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CMatt25
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Not that big of a deal though as it means absolutely nothing in a general election against an incumbant. Just ask John Kerry who won both for the Democrats.
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CMatt25
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Ringil, he’s had plenty of practice in transformation.
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CMatt25
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Yes and in the meantime, Obama can see how Mitt responds and be even more prepared.
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Cascadian
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Thanks for you’re insight, I hadn’t heard of that so I’m starting to look into it. I would hope it’s understandable that I’m still skeptical that Iran would still decide to wipe itself off of the map. It’s not just Ahmadenijihad who would have to be intent on self-annihilation, the military would also have to be involved and several others who could stop him.
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rlg94086
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Yeah…no one said it was.
It was an historical event for the Republican primaries and has nothing to do with the Democrats or the general election.
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rlg94086
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I hope all of you Obama supporters continue to be cocky about his chances. I like that in an opponent.
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rlg94086
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online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204124204577154470746488992.html
In an open race for the GOP nomination, no Republican has won both Iowa and New Hampshire, as Mitt Romney has. No one has come in fourth or fifth in New Hampshire, as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did, and become the nominee. No one has entirely skipped Iowa, as Jon Huntsman did, and won elsewhere. No one has recovered after grabbing the 1% that Rick Perry received in the Granite State. And no one became the nominee after failing to win one of the first two contests, a position in which Ron Paul finds himself.
All this means history will be made this year, no matter what happens next.
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It’s important to understand that South Carolina is not quintessentially Southern in the way that, for example, Mississippi and Alabama are. Social conservatives in the upstate region (including Spartanburg) unfamiliar with Mr. Romney’s record might be more willing to support Messrs. Gingrich and Santorum than were their New Hampshire counterparts, who had observed Mr. Romney’s unwavering conservative positions on abortion and marriage when he was governor of neighboring Massachusetts.
In an open race for the GOP nomination, no Republican has won both Iowa and New Hampshire, as Mitt Romney has. No one has come in fourth or fifth in New Hampshire, as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did, and become the nominee. No one has entirely skipped Iowa, as Jon Huntsman did, and won elsewhere. No one has recovered after grabbing the 1% that Rick Perry received in the Granite State. And no one became the nominee after failing to win one of the first two contests, a position in which Ron Paul finds himself.
All this means history will be made this year, no matter what happens next.
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It’s important to understand that South Carolina is not quintessentially Southern in the way that, for example, Mississippi and Alabama are. Social conservatives in the upstate region (including Spartanburg) unfamiliar with Mr. Romney’s record might be more willing to support Messrs. Gingrich and Santorum than were their New Hampshire counterparts, who had observed Mr. Romney’s unwavering conservative positions on abortion and marriage when he was governor of neighboring Massachusetts.
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This is good news…
realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/12/mitts_big_next_step_on_tax_reform_112737.html
Under pressure from a number of supply-side conservatives (including me, and most especially the editorial-page folks at The Wall Street Journal), Romney appears to be listening. Here’s his money quote from the debate:
“But I look long term to do just what Jon (Huntsman) indicated, which is to take Bowles-Simpson and to reduce the rates in our tax code, to reduce the number of exemptions and limit the amount of exceptions that can occur. At the same time, I don’t want to raise capital-gains tax rates, as they do in Bowles-Simpson. But simplifying the code, broadening the base, is the right way to go for our tax code long term.”
So far as I know this is the first time that Romney has endorsed the modified flat tax embodied in Bowles-Simpson. Huntsman, who I think won the Sunday-morning debate in New Hampshire, has endorsed this from day one, with three rates of 8 percent, 14 percent and 23 percent, plus a corporate tax rate of 25 percent (which Romney shares). The Wall Street Journal labeled this plan “exceptional.” Huntsman would blow out nearly all the deductions and exemptions in the code to properly broaden the base and generate additional revenues along with the revenue-generating growth impact of new incentives.
realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/12/mitts_big_next_step_on_tax_reform_112737.html
Under pressure from a number of supply-side conservatives (including me, and most especially the editorial-page folks at The Wall Street Journal), Romney appears to be listening. Here’s his money quote from the debate:
“But I look long term to do just what Jon (Huntsman) indicated, which is to take Bowles-Simpson and to reduce the rates in our tax code, to reduce the number of exemptions and limit the amount of exceptions that can occur. At the same time, I don’t want to raise capital-gains tax rates, as they do in Bowles-Simpson. But simplifying the code, broadening the base, is the right way to go for our tax code long term.”
So far as I know this is the first time that Romney has endorsed the modified flat tax embodied in Bowles-Simpson. Huntsman, who I think won the Sunday-morning debate in New Hampshire, has endorsed this from day one, with three rates of 8 percent, 14 percent and 23 percent, plus a corporate tax rate of 25 percent (which Romney shares). The Wall Street Journal labeled this plan “exceptional.” Huntsman would blow out nearly all the deductions and exemptions in the code to properly broaden the base and generate additional revenues along with the revenue-generating growth impact of new incentives.
