O'Donnell backs Romney
(CNN) - Christine O'Donnell, a tea party favorite who ran an unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid in 2010, announced her support Tuesday night for Mitt Romney, a GOP presidential candidate lacking fanfare among the conservative grassroots movement.
"It is my hope that my endorsement of Gov. Mitt Romney will cause others to give him a second look," she said in a statement.
The social conservative, better known for denying she was a witch in a campaign ad after admitting she once "dabbled into witchcraft" as a teenager, said she was throwing her weight behind Romney because she finds him trustworthy and as someone with "conviction to do the right thing regardless of opposition."
In an apparent knock against GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich, O'Donnell praised Romney's experience in the private sector and said the nation needs a president who is not a "Washington insider" or "who hasn't been playing the game for the last three decades."
Romney has struggled to boost his support among the tea party base, whose activists largely view the former Massachusetts governor as too moderate and too aligned with establishment Republicans.
But O'Donnell brushed aside those claims and pointed to his support for her and other candidates who rode the 2010 tea party wave, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Romney's campaign responded Tuesday night to the endorsement.
"Christine has been a leader in the conservative movement for many years," Romney said in a statement. "Christine recognizes that excessive government threatens us now and threatens future generations, and I am pleased to have her on my team."
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The hex is in!
If this woman is backing Romney, I might need to re-examine his ideas. She is just to the right of Attila the Hun and a whole lot less warm and fluffy. Then again, even she finds Newt repugnant as a person, so there is hope for her developing a tiny bit of humanity.
All witchcraft aside, an endorsement from a nut-job is hardly something to get excited about. Really, Mitt. Associating with a loon only makes you look desperate, and that's tricky considering the number and quality of the kooks running for the Republican nomination. Best of luck with that plan.
Kiss of death.
Sorry Palladin S.F., but Romney will continue to gain more key endorsements from leaders who do their homework and find out the facts about Romney. He IS the most qualified to be president.
Is that pic scary or what?
I'm sure Willard will appreciate the backing of a witch.
I can't imagine her "endorsement" meaning anything except maybe negatively. After all everyone loves a "witch"!
That gives Romney some critical support from the conservative witches and druids block. If he can lock up the dwarves and elves vote, he might just have a shot.
BREAKING NEWS ->>> Knot-a-wich casts a spell.
How relevant and exciting the GOP candidates: fascists, fairies, and megalomaniacs destined by God.
Throw the bones and see our national destiny: it is leadership through irrational design.
Which political action committee will buy the GOP nomination?
"a leader in the conservative movement for many years," SEE, we are not scraping the bottom of the barrel!!!
More intellectual firepower to the helm.
The Republican #1 national priority: keep Obama a one term president, EVERYTHING else overboard.
How many clowns can you fit in a clown car ? At least one more " O'Donnell"
As if Romney does not have enough problems. O'Donnell may help Romney, though, if she can use witchcraft to cause Gingrich to implode, or cause other people to forget about all the inconsistent positions Romney has taken. On the other hand, Romney has been inconsistent on so many issues it is probably beyond O'Donnell's power to save him. It will take an act of God.
Witch O Donnell will be the only teabagger to cross enemy lines. The GOBP wingnut/teabagger trainwreck implosion continues full peed ahead.
I went to this article b/c I thought it was Rosie O'Donnell backing Romney. *sigh*
What is she doing with her mouth in this picture? Is it an attempt to look like she's smiling? It looks more like the bared teeth a simian shows in its fear response.
She and Santorum need to take lessons from Mitt if they want to put on a convincing phony smile.
Looks like Karl Rove's strategy is to slowly peel away various alleged rightwingers from Newt by getting them to endorse Flipper despite his complete lack of conservative credentials. I wonder what kind of bribes/incentives he's been offering lately. Could there be an Irish ambassadorship waiting for O'Donnell with the GWB Neocon Machine V.2?
she still is a hottie, but backing romney is like backing another mccain
I back President Barack Obama. I sure just as many people care about that as they do this endorsement by O'Donnell! Would someone please tell my why these people think their opinion is so important and why the media insists on covering them?!?!?!?
"It is my hope that my endorsement of Gov. Mitt Romney will cause others to give him a second look," she said in a statement.
Mitt had better hope not.
Does any one care? I do not think so. Nation knows none of the GOP idiots are worthy.............Obama2012.
I guess this could be a kiss of death for Romney. I don't think that anyone would want her support. She was (and is) undisciplined and an unthinking ideologue. The only who would want and should get her support is Palin who is very much the same. She could not win any state for him; Delaware is far too secure in Democratic hands. I don't know if there is enough "teapublicans" in Delaware to make it worth while visiting the state in the primaries or general election.
Well, there's one endorsement poor old Mitt did not want. Witchcraft and mormonism. Nice combo you got there. I think even the teabaggers, with their limited intelligence, probably figured out O'Donnell is an idiot.
When told of his endorsement by O'Donnell, Mitt Romney replied: "Who?"