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Saturday, October 27, 2007
posted by Kyle Hampton | 1:32 PM | permalink
...of our man Mitt.

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posted by Kyle Hampton | 12:57 PM | permalink
There’s been some play in the blogosphere over this article about Mike Huckabee. In it, John Fund essentially says that Huckabee is not all that conservative:
Nor am I alone. Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of his early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." She was bitterly disappointed with his record. "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."
Of course you could probably find just about any politician with disillusioned former backers that now criticize the person they once backed. Unfortunately Fund doesn’t take the time to fully delve into Huckabee’s candidacy, relying more on accusations of inconsistent conservatism by critics. This is fairly typical of media types.

I say that it is unfortunate that Fund doesn’t spend more time analyzing Huckabee’s candidacy because there are legitimate concerns that run deeper than the name calling that the media relishes. Fund lists a few of these:
Many Huckabee supporters have told me their man should be judged by what he's saying on the campaign trail today. Fair enough. Mr. Huckabee was the only GOP candidate to refuse to endorse President Bush's veto of the Democrats' bill to vastly expand the Schip health-care program. Only he and John McCain have endorsed the discredited cap-and-trade system to limit global-warming emissions that has proved a fiasco in Europe.
Certainly all these things should cause conservatives to pause at endorsing Mike Huckabee. The thing that strikes me most is how willing Huckabee is to deviate from principles of conservative economics. He apparently has few qualms about raising taxes and spending. Either one of these is dangerous enough for our economy and our freedoms. Both of them together spell immense trouble for our nation. It’s one of the biggest reasons we oppose Democrats, because of their tax and spend habits. Huckabee seems not to be much of an improvement in that area.

In many ways Huckabee is the bizarro-Giuliani: fiscally moderate to liberal, moderate on foreign policy, and staunchly conservative on social issues. In the same way that Giuliani’s stool fails for lack of a third leg, Huckabee’s stool also falls over for lack of a conservative fiscal leg. But don’t take my word for it, look at the immense amount of studying that the Club for Growth has put out on Huckabee. This, just out yesterday, is the latest article put out by Pat Toomey, President of CoG, on Huckabee:
During Huckabee’s tenure as governor, the average Arkansan’s tax burden increased 47 percent, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A dyed-in-blue tax hiker, Huckabee supported raising sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, even nursing home bed taxes. He virulently opposed a congressional moratorium on taxing Internet access, and sat on the sidelines while his Democratic legislature pushed the largest tax hike in Arkansas history into law. What’s more, on his watch, and frequently at his behest, state spending increased by 50 percent, more than double the rate of inflation, and the number of state government workers rose by 20 percent.
All the more reason to support Mitt Romney, the only complete candidate in the field.

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Thanks for the new description for Mitt Romney: The Complete Candidate for the GOP Nomination!

He truly is the "complete package."



Kyle,

Who said Huckabee is only missing one leg of the stool?

Sure, he does offer a solid "strong families" leg to the stool as a faithful social conservative . . .

Sure, he's the weakest GOP candidate on fiscal issues and therefore has a non-existent "strong economy" leg to his stool.

But we can't give him a pass on leg #3 "strong defense" . . . now I'm sure he doesn't want a weaker and less potent military (though he does seem to be a little off on his foreign policy.) But also a sizable part of the "strong defense" leg is issues such as being tough on crime and tough on immigration. On these issue, Huckabee is laughable as a GOP candidate. He's been reluctant to openly support the death penalty, he granted many pardons to criminals, and (and this will be the deal breaker for most social conservatives) he has a horrible record on immigration being about as pro-amnesty as you can be.

Looks like Mike's stool is actually only a pogo-stick . . . he may bounce around and attract some attention, but there is no solid foundation for his campaign.

I think I might post this comment as a seperate post.



Jeff Fuller,

I love it! Pogo-stick Huck!

Use it!

P.S. I find it fascinating that people are starting to use the three-legged stool analogy in talking about this race.

And you know who came up with it!

Mitt Romney 2008!

It's great to have a candidate I can be excited about with no hesitation.




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Justin,

This is why I ordered Leopard from Apple... it was in my office (not 3 blocks from where you were standing) at 10:30 AM that morning...

So, while you were in line... I was at home installing.

:-)



Ditto. Why wait in line when you can have it overnight?

It is nice though.




posted by Kyle Hampton | 9:52 AM | permalink
As Jason says, it's not the actual win, but the free press that counts. Thus, the Bismark Tribune reports that Romney won the North Dakota Republicans' straw poll:
The former Massachusetts governor carried 29 percent of the vote, while former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani came in second with 22 percent, former senator and "Law and Order" actor Fred Thompson was third with 21 percent, and Sen. John McCain was fourth with 14 percent.

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Yeah! Go Mitt!




Friday, October 26, 2007
posted by Justin Hart | 3:46 PM | permalink
Said Representative McLain:
"Governor Romney has demonstrated unparalleled success in both the public and private sector," said Representative McLain. "He has proven his ability to serve as a turnaround specialist, both in Massachusetts and the Winter Olympics. Governor Romney is the only candidate in this race who can take Washington apart and put it back together and bring our nation back to the core conservative values that have made our nation so great. I am proud to join his team."

Rep McLain has served as a former President of both Colorado River Republican Women and the Victor Valley Republican Club and a former Treasurer of the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee. McLain currently resides with her husband in Bullhead City. She is also active in the Arizona Federation of Republican Women.

Other notable AZ endorsements include:

  • Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  • Arizona State Senator Chuck Gray

  • Arizona State Representative Mark Anderson

  • Arizona State Representative Rich Crandall

  • Queen Creek Mayor Art Sanders

  • Coolidge Mayor Tom Shope

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posted by Justin Hart | 12:49 PM | permalink
According to a new Florida Chamber poll by Insider Advantage/Majority Opinion Research Romney has moved into 2nd place:

Guiliani – 33%
Romney – 17%
Thompson – 13%
McCain – 9%
No opinion – 17%.

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One in California shows him as second as well...

California Republican Polls
The Field Poll

Rudy Giuliani 25%
Mitt Romney 13%
John McCain 12%
Fred Thompson 12%
Mike Huckabee 4%
Ron Paul 4%
Tom Tancredo 3%
Duncan Hunter 3%




posted by jason | 1:28 AM | permalink


Non-race related, but I was reading through some emails tonight from my family email list. A lot of my siblings, immediate family and extended family live in the Southern California area. The fires seem to be affecting everybody. My sister is a dispatcher for the Orange County Fire Authority and is working 16 hour days, straight. Her husband of 4 months is a firefighter assigned to some of the fires near Lake Arrowhead. Some family members have been volunteering 12 hour days at the Sheriffs office .

