Fear Mitt
Until about yesterday I was thinking to myself that Mitt Romney would be a great opponent because he had almost no chance of winning. Mitt Romney is, in my opinion, a transparent panderer. Right now he is on the campaign trail trying to out-bigot and out-hawk all the wingnuts in the field. This is a guy who was pro-choice, signed a (flawed) universal health care bill in massachussets and was governer when same-sex marriage was made legal there. This was all in the last five years, not twenty years ago.
But then it occured to me…dishonesty can work. This is a guy who managed to get elected in Massachussets. If he gets the nomination he will run to the center as fast as he can. He will suddenly be the reasonable candidate. And with our useless political press he might even get away with it.
January 18th, 2008 11:06
Yeah it is hard to figure out just what he does stand for. I must admit initially being very interested in his candidacy; besides the obvious reason I liked the idea of a conservative governor of a liberal state (leaving behind ideology, being pragmatic, willing to work across party lines). But now? Pathetic.
Nice thing though…his win in Michigan has made the race still up for grabs. I hear pundits say the party to pick its candidate first typically wins in November.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiCqxKLIVDY