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 Saturday, February 17, 2007
OK, so a lot of Congressmen and women have already endorsed Mitt Romney's Presidential bid. The lists are long in fact.
However, today Mitt Romney's website sent out a press release detailing the endorsement of just one state representative in Iowa, Doug Struyk. Normally, this would not be "press release" type material. However, not only is Iowa an important state, Council Bluffs is a major population center of Western Iowa ( where most social conservatives in the state reside). This is a big endorsement and bodes well for Romney among social conservatives here in Iowa. And in further Iowa/Romney news: Coverage of Romney's Iowa Announcment from the Krusty Konservative is available here and Caucus Cooler's coverage is here. Another report from Iowa State Student Leslie Pralle at "Romney Report" is here. And more coverage from the Souix City Journal and the Des Moines Register (OK, that's probably overkill) Also, you can support Mitt in online polls if you feel so inclined. A list of those are here. Romney will be the keynote speaker at a major five county GOP event on Feb 19th (President's Day--how fitting!) in the Souix City area ( this blogger chimes in with why this event is such a big deal ). Jeff Fuller This is by no means scientific but from the research I've done and the details I've gathered it appears that Romney has a serious edge in public endorsements (for what its worth). Yes its early in the campaign... but that's the point.
The tally: Romney 171; McCain 93; Rudy 16. These numbers were taken from official press releases and other public endorsements. We'll have a detailed list available on Tuesday. Labels: endoresements, Endorsement, McCain, rudy There's been a good deal of controversy around Mitt's appearance on This Week this weekend and his explanation for voting for Tsongas in 1992. This is really a pithy issue.
Let's detail a few things here. (Many thanks for our man at MittBase for his detailed research on the issue) First, there is nothing contradictory here. We have a report from two Boston Globe employees as to why Romney voted for someone 15 years ago. There is no direct quote. Second, I bet if you asked Scott Lehigh, Frank Phillips, or Mitt Romney that those weren't the only reasons why Romney voted for Tsongas (the fact that Tsongas was from Massachusetts, and that he was better than Bill Clinton). Do you vote for someone because of only two issues? You might only give two issues, when you have limited time, but no one votes for a candidate because of only two issues. Third, why don't we take Romney at his word. He voted for Paul Tsongas because he liked him better than Clinton, and that he didn't think that he would win the general election against Bush? Are these somehow mutually exclusive. Fourth, the democrats and MSM is going to take everything Romney ever said 10 years ago, tell us it, and then say "however today he says..." blank. They are going to use this tactic weather it contradicted the previous statement or not. They will use this tactic every time Mitt Romney does not repeat his previous statement verbatim. Lastly, there was NO GOP PRIMARY in 1992. There was only one place to vote. As one political guru told me "he does it all the time". One more thing. This also means Romney voted against Clinton twice!  Labels: bill clinton, mitt romney, tsongas Friday, February 16, 2007
Today in the US House a resolution was passed undercutting our military's heroic efforts in Iraq. Tomorrow in the Senate the same resolution will be debated, though not by John McCain.
I was disappointed to see that my Congressman, Republican Phil English(PA-3) , voted for this resolution. (More on my thoughts on him here) I find it sad that English and the other supporters of this awful resolution, including 16 additional Republicans and all but 2 Democrats, failed to see the historical significance of their votes today. Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Eric Cantor(R-VA) posted a video detailing this historical debate and its place in history. In case it goes off his website you can see it here on Redstate The lessons of History must not be forgotten! -Eric Cantor on the Floor of the House Observe the Lessons of History:
Let's hope the Senate realizes this tomorrow. Thanks for ruining the weekend Boss!  A Washington Post article today provides some insight into Jeb Bush's thinking on the 2008 Presidential Race.From the article "Governor Bush said, 'Before you commit, I want you to meet Mitt Romney. He is the kind of guy you will like no matter what,'" said former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings. "The governor was very candid about the fact that he really liked this guy." Labels: jeb bush, mitt romney  I always have to preface any comment I make about McCain with these two statements:John McCain is a great American. John McCain is not a great conservative. Harry Reid has decided to pull a stunt to gather some press airtime over the weekend by scheduling a vote on Iraq on Saturday. Note: this is blatantly politically motivated. That being said... where is John McCain going to be on Saturday? Hazard a guess? According to ABC here's what the rest of the field is going to be doing:
John will not be voting on the Iraq issue. It's no skin off my back John. Just more grist for my mill. But in all seriousness I wish he would show some muster and be a Republican Senator. Who knows... his vote might make all the difference for a few Senators. (It certainly would help his cause with conservatives) Earlier in the week we launched the first of our online tools, an interactive issues chart. Today we get down to business with an easy to read and understand FAQ on the topics that people have questions about.
CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC BELOW TO VIEW THE TOOL.  Alternately, you can view it here and download the pdf file here. Labels: abortion, faq, gay marriage, guns, issues, Taxes, tools NPR's "On Point" show out of Boston yesterday was about Romney (specifically the "Mormon Issue")It's 48 minutes long, but they really explore the issue in depth. (Click here for the show home where you can link to the Windows Media Player or RealPlayer versions of the audio show.
Jeff Fuller Hat tip to Evangelicals for Mitt on this one.
The Politico has the following exerpt from a recent article: And get this: A USA Today poll released Wednesday shows that 24 percent of Americans would not vote for a Mormon (Romney), 30 percent would not vote for someone who has been married three times (Giuliani) and more than 40 percent would not vote for a “generally well-qualified person” for president who was 72 years old (McCain’s age by Election Day 2008). Tuck that one away to pull out when you see people bashing Romney's chances because of his religion. Jeff Fuller Thursday, February 15, 2007
Tom Bevan at Realclearpolitics.com has some interesting observations on the Fox News Poll that was released today.
He points out the following numbers in the poll:
He also Points out these numbers: Are you more who are more or less likely to support a candidate who He draws the following from this: Obviously, as a general proposition, the numbers show that between the two,More concerning for Giuliani is this: The biggest red flag for Rudy has to be that only 42% of Republicans surveyed In other words there is room to strike here for Romney. One red flag for me on these numbers is the following: These numbers are from a poll of registered voters not likely voters. The Difference? Likely voters are generally more informed because they have it in their mind they are going to vote while the larger pool of registered voters includes folks who registered at the DMV and haven't thought about the words Republican, Democrat or Government since. My point? The category 'Registered Voters' includes folks who are totally uninformed about the issues and the candidates and some of these folks are quite happy to remain ignorant of these issues. At this stage of the game the national horse race polls aren't important but these internals are very interesting. The polls that do matter though are in New Hampshire and Iowa, where we are less than a year away from. Where the polls in these two states go so goes the media and the attention. Here's Tom Bevan's full article AND The Full Fox News Poll Labels: Polls I'm not sure I'd employ this analogy. But coming from a respected libertarian left-leaning Democrat... it's a compliment:
Mitt Romney is Bill Clinton with his pants up. And he’ll very likely be cast in 2008 (“nominated,” if you prefer the political science verb) against Clinton’s wife, who has all the seductive qualities of John Kerry in a pants suit.source Labels: bill clinton, mitt romney | ||||
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