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Subscribe to RSSNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney on Tuesday, calling it an "easy decision" to back the former Massachusetts governor's presidential campaign.
Christie, an icon among Republicans this cycle, drew on Romney's experience in the private sector and his time in government to endorse Romney this afternoon, hours before an important debate for presidential candidates in New Hampshire.
"I'm here in New Hampshire today for one simple reason: America cannot survive another four years of Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney's the man we need to lead America, and we need him now," Christie said.
Romney's campaign had worked to court Christie for quite some time; the two have been in contact for months, according to a Romney adviser, and have been so even more frequently since Christie said he wouldn't run. Romney secured the endorsement on Saturday when he and his wife, Ann, traveled to meet with Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, at their private home in New Jersey.
"He's a real hero in Republican circles because he's a man who's been forthright, been clear in his desire to rein in the excessive spending, to hold down debt, and do his best to get New Jersey working again for the people of New Jersey," Romney said in his introduction of Christie. "He is a man who has a following of a lot of folks across this country, and so when he indicated a willingness to join my team, I could not have been more pleased and more happy."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign dispatched somewhat of a response to Christie's announcement, expressing respect for Christie.
"Gov. Perry has the utmost respect for Gov. Christie and looks forward to his help unseating President Obama next year," communications director Ray Sullivan said in a statement. "Until then, Gov. Perry will continue traveling the country talking about job creation and getting America working again."
(Earlier on Fox News, Sullivan said Christie's endorsement was an example of Northeast Republicans "sticking together.")
Christie's endorsement is of tremendous symbolic endorsement for Romney, who's worked to get the GOP establishment to rally around his candidacy in the week since the New Jersey governor declined to seek the presidency.
The New Jersey governor already went on the attack on Romney's behalf, too; Christie decried words on Friday from a Texas pastor, speaking in favor of Perry, who called Romney's Mormon religion a "cult," and Christie called attacks on Romney's health care law as governor "intellectually dishonest."
"These types of religious matters have nothing to do with the quality of somebody's ability to lead," Christie said. "I think that any campaign that associates itself with that type of comment is beneath the office of president of the United States, in my view."
Today's news gives Romney the imprimatur of the blunt-talking governor heading into tonight's debate in New Hampshire, where Romney hopes to grow his tentative lead over the rest of the Republican field.
But it also caps off a week of endorsements for Romney since Christie (and, subsequently, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin) announced his intentions, all but finalizing the stable of candidates for the 2012 cycle. In the past week, Romney has announced endorsement from GOP luminaries (former NH Sen. Judd Gregg and other current lawmakers), party money men (Home Depot cofounder Kenneth Langone, who had urged Christie to run), and party activists (influential Florida conservative Justin Sayfie, et al).
NBC's Garrett Haake contributed from Lebanon, NH
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Romney has always been the republican nominee because he is a wall street/corporate whore,
Yep, Romney is likely to win but the GOP/TP Congress ineptitude (NO) will defeat him in the general election. Most especially with the Mob Boss, Eric Cantor overseeing proceedings.
Chris Christie... I hope you are not just saying that because he promised you free donuts, if elected. I kid, I kid... but you gotta admit, that was funny though. What about Perry, can we all just give him a second chance? he misspoke a little bit that's all... all that free tuition for illegals was a mistake and he already said he was sorry.... and about that vaccination mandate - he was only concerned for the lil gurls.
It's fun watching the repubs implode...they should resoundingly beat Obama (he's been bloddied).... but I see Obama prevailing on this one....can't see Romney becoming president - sorry Romney folks.
Without President Barack Obama standing between the 99%, and the Republican Do-ZeroZeroZero leadership,
Sponsored by ALEC/KOCH/Americans for Prosperity/Norquist et al. (GOPTP acting on their orders),
We will see a shattered backward economy with zero standing in the world, feudalism, untreated illness, child mortality, unemployment, jobs paying pennies on the dollar, poverty and private prisons raking in the cash for low-pay-no-pay-benefits,
Like no SciFi movie ever dared show.
A whore is someone who is willing to set aside principles, or personal integrity to obtain something for personal benefit.
Obama taking a million from Goldman Sachs and then bailing them out ..... giving them 100 cents on every dollar for their part in the collapse of the economy - is the perfect example of a whore.
Yep, Romney will win. The GOP is owned by a very small number of super wealthy people, and they would prefer Romney. The problem is that the GOP's voters don't share the opinion of the GOP's funders; they can't stand Romney. In the Republican primaries the money always trumps the voters.
That will backfire in the general election though. Romney won't excite the base, he will have to count on Obama hatred to help him get out the vote. It might work, you never know.
It is amazing how similar this is to the Kerry V Bush race. Kerry was a lame candidate, it was obvious at the time that he had the charisma of a stool sample. Romney is the same way.
