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Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney for President– First Republican Pick Since 1972

Oct. 27, 2012 9:49pm Erica Ritz

Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney for President, First Republican in 30 Years

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The Des Moines Register, Iowa’s largest newspaper, has just released its presidential endorsement– and it’s come as quite a shock to many. Having endorsed only one other Republican since 1960, many assumed the paper would continue the pattern and endorse President Obama. Instead, it offered a glowing review of Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Though it praises the character of both President Obama and Gov. Romney, the paper highlights marked differences in the economic vision of both men:

The former governor and business executive has a strong record of achievement in both the private and the public sectors. He was an accomplished governor in a liberal state. He founded and ran a successful business that turned around failing companies. He successfully managed the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Romney has made rebuilding the economy his No. 1 campaign priority — and rightly so.

The nation has struggled to recover from recession for the past 40 months. Still, the economy is growing at an unacceptably anemic rate of around 2 percent a year and could slip back into recession depending on what happens in the European Union and China.

The workforce is still 4.5 million jobs short of the nearly 9 million that were lost in the recession. Longer term, looming deficits driven by Social Security and Medicare pose the single greatest threats to the nation’s economic security.

The president’s best efforts to resuscitate the stumbling economy have fallen short. Nothing indicates it would change with a second term in the White House. [Emphasis added]

However, the editorial board was also quick to say that Romney shouldn’t adopt what they believe to be the “extreme” platform of the more conservative Republicans, implying that they are racist, sexist, homophobic, etc:

Romney should not squander an opportunity to build consensus in Washington by wasting time on issues that animate many in his party. We cannot rewind the clock on progress for minorities, women, gays and lesbians. We must make it easier for immigrants to come here to live and work legally and stop making criminals of those who are living here lawfully, paying taxes and raising families. The federal government must continue to insist on clean air and water and encourage clean and renewable energy. [Emphasis added]

However, their conclusion remains that Mitt Romney is the man for the job.

“Our discussion repeatedly circled back to the nation’s single most important challenge: pulling the economy out of the doldrums, getting more Americans back in the workforce in meaningful jobs with promising futures, and getting the federal government on a track to balance the budget in a bipartisan manner that the country demands,” they write. President Obama’s record thus far inspires little confidence that he’s the man to turn this ship around at this point, they add.

Obama for America’s Iowa Communications Director Erin Seidler tweeted just before the big announcement that it would be “hard to imagine” a Romney endorsement by the Des Moines Register, considering its recent editorials on the “extreme” position some Republicans have on women’s health.

“Tweet too soon?” one Twitter user responded.

Read the entire Des Moines Register endorsement here.

(H/T: Breitbart)

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Comments (187)

stm62
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:59pm
OBAMA has to be a really BAD President for this to happen. Republicans are MUCH more accepting of minorities, etc. than the liberal media WANTS you to believe.

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- Zer0
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:42pm
  I have been saying this for months now….Obama is finished. Especially, after the first debate I knew Obama was done. This race is pretty much over as long as everyone who opposes this power-obsessed tyrant gets out there and votes.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:30am
  So basically the last Republican (if I connect some dots) the Des Moines Register endorsed was who Nixon? The President who took the U.S completely off the Gold Standard.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:33am
  Interesting that this article doesn’t mention the previous Republican by name who it endorsed.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:42am
  Then why didn’t the article mention the last Republican the Des Moines Register endorsed? Is it because it was Richard Nixon, and of course people know what Nixon was all about?
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:48am
  See, the fact of the matter is that the most controllable Presidents are Presidents who have the most to lose. I suspect that Mitt Romney will do everything the [Powers that be] want him to do.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:51am
  On the other hand Nixon was somewhat exonerated here recently in the last decade it seems to me. That kind of sends a message to any upcoming Presidents that “While we might smear you now, in the future you will be exonerated” doesn’t it seem?
- marine249
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:13am
  @ILIKE
  it sure takes you a long time
  say nothing.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:16am
  ILIKEPEOPLE…
  
  Beg Pardon for interrupting one of your rants but Nixon resigned in disgrace 39 yrs ago….
  
