Curt posted what was really the same story, but this really captures the essence of it.
“Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney,” said a prominent Democratic strategist aligned with the White House.
And there’s a new adjective for Romney.
The onslaught would have two aspects. The first is personal: Obama’s re-elect will portray the public Romney as inauthentic, unprincipled and, in a word used repeatedly by Obama’s advisers in about a dozen interviews, “weird.”
Let’s be honest: “weird” is code for “Mormon.” So when you hear that term ad nauseum from democrats over the next year, you’ll know what they’re really saying.
Can you imagine the reaction were Romney were to say he planned to “kill” Obama?
A liberal CNN op-ed on why Rick Perry will be the next President of the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/11/moore.perry.candidate/index.html
Dr J. I’m sure the Dems plan to LITERALLY kill Romney. As far as his Mormonism it was the far right that buried him in 2008 and they’ll try it again this time. By the time F.A. and friends get through bad mouthing Mitt in the primaries he’ll be a lot softer for BHO in 2012.
LOL! Rich.
It is mostly Debbie Wassermann-Schultz who says ”LITERALLY!” when she actually means figuratively.
But seriously, American used to despise Catholics.
So much so that I can remember hearing people say that no way would JFKennedy ever get elected as president.
But he did.
Americans used to be so uptight about drugs but both Bill Clinton (I didn’t inhale) and Obama (I inhaled a lot and snorted coke, too!) got elected, so that barrier is down.
There certainly had been people in the USA who hated Jews, but Joe Lieberman got a spot on the ticket.
Didn’t win.
And there was a lot of joking, half serious foot dragging about a woman president but still Hillary almost took the nomination and Sarah did run as VP.
Racism is actually worse now than it was before the 2008 election, but that’s because of the policies of Obama, not his color.
Obviously people were more than willing to vote for a black person.
Now you think a man being a Latter Day Saint is going to be the line we as a nation will not cross?
I really doubt that.
@Nan. The nation would elect a Mormon, but I don’t think that the GOP will nominate a Mormon (see the CNN opinion piece I linked in comment #1). If Romney gets the nomination, I might actually vote for him, depending on what sorts of things he says in the general election campaign. The GOP’s nomination of Palin for VP followed the Dem’s nomination of Ferraro by a quarter century.
– Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
How could anyone bothered by Mitt Romney’s beliefs not be bothered by Rick Perry’s? Mormons are positively mainstream compared with Perry’s New Apostolic Reformation crowd.
@openid.aol.com/runnswim:
Larry, quite right I forgot Ms. Ferraro.
She was the trailblazer.
But you have to understand Texans will favor their favorite son over anyone else……at least until the candidate becomes the party’s nominee.
THEN, as the polls some time ago pointed out, 80% of all Republicans and 90% of all TEA Partiers will vote for whoever is the Republican nominee.
If you think you saw a circling of the wagons by the liberal media around Fox News when Obama tried to oust the news outlet from the WH press pool, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.
ALL Republicans and a good deal of fiscal conservatives from the Independent and the Democrat pool will vote for Romney, his religion will not be an issue.
@Greg:
Or, ask this:
How could someone who sat in a black liberation theological ”church” even approach the issue of the religion of his opponents?
@Nan G, #7:
I don’t believe Obama has brought the issue of Perry’s religious beliefs up.
Rachel Maddow certainly has. For the benefit of people who wouldn’t be caught dead watching Rachel Maddow, I hope some level-headed commentator on the right also gets around to the topic. Some of the central NAR beliefs are so far out there they would probably make Rev. Wright’s seem mainstream.
In the Maddow video they speak for themselves, beginning around 4 minutes 15 seconds in. These aren’t NAR outliers. They’re important people at the very heart of the movement.
Nan You are dreaming. A large percentage of your fellow F.A.’ers have professed they won’t vote for Romney.Larry is correct. The majority of Americans could pull the lever for Romney.It’s the far right and Conservative base that will try to stop him. Rick Perry as I predicted will be in by week’s end.Like Greg says it’s his evangelical,far right followers that will attempt to again demonize Romney.