Tunde,
Romney will flip flop on the promise of donuts to Christie.......I betcha.
Mr "Whore" Bob,
Now let's all think of denigrating, sleazy things we can say about Bob. He deserves it and
It ain't so hard to do......
OK, what kind of double speak is that?
Who's bright idea was it to have Gov. Christie talk about 'pies'? lol
Oh, bob, you really should get your talking points from a reputable source. It was George W. Bush who bailed out Goldman Sachs--Obama hadn't even been elected yet when TARP was passed. September/October 2008, remember?
Backhouse navy,
Funny, even the Muslims around the world, who Obama so desperately sucked up to, have a lower opinion of Obama than Bush.
what a drama queen
btw - in case you haven't noticed there are more uninsured now than under the previous repub, more on food stamps than ever before in American history; more poor; the worst long term unemployment, the worst recovery, the biggest loss of home equity, etc. since the Great Depression.
Don't pay much atttention to current affairs, huh?
Sorry Backhouse, ya know I luv ya, but I've got better things to do than get down in the mud with Bob.
Romney is the guy and as I posted months ago, he's actually my number two choice. My number one is Obama/Biden, but we could do a whole lot worse than Romney. Just think what a Perry or Bachman or (heaven forbid) Ron Paul administration would be like. (makes me shudder)
Romney, despite his desperate courtship of the Tea Party, is a moderate. At the end of the day, when all the shouting is over and the votes are counted he will go back to being a moderate. So, I see his candidacy as a win-win.
Do I think he will be elected? No. Sadly his religion will alienate the evangelical wing of the GOP/TP/LDS and they will stay home in droves.
Ya know, I knew something was up when Fox and Fiends was touting a poll that showed Romney beating Obama by a significant margin. I think the poll was taken among registered Republicans likely to vote in the 2012 Presidential Election, but I'm not sure. Gee, I would have expected Romney to have done better. But I guess that's my point. :-)
Happy Days are here again.
That Mormon guy's not gonna win.
Though Fox and Friends may spin and spin
Happy days are here again!
Obama/Biden 2012
"In the first 100 days of my second term in office I pledge a full investigation of Fox News, News Corp, the Koch Brothers and Koch Industries and Grover Norquist...."
Awww a guy can dream can't he?
Teapublicans about to be given their marching orders? Get on board now! Far right candudates aren't welcome. Repubs elites say "hell no", its the status quo or Obama. Take it or leave it. Swallow hard, teapublicans! Your choice is null and void.
How about Bob calls you a "wh..re"?
Or you call him one? Fair do-s?
No need to embellish or exaggerate, Governor Christie.
Truth is, Romney vs Obama would be the choice.
This is easy.
Romney/Rubio 2012.
Rubio????? Are you kidding. He will pass Amnesty as soon as he gets in. I have yet to find a hispanic politician that doesn't want to invite the whole of poor Mexico here and have the tax payers of America support them. Beware of Rubio.
In California, the hispanic politicians have rammed thru their adgenda only looking out for hispanics and illegal ones at that. Free college education for illegals, Illegals who illegally drive cannot have their cars taken away, Nannies can unionize even though most are illegal. Give me a break with hispanic politicians ONLY looking out for hispanics. Send them all back until they learn to love America first.
I would also like to say, once again, how much nicer it is to peruse FIRST READ with the RWNJ's on "ignore". I don't listen to Limbaugh and (except for this morning at the Toyota dealership) I never watch FOX NEWS, and my world is much much better for it. So why should I read the rantings and ravings of the foaming at the mouth crowd? They don't have anything to say that I have the least interest in reading.
Buh-bye.
It's just a better experience without them. Try it, you'll like it.
Obama/Biden 2012
Christie throws in with the candidate most likely to be bashed by his own party as a "RINO".
Will the GOP keep heading at top speed for the extremist right cliff, and jettison both Christie and Romney as insufficiently Party Pure?
They might both be better off if the Repubbies toss 'em out of the car before they do go over the cliff.
Romney bribed Christie for his endorsement, I think it was 1 or 2 cases of twinkies.
The elephant in the room: If Romney turns out to be the nominee (and I think it is too early to predict that.) Will the fringe right "true believers" run a third party candidate? I can't see the evangelicals accepting Romney.
"That Mormon guy's not going to win".
First Read's bloggers...shining examples of religious tolerance.
Hey Bob, whatcha smoking?
Backhouse dummy, I didn't call you a whore ..... I said Obama was the perfect example of a whore.
Who would pay you anything for your worthless Obama nosebleed?
newdayDAWNING: "Will the fringe right "true believers" run a third party candidate? I can't see the evangelicals accepting Romney."
When the alternative would be Obama, "the fringe right true believers, as you call them, will vote for Romney. ABO.
