Romney's schedule hints at run in 2012

[Forkboy]

Ask Mitt Romney about his presidential ambitions, and he artfully demurs. But his schedule keeps looking like that of someone who has his eyes on 2012.

The former Massachusetts governor, who sought the GOP nomination last year, was the keynote speaker last night at the Virginia Republican Party's big Commonwealth Gala dinner in Richmond, his latest appearance before the party faithful.

Tomorrow, Romney is scheduled to make his latest appearance on a political talk show, on "Fox News Sunday."

And on Monday morning, he is scheduled to give a major policy speech on national security at the high-profile Heritage Foundation in Washington, his latest venture into critiquing President Obama.

Romney's speech, titled "The Care of Freedom," will assess the Obama administration's response to North Korea's nuclear and missile tests "and America's larger leadership role in the world," the foundation said.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/05/30/romney_schedule_hints_at_possible_run_in_2012/

This has been an update from the Bloody Obvious Department. :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Does anybody actually LIKE this guy? Outside CPAC?

:shrug: Serious question.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Utahns.

[sarah553807]

18. I swear to god

The one thing liberals and conservatives have in common is that they hate this guy

[Hawaii Hiker]

22. John McCain is so likeable compared to Mitt Romney & Mike Huckabee

Mitt Romney truly makes my skin crawl....He's such a smug, arrogant, sanctimonious, jerk..

[underpants]

26. $$$$

Romney's big advantage is that money will POUR in from the business community and he will be packaged as the "pro business" candidate


A Va. Dem insider told me that Romney was McCain's only chance of winning mostly due to the money that he would generate. McCain pulling out of Michigan was due to lack of funds (I suspect the RNC left him high-and-dry like they did Dole in '96)

That being said-Mitt being a 3rd generation CEO silverspoon guy is not going to sell well even 3 years from now

[Diane R]

3. So how many millions will he spend this time around?

[MADem]

4. Is that why he is selling his wife's Belmont home?

He spent twenty million last time...and everyone still hated him.

He's SLEAZY. Like a used car salesman!

Never forget SEAMUS, either--NEVER!!!

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/30/story_about_dog_on_car_roof_comes_back_to_bite_romney/

Story about dog on car roof comes back to bite Romney
Critics, jokesters make issue of tale

[old mark]

5. I still wanna know....

What the fuck kind of a name is Mitt?


mark

[Forkboy]

6. When he was born his parents said, "Aw shit." The doctors misheard.

:)

[Drunken Irishman]

9. It's better than his REAL name...

Willard.

[Joe the Liberal]

7. I doubt he will win.....

Obama is looking like he's going to be an 8 year president. If Romney does run I don't think he'll get far, the most it will accomplish is further solidify the fact that it just wasn't meant to be.

[opihimoimoi]

8. Shallow Bench Guy Trying for 1st STRING.....Not Ready...after many times at

Public Debates/Speeches, he still has not impressed this Opihi....

Is this the best them GOPers got?

Let them step forward....

Hucky. Ghouly, Pawlenty?

Bachmann, Palin, Cheney?

MITT is not fit for Prime Time.....Limited Realms of Knowledge.....no evidence of serious reading leading to Leadership of the best kind...that of success for the best project/system/return....

[davidpdx]

10. Unless Obama really does pisspoor and screws things up

Romney is going to go down in flames. I am kind of doubting he'll make it out of the primary. The righties won't let the Republican nominee be a Mormon.

[bluestateguy]

11. His Mormonism will be an issue

nt

[AllentownJake]

12. This makes me happy

Nothing like watching a former corporate raider wasting his money on a fruitless endeavor to become President :evilgrin:

I can't wait to see his fellow thugs stab him over and over again on the stage.

Huckabee and McCain seemed to take a particular thrill in doing it. Can't wait to see how much fun Newt has with him :evilgrin:

Obama vs. Mittens is like me picking a fight with Mike Tyson.

[Happyhippychick]

13. I guess he has another $54 million burning a hole in his pocket.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Has he lost any money speculating or did he luck out? How much does he have now?

I do hope that Madow screwed him.

[sarah553807]

19. didn't he have to sell one of his mansions a while back?

though I have no idea what his financial status is as of late

[grantcart]

15. This is tooooooooooo funny

Romney's one and only 'card' to play is that he was the only candidate in the 'also rans' who might be able to get a purple or blue state to go red.


Well his stock is so low in MA that he is moving from there to NH, which will have some help in primaries but do nothing for the GE. His big claim was that he would be able to bring Michigan because of his family ties there. His gratuitous criticisms of the auto bail out has lost him that state by a landslide.


Its rather obvious but he will run in 2012 so that he can run again in 2016 and he is counting on everything being fixed up by the Democrats so that he can go back and complain about taxes without having to actually contribute anything meaningful to fixing the country.

[Robbins]

16. Republicans

Romney will be the candiate of the economic Conservitives In the Republican primarys.Romney will primary hit Obama as being Liberal
tas raiser spending like crazy.Palin,Huckabee,and possably Sanford and maybe Perry If his seperatist mood allows him to Beat
Hutcheson In Texas will battle for the Relgias social conservative.These will attack Obama as a proAbortion Socialist.The Limbough
wing.and Gingrich will run for the Neocon wing of the Party,or If you like to be Cheney's Successor.He will attack Obama on not
keeping us safe and doing away with the safety Bush and Cheney provided.

And of course Obama can have his people have field days with any of these losers.

[saltpoint]

17. There is, let us be frank, just a teensy HINT of a chance that Mitt Romney

wants to be president.

The itsiest, bitsiest, feintist, slither of a chance.

[Hieronymus]

20. Huge surprise...

[gauguin57]

21. Bring it on, Mittens!

Bring it on.

[Beacool]

23. Oh, I have no doubt that he will run again.

He feels that if it hadn't been for Huckabee he would have been the nominee. He still thinks that he has unfinished business and he more than has the money to finance another campaign.

:eyes:

[IDemo]

24. It will be Mitt / Twit or Twit / Mitt

Now get this image out of your head, if you can! :)

[eppur_se_muova]

27. Ah, the classic Dr. Mitt N. Furter photo ... nt

[ErinBerin84]

25. "Who let the dogs out?" Haha.

The only almost (almost) likable thing about McCain was his contempt for Mitt. I look forward to seeing his campagin implode for a second time. Remember his dropout speech and how he got all crocodile teary about Democrats supporting terrorism or some nonsense?