neck and neck with them.

That says more about Mitt that I ever could.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 15 Comments »

And So It Begins

January 3rd, 2008 by Jon

This is where the rubber meets the road and people start putting reality into the polls everyone’s been watching for well over a year.

Predictions are a dime a dozen, and For reports direct from Team Mitt, stop by Jason over at MyManMitt.com He’s on the ground with Mitt in Iowa writing as the events take place. Drop him a few bucks while you’re there – this trip is coming out of his own wallet.

A few final comments for now:

This is what campaigns do when they lack the resources , record, and ability to answer comparison ads. Here’s a very good reason to send Huck packing tonight. I for one don’t ever want to see Susan Estrich dancing to anything.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, Campaign, General, mitt romney | No Comments »

Huck’s Bizarro Press Conference

December 31st, 2007 by Jon

There is an adage which warns against kicking a man when he’s down, but what is one to do when that man paints a target on himself and begs for it?

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee today gave what can only be termed as the most bizarre press conference of 2007. Given that today is New Year’s Eve, that’s quite an accomplishment.

To believe Huck, you have to believe that he spent a chunk of cash (which is no doubt in short supply) creating a “negative ad” with which he was planning on pummeling Mitt today starting at noon. Then – and one can only venture a guess as to why – Huck had an epiphany this morning and decided to keep his campaign on a “positive” track rather than stooping to mudslinging.

This would all be fine and good with the glaring exception of his Bizarro Press Conference where he showed his negative ad to a room packed with reporters. The ad basically accuses Mitt of being a bold faced liar. If ever there was a case of the pot calling the kettle black, this is it. The New York Times link has video I’m sure will be plastered across the net. You’ll note the raucous laughter of the reporters as Huck tells the story of his epiphany.

No, Huck, they aren’t laughing with you. Neither am I. I’m laughing at you.

You see, I don’t buy Huck’s story. Not in the least. I think he’s being disingenuous. In short, I think he’s lying.

Political ads don’t just grow on trees. They take time to make and cost a wad of cash to generate. I don’t know the full extent of Huck’s finances, but I think it’s a safe bet he doesn’t have cash to throw down the rat hole by creating hit ads he’s never going to use. In my not so humble opinion, Huck’s Bizzaro Press Conference was part of a seriously flawed strategy that has now blown up in his face.

Huck wanted to throw down a hit ad on Mitt and still come away smelling like a rose. He wanted the people of Iowa specifically, and Americans in general, to believe he had Mitt lined up in his sights and his finger on the proverbial trigger and then at the last moment decided to be merciful and positive. The only problem with his plan is the number of people who believe his epiphany story can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Iowans know hypocrisy when they see it, and right now they see it personified by Mike Huckabee.

Huck has spent the better part of the past two days whining about comparison ads run by Mitt in Iowa and New Hampshire. Methinks the Gov doth protest far too much. Mitt’s ad barrage is devastatingly accurate and Huck knows this. He also knows he doesn’t have the resources (or the record) to go toe to toe with Mitt in the last few days leading up to the Hawkeye Cauci. Huck knows if he loses Iowa people will be chasing him down trying to jab him in the hindquarters with a huge fork because he’ll be way past done.

While Huck’s Bizarro Press Conference won’t eclipse Howard Dean’s spectacular Iowa implosion, I’m beginning to think it might come in as a close second.

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | 2 Comments »

Monday News Roundup

December 31st, 2007 by Jon

The campaign trail is getting to the AP’s Glen Johnson. His piece on Mitt’s “candor gap” was immediately dissected by Powerline’s John Hinderaker who I believe was being generous by calling Johnson’s evidence “remarkably thin”. To use a software salesman’s analogy, Johnson’s hit piece is little more than “vaporware”.

Houston Home Journal’s Larry Walker takes a look at the role of faith in politics and, unlike most columnists, makes sense. Well said, Larry. Amen to your Amen.

Here’s a stunning revelation: Huck doesn’t take kindly to criticism. Both he and McCain are bristling at comparison ads Mitt is running in Iowa and New Hampshire. Mitt’s ads are decried as “dishonest”, though the ads focus on Mitt’s record versus those of his opponents. Crying foul is what candidates do when they can’t refute the facts and don’t have the funds to run contrarian spin ads. See for yourself and be the judge:

 Why has Huck started whining? Well, the polling data is not good for him and is looking better for Mitt. Recent events have refocused the race on issues with which Huck is altogether unfamiliar. The Devil really is in the details. (HT EFM). It really can’t help much when CNN runs an entire segment with “NO FOREIGN POLICY CREDENTIAL” under Huck’s repeated flubs.

Sorry, Huck. Even the Holiday Inn Express can’t fix that one.Enough about the Huckster.Somebody’s gonna be in hot water over this dirty trick. Just how low do you have to sink to send out a thinly veiled, racially bigoted Christmas Card? Add to that an 11-page “letter” making the rounds in Florida and you have the makings of a movement driven by middle aged guys still living in their parents’ basement rec-rooms. Get a life, people. Now would be a good time.At least there is hope someplace in Florida academia. Thank you, Amanda Starling.

The Ledger’s religion editor, Cary McMullen, has some interesting predictions for the 2008 race, one of which includes a Mitt vs. Huck cage match on the Washington Mall. Mitt would eviscerate Huck without even so much as wrinkling his starched white shirt.

Signs of intelligent life in Vermont.

Editor and Publisher carries a column by Joel Campbell (a Mormon) who takes a look at the level of negative rhetoric about Mitt’s Mormonism. Well said, Brother Campbell.

The Hawkeye Cauci is scheduled for this Thursday. It’s gonna be a cold one. Bundle up and bring jumper cables!

Sphere: Related Content

Posted in 2008 presidential campaign, mitt romney | No Comments »

« Previous Entries