I Miss Mitt
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Mitt Romney on America's Newsroom this morning
Hemmer: Alot of people are writing about how much damage is being done to Democrats. Do you believe that?
Romney: It is hard to tell how much real damage has been done because it is so early. Both Democrats are trying to convince us that the other is unelectable, and I agree with both of them.
Hemmer: I know you were with John McCain last week. Did you talk much about the economy? Alot of people think it is a sore spot for him.
Romney: We did talk about the economy actually -- about the long term trends of our economy. You are going to have ups and downs and woolsey cycles in the economy, and those cycles to be moderated by an economic stimulus plan such as the one that Senator McCain supported as well as by policies of the federal reserve which have been taken and are having a positive effect. Paulson just laid out a plan to look at regulation and encourage the growth of our economy while protecting consumers from unnecessary swings. But, long term we have to take a good, hard look, and Senator McCain recognizes that you have to hold down government spending. Borrowing and borrowing more money is making our kids have to pay it and puts the burden on our economy. It's killing jobs and causing investors from around the world today dollars out of america. That brings down the value of the dollar.
Hemmer: I am assuming he was open to that advice on that part.
Sigh... I miss Mitt
...a good spokesman. What more do you miss besides that?
& debates. Very articulate and always on message. Makes a very good spokesman for the party, especially on conservative issues that are suddenly absent from the national conversation (securing the border, federal marriage amendment, strong families). Hopefully he can get the message out through his newly formed Political action commitee. While conservative presidents are ideal, we haven't had one in awhile and we've still managed to make a lot of progress on the issues important to us, precisely because of the efforts of local & state leaders and PACs like the one Romney will head up.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/romney_to_form_a_pa...
I could see him as a fit for a lot of different reasons with McCain.
He can point to the Olympics as his terror experience and his economic experience will make a lot of sense to the middle america independents that McCain needs.
He also was the darling of the right at the end of his campaign.
Yes, there will be a few far righters who stay home with he and McCain running, but most won't.
I like the line about agreeing with both of them.
Did you notice how he managed to hit your "friends" in the mouth there Mr. McCain? That's called politics. None of this bending over to run a "respectful" campaign cr*p. I dare any of the Demcorats to try and take him on about the economy-Mitt would wipe the floor with anyone the Democrats can out up-not to mention the fact that he's 60 but looks like he's 40. Please McCain pick Romney and not Huckabee-we miss Mitt!Besides, if Romney gets VP all the money I gave to Mitt won't feel like such a waste.
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.Let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."-Barry Goldwater
Mitt-Mitt for VP!
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. " -James Madison
spot though. Watch McCain's rhetoric on the job description on the VP position. The more he speaks about the ability to take over as C-in-C, the more likely he's going to double-dip on national security. In that case, watch for Giuliani or perhaps Frank Keating or John Bolton(Portman would be a stretch on this count-but the argument for him would be competence a la Cheney). If McCain doesn't emphasize the need to continue wartime leadership, it's more likely we'll have a conventional VP pick like Pawlenty, Cox, Crist, etc.
Double dipping has its strengths and weaknesses. Clinton's choice of Gore reinforced the Southern moderate message, and it worked very well. The risk is that the ticket is regarded as deficient in someother important respect. And other than Clinton-Gore, I am hard-pressed to think of another example of double-dipping. Most of the time, the primary goal is balance; compensating for the aforementioned deficiency.
Watching McCain describe the process will be an important clue to his thinking.
I miss Fred instead.
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"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill