Just another out-of-touch-with-reality Mormon.

The mythical fiscal responsible republicans, The pie in the sky. At no time when they where in power have they ever shown fiscal restraint except when a certain president whom they hate held their feet to the fire and MADE them pay as they went. Remeber the mantra that brough them to the majority? BALANCED BUDGET NOW!!!! NO NATION BUILDING!!!!!, hmm, I think I'll rest my case on those 2 hypocritical statements.

And now, ladies and gentleman, I present to you THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - MITT ROMNEY, ladies and gentleman!

>>>BRAVO!, BRAVO!, HOORAY!, and loud and lengthy applause followed<<<

ROMNEY 08!

Mitt has a secret, and it's called being a Mormon. Mormons are very defensive for a reason, they don't talk about their temple rituals, or how they baptise dead peoples names, etc. Just ask a Mormon, and if they are not defensive, they all say you have to come to their church and see for youself. Very common response. Remember, their religion is the only TRUE one around. They are very sacred (secret) about everything, and we need to decide if this is the kind of president we want…again.

Dear CNN:
I feel I must respond to the comment by Mitt Romney, "When Republicans begin acting like Democrats". This comment was in relation to his point that Republicans were slipping in the areas of "fiscal responsibility" [sic] and "ethical standards". The fact is that it has always been the conservatives (Republicans) that show the lowest moral character of anybody! Who gives us all the hatred, meanness, racism, bigotry, and bottomless unpatriotic greed? They do! This perception that the choice between Republicans and Democrats comes down to moral vs. immoral is one of the greatest cons of the century! How long are Republicans going to get away with the barbarism they inflict on the American people simply by rolling their eyes toward the sky and (talking) about how religious they are, or beating their chest and (talking) about how patriotic they are and then doing the opposite… As long as their political opponants are polite, civilized Democrats I suppose; Too respectful of human dignity and decency to attack them in the manner they have constantly been attacked themselves.. Grow up America!

On a very short list, the best thing you can say about the Mittster is that he is a Mormon.

Robert Chapman of Lansing NY:

You have succinctly and accurately reduced the platform of the entire Republican Party down to it's core concept.

Thank you for your clarity of thought.

You have got to love Mitt Romney for his unvarnished honesty.

He tells it like it is.

GOP candidates are in this to beat Hillary Clinton.

No other concepts such as the good of the country need be considered.

You know the real issue here with this as should not be "Oh Mitt Romney is taking on the GOP." or "Mitt Romney sticks it to the Dems." The real issue here is that Mitt Romney is sticking it to AMERICANS.. To all the people that buy in to this partisan hackery crap, I urge, no beg, you to step back and look at the reality of this situation we have here in America. We are claiming to be AT WAR with our fellow AMERICANS. It is absolutely ridiculous that we can declare war against our own people for having a different belief as to how we should live our lives. I thought we were all adults here. I thought America was the land of the free tho make our own decisions.
As for the religious crowd that believes we need more religion in our politics, plaese see Iran, it seems to be working over thre well. Don't try to minimize your cantinkering with the American government, by tryin gto say the differenece is Islam and Christian. The truth is religion is religion. According to the very Bible which the conservatives love to throw in peoples faces, there is a difference in man's law and God's Law, so why are you trying to make sure I'm following your God's Law's? If what you say is true and God gave us all free will, let me have mine and if I end up in the pit's of hell, hey no fault of your own.

Don't tell us that his being Mormon is a non issue when the Mormons have a history of being racist against blacks in modern times…Get over it, no Mormon will ever be elected to the White House.

Mitt, trying to blame Republicans for acting like Democrats? If Rpublicans were like Democrats our country and the world would be in much, much, much better shape! Get a clue, you obviously don't know what either party stands for.

In response to pl. at the UN for a while, the Dems helped blow our surplus by voting for the war in '03. So in reality, the multi-millionaires in both parties are to blame. We need a third party system urgently…

I used to believe Mitt Romney would be a great candidate and a great President
but I changed my mind when I went into one of his campaign sites to pay him a complement but any candidate that does not take emails which could be either pro or con does not deserve to be President. He show himself as being a one sided bigot on all the issues he pretend to care about. How can you believe a man likle this on any issue?

For a presidential candidate with a lot of money and a great support staff, Mitt seems to be very behind the times.

NEWSFLASH!!! The Democrat Party is no longer the party of big spenders.

The GOP earned that title when this Republican President and the then-Republican Congress went through the surplus left by the Clinton Administration like crap through a goose.