The economy started to tank in 2007 under President Bush, who signed TARP September/Oct 2008.
We lost 8 million jobs before President Obama got started. We now know that the GDP droped to minus 8.9% (not minus 3.9%).
No-one knew, not even you, how low the GDP dropped. A weakened stimulus was passed because Republicans purposely watered it down. It worked well enough for a time on that amount though, and a million plus jobs were created in 2009. We were well on our way to recovery.
When the recovery started to slow, Obama requested we put in more money and of course GOP blocked it. That was before anyone knew we had actually dipped to minus 8.9%.
Since then Republican leaders have made an all-out attack on our recovery and the well-being of the American people. They blocked 3 Jobs Bills this year, dropped us down to 5th in the world by threatening a government shutdown and that hat-trick made three times this year.
Republican leaders are totally useless for the 99% and are out to destroy our economy and our standing in the world. They tied the Senate up and filibustered at 3 times the pace ever seen before in American history.
They are getting paid to say "No, no compromise, no vision, no future, you are all on your own because we are with the corporations, Sayonara".
If they want to stop millions of jobs being created for ordinary people via WHATEVER MEANS available to us right now,
Ask them WHY? Do you have the guts to ask them or to face what they are doing to this country in the name of corporate profits, the most ever made by any group in the history of the US or the world?
Why should our kids go hungry for Republican Leaders to play footsiewith Norquist/ALEC/KOCH/ in the House and Senate?
I want to see their birth certificates and check how if they are old enough to make important decisions that affect the United States and the entire world economy.
w bush: "Romney has always been the republican nominee because he is a wall street/corporate whore"
Hey w bush, You better email Obama that you may be associating HIM with the "corporate whores" , as you call them. Obama's " in bed" with Wall Street . After all, Goldman Sachs gave 3/4 of their donations to Obama in 08.
Leona: Did you read my whole post or was it too complex for you? My question, for the erudite who post here I might add, was "will there be a third party candidate from the fringe right." Now, do have someone explain what that means to you.
ABO.
lol
[First Read's bloggers...shining examples of religious tolerance.]
And to think you just stick around for the doughnuts...Just admit it...your chaps are frosted because you can't read certian individuals' posts....
PEN-24
"...Romney will flip flop on the promise of donuts to Christie.......I betcha."
Now that's even funnier....LMAO!!!!
Maybe when bag boy who has self-appointed himself Judge & Jury on all things tolerant starts calling out his own - people might start taking him a wee bit more serious...
Until then, bag boy comes across as nothing more than a hypocritical right wing
tool... fool...Really, mouse?
At least I can read...AND comprehend.
Feisty-
I'm humbled.
You are indeed First Read's standard in terms of tolerance.
You're OK, darlin'.
However...
First Read ought to be ashamed.
Yet - here you are... always lurking & smirking...
Says more about YOU bag boy, then it does about First Read...
So we don’t like a Mormon to lead the country nor an atheist, Muslim, Jew, communist, libertarian, teapublican, corporate whore or a “religious nut”. I wonder who you would suggest should lead this once great country. Do you really know? I don’t think so!
Perhaps, it is time to approach Hollywood to spare one of theirs?
Backhouse, well said. Can't speak for you but I know sometimes I cannot let some of the ridiculous comments made by bob or the others pass without a response.
Oh, and how about Koch Industries MB...under investigation for dealing with Iran...bribery, etc...doesn't look good...this is right up your alley...you know...a "conspiracy" and all...
...and you STILL can't read my posts...LOL
But if you're truly interested in what I have to say, why not just ask?
Seems simple enough, even for you, right MB?
...go ahead and say it...you know I'm right...
I never tire of seeing Mitt run... i kinda enjoy seeing those bad hair cuts and the $29.00. "suit in a Bag " !
It's good to see. A southern Teabagger needs an establishment VP from outside the south, and vis-a-versa. Romney can't get a Teabagger like Huckabee or any Evangelical on his ticket, and Perry won't get Cain or Christie. The field is set and running out of partners.
My aim is true, mouse.
Right between the eyes.
And...
Of course you're right, mouse.
lol
@ James-374183
I don't think Rubio would even take a VP nod. But- you need to take another look at Rubio. He's taken a VERY hardline stance on immigration. There was an article in Politico that makes it pretty clear that he may even lose the Hispanic vote over it- though I think thats invalid- even the legal immigrants here don't want the illegals!
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So MB...you mean to tell me you're not biting on the Koch Industries "conspiracy"?
I'm disappointed.
But be careful, you risk becoming as insignificant as Spanky, NoJo and Smiffy...
...oh, being that you brought up Spanky...did you know your BFF has resorted to taking pot shots at First Readers' wives? How....appalling, right?
...just sayin'...
