comMITTed to Romney!

One of the things I thoroughly enjoy about this volunteer work is receiving and reading your comments. Every day I usually learn two to three important tid-bits of information from those of you who take the time to leave a comment on one of the blogger’s posts. Though I don’t know the people who leave comments, it is clear to me that many are very dialed-in to politics and are not just casual bystanders. Others who may not be politically immersed, have insight that blows me away at times.

In the early morning hours yesterday, our David Kim posted this great piece —–> DAVID KIM on Huckabee Motivation

The following comment was left at David’s post by a frequent visitor with the call sign “Slick-Willy” as he opines on what drives Huckabee. David’s great post (as an example of many) along with comments like this one (and many others) is what this blog and the new media is all about!

Author: Slick-Willy — Comment:
It’s pretty simple. He has no chance to be on Mitt’s ticket if Mitt wins the nomination: adds no real positives to the ticket and adds several negatives in terms of competent statesmanship. He was a poor governor and besides gun control and abortion, he’s wrong on virtually every issue. Moreover, being a former Baptist preacher may give a boost in a few places, but 70-80% of Americans are sick of having the gospel preached alongside political discourse. Outside of a few states that Mitt can win anyway, Huck would only bring negatives. Bottom line: Huck knows that there is a 0% chance Mitt would every choose him.

Huck is a lock for the VP if Rudy wins the nomination: Rudy needs a strong social conservative to balance his ticket in order to win Evangelicals & Huck is by far the most prominent choice at this point. The fact that they are polar opposites makes them an obvious match. Rudy’s right on most issues, but is almost unforgivably wrong on two: guns & abortion. Huck’s consistency/name recognition when it comes to those issues completes the ticket and would secure the south in a general election. Whether Huck kisses Rudy’s behind or not, he’s the obvious choice. That he’s begun kissing now is simply a demonstration of alliances already made.

I also agree w/the above sentiment that Huck is an anti-Mormon bigot. He’s probably also an anti-Catholic bigot. Lucky for Huck, Rudy has no religion.

If you did not already know, when leaving a comment in any given post, there is a box you can check that will alert you to follow-on comments in reply to your comment or to the post. If you have not gotten involved by giving an opinion, why wait? Jump in; the water is warm and we encourage diverse viewpoints. You can influence others.

~ Vic

Please Help Mitt Get His Message Out —-> MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

“You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They’re afraid of words and thought. … They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words. … A state of society where men may not speak their mind — where children denounce their parents to the police — where a businessman or small shopkeeper ruins his competitor by telling tales about his private opinion. Such a state of society cannot long endure if it is continually in contact with the healthy outside world.”

— Winston Churchill, explaining why Nazism is the enemy of Democracy in a BBC radio address - 10/16/1938

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This post by Marc Ambinder is excellent analysis. He gives six brief reasons why Huckabee’s rise in Iowa will keep Governor Romney’s team hopping these next two to three weeks.

Why Mitt Romney Faces Serious Challenges In Iowa — by Marc Ambinder

More importantly though, everybbody within the sound of my voice (figuratively), who knows anybody in Iowa or who lives in Iowa, needs to use this article as a call to action and mobilize, in large numbers, to get out the vote for Mitt. I don’t completely understand the caucus process in Iowa, but it is not a simple enter-the-ballot-box-and-vote process. One has to sit in some kind of deliberative meeting for a couple of hours before voting. In other words, it requires a commitment of will and time. So, if you live in Iowa or you know people who live there, please send the URL of this post to those you know and ask them to mobilize others they know. Then call them and follow-up and ask them for a commitment. We gotta pull out all the stops and do our best to not only defeat Huckabee, but bury him.

Also, the more readers from this site that will follow the lead of Jeff Fuller, the more power and influence each one of you will have in this process. As you can tell by Ambinder’s comments, the MSM, today anyway, is giving Huckabee a pass on his very liberal record. That can easily change if every one of you will go to the sites that Jeff is posting on this blog and leave comments to educate the folks in Iowa who are walking down a path that effectively promotes Giuliani.

Click here to go to Jeff’s last post and start now to make a difference in Iowa —–> FOLLOW JEFF FULLER’S LEAD — Believe me, when it comes to Iowa politics, Jeff knows his stuff! I have had many conversations with Jeff and he is totally dialed in on Iowa.

Let’s do it. Yes, it takes time and it is work to leave comments and to think through the issues. But I am completely convinced by the many comments I have read on this blog that we have incredibly intelligent and committed visitors. We are not all just observers or spectators. With the technology of today, YOU can make a difference; a big difference.

Let’s all translate that commitment and intelligence into a grassroots effort for Iowa and do our best to keep up with the work ethic of Governor Romney himself. Please pass the word. Crunch time is now. Let’s get behind all the supporters in Iowa and make it happen.

