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In the early race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has been the anti-Trump, at least when it comes to dealing with the media.
Unlike The Donald -- who has granted interviews to almost any news organization that will ask him a question -- the former Massachusetts governor has been much more selective.
In an interview today on the conservative "Mark Larson Show," Romney criticized President Obama on economic policy. “Standard & Poor's, one of the rating agencies, just downgraded their view of the future for America," Romney said. "If you will, they downgraded the Obama presidency. In my own view, this is not something to be laughed off as the president’s people seem to be doing. The president really ought to personally sit down and meet with S&P. I did that when I was governor." Romney's press office then distributed those comments to political reporters.
Two days earlier, in another radio interview, Romney said something similar to conservative host Sean Hannity: "The Obama presidency was downgraded today... And the reason that I’m looking at this race ... is I have a 25-year career in the private sector; I know how jobs come and how they go." Once again, his press shop circulated those remarks to reporters.
This is the advantage that someone who has run for president before enjoys over those who haven't like Tim Pawlenty, Haley Barbour, and even Michele Bachmann. And it allows him to control his message (focus on the economy) and avoid as much as possible other questions (like Massachusetts' health-care law).
"Gov. Romney doesn’t feel the need to be in the news commenting on the headlines of the day," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul tells First Read. "Usually, when he steps out to give an interview, he’s talking about jobs and the economy. Job creation is the central message of his campaign, and it is what’s compelling him to become a candidate in the race."
But such a strategy also has forced Romney to run away from certain questions, suggesting a weakness for the perceived GOP front-runner. After delivering a foreign-policy speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition earlier this month, Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about Libya. “I’ve got a lot of positions on a lot of topics, but walking down the hall probably isn’t the best place to describe all those,” he said, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
During an interview on "The View" back in February, Romney admitted that he answered too many questions during the 2008 campaign. "The challenge I had last time was I answered every question. And sometimes, you need to say: 'You know, let me quickly answer that question and then get on to what's really important.'"
Of course, Romney can't pick and choose forever. When he eventually embarks on campaign trail -- full-time -- he'll be forced to answer questions from the traveling press corps.
"Some of these questions aren't going to away by avoiding the press," said a strategist for another 2012 GOP presidential campaign. "You can either answer them now or six months from now."
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For a second there, I thought this read:
'Romney's selective memory strategy!
Pretty much the same thing though, right? lol
Listening to the D'Bag Brietbart (sp?) on MSNBC - which makes me wonder WHY these tea baggers are SO combative?
LOUD doesn't make you right...
Did he also include S&P as one of the culprits of the Financial Meltdown just a short 2 & 1/2 years ago?
I kinda doubt it. Why are we as American's supposed to take this outfit seriously when they along with multiple other's let us All down & then took Our Tax $$ to go back into business doing the same Daum thing?
Ignorance is Truly Bliss in Lalaland!
Why's he need a strategy? I mean, if Obama is as bad as Mitt says he is, and all......
Mark Murray: Unlike The Donald -- who has granted interviews to almost any news organization that will ask him a question -
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Isn't this because Donald lives in NYC and has access to so much NY media right outside his penthouse doorstep?
I hope Lawrence O'Donnell was correct last night when he stated that if NBC renews Trump's program that the powers that be @ NBC will say to Trump - SHUT UP.
But I doubt it. Any publicity is good publicity.
Hey, did you all catch Big Ed and his chart about taxes and revenue last night?
Dude clearly is clueless. But highly entertaining.
Poor Ed, just couldn't seem to make heads or tails of those really complex lines on his really intricate chart. Oh my.
I'd say it's time for Big Ed to head back and pet that sleeping dragon in Wisconsin. Maybe he could do a fundraiser to help the state pay all the costs it incurred due to the protests?
In an interview today on the conservative "Mark Larson Show," Romney criticized President Obama on economic policy.
Mitt i remember during the 08 election you slammed Bush and mccain for thier ecomonic policys that got us in trouble. which is it, because Obama policys that you do not like today, but they have gotten us out of that trouble you called out Mccain and Bush. so sir what is your ecomonic policy, Passing State mandated health care the same health care you slammed Obama and the democrats for passing.
Sir i though in 08 you were the best hope for the republicans, and i just can't understand why they treated you they way they did, but i see through your health care vision that you sir, Mitt Ronmey is really a democrat in the witness protection program hiding out with republicans.
So Spanky, are you offering to pay for all the costs incurred by the Tea Party protests?
Good one Patrick.
