McCain was trying to tell the American people that the pharmaceutical companies block legislation that would allow us to buy cheaper medicine, such as from Canada.
That's when Willard Romney interrupted and defended the pharmaceutical companies. He told McCain to stop picking on the pharmaceutical companies because they do a lot of good things for us.

Mitty is just so plastic, insincere and fake… and just plain sort of like an overused credit card.

McCain's only claim to fame is allowing himself to be captured and held as a POW for 5 years - other brave soldiers killed themselves before being allowed to be captured - it's called: "Death before Dishonor."

Mitty will appeal to REPUBLICONS, because they ultimately like that kind of thing.

McCain has used up the sympathy vote - although I do honor his service - but his lack of ANY real STRAIGHT TALK and obvious pandering leaves him as a real non-viable candidate.

McCain, like Clinton, has done many good things for America. However, like every "superstar,' he needs to know when his time has come to step aside.

He is also funding his campaign now with corporate money (CBS had an article which wasn;t picked up by the rest of the media that he leads all candidates who have received corporate "bundles).

He needs to look closely at Bill Clinton standing behind his wife after her defeat in Iowa: a dispirited, older man past his prime.

With the present mood of the country, Obama would have a very good chance of beating him and much to throw back at him in any election campaign.. A Clinton campaign has foretold by the candidate herself, will produce a mudslinging, divisive campaign leaving the country even more divided. McCain will merely be a continuation of Bush.

Time for the next generation…keep it going……

McCain is a jerko. Check out his Saturday night debate performance. Cheapshot after cheapshot from that guy. And to accuse Romney of being rich? Check out how much he has in the bank - 60 million or so ain't bad and is what most of us would call a 'personal fortune'. So come on, John. Don't attack Romney for spending some of his own money in his campaign - the question should be, why haven't you?

Willard Romney is up to his lies again. Stop lying Willard or your nose is going to grow and fall off.

To; Doug from Denver, if you were truly a Mormon (a respecable one), you would not speak badly about Mitt Romney, regardless of your feelings about him.

Doug, I don't believe you're a Mormon, anyone on here can say that.

I'm NOT a Mormon, but I voted for him at Caucus because he's the best candidate running for President.

We cannot afford to have the future administration loaded with corporate-friendlies. Big-business is not the way to go, so obviously Mitt Romney is not the right choice here.

Does CNN pay most of u lot, for creating an ANti negative Romney feeling among ppl or what.

He is the only one out of all the candidates with a proven track record and you people just keep on spreading negative things about him. Your president affects the whole world, so better start getting some sense now.

Anything he says in converted into negative attacks, and anything any other candidate says is basically part of the game.

Media is too scared to discuss Romney’s all round fair achievements as compared to others in the field. Rather than discussing real Leader with a proven track record of hard work, experience, intelligence & character, under Semitism they are trashing him 24/7 for being a Mormon. As if elected he will force every one to convert to Mormon. This is the same Media who never raised any objections when a Mormon Democrat Harry Reid became Senate Majority Leader.

Wake Up

Hey Doug of Denver, Why don't you do us all a favor and leave your religion at home and look at the Facts of your Presidential Candidate John McCain. Do some real digging this time. For those who have followed McCain over the last 20 plus years, its obvious you don't know the man, or are purposely overlooking a great deal of information because you support and want your real Presidential Candidate on the Democratic side to win.

Mitt Romney is a good man who has lived by his moral values all his life. He is a good family man, which is hard to do when you are a successful businessman. He has managed to balance his life. He simply is a fantasic business man who has a solid history of success. We need a leader who has lived and does live by a solid moral compass. John McCain has had numerous admitted adulterous affairs during his life time, been divorced several times. John McCain was involved in the Savings and Loan Scandale back in the 80s and was fingered as one of the Ketting 5. Does anyone remember that Fiasco??? He is a total liberal with an R after his name. John Mccain has angered many in his own State of AZ over his liberal position on allowing millions of illegal aliens to become U.S. citizens. John McCain doen't understand how to fix the U.S. Economy. The Bush Tax cuts worked after 9/11 and that's a fact. Remember McCain voted against the tax cuts?! Just think where our U.S. Economy would be today if McCain would have been President after 9/11. Give Romney a chance to do what he does best. Fix our Economy and expand it and take it to a globle level that will make America Great Again.

As time goes on, this guy (Mitt) appears to becoming Bush-lite. What a colossal waste of time he is!!!

It is ironic that Romney, whose views change with the wind, is claiming that McCain's character has been tainted by his long tenure in Washington. McCain has always been an outsider in his own party, and he has often bucked the party leadership. McCain has principles, which I do not agree with, and he sticks to them. I would not vote for him, but I hope that the next president will persuade him to serve as Secretary of Defense. He is a good man, and he is wasted in the Senate. Romney, I hope, will retire and grow roses.

