Romney getting cocky after

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TRENDING: Romney called out for ‘haughty’ behavior – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs


"At a post-debate visit in Derry the 2008 presidential candidate told the owner of a local business, "I will probably be back in four years. Only this time it will be a larger group and I will probably have Secret Service."

And in Manchester Romney made a not-so-discreet Freudian slip while asking voters to vote for him in "November"– before he corrected himself.
His bypass of the entire Republican primary calendar prompted the Union-Leader to remind Romney that "Granite Staters prefer hard-working and humble to high-falutin' and haughty."

Being cocky will not win him the nomination.
 
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He is just pressing the cruise control button. Trust me, you wont hear another peep from him for awhile.
 
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Gramps said:
TRENDING: Romney called out for ‘haughty’ behavior – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs


"At a post-debate visit in Derry the 2008 presidential candidate told the owner of a local business, "I will probably be back in four years. Only this time it will be a larger group and I will probably have Secret Service."

And in Manchester Romney made a not-so-discreet Freudian slip while asking voters to vote for him in "November"– before he corrected himself.
His bypass of the entire Republican primary calendar prompted the Union-Leader to remind Romney that "Granite Staters prefer hard-working and humble to high-falutin' and haughty."

Being cocky will not win him the nomination.
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Romney is at his most comfortable in a suit and looking corporate or like a power broker. He does not do folksy well, at all. Fish out of water when he tries.

He should embrace what he is and use that to exude confidence and that he is untouchable and can fix problems.

His approach should be: So what if he's not coming over for dinner followed by coffee and pie on the front porch? This ain't Mayberry RFD. He's too busy running things.
 
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Maybe he has a right to be cocky. He's not a conservative in any way, he offers no real hope for change, but he's probably going to win the Republican nomination. Dude is slick.
 
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Romney's cockiness may be a byproduct of the Dem's political flaccidity and Weiner's pulling out.

That's bad, I know.
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lawgator1 said:
Romney is at his most comfortable in a suit and looking corporate or like a power broker. He does not do folksy well, at all. Fish out of water when he tries.

He should embrace what he is and use that to exude confidence and that he is untouchable and can fix problems.

His approach should be: So what if he's not coming over for dinner followed by coffee and pie on the front porch? This ain't Mayberry RFD. He's too busy running things.
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You call it "looking corporate" I call it looking Presidential. His videos that he is putting out make him look very approachable. He will pick a pro jobs VP and the only words you will hear from his mouth will be "Jobs Jobs Jobs" from now till 2012
 
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I know he's the favorite right now, but I still have a hard time seeing the GOP picking a Mormon from the northeast to run for president. Does not compute.
 
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milohimself said:
I know he's the favorite right now, but I still have a hard time seeing the GOP picking a Mormon from the northeast to run for president. Does not compute.
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I'm in the same boat. I didn't think there was any way the Evangelical red states would go for a Mormon. But his chances are looking better all the time. It's really bizarre.
 
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milohimself said:
I know he's the favorite right now, but I still have a hard time seeing the GOP picking a Mormon from the northeast to run for president. Does not compute.
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I think the "bias" is overstated.

Chris Christie would make it in a breeze and he's as NE as it comes.
 
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I think people are willing to be flexible if they think it gives them the best shot of getting Obama out of office.
 
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volinbham said:
I think the "bias" is overstated.
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It is and it isn't. For most people its a curiosity, nothing more and not disqualifying. But in certain of the primary states, it is definitely going to cost him. Folks like Bachmann and Santorum WILL take some cheap shots at it during the primaries.

More important, if he is the nominee, even if all of the current factions publicly close ranks behind him, it will dampen some of the enthusiasm for him in the general. Not a ton, I agree. But some. And in a race where the margins could be incredibly small in key states, that drop off in excitement to go vote for him because of his "odd religion" might be meaningful.

I don;t think it should matter. It wouldn't to me. But there's grumblings out there about it.
 
