Looking more and more inevitable every day.
I have an idea — hardly an original one, but one I believe in — that would make a Romney ticket semi-exciting. I discussed it with some like-minded folks last night. I think I’ll save it for Monday, but feel free to speculate in the comments.
Pronounced "Patter-EE-koh"
E-mail: Just use my moniker Patterico, followed by the @ symbol, followed by gmail.com
Disclaimer: Simpsons avatar may resemble a younger Patterico...
The statements made on this web site reflect the personal opinions of the author. They are not made in any official capacity, and do not represent the opinions of the author's employer.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | ||||
Powered by WordPress.
Remember being excited about Sarah Palin?
Me too.
Imagine the same excitement, but far less potential for gaffes in unstructured settings.
I’ve said way too much…
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:45 pmBy the way, a Republican party where NEWT F[certain vowels and consonants omitted]ING GINGRICH is the “anti-Establishment” candidate? That is a party where we are all royally F[I think I will simply omit one vowel here]CKED.
But, you know, that’s where we are.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:48 pm“This president began his presidency by apologizing for America. He should now apologize TO America”
– Mitt Romney
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:49 pmMr. Romney saved christmas once did you know that?
I just found out nobody tells me anything.
I seriously doubt Mr. newt has ever saved christmas bless his heart
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:50 pmI can’t imagine the $h..$torm that would be passing as Dem campaign ads if the GOP ticket were Romney/Palin.
AD-RtR/OS! (da537d) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:55 pmWhoever eventually wins the Republican nomination, if you have been appalled by the destruction and misery that is directly attributable to Barack Hussein Obama and his fellow Democrats and you aren’t energized by the importance of the times we find ourselves in, make an appointment with your primary care physician and that ask he or she to check you for a pulse.
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:55 pmand that ask he or she to check you for a pulse.and ask that he or she check you for a pulse.
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:57 pmRomney-Rubio in 2012!
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:58 pmeven Susan Lucci won eventually
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:58 pmRichLowry: “what’s the over/under for how many reporters newt verbally clubs during this press conference?”
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 7:59 pmphilipaklein: “Built in NV advantage or not, contrast between that energetic Romney rally & subdued Newt presser will be pretty stark.”
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:02 pmBut again, still, Romney failed to get a majority!
AD-RtR/OS! (da537d) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:05 pmDrag Cheney out of retirement.
Milhouse (9a4c23) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:07 pmAnd turnout numbers are down from 2008,
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:07 pmOr how about Liz Cheney?
Milhouse (9a4c23) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:07 pmI’d be all dead inside except we’re watching Wonder Pets.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:14 pm1. “Imagine the same excitement, but far less potential for gaffes in unstructured settings”
Hey, I’ve seen that, somewhere, long ago,..
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:16 pmSo?
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:18 pmNot only that Catholics practice some form of Birth Control leftys.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:20 pmHow about Lon Chaney.
AZ Bob (1c9631) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:20 pmSomeone guessed.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:20 pm18. Didn’t they freeze Reagan’s nose or something. We could clone him.
Wait, that was “Sleeper”. Nevermind.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:21 pmAnd, as much as I love Dick and Liz, the name “Cheney” has nothing to do with it.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:21 pmHow about Obama renounces his presidency and move out of the white house?
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:21 pmI suppose if she could stop with statements ‘I like to fire people, and I don’t care about the poor, Obamacare isn’t worth getting upset about, oh wait.
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:21 pmDidn’t Jimmeh Carter pose nude for playboy last week?
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:22 pmThe Reagan library isn’t far and the Home Despot sells shovels. I’m pretty sure that’s where he is. Anyone else want to dig him up?
Probably we should do a Google search first to make sure he’s still there.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:22 pmElizabeth would be an awesome choice she’s got the x factor in spades
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:23 pmSome have lusted in their heart.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:23 pmYup.
He’s there.
$30 for a diggin’ shovel.
Who’s in?
