Romney Quits (what a big disappointment.)

Oh wow! I saw a rumor, this sounds more definite.

Huh.

Mittens for Kittens, tell me it ain't so!!!

Cycloptichorn

MCcain is it... was there any real doubt?

Nope.

It's what I've been saying for quite a while, anyway. (McCain.)

A year ago, responding to someone saying he was out:



a little later on:



OK, I'll quit. I came across a post of mine from earlier than that where I said something about how I thought it was very likely that McCain would be left standing when everyone else is eliminated when I was looking for something else recently, but can't find that one back.

At any rate, I'm happy about it. I think Obama matches up really well against McCain -- much better than Hillary does -- so that helps his electability argument as the Dem primary race goes on.

Mitt will say this at the CPAC


"Plans to say at CPAC speech: "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or (Barack) Obama would win…."

Watch CPAC convention LIVE here.


I can see his logic. However, Rush, Ann Coulter et all...will certainly be disappointed.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/07/sources-romney-to-quit-race/

So does this mean Huckabee is the spoiler just like Nader and Perot were?

Who will Rush Limbaugh support?

Step aside now to get a spot on the ticket?

I can't see a McCain/Romney ticket.

I think McCain waits to see how the Obama Clinton race turns out before he chooses a running-mate.

If Obama wins, McCain will have to pick a strong conservative in order to make sure the right wing doesn't abandon him (as they are promising to do).

If Clinton wins, the (unjustified) hatred of her gets the right wing "anti-Hillary" vote. This means McCain can ignore his right flank and will choose a more moderate running mate to court independents.

Whoa. Listening to his speech just now. Isn't he just the most arrogant and insulting prick around?

I have learned from him just now that us Europeans are in crisis because we are immoral and our faith in God is wavering.

Up yours, Romney!

Yes, if he helps Obama or Hillary win he's "aiding a surrender to terror." Bleh.

"We cannot allow the next president of the United States to retreat in the face of evil extremism!" <insipid smile>

The smile so didn't fit the statement...

This is who he will support.

http://hypocrisytoday.com/alfred.htm

I just heard him (Romney) say that government employees earn more than regular working people do and he went on to say how bad that was for america (I'm paraphrasing) than I surfed to another channel where they were showing tapes of the shooting standoff this morning in L.A. I believe I heard someone say there were over 200 uniformed people involved including firemen/police/sherif/and medical. So I'm thinking that in the interest of cost/benefit analysis the dispatcher should have sent in no more than 2 officers.

It's been widely published/reported he's used a ton of his own money to fund his campaign, and that makes him look like a fiscal idiot. Especially when his strong suit is money...

All his talk can be summed up in two words:

Sore Loser

I believe Mitt is sincere in his reasons for leaving the race, but I also think it was a brilliant political move.

Mitt Romney is now the official Golden Boy of the Republican party.

McCain will have to consider him for VP, and it would be a smart move to make, but even if he doesn't, Romney is now the presumptive heir to the leadership of the party. If McCain loses in 2008, barring some extreme circumstances, you can bet the ranch that Romney will be the nominee in 2012. Even if McCain wins, if he falters and remains unpopular among conservatives, we might see him challenged by Romney in 2012.

If he remained in the race, it wasn't a matter of what damage he might be able to do to McCain, it was the fact that as a "Real Conservative" remaining in the race he gave cover to folks like Limbaugh, Hannity and Ingram to continue tearing into McCain.

This is very good news for the Republicans. The in-fighting is over and the National campaign can begin. Meanwhile, there is no reason whatsoever to believe that the Democratic in-fighting will not extend to the convention.

Does anyone believe Hillary will pull out, and why would Obama?

Round one to the GOP