  Just what dots are you trying to connect?
  What the hell are you trying to say?
  Spit it out already……
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:29am
  Eastinfection,
  See my reply to you in the comment section of the article about Rubio’s daughter.
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:37am
  You got that right, Marine!
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:46am
  @ Marine
  Roger that, Devil Dog.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 2:46am
  @TIM / ILIKEPEOPLE
  Just put what you are going to say ALL in one post, that way, you don’t have to keep replying to yourself and get kicked off again. I told you that if start this habit gain, you will just get yourself kicked off again. You were doing well for a while, but you fell off the wagon.
  
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- burnteye86
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 4:04am
  @ILIKEPEOPLE- you’re thoughts are kinda scattered aren’t they?
  
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- realindependent
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 7:06am
  Romney vetoed over 700 bills as governor and was over ruled by his congress. He calls it bi-partisan passed bills.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/us/politics/romney-claims-of-bipartisanship-as-governor-face-challenge.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
  
  Romney saved the Olympics by getting the largest government subsidy ever for an Olympic games.
  
  http://www.christiannewstoday.com/Christian_News_Report_90050069.html
  
  This is the guy who will fix the economy? Nice Endorsement void of facts.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:08am
  Ilikepeople
  
  So basically the last Republican (if I connect some dots) the Des Moines Register endorsed was who Nixon? The President who took the U.S completely off the Gold Standard.
  ***
  If you call e that connecting the dots, then I can not reach you. But I’ll try. Bush said given the information that a president is given that other Presidents would make essentially the same decision as he would/did. That was a frightening comment. But one could make whole essays for that pro & con without malice. Obviously I think Bush is wrong because Obama a has shown that you can ignore the information (Libya massacre).
  
  Back to President Nixon. Nixon took us off the gold standard because the U.S. was hemorrhaging gold. He didn’t one day think let’s get off the gold standard. He had to many political worries. The financial advisers came to him & told him of the run on gold.
  
  Nixon Vietnamized the War in Vietnam, successfully. The Communists did not win & Americans were no longer dying. A Democrat Congress snatched defeat from the Jaws of victory. Nixon kept his campaign promise to withdraw troops & yet kept our ally in the fight. This is what we wanted to do with Iraq & Afghanistan. He succeeded. Democrats reversed this.
  
  I have major problems with the EPA. What Nixon didn’t was reorganize separate agencies into one organization. It might have happened without him & very shortly anyway. The problem is not the existence of the EPA. The problem is where to dr
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:19am
  The problem is where to draw the line in the sand. Obviously Democrats like Carol Browner cannot be trusted to do it.
  
  I don’t fault Nixon for the EPA or OSHA. I fault Clinton, Carol Browner & other idiots for what they do when they get in control. But I would fault them if they got in control of any organization.
  
  Nixon was a great man. He was flawed. And so? When the Democrats can think of a Senate seat as the Kennedy Seat & as being there’s where does that leave Richard Nixon?
  
  The presstitutes hated him. As the Editor of Newsweek said the press is worth 15 points to John Kerry. How much was it worth in 1960, 1968 & 1972? ???????????????????????????? So when a politician has to get the unwashed undecideds who make up 15 to 30% of the electorate & the presstitutes can gin up a 15 point handicap. what does that do to a person. It makes the posters & readers here mad as hell. It would have no effect on Nixon?
  
  Nixon was every but as good as JFK, who ran around like a satyr. JFK had a congenital disease that put him in excrutiating pain for which he took drugs. It also gave him the tan look. JFK won the televised debate. I guess an artificial tan & good hair will do that.
  
  Consider good hair. Every president since Ford has had good hair. Maybe we should select the winner of via a highschool like popularity contest. Or maybe we can use the same format as a dog show.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:43am
  “$1.1 billion in federal transportation funding of projects like Interstate 15 reconstruction and building light rail in Salt Lake:”
  
  Interstate 15 reconstruction – No problem
  Light rail – I have only seen 1 light rail system work. I would like it to work & believe that it can. I have seen it work in other countries. It all depends on crime, perceived crime & economics. Apparently American politicians cannot fix this.
  