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:25 pmwait yes Elizabeth has the x factor in spade but she’s not exactly experienced enough to do the heartbeat away thing
but maybe she could be a deputy at defense or somesuch
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:26 pm*spades* I mean
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:27 pm30. We could put his brain in Rubio, they have the same hair, blood factors must be a match.
Say doesn’t ‘rubio’ mean ‘blonde’ in Spanish, what’s with that?
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:31 pmBrilliant Newt doesn’t seem to know when to stop digging…
JRubinBlogger @BuzzFeedBen note to newt: conservatives hate whiners
BuzzFeedBen also: -complaining about money, -complaining about negative ads, calling Romney anti-Catholic. #strategery
JRubinBlogger @RichLowry and a religious bigot too- just the Mormons voting (was it just the Presbyterians in NH?)
philipaklein So weird for a candidate’s election night event to be a presser about process.
RichLowry newt seems as truculent and aggrieved under the new strategy as under the old strategy
philipaklein Newt references Reagan’s 1976 campaign. Surely as a historian he knows Reagan lost that year?
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:34 pmRichLowry who thought it was a good idea for newt to hold an hr-long press conference complaining about how poorly he’s been treated?
philipaklein Newt just boasted he won FL counties where turnout was up. What a bizarre spin for state he lost by 240K votes.
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:37 pmNewt insists we not judge his losses in places where he is outspent 5-1. Well, Mr. Speaker, how do u hope to avoid being outspent nationally by a significant factor?
Newt’s entire rationale now is gone. Time to unite.
Ed from SFV (75a38b) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:37 pmNewt’s rationale is named Sheldon
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:39 pmso how come you broke up wif sheldon?
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:40 pm“Some have lusted in their heart.”
Patterico – Newt has lusted in more than his heart, several times in fact. It’s a thing.
Tell Mr. Feets cuz nobody tells him nothing.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:42 pmNote to Jenny: most johns want to pay for it–less chance of a raging case of Herpes or Chlamydia with someone who needn’t work 24/7.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:44 pmlustyness notwithstanding it would be nice to see Mr. Newt regain his competitiveness now but he really seems to have become oblivious to what his value proposition was before South Carolina
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:46 pm38. Holy cow, look at how young Billy was. Where’d I stuff that Living Will I wuz working on?
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:48 pmTime for my pills.
The Robot Overlord’s advance proceeds apace. Would that the human resistance could muster a worthier champion than Newt “Boo-Hoo” Gingrich…
Looks like we’re gonna get harvested for parts, gang. I blame your party’s base – which, to your credit, you are not a part of anymore…
Leviticus (dd1d7b) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:51 pmphilipaklein RT @jimantle: This press conference is a much bigger disaster for Newt than his showing in the Nevada caucuses.
RichLowry newt arguing the romney campaign is basically un-American
RichLowry gingrich now criticizing romney for firing his debate coach #howpresidential
BuzzFeedBen Operative from a rival campaign emails: “This is Newt’s scream moment. In the 7 stages of grieving he seems to be at 3–anger & bargaining.”
EdMorrissey Was busy celebrating wife’s b-day and didn’t start watching the Gingrich presser. From tweets, looks like he’s imploding. Yes/no?
JRubinBlogger Mitt’s superpac should put newt’s presser in ad and run without edit or narration
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:52 pmYes, he was funnier at that time, he became less so
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:53 pmRich Lowry was eight when Reagan was elected. What the ph*c would he know? Prolly doesn’t even know the Pledge of Allegiance.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:53 pmI wish I would have watched that Newt presser instead of “Snatch”… sounds like a real flame-out.
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:54 pmThe T-1000 does have a relentless character to him, but extreme cold, or extreme heat can slow him down,
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:55 pmTheFix I was excited to see Newt on @meetthepress tomorrow before that presser. Now I am REALLY excited.
philipaklein RT @RichLowry: ia had it right: santorum should have been the anti-romney
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:56 pmjmartpolitico RT @Jon2012girls: Sources confirm Romney fam is getting wild tonight in Trump’s penthouse. We hear malt milkshake hangovers are the worst
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:56 pmHe’ll choose John Edwards as his running mate.
