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Subscribe to RSSIDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- This morning in North Dakota, Mitt Romney talked about energy.
This afternoon in Idaho, he felt it.
Before what was easily the most boisterous, pro-Romney crowd of this campaign cycle, the former Massachusetts governor seemed delighted by the response he received, deadpanning as the crowd cheered, "You seem to be more than slightly inclined to support my candidacy. Is that right?"
The Idaho Falls fire marshal estimated 1,200 people packed the main gymnasium at Skyline High School, where they heard Romney's typical rally speech, with a side of energy policy. Romney himself seemed moved by the energy in the room. He normally plants his feet and stands ramrod straight, as he delivers remarks. Today, he paced the stage, talking fast.
"I am in this race, in part, because I have a wife who told me I needed to get into it again," Romney said. "She said that because we have five sons and five terrific daughters in law and 16 grandkids and she wanted to make sure those grandkids had a bright and prosperous future and she knew that for that to happen we needed a president that knew how to get this economy working for the American people."
When Romney finished his brief address in the first gym, he proceeded across the hallway to another large gym, where advance staffers and Secret Service officers had hastily constructed a second speaking area in front of a set of bleachers packed with another thousand supporters who Romney called upon to support him Tuesday.
All of this bodes well for Romney's Super Tuesday delegate haul, which could be buoyed by a strong showing here. Idaho awards 32 delegates proportionally in its caucuses. The state's governor, Butch Otter, was one of the first governors in the nation to back Romney, and Sen. Mike Risch is also a Romney backer. Romney's first ad here -- a positive one -- went up yesterday.
While Romney had already dropped out by the time Idaho voted in 2008, he is a well-known commodity here. The state borders Utah, where Romney's Olympics reputation remains strong, and nearly a quarter -- 23% -- of Idahoans are members of the LDS Church, the second highest percentage of any state in the nation outside Utah.
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WOW who would of guessed...?
Willard's feeling some ♥! lmao
Ummm.... Garrett, from every stump speech I've seen, he's roving around in his creased blue jeans while talking a mile a minute!
Unfortunately, the majority of the time Willard doesn't make an ounce of sense!
I don't think the five sons have anything to worry about regarding a bright and prosperous future. Each of them stands to receive $20 million non-taxed from mommy and daddy. If only we could all have a mon and dad to give us $20 million non-taxed then we wouldn't have economic problems.
Feisty---Mitt was getting in touch with his inner Sally Fields---"you like me, you really like me!"
SF,
I forgot all about that! lol
This is Willard's idea of working the crowd?
Greg---I have read that Mitt has already given away 100 million to the sons. Might explain why they all seem to be perpetually campaigning and not at day jobs---campaigning is their day job.
Oh Please! 1000 + followers does not make a president.
re:#1.5 and didn't he say that his sons were "serving their country" by campaigning for him??? WOW
According to last polls Obama is tied with Mitt, but Obama never stop campaigning and funraising since he was candidate to the WH, he should have more than 50 % on his side. However those numbers will change after the Republican nomination , then Mitt will focus in only one target , will see the real contest.
Can we get a source for those polls?
See, every poll I have seen this week has President Obama creaming either Willard or Santorum...
You might start with RealClearPolitics...
And we will be laughing our asses off at Willard the serial flip-flopper!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150743/obama-romney.aspx
How about this poll where Romney is up by 4 points.
Now feel free to crap on one of the most widely known polling organizations in the world!
Just keep ignoring Obama's crushing debt ....
Idaho has how many delegates again? Bet little Mitt is just jumping up and down he's so excited. Wonder how much it will cost him to buy Idaho?
based on 2008 statistics, each electoral vote cost obama a bit more than $2,000,000. delegates generally will cost less. obama is positioning himself to spend 25% more this time than last so the cost will change depending on how many electoral votes he gets this time
james - there are absolutely NO statistics that support your made up lies! But go ahead - it's all the GOP has lies, lies. lies and pathetic candidates/clowns!