But what costs? Them nasty Tea Partiers tend to leave the venues cleaner than when they get there.
I guess it's a crumby conservative value to clean up after one's self.
Oh and by the way I would love to see a comparision between the Wisconsin protesters and the tea partiers regarding which group 1. pays more in taxes, and 2. uses more in governmental services.
Fun right?
Rick - Its a rating agency nitwit, not a brokerage house.
"Oh and by the way I would love to see a comparision between the Wisconsin protesters and the tea partiers regarding which group 1. pays more in taxes, and 2. uses more in governmental services.?"
Excellent point. Suppose you post the comparrison for us, will you? What's that- your clerk can't get that off Lexis? Oh well, guess we'll have to take your innuendo as fact that says one of these groups pays more in taxes or uses mroe in governmental services than the other, then?
Liberty and 'smores for all!
Larry, don't call names until you speak the truth. YES, they are a rating agency, but they lied to everyone for years regarding the value and the safety of the so called toxic loans. Read up on it. THEY cost banks, tax payers, etc. billions of dollars because they didn't rate these packages for what they really were.. junk bond type deals.... They were too afraid to lose all the fees they were earning for the mortgage companies.
Wives - You're right that they didn't react as quickly as they should have. The blame as far as it rests on their responsiblity to alert everyone about the weakness in the bundling, etc is theirs for sure. However the crisis itself has many fathers although not many will come forward to claim their share of the blame.
From the Fed with keeping rates artificially low back in 2002, to the government (Freddie & Fannie) pushing loans be given to those least able to understand, and effectively pay them back, to the financial institutions bundling up the loans to resell with little thought to the assumed risk.
In my opinion there is enough blame to go around. Hopefully the lesson has been learned, and steps taken to stop anything like this from occurring again.
Even with their negligence with the bundling fiasco their current rating of the governments ability to resolve its financial crisis is dead on. We need to get this resolved, and it will require compromise, and leadership. I just hope that we don't ever have to live to see the result to our nation if we continue on the same path. I am not excusing G. Bush, or the Republicans in his first 1 1/2 terms as they spent like drunken sailors, but that is not an excuse to continue down that same path.
We need to solve the problem, or none of us will have the life we have so far enjoyed.
I wonder how long I will have to wait for msnbc (or nbc) to do an article on Obama's selective media strategy?
Spanky.The cost of police and other emergency personal.
Most of the people who I saw at tea party protests looked like average citizens, no way on Gods green earth could you claim they pay any more taxes then the rest of us, we know many had to have the Koch brothers bus them to some of the protests.
Romney is the proud son of a UNION BUSTER, his dad created havoc with the UAW in michigan years ago, and single handed putting American Motors out of business, boy are you proud of your dad Mitt. the folks in Wisconsin would love to know that
His strategy keeps him from having to answer hard questions, from others outside the conservative media. I call that chickenlike.
And Missippissian2, the only media Pres. Obama tries to avoid, but doesn't always, is Fox, who spend 24 hours a day demonizing him, and when he does talk to one of their talking heads, they interrupt him, and go out of their way to not let him answer their questions. I call that smart.
Larry (post 1.11),
Excellent post. Unfortunately way too many people want to follow the "my party is right, the other party is wrong" line no matter how rediculous that is. Both parties, along with the American people themselves, caused the problems we are now facing.
You mentioned leadership. I do not see any one in either party who is a leader, nor anyone who will provide leadership. We have a Congress made up of 535 individuals, too many of whom are there to get what they can for themselves and the heck with what they should be there for. The American people are just as bad. We also have spent ourselves into obilivion. Most of us have come to the conclusion that, yes, sacrifice will be needed but the prevalent attitude in this country now is let the other make the sacrifice.
Romney..thank you for the health-care...and the idea for this President to run with....he will never win ....i hope he wastes a lot of his money trying though!...to bad he won't donate to the health-care cause.....that he's selectively trying to dodge.......but not for long....why do repukes think they could go on "selective sites" instead of all sights...t.v. radio..etc?...only half-ass measures will not get you into the highest office in the land......hannity?..hahahahaha
Heh, Romney channels an entertainer for Talking Points, never heard of such a thing. Sarah Palin much? This horse race is already over... bring on the Donald.
I love it.
Giggidy
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I was listening to Hannity, too. He also covered 'birth certificate' and 'Bill Ayres'. I'm waiting for the 'draft Palin' talk to start. I mean, we all know how much that other crap and nonsense helped the right last time, eh?
