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Dana Milbank wants Mitt Romney to do something about the fiscal cliff

Dec. 5, 2012 9:53am Eddie Scarry

Mitt Romney lost the election and that’s that. He’s gone and nobody really cares that much.

Except Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, a liberal by any standard. For some reason he wants Romney to do something, anything to help with the fiscal cliff negotiations.

Milbank doesn’t say what, but he’s upset Romney, who has the power to do exactly nothing, isn’t doing more to help. From his column today:

In his first public comments since election night, the defeated Republican presidential nominee issued a statement Monday announcing his next step. An appeal to national unity? A charitable initiative?

No, he announced that he was rejoining the [Mariott] hotel chain’s board of directors. …

It was emblematic of the tone-deaf, I-have-some-great-friends-that-are-NASCAR-team-owners moments that contributed to his loss. The country is in a crisis, political leaders in a standoff, and Romney is joining his buddy’s corporate board. …

Romney’s post-election behavior has been, in a word, small. Never again, likely, will his voice and influence be as powerful as they are now. Yet rather than stepping forward to help find a way out of the fiscal standoff, or to help his party rebuild itself, he delivered a perfunctory concession speech, told wealthy donors that Obama won by giving “gifts” to minorities, then avoided the press at a private lunch with President Obama.

Who knew Romney was so needed?

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Comments (12)

Goldi-lox
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:50am
Romney should just LAUGH at anybody who has the GALL to ask for HIS HELP!, including the Big -0-.

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APEXIdaho
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 8:54am
There are 240 million people over 18 in the U.S. Just over 60 million voted for Obama. He got 25% of the people old enough to to vote for him. If people don’t care enough to use there God given right and vote they deserve what they get. And Mitt was right, you can’t win when people want free stuff and big government to take care of them, Hispanics and other groups, message doesn’t matter to those people.

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Jowolf
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 5:08pm
Wow oh wow….how much do you want to bet that when Obama and the Democrats get their way and fail with their economic policies that Mitt Romney will take the place of G. W. and get blamed?

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P3Rock
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 4:09pm
Hey Milbank,
You guys won, quit your whining. Why do you care what Mitt does? It’s called the free market, or capitalism. They offered him a great position with a great salary and he took it.
You want the nation’s fiscal problems resolved? I thought your lord and savior King O has all the answers. If not him surely Prince Harry of Nevada or the witch from Calif, Pelosi can fix things.
…oh, and one more thing Dana…..KMA

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AmericanWomanFirst
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:24am
Should be interesting to see what happens April 15th, when the 47% don’t get their refund check in the mail…whhhhhhhaaaaaaaat? NO FLAT SCREEN FOR THE BEDROOM???? REVOLUTION!!!!!!

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Cosmos102
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:53am
It’s laughable.

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Mike Austin
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:50pm
Romney probably will do something for the fiscal cliff. Buy extra food and stock his out of the way compound. Exactly what we all should do. I am sure he sees what is coming. Those that voted against him are going to get what they asked for.

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softunderbelly
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:17pm
Dana Milbank is a fool. He worked mightily to get Obama elected AND re-elected and now wants somebody else to bail him out. Just like that fool councilwoman in Detroit. Romney ought to by a TV spot and say just one thing – “I told you!” Much like George W. Bush came out and said “Miss me yet?” It’s time Milbank and the rest of the media own it!

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As I See It
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:01pm
I don’t blame him – the country had its chance – if it wanted the benefit of Romney’s wisdom then I guess the fools should have voted for him. Instead they voted for the marxist – you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas – deal with it.

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- Goldi-lox
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:55am
  Exactly. You Dems had your chance, you “WON”–now DEAL WITH IT.
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:13am
So, why did Romney lose the election?

Romney said, “When I’m elected, I will put Americans back to work,”
and 51% said, “NO WAY!!”

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jessix
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:11am
What NERVE!

The Obama supporters know he’s good for nothing and totally incompetent, but now they have the nerve to expect Mitt Romney to do Obama’s job for him because the country needs Romney’s expertise?

How does one explain that the voters knew who the best man for the job was, but the worst one was elected? No one can convince me this election was honest. Some precincts reported much greater numbers of votes for Obama than there were registered voters. Others reported 100% of their votes for Obama – out of thousands of votes.

Why are these results ignored? We learned in school that this is what happens in a dictatorship. How easy it is to see the faults of other countries and ignore our own!

As for Mitt Romney, he is more of a “regular guy” than most of our politicians. He has his professional success, he has his money, he has his family. Why would he become involved with this cesspool of American politics?

I’m surprised Romney met with Obama for anything after the dishonorable campaign Obama waged. Romney is just too polite for his own good, but he’s smart enough not to allow himself to be used by a compulsive liar who takes credit for other people’s work.

This meeting is probably what prompted the columnist to suggest Romney do Obama’s job for him, Obamabots KNOW Barack Obama is affirmative action all the way, but they continue to give him his undeserved trophies, their support, and unending excuses for his failings.

What’s

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