In all seriousness, the political equivalent of “going deep” in football would be to choose Ron Paul. It might actually gain him a lot of net votes. Of course in order for that to be considered he’d have to conclude he couldn’t win any other way, which could be the case if the economy continues to gain momentum.
Gerald A (cc0aaa) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:58 pmAh, I forgot, how does it feel to be endorsed by someone who said ‘Bush lied us into war in Iraq’
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:58 pmLooks like we’re gonna get harvested for parts, gang.
Sooner than later for some…
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 8:58 pmWe’ll never know if things would have been different if the Obama administration and the State Dept. hadn’t decided to play footsies with the monster Assad.
‘I saw bodies of women and children lying on roads, beheaded’…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-death-toll-said-to-rise.html?pagewanted=all
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:04 pm14. Looks like Washoe was among the first to report, gave me faulty impression of turnout, most counties are empty.
So we have a low turnout from Mormons too.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:08 pmStupid Newt Logic:
Asks how Romney can expect to win in the fall when the only way he can win in the primaries is to outspend everyone 5-1 or more, and in the fall Obama likely to outspend Romney, therefore Romney likely to lose in the fall if outspent.
Lets train that intellect back on Newt.
Romney outspends you 5-1 in Florida in the primary, and buries you.
Obama outspends you 10-1 in the fall and …… you win?
shipwreckedcrew (5b82f6) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:09 pmWait it gets better, no not really;
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/208691-syria-reportedly-releases-alleged-terrorist-mastermind-in-warning-to-west
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:10 pm51. Yeah, we were worried he go over to the dark side.
Nor Laup that is. Willard, I am your father.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:12 pmWashoe is Tea Party Central — that’s going to be Gingrich and Santorum’s biggest numbers. Its not overly Mormon — its a lot of California refugees who moved into the Washoe Valley to escape the tax burden.
Clark County, if it has not yet reported, is likely to drive Romney’s margin up even higher.
shipwreckedcrew (5b82f6) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:14 pm“Sooner than later for some…”
– Colonel Haiku
Sound collaborator logic: it’s all well and good, as long as the Robot Overlord harvests my organs last.
I like my liver right where it is, thank you very much. I need it.
I can’t believe you’d sell out your fellow humans like this…
Leviticus (dd1d7b) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:15 pmI like the selection of Ron Paul for VP.
Give him an office in the Old Exec. Office Bldg with a window, but no staff. Tell him his office hours are 8:00 to 5:00, M-F, and he doesn’t have to work overtime or weekends. His job is to find unnecessary parts of the Code of Federal Regulations, and produce written recommendations for their repeal.
Force Congress to amend the Constitution with respect to line of succession.
Done.
shipwreckedcrew (5b82f6) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:18 pm56. We are well and truly hosed. Santorum won’t read the results, he can’t even afford coffee.
Sauron is in antiChrist-lite’s pocket and Neuter is hated by more people than Howard Stern, Larry Flynt and Michael Vick combined.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:26 pmphilipaklein “I wish Bob Dylan would write a song about Newt’s bitterness in that press conference.”
He already did: “You’re Gonna Leave Revulsion When You Go”
Colonel Haiku (a0b242) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:28 pm61. Bet he plumps his kid, he can pass the physical, fogs glass.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:29 pmsomeone should buy Santorum a cup of coffee I think
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:29 pmThe margin is going to go much higher than it is.
On Fox’s site, they have it right now at 42% to 26% for Romney.
But Clark County is going 60-20 for Romney in the very early returns — only 500 votes reported. Washoe County, where Gingrich will run strong, has reported 5000 votes already. The rest of the state is a pittance compared to those two counties.
Romney likely to get a majority.
shipwreckedcrew (5b82f6) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:35 pm54, 57. Panetta said the odds were 50:50 this spring there’d be hostilities.
2006 war began July 12. No way Iran and Syria can wait that long. They’re already engaged in civil war and Israel is very nervous.