I was talking to my mom this morning about the fires near Santiago Canyon. Santiago Canyon is due west about 20 miles or so from Laguna Beach. I grew up in Mission Viejo, and for a kid in the suburbs, Santiago Canyon was kind of like the one bit of country living in the middle of all the urban sprawl.

My dad had a whole collection of books on Santiago's history by a guy named Jim Creeper. He was a local historian and had some of the most amazing stories about South Orange County. You would think the OC was always the home of elite beautiful people, but it once used to be the home of indians, prospectors and wild grizzlies. Those were the stories I remember my dad telling me when when I was a kid. It was amazing to hear about the wars and battles fought between the Mexicans and the US troops on what later became my elementary school grounds.

Today Orange County is no longer the hiding place for outlaws and indians it once was. As a matter of fact it's barely recognizable. When I was born in 1976 Mission Viejo was much of nothing. As people moved in and stores were built the early Mexican was a part of life. The subdivisions had Hispanic names such as "the Madrids" and the "Castillas." My city (improper spanish- should be Mission Vieja) employed an old lady spanish lady who was in charge of naming all the streets. All the cities had Spanish themed names like El Toro, Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, etc.

Around 1995 the city of El Toro decided that the name "El Toro" was a little too "bullish" and wanted something more exclusive, so they changed the name to Lake Forest. Soon the tides changed. You no longer have new cities named in honor of the original spaniards who settled the land. Now it's things like "Tuttle Ranch" and "Foothill Ranch." The new shopping centers are no longer built with the spanish themes they used to be, but rather stone and earth colors, something more likely to be found in Breckenridge. And frankly, I don't think I have met anyone in years who knows that Orange County got it's name because the guy who picked "Orange" won the poker game over the guys who picked Alvacado and Apple.

So, it's kind of sad to see something like Santiago go up in flames. It's still a piece of unchanged Orange County for the most part and from what I hear, the colony of inbreeders still live there.

Let's remember the people of California in our prayers. Especially those who lost their homes or family members. And the firefighters.
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Giuliani Feels The Heat In California

Rudy Giuliani’s support has dropped sharply in the California Field Poll released Thursday. The former New York City mayor claimed 25 percent of the GOP voters, a whopping 10 percent drop from the same poll in August. In a virtual tie for second, Mitt Romney got 13 percent while Fred Thompson and John McCain both got 12 percent. Fourteen percent of the vote was spread among Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter.

We have seen it in Michigan, South Carolina and Florida, and now in California. As more voters compare the Republican field, at first there is an increase in those undecided. Then we see a slow and steady increase in support for Mitt Romney. Since August the percentage of California’s undecided Republican voters has risen from 15 percent to 22 percent.

It seems that the more conservative arm of the GOP is the engine behind this trend.
Among California’s moderate conservatives, Giuliani holds a 16-percentage point lead over Thompson. But among staunch conservatives, Giuliani’s lead over Romney is only 4 percentage points! Yes, things are getting hot in California, and not just from the wild fires.



Hi Jason,

Greetings to you and your family from a fellow Mission Viejo resident (since 1972), and thanks for reminiscing about the good old days. The name Mission Viejo comes from "El Rancho Mission Viejo." Since 'Viejo' modifies 'El Rancho,' it actually is correct. This week Orange County is literally orange from the fires. We'll miss those majestic old oak trees that have been lost.

Take care, Jason, and thanks for the great job you're doing for Mitt, who is my daughter-in-law's (Brian's wife's) uncle.



Living right in the middle of three of the fires, just east of the Orange County fire, just north of the San Diego fire, and just south of the San Bernardino fire (for you geographers out there, you all now know where I live), it has been a bit of a crazy week as witnesses, opposing attorneys, and police officers who we need in cases are taken away from daily activities to try and take care of their families after evacuation orders and other disruptions.

I was extremely happy to see that things really have gone orderly. My line of work can leave you feeling at times that the entirety of civil society is only a breath away from absolute chaos. What we find here instead is that by and large, people have reached out to help one another and have shown great capacity to continue to be respectful to one another under difficult circustances.

Unfortunately, there is one or more arsonists likely still free at the moment. Hopefully, they will be identified, brought to trial, and appropriately punished as soon as possible.




Thursday, October 25, 2007
posted by Anonymous | 7:51 PM | permalink
Romney is enjoying a Drudge Report Headline at the moment:

ROMNEY OPEN TO IRAN "BOMBARDMENT"

The underlying AP Article quotes Romney as saying: "'If for some reasons they continue down their course of folly toward nuclear ambition, then I would take military action if that's available to us,'"..."'That's an option that's on the table. And it's is not something which we'll spell out specifically. I really can't lay out exactly how that would be done, but we have a number of options from blockade to bombardment of some kind. And that's something we very much have to keep on the table, and we will ready ourselves to be able to take, because, frankly, I think it's unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons.'"

While this is being billed as something of a news flash, Romney has consistently said that a military option in relation to Iran is on the table. Romney also understands that there are many steps that can and should occur before that in order to put pressure on Iran to give up their nuclear ambitions though. His plan:

- First, continue to tighten economic sanctions.

- Second, impose diplomatic isolation on Iran's Government.

- Third, have Arab states join this effort to prevent a nuclear Iran.

- Fourth, make it clear that while nuclear capabilities may be a source of pride, it can also be a source of peril. The military option remains on the table.

- Fifth, integrate our strategy into a broader approach to the broader Muslim world--including working with our NATO allies and with progressive Muslim communities and leaders to build a partnership for prosperity.

Check out Romney's speech in Israel at the Herzliya Conference back in January:

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This was a fabulous speech and the Israelis, clearly, appreciated it.

Mitt Romney would be a strong, unwavering friend of our ally, Israel.




posted by Kyle Hampton | 4:53 PM | permalink
I think Tom Tancredo has the right idea:
Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo wants to put something important on the line -- his candidacy. His campaign called ABC News to issue this challenge: The Colorado congressman will drop out of the race if the Rockies lose the World Series -- if rival Mitt Romney agrees to pack it in if the Red Sox lose.
If only we could have gotten all of the candidates to do the same. We would no longer have such candidates as John McCain (Arizona Diamondbacks), Duncan Hunter (San Diego Padres), Dennis Kucinish (Cleveland Indians), Hillary Clinton (Cubs or Yankees, take your pick), or Rudy Giuliani (Yankees). Of course, Giuliani doesn't get to fudge by switching his affiliation to the Red Sox, as he is trying to do now. With the Red Sox just three games away from a championship, Mitt is looking like the safe bet to win this one.
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Make that 2 games away. Go Sox! Goodbye Tancredo!



It is clearly a Boston year and not a New York year. First the Yankees, then Giuliani, going down. First the Red Sox, then Romney, on to victory!




posted by Kyle Hampton | 4:22 PM | permalink
This is an easy win for Romney:
"One of the ways that you help instill, if you will, family values is by having a White House be a place that demonstrates family values," the Massachusetts Republican said in a response to a question at a New Hampshire house party about how he would instill family values as president.

