comMITTed to Romney!

It remains an open question whether McCain’s pick of Gov. Palin is a net benefit for his campaign. But of one thing there is no doubt. She is certainly turning into a cultural icon, inspiring changes in women’s fashions and skits on SNL.

On this site’s chatbox, we have been having fun with a couple of phrases from Thursday’s VP debate: “Doggone it, there you go again” and “You betcha.”

But however much fun Gov. Palin has inspired, there are also some hard political facts we must consider. Namely, McCain is behind in the polls with a month left in the campaign and he has recently pulled the plug on his Michigan campaign. Michigan, with 17 electoral votes and a state that Gov. Romney could have delivered to McCain on a silver platter.

We are getting word from several sources that the move is controversial within the Republican Party. It strikes me as politically tin-eared to make a move that high profile operatives within your own party second guess you on. This stuff all goes back to one of the many reasons Sen. McCain was not my first pick. He just seems to be out of touch with his own party. He is certainly out of touch with the conservative base. His only conservative policies have Mitt Romney’s fingerprints all over them!

For the sake of the country, I hope he gets it right by Nov. 4. Otherwise, Obama gets a chance to complete Jimmy Carter’s second term in office.

~~John Cronin~~

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The road to victory for John McCain has gotten tougher in the past week: He has given up on Michigan, struggled to deal with a financial crisis many voters blame on Republicans and faced skepticism about his vice-presidential pick.

All of that raises pressure on Sen. McCain’s field generals in the battleground states where he is still competing — people like Gentry Collins. The Iowan’s success or failure, and that of his boss, hinges on the rapid-fire decisions Mr. Collins needs to make every day, from appeasing local political leaders to keeping tally sheets on daily phone calls.

Mr. Collins’s territory is rocky terrain. As one of Sen. McCain’s 11 regional campaign managers, he is responsible for Iowa, where Sen. Barack Obama holds a solid lead, and Missouri, a state Sen. McCain has to win but where polls show a close race. At least one of the presidential candidates, and usually both, are in Mr. Collins’s states every week. Voters see those events, though they don’t see the last-minute scrambles by his staff that makes them possible.

Behind the scenes, Mr. Collins’s task is complex. In Iowa, he must contend with a fractured party where most active Republicans wanted someone else for president. In Missouri, a classic swing state that has gone with the winner in 24 of the last 25 elections, Mr. Collins is outgunned by a better-funded Obama campaign that has been on the ground longer.

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George Hussein Onyango Obama

UK’s Telegraph reports that Barack Obama’s brother is living in Poverty…

From the article:

Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.

“No-one knows who I am,” he told the magazine, before claiming: “I live here on less than a dollar a month.”

and

He told the magazine: “I live like a recluse, no-one knows I exist.”

Embarrassed by his penury, he said that he does not does not mention his famous half-brother in conversation.

“If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed,” he said.

and

For ten years George Obama lived rough. However he now hopes to try to sort his life out by starting a course at a local technical college.

He has only met his famous older brother twice - once when he was just five and the last time in 2006 when Senator Obama was on a tour of East Africa and visited Nairobi.

The Illinois senator mentions his brother in his autobiography, describing him in just one passing paragraph as a “beautiful boy with a rounded head”.

Of their second meeting, George Obama said: “It was very brief, we spoke for just a few minutes. It was like meeting a complete stranger.”

and

“Huruma is a tough place, last January during the elections there was rioting and six people were hacked to death. The police don’t even arrest you they just shoot you.

“I have seen two of my friends killed. I have scars from defending myself with my fists. I am good with my fists.”

Commentary:
It’s incredibly amazing and hypocritical of some in the media that went after Mitt Romney’s Grandfather’s polygamy when we have a presumptive nominee of a major party who’s father was a polygamist and has multitudes of children living in poverty in Africa. Why isn’t Barack taking care of his own destitute family members???

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If this is a legitimate article, the “activist” quoted is displaying logic that has more holes in it than a piece of Swiss cheese. Let’s dissect the quotes.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/12/
copy/noromney.ART_ART_08-12-08_A3_L3B0IQ1.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

Ohio activists reject Romney
He would be poor VP choice, they say

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:20 AM

By Jonathan Riskind
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON – Some Ohio social conservatives say they know whom they don’t want John McCain to pick as his running mate: former Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney.

In a move that may say as much about their continuing uneasiness regarding McCain as it does about their mistrust of Romney, an alliance of Buckeye State social conservatives is trying to form a group: Social Conservatives Against Romney.

