Boehner Endorses Romney
- Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:37pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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House Speaker John Boehner has become the latest high profile Republican to endorse presidential candidate Mitt Romney, ending his neutrality in the GOP primary Tuesday, giving further confirmation that the general election matchup is set.
The Ohio Republican told reporters Tuesday that Romney’s proposals would “contrast sharply” with President Barack Obama, and the former Massachusetts governor would further economic policies that would help unemployed people find jobs.
Following the exit of former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum last week, Romney faces no remaining serious Republican primary challengers by way of delegates.
“It’s clear now that Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee,” MSNBC.com reports Boehner said at a press conference Tuesday morning. “I think Mitt Romney has a set of economic policies that can put Americans back to work and, frankly, contrast sharply with the failed economic policies of President Obama.”
“I will be proud to support Mitt Romney and do everything I can to help him win,” Boehner added.
Boehner joins prominent Republican leaders in the House who have endorsed Romney, as Majority Leader Eric Cantor backed the former Massachusetts governor shortly before Virginia’s primary, and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan gave his support before the Wisconsin primary.
The Associated Press reports that Boehner said he had withheld an endorsement until now because as chairman of the Republican National Convention in late August, he wanted to make sure that all the GOP presidential contenders had a fair chance to win.
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kat4568
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 4:03pmI wonder if John Boehner, endorsed Mitt Romney, while golfing with Barry Obama.
Report Post »John Boehner is bush-league! Romney, just damn!!!!
hoss_cartwright
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 11:01amthis congress needs a’chop-a-dik-offa-me’(get rid of the liberal *****)
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:27pmSpeaker Boehner has sold out Conservatives at every opportunity. That this ineffective GOP Speaker of the House endorses a fellow RINO in Romney is of no suprise. New boss same as the old…….as our Constitution dies and Totalitarianism is on the rise.
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »Tom70
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 9:41amDuh! Do you think it wasn’t planed that way in the first place. The whole Republican lead up was to get this guy in the first place in my opinion.
Report Post »If this guy ends up in the Republican elit’s sh… pile with Dole and McCain I wont be supprised. The sad part will be, what Barry will do to our country before he finally get’s termed out or crowned the king?
qzak491
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 3:13pm.
Report Post »Of course Boehner is going to support Romney, he has supported obama, what’s the difference.
ksmike
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:18pmYou guys are unbelievable. If a Republican politician endorses Romney he is the “establishment”. And everybody is a RINO (except for Ron Paul, who is a LIBERTARIAN–not the same as conservative). I dare anybody to propose a “true” conservative. Each proposal would be met with a ton of responses telling how he was a RINO too.
Report Post »The only true conservative was Ronald Reagan.Except for the fact that he:
1. Raised taxes as governor–a LOT!
2. Was going to eliminate the Department of Education which Carter had just created, but didn’t.
3. Gave 6 million illegals amnesty.
4. Effectively raised the rate on high income individuals by lowering the rate but eliminating a ton of deductions (Yes, he also stimulated the economy, but that alone did not increase the tax revenue. They just didn’t have the write-offs they had before so they ended up paying more.)
Reagan was a great president, but by all your standards he is also a RINO and most of you would not be able to vote for him today. Please get a grip on reality.
BTW–You notice I didn’t call anybody names, so let’s all be civil. As the great philosopher Rodney King said, “Can’t we all just get along?”
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:24pmIt’s GROUND HOG DAY — Boehner came out of his hole and we have 6 more weeks of unemployment.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:39pmI wonder how much this will set back Mitt? I would tell him to go suck eggs. I dont need your endorsement…
Report Post »TRDOFITALL
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 9:30pmWHO NEEDS YOUR HELP? CRY-BABY– Go Away Just Like McCain Should! !
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:22pmAny bets on who Romney will choose as a running mate? I’d put my money on Paul Ryan. Someone like Rubio is too much of an unknown (the GOP won’t stand for another Palin-type episode), and Christie is too gregarious and would overshadow mild mannered Mitt.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:56pmWho would be up for Ryan’s seat?
