Mitt Burning Up Iowa Phone Lines
By: Jonathan Martin
POLITICO
Jonathan Martin has a very brief article at the Politico website that expresses admiration for Gov. Romney’s tenacity in the fight to win Iowa. It reminds me of Gen. Patton’s remarks that were so brilliantly delivered by the late, great George C. Scott in the movie, Patton.
(paraphrased) “When we were growing up, we all admired the champion boxer, the big league baseball player, the best marble-shooter. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. I wouldn’t give a hoot for a man that lost and laughed about it.”
No one knows whether are not Gov. Romney will win in Iowa. Of course I hope he does. But in the event that he doesn’t win, he will still be an enormous winner in my book because of the great character he has shown. He continues to campaign, continues to face the media onslaught, continues to criss cross the state and continues to rise in the polls.
Here’s a quote from Mr. Martin.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Romney is doing things here that no other candidate is doing — and that could be the difference in a tight race.
I also included a comment from one of Politico’s readers.
One thing I’ll say about Mitt, he’s resilient. He is the most attacked by the democrats, he is roundly attacked by every other GOP candidate, the media constantly investigates his every utterance, and often makes up stuff (like him being behind push calls), and still he keeps slugging it out. No, he was no one hit wonder like Huck Ray Cyrus or any number of no talent blunders that spent 30 minutes in the spot light. Mitt’s rise has been slow and steady. The more he is hit, the farther he goes. I like that in him. That and he is one of those top 5% people that are great at everything they do and find success no matter the obstacle. He may not win the nomination, but I admire his tenacity.
Posted by DO Dec. 21, 2007
~~John Cronin~~
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Yes, let’s give this guy credit for just hanging in there for a whole year, taking one punch after another. And now the fickle media has decided to throw him overboard. The ironic thing is that all the attacks have made Mitt extremely resilient, and he now won’t go away easily. With all of his money, and newfound national support, I still seeing him hanging on even if he loses by a slim margin in Iowa to Huck and NewHampshire to McCain, because neither one would be any use in a general election, and the rest of America knows it, even if the self-centered (but what have you done for me today?)voters of Iowa and New Hampshire are too full of themselves to see the whole picture.