Romney stretches his lead in endorsements
Jonathan Jones 3:32pm
He may be trailing Newt Gingrich in the national polls, but there's one metric by which Mitt Romney is dominating the
2012 Republican field: endorsements. He's already bagged the two biggest ones announced so far: Chris Christie and Tim Pawlenty. He also has the backing of several key Republicans in New Hampshire, including current Senator Kelly Ayotte and two former Governors. And yesterday he added another big name
from another early state to his list: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
Haley's support for Romney is not wholly unexpected: she backed him in 2008 and he endorsed her early in her campaign for Governor last year. It is significant, though: a new Republican Governor, popular with the party's voters, is a big get – especially in the state that holds the second primary. And it means that Romney adds another 'Mama Grizzly' (female Tea Party-ish candidates backed by Sarah Palin in 2010) to his supporters, having already notched up an endorsement from Christine O'Donnell on Tuesday.
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Jeremy
December 17th, 2011 4:27pm Report this commentWould Nikki Haley be Bill Haley's daughter?
I've heard of 'Ma Barker', but 'Mama Grizzly' is a new one to me. Might there be some connection between the two?
And how do you parody a man whose first name is 'Newt'?
Craig Strachan
December 17th, 2011 4:47pm Report this commentHaley helps a bit. O'Donell really doesn't.
David Lindsay
December 17th, 2011 4:52pm Report this commentRomney "has been very consistent since he changed his mind," we are assured by Christine O'Donnell, erstwhile dabbler in witchcraft. The American New Right's ties to the Moonies also look set to be strengthened yet more if Romney became President and gave a key foreign policy role to Nile Gardiner.
But Democrats do need to reach out to those who would otherwise be or have been attracted to the prophet and apostle of socialised medicine, who ran for the Senate from the left of Ted Kennedy. Or to that pro-life gynaecologist and obstetrician, Ron Paul, with his opposition to bailouts, to wars, and to the erosion of constitutional checks and balances.
Or, it would seem, to Donald Trump, who has pulled out of moderating a debate after all, and therefore seems on course to launch an Independent candidacy. The Democrats need a candidate who, like Trump, is an economic patriot and on record as supporting the Canadian single-payer healthcare system.
TomTom
December 18th, 2011 11:32am Report this commentWhy did Romney buy all the PCs from his time as Governor of Massachussetts and have the hard drives destroyed ?
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