As for the Mormon thing, Mormon theology is no nuttier than Christian theology. The angels have different names maybe, and the Mormon holy books are more obvious frauds, but the outcome is the same. Mormons are conservative, authoritarian, male dominated, very structured, uptight, hard working, and pretty much lost in the modern world, much like evangelical Christians. If anything, Mormons work harder than Christians.

Theology occurs only in the mind. If you say the angel's name is Moroni and I say the angel's name is Baloney, who can tell if one of us is right or both of us are wrong. Perhaps the angel's name is really Elroy. Theology occurs only between the ears of the believers, because none of them has spoken to God and none of them have gone to heaven and returned to talk about it.

It is ironic that evangelical Christians, who should be natural allies with Mormonism, are at odds with them.

Replying N. Wisconsin January 5, 2008 2:02 pm ET

"I'm so tired of reading about all of you people that don't like Mitt Romney when you don't even know what he stands for"

Yes, I agree. I don't like Romney because I do not know what he stand for. No one does — he has not stance. He is a flip-flopper with no conviction. Is it not true that he was Pro-choice? Is it not true that he actually increased tax in Massachusetts? I know he said only implemented "fees", but every with a brain know his governmental "fees" are taxes. Is it not true that he was for gay rights? Is it not true that he supported the comprehensive immigration reform? Is it not true that he doubted the military surge?

Romney campaign like to attack and to blame. If Romney lost Iowa because of the Evangelicals, then maybe Romney can later tell us why McCain defeat him in New Hampshire — a very secular state.

It still amazes me that there are ignorant rejects from a thousand years ago who are still wrapt up in the religion issue. Do you really think that because Mitt is a Mormon that means the US would become a theocracy if he was elected? Do people really believe that Mormons believe women are inferior, they sell their children's souls to the devil, and are robots? Who comes up with this whacked out stuff? People who need psychiatric care no doubt, and who definitely should not be out voting.

I liked the comment that Mitt should quit now the he "lost" Iowa. That shows how much you know about the election process.

I think I would much rather have someone in office that logically thinks things through, decides that he/she has made a mistake, and changes policy based off of the new information. Just think if Bush was capable of doing that? Or any other president for that matter? Where would this country be if we had a leader that was very intelligent and progressive? Of all the candidates that I have been following, only Mitt Romney and Barack Hussein Obama fit that intelligence and progressive benchmark.

It's a good think we vote for whoever talks the nicest or fits our particular brand of faith. That way we can call everyone else names and make fun of them for not being like us. That's way better than being made to change. Whoever said that business are bad for America, and government agencies are actually for the people has lost some serious marbles. I have worked for a government agency before, and anyone who tries to pattern America after the laziest, fattest, and bureaucratic organizations because they are "for the people" will find an economy headed for ruin.

For all you that say New Hampshire is a MUST win for Romney - not so fast!

True, Mitt may have finished 2nd in Iowa but he received many delegate votes. And if you look at the overall delegate scoreboard so far - SURPRISE - Mitt is on top!

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#R

Get used to it. People aren't dumb. They recognize a bright leader when the see one. Most of this country's people aren't evangelical bigots like the scores that turned out in Iowa after their pastors or whatever told them to go vote for Huckabee.

What A jerk this Romney is - he sounds more and more like George Bush every day - Next Romney will take a shot at John MCcains military record - for which Romney has none - and believes that his sons should get credit for serving on his campaign - what a joke……….I can only hope that the very smart voters in New Hampshire see through this man and send him packing minus there votes. Go for it John McCain.

I too attended the Romney rally at Pinkerton Academy. Seeing him for the first time validated my support for him. You don't see the real Mitt Romney by relying on the media. All the negatives I read here are just mis-informed readers. Get informed on his views (they are not as inconsistent as you say !!), go see him when he visits your state, and you'll change you mind. He is a true leader that this country really needs during these times.

I'm voting for Mitt on Tuesday.

and Mike is a Massachusetts liberal

The more you spew

The better Mitt looks

Someone above said: "[The Mormon Church] is a religion that indoctrinates all the young women to believe that they have to do whatever the old men tell them to do."

UH, EXCUSE ME, I AM A MORMON AND THIS STATEMENT IS COMPLETELY FALSE. MORMONS TEACH NOTHING OF THE SORT.

Ask any Mormon woman if it's true and she'll tell you it isn't.

If you wish to persist in your bigotry against Mormons, I suggest you first get your facts straight.

Romney's right. McCain is an insider who is very unlikely to shake things up. Romney's got a long track record of helping large organizations run more efficiently. Just what we need in Washington. Romney won the Wyoming caucus today. My vote's for Romney.

