The Inevitable Mitt Romney Tour Running Thread

[Ben_Hecht]

. . . as we await the results of the Mittster's latest gay spending spree . . .

 

[Bob Cook]

Santorum: I would be ahead if Mitt Romney didn't have so much money.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-ohio-super-tuesday-20120305,0,5123380.story

Citizens United and the free market are great, except when they aren't.

Actually, if it weren't for Citizens United (which allowed Santorum a sugar daddy), and the Republicans changing the rules to create a 2008 Democratic party-style extended race, Santorum would have long disappeared.

 

[Bob Cook]

Following up on Santorum, he does have a very salient point that sending Romney out to be the candidate arguing against Obamacare is a huge mistake for Republicans. Even though this piece (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/rick-santorums-last-ditch-romneycare-push/253993/) also notes that Santorum also was for health care mandates before he was against him, I can't see any way Romney can given a plausible answer to the question -- why did you support mandated health insurance, including mandated contraceptive services, as governor, but now are against them? So far, the "it's up to the states" answer isn't fooling anyone.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Santorum: I would be ahead if Mitt Romney didn't have so much money.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-ohio-super-tuesday-20120305,0,5123380.story

Citizens United and the free market are great, except when they aren't.

Actually, if it weren't for Citizens United (which allowed Santorum a sugar daddy), and the Republicans changing the rules to create a 2008 Democratic party-style extended race, Santorum would have long disappeared.

Steele is a million laughs dissembling about the rule changes. He should go on SNL.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

56 pages, and now likely to get locked. That's a shame.

And zag, real men don't talk about women that way just because they disagree politically.

Oh, so now you are a tough guy trying to determine what "real men" say or don't say - as if Rush Limbaugh qualifies as anything more than a forking talk show host.

... who is the voice of the GOP to most of their supporters. Who is so important, we've seen elected officials apologize to that "forking talk show host" for daring to disagree with him.

And, no, I'm not being a "tough guy." It's called being a gentleman. It's something I struggle with online, but in person I try very hard to conduct myself that way. It's a shame more gentlemen on both sides haven't risen up to forcefully condemn such behavior as Limbaugh's.

 

[DanOregon]

If the GOP would just dump their argument against HCR and everything that goes with it (like contraception) I think their chances of winning the White House go up 50 percent, minimum.
I really think they need to assess whether the antis are anti because it's an Obama program or because of the reform itself.
Imagine if Romney was running as a champion of HCR and a trailblazer instead of running from it.

Will it happen? Doubtful.

 

[Beaker]

CNN poll shows Romney and Santorum neck-and-neck in Ohio:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/05/cnn-poll-catholic-support-for-romney-crucial-in-ohio/?on.cnn=2

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Scott Brown supported the Blunt amendment while Elizabeth Warren supported Obama's "compromise". Scott Brown is beating Warren by 10 points in Massachusetts. So I would say the logic of Republicans embracing HCR and going up in the polls is crap.

 

[zagoshe]

CNN poll shows Romney and Santorum neck-and-neck in Ohio:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/05/cnn-poll-catholic-support-for-romney-crucial-in-ohio/?on.cnn=2

You mean they took a break from trying to drive the news by getting as much mileage out of and pumping up the Rush Limbaugh "controversy" as much as possible to actually talk about something relevant?

Nah, couldn't be.....

 

[DanOregon]

You're probably right. I do think though Romney would have appeared as a stronger candidate (though perhaps not as popular to the GOP) if he wasn't running away from what some consider the chief accomplishment of his term as governor though.

 

[Bob Cook]

Scott Brown supported the Blunt amendment while Elizabeth Warren supported Obama's "compromise". Scott Brown is beating Warren by 10 points in Massachusetts. So I would say the logic of Republicans embracing HCR and going up in the polls is crap.

I don't see any way Republicans gain by supporting Obama's signature measure. The odd thing, to me, about that latest Brown-Warren poll is that Brown's support among women went up slightly (then again, so did Warren's), while Brown's support from men actually fell. Brown does gain if he is able to continue to frame the debate as religious freedom. His support is strongest among the wealthy (no surprise), and Irish Catholics (who may well love Brown's stance on the whole contraception issue).

 

[Mizzougrad96]

CNN poll shows Romney and Santorum neck-and-neck in Ohio:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/05/cnn-poll-catholic-support-for-romney-crucial-in-ohio/?on.cnn=2

Fivethirtyeight.com has Romney winning Ohio. As someone else pointed out, Romney looks like he's going to do a lot better tomorrow than it looked like he would do a week ago. I think winning Ohio would be huge for Romney.