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Interesting post from a conservative blogger...
Mitt Romney as the Nominee: Conservatism Dies and Barack Obama Wins
http://www.redstate.com/erick/20…
Mitt Romney is not the George W. Bush of 2012 — he is the Harriet Miers of 2012, only conservative because a few conservative grand pooh-bahs tell us Mitt Romney is conservative and for no other reason.
That is precisely why Mitt Romney will not win in 2012. But no worry, once he loses, Republican establishment types will blame conservatives for not doing enough for Mitt Romney, never mind that Mitt Romney has never been able to sell himself to more than 25% of the GOP voters. It’s not his fault though, it is the 75%’s fault.
Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee. And his general election campaign will be an utter disaster for conservatives as he takes the GOP down with him and burns up what it means to be a conservative in the process.
You’d think that given the economy, jobs, and the present angst about the direction of the country that the GOP would have an easy path to victory. You would be wrong.
You forget the electoral college. The vote is coming down to a handful of states and Barack Obama still maintains the advantage of incumbency and not terribly terrible polling in those swing states.
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, is a man devoid of any principles other than getting himself elected. As much as the American public does not like Barack Obama, they loath a man so fueled with ambition that he will say or do anything to get himself elected. Mitt Romney is that man.
- Well that comes off a little harsh.********
- Mitt is the mirror image of Obama. Ambition in an empty suit. We get the candidates we deserve.TheBlueOne
- More like the candidates the media/political establishment chooses for usukit2
- It's a job no good man wants.********
- We do NOT get the politicians we deserve, we get the ones someone else bought for their ends. Its their game, not ours.mikotondria3
- Well that comes off a little harsh.