To Sue from Michigan who states that Bush's policies have led to drastic job losses in Michigan, I think you need to look a little closer to home. Michigan's horrific economic problems stem not from the oval office but from the executive offices of the Detroit-Three automakers. Michigan’s economy is primarily dependent on that industry and leaders of the car companies put all their resources into big, gas sucking SUVs and when the market for those behemoths tanked, so did Michigan. In was another in a long line of mis-steps from that industry and the people of Michigan who work in it. They have arrogantly produced shoddy products for 30 years and all the while struck for higher wages creating the catastrophe of low quality, over-priced cars which don’t sell that we see today. Interestingly when Mitt Romney's father was working in that industry in the 1950s, he lead a great turnaround at American Motors that culminated with the Rambler brand being number three in auto sales at the time he left to run for Michigan’s governor. That was a pretty big feat for tiny American Motors to finish right behind Chevrolet and Ford.

His son, Mitt, shares the same strength at turning things around. This is exactly what America needs today. According to Pollster 67 percent of Americans currently believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction so shouldn’t we hire the guy who’s best at turning things around to be our next President? Mitt has turned companies around, the Olympics around and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I believe he’s the best equipped to right the ship that is America and if any President can help Michigan and its auto industry recover from its self-inflicted wounds, it would be Governor Romney.

Romney is right….. the insiders are all the current Senators….. Obama, Clinton, McCain….. Congress is polling as the worst congress ever in voter confidence. Lower than the President in the view of the voters.

We need an experienced Governor like Romney or Huckabee.

Come on, WB, you sound like a Romney speech writer. I was engaged to a Mormon and learned a LOT about her religion. You are talking about "false charges" and all that BS, but you sure are not specific. One of the reasons the engagement fell through is that I didn't want to be responsible for my future wife's salvation; I didn't want my dead (and good Lutheran) relatives being baptized into the church; I didn't want to be a god with my own planet; and I don't think that Jesus and Satan are flesh-and-blood brothers; and this is just a start! If you're going to play the "Mormans are great people who are getting a bad rap card," you're going to have to show us your other cards, too. Yes, they have great family values, but so do my Lutheran relatives and my Buddhist and Moslem friends.

Mitt just doesn't get it. Neither does Hillary. They got beat in Iowa and they immediately start attacking the top runners. Not to mention Hillary's idiotic comment slamming Iowa voters saying they don't have a good track record (way to be a uniter, Hillary!).

They spend more time being negative about their opponents rather than giving me a reason to vote for them. Is that their plan for uniting the country–being negative towards everyone who doesn't vote for them? Well, here's one guy who won't be voting for either one.

Take your negative crap to Jerry Springer. They just don't get it.

As a Mormon, I am appalled that some think Romney lost in Iowa because of anti-Moromonism. The voting demographics make it clear that was not the case. Over half of the evangelicals did not vote for Huckabee. We cannot trust Romney to tell us the truth about his position on the issues, and Huckabee is tragically ignorant with regard to foreign policy, and hopelessly unrealistic on his tax proposals. John McCain is clearly the only one who has the right stuff to be president.

The Republican thugs always say lower taxes as they rape us for the sake of there criminal contributors.
For a $1000 pledge a Republican would sell out his county.
For a $10,000 pledge a Republican would sell hi state.
For a $100,000 pledge a Republiccan would sell out his country.

Romney does the impossible and smashes everyone in IA except hometown favorite Huckabee, whose result is no more remarkable than if Utah were the first state and Romney won it going away. Then Romney is battling for #1 in NH where Huckabee is nowhere in sight. And the media spin is that Romney is done and McCain/Huck go on as the favorites? Time for the peple to reclaim a sensible election process and get the media spin uner control.

For Jaybee, the canned spam you link is much of the same. It was not until the SECOND incident with the backyard illegal immigrant that Romney "got tough" and "FIRED" the landscaping company. My god, thankfully he did not fire the contractor the first time around, so many jobs would have been lost with such a big estate loaded with all that wildlife in the Boston suburb, where Romney sharpens his hunting skills

Who is Romney? It depends on what part of his record you are cherry picking. This is why Romney is bad for america on any given day. He lacks clarity on important issues that impact everyday americans - but then again, how would he know, he is not an ordinary american just one who wants to tell the ordinary americans what to do and how to think and call the bigots when they disagree. Romney is the wrong candidate running in the wrong party at the wrong time in history. Running a country requires much more than money-sense, it requires an authenticity that is lacking in this CEO rich republican status quo candidate. Americans ought to say No the Mitt's Money Machine.

Stop speaking badly about me! I'm not pandering for votes….I have multiple personalities and each one is very honest and sincere.

