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Dear Moderate Losers (Bush Sr., Dole, McCain)–You’re NOT helping Romney

By: A_Texan (Diary)  |  January 26th, 2012 at 02:00 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Today, Senator Dole launched a scathing attack on Newt Gingrich and expressed support for Governor Romney.

By my count, that means that all three of the GOP losers in my lifetime (who are still alive) have endorsed Romney.  All three of them lost in the general election after a primary in which their principal opponent(s) ran to their right.  McCain beat Huckabee and Romney; Dole beat Buchanan and Forbes, and Bush Sr. (in 1992) beat Buchanan.  Conversely, every winning GOP candidate in my lifetime won in the general after a primary in which their principal opponent was apparently less conservative: Bush beat McCain in 2000; Bush Sr. beat “Senator Straddle”; and Reagan beat “Voodoo Economics” Bush Sr.

THe Bush Sr.-Dole-McCain endorsements of Romney don’t help Romney.  And I say this as someone who favors Romney over Gingrich (but Santorum over either).  Knock if off, moderate losers–you’re NOT helping!

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  • acat

    I will further point out that Bush 1.0 lost, in part, because he couldn’t figure out how to swat down a fiscal-conservative challenger on his right in the general election – Ross Perot. (this applies a bit less to Bob Dole as many Perotistas realized the error of their ways…)

    Mew

    • acat

      …there are at least two potential challengers on the right who, unless Romney can figure out how to handle them or somehow reaches out to the conservative base, will be well positioned to give Obama a second term.

      Mew

  • maddawg

    the closer we come to guaranteeing another 4 years of NoBama.

    maddawg
    “No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that’s in the right an keeps on a-comin.” -creed of Texas Ranger Captain W. J. McDonald