Suddenly the surplus measured in the billions became a deficit measured in the trillions. My kids are looking sooo foward to paying off the Bush deficit. Nice job guys.

So now I guess we look to the Democrats for a balanced budget. What could possibily motivate us to trust the Republicans again with our money?

I went to Mitt's site and his platform is bigotted and filled with theocratic propaganda.Do you really want ethnic cleansing here?Wake up and read some news,no godheads are going to assault our constitution without frying.If you don't see bigotry in his "culture and values" section you must be retarded.

Mr. Romney needs to quit…..His message is full of holes…..Clinton had a balance budget that he corrected from Bush I after his war. Now we have another war with no tommorow. He is right about one thing….the Republican party has made its mistakes. A good tactic but it is much too late. There will be no Republican in the next White House just like the Republicans Congress that was thrown out. The Republicans had the White House and Congress. They blew it because there was no plan and they did not listen to the man with the plan and he was our former Secretary of State and war hero and if he wanted it, could have been a presidential nominee prior to this Iraq situation. General Powell would have ended the Iraq situation in a matter of weeks with proper military men and resources, but the President did not listen to his suggestion and the rest is history.

Bobby,

Romney is so outspoken on all the issues. He just published a manual of his stand on all the issues today and it is very detailed. You can get it at his website - mittromney.com Your anti-platform comment is an obvious biased opinion that doesn't attempt or want itself to be based on reality.

It's very hard to discuss serious issues when commenting on a republican.It is their problem that they sink so low that their real substantive policy issues are hidden in the closet while silly social issues take the forefront.If you went to the DNC blog and read some really intense discussion of issues,you'd see why so few people have the intelligence or the patience to get through it.Soap opera level works for right-wingers best.

What is the connection between Romney's top aides and Blackwater?

Also - we do have bad weather in Florida. They are called Hurricanes!

The postings on Ticker have become mean and childish. Enough with the name-calling and silly accusations. Where is the mature political discussion?

What's next, every time the GOP gets bad poll numbers ahead of an election they reschedule the entire voting process. With a precedent like that every state could set their primary any time throughout the year slowing elections and making them more complex and costly. Perhaps for FL it doesn't matter since they don't have bad weather - - matt everitt.

Matt:

I agree with you about the party rules - the FL Dems agreed to them as they are part of the DNC. However - this was not a Republican "thing". The Florida House & Senate passed it nearly unanimously - and we have a lot of Democrats in this. They all supported the date change.

Also - the primary election for Florida is still in 2008. It is now January 29th. They just moved it back several weeks so Florida (one of the biggest swing states - if not the biggest) could have more of a say in the primary process. By the time the primary was held in the past - the presidential nominees were almost always already decided. Governor Crist (who is a RINO anyway) was only submitting to what the citizens and legislative body wanted.

From the party that "wants every vote to count" this move seems hypocritical in some ways by the DNC.

It shocks me to say I am proud of my Senator - Mr. Bill Nelson for suggesting he will consider legal action against the DNC.

I'm beginning to really like this guy. He's such a nimble strategist.

Obviously, Romney is perceptive enough to have figured a way to ride the new, "anybody but a Republican," wave by distancing himself from his own party, while not claiming to align his own with the platform of any Democrat.

Which is not to say that he has a "platform," per se, but an anti-platform. That is, declare nothing, declare for nothing, point fingers at everybody else while professing holier-than-thou platitudes, and go whichever the wind blows.

Mitt Romney's candidacy has brought out the theological issue. Romney's church believes in a new, improved Bible magically provided by an angel. This brings out the chapter-and-verse Bible thumpers who are disguising their theological arguments as political ones. Now, no two members of the "chapter-and-verse" crowd can agree on the meaning of a single verse in the Bible, but they can all agree that Mormonism is heresy. Therefore, Romney is a heretic. Therefore, he is to be opposed so that Jesus can see and reward the opposers. This group is contaminating the political discussion with false issues, finding a way to oppose Romney without revealing the real reason.

That aside, Romney is a rare creature: a Conservative who apparently knows how to govern. He seems to have done a good job with the Olympics and a capable job as governor of Massachussetts. As President, he would presumbly push the Conservative agenda: greater income and lower taxes for the wealthy. This means fewer services, greater local taxes, and less justice for the rest of us.

It is a tough decision for a Liberal. Should I support a competent Conservative who will do a good job of ruining my nation? Or is it better to support an incompetent nitwit like Bush or Reagan, who will go through the federal government like a bull in a china shop?

Mitt Romney is the best man for the job. He is clearly the favorite for the Republican nomination as he has control of most of the early States.

