Mitt Romney Betrayed This Conservative
I don't like John McCain. He isn't conservative enough, for one thing. He isn't tough on immigration. God knows we don't need another Republican president who is weak on immigration! And he is so arrogant and obnoxious he guaranteed his hometown newspaper would endorse him. As a former journalist, that bugs the hetwohockeysticks out of me.
I feel even more betrayed by my fellow California Republicans. To my horror, the majority in every single county in California voted for John McCain. Romney did win in one Congressional district, but it wasn't mine. And after that disastrous Super Tuesday in California and other primaries, Romney left the race.
As more primaries took place, I wondered what would happen to the delegates Romney won in the earlier primaries. I had hoped that somehow McCain wouldn't have quite enough votes to win the Republican nomination outright, and that perhaps, just maybe, Romney's delegates and Huckabee's could have put together a coalition to get one of them nominated. But with McCain's continued success in last Tuesday's "Potomac Primaries" and elsewhere, I began to wonder.
Here in California on Super Tuesday, it seems to me there were a lot of conservative Evangelicals still voting for Huckabee. And then there's Ron Paul. Yes, he's a fringe candidate with some strange views. But even at my church, which is not ultra-ultra conservative, he had his supporters. All in all, having three conservatives to choose from didn't bode well for any of them. I just wish the so-called "movers and shakers" in California Republican politics could have rallied the forces behind ONE conservative candidate.
Now, I don't have to wonder what will happen to Romney's delegates. He has endorsed McCain, and they will vote for him. Like almost everyone else, I now have to believe the Republican nomination is all but given. McCain will win the nomination. But it's a lot less likely he will win the presidency. I, for one, do not know who to vote for now.
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Post a CommentBesides I say wait until 2012, or 16. I don't think, and seriously hope that we haven't, seen the last of Romney...
Romney did not throw his support behind McCain to betray republicans, or becuase he feels McCain is the best canidate for the position. He did it becuase Huckabee was nothing but an @ss to him during the campaigns. Huckabee slandered Romney, drug his name through the mud, posted very strategic lies about Romney just around the time of the primarys and was altogether abominable.
Paul, even with Romney's delegates wouldn't have enought to beat McCain delegates so it would be wasted. (Personally I think Paul is the best hope for this country, and I hope he switches to the Independent ticket).
So Romney throws his support behind what is essentially the lesser of the two evils. Personally, I absolutely HATE McCains immigration policys, but I hate Huckabee ethics even more.
McCain is a RINO, Republican In Name Only. He has even contemplated switching to the Dems before. Romney giving his support to him is a betrayal. Pretty sad that McCain is left of Hillary. We can hope that the outcry from the conservatives (note not Republicans) will be heard, but don't count on it. It didn't happen with Bush 43 either. There is no viable conservative candidate now. McCain may be strong on defense but thats all. The darling Obama with his cult like following has no platform, just "change" and "hope", what a joker. Has no record, no ideas, just hot air. Hillary is very skilled at pit warfare, don't underestimate her. And it doesn't really matter who wins now. Conservatives are screwed either way. These left leaning mamby pamby gutless politicians will screw it up again (like Carter) and then somebody on the right will emerge with some sanity eventually.
You lack understanding of the basics of running a campaign, though your loyalty to your candidate is laudable. Mitt Romney put up significant amounts of his own money (his children's inheritance), and as he fell further and further behind his ability to raise corporate funds diminished. The handwriting was on the wall. On top of minimizing his personal financial damage from staying in the race too long, Romney did his part for Republican unification by getting out of the race and soon thereafter endorsing McCain. In the old days you backed your party's candidate and platform (or you didn't if that was the case). Now every interest group and sector wants their issues front and center or they won't vote for someone. That's no way to run a Democracy. We elect someone to make those calls - we don't make them for him. If we don't like it, we don't vote for him or her....
McCain is, if anything, the worst presidential candidate I have seen in years. This is coming from an anti-Hillary Clinton voter: I will not be able to vote for McCain and will vote for Hillary Clinton before I vote for McCain.
I full heartedly supported Romney (see my article http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/571075/what_mormon_mitt_romney_must_do_to.html ) and was beyond disappointed. However, his reaons--for unity of America--makes sense. While I am saddened by his decision to step down, his endorsement of McCain is shocking and unsatisfying but, at the same time, admirable.
It amazes me how many people consider following our Constitution a strange idea. How does a man married to the same woman f 51 years, a devout Christian, one who does not participate in the lucrative Congressional pension fund, never voted for an unbalanced budget, voted against every tax increase, wants to extracate this country from a no-win war that is killing not only thousands of our troops( who could be on US soil protecting our borders instead) as well as over 1 million Iraqi people, wants to protect the ever eroding civil liberties of the American public, and has larger support from our military personnel than any other candidate, is treated like a crazy uncle. Why because someone told you that and you were too busy or lazy to find out for yourself how this humble statesman is really trying hard to help each and everyone of you. He is not doing this for self gratification, a need to control the lives of others, or personal gain. His ideas take more to understand than a thir