See what a little hard work, a dedicated SuperPac, millions of dollars in orchestrated negative, deceptive attack ads on your opponents, and a willingness to sell your soul for votes can do for you?
A great lesson for the kids. Pass it on!
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update Reading Geraghty this morning, the belief seems to be that Romney’s rise is more to do with shoring up his own likability than it is his campaign’s ability to tear down Santorum. And this may be so. But as Geraghty points out by way of Ed Morrissey, it ain’t for a lack of trying on the Romney campaign’s part.
The trouble with the GOP’s “it’s his turn” habit is, it telegraphs to the Democrats where to focus their oppo research, and lets them hold fire until it’ll do the most damage.
That’s why Dole lost in ’96, and it’s why McCain lost in ’08.
But of course they’ll blame us Visigothy right-dingers when His Electable Inevitableness goes down in flames this fall. ‘Cause if we’d only just believed hard enough, Mittsybell would have got better.
As to that Geraghty piece, I’m pretty sure the Lonely Conservative doesn’t know what he’s talking about here: “notable is that Romney’s opposition to the auto bailouts doesn’t seem to be hurting him in Michigan.” Unless I’m mistaken, Mitt went to Detroit and proudly declared he would have done the same thing with regard to the auto bailouts.
Maybe Romney only means the Good bailout under Bush, not the Bad bailout under Obama.
Probably though, he’s talking out both sides of his mouth again.
Unless I’m mistaken, Mitt went to Detroit and proudly declared he would have done the same thing with regard to the auto bailouts.
I think you’re mistaken. I clearly remember Mitt saying that a structured bankruptcy structuring structure or summat would have been the better option.
I think Ernst is correct, di. At least I heard him say that he would have handled the GM bankruptcy exactly the same way and referred to it as a “structured bankruptcy”.
Given that it’s Mitt “who do you want me to be today?” Romney, I think we’re all right.
And wrong.
Wait, I thought coffee was for closers and Mitt doesn’t drink coffee.
From that same poll.
Also questions 20 and 21 show that only 2/3 of the respondents self identify as Republicans and also 2/3rds say they are at least “somewhat conservative”.