"And, you know, I think during the last Clinton presidency, the White House did not demonstrate that in a way that was helpful to our nation's culture," Romney added.

No serious person would dispute this notion. The personal behavior of White House occupants directly affects the nation. Indeed, I think we can easily trace the "my private life is private" syndrome of public officials trying to hide unseemly behavior to Bill Clinton. Of course not all people are serious, which is why the CNN article quotes a response from the Clinton campaign that tries to shift the focus from family values to character:
Responding to Romney's comments, top Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson said, "Hillary Clinton needs no lessons on character from a man who switches his positions on a daily basis."

Does this mean that Clinton doesn't dispute the charge on family values, but instead will defend her character? Does it mean she values consistency more than morality? Perhaps she is willing to defend her own honor before her family's? I guess I shouldn't be surprised by any of it. It reminds me of Grampa Simpson trying to defend Homer from allegations of being a communist:

Grandpa: My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star.

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posted by Beth Barnat | 1:00 PM | permalink
People are talking about Hillary’s recent “Mississippi Comments.”

Jonathan Martin at Politico wonders why none of the GOP nominees are making any statements about it: “Would seem like the perfect opportunity to score some points about her being a liberal elitist looking down her nose at a Southern state, right?”

It truly would be a good opportunity for Mitt Romney or the others to take Hillary to task on being a snob, but what everyone seems to be missing is the word “Communitarianism.”

Hillary:

"I think Iowa poses a special burden, or a special obstacle to me because when you look at the numbers, how can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi? That's not what I see. That's not the quality. That's not the communitarianism, that's not the openness I see in Iowa."

I had never heard this word before, so looked it up.

Wikipedia’s first paragraph describing it says: “Communitarianism as a group of related but distinct philosophies began in the late 20th century, opposing individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Not necessarily hostile to social liberalism or even social democracy, communitarianism emphasizes the interest of communities and societies over those of the individual."

Sounds like Communitarianism is Hillary's new word for Communism.

This woman is scary.

And the fact that she made this statement and so easily used this word "Communitarianism" and everyone is caught up in her snobbiness and have totally (as far as I can see) missed the real heart of her message is very troubling to me.

Any thoughts on this? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill?

P.S. Does anyone think this would be the makings of a good 'Hillary Attack Ad" ad for Mitt?

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The scary thing is that builders of communism in the Soviet Union were themselves the most selfish individuals. So whenever someone advocates commune society over individual society, i see a desire to rule the masses.

In this scheme, the few elect benefit at the expense of the mass which leads to the inhibition of individual industry and the rise of good-enough attitude. I am will not mention the level of corruption, cronysm, extortion, and other vices that come with a commune oriented society. I know I've lived most of life in the former USSR.



Krim, thank you so much for your helpful, informative and sobering comment.

We must do all we can to preserve the freedom we have in America.

I believe that Hillary Clinton and the very left Liberal Democrats in our country are working day and night to create the very situation you described in your comment.

Thanks again, Krim!



When I first read Hillary's comments, they seemed disjointed and I didn't understand what she was trying to say.

But as I read Hillary's comments over again, I saw that she's was trying to reach for the right words to describe what is, to her, the difference between Mississippi and Iowa.

Notice she says "That's not the quality. That's not the communitarianism, that's not the openness I see in Iowa."

quality/communitarianism/openness

These three words are synonyms to her.

It really sheds light on her true beliefs. You could easily substitute -
quality/communism/openness - for what she said.

She rarely expresses her true beliefs, for if she did, most people would be horrified. But they do slip out -- sometimes blatantly and sometimes not so blatantly.

She does seem to be a true believer -- in the Revolution.




posted by Kyle Hampton | 10:42 AM | permalink
The New Hampshire Union Leader (and RCP) is reporting a new poll out by St. Anselm College's Institute of Politics. The results:

Romney 32.4%
Giuliani 21.8
McCain 15.2
Paul 7.4
Huckabee 6
Thompson 5

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posted by Kyle Hampton | 10:28 AM | permalink
From the Romney team:
Governor Mitt Romney today announced that Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter has endorsed his candidacy for President of the United States. Sheriff Hunter joins a strong and growing team in Southwest Florida led by U.S. Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL), a Chair of Governor Romney's Florida Statewide Steering Committee.

"I have had an opportunity to look at the records of other candidates, and it is clear that Governor Romney is the candidate with the most impressive record of accomplishment in the public and private sectors and the strongest record of enforcing our immigration laws," said Sheriff Hunter. "As Governor of Massachusetts, he worked with the federal government to allow Massachusetts state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws, vetoed in-state tuition at public colleges and universities for illegal immigrants, promoted English immersion in the education system and opposed driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. I am proud to endorse Governor Romney for President of the United States and know his conservative leadership will steer our country in the right direction."

Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt got the endorsement the day after Hunter met with Fred?:
On Tuesday, Hunter met with Ex-Sen. Fred Thompson to talk about the latter's immigration enforcement plan. The fact of the meeting with Hunter was used by Thompson to roll out the plan. But the sheriff evidently was not impressed.
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posted by Beth Barnat | 3:22 AM | permalink
I must credit the title to Steve over at www.mydryfly.wordpress.com

I quote from the comment that Steve made in his own blog over at when he refers to John F. Kennedy, as the first American-Irish Catholic running for President:

“People were worried about Catholicism in the White House. Catholicism has been around for a while and is fairly well understood. It was “old scary” for a lot of people. The LDS church, or Mormonism as it were, is “new scary”. In my experience, I would bet it’s about 80% of the people I’ve encountered still believe that polygamy is a Mormon practice. It’s been well over a century since that has been true, but people remain ignorant.

So the fear of having a religious man in office still exists, a man that belongs to a mostly misunderstood religion is the number one reason why a lot of people will not even take the time to figure out what his political stances are before they write him off.”

So this is what we’re facing -- “the new scary.”

Perhaps it’s part of the maturing process of America - to learn to accept the ‘unacceptable’ - the un-understood. After all, isn’t that what is at the root of prejudice* -- lack of understanding?

I’m just old enough to remember when John F. Kennedy ran for president.
I lived in Massachusetts then, and, of course, my parents were conservative Republicans and were going to vote for Nixon. I was perplexed, as one of my classmates (in 1st grade) told me: “Well, I’m voting for John Kennedy. He’s cuter!”

Well, that was true -- he definitely was cuter. And he got elected as President that year.

But his Catholicism, at the time, was a big deal. It was a huge obstacle.

Many people may not realize it now, but a lot of Protestants believed that Catholics were going straight to hell and … a lot of Catholics believed that Protestants were going straight to hell. (Ireland, anyone?)