“Social Conservatives against Romney.” I suppose it would be too much to ask what these folks are for, like a strong pro life position that has been held for several years after what I believe was a sincere change of heart, a pro business position that favors a corporate tax cut that will enhance America’s competitive position, a pro military policy that will protect America from the totalitarians that would love to destroy us and our ideas of democracy and freedom.

Although McCain is keeping his potential vice-presidential choices a tightly held secret, Romney is said to be on the short list.

Romney is said to be on the short list. I wonder why that is. Could it be because of his unrivaled competency in so many areas, his evident intelligence and grasp of complex issues. Where is Huckabee on that list? Perhaps he is not on the list because he has been correctly categorized as a smooth talking lightweight?

“Christians are praying earnestly for the right person,” said Diane Stover, a Parma resident who was a delegate for GOP candidate Mike Huckabee, a favorite of many social conservatives, in the Ohio primary. “McCain wouldn’t have been our person. But we definitely feel like it would be a huge help to John McCain to pick someone we can be confident will represent the value-voter position. I don’t think it helps him (McCain) at all in Ohio if he picks Romney.”

Oh right. You folks have obviously distinguished your selves as great candidate-pickers. Your first choice was asked during the primaries if he was a “foreign policy expert” and he infamously replied: “No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.”

A McCain spokesman said the campaign won’t comment on any aspect of the process of selecting a running mate.

Jane Maines of Hamilton, also a former Huckabee delegate, said the anti-Romney Ohioans hope their group will spread to other states.

They apparently want to extend the winning streak they enjoyed during the primary into the general election.

Stover and Maines are among about a dozen activists who met near Cincinnati last week, with Stover participating via phone from the Cleveland area, to discuss how to launch the group.
“We’re hoping this will become hugely widespread,” Maines said.

Big things can start from small beginnings, but in this group’s case, I think it will probably be more of a case of starting small and then shrinking.

She said she doesn’t consider the anti-Romney effort to be anti-McCain, despite saying McCain is not a “real conservative.” She said she and other conservatives will support McCain in November, noting that he has had a consistent anti-abortion voting record as a senator from Arizona.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is too inconsistent on issues such as abortion and gay rights “for someone who calls himself a conservative,” Maines said.

The group overlooks McCain flips on taxes, domestic drilling and his huge flip on illegal immigration….All this makes me think that this tiny group in more about religious intolerance then it is about Gov. Romney’s political positions. As a Reagan Republican and as a conservative Catholic, I will repeat what I started saying almost two years ago. Mitt Romney more closely represents me and the values that I share with my Catholic and Protestant friends and associates than any of the candidates in either party this election cycle. If Mitt Romney does not get the VP nod, I will be ready to support him again in 2012.

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Mitt Romney’s turnaround of the Winter Olympics in 2002 that were held a few months after the 911 attacks is one of his biggest successes in a lifetime of achievement. Mitt’s presence at the Summer Olympics can only remind Americans of his skills at organizing a large group of people in a common endeavor. It will be very interesting to see what effect all this has on the VP selection process.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.politickerma.com/jeremyjacobs/591/
could-olympics-boost-romney-s-vp-chances

As voters turn their attention away from the presidential race and towards Beijing for this year’s Olympics, former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney could stand to benefit the most from the games politically.

Romney, who was the president and CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be visiting the Olympics this year. He will be leaving on Thursday and, according to his spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, plans to attend the games only as a spectator.

With vice presidential speculation in full swing, however, any appearances by Romney during the Olympic broadcasts could raise his profile to the Olympics’ wide national audience, said Michael Shea, a Boston Democratic political strategist.

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USNEWS.COM reports that all the buzz coming out of the McCain H.Q. is all Romney, all the time. BTW, I forget where I read the line, but someone said that they had googled “Tim Pawlenty” and the response from Google was “Who?”

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/07/22/
its-all-we-hear-romney-romney-romney-for-mccains-running-mate.html

Despite persistent reports that Sen. John McCain is entertaining several candidates for his running mate, only one name consistently comes up in talks to aides: Mitt Romney. That is leading his supporters and surrogates to surmise that the former presidential candidate and McCain backer has the lead in the sped-up race to pick a No. 2. “All I hear about from headquarters is Romney this and Romney that,” said a longtime McCain ally. “And everybody is saying the same thing, like they have talking points already ready for him.” Among those talking points most heard are that Romney is strong on domestic and economic issues, has been a major businessman and savior of the Salt Lake City Olympics, and performed admirably on the primary and caucus circuit. McCain allies also talk glowingly of Romney’s fundraising ability and his decision last week to eat his own campaign debt instead of competing with McCain for supporters’ dollars. Some conservatives contacted by U.S. News are hopeful the choice will be Romney. One Bush adviser said, “Romney is vetted by the national media, is good on the economy and national security—and the No. 2 vote-getter. Very strong case for VP nomination.” But others are more skeptical, worried that his reputation as a policy flip-flopper and his Mormonism will hurt McCain. Significantly, the Democrats also believe that Romney is a front-runner and have been working up an opposition research file on the former Massachusetts governor ever since he endorsed McCain.