  Claim #1 by the Chrisitan News Today (which is probably anti-Mormon) cannot be verified. Did they use constant dollars Comparing the dollars of 1904 to those of 2000 is a no go with out adjusting for inflation? Also we have more costs than in 1904 via the EPA, OSHA etc. Some of the justified & some not. Also in 1904 there was more greenfield than today.
  
  *** It makes a difference if you build on a green field or a brown field. ***
  
  I would rather have Bachmann than Romney. but I will take Romney over Obama, the withholder of calvary to embattled Americans.
  
  ____
  
  7 hour firefight. Reinforcements can be there in one hour & Obama has your back.
  
  Situation?
  U R SCEWED!
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:51am
  realindependent
  This is the guy who will fix the economy? Nice Endorsement void of facts.
  ***
  I did not see any facts in the NYT article. Funny that you should use them as a source.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 9:20am
  ILIKE( to annoy)PEOPLE: is merely JUSTTIM / ELIASIUM back AGAIN with a new name. Our Tourette’s syndrome Troll sent to annoy again. Somethings are best ignored…
  
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- GrumpyCat
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 9:46am
  Conservatives treat minorities are equals.
  
  Liberals treat minorities as a privileged class. But are selective as to who they recognize as minority. “The Rich” at 1% are one of the smallest but most discriminated-against minority class.
  
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- BetterInformed
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 9:58am
  iliketohearmyselftalk
  
  You missed it as usual. The last democrat they didn’t endorse was “Obama Lite”, George McGovern.
  They obviously got it right. The electoral count was 520 to 17. 1:30 am ? The World of Warcraft site down?
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 10:41am
  Ilikepeople tim take your meds
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 10:45am
  Talk about Pete and Repeat: This is obama in 2008 and 2012 with same message: Funny!
  
  http://patriotupdate.com/31090/maybe-the-best-ad-of-the-political-season-so-far#.UIA7xucsSpg.email
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:46pm
I hardly call being 47th out of 50 governors on job creation a solid achievement

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:56pm
  I’d hardly call your IQ of 47 an opinion of value.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:02pm
  liberaltosis – the inability to discuss facts
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:03pm
  I’d say pretending to push the King of Earmarks, as a solution to America’s problems, NUTS. or solid as Tofu
  
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- Cosmos102
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:08pm
  Yes Tofuexplosion, Your comments are getting awfully boring. Why don’t you go join a Liberal site where your comments will be applauded?
  
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- ZZBlueComet
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:34pm
  If you actually researched the facts, Mass was 50th when Mitt arrived and what you’re stating is a 4 year average – when Mitt left, Mass was actually in the mid 20′s – far better than he found it.
  
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- Zer0
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:45pm
  LOL here comes the butt hurt Liberals!! xD Seriously though, what are whackos going to do election night when the media calls this thing Carter vs Reagan Part II? The Leftist rage and anguish will…be…EPIC!!! LMAO
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:30am
  @soybomb315
  
  Romney had to deal with a state legislature that was 87% Democrat!
  
  You’re not the brightest. I know you’re bitter that your pork-lovin phony RuPaul is finished, but living the rest of your life angry and miserable is not healthy…seek help.
  
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- UCSDKID
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:57am
  It was a liberal state. It’s tough to get a ship to sail a quickly as other states when the liberal’s keep dropping the economic anchors (unions, environmentalists, regulations, taxation, etc…)
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:00am
  @oneirish: Classic.
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:03am
  Don’t you ever get tired of people making you look stupid? I mean, don’t stop you make my day much more enjoyable. I don’t know how you do it.
  
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- Yankee
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:07am
  ZZBLUECOMET,
  
  Thanks for sharing your comment. I had not known that fact though I can’t count how many times I have read Soybean’s version. You violated Rule #37 in his Troll Handbook: Never even hint at context when presenting a twisted truth (not an outright lie, more of a Candy Crowley kind of fact).
  