I dated a lot of guys who qualified as “pond scum” when I was in high school in the late 60s. My father interviewed every one of them. They all passed -- they were Protestants. Except one … Jim Lowe.

Jim Lowe was one of the nicest and most moral guys in my high school.
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But this guy, Jim Lowe, was a Catholic, and he was forbodden. I could not date him. No. Not ever.

Well, when my parents told me I couldn’t date him, I ran away (to my girlfriend’s house) and eventually got my way and dated Jim Lowe.

Today, my mother (still Protestant) works with Jim Lowe’s mother (still Catholic) in the Right to Life endeavor in my home town in Indiana.

They have found a common bond. They are now united in that bond.

I tell you this story because it is extremely relevant to what is happening today.

Christians, Catholics, Mormons, Orthodox Jews, and other people of various faiths who hold the value of human life in high esteem can all find a common denominator.

America is in the process of getting educated … once again.

I implore my Mormons friends to be patient with the Protestants of today.

I have come to believe that my job, as a conservative political activist, is one of education.

People are so poorly informed. It is human nature to form quick opinions about things we don’t understand. It’s a survival mechanism.

But when we start to talk to people, and really listen to people and then have the opportunity … we can inform people about the way things really are … then we have a done a tremendous service for our country.

I implore you, Mormons and non-Mormons, those who are supporting Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination -- Be Patient!

Fear is a real thing for many people.

Listen. Ask questions.

People don’t care what you know, until they know that you care.

I see Mitt Romney living this out in his campaign. He is an amazing man.
He understands that people are afraid. Afraid of what they don’t understand.

And, as you can see, the more people get to know him, the more they rally behind him.

*From the American Heritage Dictionary: prej·u·dice (Noun) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. A preconceived preference or idea. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion. Detriment or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction of another or others.
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Wow, Beth - awesome post!! Thank you very much!



Great post Beth.



To help get informed: romneyexperience.com

check it out. Its goal is one of education (not necessarily apologetics) and it is well done.



Very Poignant.



So in this election, is Hillary the "Old Scary"?



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4464207013217006489



bjalder26 - I would say Hillary (and Bill, her cohort in evil) are the old and the new SCARIEST!




Wednesday, October 24, 2007
posted by Anonymous | 3:13 PM | permalink
Perhaps it was inevitable the names would get mixed up at some point. Others have mixed them up as well. Romney substituting Barack Obama for Osama bin Laden inadvertently is not seemingly newsworthy, but the news stations have little else to do than to talk about it incessantly (I always know when it has reached that point because my wife calls me up and tells me she heard about it).

AP reported today, "Romney said in South Carolina that he'd made a slip of the tongue Tuesday when he said Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, instead of Osama bin Laden, had urged terrorists to unite in Iraq. He made similar remarks about bin Laden Wednesday and was asked if he'd gotten the name right. 'I hope so, you never know,' Romney said."
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Just an honest mistake. Somebody like Mitt wouldn't do it on purpose.



Timotheus, my non-politically savvy best friend, who is a conservative fiscally, not necessarily socially, said to me the other day: "Beth, there is NO WAY a guy with the name Barack Obama is going to be elected as president in this country!"



Names should not really matter in the election but your friend does have a point. Should I add that his middle name is Hussein.



Krim, yes, you should add that his middle name is Hussein. I think it's especially important when we see that he doesn't want to wear a flag pin or put his hand to his heart during the National Anthem.

Where DO his loyalties lie? It makes one wonder.




posted by Anonymous | 2:57 PM | permalink
Dry Fly Politics has a nice summary of recent polling out of South Carolina, Florida, and Iowa. To this summary, I would add the recent Rasmussen Daily Poling numbers, which show a very tight race nationally. Who gets ahead in this scenario? The person with momentum from early victories like Iowa.
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posted by Anonymous | 2:49 PM | permalink
Don Wilton is trying to backtrack on a seemingly very strong endorsement of Romney. He obviously can't say he didn't agree to let his glowing quotes about Romney be used, so he is trying to say, he didn't realize the national attention his endorsement would receive. I am not sure what that means, but reading between the lines, I suspect he may have got a negative reaction from someone. Anyone know the story behind this one?

Check out the Politico's Playbook take on this one:
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Chalk this one up to Huckabee's showing at the FRC Values Voter conference. These endorsements were supposed to be part of a one two punch that allowed Romney to emerge with the mandate from evangelicals as the values standard bearer for the party. It didn't happen that way, and I for one believe that the failure to give the "Mormon" speech at the conference was a costly mistake. With it, Romney wins the poll in greater numbers. Without it, Huckabee defends his house and shadow-boxes Romney away from the evangelical club. Exactly what happened, and evangelical leadership cannot hop on the Mittwagon without the support of their sheep.



Aside from the "Lord" the second most important thing to a pastor is his flock. I suspect that some of his congregration expressed their displeasure and Don Wilton tried to assume a neutral position. From an outsider's perspective it looks really bad for the pastor, but it never NEVER a good idea to bash or criticize a man of the cloth. I say just ignore the story and go on!



Problems with the IRS, anyone? Also, there were probably a few faithful who let him have it on Sunday, but it seems that a pastor would know the heart of his congregation. Pastors, unlike politicians, are pretty tuned in.



Anonymous #2, no bashing on this one. Just confusion.




posted by jason | 2:08 PM | permalink
Fred lost an important fan today, Joe Carter from Evangelical Outpost and founder of Blogs for Fred. Seems Joe is disillisuioned with Fred's underwhelming performance:

In June I bought into the hype surrounding the former Tennessee Senator. Having surveyed the field of GOP candidates and found that Rudy Giuliani (shudder) was at the leading contender, I was willing to support almost any conservative that could knock the Mayor from his perch atop the polls. Thompson appeared to be poised to do just that so I started Blogs for Fred in anticipation of the political equivalent of an IPO--an official announcement of his candidacy.

The site was launched the first week of July but the candidate was nowhere to be found. That was the first sign that something was wrong. Nevertheless, I remained optimistic, believing that Thompson needed the extra time since he was preparing to run a "different kind of campaign."

Eventually, he did get in the race. And the campaign is definitely "different." In fact, it's almost like Thompson isn't campaigning at all. Defending his campaign work schedule on Monday he said, "I'm going to do it the way I want to do it." That's precisely the problem, doing it "Fred's Way" means not doing much at all.

I've been frustrated with his campaign even before it launched and have grown increasingly tired of having to justify to myself why Thompson deserves my vote. I won't waste time elaborating all the reasons for my decision, but they are many. Still, I hung on until this past weekend. After seeing his sloppy, lackluster, uninspiring speech at the Washington Briefing I realized I couldn’t do it anymore.


