Mason-Dixon: Romney Ahead In Florida

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Greg DeLassus wrote on January 24, 2008 10:56 AM:

Good news, that. I feel much more comfortable with the idea of running against Romney than running against McCain.

stemper wrote on January 24, 2008 11:00 AM:

C'mon, Mitt the Flip. Show us the love...

Meh wrote on January 24, 2008 11:07 AM:

Don't underestimate Mitt. The guy has just shrugged off bad news and keeps right on going and going. He's like the terminator, or something. Blow him up, run him over with cars, toss the empty gun at him- he's still coming.

He's the Mitterminator.

Anonymous wrote on January 24, 2008 11:07 AM:

Huckabee will get shut down if this happens, and with all the FL delegates MIT might avoid a convention show-down.

This reflects the Freeper poll which is a good barometer of hard core GOP thought.

I wondering if Fred will get more than Paul?

I'm betting he will.

Nick wrote on January 24, 2008 11:10 AM:

Come on, Mitt! Close the deal, you 747-shouldered-fella you! Romney stopping McCain is the only thing that can cheer me up in the face of us nominating Hillary. She could actually beat this ridiculous foof.

Steaming Pile wrote on January 24, 2008 11:15 AM:

Hooray for Mittens! That's it, keep on spending your no-Army-service children's inheritance. We're counting on you!

Anonymous wrote on January 24, 2008 11:15 AM:

I'm quite sure it was the "Who let the dogs out... Who, who." moment.

markg8 wrote on January 24, 2008 11:59 AM:

Republicans will ignore Romney's flip flops on just about every issue and his religion if they have
to and rally around this guy and sell him as some kind of centrist technocrat who can right the economy to indies. Be careful what you wish for.

Anonymous wrote on January 24, 2008 12:17 PM:

Everyone who thinks that the Democrats are unbeatable against Mitt Romney should to remember that this guy got elected in liberal Massachusetts. A republican that can win in the Northeast could surprise some people in the general election. If I were a democrat, I would rather run against the old guy who has nearly eclipsed the average life expectancy of the average male in this country.

stemper wrote on January 24, 2008 12:45 PM:

I'd rather run against "my sons served their country on my campaign" Mitt than against the guy who went to war. If nothing else, Reagan showed that folks don't mind voting for an older guy if they perceive he's got guts.

People vote on character and they think McCain's got it.

drubs wrote on January 24, 2008 1:34 PM:

Huck or Mitt I'll Take Either. As for Mitt winning in Liberal MA. Which Mitt? This Mitt or the Mitt that was two Mitts ago? Take your choice he always offers plenty.

bupalos wrote on January 24, 2008 1:50 PM:

If we nominate Clinton, we HAVE to have Mitt. Plain and simple. There is no way the credibility and morality issue doesn't totally sink the Clintons in a matchup with Mr. Straight Talk war hero. Plus all her support is old people who are lukewarm on the war and still hope for victory parades, and he would eat her lunch there too. She can't beat him, there is Just no way.

But Mitt the Flip is the perfect matchup for her. That's a fair fight. If I can't have Obama, I've got to have multiple choice, multiple marriage Mitt the Flip.

Rockdad50 wrote on January 24, 2008 3:36 PM:

Come on over to Ron Paul's Freedom Train, Tapper. No Flim Flam Flip Floppers over here. Just true blue Americans that know all the issues and what needs to be done to get us back on track. A limited government thats for the people.

RobbyLove wrote on January 24, 2008 3:40 PM:

Don't forget that Republicans hate Hillary's guts. The left may hate Bush but it's nothing compared to the right's hatred of Hillary.

The reason Shrub overcame Kerry (voting irregularities aside) in 2004 is because the Republican base was rallied for the various Anti-Gay Marriage initiatives in several key states. Imagine how rallied they'll be if Hillary is the nominee?

If McCain is the (R) nominee then Hillary goes down in flames, because he'll get the indy vote. If Romney is the nominee then it's a coin-flip.

Billybob wrote on January 24, 2008 3:41 PM:

I wouldn't get too pleased by this turn of events. The Republicans could well win the election and would anyone want to hear the words President Romney? Clinton will in all probability win the Democratic nod and I fear she will be a far weaker general election candidate than anyone could imagine.

nrglaw wrote on January 24, 2008 11:17 PM:

I continue to be surprised at this rooting for the well-financed, young Romney, versus the cash-poor, economics-challenged, aging McCain. Romney did just fine in the debate tonite--why can't he win? Because he is a phony and a jerk? Since when does that stop a candidate from winning the White House? Not since 2000, that's for sure.

I think HL Mencken said that no one ever lost money betting on the stupidity of the American voter.

I wish to hell Romney had been stopped in Michigan.

SeeDee wrote on January 24, 2008 11:20 PM:

Mitt or McCain or whoever...the Repugs are laying the ground-work for a retention of power in November.

First, they (the GOP) have secretly cheered while a media controlled by suspect groups hyped and bally-hooed the two MOST un-electable Democrats, Hillary and Obama...In fact, anointed them w a-a-y before anyone else even seriously thought of running. Now, they've prevailed on the most stupid Democratic congress ever to 'save' the economy from the disaster they engineered in time to remove that as a big issue about the time the election rolls around. And, finally, they are embarked on a campaign to force our 'ally' Musharraf to allow U.S. forces to 'help' him capture O. bin Laden.

They have already constructed the myth that we 'are winning, at last, in Iraq' and the media is spinning for them all the way.

So, what a month ago looked like a shoo-in for Democrats, now looks much different..repeating:
1) An un-electable Democrat as head of the national ticket;
2) The perception that we've won in Iraq, after all;
3) An economy that, on the surface, at least, does not seem in 'that bad a shape'...EVEN THOUGH IT IS;
4) The sensation of capturing the most wanted criminal (which should have occurred five years ago) and the blaring adulation of the administration by the media...will temper voters' disdain for the ineptitude of Dubya and Dick.

All this and the utterly spineless (or worse, betraying) Democrats like Pelosi, Reid, Hoyer, Emanuel, etc. who comprise this Congress, and the scary outcome is, indeed, predictable.

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