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Sep. 17, 2012 9:57am Billy Hallowell

Romney Campaign Blunders Are Blamed on Strategist Stuart Stevens

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) smiles at his top advisor Stuart Stevens during a sound check at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on August 30, 2012 during the Republican National Convention (RNC). The RNC will culminate later today with the formal nomination of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the GOP presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the US presidential election. (Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Has Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stumbled on the campaign trail? This is exactly the question that some analysts are asking following a number of events and incidents that allegedly show a disorganized internal campaign strategy. In a new analysis from POLITICO, blame for Romney’s current situation is being placed upon Stuart Stevens, 58, a top strategist for the candidate.

With polls showing Obama ahead of Romney — the Real Clear Politics average is currently 48.6 percent versus 45.5 percent — the situation is certainly not palatable for the GOP candidate. Naturally, experts are examining what might be the catalyst for what some are seeing as a lackluster performance.

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

POLITICO notes that a number of factors have potentially hampered Romney in recent weeks. To begin, Stevens has been blamed for scrapping the candidate’s original Republican National Convention speech, leaving the campaign only eight days to put a new draft together. Then, there was Clint Eastwood’s address, one that was met with criticism by liberals and some conservatives who found his dialogue with an empty chair less-than-stellar.

In the POLITICO piece, Stevens is portrayed as a figure who has caused angst within the campaign and who is “viewed warily by conservatives” due to his impulsive nature. One colleague even purportedly noted that the strategist is a “tortured artist.”

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers his nomination acceptance speech during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Credit: Getty Images)

Taken in its sum, the POLITICO article — which includes comments from “Romney aides, advisers and friends” – is a less-than-flattering portrayal of the situation at hand. While Stevens is the ultimate pin cushion when it comes to the blame game, the article does mention that Romney, too, bears responsibility:

Stevens, in a lengthy interview Sunday afternoon, defended the campaign’s performance, refused to discuss internal conversations and insisted Romney is doing far better than the pundits portray. “Like all campaigns, we have good days and bad days. I’m happy to take responsibility for the bad days,” he said. “This is a tremendously talented team.”

To pin recent stumbles on Stevens would be to overlook Romney’s role in all this. As the man atop the enterprise — in effect, the CEO of a $1 billion start-up — Romney ultimately bears responsibility for the decisions he personally oversaw, such as the muffling of running mate Paul Ryan’s strict budget message and his own convention performance.

From the failure to mention Afghanistan during Romney’s speech (something that the original draft did contain) to the Eastwood debacle, the reasons for criticizing the campaign and, specifically Stevens, are purportedly plentiful, according to accounts presented in the POLITICO article:

As mishaps have piled up, Stevens has taken the brunt of the blame for an unwieldy campaign structure that, as the joke goes among frustrated Republicans, badly needs a consultant from Bain & Co. to straighten it out.

“You design a campaign to reinforce the guy that you’ve got,” said a longtime Romney friend. “The campaign has utterly failed to switch from a primary mind-set to a general-election mind-set, and did not come up with a compelling, policy-backed argument for credible change.”

In what many in the campaign now consider a fundamental design flaw, Stevens is doing three major jobs: chief strategist, chief ad maker and chief speechwriter. It would be as if George W. Bush had run for president in 2000 with one person playing the roles of Karl Rove, Mark McKinnon and Michael Gerson. Or if on the Obama campaign of 2008, David Axelrod had not been backed up by Jim Margolis, Robert Gibbs and Jon Favreau.

Asked if he had assumed too many roles, Stevens said he had big teams to help him in each area. “Everybody wears a lot of hats,” he said. “We’re that kind of campaign — very un-compartmentalized.” He said that making the ads in-house has been a huge advantage. “You can walk down and stick your finger in the cookie batter.”

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney boards his campaign charter plane in Kansas City, Missouri, after a refueling stop he heads to Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (Photo Credit: AP)

One source — an unnamed campaign insider — claims that many staffers do their best to simply avoid Stevens. While he’s depicted in this way, the outlet also notes that he has had numerous past successes. Additionally, he worked on George W. Bush’s campaign in 2000 and again in 2004, and a long list of well-known clients on Stevens’ web site showcases just how successful the strategist has been in the past.

Despite these victories, another unnamed “Republican operative” called Stevens “a smart, capable guy,” but one who “sends bad signals.” This particular individual also called him ”one of the most insecure guys in the business.” Others, too, seemed to indicate that the Republican operative’s background — he attended Oxford and UCLA Film School — may be off-putting to conservatives.

With the finger-pointing in full force, some sources who spoke with POLITICO seemed to indicate that, even if these sentiments are true, Romney has a history of sticking by his compatriots and that he likely won’t be making any changes before the election.

While these gripes may certainly be valid, there’s also a plethora of potential political ploys at play. Stevens, in the midst of less-than-favorable polling numbers, may be unfairly taking the overarching blame. After all, there may be a variety of catalysts when it comes to the negative coverage surrounding the strategist.

The first scenario — one that has already been presented — is that Stevens is, indeed, a loose cannon. Another alternative, though, is the notion that the campaign is faltering and is simply looking for someone to place the blame on. And a third and final potential scenario is that the media are producing a hatchet job on the Romney campaign during a highly-contentious political season.

Read the entire POLITICO analysis here and decide for yourself.

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woodyee
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:24am
Do you think we’re going to vote for Gaybama, because Mitt is running a “lackluster” campaign?

Gettoutaheah!

If I want entertainment, I’ll watch Gaybama speak without a teleprompter. I’m not looking to be entertained – I’m looking to fire the current and dangerously incompetent boob “occupying” the White house!

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- TAXEVERYONE
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:42am
  Just angry, are you as dumb as you sound?
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:43am
  And the Pure Master Race of True New Conservatives, use the same language as the OWS Obama DEMOCRATS.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:43am
  I don’t give a ratsass about Romneys campaign flubs……..I would vote for a steaming pile of dog turds before I would vote for Odumbass …… And do so, PROUDLY !!!!!!!!
  
