Mitt Romney at CPAC: Updated
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He gave a real stemwinder to a very enthusiastic crowd about America and what makes her strong. Then he dropped the big one, he is suspending his campaign to let John McCain proceed forward building a National campaign and not a fight to the Convention for the Party and Country. Wow , what an incredible man, such graciousness and brilliance. I am hearing that he will appear with McCain tonight in Baltimore, could John have asked him to be VP? That is the ticket that could beat Barack and reunite the GOP coalition. Plus John needs Mitt's ability to raise massive amounts of money to compete with Barack's millions or the Clinton machine. I know Huckabee was drooling all over John's shoes wanting that nod but it would not pull the Party together as is so desparately needed now, plus he has shown an inability to raise money or reach beyond a small demographic.
McCain/Romney, I will work for that ticket and without the vice grips on my nose.
Update: John McCain just gave a very gracious self effacing speech acknowledging differences with conservatives and lessons learned from them while promising to fight for their principles. He did get a few boos from the spirited crowd but they were quickly drowned out by cheers, he should be heartened by the receptive audience.
Update: To answer my earlier speculation that McCain had offered him the down ticket, Bryan at Hot Air says that noone knew untill sometime this morning but Mitt's family. McCain did call him shortly after it to say he admired it and that Mitt had run a tough campaign and wanted to sit down with Mitt at the earliest opportunity to discuss how to bring the Party together for the good of the Country. It is fairly traditional to offer the VP slot to your strongest competition as a way to bring the camps together. This should put to rest the lie that Mitt was some outsized ego trying to buy the presidency. He put his country and party over his own ambitions today. That my friends is the extremely classy, extraordinary man that I have been supporting and talking up for years and he will continue to be a major force in the GOP and the conservative movement for years to come. McCain could not choose a more solid running mate in the tough task he has to reunite the Party to defeat the Democrats in November. Mitt now has national name recognition and a loyal following and it would be tougher for McCain to start out with a fresh name at VP lacking the National network that Mitt has and I think John is savvy enough to know that and to bury the hatchet in the Democrats.
Update: Wow, a record number of visitors today with a Barnyard welcome to readers from Atlas Shrugs and Kithbridge.
12 comments:
I just hope my new McCain bumper Sticker is big enuff to cover my stupid Fred '08 one that won't come off...
Sorry Goat, but don't say I didn't warn you that Mitt had only 6 days left.
For the record, I like some of Mitt's ideas and views but I never trust multimillionaires who finance themselves to run. Now he can go back to yacht clubs and golf courses anyway.
TFF, Mitt also raised far more money from donations than any of the others and as I mentioned above by stepping aside for the good of the Party and Country it was never about him trying to buy the election for his ego. He is not a Country Club/ Yacht Club kind of guy and I resent the insinuation. He will continue to work for the GOP and its candidates because he believes in this Country and the GOP.
TFF, gloating is not welcome here and I am sorry that you resent hard earned wealth.
It is also very obvious that you did not hear his speech today.
I do not resent hard earned wealth but simply distrust those that would use it to purchase power no matter how honorable they seem. That is a personal choice and not something that I think other people should subscribe to. That being said, I hope you are right about his future intentions.
You are describing Mike Bloomberg or Steve Forbes or Ross Perot, not Mitt Romney.
Mitt is a real gentleman he could have gone on till the convention but it isn't and he did it just cause he didn't want to keep splitting the party more than it already is.
Hi I'm a visitor who happened to browse through. I hope you don't mind my intrusion.
Using money to purchase power is usually referring to people who bribe, FrankFamily, not people who invest money to aide presidential election campaign. If one needs a laptop for better work results, would you aggre that it is better to invest in a laptop for a greater end? If one were a businessman who needs a PDA while traveling, would it be logical for one to buy a PDA if one had the money? You must have heard of people who take out loans to start a company. If one is raising a family, should one invest in a good home for the children when one has the money? Advertisement costs but people who don't have good sources of information need to hear him on television. Romney wishes to do something about America's problems, because he found himself capable of doing so. He's not a power-seeking man, it is that an effective leader should seek to be in the proper position to lead, such as a presidential status.
Once you get to know Mitt's lifestyle, you will no longer think that he's a rich brat. He helped one of his employee find his missing daughter by calling a halt to his company business, and exhorted workers to help him find that daughter. They found her within 3 days.
Sometimes, things are not like they appear to be. An investment on election campaign does not entail envy for power.
Something that I missed, and need to correct myself: I agree that by being in a campaign for presidential position, one is seeking power. That I was wrong. But what I meant to say, and Romney meant to say, was that he was not seeking power for himself, but seeking it for the better America. I sure hope he helps!
Well said Jessie, and welcome to the Barnyard, feel free to visit and join the dialogue in the future.
Thanks. This is a nice blog! :)
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