The truth Romney below, sounds like a DC insider to me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPrZ2VtD0yQ

McCain has been fighting the ilk of pork for his entire tenure in Washington, That not even disputable. Romney's rhetoric again. Mitt are the Marriotts Washington insiders? Are all you corporate lobbyist cronies considered excluded from DC. Mitt you are the problem not the solution and the Democrats will take you into their wheelhouse on the tax schemes, factories/jobs liquidation for Bain profit, and your Reagan want-to-be–lately stance. Phony crony you are

Where is the Republican Party of 8 years ago. Today the Republican party is led by Baptists who call themselves Republicans but their Flag is not the Banner of the Republicans but the banner of the Confederate Flag. Go into a Southern
Republican Chat website in the South and you see a Confederate Flag not a Republicn banner.
Look at the people running for President who are Baptists. You have MCCain, Huckabee, Thompson. I do not know what religion Giulliani is but he is Pat Robertson candidate to head the Christian Right and according to his website he is a Baptist Ron Paul is the only candidate whose religion I do not know but I would not be surprised if he was a Baptist.
Wake up folks the South has risen again like they have always promised. However
don't count on them leading you to the promised land by helping Israel destroy
the Muslim population. God does not work that way.

Romney has the best message. Period. Go listen to him, don't just watch the crap CNN finds to twist and hand out to you. CNN just calls Mitt's message negative because they're trying their best to sabatoge his chances at winning NH.

CNN is clearly afraid Romney may win the Rep Nomination and make their Liberal Dem Candidate (you know they'll pull out ALL the stops for their little Hillary girl!) have to truly WORK for the win of the White House. CNN knows and likes the fact that Huckabee is easily defeatable (landslide type defeat), they know McCain is defeatable as well as Guiliani. These are the ones they hope have to challenge their daughter Hillary.

What they DON'T like is that Romney could very well win the Race '08!

Don't think you fool all of us, CNN. We see your strategy, it's just like Tim Russert, Anderson Cooper, the old Katie Couric (when people watched her). Believe me:
We can read through your lines!!!!!

Ask Mitt Anything?

OK, Mitt, as a Bishop did you refer gays to electroshock therapy to "cure" them? (You said it was "Ask Mitt Anything" although I really don't expect to receive a reply)

I am so pleased we finally have a TV show that is allowing us to HEAR….how the candidates and their views of what is going on in America, and their sites on the future. It is so refreshing to hear the voices of these candidates, and I can now see that he represents the feeling we have here in Ct. I am so sick of listening to the talking heads on TV, telling me that because of what happened in last vote, it is over and they are the ones who will be sent forth for the American People to vote for. These 2 men however nice enough, do NOT represent my views, and do not think one or 2 states dictate what is going to happen.

This is not a Black or White issue, or a Women Or Men issue, this is an issue how these people voted in the Senate, and if they are going to be bought by Loyyests. I am so sick of the corruption that is going on with Most of the people in the Senate and the House.

I am so pleased that Romey, and Edwards at this time is telling us what they will be doing, not a bunch of sentences, with no value or meaning.

Our election is so important, the survival of the American Middle Class People, and I do hope John King can continue to let us hear the voices.
I am watching Obama right now, and right now he isn't saying anything except bringing the guys home from the war. Nothing on Illegal imigrations etc.
Thank You John

When will the media begin reporting on Romney without all the negativism and bias? Based on the way the overly liberal media reports on him he is looking more and more like the only real non-establishmen cantidate who is also electable.

McCain is way over the hill at 72. We should be more concerned about who his VP would be than the man himself. Even if he did do a great job would he have anythying left over for a second term when he would be 76-80 yrs old. Plus, a guy who has been in Washington as long as he has deserves a good break.

We need someone who is in-touch with the new economy. That would be Mitt Romney. The rest are just 100% politicians. Romney is definitely one of the best qualified Presidential cantidates we have seen for several elections.

Just got back from the Romney rally at Pinkerton Academy in Derry

It was nice to shout down a Dem plant from Ireland who wanted us all to "feel" for the children of Ireland's "undocumented" workers.

In his best brogue he asked Mitt "Do ya feeel for the children of Ireland Mr Romney when you go to sleep at night"

When we loudly reminded him they were ILLEGAL ALIENS, he twisted and turned like a liberal loser because we had the "nerve" to call him on his progressive semantics.

This statement "Mitt Romney is the real Washington politician without working in Washington" is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard.

Ben, I also agree with you on your assessment of CNN. I'm so tired of the media making stories out of absolutely nothing just to get their own agendas out. Very sad indeed that these tactics actually work.

Romney is so oppurtunist. Every time it's "Romney says Guilani is soft on immigration." "Romney says Huckabee is soft on crime." "Romney says McCain is Washington insider." blah blah Romney blah blah Romney sucks it.