Sanity, you got that right! I can't believe how many lies the GOP are spinning this election. It really show how pathetic their canidates are.
Funny, given that ID is populated by more retired LAPD than on the force now and the country's skinhead HQ, I would have figured Ricky would do better.
James
Which is about what McCain spent. So what is your point?
hang on guys. no lies. you do the math.
obama spent approximately $750,000,000 to get elected.
he received 365 electoral votes.
750,000,000 / 365 = $2,054,794.53
update -- i used $750,000,000; actually he only spent $740,000,000
corrected answer -- $2,027,397.26
loyal -- according to bloomberg obama spent $740,000,000 while mccain spent $278,000,000.
remember that mccain stayed with precedent and accepted public financing while obama, though he had promised to also take public financing, changed his mind (or maybe lied??).
obama out spent mccain by a 4 - 1 margin in the last few months proving that you can buy an election which seems to be what many folks on this site see to be claiming romney is doing.
just shows that both sides are equally vulnerable when it comes to being bought
ames
Yeah. I was using total spending vs. total electorials. Still McCain spent about the same so what is the point?
It doesn't matter how much Romney, or any other GOP candidate spends...Obama's got it in the bag. He's raised more $$$ than any candidate in history, he's been campaigning since he was sworn in, & all the stars(employment figures, economic outlooks, stock market highs, etc.) are magically aligning at just the right time...I am an Idaho LDS conservative, and I don't think that Romney, or anyone else in the GOP, are strong enough to stand a chance again Obama...doesn't matter if gas is $6.00 a gallon, or if we're at war with Iran, or if the deficit continues rising faster than a ...well, you get my drift...
Mitt's grandchildren already have bright and prosperous futures as 1%ers--thanks to Grampa's $57,000 per day earnings that he gets by exploitation of the 99% of us! OUR grandchildren....not so much!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Nurse moonbat, up your meds..and leave Romney's grandkids alone.
Nurse----basic estate planning would have Mitt and his wife give $26,000 per year to each grandchild now, let alone what they will inherit one day. The grandchild's parents could also give $26,000 per year to each. So each one could be knocking back over $50 per year.
Well, Republican Idahoans are known to play cute little games of footsie in the public forums like restrooms. Surprised Romney wasn't dancing across the stage to avoid those moves.
It must suck to wake up everyday and live through the jealousy.......silly libs.
Go out and make it!.....I know you gots it in ya!!
Quit spongin off of your neighbors
Who is this? http://twitter.com/#!/girly_bits
Michael1969 - And just who would we be jealous of? Not Romney and Santorum - they're so far out of touch with reality it is just plain scary. And at what point will you right wingers grow up. I don't know any "libs" who sponge off anyone. I work and pay my own bills plus give to some of my favorite charities that help others. (I know that's foreign to you right wingers who hate everyone but some of us don't). And, if you look at the states with the largest amount of welfare recipients - ooooooh wait for it - they are the Red states. So now, go crawl back under your rock, curl into your fetal position and feel as stupid as you sound!
"plus give to some of my favorite charities that help others. (I know that's foreign to you right wingers who hate everyone but some of us don't)."
Actually, sanity, studies show that conservatives on average give far more to charities than liberals.
Typically, Joe Biden talked about helping the poor with others' money , but he was amazingly cheap in giving any of his own money to charity.
Most libs are on the public payroll , or taking a government check. That is why they want to raise taxes, so they can leech off hardworking taxpayers.
Actually, bob when liberals give to charity it isn't just throwing money as a king on a horse who enjoys watching the peasants scrable for a farthing or two but they roll up their sleeves and help out. In the trenches, knowing about poor people and not looking down on them from on high accusing them of all sorts of things that simply aren't truee. But, bob, you wouldn't know about poor folk would you. That long nose you look down and that horse is too high for you to get a good look at them. Liberals (Kerry, Kennedy, Bill Gates etc.) give plenty as well as ordinary people who not only give money but work to help the poor. Our President is a great example of how one can help out in the community even though they have the education and skills to work in high profile law firms or other high paying jobs. It is all about priorities. People are important or corporatiions are important. Each should be important in their own way but extremists seem to favor only one side of the equation.