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Latest in our our ongoing series of exposes of MSM bias towards conservatives in general and Republicans in particular. Engaging article at the consistently excellent IBD Editorials.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=301792142700714

By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Media: The gaffes Barack Obama has committed would have crushed the typical Republican politician. But the reporters who can’t get over Dan Quayle’s misspelling of “potato” have little to say about their man’s slip-ups.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Obama is really fouling up or simply puffed up when he tries to live up to his media-fed image as a leader ready for prime time.

Consider his claim during a news conference Wednesday in Israel that “just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran.”

His committee? Obama isn’t even a member of the Banking Committee, let alone its chairman. So was it a self-promoting lie or a misstep? Only he knows.

In other cases, however, it’s clear the junior senator from Illinois has erred. It was Obama — and not a too-old-to-serve John McCain or a too-dopey-to-take-serious George W. Bush — who once said he’d visited 57 states, not including Alaska and Hawaii, and still had “one left to go.”

It was also Obama who said Tuesday from Amman, Jordan: “You know, it’s always a bad practice to say ‘always’ or ‘never’ ” — a statement only Yogi Berra could fathom but which those aboard O-Force One seemed to regard as incontestably profound.

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More buzz in the national press about a possible announcement (we are told within the next 48 hours or so) regarding Sen. John McCain’s selection of his running mate. If it’s Mitt, Obama just got some world class competition.

I was doing some neighborhood canvassing this past Sunday for Dr. Bob Onder’s Congressional campaign and the two hottest topics were: 1. Illegal immigration (voters want the borders secured) and 2. Energy prices (voters want domestic drilling started, yesterday). As we Mittheads know, Gov. Romney is pitch perfect on these issues as well as many others and his coming onboard right in the middle of Obama’s World Apology Tour would change the campaign calculus dramatically.

~~John Cronin~~

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080722/D9233BT80.html

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -

Yet another town-hall meeting isn’t doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president. So just what can John McCain do to draw attention away from his showy Democratic rival? Pick a running mate, perhaps.

Speculation swirled Tuesday that McCain might name his vice presidential partner within the next few days - right in the middle of Barack Obama’s overseas tour.

McCain aides were not helping tamp down the speculation with their comments, often made late in the afternoon, of “no announcement today.”

But what about tomorrow? Or where? On Tuesday, McCain campaigned in New Hampshire, not all that far from a lakeside summer home of vanquished GOP rival Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor. Romney was nowhere to be seen. Well, it wasn’t really that close to his lakeside home.

One member of the audience told McCain he seemed like a very “forgiving” man. “Have you forgiven Mitt Romney?” he asked the senator.

Amid laughter, McCain said, “Mitt has been of tremendous help to my campaign. … He does a better job for me than he did for himself.”

Last Sunday, McCain was in the Bronx at a Yankees game with another former rival, one-time New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. “You hear all kinds of stuff,” Giuliani later said, “but I’m not thinking about anything but helping to get him elected.”

The campaign is also not very open about where McCain is going next, keeping scheduling matters close to the vest. And that adds to the frenzy.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: HERE ARE TWO WEBSITES THAT ARE REPORTING THAT MITT IS McCAIN'S CHOICE FOR VP RUNNING MATE. I CAN'T VERIFY WHETHER THE REPORTS ARE TRUE OR NOT. THIS IS MEANT STRICTLY AS A FYI.]

http://nyformitt.blogspot.com/

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Scrippsnews.com reports on Utah’s rule that mandates that the delegates must vote for the winner of that state’s primary. As you know, Gov. Romney blew the competition away with a 90% landslide vote in Utah’s primary this past spring.

Won’t it be great to hear the chairperson of Utah’s delegation intone: “Mr./Madam Chairman, the great state of Utah proudly casts it’s 36 votes for Gov. Mitt Romney for President of the United States of America!”

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/34889

WASHINGTON –

The music will be rising into a crescendo, the hall glowing with red, blue and white stars, confetti at the waiting, when Utah delegates take the microphone in the nomination of John McCain for president and cast their ballots for — Mitt Romney.

It’s not that Utah Republicans love Romney so much they can’t bring themselves to back McCain or that they won’t let go of Romney’s failed presidential bid. It’s the rules.

As it stands, all 36 of the state’s delegates are bound on the first ballot to vote for the winner of Utah’s Republican primary: Romney, who nabbed a whopping 90 percent of the vote.

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Is America preparing to deliver the Big No to the Big O come November? Only time will tell, but recent trends have got to be unsettling in the Obama camp.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/lfabrizio/2008/lf_07171.shtml

By: Lisa Fabrizio

Poor Barack Obama. In the space of a few short weeks, he has gone from liberal savior with a 15 point lead over John McCain, to a mere mortal in a dead heat (web site) in the polls. He has alienated some of his base by flip-flopping on issues like the FISA vote, partial-birth abortion and most importantly, stating that he will continue to “refine” his Iraq War policy.

In addition to his change of position on issues, he’s been slapped down (web site) by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his plans to conduct a photo-op at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, had his call for bilingualism rejected (web site) by 83% of voters polled and been vocally castrated by his predecessor as the so-called voice of American blacks.

Even worse for him, just last week a CNN poll showed (web site) that support for Obama among Democrats has dropped five points in the last month. And the number of Clinton backers who say they will not vote for Obama has risen to nearly one third over the same period; so much for the healing of old wounds and repairing party unity

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Sorry about the short notice everybody, but I just received this.

~~John Cronin~~

John McCain returns to Missouri!

John McCain will host a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, July 17th at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. The doors will open at 9:30a.m.

To RSVP for the event, please click here or email missouri@johnmccain.com. No confirmation nor reply from campaign staff is needed to attend the event.

Click here for more information on the event and news and photos from the campaign trail.

Click here for a map of the event location.

Thursday, July 17th
Doors open at 9:30am
Town Hall Meeting
Union Station
30 West Pershing Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108

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Hat Tip to Doug for the link to a CBS NEWS VP poll. FYI, I saw a headline on Drudge regarding Mitt’s VP prospects and they have a very good video, also at CBS, where MR is interviewed and answers questions on several of the hot button issues. Once again I have to say to myself, what an impressive command of the issues and what an effective advocate for John McCain.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/16/politics/main4184011.shtml

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This article reminds me of the poker scene from cowboy movies, “I’ll see your five and I’ll raise you five.” Bush just placed the ball in Congress’ court and we are all watching.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a362
RHmsy71s&refer=worldwide

By Daniel Whitten and Catherine Dodge

July 14 (Bloomberg) –

President George W. Bush said today he’s lifting a presidential ban on drilling for oil and natural gas on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, setting up a showdown with Congress over a separate ban it put in place in the 1980s.

“Today I’ve taken every step within my power to allow offshore exploration of the OCS,” Bush said in a statement at the White House. “This means the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action by the U.S. Congress.”

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Here are a few stories that might be of interest to our viewers:

Obama’s frequent regrets may make us sorry…

Might We Hear More Of Jesse Jackson’s Obama Slam

Controversy precedes Obama Germany visit

That possible affront to a German head of state, said a Democratic official familiar with the Obama campaign’s deliberations on his visit, made it unlikely Obama would choose the Brandenburg Gate location.

“Obviously Brandenburg is the sexiest option,” the official said

Sexiest? That’s quite an interesting assessment of a historic landmark. Maybe Mr. Obama and his staff are unfamiliar with what went on there…I find the term sexiest to be quite inappropriate, but hey that’s just me.

German Chancellor Merkel’s office argues that allowing Obama to speak before the gate, long a setting for speeches by heads of state, would be tantamount to offering the Democrat the endorsement of the German government.

You tell ‘em Chancellor!

What about Bob? GOP mum on Barr

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According to USA TODAY, Mitt Romney is the most popular choice for VP in either party!

Hillary Clinton is close to the bottom of the barrel with a whopping 64% negative rating! When you think about it, that is actually a landslide in reverse. I am shocked, shocked I tell you!

~~John Cronin~~

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/06/rice-mccain-fei.html

As for what the other questions have shown, if you look at the spread between “yes” votes and “no” votes:

• Republican Mitt Romney has been the most popular of anyone in either party. He’s 20 points “up” in the “yes” column — 56%-36% at this time.

• The next closest is former secretary of State Colin Powell. Among Republicans choices, his “yes” vote is 52%, compared to a “no” vote of 40%. He doesn’t fare as well if he’s positioned as a Democratic possibility. Then, it’s 49% “no” and 46% “yes.”

• The most negative reactions by far have been to two Democrats. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius gets a resounding “no:” 62%-22%. Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton also fares poorly. Her “no” vote is 64%. Her “yes” vote is 31%.

• None of the Democrats so far have gotten more “yes” than “no” votes, though Sen. Joseph Biden is coming close.

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