Romney/Ryan Lose 2012 Election Thread

[visionary]

Here's one for HH.



http://powerwall.msnbc.msn.com/polit...-1706376.story

The Daily Beast, Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 8:27pm (PDT)
By Lloyd Grove and McKay Coppins, The Daily Beast

Mitt Romney is not a personal favorite among certain members of the Jon Huntsman clan. If the former Massachusetts governor manages to win the Republican presidential nomination, it's doubtful whether they'd even support him.

“I don't know,” Mary Anne Huntsman, a 26-year-old piano teacher, muses tentatively.

“Absolutely not!” chimes in her 23-year-old sister, Liddy, a recent college grad hoping to enter the fashion biz. “And I'll tell you my reasons—”

“Is this on the record?” 25-year-old Abby Huntsman interrupts with a worried look, befitting a media-savvy former Good Morning America booker and public- relations handler who, like her sisters, is volunteering full time on her father's campaign.

As usual, Liddy barrels ahead. “If you're looking at someone running for president,” she says, “you want to be able to trust them and know that they have the right intentions and that they have a heart and that they're for the people.

And I think with Romney, I just don't trust him. I don't trust his record. I don't trust his character … I would have a difficult time voting at all.” (Barack Obama attack dog David Plouffe couldn't have put it better himself.)

[visionary]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ical+Ticker%29

Huntsman zings Romney in web video

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman isn't letting up on his barrage of Mitt Romney-aimed insults. A web video released Thursday is the latest of Huntsman's efforts to paint the former governor of Massachusetts as a serial flip-flopper.

The spot opens with coverage of public criticism toward Romney for changing positions.

The news clips are followed by video of the GOP frontrunner addressing the issues of immigration and abortion where he appears to reverse his stance–over a period of time. One clip reflects a younger Romney, compared with some from the current campaign.

"12 million are still here illegally, should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship," he says in one clip.

But in another, "We can't talk about amnesty; we cannot give amnesty to those who have come here illegally."

And the video closes with Romney in his own words, "I'm sorry if I created any confusion in that regard," he says.

[visionary]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...spending-cuts/

Romney offers specifics on spending cuts

Posted by
CNN Political Producer Rachel Streitfeld

Exeter, New Hampshire (CNN) - In a speech notable for both its specificity and the warm audience response, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pledged Thursday to cut federal spending and improve government productivity.

Speaking to an effusive audience of several hundred in New Hampshire, Romney said if elected he would bring a businessman's philosophy to Washington.

He promised to cut $500 billion in federal spending during his first term in office, and said he would cut funding to Amtrak, some foreign aid programs and President Obama's health care plan.

He also said he would send funds for programs including Medicaid back to states to distribute as they see fit, and work to reduce redundancies in federal assistance programs such food stamps and Medicaid.

Romney told the audience he would be forced to make cuts he didn't want to make, but that the nation's long-term fiscal health depended on making difficult decisions.

"There are other programs I like, and I don't want to cut them," he said, adding that Republican leaders needed to be willing to make those tough choices. "It is a moral responsibility to believe in fiscal responsibility. We do and I do."

He said also he would reduce federal employment by 10% through attrition.

[visionary]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ential-states/

Poll: Obama and Romney all tied up in influential states

If the presidential election were held today, a new poll reveals that voters would be divided between incumbent President Barack Obama and current GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney.

According to a Gallup poll released Friday, Romney edges out former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain and Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the more competitive candidate in a hypothetical matchup with President Obama.

In 12 swing states including Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire, Florida, where the fourth presidential nominating contest is held, and Nevada, which will host the fifth contest when its caucus takes place on Feb. 4, Obama trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by one percentage point, well within the poll's margin of error. Swing state voters are split between the former governor making his second bid for the GOP presidential nomination and the incumbent president 47-46%.

Registered voters nationwide are divided evenly in the poll with 47% saying they would select President Obama and 47% saying they would choose Romney if the presidential election were held today. They survey includes those who are undecided but lean toward one candidate or the other.

Romney fared slightly better than Perry or Cain among voters both nationwide and in swing states.

Across the country, Obama holds a 48-46% margin over Cain, a margin that increases by one percentage point in swing states, where he takes 48% support to Cain's 45%. The survey was conducted before allegations of sexual harassment by Cain during his time at the National Restaurant Association emerged.