Why aren't Republicans looking at Buddy Roemer? I guess he failed some purity test. Roemer is sick of money in politics so won't accept contributions of more than $100 and is joining the Occupy Wall Street movement. If the GOP wants swing voters, they need to dump the current field. Just saying...
Wow, I guess Christie is ready to out himself as just another neocon RINO scumbag...who knew?
TruePatriot - Buddy who? Your out there in a galaxy far, far away. Even the Paul robots are a few light years closer to reality. Not that, that's saying much.
Thanks for cutting me out of "the herd", mouse.
Sorry, I can't return the favor.
I'm honestly unable to tell you apart from the rest of the First Read Libs R Us crowd.
Try harder to distinguish yourself, mouse.
For now...you're just a face in the crowd.
Amused but not distracted....
Actually, I saw the guy (Buddy Roemer - Republican) on Hardball yesterday...he's a republican and I liked the way he spoke (truthfully and honestly); Chris Matthews tried to throw him of his game, but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about...
I admit, I know very little of him, but I was truly truly impressed, even though I'm a democrat...his talk about how our elections are tainted by corporate money was on the money - both dems and repubs unfortunately have to lay in bed with big business....and last of all... big business does most of the legislation (since they write the laws... and pass it off to politicians to vote on - based on ideology)....
True Patriot:
I have been wondering when someone was going to bring up Buddy Roemer. He is by far the best candidate running for the Republican nomination.
Although, I have yet to see anyone who could make me switch my vote from Obama/Biden, if Roemer got the Republican nod, I would listen very closely to what he has to say on specifics.
That he has nailed Big Money between the eyes - for both Democrats and Republicans - is enough to warrant serious attention. Big Money in its incarnation as Big Media has deliberately squashed him. What a shame.
In a very short time in office CC has made law changes such that no corporation in NJ will EVER pay tax again and has instead asked teachers to pay towards the states coffers instead. So instead of corporations making MILLIONS of dollars in profits paying into the system he wants teachers making upwards of $70k (maximum w/ BA in NJ) to pay into the state. Yeah he's just awesome!!!!!
It's like Christie had to wait on SNL to make the decision for him and he followed through. SNL realizes the governor's lapses of thought and is proud of be of service.
[I'm honestly unable to tell you apart from the rest of the First Read Libs R Us crowd.]
Really? Why is that, MB? Because I don't subscribe to "conspiracy theories"? Or is it that you're just not trying hard enough? Or not at all?
You give yourself waaaaay too much credit, MB...LOL...In reality, you never bothered to ask...you just "ASSumed...how sad for you.
Simply put, my (or anyone else's, for that matter) posting history hasn't been "wiped out"...I merely choose to not clutter up my exquisite profile with secondary, distracting material. Besides, it's MY profile...but you feel free to call it what you want...being you loves you some "conspiracy"....wiped out...deleted...oooo here's a good one for you..."censored". How's that for a "conspiracy theory"...better than Koch-Gate?
Currently my posts are on a "need to know" basis, and you don't fall into that "need to know" category.
I know this burns your ass, but hey...maybe in time...you never know.
If it's information you seek, just ask...nicely...you may be amazed at just how far some sugar will get you.
It doesn't matter who the GOP candidate is. They will landslide 1 Term 0bama. He will win 6 - 8 states like Jimmy Carter who is doing cartwheels that he is no longer the worst POTUS ever. 1 Term 0 beat him to that title in 2 years.
Mickey NY,
Go have a drink buddy!
lol, Mickey.
You're sooooo emotional.
Listen to Ana.
My esteem for Christie just dropped 50%.
I don't think our country can survive four more years of bush. As Romney has hired many, many old bush advisers including his economic team that thought tax cuts and wars went together. Remember them telling us how good of condition our country was in right before the crash.
Well Romney has brought them back. Success like Bush's should be done again, right?
AF,
You are correct. Since Obama has morphed into Bush, he needs to go.
True, most of GWB's foreign policy team is on board with Romney - NO WAY.
We barely survived the 8 years of Bush and are still recovering from his failed policies. When Bush won, we were just digging out of the Reagan and Bush 41 debt and deficit hole. Romney won't solve our problems, he'll just make them worse by re-instituting those same failed policies--trickle down Reaganomics.
And the masses of idiots I fear will buy into the same old crap.
No Mormon will ever lead this country. Nor atheist. Ain't gonna happen.
Thanks, Tim.
You can't put a price on that kind of honesty.
Pay attention, First Readers.
Right, Jody?
Timothy1Mil: "No Mormon will ever lead this country. Nor atheist. "
What did you say when Obama got elected? His mother was an atheist and his father was a Muslim. Obama himself sat, for 20 years, in the "church" of a "Rev." who spews hatred for this country.
