Mitt Romney for President? - Reader comments at The New York Sun

Submitted by Ryan Caley, Apr 3, 2007 11:35

The first quarter earnings for presidential hopefuls are in! Drum roll please...
In the Democratic field Hillary Clinton comes out on top with 26 million in cold hard cash! No surprise there. Senator of Illinios Barrack Obama comes in second with 20 million, and Edwards trails behind with 14 million.
On the Gop side, despite the fact that Rudy Giuliani is winning in poll numbers nationwide among voters, Mitt Romney rakes in a whopping 23 million! The New York City former Mayor gets 15 million in backing, and Senator McCain comes in at 12.5 million.
While everyone was expecting Mrs. Clinton to win the money race, on the GOP side there is more of a shock! Atleast in my view, unless I'm missing something. Mitt Romney, the only top presidential candidate still on his first marriage, is failing to take off according to poll numbers anywhere nationwide. Yet, he is the top choice when the wallets are opened, and CPAC members vote.
If Romney is going to make a name for himself, he will have to do so early in states like Iowa and New Hampshire. Romney will also have to spend twice as much to do so, because he doesn't have the name recognition that John McCain or Rudy Giuliani have. Of course neither did Nixon, but he ended up with the nomination and the white house. So the question is, is Romney the best pick for Republicans to win the White House in 2008?
Let's look at him more closely. He was the governor from the same state as John Kerry. He won that governorship partly on key issues like abortion, gun control, and gay marriage. Well how does a Republican win in a typically democratic state like MA? Simple, he was pro abortion, pro gun control, pro gay marriage, and now is pro winning the GOP nomination! He did say he has had "a change of heart" on all three issues. His change of heart, according to him, started just two and a half years ago, when he was no longer running for re-election for governor, and was kicking around the idea of running as a republican president. He talks the talk like a charming "good ol boy" all squeeky clean and fresh. Yet he never cut taxes in any significant way, and crime went up in his state while governor. He is flip flopping his way into the hearts of conservatives, and they instantly go green over his image. Since his is from the same state as John Kerry, the question for me is, what's in the water over there that causes the flip flopping? And why do they win nominations from there party.
If Mitt Romney gets support from the GOP, why don't we just let John Kerry hop over to our party and let him run for us? His plastic, smiley image is just too much for me to handle, and if he runs all the way to the white house, I just might vote for a democrat.

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