In Case You Missed It: Governor Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday

Contact: Mitt Romney

 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /Standard Newswire/ — the following is the coverage of Governor Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday:

 

Governor Romney on The Importance Of These Times (Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” 2/5/08):

 

Governor Romney: “These are really critical times for our country. We face extraordinary challenges from the jihadists, from new competition from Asia. We see our economy getting weaker. People wonder how they are going to pay their bills, gas bills, heating bills. If America keeps on the same track we’re on, we’re not going to remain the most powerful nation on Earth. Washington is fundamentally broken, and it’s not going to get changed by people who spent their whole life in Washington. You’re going to have to have somebody come from the outside, the way Ronald Reagan came from the outside, and shake Washington up. And that’s exactly what I intend to do. I don’t think it’s also possible to have somebody lead our party who is very much outside the house that Reagan built. Senator McCain’s a fine fellow, national hero. But his positions on the keystone issues of his 25 years are positions that are more like Democrats than like those of Republicans.”

 

 

Governor Romney On Conservative Support (MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2/5/08):

 

Governor Romney: “[T]his is just the beginning. We’ve got a lot of states to go. And what we’re seeing is, by virtue of voices like yours and others across the conservative world, conservatives are waking up, and they’re saying, ‘Look, we just can’t take a left turn in our party. We’ve got to stand by the principles that Ronald Reagan laid out.’ And I’m the conservative candidate in this race. It’s become a two-person race, and in California over the weekend, as you point out, the polls show that I’m tied there or doing a little better than tied. You never know whether to believe polls or not. But then you look at Maine, we just had a caucus in Maine over the weekend. Both U.S. Senators were fighting for Senator McCain, but you know what, I won there by 50 to 20. The signs are good that conservatives are listening and saying, ‘You know what, we don’t want to take the liberal path.’”

 

 

Governor Romney On Conservative Support (MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2/5/08):

 

Governor Romney: “[T]his is just the beginning. We’ve got a lot of states to go. And what we’re seeing is, by virtue of voices like yours and others across the conservative world, conservatives are waking up, and they’re saying, ‘Look, we just can’t take a left turn in our party. We’ve got to stand by the principles that Ronald Reagan laid out.’ And I’m the conservative candidate in this race. It’s become a two-person race, and in California over the weekend, as you point out, the polls show that I’m tied there or doing a little better than tied. You never know whether to believe polls or not. But then you look at Maine, we just had a caucus in Maine over the weekend. Both U.S. Senators were fighting for Senator McCain, but you know what, I won there by 50 to 20. The signs are good that conservatives are listening and saying, ‘You know what, we don’t want to take the liberal path.’”

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To all those out there reading this that are working your hearts out in each of the Tsunami Tuesday states, thank you so much! I can’t tell you how many emails I have received from all over this great nation of America telling me of success and influence and friendships made! Keep up the great work. We all need to keep doing all we can to get-out-the-vote until one minute before our respective closing times at the polls.

Please indulge me as I again post an invitation to the California Election Night returns. By the way, Matt Romney, during his interview, told me that he has received calls from Texas and others states of friends and supporters who are flying to San Diego today to attend this function in support of Mitt Romney and be present for what we all hope will be an upset in California. If you can make it, Governor Romney would like as many of us to be there as possible for tremendous support. Many friends of mine will be there as will my family. Matt told me he will be there among others you have seen on the trail. Here are the details:

Election Night Headquarters
Hosted by the California Republican Party

THE WESTGATE HOTEL
1055 Second Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

8:00 p.m. to Midnight

For more information and possible hotel discount, call Ryan at (858) 450-4600 x202

We’ll see you there! I am coming prepared to do some serious cheering.

~ Vic

[photo:  San Diego cityscape at dawn from Coronado]

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Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the rally tonight in Long Beach. Matt Romney kindly granted an interview which I conducted over the phone as he drove home to San Diego with his family. Since I did not have a recorder, and don’t have the skill of short-hand, this is my best transcription from my notes:

“It was a remarkable turnout in the tight time frame we had.   I was sitting in the Denver airport yesterday and got a call from my dad who said he was going to California the next day and asked me, ‘can you bring some friends?’   I put the word out and look at the amazing turnout we got!   A friend of mine said he did a rough count of those in attendance and counted about 2,000; with one day’s notice!   I think this remarkable turn-out, on such a short notice, is indicative that my dad’s message is resonating with the people of California.”

