From the way the Rules Committee handled things, and the Romney campaign’s snubbing of grassroots factions, he has shown another aspect. Along with his personal virtue, he is a man enamored with power and control. Knowing what was going on behind the stage-managed scene, all I saw during these speeches was a portrait of a two-faced bastard.

I expect y’all will dismiss this as another outburst of my Romney-hatred. But if this is the most important election ever, and is expected to be close, only a fool would squelch a significant faction of potential support. Sure, I was never voting for Mitt. But my pallys were mostly prepared to hold their noses.

Not anymore. The TEA and RP factions are in a fight with the RNC over rules that centralize power. If Romney, as the leader of the party does not engineer a rules change, he will lose much grassroots energy his campaign needs.

It is perhaps the Bain Way to control the entire enterprise. But the Bain Way is not the American Way. You’ve picked the wrong horse.

It is clearly a waste of time. Steve is either oblivious to fact and reality, or he is one of those people who just argue for their own amusement. Of course he does not argue with fact, but simply with his own distorted opinion.

I am sorry that I ever chimed in.

Yours in Freedom and Liberty,
BMusic

Here’s the corrected link.

Somehow I think that couple who described his interaction with their dying son, and that mother of the premature child were honest and sincere. I also doubt that the self described Liberal Democrat woman from his cabinet would exaggerate in his favor. But, if you think so, nothing will change your mind.

I am not an Analyst so I will not try to fine tune his motives. I am sort of a Forrest Gump type; i.e., what you see is what you get. To borrow from his philosophical musing; If stupid is as stupid does, I would say that kindness is as kindness does.

Interesting that a few days ago people said we didn’t know Romney; that he needed to reveal more of himself. Today some people seem to be saying we know too much about Romney. What are ya gonna do?

Today I was reminded that he took no pay for his 3 years with the Olympics, or for his four years as Governor. I also learned that refused a $30 mil/year to come back into the world of business. An admittedly biased source revealed that he is no longer interested in making money, that he has enough, and is now in the “give back mode”. But, who can you believe?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443687504577563000563259044.html

After reading that tell me why Romney cannot criticize a law that is if anything an example of what not to do. Again the fact that he defends it is an achievement is something that should make conservatives cringe.

I think you fail to understand the situation Romney faced in Massachusetts. He doesn’t demand that it be overhauled because he’s a federalist who believes Massachusetts has a right to plot its own destiny in this regard. Also, he is no longer governor of Massachusetts and hasn’t been for a long time.

What’s more, he was very very limited in what he was able to get past the Massachusetts legislature, which at the time he was governor was something like 85% Democratic. Anything he “demanded” would either not be voted in in the first place, or any veto (and he vetoed plenty) would be immediately overriden. He had to work with what he had. Within those confines, he did quite well, I think, in getting the laws that were passed to be as conservative as possible. He refuses to condemn what he did because (a) he’s a realist; and (b) he believes it was the solution for Massachusetts, a liberal state; not for the country on the federal level.

There are plenty of other articles going into depth on what happened:here’s a summary page if you’re interested in learning more.