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:08pmOh, well, THAT makes me feel soooo much better that the establishment is endorsing the establishment. The white black prez islama is taking us on the bullet train to communism and obamney will just make a few stops along the way. Great, America!
Report Post »bsnrn98
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:05pmGlad he is supporting Romney. What we need is a new Speaker with a set that will stand up to Pelosi, Reid, and obummer
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:05pmBig surprise.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:25pmNow that’s… Politically SAFE!
Report Post »FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:53pmSound judgement. Romney will streamline the government, stop alot of the waste and fraud and get the economy going again. Romney has excellent business sense, which this country so desperately needs.
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:08pmJust like he “streamlined” the government in Mass. right? Oh wait he grew it. And raise taxes. And universal health care. But you can look past that because ANYONE BUT OBAMA RIGHT?
Sound judgement? Are you so freaKing quick to forget that BOEHNOR CAVED AND RAISED THE DEBT CEILING?
Idiots all of you.
Report Post »Redrattler
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:46pmIt blew my mind 4 years ago when McCain got the nomination and now I’m sitting here wondering who the heck we have to blame this time? Ourselves I guess, I was too busy working that day…
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:37pmAll you “ANYONE BUT OBAMA” mindless drones make me weep. You are the reason why the progressives have a stranglehold over this country. You are too blind to realize that ROMNEY IS OBAMA.
Report Post »PABlackie
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:47pmABO all the way. Anyone can do better than Bomma. Romney will do a Hell of a lot better. You are the mindless one . Get one and start to think.
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:06pmDo you even know Romney’s policies. THEY ARE IDENTICAL TO OBAMAS. EVEN BECK SAID THAT TWO YEARS AGO.
You are all being played for fools once again. Only this time there’s no doubt the shoe really fits. Just remember you deserve everything that happens. You had the chance and you blew it.
Anyone but Obama? So I guess Stalin is good cause HE’S NOT BARACK OBAMA RIGHT? That‘s what you’re getting.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:40pm@SychinLegacy
Report Post »What Paulbots are not bright enough to understand is that nobody was saying “I don‘t care who it is so long as it’s not 0bama.”. NOBODY said that but I won’t waste my time trying to explain to your tiny little brain, what we were saying.
SychinLegacy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:54pmUhh QT are you sure about that? Might want to open your eyes and clean out your ears. “ANYONE BUT OBAMA” means they would prefer anyone over Obama. The lesser of two evils argument. Maybe you should get a brain yourself, or better yet, read a book on logic. You compromising sheep seem to be lacking in that department.
If A=B and B=C then A=C, If Obama is a marxist, and Romney’s policies are identical to Obamas then….
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:04pm@SychinLegacy
Let me give this a try. You’re on the verge of starving to death. There is a possibility of three things to eat and you have to eat one of them. There is a big juicy steak (Your favorite candidate), some stale bread (Romney) and a plate of dung mixed with crushed glass (0bama). Now you find out that you can’t have the big juicy steak so you will either have to eat the stale bread or the dung mixed with crushed glass.
The stale bread will keep you alive for another day so you can try for the steak next time. The crushed glass will cause you to die a slow, painful death so you won’t get another chance.
ANYBODY BUT DUNG AND CRUSHED GLASS! Get it now?
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:30pm@SychinLegacy
1. Romney is a left leaning moderate and his policies are not identical to 0bama’s.
2. As bad as that is, 0bama is much worse than just a Marxist.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:30pmEven their policies are the same when it comes to big government and reduced Constitutional rights. Obama-Romney/Romney Obama, different faces on the same Global Government currency.
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:34pmOust the dictatorship…vote in RON PAUL!!!
RON PAUL 2012-2020!!!
RESTORE THE REPUBLIC!!!! NO ONE BUT RON PAUL WILL DO!