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- michael48
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:45am
  a tree stump is better than the “LUSH in chief”….(D) = delusional and extremely dangerous… two buss. plans…Americanism/////// Omamaism….will make money off dem-wits either way…they’re too stupid to breathe…easy money…
  
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- NeoFan
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:46am
  You know you can trust Politico because its a bunch of Leftist Anti-American MSM reporters that changed their name so that people would think they are objective. They should change their name again to Obamaco.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:47am
  So are we supposed to not notice that the economy is at a standstill, and Obama s ambassadors are being raped and murdered ????? We should be deeply concerned about possible infighting in the Romney campaign ………give it up people.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:50am
  Notice tha JA and Encinom are now on the same team.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:53am
  nah Romney being the lame boring guy, will result in more gary johnson voters not Obama.
  
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- I am 'We the People
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:55am
  Anyone arguing that teaparty/beck followers/republicans/libertarians will just not vote, or advocating such is a communist/marxist/socialist. WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! We, the people, will vote oblamer out, period.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:57am
  Gary Johnson 2012, if you don’t want hitler or stalin.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:01am
  It’s not voters like yourself Romney has to win over.
  
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- TAXEVERYONE
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:02am
  Agreed, they are running scared.
  Hold the line.
  
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- mersey
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:08am
  I’ll admit that Romney’s Boston team are a bunch of eggheads that can’t shoot straight, but conservatives will drag Romney over the finish line and we will win this election. The alternative is not an option!
  
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- TruthPolice60
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:15am
  I share your sentiments, WOODYEE. And anyone who says they can’t vote for Romney because his campaign was so poorly run, was never going to vote for Romney to begin with.
  
  Obama… great campaigner, horrible president. This country has serious problems. We don’t need 4 more years of a snake oil salesman who talks a nice game but has no intention of following through on the any of the assertions he makes like lowering the debt, balancing the budget etc.
  
  He said he wants to fundamentally change the country. 4 years ago, the country didn’t need to be fundamentally changed. Now it needs to be fundamentally changed back !
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:23am
  TAXEVERYONE
  There is reason to believe that Obama is gay (bisexual). Not enough reason for nationally elected politician to get involved. But between the shenanigans of Robert Braddock Jr. who gave the lie detector test to the Larry Sinclair, and the number of dead gay people at Obama’s Chicago church it makes one wonder.
  
  Granted the gay people could have been killed because it is Chicago. Still makes one wonder.
  
  There is smoke. You don’t want to investigate but I do.
  
  http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/mom-of-murdered-obama-gay-lover-speaks-up/
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/another-boost-for-obamas-gay-accuser/
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:25am
  Woodyee
  
  2 links
  Mom of Murdered Obama Gay Lover Speaks Up
  http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/mom-of-murdered-obama-gay-lover-speaks-up/
  
  You probably have read this story, but I post it for completeness.
  Another boost for Obama’s ‘gay’ accuser
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/another-boost-for-obamas-gay-accuser/
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:29am
  TAXEVERYONE
  What are the odds that 3 black gay men would die in Chicago in a space of 18 months?
  
  “In late 2007, as Obama began his ascent to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, in a span of 1½ months, all three men “conveniently” died:”
  
  http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/mom-of-murdered-obama-gay-lover-speaks-up/
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:32am
  @TAXEVERYONE – judging you strictly by your empty and offensive response to a comment NOT about you, it would safe to say that the angry and stupid one is you, girlfriend. Get your mommy some pep pills and see if she’s up to entertaining you – I’m not.
  
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- Zer0
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:36am
  POLITICO night before election…… OBAMA POISED TO WIN SECOND TERM
  
  POLITICO day after election…… ROMNEY WINS IN HISTORIC LANDSLIDE REMINISCENT OF REAGAN VERSUS CARTER…..SADLY, POLITICO CONTRIBUTORS MIKE ALLEN AND JIM VANDEHEI COMMITTED SUICIDE WHEN ELECTION WAS CALLED
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:55am
  @TAXEVERYONE,
  
  Please accept my sincerest apology. You had mistakenly replied to JustAngry on my thread; you divided his name, making it look like a question directed at me, and I took offense. Again, I retract my counter-comment and regret making it. I’m sorry.
  
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- getitgotitgood
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:02pm
  To all the black,
  African-American, minorities what ever you want to be called because
  you have different colored skin, you are still obamas enemies because
  you live as citizens of AMERICA. That includes all races such
  as Mexican, Latin, Orientals and the list goes on. obama is not
  your friend. he wants you to suffer as every AMERICAN.
  his policy’s do not differ in race. IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN YOU
  ARE HATED BY OBAMA. I’m just saying. Obama is a suicide
  bomber he wants to destroy America.
  
  And this Rice is the epitome of EVIL LYING Bitch from HELL along with the gross pelosi.
  Martin Dempsey is a complete disgrace to the United States of America.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:11pm
  From what I read in these post here, it’s not about worthless “gotchas” as the media would have us think, it’s get rid of the dud we have in the white house at all cost. I would agree with that.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:12pm
  I think a Texan would say, “Obama is all hat and no cattle”.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:20pm
  So I guess Stuart Stevens ran out of lies to manufacture or new ways to recycle the old lies. How bout a breath of fresh air and the Romney campaign tell us how much in taxes he has cheated on, his actual positions on key issues and a list of his top 10 policy moves. Nah they will just call Rush to get a fresh set of lies and misrepresentations.
  
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- pdw
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:23pm
  What can you expect to come out of a Democrat puppet website? They have nothing to offer but their attempts at trying to make things look bad for Romney/Ryan. For me it is nice to not get all those campaign adds that all they do is slander.
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:14pm
  Individualism: Anyone so naive or just blatantly stupid enough to vote for a third party candidate in this election has no credibility. Take off your “oh, I want to make a statement” costume and join the real world.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:43pm
  JROOK
  Go eff yourself.
  