Hey, Smiff- that applies to your daily rants about Obama, too. If he is SOooooo poor of a president, why do you feel the need to get on here several times a day, and rant about him? If he's so bad, won't it all take care of itself??
It IS taking care of itself, drive by
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
This is what, day 3 of his re election campaign?
I cannot wait to see the numbers in May.
Or January.
If, that is, we have a country anyone would want to lead by then. See, we are pretty close to getting locked out of the bind market, and that, my friend, will render moot all discussion of how much one party wants to spend versus the other.
Should have taken my advice and cut spending by 20% across the board. As it is, it is looking like a 40% cut is not too far down the road.
Not that Obama notices. "hopeful changiness" is his motto.
WTF.
"It IS taking care of itself, drive by..."
Good, then. You can give yourselves a break from all the negativity, and we can expect to see some postings by you and Smiff that address other, more positive news items and issues on a daily basis?
You must be so relieved.
Ah, poor Drive By. Listen man, I know you are disappointed in your man O, but it's not Nojo or JAS1 that is causing that disappointment.
Unless you knew all along that he'd keep Gitmo open, increase the fun in Iraq and Afghanistan, extend the tax cuts, start a 3rd war, and ignore all that talk about presidential signing bonuses.
You didn't know that then, did you DBO?
And gosh, I was concerned that there would be consequences from electing such an untried commodity, but a national credit score downgrade? Could it get any worse?
But cheer up DBO, he's a tea partier now. No more talk about stimulus. He's cutting and running from GM, and it's all about cutting the debt and deficit now. All Tea Party values, right sport?
It's just what you expected, eh Drive By?
Heck, all he needs to do now is something about gas. I mean he abandoned Amnesty and global warming and he has to do something soon about gas or he'll be toast.
DOn't know about Jas1 or NoJo but he keeps this up [or keeps getting beatin' down] I'll consider voting for the guy.
Um, drive by? What, exactly, in my post led you to believe I was in imminent danger of getting lost in liberal la-la land?
Or is it that you simply cannot handle the truth?
I'm guessing it is the latter. Now that every single thing we warned you about it coming to pass, it makes it harder and harder to believe that Obama's failures are just sour grapes from the opposition.
His domestic policy is a disaster, and his foreign policy is so bad the media does not even report on it. Remember Libya? Not going so well. Quaddafi is still in power, and I assume we are dropping Tomahawk missiles on sand dunes now, just because, well, we can't exactly declare defeat and leave.
It is a source of never ending amazement to me that you people nominated him, and then sold him to the public as THE defining character of the 21st Century.
Well, he is defining, okay. He is the very definition of an epic disaster as president.
Don't get me wrong- I would still have voted for McCain, although he was not my first choice, and I despised Palin. (still, you have to admit, having the inexperienced nincompoop in the number two spot would have been a lot better than having the inexperienced nincompoop where he is now.). If Hillary would have won, I would have been okay with it- I would have disagreed with as many of her policies as I did McCain's, and her chief advisor would have been the man who had a pretty successful presidency, wouldn't you say?
In any event, either way, we would not be in the chaotic situation in which we now find ourselves- teetering on the brink of insolvency while Iran solidifies its hold on the Middle East.
I'm sure that somewhere in this country there is someone who actually could have been worse than Obama. I only hope that, in four years or so, when the democrats nominate that person, people have the common sense to vote against him or her.
I though Carter was bad. I could not imagine anyone worse. This nightmare that is the Obama administration proves, every day, how wrong I was.
Yes, Romney knows how "jobs go", he helped them "go" away.
Oh, my- now the survivalist/hutaree guy and NoJo NoCred are the comedians! BUT- they still see the need to criticize Obama, no matter how he has become such an obvious failure.
Why is that, girls? What? You mean I was wrong in the earlier posts? He's NOT so bad that he will hang himself without your constant opinionated comments?
Call me Vinny Barbarino- I'm SO confused...
(except for not knowing that he's an EPIC fail, simply because NoNoNoCred SAYS he is- silly me.)
Oh look there he goes again - Drive By calling me a girl.
Much better I suppose than you calling me gay like before, eh DBO?
And see that the part you just don't get Vinny - it's not Nojo, it's Standards and Poor that says Obama is failing.
Come on DBO, less Hannityand more MSNBC. All that Fox is rotting your brain.
Boy, I WISH it was just me.
It's not, though. It's the bond market.
And the Egyptians, who are even now strengthening relations with the Iranians.