  I wish we had a series of media links to facts such as yours so we could all use them to rebut the Op-Eds in their comment sections of the online editions of their newspapers. Troll hunting is a full time job as it is, and unlike them we don’t get paid to do it. (I imagine there is a Soybomb315_III somewhere in our future, sad to say.) Thanks again.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:32am
  “I imagine there is a Soybomb315_III somewhere in our future”
  
  I’m voting for Romney but i would much prefer a candidate with SOY’s ideals…
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:44am
  @SOY
  I hardly call being 47th out of 50 governors on job creation a solid achievement
  
  It is hard to be do better than 47th when you have already dropped your state unemployment rate to 2%. Can’y hire when there isn’t anyone left who needs a job anymore…
  
  Use the blackboard.
  
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- SIXFRIGATES
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 2:08am
  Obama is #57 on that list… see what I did there?
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 2:15am
  DON’T let PAULBOT SOYSAUCE disturb you. When you are GOVERNOR of a STATE with only 4.5% unemployment to begin with (big debt but good employment) it’s sorta difficult to make major move.
  
  I bet Obama would give his right arm for a 6.5% … or anything that was legitimate! But those two words don’t go together: LEGITIMATE and OBAMA.
  
  UNFORTUNATELY, these little PAUL BOTS don’t realize the true threat this country is under and they are , damnittohell, going to STAND UP for THEIR PRINCIPLES and vote for PAUL as write-in or JOHNSON even as they know that Obama is trying to steal this election in every way known under the sun. THEY don’t get it that this Nation is at stake. THEY just want THEIR WAY. Their guy was in a fair fight. He had as much chance as anyone to get the nomination and he could not (maybe because of some Anti-Israeli ideas accompanying other isolationist ideas) … It doesn’t seem to get through to them that RAND PAUL endorsed MITT ROMNEY a long time ago!! SO don’t sweat anything they say. I don’t know why they are here but It must be important to them. I don’t ever answer them (or most of the time!!!) They see what’s going on and they still treat this election as if it were some highschool Student Council affair.
  
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- Blacksunshine
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 2:36am
  The annual rate of job growth was improving by his last year in office, moving Massachusetts up from last place nationally to 28th
  
  Hows your liberal utopia going? How are those green jobs?
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 7:55am
  So a poor job record as governor is blamed on the fact that it was a liberal state? Well that is Mitt Romney’s fault for wanting to govern them. He would have stayed a liberal governor, but they did not want to re-elect him, and now he has spent 5 years trying to bring his liberal policies to the whole nation.
  
  There is another candidate for president who was also governor of a liberal state. He did a good job in his first term and they re-elected him. He did it without moving to the left or compromising his principles. His name is Gary Johnson and he is the best candidate running for president
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:31am
  Governors can only do so much with the state they are given.
  
  Soy gave us a summary statistic. Sometimes that is all we have time for.
  
  Personally, I would like to see what legislation a politician proposes & what he gets passed. Even if you don’t pass anything because opponents are line up against you that might be the best you can do.
  
  If you are dealt a losing hand, how well do you play it?
  
  If you are an army,which is outnumbered & retreating, how well do make the enemy pay for each inch of ground. Ever play a side in a war game where you know you will lose the engagement but success is determined by how long you delay them & how high of price they pay?
  
  I remember Bill Clinton lauded for moving Arkansas from 48th to 46th in the nation in education. Sure, Clinton can’t be expected to move a mountain overnight. The thing is he spent a lot of money & after he moved on up, Arkansas moved back down to 48th after 1 year or two (at the most).
  
  I want to see what legislation Romney proposed in Masachussetts. then I will judge that summary statistic you gave Soy.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:42am
  @Walkabout
  You just gave the ‘bad hand’ excuse that Obama also makes…..Where is the consistency???
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 7:11pm
  I said look at the legislation proposed & passed. Obama had a filibuster proof Senate & a Democrat House. Did Romney have the same in Massachusetts. When Obama says it he is lying. Romney never gave that line. I did.
  
  But what the hay. You’ll keep harping on it. And I will get down ion the weeds of Massachusetts legislation eventually & refute it.
  
  It is just like all the polls. We have to know if the polls internals are any good. the same with a politician’s legislative record. We have to get down in thew weeds.
  
