Great Merciful Zeus: Longtime Romney Supporters Abandoning Him in Chicago. Is His “Inevitable” Victory Now Impossible?
This is purely anecdotal, so I hope others out there chime in with what they are seeing and hearing on the ground where they live.
If you have been reading this site since 2008 or are at least vaguely aware of our coverage of Willard “Mittens” Romneycare, you’ll know that from the day after John McCain’s defeat three years ago the “Romney Guys” in Chicago have been pushing Romneycare’s nomination for 2012.
These “Romney Guys” are 70% of the reason I have nothing but disgust for Willard “Mittens” Romneycare: the people he has always surrounded himself with are vile, permanent political class dolts; the “Romney Guys” are the “it’s his turn!” crowd that cares nothing about winning elections and ultimately governing and instead want only to advance their individual careers and pad their resumes with high-ranking campaign posts; and Willard “Mittens” Romneycare’s personal behavior while here in Chicago on a fundraising swing in 2010 is what actually gave me the idea to start calling the Republican establishment the “Cocktail Party GOP” soggy cucumber-and-mayonnaise society (which I’ve morphed over time into just the Cocktail Party GOP establishment, as these people are truly a BizarroWorld nemesis of the Tea Party Americans more than the Left has ever been).
Willard “Mittens” Romneycare is a petulant wimp. Those of us in Chicago saw it when he was here in person last year, and he whined about the bland, watercress and mayo sandwiches served to him at a fancy private club in the Loop being “too spicy” for his delicate taste buds. You’ve seen for yourself in interviews and in the debates how red-faced, brittle, and indignant he becomes when even the smallest thing doesn’t go his way. The man has lost every election he’s ever run in, except one, and backed out of a re-election campaign when he knew damn well he’d lose that. His mother was a loser too (she lost a 1970 Senate bid) and his father was an even bigger loser than that (he lost the 1968 presidential nomination, the same way his loser son Willard lost the 2008 and 2012 nominations).
He is named after a movie about a crazy person who befriends and trains enormous rats and is the grandfather of Obamacare (since Robert Creamer, the convicted felon and husband of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, the man who wrote the Obamacare bill while STILL IN PRISON, is the real father of this monstrosity…and he based it all on Romneycare).
And yet, for three years, all the “Romney Guys” here in Chicago have been insisting that “it’s his turn!” and that Willard Mittens Romneycare was “inevitable, so don’t even bother fighting it”.
Well…
Something very interesting just happened a few minutes ago.
I had a very interesting IM chat with someone who has been trying to fundraise for Willard, and the news is “it’s over” as far as the big donors this person deals with are concerned.
People don’t want to throw big money into what they perceive as a losing campaign.
It’s surprising what was the last straw, however: it was the disastrous interview that Willard recently did where he complained about the questions he received and acted like a prissy prima donna.
Something in the donors made their blood run cold. They seem to have realized that Willard Mittens Romneycare is a born loser who is far too brittle and pompous to be able to withstand the Left’s assault in the general election.
“There’s no massive lovefest for Newt Gingrich, but that seems to be where the money’s going to flow. Romney will come in third, or even fourth, in Iowa and will be third at best in New Hampshire”, said someone who once was all-about Willard.
This guy’s jumping ship because he needs to make his fundraising commissions and is going where he thinks the big bucks will be in 2012…and it’s not for Team Romney.
Please take this as just one anecdote, from one political guy in Chicago, but it was worth mentioning because of how dramatic a turn this was from what this former “it’s his turn!” devotee had been saying from November 2008 until just, well, TODAY.
Have you picked up on anything like this too, from people you know in the political world?
Have you gotten the sense that the big money donors no longer see Willard “Mittens” “It’s His Turn For Pete’s Sake!” Romneycare as “inevitable”?
What think you?
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I live in the reddest state in the country. No one I know wants Mittens. Many of us do not know who to support, but I do know who I will not support in the primary.
It looks like the later states will have more say in their primaries. I believe we will have a vote that is split 3-4 or 4-5 ways. This could go all the way to a brokered convention.
My view, Romney lost any chance he had at holding the Presidency when he answered the question about whether he and his wife engaged in premarital sex. I always thought he never misunderstood the significance of the question.
I m very sure he was asked that question so he would illustrate the depth of his faith in Mormon doctrine. And guess what comes next after he has secured thew nomination: a discussion on the Mormon faith and racism with some quote from Nephi.
Want to see the ammunition they have:
http://www.christiandefense.org/mor_black.htm
Throw in the Christians who thing the Mormon faith is a cult and Mitt is toast.
And you had better believe, the democrats will expose all this craziness if thier pal Mittens Romney is elected. This is the race Trump card!
This is absolutely correct. Obama and company have shown themselves to be totally committed to playing the race card, and this Mormon teaching (even though it is now revoked) will give them several decks of race cards to play.
Thanks for the positive news Kevin!
Even in highly-LDS Arizona, there is speculation that Mitt is not going to get the nomination. Consider this post concerning the LDS Church and the Utah Compact. This one is going to hurt Mitt…
http://sonoranalliance.com/2011/12/08/will-the-ut…
Thanks for this article…it makes complete sense. What the opposition did to Russell Pierce was so unfortunate; I don't live in his district, so I couldn't vote for him. I respect him as a legislator very much, but was not surprised when the union thugs came along to help vote him out of office. Now, this information related to the Mormon Church just makes it clearer. Romney just proved again how he will say anything to get elected, without meaning anything.
Maybe, Kevin, sir, You can persuade those who are jumping off the Mittens Romneycare ship and get on board The 'Sarah Palin Reconsider earthquake Movement.' Now, I know it's squite a huge jump, but it's a thought. JUST A THOUGHT!
Jim, I am already on that ship!
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I will keep my ears open here in Michigan….. that will tell you everything you need to know. If Mittens is in trouble in the great "mitten" state, then he is indeed… toast.. (his daddy was the governor here).
P.S. yes, there are people here that might just vote for him because of "mittens",,,you know, Mittens Romney and the state is a Mitten….. I know I know…..but this state is loaded with dummies on both sides..
So…using that logic…who would the people of Florida be naturally inclined to vote for since the whole state looks like a d***?
Debbis Schultz Wasserman!
Yo, I Live In Jacksonville, Fl. I do not like Debbie Wassermann Schultz. I'm A Die hard Sarah Palin Fan. I'm In pretty much in a foul mood now because Sarah Palin is not running, The Media Took Out Herman Cain, and they are dumping All over Governor Rick Scott Down here.
Indeed interesting, and Kevin does usually have his finger on the pulse. He is the one candidate we will never mark a ballot for (besides Pres. Bobo). Evah. We are ex Dems, Hillary types, now Indies. His Baier interview was way too revealing of his smarmy prissiness. Ken Doll in a wax museum.
I have heard from friends in the insurance business that the biggest beneficiaries of Romneycare and Obamacare are the 3 health insurance companies that the Mormon Church is a major stockholder. Things that make you go “Hmmmmm”.
http://youtu.be/Vma5oLGmbe0
RE: "….. disastrous interview that Willard recently did where he complained about the questions he received and acted like a prissy prima donna.
……. They seem to have realized that Willard Mittens Romneycare is a born loser who is far too brittle and pompous to be able to withstand the Left’s assault in the general election."
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