  I listen to Rush, Hannity, Beck, Jerry Doyle, Medved, Gallagher, Savage, Rusty & many others.
  
  What are you going to do lock them all up? Vote for someone to lock them all up. Take them off the airwaves & the internet.
  
  You would have to take Marginal Revolutions & Zerohedge off the internet too.
  
  How many types of K.O.O.K. are you?
  
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- AnnMarie
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:08pm
  Mitt Romney should stick with the Clint Eastwood rationale… “We Own This Country” and “Let Him Go”. This is an excellent thing to have people respond to at campaign speeches and an excellent motivation for people to become involved in the campaign.
  
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- jzs
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:15pm
  Actually, it’s Romney’s fault his campaign is stumbling.
  
  Walkabout, I see you’re still consulting an illegitimate offspring of the National Enquirer for you source of hard news.
  
  Which reminds me, what is it with this fascination with homosexuals you have? You do realize what psychologist say about that don’t you?
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Get a life Jrook,
  
  How many tax cheats are in Obama’s admin? The freaking Sec of Treasury is a tax cheat. Obama got in bed with GE who paid NO TAXES after Obama hooked up Immelt to get all the juicy government contracts via the “jobs council”. If anyone owes us some back taxes, it’s freaking OBAMA!
  
  BTW, you’re not even a good troll. You’re bumber sticker rhetoric is so devoid of truth and logic, I have to admit that I’m mad at myself for feeding you.
  
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- LetUsReason
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:32pm
  @ INDIVIDUALISM
  
  Gary who? Get a life.
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:39pm
  Politico is Libreal anyway , so who care ? Besides, opinions are like Azz Holes, everyone has one !
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:05pm
  A lot of folks are forgetting us reistered Democrats. My 3 sons, their wives, myself and my wife are getting more and more survey calls. We tell them that we love Obama and when asked, “We tell them sure we vote for him again.” This is a fib since we all have or know someone that has been affected by Obama. My local Democratic party even wasted money sending me bumper stickers.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:30pm
  Indy detractors-
  Please don’t try to silence his finite wisdom. The paulbot’s Johnson’s need to see why they lost any part of the adult conversation- let him spew forth in bong laces tirades and mixed English . Forget the math part, let him have his say. When do you debut the Barr Pic ‘Indy’?
  
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- landman1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:36pm
  This is a total distraction. Another dodge from the Obama nightmare. Look…The economy is in total free fall and the media says,”no, it’s turning around”. Our embassies are being destroyed and our ambassador is killed but the media says let’s blame Romey’s comment. Romey does not command the military. He can’t make any difference. Another Obama mistake. Israel is up against the world again. Where is the USA? Absent. All on Obama but not a word of criticism by the corrupt media.
  
  People have compared Obama to the incompetent Jimmy Carter. I remember Carter…Carter is like Abraham Lincoln when compared to Carter.
  
  Don’t pay attention to these polls. They are ALL in the tank for Obama! We cannot afford to have 4 years more of this corruption.
  
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- Allan
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 4:58pm
  @ TURKEY13. LOL Brilliant! But you should all go wash your mouths out with soap!
  
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- iDeStroyFakeComPuterTroLLS
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:12pm
  The only one’s that need to get a life are you Republicans voting for Romney. Your securing an Obama victory and your too stupid to even notice.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:16pm
  if you want to blame someone, blame all the people who voted for Romney in the primary
  
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- bdsconserv
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:17pm
  hear,hear. and since when is politico a reliable source? not hardly.
  
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- Lookoutmomsmad
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:00pm
  Honest to goodness if I hear Gov. Romey say that Obama is a “nice guy”ONE MORE TIME…
  
  I actually heard a sound bite Friday morning where he said Obama had lots of “endearing qualities.”. I grabbed my keys and went tearing down to the local Romney HQ. There was NO ONE THERE. Finally a fellow in a pick up pulled up and I asked him if he were with the campaign. He said, “No, I own the building” and I proceeded to unload on him about how FED UP I am with hearing that the idiot who is destroying this country for my kids and untold millions of other kids is a “nice guy with endearing qualities!!!”. He completely agreed.
  
  Romney has to STOP with the pandering to the independents and take off the white gloves or HE WILL LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- BenFranklinRocks
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:04pm
  @IDESTROYFAKECOMPUTERTROLLS
  You know what’s funny? When someone makes a comment on a thread calling someone else stupid, but they can’t even use apostrophes correctly. I think the terms you were looking for were “ones” and “you’re”. You’re welcome.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:14pm
  @ INDIVIDUALISM how old are you? 12? ANY VOTE for ANYONE other than ROMNEY put Obama in – unfettered – RON PAUL needs to come out and talk to you little boys. He’s run 4 times, had four sets of young boys all hysterically backing him…then they grow up…like he’s friggin’ PETER PAN on the Island of Lost Boys… Gary Johnson is a druggie and totally incapable of running the USA. IF you little boys had ANY sense you would be pushing to get your RON PAUL man as SEC of TREASURY or something!! RAND PAUL is a great guy… HE is the PAUL that most of us will vote for at some point as long as you little boys don’t screw it up for him like you have for RON PAUL. GROW UP. After we’ve saved this country then you can go bouncing around…but not until.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:30pm
  Gaybama? ha what are you ten?
  
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- LibertyOrDeath12
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:48pm
  @BenFranklinRocks – This goes to show you how dumb you are. You have a picture of a founding father but represent Romney… tell me one thing how Romney relates to a Founding Father.
  
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- iDeStroyFakeComPuterTroLLS
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:49pm
  @BenFranklinRocks – Thank you! Professor Ben Franklin for correcting my sentence on a stupid forum that nobody even cares about. Thank you so much
  
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- FreedomPurveyor
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:03pm
  Notice that the premise of the story is that Romney’s campaign is not going well, but they don’t point out any real issues specifically except that Romney is trailing in skewed polling. The media’s strategy is to dispirit the Republican base enough that Obama wins due to low turnout.
  