  Fight point by point until you got nothing plug your ears & yell la-la-la-la , …
  
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The_Plumber_Says
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:37pm
I live here and this is a big deal.
I about shat myself!

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:48pm
  Hahaha.
  
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- steelpanther
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:53pm
  I don’t pay attention to the DRM myself even living here in Iowa. Big reason is they don’t understand the concept that Iowa=Des Moines and that anything outside of Des Moines could possibly be part of Iowa as well. Course, that might be why most of the guys in the state government get away with trashing the rest of the state for the sake of Des Moines. Bet that’s where the disaster money went to that was given to the state to help Ceder Rapids for the flood, they claim they never seen a dime of it.
  
  The other part is they are utterly liberal. Real News commented that Iowa wasn’t as conservative as people think. For the most part we actually are, it’s just most people fall into the don’t pay attention and end up listening to the same stupid rhetoric that has been tossed around since before I was born, which really ticks me off.
  
  With that said, this is an utter shock.
  
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- RileyBuddina
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:55am
  Me too. Was totally expecting it to endorse O. This is good. I think there are lots of folks who, if they don’t know who to vote for, go with what a newspaper endorses.
  
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- farmwife
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:52am
  I live on the “left” coast of Iowa and can’t believe this one myself. I quit reading the Des Moines Rag years ago because it was so liberal and only concentrated on Des Moines. I grew up in central Iowa and my father was a state legislator for over two decades. Every chance they got they would bash the Republicans. But this is a SHOCK! Maybe Romney can take the state!
  
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- mastice
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 2:53am
  It’s nice to see some fellow Iowan’s in here. :o)
  
  I’m in agreement – to us in the state this is a big deal – I about fell out of my chair today when I read this. They always endorse a democrat candidate.
  
  I too stopped reading the DMR years ago because it leans terribly left and the paper seems to think that Des Moines is the center of the universe. (the rest of the state be damned according to them, and a lot of residents that live there)
  
  To highlight this fact – completely unrelated to the story here – do any of you remember a few years back when tornadoes were touching down up in northern Iowa and the DM station cut in on Wheel of Fortune a few times to report storm tracks and towns affected? On the 3rd or 4th interruption the meteorologist went on a several minute apology on live TV, for breaking into WoF, and explained that their broadcast was responsible for the entire state… and they had to break in on the show even though it was not threatening DM directly. Apparently they were getting angry phone calls from people around DM who didn’t care about the bad weather up north, because it was clear where they lived. (didn’t actually see the broadcast myself, but read this in our local paper)
  
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- steelpanther
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 11:34am
  Mas, I believe it, now they don’t’ really bother at all. I never watched the weather as I can look out the window myself, but my family does, and they all complain about how they have to the weatherman’s job as they don’t mention anything that isn’t going to hit Des Moines.
  
  How about when all the counties passed the one cent sales tax option for their schools, and they passed a bill so they can take it all and give it to Des Moines schools. Things are really crooked up there even if it may not be illegal, although I know what these small towns are doing is illegal. You want scandals dig into some small towns.
  
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neverending
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:34pm
Maybe, maybe, just maybe more and more people are waking up and realizing what lies ahead and it better be fixed and fiixed now.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:51pm
  I don’t know really. I think they are just onto what 0bama stands for. This is more of a stance against 0bama than true support for Romney. If you read the whole story they gave instructions wanting him to be an uber RINO. Granted, he may well turn out to be one, but right now, anything beats another four years of what we have now.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:54pm
  lets work on fixing the election laws so that next time around, we dont have to settle for whatever kind of RINO crap they throw at us
  