So get down off the horse bob, get your hands dirty and get to know some real not imagined poor people.
Bob - most liberals are NOT on the public payroll. Just another lie you keep telling yourself. Most welfare checks go to the red states and the little whiny GOPers!
Baldeagle - he can't because then he will find out they are Republicans and his lie about the poor is all he has going for himself. Pathetic!
This headline is a real rarity on First Read, actually says nice things about a Republican, with no snark.
Is NBC's unofficial headline editor David Axelrod on vacation?
Actually Idaho distributes 32 delegates, albeit not a significant amount but an important amount nonetheless. I think at this point in time, it behooves us to side with Romney until November. I say this only in regards to keeping Santorum that much farther from the White House. I'm not a fan of Romney, but the lesser of evils is known. I couldn't imagine voting for him either on the simple fact he's to concerned about kissing the ass of his party and will eventually be pursuaded by their demands. Knowing this, our hopes is that the republican party will be so divided in the end that it will eventually implode in on itself. I hope.
seeking sanity, #2:
This message was supposed to be for you, but alas, I'm a half wit and have not quite learned how to use the reply button.
rotthemechanics - not to worry - we all have those days!!!! Couldn't agree more with your post!
My information tells me that 46% of the people in Idaho are Mormons and the rest are Nazis. Never been to such a boring place, well there was Salt Lake, than Idaho.
Your info is wrong and insulting. But Idaho Falls is probably almost all Mormon. My guess is that's why Mitt went there instead of Boise.
When I was single, I used to lament the fact that Idaho was so boring...but after having lived in Southern California & the Washington, D.C. area, as well as in Atlanta, I don't mind boring...especially now that I have a wife & 2 young daughters. When the other shoe drops (sometime after Obama is sworn in for his LAST term), I will be thanking my lucky stars to live in such a boring place. For one thing, we won't have to worry about who's coming over the bridge (like during Katrina) to loot & pillage our homes & cities...we will be well-armed & well-equipped (food & otherwise) to protect ourselves from the "civilized" citizens of this great nation, who, when they can no longer suckle at the teat of the Gov'ment, will try to go & take what they believe they are "entitled" to,,,they might find that they'll get more than they bargained for...
...after the first couple of looters, there won't be any more big screen TV's or Wii's or anything else like that...but even if we don't have electricity, thankfully our hillsides are covered with wind turbines, & we can all thank Obama for his foresite in protecting us from our dependence on foreign oil...although I still can't afford one of those nifty new wind-powered cars...what were they called again...oh, yeah...Conestogas...
Harry
Sorry, Mormons make up 27% in Idaho. So figure that Landslide Willard (LW) and Ricky Sanctimonium are contesting about 70% of the caucus votes. Given that the Mormons will block vote, LW will only have to garner about 21% of the contested ID caucus to take a commanding lead.
Therefore, using your assumption, of the skinhead population, any votes Ricky gets in excess of 20% represents his majority appeal to the skinhead community.
Small VS Big government.
The most misused terminology to confuse the public. When I was asked what I prefer, I said small government because I thought, just as many voters do think that small government means less police involvement in my (their) personal affairs. I did NOT know that small government means MORE police involvement in people's personal affairs with little say from elected representatives. In small government, only police are to decide on people's fate and not their elected representatives. Many voters do not know that.Can Politicians urgently clarify the differences.
Polls show that a large percentage of ordinary American voters do not understand the different between
Small government and Big government.