Since I could not attend tonight, I asked Matt who, besides himself and Governor Romney, were in attendance at the rally. He said that Jim and Becky Davies (Ann’s brother and sister-in-law) were there along with Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (R-46th), John Campbell (R-48th), and Buck McKeon (R-25th). Also there, was conservative talk show host, constitutional law professor, and author Hugh Hewitt.

He continued:

“After the rally, I chatted with Congressman Rohrabacher about the surfboard he presented to my dad last week at the rally in Fountain Valley [CA] and joked that as we get closer to the general election this year, we need to get my dad back out here for a surf party and (stealing a line from someone else) ‘ride the wave of conservative momentum right up to the general election!’

A number of people from around the state of California, who have the pulse of the people, have told me that in the last four to five days, the momentum has shifted and picked up for us. I feel pretty good about our chances here in California of getting more delegates than John McCain will get tomorrow.

The mainstream media has been wrong time and again and we will prove them wrong again. We need to get every conservative voter out to the polls in every state tomorrow to vote for Mitt Romney and prove the mainstream media wrong again.

Please tell all your readers and all those who are working so hard to influence others, THANK YOU!”

[this photograph of Matt and his daughter was taken last summer at Strawberry Farms]

Let’t make it happen! GO MITT!

~ Vic

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Romney campaigns throughout the night

By GLEN JOHNSON

Associated Press Writer

Don’t say Mitt Romney won’t go the extra mile for a vote.

The Republican presidential contender was logging more than 5,000 of them as he undertook a 37-hour, coast-to-coast-to-coast dash while trying to better rival John McCain in the 21 Super Tuesday nominating contests.

“…I think it communicates to people in California that the entire nation is watching California and what they’re going to do,” he said in Tennessee after setting off on his journey at 7 a.m. EST Monday. “If I win California, that means you’re going to have a conservative in the White House.”

The former Massachusetts governor, who tries to keep his body clock on East Coast time wherever he travels in the country, planned to sleep on the return flight, aided by a pillow, pink fleece blanket and inflatable mattress his campaign staff brought aboard in Oklahoma.

“I want to sleep on the floor as long as the flight attendants say it’s OK, because they need to go up and down the aisle,” Romney said. “My feet will hang out into the aisle, but I’d rather sleep on the floor.”

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He said he and his wife, Ann, had talked Sunday night about the prospect of walking into the voting booth and seeing his name listed as a candidate for president.

“It’s something I would have never imagined,”…I mean, it’s an honor, obviously, it’s an enormous honor to even be considered as a candidate for president and to know that there will be hundreds of thousands and hopefully millions who will say, ‘You’re the guy we’d like as our next president.’ It’s a very humbling honor,” he added.

…”I feel excited,” he said as he flew west, “very eager for the day to come and to start counting results. It’s going to be hard to go to sleep tomorrow night, because we won’t hear from California probably until very, very late.”

Go California!  We’re counting on you guys!

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In my post below, I ask that you include several blog posts (articles). Please include this one among those you choose. This is incredible. Once you go to this link, be sure to click on each table (there are two) to expand each table to full view. Every voter in America needs to see this table before voting Tuesday. With your help to convert the message to viral effect, we can surpass the results that the State of Maine got yesterday. The State of Maine stepped up folks. They sent a resounding signal of extraordinary example yesterday. Let’s combine with the constant megaphone blasting of talk radio and get the word out in in ways never before seen at the grassroots level.

YES, IT CAN BE DONE.   We can cause a major sea-change.

Click here to view this post with these two amazing tables:
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LEADERSHIP and ELECTABILITY TABLES

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I AM PLEADING WITH YOU:   I just realized that today is Super-Bowl Sunday.   Since I never watch professional football, I forgot.   I realize you may have plans today.   Please, please, please don’t let those plans take priority over the message I left at the previous post.    This election for President of the United States is way too important.    If possible, please create your email and send it off early in the day, but please DO IT!

AND THANK YOU!

~ Vic

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As I write this, it is 3:25 a.m.   I could not retire to bed without first writing this.