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- USALOVER2011
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:12pm
  I totally agree with you RJ about the whole story and their instructions…It’s more like we will endorse you, but this is what we want you to do….Yup, they want him to be a RINO, which I highly doubt that Romney would ever turn into…So, I guess Romney getting their endorsement is still a huge deal…One LESS endorsement for oblahblah!!! And so…..the MITTNEMTUM CONTINUES!!!
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:15pm
  SOY, I really hate it when the media has more to do with choosing our eventual candidates. But, just how do you suggest that the election laws be ‘fixed?’
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 7:41am
  @RJ
  I would love to throw some ideas at you but i dont know if you are still around….
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 8:24am
  SOY, I’m back now and with fresh coffee. Shoot, and I’ll certainly read your ideas.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 8:33am
  USALOVER2011, Mitt had to tread lightly as a Republican to even get elected in Massachusetts, and reportedly did manage to get his ideas across with an 85% Democrat State Congress. If he does assume the office, I do hope that he will have both the House and Senate for this next go around. I think that we will see a stronger Mitt with fewer of the Dem-wits to have to compromise with to get anywhere. It gets me how so many here blame Reagan for all of those tax increases and some other laws that were passed. He had a Democrat strong Congress that could have walked all over him and could pass laws without the president’s signature. Unfortunately, he had to compromise with that Congress all to often.
  
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justangry
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:29pm
Liberal rag picks a liberal candidate. Good for them.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:38pm
  ….so, what was Obama to them back in ’08?
  
  Would you be happier if the “liberal rag” pick your “boy” Barak?
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:53pm
  It must be sad to be such a miserable F’er. Get Help.
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:31am
  Ahh…poor Paulestinian. Still whining?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 7:49am
  @TelepromoterNChief, I hate Obama’s policies, I just recognize that the R that supports his policies is a liberal too. You could have said something like Romney’s not a liberal because of x, y, and z, but the Republican cheerleaders can’t do that. They result to personal attacks, you know like the liberals.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:21am
  “None finer” than Just Angry. Just ask him.
  
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BIGWUN
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:28pm
What amazes me is that Mitt’s being elected will be the first time that America has chosen (with the exception of Geo Washington) a President who has successfully run both large private and public enterprises. Not a stinking Politician but somone who knows how to and has already created success for everyone around him. America will launch into success with this God-sent man.

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LightvsDarkness
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:26pm
Boo’yah!!!

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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:54pm
  Boo’yah-yah !
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:09pm
  Honey Boo’yah!
  
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Metallicat
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:25pm
Is that a good thing? Not picking a Republican since 1972 means they backed the wrong guy most of the time. Jimmy Carter,Bill Clinton,and Obama havent exactly been worthwhile choices either,when they got it right. they even backed Carter twice? They supposed to be the Yodas of politics?

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:30pm
  A point you have me think ( in my best Yoda voice :^)
  
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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:33pm
  Yes, yes they are.
  Haven’t you heard or didn’t Obama pay your phone bill?
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:36pm
  This isn’t just happening with this liberal paper .. it is also happening in Florida and Michigan .. and I suspect many many smaller papers too … they don’t want to go down with the Obama rowboat.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:22am
  ONEIRISH…
  
  “A point you have me think ( in my best Yoda voice :^)”
  
  Maybe it’s your screen name but i can only imagine you saying that in the voice of a Leprechaun.
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 6:42am
  @EASTINFECTION
  There both lil green men, right?
  
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The_Pointy_End
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:25pm
I quit reading/buying the Des Moines Register years ago because all it is is a propaganda piece for the liberals. Maybe the editors are slowing realizing they have made themselves chumps to the democratic party, only to be reinforced by the way Obama dismissed the paper assuming he would be supported.
Also, if you research it, the paper’s subscription numbers are going in the toilet primarily because they are NOT fair and balanced and Iowans are. The Register may be figuring it out – slowly – that Iowa is a swing state because of that balance.

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Triple7
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:23pm
Does this mean the paper supports the war on women. and racism?
There are some libs in the media not willing to go down with the USS Obamanation.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:33pm
  But the would be willing to go down on the USS OBAMANATION. Like Lewinsky down.
  
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crackerone
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:19pm
Nothing will be better than seeing B O get turfed, but the look on the faces of the MSM will be a close second!