And the rest of the Middle East, who see him pretty clearly, as a failure.
It is the European leaders, who see him as a joke.
For those and many other reasons- like his petulant trick of inviting Paul Ryan to a deficit speech, and then blindsiding him with a hyper partisan rant- the independents now see him as a failure, too.
Looks like you do, too, drive by- I see nothing in your posts that dies not read align the lines of "don't rub it in".
"...it's not Nojo, it's Standards and Poor that says Obama is failing..."
I don't see S&P's byline on these daily rants, do you? Jesus- just read the one above.... it never stops. Never. As though she's going to actually cause anyone to change their minds.
(but then again, I'm still trying to make sense of that last line.....)
Spanky and others??? YOu LOVE to say "they down-graded Obama's presidency". Did you ACTUALLY read the story from the S&P???? IT SAID...... this down-grade should have been done 6 years ago. Hmmm you THINK that meant during Dumb and Dumbers term??? Uh Yeah... There has been rapant spending for the last decade... both sides... now we need to cut spending AND increase revenue... Period.
Looks like todays market activity really means nobody paid much attention to the S&P. While they do seem to be good at rating gov bonds, they suck at everything else and are a HUGE part of the problem that started the recession.
S&P didn't downgrade anything yet. They also put the blame on congress, not the president. They were concerned that congress wouldn't compromise, and pass the new budget. So it really downgraded Boehner, Ryan, and the rest of congress. After all it is congress' mandate to do the budgets.
You see, the most partisan Obama was against raising the Debt Ceiling, before he was for it.
Go buy some DuctTape & Plastic & seal yourself off from the RealWorld!
JoAnnaSmith1
You see, the most partisan Obama was against raising the Debt Ceiling, before he was for it.
President Obama admitted that was politics, but Joanna the issue here still remains, why did bush have to raise it 6 times while he was president?
Jeff - how do know if it was politics then, of if it is politics now?
And seriously why have a ceiling at ail if it's just going to get raised? It's been like 75 times already. Why not just get rid of it.
Might that effect the credit rating?
Rick - I love that show, but I do have to question you fixation with duct tape. I don't suppose you are an HVAC repairman?
Republicans voted to increase the debt ceiling 5 or 6 times while Bush was President. It wasn't a big deal then, why is it now? Oh, that's right--a democrat is in the White House.
History on debt ceiling. The party of the person in the WH always votes to increase the debt ceiling, while the party out of power votes against it--but both parties ensure there are enough votes to pass it. That's just the way it's done. President Obama is right; it is politics and when it comes to the debt ceiling, he admitted he was wrong to vote against it. How many times did former President Bush ever admit to making a mistake? ......silence.
Leave Joanna alone... Her cousin says she hit 29 on a vacuum gauge with him one night
Here the Obama administration admonished rating agencies like Moody’s and Morningstar for not providing the correct ratings before the 2007 economic meltdown, with being too cozy with the banks, being too tied up in conflicts of interest. But look who lobbied the S&P to not change its forecast of the bond rating for the USofA to go negative! None other than the Obama administration!
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama_administration_officials_tried_to_keep_sandp_rating_at_stable/2011/04/19/AFfAeO8D_story.html
And of course now, Obama is downplaying the S&P rating change as not being that important, trivial in fact. I guess, to Obama, it was important, before it became unimportant.
Well, there you are JoAnna...
Noticed you mysteriously disappeared after you were caught bold face lying over on the SS thread!
Does this link at least back up your bogus claims? LMAO!
I don't know who's the bigger 'fibber', you or the nut job from NJ!
The folks who warned about the subprime mortgage meltdown are now heroes.
Those who are trying to prevent a U.S. sovereign debt crisis are heroes as well.
And...they include Democrats like Clinton White House Chief-Of-Staff Erskine Bowles and former CBO chair Alice Rivlin.
If only President Obama could hear them.
With Obama, how many canaries have to die in the mine before he figures out maybe there is something wrong with the air? The man is on an island, and no one is believing his, or his administrations, rantings anymore. The S&P downgrade is just another brick in the wall against Obama. Obama is getting more paranoid every day as more and more of his flip-flops, half truths, and outright lies get exposed. The man is starting to break down.
JoAnnaSmith1
The man is starting to break down.
Joanna i know that makes your real happy, that a Man who is president, who you hate is breaking down. way to go Joanna, i still want a answer to my question,
why did Bush raise the debt ceiling 6 times while president, if he had only done it 3 times, maybe we would not need to do it again.