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:19pmwas he crying?
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:32pmLOL, Nice. :D
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:41pmDamn, beat me to it.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:13pmBillionaire “philanthropist” George Soros expanded his U.S.-based empire by using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Report Post »Obama Stimulus Dollars Funded Soros Empire, in Scandal that Dwarfs ACORN and GSA, Says New Report
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46053
Mark0331
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:12pmI would vote for Punchinello the Clown over Barry the Traitor…we just have to hold Romneys‘ feet to the fire and keep all of ’THEM’, OUR EMPLOYEES, in check.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:27pmWe already have Pagliacci.
Report Post »Common Sense 24
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:06pmOne gutless establishment POS endorsing another one just like him. Is anyone really surprised?
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:03pmAnn Barnhardt: All the “Rat Bastards” in DC Know Obama is Not Eligible
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq0rxziwC_c
CatB
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:11pmhttp://frontporchpolitics.com/2012/04/barack-obamas-lawyer-admits-birth-certificate-is-forged/
Yes they do.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:21pmAnn Barnhardt at Liberty First
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwLvDVdJXnE
yep, know about barry /brounel/soetoro/obama/etc
Report Post »thanks for passing along the information.
momrules
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:46pmThanks Catb and Youdidthis………Ann Bernhardt is another of those brave women like Pamela Geller and she is right. Where are the brave men nowadays who will speak out like this? It seems like Joe Arpiao is the only one. As someone posted Where are the John Waynes of this America?
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:59pmBoehner Endorses Romney….Man that just rolls off the tongue .
Report Post »I know I’ll sleep better tonight.
MittensKittens
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:10pmBoy that should really help his chances now!
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:56pmWas the Chesterfield man crying & choking up while he was making this announcement? …oh wait…this was not about him & his dreams of being “a big-important-man”. Boehner is a Pelosi with a suit & tie. Oh wait…“they” passed-over M Bachmann for this post. Hummm
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:56pmCry Baby alert!!!
Oh, man, I hadn’t heard of this worthless bugger in so long, I thought maybe he had been replaced by a man – and one with a set.
Oh, well. A guy can dream, I guess.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:54pmNo surprise..one establishment rino endorsing another establishment rino..just don’t start crying over it Boehner…if you don’t support Romney, you are jealous and whining…if you don’t support Paul, you are uninformed and anti liberty…if you DID support Santorum, you were a religious war mongering anti women’s birth control idiot…Well I’m NOT going for Newt…Romney will most likely be our choice, God help us!..I do know that I would vote for Romney over Obama, that I do know.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:13pmYes .. and remember .. .“Vote Romney he is not a Marxist”
Personally I want this bumper sticker …
“Ann Romney for First Lady” Would be nice to have a “lady” in the White House again. ;-)
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:37pmor at the very least…one that actually likes America.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:48pmEvery liberal and RINO in the nation endorses Romney, you can bet that China, Russia, Cuba, Egypt agree that if it can’t be Obama, it should be Romney.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:23pmThe name RINO has lost it’s meaning, since the majority of Republicans in both bodies have been voting for policies that are unconstitutional and detrimental to our republic for a long time. There’s a few keepers…not many.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:45pmWell that make sense. Boehner has caved on almost every issue when pressure has been applied to him so he is supporting a candidate similar to him.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:42pmBoehner is a spineless douchebag, who needs to be removed as speaker…. Rino establishment pig.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:54pmTime to open up and tell us how you really feel..
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:10pmWow, the anger…..kids beat you up and take away your lunch money again?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:22pmI’ll agree with you Detroit. Douchebag pretty much sums it up.
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:09pmAnd Romney is any different?
Report Post »njoelhickson
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 7:00amNo. Romney is a douchebag too. He was my governor. I know. Big taxes. Anti-gun. HUGE government. Yep…vote for him so we can continue to have ever more big government.
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