To be sure, most of us Mitt-bots saw it coming. This isn't even the slightest bit surprising. The Fred summer phenomena was akin to a Ricky Martin performance- all the fans were cheering going nuts and everyone else is thinking "Man, this guy sucks." Well Fred sucks too.
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Wow! Just wow!



Just to inform you,

The real Blogs For Fred Thompson.com still exists.

You know, the one that gets more traffic than your My man FLIP site.

I won't, I mean actually it's impossible, for me to stoop to your low level of brain function by trashing Flip Romney, like you did Fred.

If by some amazing miracle you awake one day and find that you can now for the first time place a round peg into an equally round hole, and Mitt Romney does get the nomination, I will support him.

Of course, we will then have to prepare ourselves for the reverse of the 2008 elections. Back then every where President Bush went, the crowds that met him would chant "Flip, Flop, Flip, Flop."

If we nominate your man Flip, this time around it will be the Dem crowds chanting it wherever Hillary goes.

Talk about sucking....



Believe me, Anonymous, I feel your pain.

I was a faithful Freeper at Free Republic for a long time. But now that site has become "Fred Republic" and they have some of the nastiest, most spiteful, hateful comments against my COC (Candidate of Choice), Mitt Romney, that I've ever seen.

I know Jason, the author of this post, and I know him to be a good-hearted man, as I am sure you are (maybe you're woman, I don't know).

I think we all want the same thing -- the best candidate who can win in November 2008.

I have serious concerns about Fred Thompson, though.

I have three requirements for who I will support for the GOP nomination:

1. conservative policies
2. executive experience
3. a proven track record of success

We have a group of great candidates, but, in my opinion, there is only one that satisfies all three -- that man is Mitt Romney.

Fred Thompson has great conservative ideals, but he lacks the other two. That's how I see it.

I urge you to read the book "A Mormon In The White House" by Hugh Hewitt.

Before you throw Mitt into the trash, please research his background, policies and his proven track record of success in business and politics.

I did that with Fred Thompson, and although he seems like a great guy, a solid conservative and a great American, I don't believe he is as qualified to be the president as Mitt Romney is.

By the way, you are correct that www.blogsforfredthompson.com is still active. But the blog that Joe Carter is associated with is:

http://www.blogsforfred.com/media-inquiries/

If you go to this link - you will see Joe Carter's name.

Take care and I hope we can convince you to at least give Mitt a chance.



Anonymous,

Fred's sinking. Sorry.




posted by Kyle Hampton | 1:15 PM | permalink
This from Andrew Stuttaford over at the Corner:

Mike Huckabee, it seems, has problems with history as well as science. The St. Petersburg Times takes issue with the candidate's claim that most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were "clergymen." Uh, no:
Only one of the 56 was an active clergyman, and that was John Witherspoon. Witherspoon was a Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). A few more of the signers were former clergymen, though it's a little unclear just how many. The conservative Heritage Foundation said two other signers were former clergymen. The religion web site Adherents.com said four signers of the declaration were current or former full-time preachers. But everyone agrees only Witherspoon was an active minister when he signed the Declaration of Independence.
Now, "gotcha" can be a tedious, pedantic game, but this particular error is, I think, quite revealing of the way in which Mike Huckabee sees this country. You can like that vision, or not, but you cannot deny it.

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As likeable as Huckabee is, this is scary. And his message at the VV Summit sounded scary, too - separation of church and state and all. And I'm a values voter.



Ah, no harm, no foul. Huckabee probably heard that somewhere and thought it was true. Now, he knows its not. Not that big of a deal to me. Candidates, including ours, sometimes make mistakes.



Signers of the Declaration of Independence

1. The signers religious work was diverse and included service in both church and para-church ministries (This is also true and reflective of the signers of the Constitution
and those at the Constitutional Convention.) While many were trained for the ministry, not all ultimately pursued the ministry as their career vocation. Nevertheless, they were
early trained in, inclined to, and studied in that profession.

2. *At the time that the signers attended these schools, all of the colleges listed below described themselves as religious seminaries of learning for the religious instruction of youth. While these schools today no longer retain that religious nature, a perusal of both the curriculum and learning objectives at that time would today characterize them as religious seminaries, colleges, or Bible schools. (For example, according to Yale in 1754: "The original end and design of colleges was to instruct, educate, and train up persons for the work of the ministry. . . . [C]olleges are societies of ministers, for training up persons for the work of the ministry." Thomas Clap, A.M. President of Yale-College, The Religious Constitution of Colleges, Especially of Yale-College in New-Haven (New-London: T. Green, 1754), pp. 1, 4; similar declarations are also found in the writings of Harvard, Princeton, William & Mary, et. al.)

3. Founder State School Minister/Ministry
Adams, John Massachusetts Harvard* Studied for ministry; became an attorney.
Adams, Samuel Massachusetts Harvard*
Braxton, Carter Virginia William and Mary*
Carroll, Charles Maryland Personally built and endowed a house of worship in his area.
Ellery, William Harvard*
Gerry, Elbridge Rhode Island Harvard*
Hall, Lyman Georgia Yale* Clergyman; ordained in September 1749; pastored a church in Bridgeport, Connecticut until later in life when he
later in life when he decided to pursue a career in medicine.
Hancock, John Massachusetts Harvard*
Hewes, Joseph Princeton*
Hooper, William North Carolina Harvard*
Hopkinson, Francis New Jersey College of Philadelphia Helped to organize the Protestant Episcopal Church; music director; chior leader; responsible for the first purely American
first purely American hymnbook, which took the 150 Psalms and set them to music.
Jefferson, Thomas Virginia William and Mary*
Livingston, Philip New York Yale*
McKean, Thomas Delaware Became an attorney and judge but never stopped preaching the Gospel, even in the courtroom. For example, when a
example, when a defendant was sentenced to death, he would deliver a salvation sermon.
Morris, Lewis New York Yale*
Paine, Robert Treat Massachusetts Harvard* Pastor; military chaplain.
Rush, Benjamin Pennsylvania Princeton* Founder of first Bible Society in America; founder of the Sunday School movement in America;
helped found the AME denomination and helped build its first church.
Sherman, Roger Connecticut Theologian; personally wrote the doctrinal creed for his church.
Stockton, Richard New Jersey Princeton*
Thomson, Charles Pennsylvania (Secretary of Congress) Produced Thomson's Bible - the first translation of the Greek Septuagint English.
into English
Williams, William Connecticut Harvard* Studied theology; served as lay preacher.
Witherspoon, John New Jersey University of Edinbugh Pastor; seminary president.
Wolcott, Oliver Connecticut Yale*
Wythe, George Virginia William and Mary*




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I hope this emphasis on spending continues. It is his real selling point.

It is what has sold me.



It's obvious the Romney campaign as got their ears to the ground and hear the rumblings from those who like him.

This is a great ad! Romney is such a fantastic person.

If he doesn't get the nomination, there is something seriously wrong with the GOP.