Was Bush that powerful Jeff? Did he raise the ceiling all by his own self?
Man, if that's true how come Obama can't just do the same thing?
Also, were there any democrats in the congress when Bush was running amok? How come they didn't do anything?
Democrats could NOT do anything about Bush and the GOP because Bush and the GOP held the WH, the House and the Senate until January, 2007. Why didn't the GOP do something about the debt and the deficit from 2001 through 2006? Care to make a guess--think VP Cheney, "deficits don't matter" until....of course, they were no longer in charge.
A questions been put to you Spanky.
Now put on your big boy pants, square your shoulders, and answer it.
I know you can do this Spanks.
Greg-
Isn't the debt crisis now President Obama's responsibility?
If the U.S. is confronting the very real possibility of a sovereign debt crisis, most Americans will expect and want to know what President Obama is doing to prevent it.
Can you tell me what he's doing, Greg?
Beyond rejecting the Plan of his own debt commission and the plan of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)?
He's campaigning for re-election, that much is certain.
What's he doing to avert a U.S. sovereign debt crisis, Greg?
"Put on your big boy pants", Greg...
What's he doing?
A question's been put to you, Greg...
What's he doing?
You can do this...
Greg in Detroit
"A questions been put to you Spanky.
Now put on your big boy pants, square your shoulders, and answer it.
I know you can do this Spanks."
Better watch youself, there, Greg. Spanks will come a lookin' for you as soon as he gets his cammo on and is greased and ready to kick-ass. He'll show YOU! Then, he'll grab some 'smores and go on bivouac or someting.
Naaa DBO it's all good. When the big one hits Cali, you'll come save me, won't you DBO?
But hey, I like the McVie line better than you calling me a girl, or worse yet, gay.
Why do you hate women and gays DBO?
Because they remind me of you.
Sorry- couldn't resist. See, you also make a pretty easy foil sometimes. But- if Cali scares you so bad that you have to stock up on gold and lead (and God knows what other elements) and grub, why do you still live there? You ARE free to move about the country, you know?
No matter how bad it gets in CA - it is worse here in CO - you don't even want to come here on vacation. We have too many people from CA and Detroit moving here already and we don't need or want anymore of you. Leave the illegals behind if you do come. ha ha ;-)
Laugable! Amazing how the GOP/TP can have their buddies change a rating and now...walla - something to blame President Obama for!
The GOP/TP are big time cop outs!!! They never haven anything to run on! Because we all know their only purpose is to serve the Wealthy.
SO all they do is have their wealthy buddies in semi important areas created false CRAP; (we know what the last skit was) as fuel in an attempt to discredit the POTUS... at another time in American history - that would have been TREASON.
TRUTH - not CRAP
Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA
Obviously for T-DS, you're either with us, or you're against us.
Lots of people lining up in the "Against us" column for T-DS.
You know, Democrat Soldier, it wouldn't surprise me to learn they did ask their Wall Street buddies for a favor.
Oh, good grief, Jody.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/04/obama-administration-asked-sp-to-hold-off-on-any-new-debt-rating-until-presidents-deficit-speech.html
The administration asked for a favor. They promised they were serious about cutting spending- then, the ratings agencies were treated to the spectacle of their arguing over nickels.
They asked for a favor and promised a plan- then the rating agencies were treated to the spectacle of Obama's petty tantrum on the deficit.
It is a nine days wonder that this did not happen last year.
has Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called him hitler or stalin yet?
Oh, I see, Standard & Poors downgraded President Obama--nonsense. This is ignoring, for political purposes only, the comment made by S & P regarding their decision--that they felt Congress, both parties would be unable and unwilling to effectively develop a plan to reduce the debt UNTIL AFTER the 2012 election. It also ignores the fact that S & P gave the highest ratings to banking institutions as those same institutions collapsed. The S & P comment was an indictment of both sides and it is Congress that passes the budgets and other legislation, including raising the debt ceiling, before the President can sign them into law.
Romney selects his media and hopes the media has selective memory. Is he hoping no one asks about Romneycare or being pro-choice or the jobs he shipped overseas? That said, Romney is a smart man even if I disagree with his current, revised ideology. At least he avoids the birther and other crazed notions too many conservative wannabees express these days--they have no ideas, so they push lies to get votes.
And Obama bites the heads off reporters who dare correct him.
Yesterday, in Dallas, he made a statement to a reporter that he had only lost Texas by a "few" points.
The reporter pointed out that it had been "more like ten", (it was eleven, actually).
