Official Romney for President Exploratory Committee Thread

[Shaka]

You'll learn more than you probably want to know here and here. (The New Yorker piece is subscriber-only.)

You're right, I can't read the New Yorker piece which is probably the most important of the two regarding my question. Do you have a summary?

[LA Ute]

You're right, I can't read the New Yorker piece which is probably the most important of the two regarding my question. Do you have a summary?

Here's an interview transcript that will tell you basically what the piece said:

http://www.hughhewitt.com/transcript...3-84becfd7e374

(Sorry I am kinda swamped tonight or I'd be more helpful.)

[Shaka]

Thanks. That made things much more clear.

[happyone]

here is an article from RCP that talks about Romney and his "mormonism problem"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...t__110098.html

This article discussing Americian perceptions of Mormonism and how they affect Romney and to a lesser extent Huntsman. It discusses both Mitt and his Father and how they handled the Mormon question and some of the other problems Mitt has with the GOP base.

the jist of the article is that "ya its a problem, but he has bigger problems than that"

This sentence from the article that sums it all up.

If Romney were an Anglican, there would still be a gantlet between him and the presidency.

[myboynoah]

Interesting Washington Post-ABC News poll results

[scottie]

Interesting Washington Post-ABC News poll results

If the 2012 presidential election were being held today and the candidates were Barack Obama, the Democrat and..., the Republican, for whom would you vote?

Obama 55%
Palin 40%

40%!? :igiveup:

[myboynoah]

40%!? :igiveup:

Totally bizarre.

[LA Ute]

Romney now leading Obama among registered voters:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...-new-poll.html

The president clearly is not communicating well to the public about what he
is trying to do. Yeah, that's it.

[il Padrino Ute]

Romney now leading Obama among registered voters:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...-new-poll.html

The president clearly is not communicating well to the public about what he
is trying to do. Yeah, that's it.

The Obama sycophants just don't get it, do they?

[Moliere]

Romney now leading Obama among registered voters:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...-new-poll.html

The president clearly is not communicating well to the public about what he
is trying to do. Yeah, that's it.

It's the economy stupid! (I'm not calling LA Ute stupid...at least not here ). If the economy is humming along next summer, Obama is back, if not the GOP will be in the WH. Americans vote for their pocketbooks and even this recession is taking money from the poor in the form of reduced social services because of budget constraints.

[LA Ute]

It's the economy stupid! (I'm not calling LA Ute stupid...at least not here ). If the economy is humming along next summer, Obama is back, if not the GOP will be in the WH. Americans vote for their pocketbooks and even this recession is taking money from the poor in the form of reduced social services because of budget constraints.

Of course it is the economy, my intelligent friend, but what you'll hear from the Obami is that they simply need to do a better job of explaining the President's initiatives to the American people.

[Uncle Ted]

It's the economy stupid! (I'm not calling LA Ute stupid...at least not here ). If the economy is humming along next summer, Obama is back, if not the GOP will be in the WH. Americans vote for their pocketbooks and even this recession is taking money from the poor in the form of reduced social services because of budget constraints.

It will most likely come down to unemployment...

WASHINGTON — No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent.

Seventeen months before the next election, it is increasingly clear that President Obama must defy that trend to keep his job.

[...]

The latest job numbers, due Friday, are expected to provide new cause for concern. Other indicators suggest the pace of growth is flagging. Weak manufacturing data, a gloomy reading on jobs in advance of Friday’s report and a drop in auto sales led the markets to their worst close since August, and those declines carried over into Asia Thursday.

But the grim reality of widespread unemployment is drawing little response from Washington. The Federal Reserve says it is all but tapped out. There is even less reason to expect Congressional action. Both Democrats and Republicans see clear steps to create jobs, but they are trying to walk in opposite directions and are making little progress.

[Borderline Divine]

The Obama sycophants just don't get it, do they?

Frankly, we ain't got a hell of a lot else right now.

[LA Ute]

It will most likely come down to unemployment...

If the unemployment numbers don't come down, maybe he can point to "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow:"

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That moment needs to be pretty soon in order to distract attention from the economy.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

It will most likely come down to unemployment...

2011 is following the same trend from 2010. During the first quarter people are optimistic and then things start dipping again in the second quarter. I do not see unemployment being anywhere close to 7.2% by November 2012. Anyone/anything that has money is holding onto it because either they don't know if the economy is going to head down the shitter again or they don't want to higher any new employees because it costs so damn much and may be getting a helluva lot more expensive.