At my first opportunity later today, I am going to send an email out to about 700 people that have ended up in my email address book to ask them to forward my message to every American they know. What to send?

Immediately below the post I am writing are many outstanding posts that would influence any voter. I am going to select my favorite seven posts (including THIS ONE) and cut/paste their URLs (browser addresses) into a simple email message and send it to everyone I know and ask them to forward the message to everyone they know.

Would you please do the same? I also recommend that you include the website EvangelicalsForMitt.org with a short note that says something like, “A vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for John McCain.”

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Choose the blog posts (from this site and others) you think will most influence your circle of family and friends;
2. If you choose a blog post from this site, click on the title of the post to isolate it from the main blog (this will change the URL above to the unique address of the blog post);
3. Copy the browser address (URL): With the cursor placed over the browser address, right-click the mouse, and left-click on COPY;
4. Place the cursor in the body of your email message, right-click the mouse, then left-click PASTE;
5. After you have selected your favorite blog posts, draft a concise but powerful message imploring your family and friends to a) explore the posts you sent them, b) vote on Tuesday for Governor Romney, c) commit as many people as they know to vote on Tuesday for Governor Romney, and MOST IMPORTANT, d) forward your email message to every person they know in America.

To make steps 1-5 simple, you may want to open more than one webpage and toggle back and forth to the email message you draft.

Please do not dismiss this simple effort. This will take you no more than 20 minutes. Your efforts in this regard, combined with possibly thousands of others reading this, can have a viral effect literally within hours that can easily span every state in America. I am not exaggerating. Please do not hesitate. In my opinion, the future of our great nation is at stake.

~ Vic

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I will never vote for John McCain for anything, ever. I have thought long and hard about the person I would vote for in November, if he were the Republican choice. Never could I vote for Hillary Clinton and never would I not vote (I have never missed voting in any election, no matter how insignificant). If it got to that point, I would write-in the name of Mitt Romney.

I DO NOT WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT. We do not have to get to that point.

TSUNAMI TUESDAY: Folks, it does not have to get to that point! Many years ago, a man of outstanding character not unlike Governor Romney, ran for office as our US congressman. In the Republican primary, he lost to a corrupt man by literally a handful of votes. Before the general election, we marshalled the forces, got the vote out and wrote his name in. He won by a huge margin, and became only the fourth congressman in American history to win a congressional district as a write in. President Reagan had a big celebration in the White House over it. The lesson? Had we made the same effort in the primary to support this man (Congressman Ron Packard) that we made in the write-in campaign, Mr. Packard would have won the Republican slot in a landslide. Many of us sat out the primary, choosing to do something else that day!

LET US NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE ON TUESDAY. WE THE PEOPLE can show John McCain and Mike Huckabee the door on Tuesday if every one of us works tirelessly between now and up to 10 minutes before close of the polling booths on Tuesday.

“LET’S ROLL”

~ Vic

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Several readers have asked for the tape of the Los Angeles radio station, KFI AM 640, John & Ken Show interview of Governor Romney from last Friday (two days ago). Keep in mind, these guys can be very caustic when they don’t like something. In fact, when Governor Romney first came into view early last year, these guys went off on him, making fun of his faith, etc. So, the fact that they now endorse him and absolutely reject John McCain is stunning. The first 80% of the interview covers questions about illegal immigration; the end is about global warming. Click here:
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Original Interview of Governor Romney while in Colorado, 1 Feb 2008

Post Interview — Listener Calls, Commentary by John & Ken

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For those outside of California who may be interested in hearing the John & Ken show can either listen live online HERE or, if you are in the western states at dusk or later, you might be able to hear it live at AM 640. I have picked up the station as far away as Northern Utah and Idaho.

NOTE: Please contact every voter you know, including the registered lumps that never vote, and commit them to vote Tuesday for Governor Romney, even if they vote for none of the issues. Talk radio killed the McCain’s immigration bill. I am guessing that talk radio will be on fire on Monday!