This is a good ad and a step in the right direction. I think as voters get to know him better, the campaign ought to consider dedicating a series of spots with each ad focusing on one of Mitt's turnaround efforts. Being careful not to brag, yet highlighting in an objective sounding way Mitt's role in transforming organizations. Doesn't always have to be the Olympics or Massachusetts, either. Folks of all stripes would eat up stories of Mitt looking under the hood and seeing and harvesting value in companies in ways that others wouldn't imagine. Tell the Staples story, or the Domino's pizza story in 30 seconds, only do it Paul Harvey story, not revealing the name of the organization until the last frame of the ad . . . ends on a high note of how Mitt Romney dug in and brought to AMerica one of its household names. Picture perfect, and completely in Mitt's Wheelhouse. Teflon resistant to attacks from rivals.

oh, and I'm with the rest of the blogosphere and their dogs - EASE UP ON THE REAGAN REFERENCES! We want ROMNEY not Reagan!



I like that idea - Romney starting something like "the rest of the story" only by a different title -- it would be a series. People love turn-around stories. At least I know I do.




posted by Scott Allan | 10:29 AM | permalink
Is nothing sacred? Former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani is a self-professed Yankee fan. Last week he even joked about making Joe Torre his running mate. Yesterday in Boston, when asked who he was rooting for in the World Series, Giuliani stated,
"I'm rooting for the Red Sox".
This is a pathetically obvious pandering for votes which no true Red Sox fan/voter would ever fall for. This is the biggest flip-flop in political history. Yankees fans are enraged. Giuliani has been known for his questionable loyalty in the past however as his ex-wife, Donna Hanover, accused him of "notorious adultery" during their divorce proceedings. What's next? Is he going to start cheering "Yankees Suck" at the Republican Convention?

Mitt Romney would NEVER, EVER root for the Yankees in any game ever played. The Romney campaign's response to the scandal?
"I guess if Colorado wants Mayor Giuliani to root for the Rockies, they’re going to have to move their primary up."

This leaves carpet-bagger Hillary Clinton as the only "true" Yankee fan in the race even though she grew up in Chicago.

Go Sox!

Scott Allan

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Sorry Scott,

This year is for the Rockies. Go Colorado!




posted by jason | 9:07 AM | permalink
....this will make your blood boil.

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Wow.

How come more people don't know about this. This blows me away. I looks like Hillary is going to be the Demo's Nominee. How long do they think they can keep the dirt under the rug before the whole thing blows up?

Perhaps Mitt Romney is keeping this in his quiver for the most opportune moment. I mean I didn't know anything about this, and I assume most people don't. But if the Mitt campaign publishes this stuff before the Democratic Nominee is selected, then Hilliary could go down and Obama is the man. But if he waits until she is the solid nominee, then lift up the rug for the country to see, then that would cause the most damage.

I'm just appalled that this kind of stuff happens, but I probably shouldn't be so naive. We really need Mitt in the White House. Just look what our alternative is!



Wow! It would be funny if it was not so sad.



It constantly amazes me how GOOD the Clinton machine is at keeping this stuff from getting out. And how has everyone seemingly forgoten about all the scandals involving these two over the decades? True politicians, not true leaders.



I'm not sure if none of the dirt leaks out because the Clintons are so good at keeping it hidden or because those people with the dirt are scared literally to death about what the Clintons will have done to them if they say anything.




Tuesday, October 23, 2007
posted by Anonymous | 7:48 PM | permalink
A while back I criticized the Democrats for not giving back the money that was funneled illegally to them from Norman Hsu to the victim's of his Ponzi scheme. I was glad to see Politico has picked up the story on behalf of victim's that were twice defrauded. Once, by Hsu, then by the democrats who knew the contributions were illegal and instead of getting them to their rightful recipients, deprived them of their money further by acting like it was theirs to give to charity.
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posted by jason | 9:03 AM | permalink
Take it for what it's worth (and if you don't like Romney probably you will say it's worth nothing) The Romney campaign released an internal poll for South Carolina to The State Newspaper. State doesn't offer up numbers for McCain, and Huckabee in the online article (they are in the print version) so I made a phone call to the author of the article and he offered me their numbers which I included here:

Numbers in parenthesis are from an August internal poll


Thompson 24% (32)
Romney 20% (13%)
Giuliani 15% (21%)
McCain 12% (12%)
Huckabee 6% (n/a)

MOE 4.9%, Oct 2-4, 400 Republican likely voters.


This is an internal poll that shows the highest South Carolina polling for Romney yet. We will have to see if other polling comes out to confirm these numbers.
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This isn't the highest showing in a poll. The latest ARG South Carolina GOP poll, taken in late September, had Romney leading at 26%.

These internal numbers, therefore, are more conservative than that poll, are may not be an anomoly but a sign of a trend.




Monday, October 22, 2007
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The 'Technology' tab doesn't appear to work.



Does he have any information up about his stance on gun control?




posted by Kyle Hampton | 5:41 PM | permalink
Every once in a while we get an email from a disappointed reader that we haven’t made the positive case for Romney, so let me make one point based off of last night’s debate:

One of the distinguishing factors between Romney and Giuliani’s tenures as executive is that Romney was able to accomplish a significant policy proposal outside the realm of budgetary concerns. Romney’s healthcare plan is a singular policy proposal that is unmatched among his opponents. Giuliani did a lot of good work with his city’s budget and crime, but Giuliani never points to any policy proposal that he was able to champion as mayor. He talks a lot about outcomes as mayor: crime was down, abortion was down, adoptions up, budget was better. However, he never talks about how he went about accomplishing those outcomes. Specifically in reference to the abortion/adoption numbers, his lack of any sort of initiative leads me to question whether he did anything to effectuate the outcome. Romney, on the other hand, can point to his proposal in healthcare, his efforts in enacting it, and then the effect it has had in reducing premiums by half. This is the kind of executive leadership that I want.


Here’s a couple more non-Romney thoughts. These aren’t in any order, or even a comprehensive analysis of the debate:

McCain: If McCain were forced to speak for longer periods of time, his lack of substance would become apparent. McCain has offered very few substantive ideas other than gimmicks like “making famous the person who offers a pork project”.

Thompson: The thing that keeps running through my mind when Thompson goes on the offensive is “Thou doth protest too much”.

Tancredo: He’s even parodying himself these days, taking Giuliani’s bait on pushing illegal immigration into topics where it has little relevance.

Hunter: Other than sounding ignorant of entitlement programs, he didn’t make a dent in the debate.
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Those were some great videos, Justin!

Thanks for posting them.



Great job, Justin! Keep up the good work.




posted by Justin Hart | 10:00 AM | permalink
None of this information is the campaigns, it is Justin's interpretation of events

Regardless of what you think about "Romney the candidate"... "Romney the campaign" is unmatched in its ability to execute.