Sauds cleared the Israelis ages ago for overflight and we are done in Iraq. $2 Billion a year and open hostility from us is no deterent.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:38 pmYou meant Saruman, I mean about Paul, someone who whines about poor Awlaki, no I’ll pass.
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:38 pm68. Well, maybe the metaphor works better with Saruman, only saw the movies. Fiction seems like a waste of time.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:45 pm67) that is the dirty little secret, why the Sauds
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:47 pmsponsored AQ, and supported Saddam, the dodgy Baathist.
Voters are not rejecting Newt, they are just not accepting him.
It is all the fault of the Establishment.
Bitterness and anger are usually big vote getters on the campaign trail.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 2/4/2012 @ 9:59 pmMr. daley I think in the final analysis a recent governor who completed his whole term trumps past-the-ex-date congresswhores
it’s almost just that simple
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:01 pmplus Romney is so handsome
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:02 pmMr. Romney saved christmas once did you know that?
— There was a musical about it: The Magic Mormon.
I just found out nobody tells me anything.
— You didn’t already know that nobody tells you anything? Funny, I thought you knew. Oh wait, did you leave out a semi-colon? Dang . . . kinda changes the meaning a bit.
I seriously doubt Mr. newt has ever saved christmas bless his heart
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:07 pm— I heard that he once saved Christmas for Tiffany & Co.
When the signature accomplishment is MassCare, maybe you should ‘just call the whole thing off’
narciso (87e966) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:07 pmI heard that he once saved Christmas for Tiffany & Co.
that was then but I think Newt’s alone now
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:12 pmDunno but Republican turnout is down every contest but SC to date.
Not certain its time to do a jig, perhaps a salt sled pull?
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:17 pmI can’t imagine the $h..$torm that would be passing as Dem campaign ads if the GOP ticket were Romney/Palin.
— Ken and Snow Barbie?
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:23 pm[I denounce myself]
But again, still, Romney failed to get a majority!
Comment by AD-RtR/OS! — 2/4/2012 @ 8:05 pm
— Drew, does that mean anything at all? There are four candidates on the ballot, ya know.
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:27 pmRich Lowry was eight when Reagan was elected. What the ph*c would he know? Prolly doesn’t even know the Pledge of Allegiance.
— Put that one ^^^ in the Constructive Criticism Primer. It’s a keeper!
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:37 pmRe lack of a majority — Obama got above 40% only one time in the first two months of the Dem primaries 4 years ago. The only place he broke above 40% was South Carolina, where about 60% of the primary electorate was African American.
shipwreckedcrew (5b82f6) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:43 pmRomney-Paul would confirm the brilliance of Obama-Biden.
Icy, it means that Romney is not (yet) the overwhelming choice of the party, and there is an opportunity for another.
AD-RtR/OS! (da537d) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:49 pmBut wasn’t Romney’s strength in NV predicated on the large proportion of Mormons in the GOP electorate?
AD-RtR/OS! (da537d) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:51 pmFiction seems like a waste of time.
— Are you sure? ’cause some of your doodlings . . .
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 10:51 pm“there is (an opportunity for) another,” Master Yoda?
Icy (f9b8cc) — 2/4/2012 @ 11:03 pmI seriously doubt Mr. newt has ever saved christmas bless his heart
He stole it once, actually
Kevin M (563f77) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:16 amSigh. So it is to be half a loaf.
Kevin M (563f77) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:24 amRomney/Newt?
Hmmmm.
Random (38d59c) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:54 am“Newt Gingrich’s post–Nevada caucus speech included about three minutes of inspired moments about issues and ideas in his usual imaginative and intellectually robust style. So why does he not just stay with that — given that he often seems more dynamic and glib than Romney in his attacks on Obama, and not long ago gained ground despite the attacks against him? Instead, he now turns ad nauseam to the tired reasons why he loses — yes, including lots of Mormons in Nevada — and ends up as Richard Nixon not going to get kicked around any more.