Obama then got all snippy and responded "next time, let me finish my answer, Understand?"
Obama does not LIKE facts that belie his narrative. Mi guess that is why the media stuck to his talking point about the little people funding his campaign with their nickels and dimes, and ignored the reality that more than 75% of his donors were big money donors.
Could not have Obama getting irritated, now, could they?
Say there Jody, I don't suppose you have ever concerned yourself with, let alone used or relied on S&P before, right?
But you say it's nonsense. Why exactly do you say that? Do you any basis for that, or is just a silly, unfounded conclusion on your part?
Spanky, they attacked her IDOL. The one destroying the country.
It must be the fault of those who do not worship properly.
No, the right attacks with lies not facts just as you both do. Try reading the statement made by Standard & Poors.
Oh, swoon! You two are so tiresome.
"Obama then got all snippy and responded "next time, let me finish my answer, Understand?""
Oh, my God! The guy got 'all snippy'? For real? Someone impeach this guy, before it's too late!
"snippy". Jesus- what next?
JoAnnaSmith! - it's not about me! That's your determination - yet I appreciate the shut out -lol.
It's about our Country and telling the TRUTH!
Most honest people can live and talk about it - dishonest people tend to shy away from it -which are you!
TRUTH - not CRAP
Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA
Dem Soldier, Do you really think the Repubs are responsible for the S & P comments? Get a life. What they ( S&P) stated is true.
Aside from generalities, where is Obama's detailed road map for spending cuts? Oh, I forgot....tax the wealthy! Wow, what a genius. Hell, we can tax 'em even more after Obammy runs up another 1.6 trillion plus deficit for his 2012 budget! Just keep taxing until they choke. Who needs 'em anyway. I know a lot of homeless people who are drooling over the wealthy man's tax increases. Then we can go after corporations who don't pay taxes. We can tax them until they choke too. I'm not sure where everbody will work once we do that but, maybe we won't work at all. Just think of the carbon reduction when nobody has a reason to drive. Cool!
I am tired ot the Dem rhetoric of 'blaming the wealthy, blame Bush, blame everybody but Obama & the Dems. Was the stimulus are 'home run'? Oh yeah what a great outcome that was. Got any more 'shovel ready' project up your sleeve(s). Dems? Oh that's right, there is no such thing as 'shovel ready' . What the heck, that was only $780 billion we threw away.
Obama is a seriously evil man who is only a spokesman for the world economy and 'share the wealth' gang.
0bama has no plan to cut the debt/deficit. He talks about it to community college students but there is no plan in writing. All he does is bash the Repub plan and his debt commissions plan - yet he won't present one.
I just took a stroll down memory lane, aka First Read archives from 2007. So sad to remember Romney battling perceptions he is a closet Democrat, and sinking, sinking, sinking in the polls prior to losing to the dashing Senator McCain. Wonder what Romney thinks is going to be different this time? Oh, God, you don't suppose he will lose his primary to the dashing Donald?
the liberal controlled professional media will destroy him because of his religion, and ironically, with romneycare.
hopefully he has an underage daughter letterman can make a joke about sleeping with a professional athlete.
thats always a nice touch
mitch j
It's not the liberals that have a problem with Mormonism. I remember supporting Mo Udall eons ago, and his religion never came up.
You mean like the "liberal controlled professional media" tried to destroy Candidate Obama because of his religion? Oh, wait, they're still claiming he's a secret Muslim, Kenyan, Mau Mau supporter, and now they claim Bill Ayres wrote Obama's book. Yep, that liberal media bias is in the President's pocket.
Well if things get too harsh on him in his own party he can always come over to the Democratic Party. Mitt has nicer hair than Hillary.
Romney is a perfect candidate because of Romneycare - he can tell the American people that the state of Mass. tried a plan like 0bamacare and it didn't work and is bankrupting the state. His religion won't matter to the majority of people. The same number of people that have a problem with Romney's religion think that 0bama is a Muslim. I am looking forward to a good Repub primary season and then Nov 6 2012 when "the end of an Error" occurs.
It doesn't matter much which media Romney selects--he (and Pawlenty) are made to resemble paint drying. This is what we get from a media culture that Trump-ets tabloid-style infotainment, passing it off as political news.
I believe Pawlenty will be the nominee only because Mitt has the albatross of the Massachusetts Health Plan tightly fastened around his Republican neck. It's a shame too because otherwise he could tout it as a real accomplishment. His Mormon religion will also tamp down the evangelical turnout. Pawlenty is a 'serious' candidate who has at least a fighting chance against the President.