Take this last week for example. Think of it in terms of a business case study, outlining the "challenge", proposing a "solution", targeting specific "benefits" and measuring "results".

CHALLENGE: Disolve concerns about Mitt's Mormonism among Conservative Evangelicals.

SOLUTION: Highlight the Governor as the only leading candidate meeting 100% of the SoCon values and win endorsements from leading Evangelicals leading up to the seminal pre-primary "Values Voters" conference.

BENEFITS: Develop day after day endorsements followed by a good showing at the straw poll giving serious momentum to the campaign among Evangelicals and building qualified talking points to address the Mormon question.

EXECUTION PLAN

2 weeks out - Lead up to the conference. Look for "Mormon questions" addressed to Perkins, Bauer, Land and others. Rely on their even-handed past dealings with this issue as a positive sign. (check, check)

1 weeks out - Letter from Mark DeMoss addressed to numerous Evangelical leaders contrasting Romney and Rudy and laying the foundation for a larger swath of backers. (check)

5 days out - First endorsement, ideally, from far extreme of the religious right showing that anyone could endorse Romney (check - Chancellor and Dean of Bob Jones)

4 days out - Letter from James Bopp, Jr. highlighting the growing movement of Evangelicals behind Romney (check)

3 days out - Talking heads start to notice the pattern. Experts concur. (check)

(reach out to blogger base for email-only campaign for the online straw poll)

2 days out - Pull out the big guns. Lengthy, detailed article by new Evangelical endorsement laying the intellectual framework in which Evangelicals can accept a Romney candidacy. (check - Wayne Grudem)

1 day out - Endorsement by an excellent conservative Evangelical coinciding with Romney's speech to the "Values Voters" Conference in DC. (check - Dr. Don Wilton).

Day of straw poll - Final endorsement before the conference ends. This time taken from another campaign. (check - Dr. Willkie founder of a pro-life effort)

Goaline: Place or show in the straw poll to drive some good press. (check - or win it :) )

None of this happens by accident. The plan is laid, the efforts set and the execution is nearly flawless. Classic Team Romney.

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Excellent, Excellent, Excellent Post!

This is why Romney will win -- he has, by far, the most superior organization of all the candidates.

We have an "embarassment of riches" when it comes to candidates as Matthew E. Miller said at www.race42008.com.

What will make the difference?

Organization on the ground.

The candidate who has the best organization as far as grassroots and "boots on the ground" in each State will be the victor.

I see this as being Mitt Romney.

He leaves nothing to chance.

That is one of the reasons I admire him so much.

This is also the reason that I trust him to be the President of the most powerful country in the world.

Mitt Romney - 2008!




Sunday, October 21, 2007
posted by jason | 8:39 PM | permalink
Vote for Mitt in the Fox News debate poll.

Send a text message to

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put R6 in the body of the message.
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Good luck. I've already voted R5, For my man Ron.




posted by jason | 6:11 PM | permalink
I'm not at the debate tonight, but I will be live-blogging the debate here at MMM. If you want, feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the post.

Luntz Focus Group



Where in the world did Luntz find this focus group. Candidates pandering to the middle??

Will this debate be a prime decider? I am kind of thinking no. People seem to think that today is always the most important day, and Fox needs to promote it that way, it is their debate.

The Debate



Charlie Christ needs a shirt that fits him

Romney get largest applause, by small amount, nice to see the group one man smaller

Chris Wallace encourages fireworks between candidates.

Romney turns Thompson attack quotes from Walace into looking ahead and forming a strong coalition. Good move. Romney has a hair out o place, somethings wrong... :)

Wallace really wants people to fight. Thompson seems happy to oblige. Takes shots at Giuliani.

"Fred has his problems too" Giuliani- quote of the night. Giuliani nails him to the wall on tort reform. Thompson tries to back up his tort reform past, its a joke, hides under Federalism. Remember Fred is a huge recipient of Tort reform.

hris Wallace really wants some fireworks. HE won't let up.

I guess managing for profit thinks managing for profit is bad. Romney gives great compliment to McCain. Argues his conservative 94 stances, which in fact were there.

McCain realy hates Romney. Telling people he's been campaigning by fooling them. This guy is sad. "Don't demote me." Good point. Governor to Senator= Demotion. Romney ignores McCain's cheap shots, I think he his avoiding those and playing above the fray.

Romney does best when he talks about ideas, Dean Barnett is right. I hope he stays off of knocking the others. He made a great argument for marriage.

Rudy seems to support marriage ammendment in the end. Funny joke about marriages he performed hoping they were all men and women.

Huckabee is a little simplistic, but people seem to like it.

Thompson parses on his lobbying. This guy has a past, and he forgets about everything.

Talk on Healthcare, a good onversation, thank you for skipping th bashing Gwendle, or however you spell it.

Hunter takes on Romney's healthcare. Should be good. Romney explains the compromise. Lowered premium in half. Romney "We got the job done" Tnacredo seems focused on illegal aliens? That is breaking news.

Thompon seems a little more away this time. Atleast since the voters values.

Romney outines his worlwide business knowledge, makes a good point about lack of managment experience- "Learn to be presient on an internship"

Fantastic answer, a great answer. Romney engages crowd quite effectively.

Both Rudy and Romney play to the crowd quite effectively.

McCain gets standing ovation with joke.

Why is Thompson reading of cards for simple one liners? A good moment for him none the less.

Fred has a better game tonight.

No one can talk fiscal stuff like Romney.

Paul makes some interesting points. I don't know if he has a chance, but I think he is a good voice to have in the debates.

Hunter talks out against outsourcing. I call that looking in the short term. Level playing field a good thing, stop outsourcing, bad idea.

McCain asked, "headed back to cold war?" Not sure but they offer serious problems. We need a missle defense system in Eastern Europe. Good point.

Ron paul points out Bush 2000 is a little different in forign policy then Bush 2003? Knocks on having a harder defense. Takes some boo's. This is why I like him. I don't agree but I like someone who will take the boo's.

Romney knocks out statistics. He can do it like no one else. Data man. Then assimilates those facts into meaningful answers.

Ron Paul nails it on the head frankly. I don't agree with his non-interventionism, but the rest is spot on.

Gwendle asks Thompson on laziness charge. Thompson lists a bunch of mediocre things. Has a good punch line, but frankly 1000's of people in DC have those qualities.

Frank Luntz



This group hates Hillary.

No clear winner, gotta agree.

No one thinks McCain won.

Luntz caims Giuliani very clealy does well, only four people in the group actually thought him the winner. These questions are little lame.

Hanity



Fred really does some gymnastics on the abortion lobbying. Whats amazing is he admits making the choice to do it whenhe could have said no. Very interesting. He used to say he couldn't remember it.
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On Townhall.com they list the top 5 Hillary attacks from the debate. When they show Romney's line about Hillary never having run so much as a corner store, they show Rudy saying something similar from before the debate and imply that Mitt stole the line from him. Ridiculous, Mitt has used that line for months, he even posted it on YouTube.



