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Posted at 4:13pm on Jan. 11, 2008 Romney in Seven Words

By Mark I

On Wednesday, after his loss in the New Hampshire primary, Gov. Mitt Romney returned to Boston to lick his wounds and conduct a telephone fundraiser before heading off to his next must win state of Michigan. ABC Radio microphones were there and they featured an audio quote from Romney in their top of the hour news broadcasts. Romney was encouraging his phone bank volunteers with a little pep talk when he unintentionally summed up his entire campaign; ironically hitting upon the reason why he has failed to gain any traction with conservatives despite spending the most money of any Republican. ABC News Radio was contacted by telephone and confirmed the following quote from their report.

Posted in 2008 | Fred Thompson | GOP Primaries | Mitt Romney | Principles | Republicans | South Carolina — Comments (26) / Email this page » / Read More »

Posted at 2:42pm on Jan. 11, 2008 Turning It Around: An Open Letter To Governor Willard M. Romney

By Martin A. Knight

Good day Governor Romney,

This is a long one so I'm gonna get straight to it.

Let's take a look at the reality this fine day three days after New Hampshire - your second loss. The good thing (if you can call it that) is that Iowa was frankly (much) worse. You lost, and rather decisively too, to a guy who spent a lot less than you, started a lot later than you, and with far less of an on-ground organization than yours. And note that we're talking about a candidate who specifically went out of his way to launch missiles at two of the three major factions that make up the base of our party.

And he still beat you.

Speaking (or writing) as one of your supporters here at RedState, I'll admit it's tempting to look on the bright side; after all, you came in second in two races (to two different people) and came first in one (albeit one that no-one was really paying much attention to), you're currently the candidate who has garnered the most raw votes and the most delegates to take with you to the Convention.

However, from all the evidence available - and for what it's worth, I don't think you built your very impressive business career on shying away from unpleasant facts - I'm pretty certain you're much smarter than that.

Posted in 2008 | Archived | GOP Primaries | Mitt Romney | Strategy — Comments (21) / Email this page » / Read More »

Posted at 11:13am on Dec. 15, 2007 For Us Thompson Supporters It's Down To Trust And Money

By haystack

[haystack's note: In case you live under a rock, or are new to Redstate...I'm a supporter of Fred Thompson-unpaid and unaffiliated with his (or any other) campaign. While there is "news" bundled in this piece, a plug for donations is in here as well...a shameless one at that.]

If you hate Fred Thompson, move along-there's nothing for you to see here. If you're not sure, or if you WISH you could like him, or if you WISH he'd be the last man standing on this pathetically divisive GOP primary debacle (but for his fill-in-the-blank campaign deficiencies), read on.

Posted in 2008 | Campaign Strategies | Fred Thompson | GOP Primaries | Hands Down Tour — Comments (46) / Email this page » / Read More »