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- Triple7
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:25pm
  Who will be arrested first? Matthews or Schultz?
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:31pm
  Neither .. they will both self destruct on National Television .. should be a ratings BOOM for MSDNC .. I will be tuning in! ;-) and I never watch MSDNC ;-)
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:31pm
  *******: saddest part of this is that we can NOT vote out the MSM the way we can the political parties. No matter who wins the White House, the Left controls the media. Just means that conservative Romney will face 4 years of Lefty Media Biased Harassment . Same as it always was : Lefty Obama gets a free pass for everything and the the conservative gets harassment for everything. Same as it always was. Disgusting.
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:46pm
  Just the thought of the election night fireworks is getting me all jazzed up. Paybacks a Biotch!
  
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- Watermain
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:06am
  @triple: Matthews is going to have a vein explode out of his temple and stroke out on national TV. It will be epic.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:51am
  @ Watermain
  Stop it! I might get a thrill up my leg.
  
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333maxwell
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:17pm
Well.. one way to look at their endorsement..

They haven’t chose a GOP candidate for President in 40 years, which means statistically they have chosen many more losers than winners.

I suspect this will be yet another one of a string of their ‘losing’ years.

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jhgreene
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:17pm
I guess this is a good thing – better than if they had endorsed BO. But what’s this stuff about extreme views about women’s health? Thet are the ones that think it’s OK to kill unborn human babies – not us! They are the ones who want taxpayers to pay for women’s contraception – not us! And OUR views on women’s health are EXTREME??!! Well, I guess this endorsement it really is a good thing. Now we can all pray that Ohioans can come to realize that it’s their state government and Governor Kasich who are primarly responsible for their relatively low unemployment rate, not BO and the federal gov’t.

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333maxwell
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:15pm
Well.. one way to look at their endorsement..

They haven’t chose a GOP candidate for President in 40 years, which means statistically they have chosen many more losers than winners.

I suspect this will be yet another one of their ‘losing’ years.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:20pm
  Your right considering they have picked the Democrap the last 40 years that truly is picking a loser.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:26pm
  333: and I suspect that when the Democrats drifted to the Bill Ayers / Obama / international OWS/ Far Left camp they sealed their own ” loser ” year. Rational Americans do not “do” international Marxism. America isn’t quite Greece yet….Obama needs 4 more years for that !
  
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:15pm
Well Barak, Iowa and their corn don’t like ya.
Best you eat your peas…

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- texrubarts
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 3:54am
  You are funny!!!! Like your comment.
  
  Romney is a good man – he will be a good president. But buckle up – Obama will show us his ugly face before he leaves the white house. Obama is bitter and VERY angry MAYBE because Michelle will divorce him when he loses!!! Although he should be dancing in the streets to lose Michelle.
  
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Steel
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:13pm
It’s about time somebody in Iowa came to their senses! This is a historical moment. A newspaper that finally has seen the light and don’t support obama with the usual media lies and cover-ups. It’s a miracle folks. What’s even MORE astounding, the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch and the Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer, two of the largest newspapers in the state of Ohio also endorsed Romney. Will wonders never cease? Now, let’s see if any of their readers can actually read and understand.

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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:10pm
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- CatB
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:16pm
  And Obama has dropped 7 points in 3 DAYS! Think of what would happen if the MSM would tell the TRUTH about Barry!
  
  R & R 2012!
  
  btw .. my Facebook page was just “spammed” with a paid announcement of Moochelle voting. I had it removed marked it as “OFFENSIVE” ;-)
  
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MrButcher
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:08pm
I bet Nate Silver will get wedgie for this.

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The-Monk
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:07pm
I was in a convenience store yesterday paying for some gasoline. I know the guy behind the counter that works there and we usually talk politics for a several minutes. I slide over and we talk in between customers that he’s waiting on. We were talking about Benghazi and this one guy yells out that Obama is the only choice! There was about a dozen people in the store and they all turned their attention towards the guy yelling at us.