Romney's argument about the need for a federal constitution amendment to protect traditional marriage was spot on. Rudy's statement about supporting one if the country heads that direction in several states was absolutely ridiculous!!! As if it is easy to climb back up to high ground after sliding down the slippery slope. His answer ignores the reality that gay marriage once given, is hard to take away. Further, his response lacked any moral clarity on the issue. If an amendment would be good then, why not now?

McCain's statement about Romney fooling people about McCain's record was absolutely silly since Romney had done nothing of the sort. Simply, a mean spirited and pathetic lie. McCain is not fit to be commander-in-chief if he is going to act like that. I don't want anyone with their finger on the button when they are just plain vindictive.

By the way, among the items on Thompson's illustrious resume, can I say that shepherding John Roberts into Chief Justice Rehnquist's shoes could have been done by anybody remotely familiar with the confirmation process!!! The man was a shoo in. Now, if he could have gotten Hariet Miers confirmed, that would have been something. Of course, he would have been working against the greater good by doing so. Oh wait, wasn't that what he did when he lobbied for abortion groups?

Thompson seemed to want to deliberately want to attack Giuliani and try to make it a two man race as it were. He was even given the opportunity to attack Mitt but then attacked Giuliani again. The problem with Thompson is that he is in no man's land. He is not winning in the early states and he is not winning nationally. You have to try something and he does not have the resources or energy to out canpaign Mitt in the early states.

I used to think Ron Paul was interesting to have around for a debate, but I am growing increasingly concerned that one, he is sucking money up that might be put to better use, and two, he will be running as a third party candidate if he is not the nominee. I haven't yet heard a convincing commitment from him that he won't do that. He has done it before. Why not now? What a disastrous effect that would have. We could crown Hillary the day after the nomination if he doesn't drop out.

Finally, I have been musing in my head about the possibility of having private retirement accounts that wouldn't take money from a portion of the social security tax and that phased in over time, would completely eliminate social security. You could start by having it be voluntary, but if you wanted to really replace social security, you would have to make it mandatory at some point. Not a very palatable idea politically because people wouldn't like the idea of being forced into saving money for retirement. But no one can say it is a threat to social security because it wouldn't derive any money from it.



Hope we hear something new tonight. Also wish Mitt was still up running for the job. I build biodiesel processors which turn waste vegetable oil into biodiesel.We need someone to help implement change. As the other poster said, we just need to keep moving in the right direction.




posted by Justin Hart | 7:06 AM | permalink
You don't try to win straw polls as proof of your national success among a group of voters. You don't try to win straw polls as proof of momentum. You don't try to win straw polls as solid proof of your chances at victory.

You DO try to win straw polls to gain free press to accomplish all three of the above. In other words: straw polls are a means to an ends and not the end itself.

Want proof? While blog readers wallow in the odd configuration and minutia of the FRC straw poll, the rest of the country sees this:

MSNBC:


CNN:


DRUDGEREPORT:


ABCNEWS:


FOXNEWS:


CBSNEWS:


NYTIMES:

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THANK YOU for posting this, Justin.

I am so tired of people trying to explain away Mitt's win after win after win.

He WINS because he realizes organization is everything. He knows he lacks the name recognition and major wins like this are effective in boosting his MSM cred.



Excellent, Excellent, Excellent post! Thanks for putting this in perspective for us blog junkies!



Awesome post you have there Justin. I love all the images.

Great job!



I think this post has merit. Mitt won the poll and no one should take that away from him. That said, the showing for Huckabee was the real news, in my opinion, as it represents a stumbling block to evangelical leadership that appeared poised to pull the trigger for Romney in a unified swoop and now may be persuaded to reconsider. I also agree with Laura Ingraham's recent sentiments that the party must unite now or never. If SoCons get behind Huck, the party remains fractious and Rudy gets the nomination. Huck simply won't pull enough Republican voters who prioritize fiscal and military strength over social values. The reality is that only Romney or Thompson, or *gasp* McCain have a prayer at uniting all 3 factions of the party. If we go with Rudy, SoCons defect. We go with Huck, fiscons defect. If we go with Romney, we can win if SoCons overlook the "Mormon" issue. IF we go to Thompson, we may win with fiscons overlooking the "lazy" factor. My money is on Mitt. But something has to change. For starters, I agree with Ingraham in that these candidates MUST hit Rudy harder for the SoCon that he is and simultaneously beat him on the fiscal and military score. I think Romney is the only one who can do this, and I HOPE he is both prepared to do so in tonight's debate AND pulls it off. All eyes on Fox at 8 p.m.



Oh, and another thing . . . I'm also now in the camp that believes Mitt, not necessarely immediately, but sooner rather than later, will need to give the "Mormon" speech in order to solidify the SoCon movement under him and unite the party. I didn't think the FRC conference was the place to do it, but after seeing the turnout for Huckabee in the straw poll, I am not so sure that an opportunity wasn't missed.

Speech should not try to make Mitt to "fit in" with evangelical theological beliefs, even though Mormonism and evangelicals share some basic Christian beliefs. Rather, the speech should openly address that he is a Mormon and by definition theologically different from most evangelicals, but that he shares their basic values to a T and has dedicated his life to living them. Then say that as he does not base his candidacy on divergent theology, but rather on shared values, he will not address his theological, doctrinal beliefs on the trail and will never seek to impose them on anyone . . . Speak candidly to his past positions in MA quite candidly and then boldly promise to take up the social values cause and promise not to let the movement down when push comes to shove. Remind the party that all 3 factions must unite to claim victory and that he is willing to represent all 3 factions without flinching . . . I think if he does this he will succeed in quelling the anxiety and reservations that many evangelicals still have about endorsing him. If Mitt were already in the "inevitability" seat as the nominee, I would recommend he wait until the general to give the "Mormon speech." As things stand today, I believe he must give the speech in order to clear the evangelical hurdle to his nomination. Otherwise, hello Giuliani and goodbye Whitehouse.



Justin, This is great and it's a testament to what I have been finding all over the blogosphere this morning -- in conservative blogs, Politico, and alot of the MSM websites.

Mitt has a big advantage over the other candidates -- his ability to put a successful plan together and then slowly, but surely and methodically work the plan.

You know the saying - people don't plan to fail, they just fail to plan.

Well, not Mitt and his opponents hate him for it.

Any of the candidates could have had their supporters vote online in the straw poll.

I actually didn't hear it from Mitt's official campaign, I heard it from Evangelicals For Mitt and here - I was reminded over and over again until I finally voted.

Mitt's solid grassroots organization is what is going to win this nomination!

It's great to be with a winner!




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