If you can't answer the tough questions Mitt, then you have no business being president.
Chuck Chase - the thing about people like you is - to are to ignorant to open your eyes and see what lead U.S. to were we are...
Let me enlighten your LIFE a bit - when George Bush stole the election and became President...there was a SURPLUS (look it up if you don't know what it means).
He right off that bat - gave it all to guess who? - nevermind- you can't so I'll tell you - THE RICH!
Then you started TWO WARS ... that cost billions per month and quess what esle? nevermind I will tell you - he didn't pay for them!!
Then Chuck - he relax the regulatory rules for Wall Street - then guess what? THEY did a housing sheem - they caused the gas prices to rise like never before...they raped our treasury...and are still trying too.
But Dummies like you want to forget all about that - and blame the only person that is trying to bring AMERICAN back from the brink of destruction!!!
So don't tell me CRAP!!! cause it apparent that all you have... learn the facts and oh yea - get a life!
TRUTH - not CRAP
Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA
Dem Solder - you are showing your lack of fiscal understanding. Our country has had debt for over 150 years. We have never had a surplus. When Bush took over the country we had a $6+ trillion dollar debt. Clinton added $1.5 trillion to that debt in the first years of his 2 terms. The last 2 years of Clinton's 2nd term the Repub House and Senate forced him to accept a balanced budget at the end of the dot com boom. We had 2 years where we took in more than we spent but we still had a $6 trillion dollar debt which is a long ways from a surplus.
I agree that Bush spent too much money - but 0bama is making Bush's spending look like child's play.
If you want to learn something - google the National debt by year and you will see that we have never had a surplus - only a couple of years where we didn't add to the debt - big difference. Your welcome for the lesson in fiscal responsibility.
black_belt3,
You need some help on the difference between a deficit and a debt.
Clinton had a budget surplus while at the same time he had a national debt.
Think of it like this – If you bring home $5000 this month and your bills are only $4000 you have a $1000 surplus which you can either put in to an investment or apply it to your mortgage (debt).
Now if your bills are $6000 you now have a deficit of $1000. To cover your deficit you borrow $1000. That increases you long term debt.
You cannot pay down your debt if you don’t generate a surplus.
Exactly Democrat Soldier,
These people love to say: "It's not Bushes fault anymore...."
Well if George Bush cut off your left hand with a hatchet this week,.....it's still his fault next week.
Time neither erases, nor diminishes what he did, just as time does not diminish Clinton's passage of NAFTA. Clinton signed it, and it is still Clinton's fault. Our current recession is still Bush's fault.
REPUBLICANS: FACE IT,........... OWN IT: IT IS STILL BUSH'S FAULT.
No power in the cosmos can change that !!!
Now get you GOP a$$e$ out of our way while we mop up this effin mess!!
The Fed Govt economists said that the Bush recession ended in June 2009. Who am I gonna believe - you or the Fed??? Nice try but the financial problems we have now are due to 0bama's insane spending spree - face it dude - in Nov 2012 - Bush won't be on the ballot and the Repub candidate will be asking the voters if they are better off after 4 years of 0bama. Based on Nov 2010 and what continues to happen under our dear leader - the answer is going to be no and 0bama will be a 1 term POTUS. Thank God.
Romney, like most republicans, is memory challenged. They forget that we are in this economic mess because of delusional conservative economic policies and they want to return to those same old policies, allowing bankers and Wall Street to do "business as usual". Bankers and corporations have a strangle hold on the republican/tea bagger party.
Romney will never be elected, the conservative Christians do not like his brand of Christianity, they might elect a moron but not a Mormon.
They already did "elect" a moron. Remember Bush?
Romney has to learn that politics is a brutal game that is not kind to evasive losers. Palin learned that the hard way on national TV in front of Katie Couric. Couric had the temerity to ask her a direct question.
People wanna' know about the leaders they are electing, and all the bobbin' and weavin', stick n' move and fancy footwork comes down to two fighters squaring off sooner or later.
Can't evade forever. You have to tell us why you'd make a better President,......eventually.
Dems in both houses voted for the wars (unlike Obama and his goofy version of combat/not combat in Lybia)
Nice job on energy policies too wouldn't you agree? No drilling no jobs no answer for rising gas prices. Who cares if we produce oil here. It's good for the balance of trade to buy oil from our enemies
Ignore the Prime Minister of Isreal? That was a class act that shows true statesmanship. Iran has uprising and Obama says and does nothing to encourage the effort but is quick to support whoever is rebelling against quaddafi. Now we need some boots on the ground, right? And Nobel Peace prize. HA HA Ha! He did so much to deserve that! What is really scary is not only is Obama inept, he has surrounded himself with advisors who don't know any more than he does.