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- auhunter
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:49pm
  I’m with you, and I believe you are going to see a big change when the debates start. I think Romney can trade punches with anyone the Dem’s put up there.It’s going to be interesting seeing Obama/Soetoro/Davis up there fumbling along with out his teleprompter. In fact that ought to be his opening remark to Obama. Who am I talking with tonight, President Obama or Mr. Soetorro or Mr. Davis, or an empty chair?
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:07am
  @2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT, “Anyone so naive or just blatantly stupid enough to vote for a third party candidate in this election has no credibility. Take off your “oh, I want to make a statement” costume and join the real world.”
  I believe you are not in the real world. Stop being lazy, stop watching X-Factor or whatever it is you watch that keeps you in a dream world, and listen to this interview and learn the truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFii8vqVTTg&feature=youtu.be
  At least watch the first ten minutes and hopefully the entire 25.
  
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- The_Obama-Romney_Ticket
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:08am
  “Romney Campaign Is in Trouble & It‘s Apparently This Guy’s Fault”
  
  Another Obama-Romney puppet show. “Our team” vs “their team” is all “smoke & mirrors”. Here is ALL you need to know:
  
  Barack “ObamaCare” Obama (“fixed” election)
  “We have Obama pegged. We know who he is. We know what his ideology is. We know what he’s doing to the nation. We know what he’s using the government to do. We know what he’s doing to the Constitution. We know all these things now.” – Mark Levin 3/15
  
  – AND –
  
  Mitt “RomneyCare” Romney (“fixed” nomination)
  “I do not have faith in the Republican establishment at all. The Republican establishment stands between us and re-establishing a Constitutional Republic. … I think the references to the conservative TEA-party uprising there, of the rules of the Republican establishment, has been awful. It’s been written off as some kind of a Ron Paul kook-event, but it wasn’t, and it isn’t. … The Republican National Committee is an establishment bureaucracy. It just seized power from the State parties.” – Mark Levin 8/28
  
  ** TAXEVERYONE – “Just angry, are you as dumb as you sound?”
  Where’s “Just Angry”? Victim of TheBlaze’s “The Truth Lives Here” censorship?
  
  ** Individualism – “Gary Johnson 2012, if you don’t want hitler or stalin.”
  If he’s a conservative …then I’m in! (was hoping for Ron Paul because he had more Constitutional answers than the rest)
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:26am
  @The_Obama-Romney_Ticket, I wish more would listen to you and the rest of us who see what is happening. Have you watched the interview that I linked above of G. Edward Griffin? He is right and the future is grim because these people will not even try to understand or even take the time to listen. I had one poster ask me about this link, “Do you think anyone has the time to watch a 25 minute interview?” Man, it is frustrating. If you want to learn about Gary Johnson, go here: http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/
  Check this site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFii8vqVTTg&feature=youtu.be
  Take the test yourself: http://www.isidewith.com/
  I came out at 98% like Johnson.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrU6hTWyj6s&feature=player_embedded#!
  
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- The_Obama-Romney_Ticket
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:31am
  @MadAsHeII – “Have you watched the interview that I linked above of G. Edward Griffin? He is right and the future is grim because these people will not even try to understand or even take the time to listen.”
  
  Thanks for that link:
  G. Edward Griffin: “The End Of The Line”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFii8vqVTTg
  G. Edward Griffin discusses the future of America and the globe.
  
  Glenn Beck, today on his radio program, spoke about people with little time for anything beyond existing … and tempered his opinion about them … and then hit the next topic we all need to know. So don’t fret about more people listening. Statistics show that only a 1% or 2% response from an advertising effort is considered a GOOD response. And there are MANY MORE thinking people here than elsewhere.
  ;)
  
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- boyd9
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:02am
  Clint Eastwood made my day, no amount of spin from liberal media pundits will change my opinion. I agree, we elected a good speaker last time, this time we need to put someone whose life experience actually qualifies him to serve as President and fix this broken country.
  
  No more excuses, NO more Obama.
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Right ! Also, who care what Politico says , the are a liberal web site …also, I guess the truth hurts…47% do not pay FEDERAL taxes…but pay tax on Cigrettes ,Booze , Sales Tax , ETC ETC…
  
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- ron2win
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:37pm
  Unnamed repub source and politico sayyyyyyyy .Well I don’t know about the rest of you,but for me that is a sterling article of integrity.Fold up the tent ,lets go home political called it and all is lost !/s
  
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:24am
I don’t trust any “facts” from PoliticojourNOlist. Yawn. Nobody ever seems to ask the REAL people. Remember when Jimmy Carter was supposed to beat Reagan? SURPRISE!

I have a theory about this election and about that election. Back then, the economy was a mess, gas was a mess, the middle east was a mess. Small businesses were hurting. I know, I was one then and am one now. Today, same song, second verse. The small business people elected Reagan. They will elect Romney. Clint Eastwood “gets it”. The media does not.

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- orkydorky
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:49am
  The problem with Politico is there are no facts, it’s mostly made up left wing propaganda!
  
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davetrav
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:23am
I wouldn’t believe the Politico as far as I could throw,nor do I believe CNN, MSNBC or any other news media in Obama’s pocket. America, haven’t you learn yet–look at 08–Mccain couldn’t get a good story out of the media, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED. I can’t wait to see the day after the election and Obama is sent packing—you will see the word –RACIST-the wonder word of the media–WE all know the truth, yet the piped piper plays his flute and they follow him. They say Mitt didn’t do anything for MASS.–They were 47th when he took office and 28th when he left. Obama has done nothing but raise the national debt from 10 to 16.1 trillion in 4 years ( 60 % increase ) -doubled gas prices–got America’s world credit rating lowered 3 times ( from number 1 to number 7 ) all in one year– and the MEDIA CALL FOR 4 MORE YEARS—are we that stupid. VOTE OBAMA OUT–HELP HEAL AMERICA FOR OUR KIDS FUTURE IF THEY STILL HAVE ONE.