"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
Leona, did you ever listen to the entire sermon of Reverend Wright, the one that only a cherry picked clip ran on a continuous loop? I did, on Bill Moyers, and that phrase that ran constantly was in regards to some of the things America did going back decades to aid and abet dictators, and despotic rulers, our aiding Osama bin Laden and the insurgents (now Taliban) to defeat the Russians in Afghanistan (Reagan, remember him) and then not keeping our promise to help the country recover from the decades of war and destruction. While I do not agree with the language he used, his point was accurate. You cannot complain about Reverend Wright without also complaining about the many outrageous, prejudiced and hateful comments made by a number of pastors like Hagge, Fisher, Parslie, Jeffress.
Leona, Obama is a CHRISTIAN (not that I care). You either want to pass on the misinformation or maybe you actually believe it, but that does not make it true. And I think most organized religions are bastions of spewing.
Christie just showed he's just another RINO...endorsing Mitt is an embarassment for someone conservatives thought was their next "savior". What a joke this guy is.
Timothy that is so true it is sad. Our country is so egocentric about Christians it is just too funny. We won't elect a President unless he is Christian. Hell the candidate could be Ghandi reincarnated but if he was an atheist he would have no chance. We need to get our heads out of the giant anal orifice that is Religion and start voting based on only thing that matters; policies.
Jody, people like Leona do not read or watch anything that will show them to be bigots or wrong. Those two things are not possible in a conservative mindset.
So, Christi thinks Mitts is the man to lead the country in the SAME direction St Reagan, and others after him have led us in to the point we are now?
Do you suppose, say, 99% of Americans think so, too?
DBO
Which of the St Regans? Is it the one that raised taxes 11 times?
Damnit, PEN- now ya done it.
NOW all we're gonna hear is "Don't mention Reagan any more"!!
Or the one that thinks millionaires should pay more in taxes than a bus driver?
Reagan would have to run as a Democrat in today's politics.
Can't mention St. Reagan....can't mention Dubya.......
Who's left to take over the sainthood spot?
Saint Taint??
(easy, DBO- gonna get deleted.....)
No way you'll be deleted, DBO.
Relax.
You're well within the default setting for most First Read bloggers.
Judged by that (admittedly and remarkably) low standard...you're almost always "in bounds".
Christie = RINO neocon...and now we all know it for sure.
If he is the man then send him down to wall street to reassure the crowds that he knows for a fact what is wrong with wall street, and that he will fix it from the inside out. Hell he can tell them he feels their pain because he has been living in the basement of his sons 14,000 sq ft home while he demolishes his beachfront mansion to build a bigger one, you go Romney, you the man. Maybe you can use those song lyrics "I was in the right place but it must have been the wrong time" as a sort of campaign theme.
get a job and work hard and with any luck you too could afford a big house.
crying doesn't help.
Get a job, work hard, and with any lick, you won't have some big-assed CEO outsource YOUR job to someone making $2.50 an hour, so HIS salary can go up ANOTHER mil or so....
Oooops-
'lick', 'luck',
I can't type- who gives a ...... Never mind.
Or "What ever you want me to say today, that's what I meant".
Not a song lyric, but it fits Willard's persona.
Who works for 2.50 an hour?
I can't even find filipino's or indians who work for that! Depending on the job, it's usually 5 (low-level stuff/administrative assistants/etc) to 30 (software).
Still a bit cheaper than US counterparts, but the gap is narrowing.
But on a much more 'serious' note, I don't think out-sourcing is going away anytime soon. An employer can hire someone for 10/hr...much easier to sign corp-to-corp with other businesses and let them deal with that hassle.
Note; This was educational only. I forked up the extra bucks to corp-to-corp some group in Ohio, opting to keep it on-shore instead. But seriously, there is a price disparity and any business with a slim profit-margin is hard-pressed not to off-shore. Esp. smaller and startups.
ObamaSUCKER, the only jobs that corporate/republicans have left in this country pay minimum wage, I don't give a damn how hard you work, pulling down that kind of cash ain't going to buy a "big" house, hell it won't even pay the rent on a one room apartment, so mouthing off about getting a job and working hard is stupid.
The fact that Romney will always be a bridesmaid and never a bride has nothing to do with me working hard and my modest by Romney's standards home. He is just always the guy that does not quite fit in, at least not enough to ever win a general election. I don't think his chances are getting much better.
So, Suckzzz, what you're saying is that the GOP attacking President Obama about not creating enough jobs because there are millions of unemployed Americans is just a GOP lie because there's plenty of jobs out there if people stopped complaining about the lack of them. Your own arguments don't match your words.
Hey Forrest Grump 2.0, Instead of demonizing Romney and the GOP, why don't you try something NEW? In Herman Cain's words............."GET OFF THE DEMOCRAT PLANTATION."
Oh MY - looks like they caught up with ObamaSucks!