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GAVol said:
I think people are willing to be flexible if they think it gives them the best shot of getting Obama out of office.
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I know. I'm aware that if you go to the southern-est, bible thumpin'-est, Republican-est person you can find, tell him that Mitt is his only shot of getting Obama out of office, he'd gladly take it.

Still just find it odd that a northeasterner who is basically non-Christian in the eyes of many other Christians looks like the solid front runner.
 
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milohimself said:
I know. I'm aware that if you go to the southern-est, bible thumpin'-est, Republican-est person you can find, tell him that Mitt is his only shot of getting Obama out of office, he'd gladly take it.

Still just find it odd that a northeasterner who is basically non-Christian in the eyes of many other Christians looks like the solid front runner.
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They are desperate to get rid of Barry.

"And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand."

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milohimself said:
I know. I'm aware that if you go to the southern-est, bible thumpin'-est, Republican-est person you can find, tell him that Mitt is his only shot of getting Obama out of office, he'd gladly take it.
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Still ='s an enthusiasm gap.

Then again, isn't that the case across the board right now for the GOP? A sort of indifference?

It's truly odd. You would think that, especially with the swing states that will be in play next year and the problems in them, the GOP would have a much deeper field. But no one really stands out as the total package.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Still ='s an enthusiasm gap.

Then again, isn't that the case across the board right now for the GOP? A sort of indifference?

It's truly odd. You would think that, especially with the swing states that will be in play next year and the problems in them, the GOP would have a much deeper field. But no one really stands out as the total package.
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Honestly, as much as I don't like most of the candidates, this is a better group than most. I don't care one iota about the charisma factor, and America does so maybe that's why I have a different opinion.
 
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nbakerld said:
Honestly, as much as I don't like most of the candidates, this is a better group than most. I don't care one iota about the charisma factor, and America does so maybe that's why I have a different opinion.
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The charisma factor waxes and wanes. I don;t think it is as important as it once was. And a good case can be made that given the economic issues facing the country it should not matter at all. But it does.

The problem seems to be that the ones with the charisma are the ones particularly lacking in intellectual depth, whereas the ones that might have some chops on policy are just so bland.

I guess that's what I mean when I say no one seems to have the total package.
 
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lawgator1 said:
The charisma factor waxes and wanes. I don;t think it is as important as it once was. And a good case can be made that given the economic issues facing the country it should not matter at all. But it does.

The problem seems to be that the ones with the charisma are the ones particularly lacking in intellectual depth, whereas the ones that might have some chops on policy are just so bland.

I guess that's what I mean when I say no one seems to have the total package.
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lawgator1 said:
The charisma factor waxes and wanes. I don;t think it is as important as it once was. And a good case can be made that given the economic issues facing the country it should not matter at all. But it does.

The problem seems to be that the ones with the charisma are the ones particularly lacking in intellectual depth, whereas the ones that might have some chops on policy are just so bland.

I guess that's what I mean when I say no one seems to have the total package.
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No, I agree. As much as I love Ron Paul, he's a goofy old man that sounds crazy the first 20 times you hear him. He's been talking about auditing the Fed for 30 years and for 25 of those years virtually everyone thought he was crazy. Now he has basically every republican behind him. It's very discouraging to think the right person may not win because of something insignificant like the fact that he isn't a smooth operator.
 
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milohimself said:
For whatever it's worth, Mitt does look the most 'presidential' of the group.
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Agreed. Pawlenty could get there. Will be tough I think since Romney seems to tower over everyone.


VolsNSkinsFan said:
I like RPs political style, but Mr. Magoo isnt wining the nomination
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That's funny. Yeah, intellectually he's probably the smartest. He's had for decades the positions on the economy and staying out of social policy that he has now. I think he's very bright and has really thought through the philosophy of how he sees things.

And the philosophy sounds good, albeit very radical in terms of the change it would represent. We're just not there yet and it hasn't been our nature since the late 1700's to make the kind of abrupt change he has in mind.
 
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Maybe it's because Al Gore is heaping praises on
Romney for embracing the AGW agenda.

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