comMITTed to Romney!

It is always so gratifying to see the very themes being played out here, on this site, being played out in the major media outlets as well. This time in no less a publication than the WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE. Please read this very interesting article and see Gerald Seib talking about the concerns of social conservatives this election cycle. Mr. Seib writes about the religious right reminding the Republican Party that “you can’t win this thing without us.”

~~John Cronin~~

http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/05/19/
disquiet-on-the-right-a-danger-for-mccain/

Gerald F. Seib, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, has been involved in covering every presidential election since 1980 and writes the weekly Capital Journal column for the Journal.

That sound you hear is rumbling among unhappy social conservatives on the Republican Party’s right wing; it spells trouble not just for President Bush, but for the party’s presumptive presidential candidate, John McCain.

At a time when Sen. McCain badly needs to consolidate the support of the Republican base before the general-election campaign begins in earnest, leaders of the party’s social conservatives are letting it be known—quietly, for now—that they aren’t happy with the way their desires are being met.

The immediate target of their grumbling is Mr. Bush, but the message to Sen. McCain is clear: “You need us in the fall, not just those independent voters everybody wants you to spend your time courting.”

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If we can hold McCain’s feet to the fire on SCOTUS nominations, we will have won half the battle.

~~John Cronin~~

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: May 6 2008 20:53 | Last updated: May 6 2008 20:53

John McCain promised on Tuesday to nominate conservative judges to the Supreme Court and for other judicial vacancies, seeking to quash doubts among some Republicans about his conservative credentials.

The Republican presidential candidate said he would use John Roberts and Samuel Alito, who were appointed to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush, as his “model” when choosing nominees.

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Matt Lewis TownHall.com

Some conservative leaders are now publicly opposing Mitt Romney’s consideration for VP. 

This is from the Government is not God PAC website:

More than 20 leading social conservatives signed an open letter to Senator John McCain expressing their displeasure over the prospect of an “M&M” ticket being pushed by Karl Rove, Sean Hannity and others in the economic wing of the Republican Party.

Among the signers are those, such as Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation, who once supported Mitt Romney and now publicly regret it. 

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Note:  A trusted source tells me that the minute Romney endorsed McCain, Weyrich decided he couldn’t stomach Mitt’s decision, and promptly endorsed Huckabee.  With the exception of Weyrich, who endorsed Romney, the signers all tend to be former Huckabee supporters.One source, who was close to the Romney campaign, tells me this is an attempt to elevate Mike Huckabee as a possible VP pick: 

“Who has been talking about Huckabee as Veep?  Nobody.  I’d rather have Hannity and Ingraham saying good things about me to millions of people, rather than worrying about what this rag-tag group says about me.”

It has been reported that this full-page ad will run tomorrow in various cities and towns where John McCain will be campaigning.  But I’m doubtful it will see the light of day in more than a few small publications (As Jim Geraghty writes, ”This is absolutely fantastic news… for the advertising department of the Prescott Daily Courier.”). 

If this organization were really serious, they would probably focus on targeted direct mail and phone calls.  Instead, this is more likely an attention-getting device to try to get some attention for the Huckabee for Veep movement.

Here are some an excerpts from the ad: 

FOR US THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: The unvarnished facts of Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts make him utterly unacceptable as a Vice Presidential choice.  

Governor Romney got no traction during the primaries simply because his recent “conversion” to conservative and pro-life principles is not credible.

Question:  Knowing what you do of McCain, do you think that these guys opinion of Mitt makes him more or less likely to pick Mitt based on their opinion?  … My guess is that they have achieved the opposite of their supposed intent and in fact made Mitt more acceptable to McCain after their attacks.

Update: You can indicate your willingess to vote for Gov. Romney here.

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