Does Romney Have The Starch To Get Down In The Mud?
Posted by Andrea Shea-King at 1/31/2008 1:12 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
I watched tonight's GOP Debate on CNN, and I'm more convinced now of two things:
1) John McCain is not deserving of our vote nor is he qualified to lead this country.
2) Mitt Romney is a gentleman who is going to have to get his hair mussed and well creased cuffs dirty if he's going to take on and beat the "war hero" senator.
Does Romney have it in him? Can he roll up his sleeves, get sweaty and nasty and wrestle in the political mud with someone who's been feeding from the federal trough for 20+ years?
If he does, Mitt Romney at least stands a chance of getting the votes and delegates he'll need to advance to the Superbowl of politics at this summer's Republican National Convention.
If he doesn't, we end up with Sen. McAmnesty, the same career politician war hero who gave us McCain-Kennedy, the amnesty for illegals dream plan with the help of his open borders family (see: Dr. Juan Hernandez and Univision head Geraldo Perenchio).
We end up with the war hero who served up the most brazen frontal assault on political speech in modern politics.
The war hero who was the only Republican implicated in the Keating Five scandal, yet today he lectures his party and his president about the corrupting influence of money in politics.
The war hero who thinks that invoking his military experience is going to persuade voters that he can be trusted on economic issues.
The question is, does Mitt Romney have it in him? Will he jump in with both feet letting mud splatter where it may to wrestle the nomination from the slippery war hero's grasp?
Or will he adjust his tie, slide his pinstripe suit jacket over a pristine white shirt and head for the door, knowing the deals have already been made, and it's not worth getting muddied over?
1) John McCain is not deserving of our vote nor is he qualified to lead this country.
2) Mitt Romney is a gentleman who is going to have to get his hair mussed and well creased cuffs dirty if he's going to take on and beat the "war hero" senator.
Does Romney have it in him? Can he roll up his sleeves, get sweaty and nasty and wrestle in the political mud with someone who's been feeding from the federal trough for 20+ years?
If he does, Mitt Romney at least stands a chance of getting the votes and delegates he'll need to advance to the Superbowl of politics at this summer's Republican National Convention.
If he doesn't, we end up with Sen. McAmnesty, the same career politician war hero who gave us McCain-Kennedy, the amnesty for illegals dream plan with the help of his open borders family (see: Dr. Juan Hernandez and Univision head Geraldo Perenchio).
We end up with the war hero who served up the most brazen frontal assault on political speech in modern politics.
The war hero who was the only Republican implicated in the Keating Five scandal, yet today he lectures his party and his president about the corrupting influence of money in politics.
The war hero who thinks that invoking his military experience is going to persuade voters that he can be trusted on economic issues.
The question is, does Mitt Romney have it in him? Will he jump in with both feet letting mud splatter where it may to wrestle the nomination from the slippery war hero's grasp?
Or will he adjust his tie, slide his pinstripe suit jacket over a pristine white shirt and head for the door, knowing the deals have already been made, and it's not worth getting muddied over?
That debate was ridiculous. McCain and Romney looked like little schoolgirls pulling each other's hair on the playground. Not very Presidential at all. Huckabee acted like the whiney left-out sister who wanted to jump on top of the dogpile. I fear the GOP is in serious trouble.
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Excellent post, Andrea. I agree that we need to see some level of passion from Romney about something -- anything. He's beginning to remind me of the last Massachusetts governor who ran for president.
Being calm, measured and controlled is important. In 99 percent of situations, it's the best response. But when your honor and integrity are repeatedly attacked, Americans expect you to eventually lose your cool.
When a reporter mocked President Truman's daughter, he threatened to punch him in the nose. When a moderator told a soundman to shut off Gov. Reagan's debate microphone, he got red in the face and shouted down that moderator. The public ate it up.
Although Americans hate a bully, we expect a president to stand up for himself. A genuine "I paid for this microphone" moment could convince a lot of us that Mitt wants to be more than an understudy for Disney's Hall of Presidents.
If he isn't willing to stand up for his own honor, how can he stand up for America's?
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