This is an issue which Democrats and Republicans need to clarify to American People. The actual difference is as follows:
1. Elected leaders must be inaccessible in a small government. Voters must not reach them. If you are a voter, be informed that in a small government structure, politicians only need your participation in electing them. Once you have elected them, they need to become too small to help you with your personal concerns. If you have personal concern after electing your representative, you are advised to see the police and not your representative because they have formed a small government.
2. Concerns of voters must be handled by the police and not by elected leaders in a small government.
3. Public funds can only be used in wars or to help foreign countries that are facing hardship and must not be used to help American people in a small government. Big government is the opposite of what I have mentioned above. Big government is a government elected by the people to address their concerns. It is a government in which elected representatives are obliged to address individual voters concerns. They must be accessible. It is a government by the people, of the people and for the people.
I like potatoes.
You notice that Romeny didn't mention is 59 points -or tried to explain one of them. All he said was : elect me and I will get theeconmy moving again.
It's pitiful that he's reduced to mouthing JFK's lines because he can't think for himself. All of the 59 points are theexact same ones he ranon 4 years ago.
One more point: Romney favored extending the Bush tax cuts-now he says they've failed-even though Obama extended them. Romney says he'd reuced the deficit-but he endorsed theRyam budget that called for a $24 Trillion federal defict.
Flip-fopping lives-with Romeny.
"Idaho gives Romney an enthusiastic welcome"
Very true, if by enthusiastic they mean furious and by welcome they mean tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.
It's official, after Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming a little bit, and coming soon, Idaho:
Mormons vote just like black people. If someone's part of their group, they'll support them, no matter what his beliefs on the issues are. I assume this is why knuckle-dragging neanderthals like Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters actually have seats in Congress.
And why conservative rightwing Mormons overwhelmingly support Mitt Romney, despite his being a flaming liberal in the 90's and early 2000's in Massachusetts, his only political record.
Wow! Racism, religious bigotry, and stone-cold ignorance all in one hateful post! Chesty has outdone himself!
Small VS Big government.
The most misused terminology to confuse the public. When I was asked what I prefer, I said small government because I thought, just as many voters do think that small government means less police involvement in my (their) personal affairs. I did NOT know that small government means MORE police involvement in people's personal affairs with little say from elected representatives. In small government, only police are to decide on people's fate and not their elected representatives. Many voters do not know that.Can Politicians urgently clarify the differences.
Polls show that a large percentage of ordinary American voters do not understand the different between
Small government and Big government.
This is an issue which Democrats and Republicans need to clarify to American People. The actual difference is as follows:
1. Elected leaders must be inaccessible in a small government. Voters must not reach them. If you are a voter, be informed that in a small government structure, politicians only need your participation in electing them. Once you have elected them, they need to become too small to help you with your personal concerns. If you have personal concern after electing your representative, you are advised to see the police and not your representative because they have formed a small government.
2. Concerns of voters must be handled by the police and not by elected leaders in a small government.
3. Public funds can only be used in wars or to help foreign countries that are facing hardship and must not be used to help American people in a small government. Big government is the opposite of what I have mentioned above. Big government is a government elected by the people to address their concerns. It is a government in which elected representatives are obliged to address individual voters concerns. They must be accessible. It is a government by the people, of the people and for the people.
Yeah, but there's only about 200 people in the whole state!
When talking to the GOP contenders it is necessary to speak using no more that 1 or 2 syllables or they don't understand the question and will have to be reminded to correct what they said later when Limbaugh calls. These are not filp-flops but just misunderstandings of words with more than 2 syllables.
ROMPNEY-HO is a flippin and a floppin his way to HELL to meet the Bar-B-Q Man. He has a few choice words to say about HOW TO COOK POTATOES !!!!
How to turn their EVIL ways more EVIL !!!
idaho falls is more or less salt lake city north.
this state is 23% mormon, but eastern idaho (home of napoleon dynamite) is 70% mormon. i'd guess.
the only republican with a chance here, besides romney, is ron paul.
gingrich and santorum really shouldnt bother even trying here. there's no chance in hell.