~ Vic

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What do you think Mitt did the night after his 2nd place finish in Florida?  I know what I did - went to bed, intending the next day to take a short break, and try to re-energize and re-configure, re-focus for Super Tuesday.  It was a blow, I was mad at McCain, mad at Huckabee and mad that there weren’t more conservative voters in Florida.  I started to question if there are even enough conservatives left in the country to put their voices and hands behind Mitt and give and do and say all they could to get him to the White House.  I was worried, disheartened, frustrated.  Then the next morning, Rush Limbaugh started talking about how “the great thing about this country is that there’s always another election - 2012, 2016 - so maybe we’ll win next time around, blah, blah, blah.”  Thanks for another downer, Rush.

What was Mitt doing?  Hmm, let me think - tireless worker, eternal optimist, master strategist, turnaround expert…  - well, he probably wasn’t doing what I was doing! 

Elizabeth Holmes from the Wall Street Journal, who I believe is part of Mitt’s press entourage, confirmed my suspicions:

…Mr. Romney began sharpening his strategy early Wednesday as his campaign-chartered Boeing 737 flew over the Rocky Mountains. With most of the entourage asleep, the candidate sat at the front of the plane in the fold-down seat typically reserved for a flight attendant, surrounded by three of his aides, a notepad in hand.

Is this not the Mitt we know and believe in?  In the early morning hours after Florida, Mitt’s up strategizing (hopefully his aides are early-birds like him!) planning and preparing for the days and weeks ahead.  Sitting on the not-so-comfy flight attendant seat to boot.  I don’t know about you, but it’s those little details about Mitt that I really admire, and find so inspiring.  The types of actions that are characteristic of an honest, humble, hard-working leader, that are often so absent in Washington.  I find it interesting that the lie that is told the most by Mitt’s critics - that he lacks conviction and therefore personal integrity - is in reality the exact opposite - that he is a man, person, leader, husband, father, Governor, CEO and future President of extremely strong morals, standards and values, and who is willing to walk the walk, to do all and more of what he asks of those who follow him - this is what I have come to admire the most in Mitt.

Mitt’s in this for the long haul.   I think this is going to go beyond Super Tuesday, which is excellent for Mitt.  The more time he has, the better his chances are of exposing McCain, refuting the media’s lies (they haven’t really come up with a new one for a while now - that’s why McCain’s attempt over the weekend was so pathetic), and gaining the support of the conservatives of the party.  As Ann Romney said in the Florida speech, “This is just the beginning.”  It’s really exciting to watch and be a part of.  Mitt can and will take this all the way.  Let’s work hard to keep up with him!

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John McCain is frustrated tonight — BIG TIME! Just look at his face.

Did y’all catch Hannity and Colmes tonight? If you did not, you missed the best 2 minutes of politics in the last 20 years! I spoke to Mike Laub tonight and he is going to give it his college best to find the clip. Until then, here are her quotes — If these are not perfect quotes, they are close:

“If it comes down to John McCain and Hillary, I will vote for Hillary!”

“If it comes down to John McCAin and Hillary, I will campaign for Hillary! — I am serious!”

“Hillary is more conservative than McCain!”

“Hillary lies less than McCain does!”

“Hillary would be tougher on Al Quaida than McCain would be!”

“Hillary is smarter than John McCain!”

This was the only time I did not see Alan Colmes say anything for his segment! He had his feet kicked up on the desk with his arms folded and at the end held her hand high in the air signifying that she won! It was classic!

~ Vic

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THANK YOU so much for stepping up to contribute to Governor Romney’s campaign at this crucial time!

Today, I received a call from a close friend of Governor and Ann Romney who asked me to express gratitude on their behalf for your generosity. In the last three days, you have contributed over $8,000 to the campaign! Those contributions were in amounts from $15+. The commitment I made for the TSUNAMI TUESDAY fund is almost filled. Please help cap off the commitment today and make a contribution to the campaign. You are all doing so much at this important time to help Governor Romney. Please click this link to put us over the top — Don’t forget to type in the Source Code: ECA064 that slots your contribution to the commitment bucket:

TSUNAMI TUESDAY COMMITMENT

No contribution is too small — Please contribute whatever you are able. And again, THANK YOU very much for all you are doing!

~ Vic

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Would you like a great reference to bookmark for the next 6 days?

Click here for GREAT MAP OF TSUNAMI TUESDAY

Check later for my commentary about tonight and the race. It will likely to surprise you (just an opinion).

~ Vic

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