Mitt Romney swept the latest Republican primaries on Tuesday, taking home nearly all of the delegates from Wisconsin, D.C., and Maryland. Yet despite these wins (which get him that much closer to the number of required delegates to take the nomination), almost no one in the Republican party seems wholly satisfied with Romney's nearly inevitable nomination--except for Romney himself.
According to MSNBC, "it's no longer IF Santorum is going to bow out, it's WHEN"; there is no longer a chance he'll gain enough delegates to force a vote at the convention in August. Yet following a recent report which shows that Obama is gaining against Romney in the polls, particularly among female voters, there's a general sense of ambivalence from party leaders.
While Mitt Romney has clinched backing from most of the major Republicans in play at this point, Santorum and his supporters remain undeterred, and possibly for a good reason: The core Bible belt states (which are likely to support Santorum's excessively religious mandate) still have yet to vote.
Is the divisive state of affairs in the Republican party harming them as much as key figures like John McCain seem to believe? Or is the prolonged fight rallying the troops like Santorum seems to hope?
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Romney hopes that it's just a matter of waiting things out, letting the Tea Partiers blow off steam so they will be willing to back Romney later. Time will tell.
But one thing's for sure: if Gingrich or Santorum were to get the nomination, Obama would bury either one of them. They don't have any appeal for independent voters.
ouch......
Because he has no real convictions and will do and say anything to weasel himself into the White House.
Mitt Romney is George Bush light.
No child left behind? I'll see that and raise you Obamacare.
Close Guatanamo? I didn't say that,did I? I did? Well, I said it well, didn't I?
No, Keystone! Gotta drop those oceans, heal that Earth. Now I'll see you at the ribbon cutting.
And if it all goes south,remember it's my...uh, Bush's fault. OK, gotta go. Do the right, uh, left thing. Be cool.
Both the job market and stock market has improved under Obama. The Bush administration wouldn't have designed the marvelous plan to bail out the auto industry. Women, who do the same jobs as men wouldn't have the Lilly Ledbetter Act, putting teeth behind anti-discrimination laws regarding equal pay for equal work.
And like it or not, children would not be able to stay on their parents medical insurance policies until the age of 26. American aren't being dropped by medical insurers because they get sick. And most important, people with pre-existing medical conditions can't be denied medical coverage.
No one is blaming former President Bush for anything. The job was just too difficult for him to handle.
And lastly, President Obama did what Bush couldn't do; killing and capturing the architect behind 9/11. Have you noticed you haven't seen any Bin Laden videos lately or videos from any of his co-conspirators.
This is not a left/right issue. It's all about doing what's best for Americans.
I have decided to continue to believe that President Obama has striven to the best of his ability to protect and defend all Americans and, therefore, has just as much right to a second term as any other .
For the life of me I don't understand their relentless attacks upon women. I understood why they attacked Blacks, unions, teachers, Latinos and just about everyone else, but the attacks on women is puzzling.
You're sure the job and stock market have improved? Are you? 1.4 Trillion in bailouts can buy a chunk of window dressing and leave plenty of pocket lining. Ediface isn't structure.
The bailouts were simply an extension of Bush policy. This is on Bernanke, Paulson, Geithner, etal. No new innovation of thought on Obama's part, just continuance of a lousy idea.
When the currency collapses under the debt load these gentlemen engendered, will it matter that women get the same amount of worthless paper as men for their labors? For a shrunken job pool? And the reduced wages this always results in? I'm all for equality, it maximizes potential. Their rewarding of failure will render this realization moot.
No reply on the wars, constitutional transgression, Guatanamo. I'll consider the point conceded. The damage done.
I'd love the health care act, if it was constitutionally sound enough to survive. If not, it's a vain and wasted attempt at Legacy on Obama's part. If he can compel the EPA to deem Carbon dioxide a toxin (when it's not) why not cigarette smoke (which IS)? Would that simple act save more lives than any amount of bloated ,expensive monstrosities of bills?Like it or not, what does that mean? Like it or not, there's a constitution. Do you like it? Or not?
"No one is blaming President Bush for anything" Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I have seen nothing but opprobrium for Bush whenever Obama's failings are brought up, and I notice you were careful to bring up the fact he was a failure while "not blaming him" They failed, at exactly the same thing. Both. Same. Failed.
Bin Laden's dead all right. The only video I expect to see of him will be the one of his riddled corpse, which I fully expect team Obama to trot out should he fall a couple points behind, as if any President wouldn't have given the order.
You're right that it's not a matter of left or right, and a good thing too, because the bulk of Obama's "accomplishments " would puff the chest of a neocon.
"I have decided" Good luck with that. At least you're going to vote.
Long thread. Got me going there, Lloyd!:)
He'll have to, if he gets the job. Anyone will. But his experience in dealing with bankruptcies might not be the worst thing. Or the best thing either.
That'd be Ron Paul.
Obama's done nothing on this file. Romney won't. You still can support Paul, if you consider half a loaf better than none.