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Once upon a time, New Hampshire was quite politically conservative; however, so many libs from Massachusetts have moved there … attracted by low taxes, etc., that they have brought their liberal thinking and liberal ways with them. So, gradually the ex-pats from Mass. are converting New Hampshire to a colony of Mass.
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_Abyssinia
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New Romney Ad in Florida Kicks Race for Latino Vote Into High Gear
Read more: latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/01/11/mitt-romney-says-hola-to-florida-latino-voters/#ixzz1jGPFLtzw
With nothing to lose, candidates go on the attack against Mitt Romney in South Carolina
“The Republican challengers to Mitt Romney descended on South Carolina on Wednesday sharply divided and deeply uncertain about how to stop the front-runner’s march to the GOP presidential nomination. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) led the attacks with a tough ad that began airing Wednesday detailing Romney’s past support for abortion rights. After Romney’s victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday, attention turned to South Carolina, which will hold its primary on Jan. 21.” - Washington Post
“One day after declaring he would not delve into personal attacks, Newt Gingrich kicked the Mitt Romney family dog into the campaign’s discourse Wednesday.” - CNN
“But Mr. Gingrich said he would not back off as an outside “super PAC” supporting him introduced a scathing video about Mr. Romney’s work at Bain. And Mr. Perry kept up his critique of what he has called Mr. Romney’s “vulture capitalism.”” - New York Times
The good Newt gives way to the evil Newt of Washington fame - Washington Examiner editorial
But business-friendly South Carolina may not take kindly to attacks on Romney’s career…
“The state’s unemployment rate hasn’t been below 9 percent in three years and a third of its manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the last decade. But from South Carolina’s urban centers to its old mill villages, many workers still view their employers paternalistically, even when their bosses’ decisions hurt them. And that may blunt the criticism that Romney is a greedy fat cat who squashes employees while lining his own pockets.” - AP
John Bolton endorses Romney - CNN
Senator Jim DeMint’s advisers to endorse Romney - CNN
However, DeMint himself is still staying neutral - AP
…And Romney hits back
“Romney said he’s unconcerned the criticism will taint his presidential bid. “It’s been brought up every time I’ve run,” Romney said, adding that Democrats are trying to put “free enterprise on trial. But, you know, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich are going to be the witnesses for the prosecution. I’m not worried about that. They can take it as they like,” he said. “You saw last night that approach didn’t work very well for (them). And so we’ll take it to the next level.”” - CNN
Karl Rove: South Carolina is the last chance for most of his rivals, but the front-runner needs to better answer the Bain attacks - WSJ
“Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has called for Gov. Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, as well as the data that could substantiate his claim of having created 100,000 jobs as CEO of Bain Capital.” - BigGovernment
Read more: latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/01/11/mitt-romney-says-hola-to-florida-latino-voters/#ixzz1jGPFLtzw
With nothing to lose, candidates go on the attack against Mitt Romney in South Carolina
“The Republican challengers to Mitt Romney descended on South Carolina on Wednesday sharply divided and deeply uncertain about how to stop the front-runner’s march to the GOP presidential nomination. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) led the attacks with a tough ad that began airing Wednesday detailing Romney’s past support for abortion rights. After Romney’s victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday, attention turned to South Carolina, which will hold its primary on Jan. 21.” - Washington Post
“One day after declaring he would not delve into personal attacks, Newt Gingrich kicked the Mitt Romney family dog into the campaign’s discourse Wednesday.” - CNN
“But Mr. Gingrich said he would not back off as an outside “super PAC” supporting him introduced a scathing video about Mr. Romney’s work at Bain. And Mr. Perry kept up his critique of what he has called Mr. Romney’s “vulture capitalism.”” - New York Times
The good Newt gives way to the evil Newt of Washington fame - Washington Examiner editorial
But business-friendly South Carolina may not take kindly to attacks on Romney’s career…
“The state’s unemployment rate hasn’t been below 9 percent in three years and a third of its manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the last decade. But from South Carolina’s urban centers to its old mill villages, many workers still view their employers paternalistically, even when their bosses’ decisions hurt them. And that may blunt the criticism that Romney is a greedy fat cat who squashes employees while lining his own pockets.” - AP
John Bolton endorses Romney - CNN
Senator Jim DeMint’s advisers to endorse Romney - CNN
However, DeMint himself is still staying neutral - AP
…And Romney hits back
“Romney said he’s unconcerned the criticism will taint his presidential bid. “It’s been brought up every time I’ve run,” Romney said, adding that Democrats are trying to put “free enterprise on trial. But, you know, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich are going to be the witnesses for the prosecution. I’m not worried about that. They can take it as they like,” he said. “You saw last night that approach didn’t work very well for (them). And so we’ll take it to the next level.”” - CNN
Karl Rove: South Carolina is the last chance for most of his rivals, but the front-runner needs to better answer the Bain attacks - WSJ
“Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has called for Gov. Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, as well as the data that could substantiate his claim of having created 100,000 jobs as CEO of Bain Capital.” - BigGovernment
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rlg94086
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Or…
The “Romney’s not a conservative” meme didn’t play well in New Hampshire, because they know him…
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ATeutonicKnight
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Then they don’t know much about him, seeing as how he vowed to uphold a woman’s right to choose abortion or not, basically stating that under him, abortion would always stay legal. Ron Paul is under the same boat, so it looks like for Catholics our best choices are Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, whom are both great Catholics and great candidates. I’m partial to Rick Santorum since he doesn’t have much on his record, so the left won’t be able to attack him. Their only complaint will be about his lost child, and attacking him about that is disgusting. The man lost his child and they bring it up as an attack frequently.