WE, AMERICANS, SHOULD START LEARNING FROM OUR HISTORIC AND PRAGMATIC REALITIES THAT WE AND OUR COUNTRY EXPERIENCED FOR ALMOST 300YEARS.
CONSIDERING JOHN McCAIN, AS A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, IS INDEED A BIG MISTAKE.
McCAIN HAS NO PRESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCES TO GOVERN AMERICAN AND LEAD THE REST OF THE WORLD TO LIBERTY, EQUALITY, PROSPERITY. PEACEFUL RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, DEMOCRATIC CO-EXISTANCE. YOU CAN NAME ALL THE PROGRESSIVE IDEOLOGIES WITHOUT GOING INTO MILITARY ADVENTURES. HOWEVER, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO GO INTO MILITARY ACTIONS, WE SURELY KNOW THAT WE ARE THE MIGHTIES. WHOEVER WRONGFULLY CHALLENGES US, MUST BE CRUSHED IMMEDIATELY.
JOHN McCAIN IS, INDEED AND OLD, VERY OLD MAN TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. HE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER TO THE CURRENT AND THE NEAR FUTURE DYNAMIC GENERATIONS OF OUR GREAT AND BELOVED COUNTRY.
JOHN McCAIN HAS NO VISION TO CHANGE OUR COUTRY FOR A BETTER FUTURE. BEING IN THE SENATE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SURELY HE IS THE SERVANT OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. DEFINITELY HE ADVOCATES FOR THE MILITARY ORIENTED INDUSTRIES.
JOHN McCAIN HAS DONE NOTHING INTHE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ARENA.
MOST OF THE TIME JOHN McCAIN EITHER ADVOCATES AND TRIES TO TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE, OR HE OPPOSES TO ALREADY INTRODUCED AND FAILED POLICIES OF OTHERS.
ALSO, WITH A QUESTIONABLE HEALTH PROBLEM TOGETHER WITH HIS ADVANCED AGE, JOHN McCAIN WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RESIST THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RISING ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND IDEOLIGICAL POWERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
YET, WE HAVE TO SEE McCAIN'S PROGRAMS. THERE WILL BE NONE. ONLY TALKS.
THOSE CHALLENGES WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE CRITICAL IN THE COMING YEARS. THIS IS THE WORLD THAT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT WILL FACE. JOHN McCAIN IS NOT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.
AMERICAN THIS IS THE TIME OF SERIOUS THINKING BEFORE BEING TOO LATE.

I'm so tired of reading about all of you people that don't like Mitt Romney when you don't even know what he stands for, and what he's said on the trail. If any of you would actually do a little research you would see that Romney has stayed consistent with his message from the get go! What makes it even worse is that most of you will never do that because of his mormon religion. That is the reason people are scared of him. It's absolutely pathetic. As a mormon woman myself nothing infuriates me more when people that act "so informed" about our religion talk about how I am viewed in a lesser light in our religion. THIS SIMPLY IS NOT SO. Do you people really think we're that idiotic? Come on really? I associate with mormon women that carry Phd's, masters degrees, are authors, musicians, and MANY others that are out doing the best that they can in this world. We are women of strength! Our religion encourages all of us to attain the highest degree of education we want and to become the best women we can. Some of us are also raising strong, honest and virtuous children on top of all that, something we chose ourselves and is NOT forced upon us! Shame on those of you that simply listen to rumors about Mitt and other mormons because that's easier than putting in a little effort. I challenge you to actually look at Mitt's life AND record with an unbiased viewpoint and see what you find. He is THE best choice out there for President of this country. You will see that too if you do your homework! Looking at these comments though I often wonder at the insane state our country is in. Stand up for what's right people!!!!!!! We would be BLESSED to have such a president as Mitt Romney!

I am disturbed by all the anti-Romney rhetoric we hear in the media these days. He is being called a flip-flopper, a phony, charged with running a negative campaign, etc. It seems that some of our good citizens too easily believe everything they hear. I have always been a fan of doing the research and figuring things out for myself. As I have closely followed this presidential race and have payed attention to what the candidates themselves say about many complex issues (and look at their political and private records) I have been very impressed with Mitt Romney. He seems to be the most capable and one of the most genuine of the candidates. Because of the remarkable lack of dirt on this guy, Romney-haters seem to grab onto whatever they can and blow it completely out of proportion. Romney's own responses to the charges against him are extremely valid and carry much weight, in my opinion. He is very respectful of the other candidates and doesn't engage in name-calling (unlike some of the other candidates and some of the comments on news articles I read).

I am also bothered by the anti-Mormon rhetoric I still hear quite often. Having studied the Mormon faith in depth, I know that most people still lack understanding about the Mormons and their beliefs. I hear the same charges against the church over and over, even though those things have been refuted or explained many times quite clearly by the church. Most of the things people think they know about the church are false and are based on decades-old attacks on the church by career anti-Mormons.

If anyone wants to know the truth about Mitt Romney or the Mormons (or about anything else, for that matter), that person must put in the effort and time necessary to gain that complete and well-rounded knowledge. I have done (and am still doing) that work, and the knowledge I have gained is why I support Mitt Romney for President and stick up for the Mormons.