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- jadams1214
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:20pm
  @DAVETRAV I just wanted to point out to you that last Thursday Paul Ryan and several other “conservatives” voted to spend another 1.2TRILLION dollars to fund big government for another SIX MONTHS. So as bad as Obama has been at running up the debt he certainly has the full support of Paul Ryan and the republican congress. Just a note that 165 repubs voted aye and 164 dems voted aye, seems like their in lock step with each other.
  
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13th Imam
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:21am
Funny how only the 1% of True Conservatives are now hanging with the DEMOCRATS, Communists, Socialists, and Anarchists. The long time faithful conservatives are thrown under the bus, as being Progressives. Must be nice to be smug , self serving, and the only true patriots.

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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:32am
  Did you get that comment from Fox News or did you come up with your sweeping generalization all by yourself? The right is as progressive as the left. They both ignore the enumerated powers of the Constitution because “the times have changed”. The new right just likes telling people what they can and can’t do in social areas. They’re the remnant of the temperance movement, which started when?… Wilson and the progressive era, perhaps? You don’t have be a Fabian socialist to be a progressive. This is a fallacy that the Beckbots can’t seem to comprehend.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:34am
  Yet you hang with them. Say the same things.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:44am
  Great comeback, chief… lmao @13th AGAIN.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:52am
  The truth is the truth
  
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- Wyerd_001
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:06am
  JUST ANGRY, did you actually say the the conservative Republicans started with Woodrow Wilson? The Demecratic President?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:20am
  No I didn’t say Conservative Republicans started with Wilson. I said progressives started during the Wilson admin, and “social conservatives” R’s are progressives.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:25pm
  @JUSTANGRY To prove your point Paul Ryan and the conservative republicans spent another 1.2 TRILLION last Thursday! Included in that was BILLIONS of dollars for foreign aid to Egypt and Libya. Money well spent in conservatives eyes i’m sure.
  
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- resme
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 4:58pm
  Most modern day conservatives are mostly trotskyites. Trotskyites originated from marxism, Trotskyites now infect both political parties. Both parties are full of Collectivist, Imperialist, Globalist, Neo-cons,etc.
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:49pm
  @JustAngry, I have found trying to get the truth to these posters on The Blaze is very difficult. But here is something that everyone should read: http://www.examiner.com/article/isidewith-com-suggests-two-man-race-between-obama-and-johnson
  Looks like if people were to research themselves, they just might find they agree more with Gary Johnson than Mitt Romney.
  Have any of you watched this interview, or do you think that learning the truth and helping to save America is not worth your time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFii8vqVTTg&feature=youtu.be
  
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Jim in Houston
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:19am
As long as libaturd outfits like Politico keep trashing the Romney campaign that is a clear sign that he is doing very well. Even skewing the polls they can’t make OweBlamer look like he is doing well, so they have to trash Romney. I just love the smell of dimocRat fear in the morning!

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- CatB
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:28am
  Yes … and time to make some more donations … including to Romney.
  
  R & R 2012
  
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matinva
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:17am
Politico is a leftist outlet sucking the Obama pole. We have some serious debates coming up in October. The ‘polls’ aren’t going to look quite the same when the Liar-in-Chief is exposed and his “Hoax and Chains” agenda has the light of day shined on it.

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- ImMormon
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:44am
  Obama is one of the most gifted liars I have ever witnessed. I hope and pray at least of few of his followers wake up!
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:45am
  Romney is going to get trounced in the debates, all he’s got is the scripts his puppet masters have handed him, he himself stands for nothing, doesn’t have an original idea in his head and can’t find his arse from his elbow. Romney was a terrible choice for a candidate.
  
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- subic
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:55am
  Righto SIMPLEMIND, sounds like an accurate desciption of barry boy.
  
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- cykonas
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:26pm
  @SUBIC
  
  Yes and why shouldn’t it. Obama and Romney are the same save their party affiliation and skin color. Not surprising at all that the descriptions resemble one another. Peace.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:31pm
  @SIMPLRUTHS I’m afraid you might be right. I am not particularly impressed with Romney’s speaking or debate skills and unfortuneately people do judge by these things. Most alarming is that stuttering thing that he has in common with Obama witch usually happens when your trying too hard to say the right thing instead of what you truly believe.
  
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:17am
I tell you what having a pic showing Romney with a ’halo’ is NOT helping our cause.
I bet someone was just waiting for the right moment to snap that picture.
What gives blaze..?
This honor is only reserved for Barry, do to his cult-like following.
And narcissistic personality.

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- NHwinter
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:23am
  snopes.com: German Parade Floats
  What parade was this … in parts of Germany during carnival season, however, as noted in an Associated Press news account describing a February 2009 parade in …
  http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/parade.asp
  More results from snopes.com »
  
  This is what Germany thinks of Obama.
  
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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:52am
  NHWINTER
  Funny and Sad
  Funny how that parade summed him up and Sad what our country has become.
  
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Bishopwatchman
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:16am
So who really believes Politico?

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floridareader
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:14am
Politico….hum, it’s name should be Demotico.

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RIGS
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:13am
POLITICO is another of the wipe your backside with what they spew.

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NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
Anytime I read one of these long- winded, angst-filled articles with all sorts of presuppositions and ad hominem attacks, whether direct or back-handed, which seems more like some piece of left-wing garbage from HuffPo than anything else, I just scroll to the top of the page and VIOLA! Billy Hallowell is the author.

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mcmueller
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
More smear and BS from the Libertards and their henchmen in the MSM, pay no attention to this, and their skewed “polls” showing Obama ahead. They are losing and they know it, hence all of the “unnamed sources” and anonymous “campaign insiders”, keep moving on……….