I replied, rather loudly, “Who would you rather have in the White House.. a businessman or a community organizer?” With that said… the entire store broke out in applause. And I mean clapping and cheering included. And this was in Tampa, Fl.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Great to hear it Monk. Up here in Orlando the RR yard signs out # OB signs 6 to 1. The polls a very wrong.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:34pm
  LOL .. MONK .. way to go .. I can tell you we only have one yard sign in the area for Barry and MANY for RR (including mine and the neighbor next door who has registered to vote for the first time in 20years) .. and I went by the local Obama headquarters the other day .. 2 cars out front .. so I went down to the RR and at least 15 cars were in the lot!
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:09pm
  Hi MONK, Cool story. Makes me miss living in Tampa. As far as yard signs go, I’ve yet to see an 0bama sign around here at all. Have seen a couple of bumper stickers though.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:03am
  Monk
  I was holding my Gary Johnson sign at a high traffic intersection, which i have been doing frequently the last couple weeks. A lady I seemed to recognize parked her car at the adjacent gas station and walked my way.
  
  She seemed to be interested in my sign and immediately asked the following:
  “I have been voting for 60 years. Are you telling me that I have been making a mistake this whole time”
  
  I said to her:
  “Ma’am i dont know who you voted for, but if you have been voting only republicans or democrats for 60 years, you have probably not been voting for the best candidate. We are in this situation because both parties take us to the same place”
  
  She got really frustrated and just walked away. No clapping, no applause. Just one person waking up to reality
  
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- skwiggy21
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 11:15am
  I live in a mostly hispanic city in Southern California and I was VERY surprised to see Romney/Ryan signs posting up everywhere in the neighborhood. There is like 10 signs and only 1 Obama sign…my neighbor right across the street. Very weird I tell ya.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:06pm
Wonderful. Yet another sign of the coming Romney crushing avalanche and mandate.
I live in a swing state that went commie in 2008 for the Kenyan Marxist Messiah.
Today I noticed Romney / Ryan bumper stickers and signs EVERYWHERE.
Not a single one for the Communist Boy-King & his retarded side kick

Barry & Bite Me Dynamic Duo: Grod [Romney] did a masterful job of F’ing us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=0jojOqtzKD8&feature=endscreen

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tiredofbeingtired
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:04pm
Thank you Des Moines Register

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Stoic one
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:01pm
as the unpublished polls flood in this will happen more & MORE.

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- randy
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:34pm
  If you want an unbiased poll, just check any of the comment sections on any story out there regarding this presidential race, they run 8 – 2 in favor of Romney.
  
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- lexington_green
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:12pm
  the comments section under this article in the Des Moines Register website were about 60/40 liberal. lots of upset folks.
  
  and let’s face it, some of the comments sections get bombed by paid trollsters with multiple identities pretending to talk with one another. both sides do it ad nauseum. it’s the new phase of digital campaigning – dirty pool.
  
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:00pm
My wife and I voted here in Florida today. First polling place the line looked pretty long so we went to another polling place. It took about an hour in line but it was worth it. R/R 2012

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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:10pm
  Hi Oneirishman,
  
  : )
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:20pm
  @ONEIRSIHMAN
  
  Florida here also … Going in on Monday .. .. was going to vote tomorrow .. then remembered .. I want to take myself to Chick-fil-A after voting. ;-)
  
  R & R 2012!
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:27pm
  Get out there and vote Monk. Then you can kick back on the 6th and enjoy the fun!
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:37pm
  @CATB
  HILARIOUS! That’s we’re we went for dinner! What area are you in?
  
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- USALOVER2011
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:12am
  Voted through absentee ballots for Florida 2 weeks ago:)
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:55pm
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America is waking up, but it’s been slow. Just hope it’s not too late.

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- Magyar
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:37pm
  Ye of little faith! I have watched the hand of GOD and witnessed HIS mighty sword destroy the evil that holds this country… HE will guide us back to truth lead by his faithful servant–
  
  MITT ROMNEY!
  
  Bless us Oh LORD with YOUR mercy !
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:54pm
  @MAGYAR
  Hallelujah!
  
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dealer@678
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:55pm
Momentom for Mitt is growing. This election will be called by 10 pm

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- Blitz
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:34pm
  Gosh I hope your right, I cant wait to watch MSNBC when RR have it in the bag.
  
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- Baja
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:43pm
  I’m betting on a Democratic run on Prozac.
  
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