ComMITTed to Romney!

I’d like to ask for some feedback from our Maine Mittheads. I don’t know anything about Charlie Summers and I am posting this not as an endorsement but as an FYI.

If you have followed Mr. Summer’s Congressional service, please post your comments. I’d like to get your take on his policy positions.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.politickerme.com/jessicaalaimo/1632/gov-romney-endorses-summers-congress

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney endorsed Charlie Summers for Congress today.

Romney, a former presidential candidate, won the Maine Republican caucuses in February before dropping out of the race.

In a statement, Romney said:

“Conservatism’s strength is based in the belief in family, the individual, and the goodness of America and Charlie Summers embodies that strength. His experience in the private sector combined with his service as a Maine State Senator, as head of the Small Business Administration in New England, and most recently his service in Iraq make him the ideal person to represent Maine in the United States Congress. Charlie embodies the qualities necessary to effectively represent his constituency from the moment he is sworn-in as Maine’s next First District Congressman.

“Today, I am proud to endorse Charlie Summers and I encourage all my Maine supporters to actively campaign and vote for Charlie on June 10th.”

Summers said: “I am honored by Governor Romney’s support. Maine voters strongly showed their support for Governor Romney during the March Presidential caucuses and his strength among Maine voters will continue to build the momentum of this campaign through the primary and on to a win in November.”

Summers is running as a Republican in the First Congressional District.

I received a comment from a couple of our regular readers, Paulee & Mike, from the great state of Maine. Many of you no doubt remember them from all the fun we had last week when they attended the Maine Republican Convention.

Well it seems that Paulee & Mike have just volunteered to help elect conservative Republicans this fall. Yes!! I have taken the liberty of posting part of their comments that have to do with their decision to get involved with their local Republican organization. I can’t over emphasize how important their decision is. They have now placed themselves elbow to elbow with the movers and shakers of their state’s politics. When the time comes to influence their state’s leadership in favor of Mitt Romney in 2012, they will be in a position to lobby for Romney in a way that no outsider could hope to.

Congratulations, Paulee & Mike! Keep us posted on your budding political fiefdom.

~~John Cronin~~

http://committedtoromney.com/2008/05/11/romney-raises-austin-money-for-cornyn/

“Romney Raises Austin Money For Cornyn”

Paulee&Mike on 14 May 2008 at 7:21 am

John, as you suggested, we have let it be known we are available for the Rep. Party
volunteer work etc. Got a letter today about a meeting, so there. Let’s all get involved
and bring about CHANGE, YES WEeeeeeee CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

John Cronin on 14 May 2008 at 5:58 pm
Paulee&Mike,

Welcome to the club!! It’s very gratifying to know that the Party’s volunteer ranks are growing. Keep up the good work and we will have an organization in place to help elect Mitt Romney in 2012.

Woo Hoo!! Here’s a chance to reinforce good behavior! The KENNEBEC JOURNAL is asking for reader feedback on their coverage of last weekends visit by Mitt Romney to the Maine Convention.

I thought they were “fair and balanced” in their reportage and here is a golden opportunity to give them an “atta boy” for a job well done.

If you liked their coverage, please go to their site and let them know. Look for my comment, at this point I am the sole responder. Let’s change that!

~~John Cronin~~

http://centralmaine.mainetoday.com/blogs/conrad/026527.html

Are the Republicans on a roll?

We’ll see.

We covered the GOP state convention extensively over the weekend because Mitt Romney was speaking and it was in Augusta. (We’ll do something comparable with the Democrats.)

Let me know what you thought of our coverage of the GOP convention in Augusta. We played it very big on A1 of the Kennbec Journal and I’d like to know what you thought of that.

Posted by Eric Conrad at 08:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNu-PkSymJQ

Hat Tip to Will Martin for sending me the heads up on the availability of this video of Gov. Romney’s speech at the Maine Republican Convention.

The story about the flag that flew above one of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center on 9/11 is becoming famous in conservative circles.

Good to hear Gov. Romney delivering a speech with his characteristic insight.

~~John Cronin~~

By Walter Griffin

Saturday, May 03, 2008 - Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine -

One-time presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has jumped on the John McCain bandwagon and told a cheering throng of Maine Republicans attending their state convention that he believed the party would retain its hold on the White House.