Good riddance! lol
I have not demonized Romney, I never called him any derogatory names, he is always out of place is what I said, that does not make him a demon. His political career is what it is, I have not spoken I'll of him personally, and if you find a post where I did feel free to copy and paste it to my embarrassment.
Mittens will lose. GOP have given up and are already thinking ahead to 2016.
lol
we shall see.
back to corruptcago for the Socialist
Obama lover, I have found your post to be total garbage and am using my personal freedom to never have to read your post again.
Goodbye to the succccker and hello to ignore.
*sheds-big-fat-tears-over-that-one*
:)
A Romney/West or Romney/Rubio ticket would have the liberals soiling their diapers.
Rubio already said he does not want to be considered as anyone's VP or did you miss that "breaking news"?
Romney is Ready and Cain is Able.
Romney/Cain 2012
Umm that ticket would be the most liberal ticket possible...what are you talking about?
Mitt is pro-TARP, pro-Federal Reserve, pro-war....he's Obama light.
Christie just showed he's nothing but a RINO neocon just like Mitt....and apparently you too.
Romney-Cain or Romney - Rubio "shellacks" 1 Term 0bama. Liberals should put up a real candidate. They are about to lose both chambers of Congress & the WH for years to come. 0bamacare going down in June on a 5 - 4 vote will be sweet.
Well --- Romney is the only Republican with any chance of beating Obama but the ONLY way he will ever get the nomination is for the few remaining sane Republicans to wrestle control of the party away from the nut-cases, the loons, the fundys, the flat earthers, the conspiracy whackos and the outright crazies who are currently in charge.
lol
my 4 year old could beat Obama.
what's OSocialist run on? his record? lolllllllllllllllllll
my 4 year old could beat Obama.
That statement shows how uninformed you are. The ONLY Republican candidate leading Obama in any pool is Romney and he's not up by much. Even Fox says that.
Shouldn't a strong incumbent POTUS be leading all polls regardless?
what does the GOP-fascist party run on?
tanking the country by letting investment bank and wall street do what ever they want.
shrinking the middle class.
keeping the country safe?
war mongering?
geez I don't know?
Also looks like we GOT ANOTHER SPANKY here... some one who feels compelled to comment on every other comment, by posting fleeting rambling thoughts. Holy Crap get a life.
and spanky & SUCKZZZ-hole you don not need to comment on this posting.
No, most presidential wannabees in polls this early show a close race with either the incumbent slightly ahead or slightly behind. Why? Because no matter who is president, even Reagan, voters like to be noncommittal, like to browse to see what the other side has to offer. Polls are a snapshot in time. There is no official candidate. This poll number caught my attention last week: 46% of GOP primary voters say they aren't happy with the field.
We hear a lot about President Obama's low approval ratings yet they are better than or close to those of most previous presidents at about the same time frame. The difference this year is that the economy is still hurting; Reagan faced that same problem. After selling the Myth of Reagan, people forget that back then, voters liked the man but not his policies. He won re-election easily.
Romney has the least chance of beating Obama. He can't get 15% of his own Party to vote for him in the general election (the Ron Paul supporters), and he is the most liberal Republican running giving little contrast to Obama. He also predicted NOTHING in the economic collapse while Ron Paul predicted the whole thing detail for detail in 2002 (6 years before it happened), and he supports keeping the Federal Reserve (the cause of the collapse). He can't nail Obama on torture and war, because he himself supports them. He even supported TARP.
Why do people say he is the only Republican that can win? He's a RINO neocon scumbag.
Chris.......its a AMERICAN website, hello free speech! Its an opinion,one you may like but its his/hers and he /she is entitled to it. Pursuant to rules and regulations here! LOL which can ebb and flow with the tides.
Mitt Romney doesn't have foreign experience. He is a flip flopping, slippery "politician." People don't know what positions he will stand for. He will change his mind 10 times before coming into a conclusion. He is an opportunist and is just in it for himself. Mitt Romney is tricky. Imagine Romney in the white house making decisions on afghanistan, libya, iraq, china. He is an opportunist. He is not natural.
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and OFukup does?
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At least we know what Obama stands for and thinks about. I don't totally know what Romney thinks or does. He doesn't have any position that he stands for. He is a tricky businessman. He cannot be trusted with anything including economics, military. Probably socially he might be liberal. I don't know what 100 days of Romney will be like, because I don't have any clue. He might impose tarif, he might invade another country, he might do anything. That is scary, because he is not natural politician, flip flopping businessman that have no clue what is going on around him except himself. He will say anything to get elected.
Uh......anny buddy seen Smiff??
DBO, shhhh.
Remember: Cain is a typical black that can't keep his mouth shut, big mouth at that.