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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:16am
  They’re smearing one of their own, why do you care?
  
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Centralsville
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
Obama is killing the Middle Class. 4 more trillion spent and the Middle Class is losing wages. Ask yourself where all this money went. Allowing more millions of illegals in to drive the wages of poor workers down. Pushing more people than ever into poverty. How is Obama even at 10 percent. Are Americans really that dumb.

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overthecliff
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
I`m not excited or enthusiastic. Mitt Romney is an establishment Republican who is not trustworthy. I do trust Obama to be Obama, therefor I have a grim determination to beat him.

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:30am
  I look at him as a businessman who was a governor. Kinda like rand Paul was a doctor who is a senator.
  
  Establishment or not, we need a Bain CEO to start to right this ship. If he can’t do it, we are done anyway.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:55am
  George Bush ran a business to and look how that worked out.
  
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- Mario Eagle
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:51pm
  You are not excited or enthusiatic becase you are a ******* bastard.
  
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mike551
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:11am
Just keep listening to us. It will all be fine. Now….off to the showers .IMPEACH THE MUSLIM OBAMA NOW!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

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- Laugh-ler14
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:19am
  Not helping with the whole muslim obama thing champ
  
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MONICNE
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:10am
Is it just me; or does the word “POLITICO” sound un-American? it sounds like either a Soviet word or an 1960′s Oil company name. Who would choose that word for a news service?

TEA

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Tigress1
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:09am
Romney’s campaign is doing fine. The media just isn’t giving him any airtime. The media is the one with the power to decide what we see and don’t see. We all know who’s side they are on – and it’s not Romney’s.

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- Brother Winston Smith
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:29am
  Correct. When the MS(fake-conservative)M BLACKS OUT unwanted veteran, economist, Constitutionalist doctors… it tends to have a devastating effect on their campaigns. And… if the MS(fake-conservative)M blackout doesn’t work… the GOP will just CHEAT their pick over the finish line – so he can ultimately lose to Obama – as the GOP did in Tampa.
  
  And actually Romney has been highlighted, same as Obama, by the MSM (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Clearchannel, ABC, Townhall, NBC, Hotair, CBS, Blaze, etc). The MSM is AGAIN fabricating a “liberal” vs. “conservative” ILLUSION… in reality, it’s LEFTIST democrat vs. LEFTIST republican.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:47am
  @BrotherWinstonSmith, Still dreaming about Ron Paul? It’s time to wake up.
  
  I wonder what Ron Paul’s response would be to this Mid-East chaos that’s going on? He would probably be doing the exact same thing as Obama. “It’s America’s fault. If we didn’t do all this “stuff” (whatever that is) to these countries they wouldn’t hate us. We will just do NOTHING, and they will like us one day.”
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:44am
  @Tigress,
  
  It is a moot point, but to address your hypothetical question RP wouldn’t have had us there to begin with. We wouldn’t have sent CIA into Egypt. We wouldn’t have bombed Libya and armed Al Qaeda. We’d be out of Afghanistan and Iraq and our troops would be home. We’d have armed Marines at our embassies…if we had embassies in these places. By asking the question the way you did, you absolve Obama for creating the mess and assign culpability to RP, neither is true.
  
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- Brother Winston Smith
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:48am
  Well, Tigress1, judging by your Alinsky-redirect of the conversation, you CANNOT REFUTE my comment. So, do address your redirected comment… Obama and Romney are IDENTICAL interventionists. Their (BOTH of them) foreign policy is an UNCONSTITUTIONAL, isolationist foreign policy of welfare, warfare, propping up and tearing down. Typically, FAKE-conservatives who KNOW THIS TO BE A FACT, will smear doctor, veteran, economist, and Constitutionalist Ron Paul with FALSE claims and exaggerations of his pov. You have displayed these tactics PERFECTLY.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:09pm
  @BrotherWinstonSmith & Rothbardianinthecleve, I am not redirecting anything. I simply am not buying your premise that Romney is a Progressive and the same as Obama. I believe that Ron Paul would act the same as Obama! He is just as much (maybe more) of an appeaser than Obama.
  
  Brother, I have a different theory about leftists and rightists, etc. As a diagram, I don’t believe that there is a middle point on a straight line with the liberals, Progressives, Socialists, Communists on the left of that point and the Conservatives and Libertarians on the right. I think it all is one big CIRCLE. Look at it like a face on a clock. Put Conservatives at the 3:00 position, the Communists at the 9:00 position, the Statists at the 6:00 position, and the Libertarians/Anarchists at the 12:00 position. The Socialists could fall at the 11:00 position and at the 5:00 position, and people of varying degrees can fall in between all of them. I believe that you, BrotherWinstonSmith fall at the 11:30 position. You seem quite adept at the art of conscious projection which is the game plan of the Progressives.
  Rothbardian, all those things Romney would have done as well, so why don’t you support him?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:03pm
  @Tigress, Please research the Progressive Era and the Living Constitution Theory. Progressives essentially reject the 9th and 10th amendments, and use a flawed view of constitutionalism to get around the amendment process. Romney will continue to expand the federal government as most every other president has since Wilson. GB has done a wonderful job exposing the lefty progressives, but has ignored the right wing progressives.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:42pm
  @JustAngry, Glenn has done a pretty good job of exposing the Progressives on the right. Countless times he has said “they are on both sides”. Anyway, I have been following Romney (by listening to what HE says, not what the media interprets him as saying) and I do not believe he is a Progressive. He is a businessman and has many, many times said that he wants the gov. to get out of individual’s lives. That’s about as Conservative as it gets! He has had to compromise on some things while he was governor of one of the most liberal states in the Union, and some entitlements (such as Social Security) he wants to save, but those are TRUE entitlements in that people PAID INTO them, and they EARNED them, and they were promised these benefits. This IS a Conservative mindset, and I have no problems with it.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:48pm
  @TIGRESS1 Why would a man of conservative principles want to be governor of a liberal cesspool such as Mass. to begin with? And why would a man who wants to get government out of your life force people to buy health insurance as governor. And last but not least your premise that SSI only goes to people who have EARNED it is completely untrue. My guess is that it goes to drug addicts and people like that more than the people who payed into it.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:57pm
  @Tigress, The NDAA, Patriot Act, DHS, drones, FISA, CISPA, foreign aid, gun control, preserving any part of the ACA, the drug war, which GB likes, are all progressive. And this is just off the top of my head. He’s just a little more progressive than the last guy, who was just a little more progressive than the guy before him…. We’re rapidly approaching totalitarianism passing the progressive ball back and forth between the two parties.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:52pm
  @Jadams 1214, Why would a Conservative want to be Governor of a liberal, cesspool state? Because he wanted to make it more Conservative! Romney tried to veto the mandates for corporations but that was over-ruled. The reasoning behind the individual mandates is simple: People are tired of paying for the leeches! That IS a Conservative value! Here in Memphis, we have so many leeches that the hospitals are going broke! “The Med” is one of the best trauma centers here in the Mid-South and that is almost broke from all the people who get free treatment.
  
