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Romney and Paul.

By on February 25, 2012 in Politics

I was trapped in a hotel for a bit the last couple days and so I happened to see coverage of the last Republican debate on MSNBC. One thing they were talking about was that through the Republican primaries Ron Paul has served as something of an attack dog for Mitt Romney. I didn’t think [...]

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Shrum: The office of the presidency was a codicil in Romney’s trust fund.

By on February 24, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Al Gore’s old campaign manager had me laughing with his pre-obituary on Romney’s election chances (The Increasingly Worthless GOP Nomination): http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/224776/the-increasingly-worthless-gop-nomination/1 and if the GOP seems to be self-destructing, and disqualifying itself in the eyes of women, minorities, Gays, and young people, it couldn’t happen to a nicer party. The only question remains: is Romney [...]

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Mitt Romney Says The Darnedest Things!

By on February 2, 2012 in General Discussion, Human Behavior, Politics

Mitt Romney: I’m not concerned about the very poor.   Mitt Romney: I like being able to fire people.   Mitt Romney: I’m unemployed, too.   Mitt Romney: Corporations are people, too.   But none of those are the darnedest thing Mitt Romney has said. He frequently claims that Obama has added more to the [...]

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The Moderate Mr. Romney

By on February 1, 2012 in General Discussion

I keep hearing Mitt Romney referred to as a “moderate” or even (by some elements of the GOP) as a “liberal.”  I realize that those words are, by their nature, relative.  Relative to Gingrich, I suppose Romney’s a moderate.  Even relative to the recent GOP as a whole, he’s moderate.  But if you zoom out [...]

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Romeny’s Mormonism

By on January 23, 2012 in General Discussion, Human Behavior, Politics

Has anyone seen any exit polling that looks into the question of how much Romney’s Mormonism is hurting his run for the nomination?   Back in late 2007, there was a point when the mainstream media thought McCain was done and that Romney would be the nominee — he had built a powerful 50-state organization, [...]

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Mitt Romney: Notorious Incompetent

By on October 17, 2011 in General Discussion

Romney will likely win the GOP nomination… by default.  Rick Perry’s a much better fit for the base, but he apparently doesn’t have a clue how to campaign, and the GOP establishment is nervous about how Obama would dismantle him in a debate.  Cain is making a strong showing for the past couple weeks, but is [...]

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Perry comes in third.

By on October 6, 2011 in Politics

Two recent polls of likely Republican voters have shown that Perry has slipped to third for who they would like to see run for president, the leaders are now in first Romney, and in second Cain. I like this, and here is the reason, the more moderate, or at least the TP non favorite, Romney [...]

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