The Occupy Wall Street crowd is beginning to force a slight left turn in the Republican landscape. Even Christie is moving to the left. Could it be that both these governors realize that you have to work with Independents and Democrats especially since they appear to be alive in well?
Why's that Christie? because you've been promised to be his V.P. pick?
Governor Christie just disappointed millions of GOP voters. They thought Christie was their anti-Romney candidate. Who knew he was just like Mitt!
Mitt will lose because he is a Mormon and because he cannot stick to his game plan. Way to wishy washy. There will also be an outsider running( a no.3) that will take votes away from Mitt, ultimitly handing the job over to President Obama again.
Unless the 3rd party candidate comes form the OWS-types.
Then he'll just take votes from Obama.
See, I can play the 'unfounded future predictions!' game too!
tek, yes that could happen, but it is alot more likely to come from the repub side. Romney cant beat him on his own anyway.
Post # 14-2 Does your mommy know you're on the computer today? You need to be spanked, have your mouth washed out with soap and sent to bed without any dinner!
Now, I'm definitely not a 'polls' guy.
and I won't ever vote for Romney. Ever. Period.
But the numbers I've seen clashed together all indicate that Romney beats Obama right now.
There is already an outsider running who will syphon votes off only this time he is on the inside running as a republican, his name is Ron Paul. He will not get the nod, he may tell his supporters to get behind the nominee, but his supporters often just write his name in on the ballot, and his supporters are not on board with a lot of republican policy, libertarians may spell trouble for republicans even if Ron Paul suggests they support the nominee and that is a big if.
How can Christie, who is supposed to be this forthright guy, be for Romney who changes his positions every day to suit the crowds. I am a NJ'er and am very disappointed.
Good question. Personally, it's probably because Christie only sounds forthright but because he's loud and often rude, it makes him seem like he's telling folks his real view.
because Christie is just another neocon RINO scumbag....and he just proved it.
No, he definitely isn't... and I'm from Massachusetts.  Even though I'm doubting more and more each day Obama's any better.
A few years ago in Canadian politics they had a Mr. Dithers, namely Paul Martin. In American politics today they have a new Mr. Dithers, Mitt Romney. Good luck with that one. haha
Christie just proved he is just another follower of the Republican party machine. Don't rock the boat. Play nice and we'll take care of your Fat _ss later on. That's alright Chris, the Republican Party machine didn't want Reagan either. So we'll see if Mitt "Middle of the Road" Romney even gets a chance to lead America. There hasn't even been one primary and you just sold your allegiance to what? More smoke and mirrors. The PEOPLE have NOT YET SPOKEN.
Concur with Christie. Romney is honest and does not have to use slander or smoke and mirrors to try and degrade other GOP canidates. He has experience to get jobs to Americans and he will do what he says. To accomplish this he also needs to get control of the Senate and the House. The demorats have had their chance and blew it. Obozo has lied and fed us a bunch of BS for more than three years. His moron crew of Plouffe, Jarrett, Pelosi, Reid, Rahm (long gone and good for us), Geithner, Holder and other losers has put us deeper in debt and less secure. It is time to get the far left liberal socialist/marxists out the door and put some real leadership in to serve the people. I would also suggest that Herman Cain or Newt would be terrific as VP. I personally would like Rubio to run or even Paul Ryan who has the real ideas to help Americans. Mitt Romney is the best candidate will soundly defeat Obozo. Go out in 2012 and get the real hope and change! Don't be swayed by the ckass warfare attempts by the demorats and the stupid unions who only want to continue to ruin our great country.
Rick, i hope that you are not able to vote. Or at least somebody takes you to a doctor to get your head looked at. You far right radicals are a little crazy.
Romney's economic plan is "trust me - I've worked in the private sector," and his foreign affairs plan is "I'ff find out what the military wants and I'll build more ships." Yawn!! I thought Christie had more imagination than this, but of course, his options are limited.
You just totally discredited yourself and your opinion right there. He's the most flip-floppy liar in the field, to even to most uneducated observor.
Schill!
And Royalstar...anyone who supports Romeny is leftist...he's not far right, he's a liberal Republican in the ilk of Nelson Rockefeller, obviously. You also discredit yourself.
Romney didn't predict the economic collapse in 2002, 6 years before it happened; Ron Paul did. Let's all remember that.
RINO lovers.
Again......your opinion! And a minority one at that!
proindividual, i said that Rick is a far right crazy, not Romney. Learn how to read and decifer things you idiot. You are the one discrediting yourself you know it all. And Ron Paul is a shrivel sack moron.
So. The Hindenburg endorsed the anti-christ. Are you all happy now?
What's going to happen to Bush on steroids and twice as dumb, Herman Monster and Malibu Barbie?
Well, governor, you'll just have to pardon the rest of us who don't want a president beholding to a religious cult.