  Here’s a little info. about Romneycare:
  
  http://mittromneycentral.com/resources/romneycare/
  
  Also, here’s an article about “The Med”. It’s an older article, but the problem remains:
  
  http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/med-alert/Content?oid=1138649
  
  Yeah, you are right that Social Security might not go to only those who have earned it. It goes to the handicapped, etc. Sure there are probably people who get it that shouldn’t, but why doesn’t the gov. do it’s JOB and prosecute those who are stealing it instead of eliminating it for those who should get it?
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 5:57pm
  @JustAngry, I still do not believe Romney is a Progressive. He understands business and economics waaay to well to be a Progressive! His charitable side has probably gotten in the way of being a strict Constitutionalist kind of guy, but I’m OK with that mistake. A good heart is always the best way to lead. Technicalities can be straightened out later. A person with a bad heart won’t ever do anything good/right.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:59pm
  @TIGRESS1 You do not make a liberal state more conservative by appeasing the liberals. A mandate from government is a progessive idea no matter the excuse. Can you point to where in the constitution it says anybody “should” get social security i can’t find it in my pocket constitution. The only thing worse than democrats lies are republicans excuses!
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:25pm
  @Tigress, Judge Napalitano is coming out with a book soon on what I’m referring to. I hope you’ll check it out.
  
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- resme
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:48pm
  “Judge Napalitano is coming out with a book soon on what I’m referring to. I hope you’ll check it out.”
  
  @tiger, I’d also recommend reading, The Law by Frédéric Bastiat, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Tom Woods,Nullification by Tom Woods, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises. Just a few off the top of my head.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:21pm
  Maybe I can tolerate reading a book by Judge Napolitano. At least I won’t have to hear him yelling in a book!
  
  I understand and agree with the concept of being a strict Constitutionalist, however, we didn’t get where we are in just one Presidential term, and it won’t take only one term to return to the fundamentals. Romney will get us headed back in the right direction, but we need someone who will fix this economy and create jobs and then we can wean everybody off their gov. handouts. However, retired people and those nearing retirement have planned their whole lives on these gov. promises and it’s only right that these promises are kept. Romney knows how to do this without bankrupting the country.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:26am
  LOL, yeah it’s easier to read the Judge. He’s right on everything, but…
  
  We’re Austrians, and Romney is a Keynesian. The collapse is coming, with the latest perpetual quantitative easing. The Austrians are WAY ahead of the curve in predicting the bubbles bursting. He might be good at making himself wealthy under our current economic model, but that’s about it. He’s a central planner. Do you believe the economy will get better with more or less government intervention?
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:25am
  @JustAngry, again I must disagree. Romney is not a Keynesian. Romney is a Supply-Sider. Romney wants to get gov. out of the way of private business enabling them to create jobs. The more people working, the more economic activity there is, the better the economy. Please LISTEN to what Romney says, not the media’s spin. Unlike our current President, Romney is not a liar! Romney has turned around many companies on the brink of bankruptcy. Our country is on the brink of bankruptcy. We NEED a Romney!
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:33am
  @JustAngry, one more thing. When Romney is President he will FIRE Ben Bernanke!
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:08am
Romney is in trouble because he’s a progressive and you can’t out-progressive Obama. Ain’t gonna happen. He tries to serve two masters. Obama comes out and says “I’m for eating the rich, giving free crap to a perpetual underclass, and growing government”. The leeches (and there are a crapload of them) vote for that hands down. Romney says “Well I’m for some of that but I’m for some of this conservative stuff too.” The leeches have already got their guy. Progressive light or Progressive…guess they’ll go “full ******” (c’mon somebody got that one I know). The conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians are unhappy because they don’t want any of that progressive junk and the conservatism is too light.

You’d think they’d learn after McCain, but the GOP keeps running the same play expecting a touchdown each time they get sacked.

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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:24am
  It’s all the social progressives that believe they’re conservative that’s hosing everything up. He only really differs in areas the federal government shouldn’t be involved in in the first place. I mean look at these clowns. How many times have we seen two articles posted on the Blaze. One about something important regarding the economy or our rights and the other about homosexuality. Which one gets on the popular stories tab? As long as gays can’t get married and we’re filling our prisons with people smoking weed, they don’t care if the country collapses and is under a full blown tyranny.
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:08am
It’s the election season. Time for Politico to put on their Democrat hat, and after the election they’ll return to being their normal left leaning middle of the ground luke warm drivel generation machine; depending of course on who is elected President. If it’s Obama, it’s middle left. If it’s Romney, it’s hard turn left!