But whether he knows it or not, Gingrich is becoming a caricature of petulance: no concession in Nevada, no call to Romney, no awareness that his inability to raise money at levels of a political rival or to match a competing campaign organization is not necessarily unfair. That’s politics, and Gingrich knows it. I don’t understand why he thinks now losing to Romney in 2012 is solely due to Romney’s innate deviousness in a way McCain beating Romney in 2008 was not — given that Romney was about the same in both 2008 and 2012. Gingrich seems oblivious to the fact that McCain’s style and history gave him advantages over Romney’s money and hardball in ways Gingrich’s own proven liabilities apparently do not…”
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290188/gingrich-s-speech-how-make-bad-night-worse-victor-davis-hanson
Colonel Haiku (3d8d5b) — 2/5/2012 @ 3:42 amphilipaklein New post: “Romney wins Nevada, Newt throws a tantrum” http://t.co/BptlnLdO
philipaklein When was the last time a winning candidate declared his intention to fight all the way to the convention?
Colonel Haiku (3d8d5b) — 2/5/2012 @ 3:48 am“There were rumors flying around the blogosphere on Saturday night as the Nevada caucus returns were being tabulated that Newt Gingrich would use his press conference to adopt a new more positive strategy going forward. But after watching Gingrich’s bizarre 11 pm presser, it would appear that the new positive Newt bears a strange resemblance to the old nasty Newt. Gingrich spent most of his session with the press venting his bitterness at Mitt Romney. While vowing to continue his presidential campaign, the main focus of his remarks was not his differences with President Obama but the anger he feels toward the GOP frontrunner.
As he did after losing in Florida, Gingrich again failed to congratulate Romney for winning in Nevada. But, if anything, his rage over being beaten in the pre-Florida primary debates has only grown. Calling Romney a liar, Gingrich piled on the abuse trying to link him to leftist financier George Soros. Listening to Gingrich, it was clear that his campaign was being driven as much by his animus for Romney as it was by his own burning ambition for the presidency. But the question for Gingrich’s main financial backers today has to be whether they are interested in continuing to subsidize an effort that seems more focused on damaging the likely Republican standard bearer than on beating the incumbent…”
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/05/gingrich-sore-loser-strategy-romney-hate/#more-782783
Colonel Haiku (3d8d5b) — 2/5/2012 @ 3:50 amhttp://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/were_all_nonprofit_now.html
narciso (87e966) — 2/5/2012 @ 6:31 amBoth Flopney and neutered are pathetic.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/5/2012 @ 6:56 am84. I think you got me there.
Better a half-deaf shaman that can’t smell subtle odors anymore.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:00 amThe surprising alliance between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:07 amRuPaul likes Romney?
surprising indeed.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:19 amNeuter is placing what is left of hope in Texas:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/05/politics/gingrich-way-forward/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
If nothing else, the GOP will begin to see they’ve lost.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:24 am85. Not this time, no.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:25 am81. And the reason is, Dimmis, however many remain, vote en bloc.
Ronaldus Paoulus bares his neck before the Gauls:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-ron-paul-turns-to-minnesota-20120204,0,3447094.story
A false move.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:31 am92. Another lady that merits regular attention.
95. Rand Paul as VP might not be corrupt before we arrive, but Rubio is a naif.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:39 amRand is wilier that his pere, but believes the same
narciso (87e966) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:44 amthings.
Romney/Rubio would make a semi-exciting ticket but it wouldn’t be a surprise. At this point, not picking Rubio would be the surprise. Romney/Rand Paul would be a genuine surprise.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/5/2012 @ 7:54 am102. Didn’t FL exit polls show a Rubio tab would slighty detract in FL?
He sounds so good tho.
101. Indeed.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:01 am104. Matt Lewis making sense at DC?
“Catholics have emerged as the most important swing voters in presidential politics. They vote in high numbers and populate swing states in disproportionately large numbers.
As a consequence, as the Catholic vote goes, so goes the nation.”
Honestly, Mr. Santorum, were you any good at what you were doing year 2010?