If Romney thought the secret of Obama's success is that he was Bi-Racial, you would hear Romney claiming to have Black roots as well.

Romney made millions in the corporate world. Our country is not a corporation. Government is not for profit. Government is for people. "People" is something that Romney doesn't understand.

Jay Bee, USA,

Are you out of your mind? Just look at his record. Just look at his last job as a governor. He did the impossible by creating job deficit in Massachusetts as a governor. When Romney said he cut taxes in Massachusetts, he is dishonest. Yes, under Romney, he eliminated some old taxes but he also created some new taxes, but at the end, according to Tax Foundation, Romney actually increases state and local taxes. His own Massachusetts newspapers are against him. The two most intelligent newspaper from Massahusetts Boston Global and Boston Herald endorsed McCain over Romney. Boston Global is a liberal leaning newspaper and Boston Herald is a conservative paper. Why one liberal and one conservative news paper from Boston endorse McCain, why?

Mitt Romney is the real Washington politician without working in Washington. He attacks and attacks and attacks. He flip-flops on every possible position. He has a record of increasing government spending as liberal, but now he champion smaller government. Don't believe me? Check with Club for Growth. He supported the comprehensive immigration reform bill, now he is against it. He championed gay rights when he ran for Senate, now he is against gay marriage. He doubt the military surge just months ago, but now he champion it. He said he is an independent who do not want to go back to Reagan era, but now Reagan is his hero. He said he is a lifelong hunter, but he only "hunted" twice. Once with a BB gun when he was a kid, and once shooting at rats. If that defines being a hunter, maybe I am a bull fighter by eating steak?! He said he saw his father matched with Martin L. King, but that never happened. He said he did not have negative ads, when everyone know what he did in Iowa.

John McCain is not a washington insider. From the start, he is the first and only person demand a military surge in 2003. From the start, he is the only person criticizes Donald Rumsfeld. How is that an insider? John McCain has a life long Pro-Life voting record. Mitt Romney only started claiming to be a Pro-Life, and has not DONE anything about it. McCain has a lifelong record of cutting wasteful spending, while Romney increases government spending when he is a governor.. Mitt Romney cannot talk about his record because his record is opposite to his campaign platform. People please do not believe me nor Romney. Just look at his past record. Please for god sake, please just look at his past. If I am wrong, vote for him. But if I am right, please, please, please do not let him mislead you.

I would love to see NH as the end of Romney. I don't recall a candidate ever spending so much money and put in so much effort and yet fail so spectacularly. The congruence of factors that surround him make his candidacy doomed to failure, barring a surprise. The Mormon issue, as much as people want to pontificate that it shouldn't matter, DOES matter to a lot of people. But he fake, and he's boring, and most importantly, he has no hope of winning a national election.

this election should not be about someone's race, gender, or religion, it should be about issues. The candidates should not show how the other presidential hopeful is bad for the country, but should instead focus on what issues they themselves stand for. this campaigning is getting way too negative from all candidates.

The hildabeast belongs in jail… or maybe a zoo. If she wasn't so scary she could fill the vacancy at the SF zoo. But I guess another vicious attack would hurt attendance further.

Romney has been talking change for longer than just New Hampshire. "It's time for a change, and change begins with us!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IO7tX9Co0

A politician by nature is a chameleon, however, unlike some politicians, Romney does his best to represent his constituence.

I believe Romney can make change happen. For 25 years in the business sector he has reviewed companies and from their 10Q he can tell what aspect of their business needs to be reformed. He will do the same in Washington, audit all the programs and focus resources for optimal benefits. He specializes in putting together teams that break down barriers to change, prioritize tasks, and have deadlines for the completion of projects. In my opinion, a vote for Romney is a vote for a balanced budget. He will represent the American people well.

Are you saying Romney is the ONLY politician who "just says things to promote himself"? Gee, I thought that was what a campaign is. I'm sure glad Hillary et al aren't out there promoting themselves.

Mitt Romney has consistently been the most negative, the most inauthentic, and the least credible of all the candidates. He is also the most idealogically close to Bush. He will also say anything, whether true or not, to get a vote. He has credentials but is not campaigning on them. IN the last days since his loss he has transparently (and sloppily) tried to brand himself as the "change" candidate, which he is not. In one speech he used the word change 26 times, what a joke.

Who advises these guys?

What a loser.

Shame on the Mittster for thinking that the American public is just stupid.

McCain is a Washington insider. He sure didn't listen to his home state om his Kennedy immigration bill. He attacks those people in Arizona like Sheriff Joe Arpaio ( a Romney supporter) who is actually trying to do something about immigration. Romney has always run as someone who wants to bring his business success to Washington but even he incredible success is used against him because people attack him for being rich. I always taught my children that is they worked hard in school and life they America was a country on limitless possibilities but I guess just don't achieve too much or some people will resent you.