BTW You might note all those the American voters once “despised”,Catholics,women.Jews,Blacks got their start on the Democratic Party ticket.
A Romney/Rubio ticket would greatly enhance your image.
A “large percentage”??? Rich rich… doth think thou hast exaggerated unduly. I think it was only three or four of us. Hardly “a large percentage”. But I wouldn’t sweat the small stuff much. While I could be wrong, I don’t see Mitt getting the nod. I’d say that the fact Larry would vote for him is pretty much why. We’ve already done the RINO’lite bit. Don’t think the GOP would be fool enough to do it again.
… then again, they’ve pretty much blown most all the wind that was in their sales since 2010 so far.
Just wanted to point something out on the comments for this “most wanted” article. Nan is the only non-liberal commenting here(until mine) against three liberal posters. Quite the opposite of what usually happens, lol.
@johngalt:
I don’t think that portends an anti-Mormon vote or a stay at home if Romney is the nominee.
I believe many fiscal conservatives will vote Romney (IF he is their Republican nominee) no matter where he goes to church.
When blacks in CA voted for Obama overwhelmingly in 2008 they also added their votes to the Prop for legalizing gay marriage.
They were against it.
But their feelings about Christian morality didn’t affect their vote for a candidate who said (at least to gays) he would help them move forward their gay agenda if elected.
Even so, Obama was so cowed by his ”base” that he almost let both years of an all Dem house and Senate get away from him before he acted for gay rights.
Mata I would say of those Responding yea or nay the % of nays was high. Are you suggesting a silent ground swell of support for Romney exists among F.A.’ers?
@rich wheeler:
Not likely, Rich. If anything, assuming Romney is the nominee, the support won’t be pro-Romney, but rather, anti-Obama.
@rich wheeler: The election is 15 months away. Just because some are saying they won’t vote for Romney right now doesn’t mean they won’t vote for him in 2012 when the choice is him or four more years of what we have now. One thing for sure is, they won’t be voting for Obama. We also have to wait and see how Perry’s entry is going to affect the race. It will either cast Romney in a more favorable light or a less favorable light. At this point in time the only thing we know for sure is that Obama is the presumptive nominee for the Democrats and is thus the man to beat and the favorite. Romney may lose a few votes for being a Rhino but he’ll most likely get them back from crossover Dems. As for Perry, the election will be about the economy and jobs, not religion and abortion although should he be the nominee, team Obama will no doubt try to make religion and abortion central topics. The question is, will the millions who are out of work vote for someone whose policies have created jobs or for someone who has lost jobs. My guess is food on the table is more important than abortion rights. BTW, they also tried using Reagan’s religious beliefs against him. It didn’t work out so well.
Another Vet #15 Well written. I believe Perry’s entry puts him immediately in strong 2nd and hurts Bachmann,though she should still win her birth state of Iowa.
Other Conservs. like Pawlenty. Cain,Santorum and Gingrich should pack it in.Palin is out.Long hard fight ahead between Romney and Perry with Paul being the ever present gadfly.
Note As a Dem I’ve been most impressed by Bachmann throughout the debates.
@rich wheeler:
Let me ask you a question Rich.
If the election were being held today and your choice Republican was on the ballot opposite Obie, who would you vote for?
Aye As I’ve said before,like Larry,I may actually vote for a Romney led ticket. He’s a smart businessman and a social moderate.
@rich wheeler:
And if it were anyone other than Romney?
Aye Now you’re making me think. I’d have to look closely at Conservative Rubio.
@rich wheeler: Gut feeling is that it’ll be Romney or Perry with Bachmann as the dark horse. Rudy G. waited too long. Being a Republican leaning Libertarian or a Libertarian leaning Republican, I will vote for whoever the nominee is even if Mr. Magoo should somehow slip in there. McBarker would make an interesting VP. He could lift his leg on the opposition and no one would think anything of it!