Romney, who won the party caucus in February before suspending his campaign a week later, told the 2,400 delegates gathered at the Augusta Civic Center for Friday night’s Presidential Banquet that the Arizona senator was the most experienced and tested candidate in the race and never was it more urgent for a person with those qualities to be called on to lead the country.

“We have to elect the man who has been tested and proven time and again,” Romney said.

Attention Maine Mittheads: If you are anywhere near Augusta, make sure your video camera’s batteries are charged and head on over to the Maine Republican Convention to see the Republican Party’s new rock star, Mitt Romney.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26237

Mitt Romney – who took 52% of the vote at Maine’s Republican primary in February – will speak at the banquet the first night of the convention, said Maine Republican Committee Administrative Assistant Michelle Dale. She said Romney is a confirmed speaker, but said that could change. She also said she does not know the topic of his address. Cal Thomas will also be speaking at the state convention on Saturday.

If you go …

The Maine state convention will take place Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3. It will be held at the Augusta Civic Center (100 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, ME 04330). Friday’s events will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will end with the presidential banquet featuring Mitt Romney by 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s events will begin 8:30 a.m. and will end by 5:30 p.m.

A state committee meeting and dinner to kick off the Republican state convention will be held Thursday, May 1, from 6 to 9 p.m., also in the Augusta Civic Center.

For more information, contact the Maine Republican Party at (207) 622-6247 or see http://www.mainegop.com/.

Paulee&Amp;Mike of ComittedtoRomney are hoping to hand deliver notes to Mitt Romney at Maine’s Republican Convention on May 2.

This is our chance to reaffirm our support of the best qualified man to run for President in this campaign and the man that some pundits and some voters are saying is a once in a lifetime candidate.

Lets show our support for a man who could well develop into the “face of conservatism” and in the process repudiate all the minor candidates that tried their best to stop Gov. Romney’s nomination by whatever means they could. Minor candidates who will now just fade away, while Mitt is back in the limelight, basking in the applause.

Let’s run up some big numbers on this post, so that our posters in Maine can let Mitt know that he has an army of supporters, ready to go to work to elect Mitt Romney President in 2012!

~~John Cronin~~

Run, Mitt, Run!!

Paulee&Amp;Mike of CommittedtoRomney fame and fortune are headed to the Maine Republican Convention on May 2. I have asked to be kept informed of “All Things Romney” at the convention. Paulee&Amp;Mike will be taking lots of pictures, so it should be a blast. The rest of us are soooo jealous.

Rumors about a possible VP berth for Governor Romney continue to abound, so it is good that this site has “boots on the ground” at the Convention and can give us the “lowdown on the showdown.”

~~John Cronin~~

Very good news. The most qualified man to run for President since Ronald Reagan is set to be the keynote speaker of the Maine Republican Party Convention. MR keeps building the base and collecting the political IOU’s as he prepares to run for President in 2012.

~~John Cronin~~

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5000135.html

AUGUSTA – Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will headline the Maine Republican Party State Convention next weekend in Augusta.

More than 2,400 Republicans are expected to come to the convention, which will be held in the Augusta Civic Center. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 at the convention’s Presidential Banquet.

In February, Romney won a straw poll of Maine Republicans by earning 52 percent of the vote. But after Super Tuesday, he was trailing badly and withdrew from the race.

“I think he brings name recognition, and is somebody that had a lot of support for president, and should get a good crowd to attend the banquet,” said Robert Nutting, chairman of the Kennebec County Republicans.

The next day, syndicated columnist Cal Thomas has been invited to speak at 1:15 p.m., although his scheduled appearance is not definite, party Chairman Mark Ellis said.

CNN’s Election Scorecard just updated with the Maine results.

I don’t understand how the process works. Yesterday I read an article about the Maine caucuses that said it was a first step in a “process” that would later elect delegates. I noticed last night that the brackets next to Maine were empty and didn’t show any delegates awarded to Gov. Romney. This morning they show MR as having won 18 delegates!

I’m assuming that CNN knows what it’s doing and that the totals are correct. If that assumption is right, then here are the new totals.

John McCain————97

Mike Huckabee———-29

So much for John “Open Borders” McCain as the “prohibitive front runner.”

Super Tuesday Voters!!!!!!………Ignore the MSM and vote for Mitt Romney!!!

~~John Cronin~~