Do that, ’cause your base ain’t feeling it.
gary gulrud (d88477) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:07 amwe saw last time that all you have to do is waggle a charismatic veep candidates at social cons to make them swoon swoon swoon so Rubio fits the ticket fine and bam party unity
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:07 amcandidate singular i mean
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:08 amSantorum blech
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:10 amCrappyfeet blech.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/5/2012 @ 8:19 amI love that y’all are coming around. Authoritarians doing what they do best. In two months, 90% of the people posting here will be the most vehement Romney fans the world has ever seen.
Meanwhile, for the 4th nomination in the last 5 the money folks who actually control your party have told conservatives to shut up and vote for the moderate.
It’s almost like you guys are Charlie Brown and Lucy is holding that dang football
timb (8f04c0) — 2/5/2012 @ 10:23 amThe Return of Timmah!
Colonel Haiku (3d2087) — 2/5/2012 @ 10:24 amIt’s almost like you guys are Charlie Brown and Lucy is holding that dang football
This time it will be different.
Sadly, the press in this country destroys any Republican candidate that isn’t a centrist, while leaving the wackiest leftards alone, or even lauding them on their occasional moments of sanity. They let Obama run as a centrist in 2008, for example, while castigating McCain as a dangerous right-wing extremist.
Anyone on the Republican right knows that to enter presidential politics is suicide. Newt’s done it twice and no stone is left unturned. Compare that with Edwards or Clinton or, it appears, JFK.
Kevin M (563f77) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:02 pmYeah, no variable x makes “Romney/x” an exciting ticket. But Rubio would make it semi-exciting. That’s the best we can hope for, I think.
I do think it would help quite a bit. I guess by now it’s obvious that’s what I was talking about in the post.
I might send money to such a ticket.
Perry would have been better.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:07 pmPatterico, has timb been accepted back into your good graces?
AD-RtR/OS! (2918a8) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:17 pmWas he ever in my good graces?
I can’t really keep track. Did I ban him? Did I have a reason to ban him? Someone will have to remind me.
Patterico (d508e7) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:28 pmPerhaps it was by Staish, but I thought he had worn out his welcome on many fronts.
AD-RtR/OS! (2918a8) — 2/5/2012 @ 12:45 pmEven so, it won’t take him long (if history is any precedent) to retake that hill.
btw, expecting Romney to do something exciting is kinda missing the plot.
Kevin M (563f77) — 2/5/2012 @ 3:06 pmPrivate Gun Ownership is dangerous and evil.
From
Mayir Bloomberg and his armed guards.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 9:10 amMayor*
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 9:26 amWasn’t timb stalking JD and calling JD a liar? I think that is the reason he was asked to have a most appropriate time out.
Simon Jester (eeefa4) — 2/6/2012 @ 9:50 amYes Simon jester.
I need to type slowly so I do not make mistakes.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 9:52 amtimb:
If Romney is the nominee, I certainly hope that 90% of conservatives will support him against Obama … just as Hillary supporters joined Obama in 2008. However, I doubt the not-Romneys here will end up as infatuated with him as Hillary supporter Debbie Wasserman Schultz is with Barack Obama.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:07 amYou banned him because he downloaded a picture of his grandpa in a bikini to you.
😉
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:14 amWe can’t comment in the Illegal alien thread.
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:14 amtimb,
The media isn’t even polling this now but last year US News & World Report noted that liberals were also disenchanted with their nominee:
In other words, disenchantment with their nominee is a problem for Democrats as well as Republicans.
I suspect that’s why Obama is focusing on decisions that please his base, e.g., the Catholic contraception decision, “African-Americans for Obama,” and pulling out of Iraq. He knows he will have to move to the middle in the general election and he may be concerned his base will become even more disenchanted.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:29 amWe’re dictaors but yet we better respect Obamah or else?
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:31 amI think comments on the other thread are working now, Dohbiden.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/6/2012 @ 10:32 amMormons like da joooooooooooooooooooooos are cheap
/Paulnut
Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 2/6/2012 @ 11:08 am