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07.02.2008
Mitt's Final Transformation

Here's a portion of his drop-out speech:

''If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or (Barack) Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,'' Romney planned to say in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. [Emphasis added.]

So, after adopting about 20 different personas over the course of the campaign, Romney has decided to leave it as John McCain. I guess that makes sense. After all, it was McCain's persona that proved to be the winning one. Too bad for Mitt that he didn't think of that earlier.

--Jason Zengerle 

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:02 PM with 6 comment(s)

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austinexpat said:

Stay classy, Mitt.

February 7, 2008 1:21 PM

sabatia said:

I watched the whole speech. I was shocked at how much Mitt echoed the most rabid element of the rabid right-wing. Almost frightening how he blamed everything on the breakdown of marriage(and Anti-Gay Marriage consitutional amendment is the solution????) and on the unreligious. And the hysteria about Islamofascism and never surrendering in Iraq was over the top. And then to declare that the Dems will surrender to terror....

I live in Mass and I've known Mitt since 1994. This is certainly not the Mitt we saw. I prefer the old Mitt. But...Sayonara you little flipfloppin' pandering self-serving chameleon.

February 7, 2008 1:25 PM

Wandreycer1 said:

Pardon my french, but what a total jack-ass.

February 7, 2008 1:25 PM

adaglas said:

So, by implication, is Huck aiding a surrender to terror by staying in the race?  I wonder what Chuck has to say about that.

February 7, 2008 1:26 PM

aduncanson said:

So, the democrats made him do it?  

This man pretends to be just a stupid as Bush, but is much more eloquent.  Therefore he is much more scary.  Thank god (metaphorically) he has been embarrassed and is now gone from the race.

The polls have told him for months that only McCain had a good chance of defeating the democrat.  Why then, did he ever spend his $30 million?

February 7, 2008 1:29 PM

csmiller said:

This guy just keeps cramming his foot in his mouth.  First trashing poor Bob Dole and now suggesting that his campaign would AID terrorism.  Awesome.

Romney is too much of an analytical pragmatist for his own good.  He relied on a bunch of so-called experts to cast him in the mold of Reagan while simultaneously downplaying a very unReaganesque record.  Almost everyone could see right through it.  Even Mitt the consummate salesman couldn't close this very bad deal.

February 7, 2008 2:43 PM