Vote for me if you want 4 First ladies in the White House!!!!

This guy is clueless…Yes GOP dismiss the Government …yes let cancel the Gov and appoint retired CEO to run the country.

Big Gov is not a bad thing. It make the Country stronger. Bad Big GOP gov is bad for everyone.

PEOPLE don't let GOP fool you by telling you Gov is bad. Gov has made USA into the strong Country that it is today.

ridiculous, outrageous, embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing.

weak, feedble, propped up downfrozen racial suicides.

Ron Paul is the only repub that can beat
Hillery !

vote for the constitution,
vote Ron Paul.

The primary is not a real vote and that's why the DNC can do this. The primary is nothing more the these political country clubs voting on their man of the hour. There is no constitutional need for a primary vote, it is completely artificial.

I don't see why the Florida delegates refuse to set a new date. I agree with the DNC, moving the 2008 election to 2007 is ridiculous plus it jeopardizes the integrity of the vote by forcing more people to vote in harsher winter weather. I'm sure it's some hair brain GOP scheme. They probably think less liberal will be able to show up in their hybrids and import cars instead of pickup trucks and SUV's.

The ruling doesn't effect Floridians right to vote as their less that educated delegates suggest. It merely invalidates their ability to pick their boy out of the limited lineup made available by the DNC. Unlikely the primary vote will be that close anyway.
I'd be highly surprised if Hilary didn't win easily.

So, cheers to the DNC for standing by it's rules, however ineffective they may be. Seems to me this is yet another case for more federal regulation in voting.

What's next, every time the GOP gets bad poll numbers ahead of an election they reschedule the entire voting process. With a precedent like that every state could set their primary any time throughout the year slowing elections and making them more complex and costly. Perhaps for FL it doesn't matter since they don't have bad weather, but for many states being forced to follow FL's lead to keep order in the election process it will means increases costs, liability and danger to voters going out in winter conditions or having to stop drop their Christmas plans and vote.

It's ridiculous, voting takes places after the New Year for a good reason because it's cheaper, easier and safer.
A lowly FL governor should simply not be allowed to make decisions that complicate the entire voting process for the whole country. What we have here is more republican inefficiency in a desperate attempt to confuse voters and complicate the voting process. I guarantee the governor knew his plan would adversely effect the Democrats more than the GOP. This childish partisan bickering is wasting endless amounts of tax money and defrauding voters. Floridians needs to get out and clean this republican scum from their state or continue to live in crime, debt and fraud.

ELB from Arlington Virginia captured Mitt Romney 100percent. I am from massachusetts and Romney did great thing with the state. First he was able to cut the state deficate without raising taxes and he showed a high moral conduct by returning campain contrubutions to Aggerate industries which supplied bad concrete to the big dig, without being forced. He also did a great job at cleaning up the corruption at the olympic games, and I know people that have competed and help run them and the olympics has a burrocracy that rivals washington. Also, I am still in school and I trust him to produce an economic situation so I will easily get a good job when I enter the work force. He understands corporations and buisnesses need lower taxes because we want them to stay in the country not leave, also to revamp the health system without a high cost and getting rid of the stupid death tax, you shouldn't pay to die.

Mitt Romney has every right to call fellow Republicans to repentance. After loosing in the Senate race to Kennedy, he could have just gone back to his high paying job in venture capital and consulting, but he didn't. Most Americans don't know much about the financial and ethical mess the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing committee was in. Accusations and later indictments for bribery and numerous other white collar crimes committed in order to get the 2002 Games (as many other host cities had done before) were the daily headline in SLC. Mitt came in and cleaned house. Anyone on the board who owned a company with a games contract was asked to resign. Anyone who had been involved with any of the questionable conduct was fired. He pulled off a huge turn around in a major crises, and made pulled off an Olympic games that set the standard, making America proud in the process. He deserves much more credit than many Republicans are willing to give him, not to mention Democrats. He is the one who can clean house with the party. If people knew him better they would be more willing to vote for him.

As far as his "flip flops", sometimes a person sees a previous position is not the best solution to the current problem. In a dynamic world, a leader needs to study out the issue as it now is, look at all the potential solutions, and then implement the best policy for the time and place. There is a big difference between a person’s policy positions and principals. Mitt's principals have not changed, even if his policies have. That is a sign of strength and wisdom- and calling Republicans to repentance shows he has both.

Who is Romney think he's kidding? Greed, selfishness, lies, overspending, moral lapses and double standards–these aren't Republicans acting like Democrats, these are Republicans acting like Republicans!!!

