Comments on: Why Mitt Romney will win the 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:31:01 +0000

You better hope Romney gets in and turns around this stinking economy created by the Dems since they took control of both Houses on Jan. 3, 2007 – 11 months later the country went into recession, then Mr. Rubberstamp became president, and now we owe TRILLIONS upon TRILLIONS.

Romney is a turn-around man, this country needs him, and to think otherwise is just plain stupid.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:30:36 +0000

You forget the political organization of mormons in california and the fact that meg will be gov in 2012 and is a huge romney supporter- the post prop 8 fallout could hurt in ca- i wonder if steve young will lobby for romney? Californians are looking for an economic savior right now

By: levotb

levotb — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:38:51 +0000

This is a crock. The only reason Pappa Bush won in 88 was on Reagan’s coattails as the incumbent VP!! That was proven in ’92 when he made the mistake of running after fainting at the Japanese Prime Minister’s dinner and after “read my lips”.

Romney has about as much chance of winning in 2012 as I do. Why?

-He cannot win the South. They hate him there. A Republican cannot win The White house without winning the South. Huckabee’s fall from grace won’t translate into support for Romney. Evangelicals don’t believe that Mormons are Christians.

-He ain’t no conservative. Mansiongate brought him down during the debates–twice, thanks to Giuliani–and he’s not said a word about illegal immigration since then.

-When he talks, people simply DON’T listen! He’s not a leader. He THINKS he’s one, but that’s not the same thing.

-He was endorsed by Pappa Bush.

-He was for the “touchback” Amnesty scheme of Mike Pence’s.

-He’d win Utah but not CA, NY or FL. A Republican who loses those loses.

By: VJ

VJ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:22:55 +0000

My money’s on Jeb.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:16:09 +0000

Interesting that you left Bobby Jindal and Mitch Daniels off the list of “others to watch”.

However, let’s put all that aside. I know that you, like me, really want to see J.C. Watts run. I think America needs another Rough Rider in the White House.

By: Richard Albert

Richard Albert — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:52:17 +0000

You’re absolutely right, RD. Paradoxically, Romney will have the best chance to win in 2012 if the American economy continues to falter, which puts him in the awkward position of having to root (privately, to be sure) against the larger public interest. If, however, the economy improves measurably, Romney will be just another one of the candidates whose name is not Sarah Palin. Others to watch are Haley Barbour, Charlie Crist, Tim Pawlenty, John Thune and, perhaps less predictably, David Petraeus.

By: RD

RD — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:58:38 +0000

levity? Hilarious.
Anyways, 3 years is plenty of time for mistresses to come out of the closet or some other incident.
In Romney’s defense, he has managed to stay in the news for the right reasons as opposed to say…Palin.
He’s rolling the dice on his stimulus though. He’s all out against it but if the economy is rolling in 3 years he will look wrong. If the economy is still in bad shape by 2012, it could be an interesting race.
I wonder if he’ll get swiftboated in the primaries though on account of his religion. Sometimes republicans eat their own.

By: Richard Albert

Richard Albert — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:41:58 +0000

It appears that my levity didn’t travel far enough east to reach “Ian in NS.”

By: Ian in NS

Ian in NS — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:29:42 +0000

Anyone predicting 2012 now is a fool at best. 3 years is an eternity in politics. Case in point: who would ever have predicted in 2005 that Barack Obama would have won the Democratic primary in 2008?

By: ABRanteweia

ABRanteweia — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:47:16 +0000

Mitt Romney will win the 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination simply because he is tirelessly working among other Republicans.

By: ack

ack — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:34:40 +0000

Sarah Palin is brilliant and will crush Romney. She will be teh saviour of the GOP and the free world.

By: asdf

asdf — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:50:46 +0000

Interesting, but 538 debunked a lot of this recently: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com.....-myth.html