[Hersh]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ical+Ticker%29

The Obama reelection campaign should hire the guy creating these ads. I really believe that Romney's lack of character is going to be his downfall in the general election. How Republicans trust him at all is beyond me.

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews

Obama gets 49% approval rating in @Reuters/IPSOS poll; would finish just behind Romney if 2012 elections held today http://reut.rs/tTKQyQ 4 minutes ago

[NoVaO]

Strange poll...the 49% rating is the highest rating he's had in months, and he's consistently been tied or slightly leading Romney even when his approval rating has been in the 43% or 44% range. Obama led Romney 46-41 in their last poll when his approval rating was 47%, and now he's down 1 point when his approval rating is 49%. That doesn't make much sense.

If Obama has a 49% approval rating going into election day, I would be very confident in his ability to win.

[visionary]

Romney lays out bleak picture if Obama re-elected

On Monday, Mitt Romney opened what appears to be a new line of attack against President Barack Obama, painting a gloomy picture for the U.S. if the president is re-elected.

During opening remarks at a campaign event in Dubuque, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidate invoked the pain and panic felt by Americans during a historic period of economic calamity.

"When I was a boy, we used to turn to our parents, as a generation, and ask them how they did during the Great Depression," Romney told the crowd. "My guess is, 20, 25 years from now …your kids are going to turn to you and say, 'How did you make it through the Obama Great Recession?' "

"How you answer is going to depend, in part, on what happens about a year from now," Romney said.

"If President Obama is re-elected, you can expect more trillion-dollar deficits and perhaps a very significant risk that America will face the kind of fiscal crisis… that you're seeing in Europe, in Greece and Italy and Spain and so forth," Romney said. "The difference of course would be that there's no one big enough to bail out the United States of America."

Romney continued: "Now the alternative of course is you'd turn on your TV, about a year from now, and instead of seeing the Obama camp celebrating, you'll see something on the TV that says, 'Mitt is it.' "

[Larry]

Now, that's the kind of empty sloganeering and dishonest history that the GOP voters want to hear.

[mistertim]

Is what Mitt says there a more "refined version" of "Obama is a dumbface and I'm the awesomest!" ?

[twa]

Now, that's the kind of empty sloganeering and dishonest history that the GOP voters want to hear.

Probably more acceptable to the masses than admitting how screwed we are from the mess O inherited and the wasted stimulus ect.
Bend over just don't sell well

[Larry]

Is what Mitt says there a more "refined version" of "Obama is a dumbface and I'm the awesomest!" ?

I think it's more along the lines of "vote for me, or these kittens will die".

[visionary]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...il-for-romney/

Christie to hit the trail for Romney

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stumps for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on the campaign trail for the first time Wednesday.

Christie, arguably the former Massachusetts governor's most high profile surrogate, will make two stops in New Hampshire, visiting Romney's state campaign headquarters in Manchester and attending a Romney house party in Nashua. Later in the evening, Christie will go to the campaign's national headquarters in Boston to watch Romney face-off against the other major Republican White House hopefuls in a presidential debate in Michigan.


"Governor Christie is a national leader in the fight to reform government and cut spending. He has consistently stood up for the principles of limited taxation and fiscal responsibility that are important to Granite Staters," said Romney spokesman Ryan Williams, in a statement. "Our campaign is honored to have Governor Christie in New Hampshire to talk to voters about why Mitt Romney is the best candidate to fix our economy and defeat President Obama in 2012."

News of Christie's campaign swing for Romney was first reporter by the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Wait...this is campaigning for him?
Going to a house party and two of Romney's campaign headquarters?
Way to get the undecided voters!

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/bethreinhard

Talking to voters in SC, woman says she won't vote for Romney 'because he's a Muslim.' 48 minutes ago

[visionary]

And then there's this:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ical+Ticker%29

Poll: Romney takes top spot in 2012 race

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tops a new survey released Friday with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich besting businessman Herman Cain for the second spot, though Cain is close behind.

But only three in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they strongly support their candidate and the percentage of those who say they're undecided on their vote is that same as those who would vote for Cain.

Nearly one-quarter of those surveyed in the McClatchy-Marist Poll say they would back Romney while Gingrich has leapfrogged Cain for second with 19% support. The conservative former radio talk show host is close behind with 17% saying they'd vote for him if the 2012 Republican primary or caucus were held in their state today. But 17% of those polled say they remain undecided about the race for the GOP presidential nomination