And all of America now knows it!

Posted By Philip Gill, San Diego, Calif : September 22, 2007 3:31 pm

AMEN. Couldn't have said it better!

Brad,

Please don't give up now. We need your vote in the South Carolina Republican primary, so that we can rid ourselves of Linsey Graham. Once you have help us retire Graham, then feel free to flee to Canada. Thank you for your help.

Moderates in the republican party?Knock off the hard stuff Chris!You're completely plastered or an anti-american.The democrats have a lock on moderates.The reds are all radical subversives and everybody knows it.Social conservatives(something Rudy is NOT)are proven to be mentally deficient.The term conservative itself has become a word used to describe the intellectually challenged.Republicans have absolutely no chance even if the democrats put up nobody.Throw the theocrats overboard before it's too late to salvage anything.I think Rudy can do it,and down the road something of value could be gained.Moderates simply don't support radical subversive theocrats for any amount of cash.Mitt's going to beat him to it.He better get going.

Less Romney stories, more Ron Paul stories.

Mitt's gotten the talking points!A little late and too much baggage for Mitt to pull off,I'd rather have heard them from guiliani.Somebody on the right has to eat that excrement sandwich and throw the theocrats out.Whoever does will lead the republican party,in let's say 4 or 5 years.Good sign though that they've recognized their shortcomings.Too late for this round.

Yeah your Republican high ethical standards started with Nixon and have been admirably carried on and even enhanced by Bush/Rove/Cheney

High ethical standards?!?!?! Holy crap! The party of manipulation is at it again.

Joe Matthews……Do you even understand your own comment?" Democrats have Hillary and Hsu we have Craig AND A FEW OTHERS" Absolutely hilarious but it explains your party affiliation.

That's been the problem for more than twelve years. The Republicans have always acted like Republicans, hateful and crooked. They can't blame anybody but themselves. They just need to look in the mirror to see the problem.

Tom from Texas, your comment was so blisteringly outrageous I'll quote it in its entirety:

"Has a single candidate for the Democrat party presidential nomination taken issue with any element of the Democrat party base, to wit: the pagans, the atheists, the tree huggers, the earth worshippers, the flag burners, the draft dodgers, the feminists (hahahahahaha), the race baiters, the America haters or the fundamentalist homosexualists?"

I'm more tempted to laugh at such ridiculous drivel than respond to it. But unfortunately it seems plenty of conservatives make similarly asinine remarks.

"The pagans" … look up this word, Tom. "Pagan" means of a religion outside the norm, or, more commonly, non-Christian. So you have a problem with anyone who isn't Christian. Just have the courage to come out and say so, Tom.

"The atheists" … it might "alarm" you to know that an estimated 15 percent of the U.S. population falls into the nonreligious/atheist category. That's more than Jews, Muslims and Hindus combined. That's also larger than the U.S. black population. So go ahead and blast 15 percent of Americans if you want, but know that you can't win an argument about reason and logic with someone whose entire world view is based upon the use of and respect for reason and logic.

"The tree huggers, the earth worshippers [sic]" … by this I presume you mean people who give a damn about the planet… moving on…

"The draft dodgers" … oh, let's talk about The Champagne Unit, shall we?

"The race baiters" … this coming from the party that brought you Willie Horton…

"The America haters" … ouch, you've got 'em there! The Democrats' "America-hating" platform finally comes around to bite them!

"The fundamentalist homosexualists" … well I would agree that someone who is gay is probably "fundamentally" gay. Other than that, I have no idea what you mean by this… oh, unless you're trying to conflate homosexuality with fundamentalist Islamic terrorism… Tom, you sly fox you!

Well Tom, I must say I am simply overwhelmed by your grasp of sound reasoning and solid argumentation. I give up! I'll move to Canada now!

Republicans ARE acting like Republicans, Uncle Mitty.

Restroom pick-ups, brothels, stealing, killing hundreds of thousands in Iraq for oil….

Get a clue, Mitt. Scumbag.

Sure, NOW Romney want's to take on his own Party. Where was he and all the other TRUE Republicans(haha) at when all this BS was going on a few years back. Romney acts like this a current problem that he just found out about them yesterday. I think it's "too little too late" if you ask me because he should have spoken up years ago.

Ron Paul is my hero.

This guy was a flop in the state he was elected to govern. He spent more days out of Masachusetts than he did in it. There were even columns written asking folks to report "Mitt sightings".

I wouldn't put much stock in what he has to say. He's an empty suit, all fluff and no substance.

I regretted voting for him almost immediately.

