Mitt Romney and Bain: How to Unite the Conservative Base with One Easy Attack
EmailWe all know that conservatives are skeptical of Mitt Romney, he of the shifting positions on social issues and infamous proclamations of not wanting to return to Reagan-Bush.
But if you need evidence that the attacks on Romney’s record at Bain have backfired, and may be doing more to unite conservatives behind Romney more than anything Romney himself could have done, consider this partial list of those who are defending him — and chastising Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry for their “vulture capitalist” attacks:
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Laura Ingraham
Jim DeMint
Karl Rove
Mike Huckabee
Rudy Giuliani
The US Chamber of Commerce
The Club for Growth
The Wall Street Journal editorial page
That’s quite the conservative Murderers’ Row, to borrow a baseball term, that’s lining up in an aggressive defense of capitalism, coming in the context of the attacks on Romney’s business record.
None of those named above have endorsed Romney. Some – particularly his onetime rivals from 2008 – really don’t much like him.
But taken together, the conservative heavyweights are sending important signals to Republican primary voters that the main line of attack being launched against Romney is, in their influential opinions, out of bounds.
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Yeah, so now everyone has fallen in line with the Republican’s wishes. So MITT is the nominee and President Obama will win in 2012!! Thanks to all the yucky people in the R Camp. All we needed was Newt the flamethrower to enter the race and all hell broke loose. Newt really IS a bad, bad man. I could even stand having Mitt as the President but the one person that IS the BEST is being overlooked by those on the right and that person is Jon Huntsman. I think the Republicans don’t want to really win because they KNOW the mess GW left STILL STINKS too much for them to take over until President Obama makes it go away. THEN, they can CLAIM that GW was a good President which is really sad!
Posted by: demNme5 | January 12, 2012, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm
The mess was left by Barney Frank, Harry Reid, and the 2007-2009 Congress. Obie isn’t making it go away. He’s making it worse.
Posted by: Rick | January 12, 2012, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Gingrich and Perry’s “attacks” are part of a concerted effort by the GOP to transform a politician with a very moderate record into a man with conservative credentials acceptable to the GOP rank and file. They know they don’t have a chance to be nominated and decided to tow the line for the party and remain in the spotlight for a possible pick as running mates, which is not going to happen. At this point the real debate should be who are the potential candidates to be Romney’s running mate. I don’t think it is going to be Christie, and I definitely don’t think it will be Gingrich, Perry or Huntsman. Santorum has a chance, but I think he will end up picking a conservative Westerner or Southerner as a running mate to solidify his position.
Posted by: DominickSr | January 13, 2012, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm