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Mossbeach Donating Member (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 07:34 PM
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Mitt Romney will vote for Obama........Here's why.....
According to the Spectator, Mittens is banking on McSame losing to get his hands on the nomination for 2012.

The Spectator says he was the one behind the Palin infighting thing. He'd be the only person in the race "prettier" than Palin!


Here's the article:

ROMNEY ANTI-PALIN
Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. "Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012," says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. "The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He's in charge on November 5th."

Romney has kept a low profile nationally since being denied the vice presidential nomination. He is currently traveling for the National Republican Congressional Committee in support of some House members, and has attended events for a handful of other House members who have sought his support, but he has traveled little for the McCain-Palin ticket. "He said the only time he'd travel for us is if we assured him that national cameras would be there," says a McCain campaign communications aide. "He's traveled to Nevada and a couple other states for us. That's about it."

Should McCain-Palin not win next week, Romney is expected to mount another presidential run, though it isn't clear that he has handled himself particularly well since losing the nomination. He failed to support or espouse conservative positions on the economic bailout bill in an effective or meaningful way, and he has turned down opportunities to endorse and work for conservative candidates in House or Senate seats unless they were assured of winning.

The most glaring oversight was Romney's refusal to do a phone recording for Massachusetts Republican Jeff Beatty, who is challenging Sen. John Kerry. "Mitt supposedly cares about Massachusetts, but won't even return phone calls asking for help," says a conservative working for Beatty in Boston. "It's a tough race, but the least he could do is help. He's showing his true colors."

Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a "diva" and was going off message intentionally. The former and current Romney supporters further are pushing Romney supporters for key Republican jobs, including head of the Republican National Committee.
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camera obscura Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:00 PM
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1. If Mittens had any sense
he would cultivate a moderate image and try to distance himself from the party right now, and run in 2012 as a new breed of Republican.

If he hadn't flip flopped on health care and tried to look like the #1 hawk in the party he would have won the nomination. People were looking for someone who wasn't a traditional Republican and they picked the fake maverick instead.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:03 PM
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2. Maybe, but I still think his religious beliefs would have been a turn off to the evangelists
and may still be in 2012
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:04 PM
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3. McCain trashed Romney during the primaries. I also think Cindy McCain will vote for Obama
and then divorce his sorry ass less than a year from now. Then she'll write a tell-all book about how miserable it was living with McCain.

I wouldn't be surprised if George Bush voted for someone other than McCain in the early balloting, too. Those two definitely do not like each other, and with McCain bashing Bush more and more in desperation, I could easily see Bush voting for Nader.
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:09 PM
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4. Tonight on Campbell Brown there was a republican strategist who was trashing Palin. Turned out to
be a former Mitt Romney campaign strategist.

I absolutely believe that Mitt wants to get rid of her.
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