~ Vic

Please Help Mitt Get His Message Out —-> MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

— Benjamin Franklin, 1722

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MY MAN MITT - http://www.mymanmitt.com

By Jason Bonham
I started following Mitt back in ‘95 when I lived in Dayton, Ohio and had met several Boston transplants with Romney stickers on there car. They told me about Mitt, and his election bid against Ted Kennedy. I was intrigued. From there I kept up on Mitt as he ran the Olympics and became governor of Massachusetts. Living in Utah during the Olympics, the rumors were already running that Mitt should run for president.

In the spring of 2004 I took a job with Fort Wayne Philharmonic, requiring me to commute 2-3 times month through the Indiana countryside. During 2004 Governor Mitch McDaniels had campaign signs all over the state that read, “My Man Mitch,” a reference to the name Pres. Bush gave the governor while campaigning for him. Being an early Mitt fan I thought that would be a cool name for a Mitt Romney campaign as well.

I started my first blog in May 2006 for Mitt, Illinoisans 4 Mitt, inspired by Ann Marie’s site here, Nathan Burd’s Americans for Mitt and Jeff Fuller’s Iowans for Romney. After talking with several other bloggers we decided to form a national blog, and eventually settled on My Man Mitt . We went live in early September and by October we had around 600 unique hits per day. Around that time Justin Hart joined our ranks and really brought us the techy face lift we needed. By January Justin had redesigned the site and added his own political savvy, bringing our site up to where it is today.

I think one of the hallmarks of MMM (again a big thanks to Justin) is our coverage of live events. From the legendary 6.5 million dollar day and Romney’s official announcement to CPAC and following Romney around in Iowa for several days, we have been able to find a niche that has allowed us to bring unique quality content to the blogosphere.

Lastly, I should add that one of the great things Mitt has going for him is the grassroots support in the blogosphere. And he owes a lot of that to Ann Marie, and the great job she has done. I think this site here was the first site on the web for Mitt, and I doubt the idea to become a blogger would have ever crossed my mind if it weren’t for Ann having the forethought to start blogging for Mitt.

Editorial Insert from Ann Marie: I might add that My Man Mitt and Elect Romney in 2008 worked concurrently together when Jason and I covered the Governor’s Announcement in Dearborn Michigan back on February 13th.

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Today we start a new feature here at Elect Romney in 2008 (aka comMITTed to Romney). We’re going to begin spotlighting a Pro-Romney blog or website every week. This week we are starting with Ryan Bell’s ROMNEYEXPERIENCE. Every Monday we will post their writeup for the world to see, but obviously it won’t stay around long since other blog posts will be posted pretty quickly afterwards. That’s where our “In-Focus” tab at the top of the screen comes in. For their week, the website will appear on that front page. After their week is up, it will then be archived at the bottom of the page. So, if you’d like to spend some time perusing the list after we’ve had have few you’re more than welcome to check them out. Now onto this week’s “In-Focus” ROMNEYEXPERIENCE.

ROMNEYEXPERIENCE - http://www.romneyexperience.com

Ryan Bell
In the Spring of this year, Ryan Bell started seeing a trend in the coverage of Mitt Romney. Despite the excellent qualifications Romney brought to the campaign, a huge proportion of media coverage focused not on Romney’s resume, positions, or character, but on his religion. Worse still, much of that coverage showed real ignorance about Mormonism, often perpetuating stereotypes and half-truths about Mormonism, to the detriment of the Romney candidacy. What Ryan realized in reading these stories was that there was no one responding to them. Mitt Romney had taken the high road, choosing not to comment on the low grade attacks on his faith. The LDS Church, well-positioned to rebut charges against it, remained mostly silent, fearing to enter the political arena due to its policy of neutrality as to candidates, and lacking credibility with some journalists because of its vested interest in the debate. In other words, scores of people were attacking Romney’s faith, but no one was fighting back.

RomneyExperience was born to fill that role, and has been fighting back ever since. As a practicing Mormon and former blogger on religious topics, Ryan felt well-suited to discuss specific concerns being raised about Mormon doctrine, practice, and history. And as a committed Romney supporter, Ryan has always used his site to offer explanations that would help clarify the candidate’s religious background, with posts like “Would the LDS Church Control a Mormon President?” and “What Mitt’s Mormonism Does Mean.”

It proved to be an effective, and surprisingly provocative blogging niche. Just as Ryan began posting to his new blog, he began receiving media inquiries, and soon found his site featured on the front page of Politico.com. Since then, Ryan has made appearances on CNN and Fox News, spoken on several radio programs, and received links from numerous high-profile political websites. While you can never say for sure what impact you’re having, this exposure is one indication that RomneyExperience is helping to mold the public debate regarding Romney’s religion. Hopefully, that impact can continue to increase until Romney reaches the White House. Visit Ryan at www.romneyexperience.com, and feel free to pass his site on to everyone who is interested in questions of Religion and Politics.

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If you’re a Pro-Romney blog or website, we want to hear from you.

If you’re interested in being featured here, please drop me a message at I want to be featured.

Please tell us the name of your site, when you began it, who’s involved and the reason you started it. We’ll be featuring one site per week.

Thank You!

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