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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:06am
Oooops… no, the leftist, socialist, progressive Romney team is doing EXACTLY as instructed. Romney was CHEAT-nominated to REELECT Obama. Same SCAM as 08.

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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:24am
  Man, you’re still here? Same old talk, same old idea.
  
  News flash- Ron Paul is not on the ticket. Dr.i voted against the bill Earmark wasn’t nominated. We have to buy some time now. Join Freedomworks or get involved in your local Tea Party. Just sick of hearing your BS about RP.
  
  But I respect your right to say it. Proceed with your insults. I’ll be waiting.
  
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- subic
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:41am
  BROTHER WINSTON, ROTHBARD, the Alex Jones show & the Ron Paul power hour is only an hour and twenty minutes away, hang in there….Gary Johnson loves you!
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:15pm
  still love the passion Brother …
  
  live free , dle well.
  
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huey6367
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:06am
So, according to the article, Romney’s campaign is not proceeding without bumps in the road. What campaign does not have bumps?

Romney/Ryan 2012

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- Diego Roswell
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:49am
  “And a third and final potential scenario is that the media are producing a hatchet job on the Romney campaign…..” Third? Really? Come on man!
  
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Gonzo
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:06am
The liberal media is working overtime to declare Obama the victor in September. Don’t buy into it.

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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:15am
  I don’t know… they did good job declaring this sack of turds a winner in the primaries. Everyone listened to the media then, what’s changed?
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:25am
  JA = DEMOCRAT Party shill
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:26am
  Everyone didn’t listen to them, but Romney IS the candidate now. Get over it or put an Obama bumper sticker on your car and apply for food stamps.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:40am
  Alright Gonzo, go ahead and pretend “the ayes have it”, and rally behind your progressive R. You’re not that stupid. Give me a break, dude. You know I’m not putting an Obama sticker on anything, and the only reason I’m not hopping on your bandwagon is because the gop candidate is a liberal and you know that’s true.
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:42am
  I stand with Israel and Gonzo
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:47am
  Everybody Rally around the 1%er True Conservatives. Anyone else is a Progressive, Right?
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:52am
  I think the liberal media has been friendly to their fellow liberal Romney as well, the smears haven’t been to common. the conservative Johnson has been blacked out. Obama and Romney same person, have been treated like royalty by the media.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:55am
  Another DEMOCRAT 1%er heard from
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:21am
  @13th, It’s Constitution day… perhaps you ought to read it.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:27am
  @13,
  
  I understand that there is no perfect candidate. I think most do. However, we look at articles every day about the erosion of civil liberties and the building of a police state. Romney supports that stuff. Economically we are way way hosed. He supports the Fed (de facto monetizion), he hasn’t submitted an economic plan but if you use Ryans then we balance the budget in 28 years and add 18Tr to the national debt. We have a VERY small window to fix this economy. It may have already closed but if it is open its just barely. We need to balance the budget in 2 or 3 years. They don’t do that.
  
  We can argue about foreign policy and trade policy and education and the like. Sure, there should be variety there. But these two CORE and CENTRAL issues will define our nation to our posterity. He and Obama are one in the same on these…progressive. We won’t survive as a nation to debate the little things if we don’t fix these two issues.
  
  Attacking people who take issue with Romney under the guise of Liberty, Constitution, or Fiscal Responsibility is simply putting your head in the sand. Either you don’t understand the gravity of the issues or you do understand and you are trying to convince yourself that this election isn’t what it is.
  
  Either way, the lack of civility to people who want essentially what you do is unbecoming.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:34am
  Angry, Yea I know it’s true and I know you’re no Obama supporter, but damn it, being anything less than a Romney supporter at this point is supporting Obama!
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:11pm
  1%? 13th imam is using occupy wall street rhetoric, i didn’t know there were so called conservatives in that group lol.
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:40pm
  GONZO is 100% correct. Paul and Johnson lovers will send the country straight to hell just so they can “make a statement”. Join the real world and realize that its either the POS we have now or Romney. Outside of your little fantasy land, there is no other choice. If you sincerely want a valid third party in the future, your first step is to remove the marxist in charge right now.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:22pm
  @2Minutes,
  
  We aren’t doing it to “prove a point”. (BTW, I’m voting for Goode.) We are doing it because we believe that Romney leads to a similar place. If Obama gets us to the 9th plane of hell then I figure Romney takes us to the 4th or 5th.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:43pm
  @TwoMinutes, I’m leaning towards not voting at all, because I’m beginning to think the whole thing is just a circus. Ideologically, I’d vote Goode with Rothbard. I’d be tempted to swing to the pure Libertarian side of things with Johnson if he gains enough support, but the only point I’m trying to make is that I’m not voting for any more progressives.
  
  @Gonzo, It’s like the only thing we don’t see eye to eye on, which really is that I’ve just reached the point where I said enough. I’m just more pissed off about it than you are. I have a feeling you’ll get to where I am eventually.
  
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- boyd9
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:07am
  $16 Trillion in Debt and 23 million Americans under or unemployed, That is what has changed. They can spin all they want but they cant change the fact that Obama has been a disaster for this economy and now it is clear that he is a disaster for the world, Valerie Jarret gets armed guards in Martha’s vineyard but Ambassador Stevens doesn’t have any in Libya. Give me a break, Obama has got to go.
  
  No more excuses, NO more Obama.
  
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:04am
Politico is a DNC shill. They have become as bad as MSNBC. Nothing that they say can be trusted. In fact, it has been many months since I have seen any story from them that was not fabricated for the express purpose of harming Mitt Romney.

I get why The Blaze posts this tripe here, but I still think you guys should be very wary of disseminating their propaganda, even in the form of a rebuttal.

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biohazard23
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:03am
Yeah, and Politico is completely unbiased…..

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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:31pm
  Completely, I learned that through a CNN poll. LOL
  
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Cemoto78
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:00am
Obama is the real Amateur.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/credit-where-it-is-due-obama-built-this/

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