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ATeutonicKnight
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Let us not forget that under Romney’s tax plan, taxes for the middle class will go up and taxes for the rich will go down. That tells you his priorities, and that tells you that he’s not a real Conservative. He made Romney-care, swore to uphold a woman’s right to choose abortion, believes in tough gun laws, and flip-flops his beliefs frequently. Do you want a man like that as President?
I would recommend watching this video: youtube.com/watch?v=pBHM9XR5Low
I would recommend watching this video: youtube.com/watch?v=pBHM9XR5Low
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_Abyssinia
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Many people have had pro life conversions. Pro life advocates in Massachusetts say Romney is sufficiently pro life. He has a consistent pro life record as governor.
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ATeutonicKnight
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But he’s still a flip-flopper. To quote Rick Perry, “You don’t know which Romney you’re going to get!”. You don’t know when he might flop back. To my knowledge, he has never said that he would make abortion illegal. Besides, there’s those other oh-so important details, such as him not upholding the second amendment to the extents that he should be, him wanting to raise taxes for the middle class and lower them for the rich, etc. I think everyone’s taxes should be lowered-rich or poor. But this guy seems to think that rich people deserve better than we do. I agree, they are taxed to death. But so are we, and we deserve to have our taxes lowered too. Rick Santorum is in line with all of the Church’s teachings, and is an actual Conservative, unlike Romney.
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ProVobis
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Santorum reportedly attends the Latin Mass. I’m not sure that bodes too well among Catholics and CINO. Look at what happened to Pat Buchanan. Just saying.
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Santorum and Romney both think Roe vs wade should be overturned:
lifenews.com/2012/01/09/romney-and-santorum-roe-v-wade-should-be-overturned/
Romney has pro life conservatives on his judicial team.
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Huntsman Defends Romney’s Record at Bain, Won’t Attack Free Market Capitalism
standard.net/stories/2012/01/11/huntsman-defends-romneys-record-bain
Nikki Haley, campaigning witgh Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney:
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/11/10123888-romney-haley-defend-free-markets-gird-for-more-attacks
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“Capitalism without failure isn’t capitalism,” Huntsman told the more than 100 students and a smattering of teachers in a hot, crowded faculty lounge.
Huntsman later told reporters that Republicans should temper their criticism of Romney’s role at Bain Capital in the 1980s and ’90s, when the private equity firm restructured dozens of companies. Jobs were created in some cases and lost in others. Presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have seized on the lost jobs to paint Romney as a heartless profit-seeker who closed workplaces. Huntsman called the argument unfair.
“If you have creative destruction in capitalism, which has always been part of capitalism, it becomes a little disingenuous to take on Bain Capital,”Nikki Haley, campaigning witgh Mitt Romney:
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“I am proud of all of our Republican candidates, but we have a real problem when we have Republicans talking like Democrats against the free market. We believe in free markets. We don’t ever want people to come in and say that Boeing can hire and fire. We don’t ever want people to go in to Michelin and say that they can make profits or they can’t. We want companies to be able to do what is best for companies and during tough times you downsize and you make hard decisions and during good times you expand and you grow,” Haley said. “That’s what he’s done. He’s done what every one of us has tried to do.”
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“We’ve understood for a long time that the Obama people would come after free enterprise. I was a little surprised to see Newt Gingrich as the first witness for the prosecution, but I don’t think that’s going to hurt my efforts,” Romney told reporters. “Frankly, if I cant take a few shots coming from my colleagues on the republican side, I’m not ready for Barack Obama.”
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Espeically when it’s politically convinient.
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_Abyssinia
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Is this a joke? You support arguably the most pro abortion president ever, and yet you question Romney’s pro life credentials, he actually has pro life voting record.
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