Obamacare. NOW that was classy the way it was jammed thru! It;'s the biggest blackhole of legislation in our history.
Chuck - it will be ruled unconstitutional during the election season of 2012. Couldn't ask for better timing. If SCOTUS hasn't ruled by Nov 2012 the new POTUS and the Repub majorities in the House and Senate will repeal it. Everyone with any sense now see's what a mess 0bamacare is and that it is not the answer to our HC challenges.
Control the interviews, keep us from hearing any answers to the hard questions..... soon he will have to join his buddies and start talking to real reporters.... then his own party can rip him up over his Socialized Medicine in Mass. It will be fun to watch.
socialized medicine = romney
can't argue with the facts....
Didn't Romney get his teeth-kicked-in by McCain in 2008? Losers don't become Presidents! (unless their Daddy's got the juice)
Chuck, you do realize that speculation on Wall Street has had a major impact on oil prices? Your h3rd paragraph is pretty worthless.
Ed, you do realize the speculators are betting that we will have shortages in our supply, i.e. Libya, Mid East unrest, no domestic drilling, Nuclear power on at least a temporary hiatus, etc.
An announcement tomorrow that domestic drilling is being allowed in ANWR, off shore, and that oil shale & tar sands are being put on the fast track and you'ed see that reverse big time. By Friday the average price per gallon would be about $3.00 or less.
"no domestic drilling"
That's a laugh.
Whenever I heard Romney speak and debate, he reminded me of those animatronic people that only can say what they have been programmed to say. For the Republicans, that's about all they field for Presidental candidates. At least Obama is a great speaker that can talk without teleprompters, cue cards or index cards they glance at while at the podium.
My personal opinion, Ronald Regan caught the imagination of the American people, when he blasted that reporter that tried to cut off his mike, saying "I paid for this microphone"...
[ref: http://www.billsims3.com/2008/04/i-am-paying-for-this-microphone-mr.html ]
He showed the American people, he's just like them. He gets angry, says what's on his mind. That is what the American people wanted then, and it's what the American people want now. Someone who's real. Not some politican that reads cards and acts like they can sell anything to the American people because we aren't smart.
I've yet to see a real person from the Republican party campaign for, debate as, a president by and for the people. I've seen lots of Republican manequins and card/prompter readers that often stick their foot in it when they blindly read what their speach writers wrote for them, but none who stand up and are real people talking. Even Rep (Wis) Ryan is a manequin, reading prepared speaches, and from a prompter. Dull, dry and fake.
There is something creepy about Romney. Kinda like that plastic headed Burger "King".
I know EXACTLY what you mean!
Thermen Merman "something creepy about Romney" Hell ... You line up the republicans up and you have one long creep show ... and Palin is beyond CREEP!!!
And Trump ... in the economic climate we have today ... why would you even think about a man that has a long string of upscale bamkruptcies and a trail of lawsuits???
Come on Mitt, it's time to "man up". You can't hide behind Fox news forever. It's time to tell us what you would do. Declare yourself. Go on those MSNBC liberal talk shows and stand toe to toe. Unless you are afraid. Faint heart never won a Presidency. The Bible Belt will NEVER vote for you. And that is where you lose!
Romney is playing it perfectly and its driving you liberals nuts. The best thing the Repub candidates can do is wait to declare - it is over 550 days until the election. Why give the liberal wackos extra time to trash the Repub candidates. It's kinda fun watching 0bama go to colleges and try to win this group of college kids over. Not gonna be easy this time. 85% of the kids who have graduated since 0bama became POTUS have had to move back home with Mom & Dad because they couldn't afford to live on their own.
We're going to have an election and no one is going to know who the Republican nominee is until they go into the voting booth. Unless you watch Fox News (sorry, I just CAN'T!) you won't know anything about the Republican nominee.
Romney might be able to win a national election against Obama, but I don't think there is any way he gets nominated. Either the presidential nominee or the vice-presidential nominee is going to have to be a teabirther, and they have to talk to all Americans sooner or later. When they do, game over.
No matter who the Repub candidate is - they are going to beat 0bama. He is going to win 12 or 13 states and DC. There has been a red sea change and 0bama is going to get hit by another tsunami - just like in Nov 2010.