John - It doesn't matter what religion the president is since we don't have an established religion in our government and the president and congress don't govern by religious dictate. So what do you care what religion or possibly no religion the president or any member of congress is? You do know we have a separation of church and state in this country don't you? I don't want any religious bias in my legislators because I don't want to live under anyone else's religious dogma.
Romney's the man we need to lead America...into the she't-house.
The way I look at it is; America had an idiot in the White House for eight years, Bush! So what difference will it matter if Romney another Republican idiot occupies the White House!
They'd only finish off what the bush-idiot almost did alone -- a total collapse of our ENTIRE way of life, for one....
The entire GOP belongs in prison, for conspiracy and high treason, with 100 lashes per month for life.
We exchanged one warmonger, torturer, domestic surveiller for another. Both Bush and Obama are neocons, just in different Parties.
If they wanted Cristy and Critsy wants Romney then where does that leave the rabid GOP right? Oh what to do. Oh, what to do. You could go with the black man but that's not the way of your party. I love watching the GOP back itself into a dark corner little by little. It's a real pickle but it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people!
Teabagger Solution -- We need another tax cut for billionaires. That way the billionaires can afford their 2nd or 3rd mansion and a bigger yacht. Then they will hire us on as gardeners and maids and we can all be happy Americans.
Cut billionaires tax rates down to the same rate that everyone pays.
If the billionaire makes 1000 times more than you do, he should pay 1000 times more in taxes. And not one cent above that.
Why do you copy and paste this same comment every day on every article?
Try reading on economics. It might help you understand why tax increases hurt the economy, especially in downturns.
And the more you say "Teabagger" the more you are a "libtard".
Why do I have to pay a higher tax rate then the Walton kids, who inherited their billions and never worked a day in their lives?
Why would we be taxing people who don't work? You lefties got your greedy hands on what their dad earned, and then there must have been some death tax thing, and now you want to tax the kids have today after the dad's long gone?
If they are investing what's left, then they pay 15% capital gains tax, which is a higher rate than most of the population. Unless you make over $85,000 as a single person or over $120,000 as a married person, you pay less than a 15% effective rate on income tax, including all deductions and credits.
So I'm sure you don't pay more.
The real question is why do any of us pay taxes (extortion on the threat of prison). We seem to mostly fund things against our wills that we mostly don't agree with (left or right). Wars, torture, domestic surveilance, TSA, bailouts for the rich losers, etc.,etc.,etc.
So why not just admit tax is extortion, and gain a real consistant moral theory and ethical standing? Why continue to assert your richer neighbors aren't extorted enough, because their extortion percentage is ess than yours?
Because you cheerlead for tyranny, that's why.
This country ran without a dime in income tax before 1913, and if we cut the warmongering, police State, drug war, secret prisons, world empire, etc.,etc.,etc. we could afford to fund it without an income tax again.
The problem is you want more government, not less....even though it's the government extorting you against your will and wrecking all of our lives, not to mention inspiring hatred for us around the world.
Wake up.
Pro, you cannot compare 1900's America to today's America. That is like attempting to tun an American appliance off of a European power grid.
People only lived to be around high 40's to 60's back then. We now have people living into their 90's all of the time. This causes a problem because you can't work all of your life. Back in what some would call the 'good ol days' people died before they would have reached retirement in the present era thus negating this massive issue.
People who do not live on a fixed income make no money or do not have enough retirement money stashed away to pay for their medical expenses. As we grow older we need more medical care; it is a fact of life. Unless you were a millionaire you are not going to have the hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement/pension/investments required to pay those medical expenses.
For example if you have to have surgery because some disease that has damaged your liver it is going to cost you around 25,000 to 40,000 out of pocket to have that done. Factor in any meds and follow up visits from this surgery and the costs go up another 1,000 to 2,000.
Healthcare is the single most expensive necessity in our country because our life spans are as long as they are and many older American's do not eat right or are in nursing homes that are only a few points shy of having prison class food. There are a lot of other factors as well, but the longevity of our population is the major reason healthcare and insurance costs so much.
This is also why Social Security is dead. They never went back and adjusted the age limits to compensate for the live span of our population and so we have seniors still collecting SS even 20 years past retirement.
It is a mix of bad planning and poor oversight and has nothing to do with the principle of taxes.
We also have a lot of things we never had back in the early 1900's, like a national highway system and 60,000 miles of road (might not be the actual figure) plaster throughout the country, or water/sewage treatment facilities that we have these day.
In order for us to go back to no taxes we have to go back to the America of the 1900's and I do not know why this is not obvious to some of the people who also think like you. Present countries and past countries and the policies that worked then as opposed to now are, and never will be, compatible without returning that country to its past state.
If you want to live in America circa 1900 fine by me but I would rather live int he present then trying to make everyone live in the past.