I find it unreal that after Iowa's cacus there seems to be no other candidates but Huckabee & Obama…A little over 300,000 cacused that is a very small per centage of the population of the US and the media act as though it was a general election…then the media gets upset & wonder why they are blamed or accused of being biased…I find it terrible that we allow Iowa, NH, & SC to elect our presidential candidates, grass roots is a stupid excuse, I am intellegent enough to choose a candidate without meeting or talking to the individual face to face. Just because a candidate is not liked in one or all of these 3 states does not mean they would not make a good president but it seems that if you don't make it in the top position you are out as far as the media goes, they are ready to start the next presidential election. Neither of the 3 states represents ME as far as how I vote or pick a candidate & I live in SC. Neither of the 3 states seem to represent the entire nation as a whole so why should this maddness continue.

I agree about calling attacks equally. However, the whole notion that all these statements are attacks is really frustrating.The media seems to spend a lot of time trying to rev the public up into believing there is dirty campaigning going on. I think this is a below the belt tactic to draw in the same crowd tabloids do. Most of your viewers don't fit that profile so we are getting pretty tired of the petty spin being put on every little statement made by the candidates!

I doubt the way Romney is going about business will work for him, I hate to see that, I think Hickupbee or McCain would make lousey leaders forthis country, Hitler is to scary, Edwards just wants to look good and his old lady would try and run the country, so Obuma should win.

For those of you Mitt robots that havent figured out that this guy just says things to promote himself this is what he said about Sen. McCain when he needed his help to run for Govenor.

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One of the reasons the people of America honor Senator McCain and why I'm so proud to have him standing with me today is that he has brought American values to the debate on the issues we care about.

He has always stood for reform and change. And he's always fought the good battle, no matter what the odds.

Those are my values
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This is the link to Willard's gubenatorial web page that promoted his love of McCain.
http://web.archive.org/web/20021117121645/www.romneyhealey.com/news/releases/statement103002.asp

But that was before he knew he would have to suck up to the far right wing to get the nomination, In otherwords those were the good "I love gays/abortion is fine/I didn't support Regan/I am an independent/McCain is my hero" days.

Willard Romney simply has no shame. And no nomination

"Back to the wall"??? Hmm, that's interesting. McCain finished with HALF the votes Romney did in IA. Romney is certainly, if not the frontrunner, then a major contender in NH. So why all the fuss? Nobody expects Huckabee to poll well at all in that state. CNN and TIME, please stop your anti-Romney rhetoric and get with the program that this guy could do some great things with the nation's economy. Isn't that what we as Americans worry about most? It's not militant terrorism I worry about, but the 'economic terrorism' that has beem undermined the American economy for years and yet goes unnoticed because nobody dies from it. Make a vote for the economy in 2008 - vote Romney.

Well pointed out Jon, Romney is simply stealing what Obama created: a message of change.

Romney doesn't play nice in the sandbox. He will never get anything accomplish by antagonizing the other sides. What we need is someone who can work with PEOPLE, not conservatives, liberals, democrats, republicans, Christians, Mormons –but the ability to work with all PEOPLE. Romney sadly doesn't have that. He cannot win outside of his box.

Leave it to Liberal CNN to AGAIN spin a statement from Mitt into an "attack" on McCain. Romney says "we need new faces" and the liberal media calls it an attack but when McCain calls Romney a "Phony" and Huckabee calls him "dishonest", they call it a "response" to Romney.

Romney has NEVER called a candidate any names or criticized their character but Huckabee and McCain have done so yet Romney is the one on the attack???

Sounds to me like the mainstream media is AFRAID of Romney because he is the ONLY Candidate that has strong enough support to compete in EVERY state unlike the other candidates that just can't compete in Iowa (McCain and Giuliani), New Hampshire (Huckabee and Giuliani) and so on.

All we ask, CNN, if you're going to call it an attack from Romney then you need to call it an attack from every other candidate as well.

McCain may be a Washington insider - but Romney is a Mormon insider. This is a religion that indoctrinates all the young women to believe that they have to do whatever the old men tell them to do. And what kind of freedom does this religion give to the young Mormon women? - The freedom to become subservient to an old Mormon man. Go Republicans! Nominate Romney, so the press can shine a spotlight on Mormonism as never before, and people will see it for what it is.

Considering that McCain has bucked his party many times, and fought for telecommunications reform, campaign finance reform, etc., I find Romney's accusations of "being a Washington insider" silly at best, idiotic at worst.

If Romney becomes President, what will that make him? I don't think you can be President without becoming a Washington insider. The trick is remembering who got you into office, and listening to them first, and lobbyists/corporations/etc. later.