Don't be fooled by this guy.

If you don't like where Romney stands, wait five minutes, it'll change!

There is that myth again. 'Republi-
cans are fiscally responsible and Democrats are not.'

Last week it was Greenspan and this week Romney. They are still on message.

In reality however, the two biggest presidential spenders of all time were???? Republicans - Reagan and Bush.

Americans now know that Republicans are only interested in cutting spending on programs which don't help the wealthiest 5% of the population, while at the same time cutting taxes for the same 5%.

Has a single candidate for the Democrat party presidential nomination taken issue with any element of the Democrat party base, to wit: the pagans, the atheists, the tree huggers, the earth worshippers, the flag burners, the draft dodgers, the feminists (hahahahahaha), the race baiters, the America haters or the fundamentalist homosexualists?

With all due respect not only because of his metaphysical beliefs, I expect Mitt Romney to fair better in higher Mormon faith densities north and south in the farwest USA states of UT, NV, AZ, CO, NM, ID, WY, CA, WA, OR etc.

The fact is that Mitt is just another re-packaged republican who's giving the same old song and dance about anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-choice. But when he comes down to reality, they all give the same speech, he's no different. He could just say that god said he should be president…I forgot, that's all ready been used, but maybe that will work for him, too.

Who is Romney think he's kidding? Greed, selfishness, lies, overspending, moral lapses and double standards–these aren't Republicans acting like Democrats, these are Republicans acting like Republicans!!!

And all of America now knows it!

Posted By Philip Gill, San Diego, Calif : September 22, 2007 3:31 pm

AMEN. Couldn't have said it better!

With all due respect not only because of his existential beliefs, I expect Romney fair better in higher Mormon faith densities north and south of the farwest UT, NV, AZ, CO, NM, ID, WY, CA, WA, OR etc.

Romney is doing well, and is even rising in states like California and Florida.. If he pulls of victories in the early states, I wonder if anything can stop him.

Mitt Romney is a giant coward. He acts like an elementary school bully trying to garner the support of weak minded 2nd graders. Time after time he makes unfounded, fallacious attacks against Democrats - and now even against Republicans! This guy's entire sad political life is one giant smear campaign.

Romney is desperate. This move is clearly a gamble to break through the sloggy period his campaign is currently in. It's time to pander to the rank-and-file, not the GOP elite.

http://www.political-buzz.com/

Romney could have shown leadership and integrity by commissioning a sincere and nonparitsan political message.

Instead his handlers crafted a marketing ploy that cowers from needed constructive critism, maligns "THEM", and impunes "us".

His shortcomings are reflected by this disingenuous behavior and so the consumer of information is forewarned.

Why does CNN report on this man. He's about as relevant as, oh, a cockroach I smashed last year.

Shawnie,

You hit it! I've seen what Romney can do as Governor of a neighboring state. He can get the GOP back to what it should be. Leaders must serve as examples, not as the butt of jokes.

The Democrats have Hillary and Hsu, we have Craig and a few others. It's time for a strong two party system free on politics as usual. Romney is not of Washington, D.C. and is a proven manager. His faith is his own and of no concern to this voter nor should it be to anyone else.

I am not American. I cannot vote.

So, Mr Romney, The Dems are the party of "big spending". I thought that President Bill Clinton had put the books in the black. Solidly. I remember when the big debate in Wash was on how best calculate and apprpriate the untold $,000,000,000,000s that were about to flow in.

But I cannot remember when it was that the Dems spent $1,000,000,000,000 on war games. And I could not even guess what the upcoming "real" wars will cost.

Romney can take on the GOP all he wants…They are still not going to make him the nominee…him and his magical underpants!

Mr Plastic aka Nitwit Romney needs to buy a clue rather than ad space. The only Republican worth his salt is Ron Paul. Fortunately their are a number of Democrats that could provide the leadership this country desperately needs.

I think if we just ignore this man he will go away, then we will all be happy. He is becoming a gnat and nobody in their right frame of mind will vote for him.

Who is Romney think he's kidding? Greed, selfishness, lies, overspending, moral lapses and double standards–these aren't Republicans acting like Democrats, these are Republicans acting like Republicans!!!

And all of America now knows it!

I KNEW Romney would take the Republican party to heart and infuse new life and marketability in it. He loves a challenge and he loves America and what it stands for.

I fully expect to see lots of juvenile posts from the bigoted, anti-Mormon crowd and Democratic foes. However, I look forward to the intelligent comments, both rebuttals and the supportive ones.

Sure…lets believe campaign promises from someone who has flip flopped on every issue