Mitt Romney Elopes to Nevada
Providing yet further proof that the Republican presidential race is in turmoil, Mitt Romney is decamping to Nevada after giving up on the South Carolina primary barely a day after a big win in Michigan propelled him into frontrunner status.
Romney, who is polling a strong third in South Carolina, explained that he expected John McCain to take the Saturday primary, so why the heck should he stick around?
Jonathan Martin and Lisa Lerer write at The Politico that:
”Romney’s South Carolina strategy amounts to being politically half-pregnant. He doesn’t want to raise expectations in a state he likely can’t win, so he’s dashing off to Nevada midday Thursday to compete in the lightly contested caucuses there Saturday. But at the same time, he doesn’t want to offend his supporters in South Carolina.
“This tricky expectations game has left his top advisers here in an awkward position. They need to defend their candidate’s decision without downplaying the importance of their own state, a fiercely proud place where locals frequently tout their first-in-the-South primary status and tradition of deciding the GOP nominee.”
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5 Responses to “Mitt Romney Elopes to Nevada”
Willard is no longer polling third, Fred Thompson is and he's moving up.
Tricky Willard's record will follow him out to Nevada also;
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“The Republican nomination contest is being increasingly shaped by ideology and religion as it moves toward the Super Tuesday states on Feb. 5. John McCain has moved out to a solid lead nationally, increasing his support among Republican and GOP-leaning voters from 22% in late December to 29% currently. Mike Huckabee, at 20%, and Mitt Romney, with 17%, trail McCain. Rudy Giuliani is a distant fourth, polling just 13%. Giuliani's support has declined seven points since late December. …
The Democratic nomination contest is being affected by different dynamics than the GOP race – class, race and gender – though ideology is a factor among the Democrats as well. Overall, Clinton leads Obama by 46% to 31%, with 13% for John Edwards. In late December, Clinton's lead over Obama was 20 points (46%-26%).”
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Nevada — how apt. The Dems promise life in a casino, with guaranteed jackpots for all.
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Obama should do better in Nevada — the casino caucuses may be held.
Obama just got Leahy's endorsement, and the BET founder apologized to him.
There's no telling which GOP candidate will win in Nevada, and do many care? We want to see Mr. Change beat Ms. “Change.”
Just a comment on the snarky morons following Romney [whom I don't particularly like at all & think a purveyor of pretty thin gruel], especially the morbidly obese clown named Johnson who accosted him during a campaign event [the Politico PC clown Mike Allen reverently calls Johnson a "veteran reporter."]
The journalist Johnson is a Clinton Inc partisan who called the Crone “spectacular” for her courageous handling [?!?] of a campaign HQ snafu.
But it should be noted that over the years and overseas as well as in the USA, AP & Reuters and AFP have joined the Guardian & Independent & US periodicals in becoming infested with self-righteous self-important boobies who believe they have a mission other than to merely report—like paparazzi they are becoming part of the process itself rather than reporting on it.
There has to be collusion and implicit encouragement of this partisan hack Johnson's garbage & lies, especially as Capt. Ed points out, he has written disparagingly of Romney on numerous occasions, even bringing up his great-grandfather's polygamy. Also, Johnson has written soft praise and glowing admiration of Hillary's courageous response to a campaign HQ of hers taken under siege by a demented Democrat.
The mainstream media has become part of the DNC claque and should no longer be accredited if bogus hacks like Johnson are part of the baggage. AP & Reuters & Newsweak are packed with snarks who think what's fair on the left is foul on the right. [Ditto the NYT, with Linda Greenhouse & other ethically challenged Enron consultant-types coming to mind.] With few exceptions, the mainstream media is now promoting Democrat candidates and disrespecting Republican candidates pretty much across the board—McCain & Huckabee are exceptions for the moment. The press actually likes McCain's soft centrism & believes Huckabee will be a pushover if nominated.
Like the Kossacks being urged to vote for Romney to disrupt the GOP nominating process in Michigan, the press [including much-maligned Fox which is beginning to reflect liberal biases as it becomes more mainstream] is abandoning all pretense at objective facts such as who, what, when, where, and why. Instead the MSM is promoting process itself—therebye abandoning principle of any kind, and turning the election into a sporting event in which it is not only onlooker and reporter, but also referee.
Leave that to the editorial pages and report facts, not ignorant bigoted reportorial bias.