Painting McCain as a true insider is a little bit of a stretch - he has been in Washington a long time, he truly does fight for less spending and in spite of the unpopularity of his position he tried to do something on immigration. He voted against Bush’s tax cuts. His life would suggest to me that he is more courageous than most of us and certainly more bold than most of our other elected representatives in Washington

The man is a chameleon. Five years ago he was a social progressive as governor of Massachusetts. Then he became ambitious and decided to run for President.

He says he experienced an "epiphany" on abortion while his administration was researching the topic of stem cell research. This would make a great Saturday Night Live Skit: a reenactment of Mitt's abortion "epiphany": "Wow, this stem cell research could be construed as taking human life…. and that's probably what abortion does to! OMG!! Ann, stop payment on that check to Planned Parenthood!!!"

Once he started running for President, he was sure to sprinkle some anti-Massachusetts jokes so he could bond with the voters of the red states. And, like them, he was a hunter pretty much all his life! The NRA endorsed him when he ran for governor, you know.

As the 2008 primary season approached, it became obvious that Republican voters were taking a hard line on illegal immigration. Bush and McCain got their butts handed to them when they tried a compromise bill. So, lo and behold, Mitt Romney became a hard-liner against illegal immigration, too. Like the scene at the end of "Casablanca", Mitt is shocked…. SHOCKED!… that illegal immigrants are given jobs in this country (on cue, two gardeners stop by and pat Mitt on the back, saying "Your lawn and tennis courts are now ship-shape, Sir").

Now, two days after Huckabee and Obama won the Iowa caucuses, every commentator noted how the caucus voters were hungry for "change". And by golly, that's what Mitt stands for, too! He's got loads of new ideas… like… er, solving the problem of global warming by reducing America's dependence on foreign oil (got it?).

Yes, Mitt keeps changing his spots to fit the needs of the electorate… but does this make him a chameleon, or a plain old weasel?

Romney is a great example of constantly creating NEGATIVE MESSAGE!!!!!!!

In congressional news, meanwhile, Democrats got some great news as former Governor Musgrove announced he WILL run in the Mississippi Senate special election, and a recent poll shows him up on the incumbent Republican.

McCain is too tired and just wants to nominee, i don't think he will be good at handling serious issues effecting US economy.
I think he brags that he is the only one that can handle foreign policy.

we need someone that is smart is everything and be a good leader.

Nice slick hair Mitt. I'm afraid that stealing Obama and Edwards' aren't going to work for you though, we're too smart to see through it.

Now it's Romney 3.0.

At this point, it's hard to feel anything other than pity for Mr. Romney. Despite his attempts to look for the silver lining and "spin" the Iowa caucus results to his benefit, the fact remains that he lost–and lost badly–despite spending gargantuan sums of money and time on winning in that state. It is now clear that he is disappointed and desperate, his campaign in a tailspin amid the wreckage of a plan for victory that has exploded in his face. It's well-known by now that Mr. Romney has shifted his stance radically on at least 10 important policy issues, and that he spent most of the 1990s denouncing the Republican party in order to curry favor with liberal Massachusetts voters. Now, he is being exposed for the hateful fraud that he is. I for one, am confident that New Hampshire voters will finish him off for good, and he will disappear into the obscurity that he deserves.

Romney is a big business insider who if elected, will load his cabinet with corporate cronies in a way that would make the current administration green with envy. Do we remember as reported early in 07 that Bush's brother Jeb has been actively steering political consultants to the Romney campaign. (with hopes of being his vice president if he is elected, God help us) And he has the dishonest nerve to talk about Washington insiders. "We the People" are going to be paying for Bush and company's lies and criminal activity for years to come. Enough of these people already. All of them.

"Moneybags" Mittster just read the polls and articles that people in Iowa want change… and shazam-presto his new campaign is all about … change!!!!

I would have never expected Mitt Romney to change his opinions and campaign so suddenly to align with the polls. This is a shocking article!!!!!!

MITT,
YOU ARE SO NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the risk of angering every Republican out there, reducing taxes is NOT what we need. What happens when the feds reduce taxes? Money to states, money for mandated programs, money for needed services-all is cut. That leaves the states to pick up the pieces. That may be fine if you're in one of Bush's favored states like Texas and Florida, but here in Michigan, we have no budget to cut-everything is down to the bare essentials, leaving education, the poor, and the sick in crisis. Add that to the fact that Bush's policies (among other things) have led to drastic job losses here, and you see one dreary state right now. I for one, am not looking for any candidate who spouts more "Reduce Taxes" nonsense to pander to those who believe that if their federal income tax or whatever is cut they are better off. There are services that the feds do better than anyone else, and while there is of course waste everywhere, at least essential services get done.
What Bush's tax cuts really did was to increase the wedge between rich and poor, and force many middle income families into the poor category. Meanwhile, anyone making $200,000 and up is just increasing their wealth. I ask, how much is enough? Are these people turning around and helping others, or are they just "growing their money", as I suspect.
And now, the courts want a huge salary increase? Stop the madness.