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How Can Mitt Romney Win Over Conservatives to Secure the GOP Nomination?

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  February 1st, 2012 at 10:00 AM  | 

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Matt Lewis to discuss the Florida primary, what the win means for Romney, and what he’ll have to do to secure the conservative base and the Tea Party contingent if he wants to be the nominee and defeat Obama in the fall.

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  • http://punditpawn.wordpress.com punditpawn

    Romney is a conservative democrat and unelectable.

    • colonelflagg

      …democrat and there’s already one running for re-election.

  • gjohnson

    he already has won “conservatives”

  • redstatereadersc

    http://stuffedsuits.com/component/content/article/68-presidential-campaign-2012/1160-what-we-learned-from-florida

  • unsk

    Romney has no chance to win back conservatives.

    Romney and the Republican Party Establishment has tried to attack, humiliate and marginalize conservatives whenever and wherever they could the last few years. The TBTF payoffs/cash has given the RINO wing a huge advantage over small government conservatives and the RINO’s have used it to attack what they see as their main opposition: conservatives. It ‘s as simple as that.

    Now why after all the attacks and betrayals by Romney and his ilk would a true small government conservative be won over by him?

    Romney won’t get rid of Obamacare, won’t cut regulation. won’t prosecute the TBTF Bank Fraud, and is going to decimate what ever is left of the economy with his VAT tax. What is there for a conservative to like about Romney?That is isn’t Obama? Romney, because he would be a new President and would likely have a working RINO/Progressive majority in Congress, is much more likely to able to enact more Progressive legislation than Buraq. Romney, as a result, is then much more of threat to conservatives than Obama.

    It is now very clear that the Republican Establishment has decided to estrange conservatives from the Party and play ball with the Progressives. We now have a defacto one Party State ruled under one Party: the Democrat/Rino Party, and that Party is well on the way to destroying America.

    • sigmasix

      Just speaking with my neighbor this morning about this very same subject. GOP, you have a huge problem, it’s fatal. Good luck!

  • redstatereadersc
  • Kyle-MI

    1. Return the focus to Obama’s poor record
    2. A reassuring (conservative) VP would go a long way
    3. Reiterate his conservative positions
    4. A strong conservative defense against some of the issues used against him

    He also needs to focus his campaign on running on conservative issues which are also popular with the general public. The top priority should be the economy and jobs without ignoring the social issues but not letting them overshadow economic issues.

    • willy506

      Who he would pick for SCOTUS is a cause for concern also. If he could assure conservatives that he would pick the likes of Thomas and Scalia, I would worry less.

    • benko

      But I would not hold me breath.

      • Kyle-MI

        Grant waivers to the states and work for repeal. I am not sure what else anyone else can do.

        Romney does need to reign in some of his staff and supporters. He also needs to forcefully reiterate his desire to repeal.

        Part of his problem is falling into the media trap where they ask him what happens if you can’t repeal. He gives too much detail to answer that question and looses focus on the main goal. He needs to just answer, “We will cross that bridge when we come to it.”

        • JSobieski

          is intellectually incoherent.

          Why should I believe that someone who is proud of doing X at the state level is committed to repealing X at the federal level?

          • JSobieski

            which also fails to inspire confidence.

            In the process of repeal, you can bet that the media will pull a full court press. and the numbers for repeal will go down.

            That is why it is hard to believe Romney is the right man for the job.

          • Kyle-MI

            All you say is true, which is why Romney wasn’t even my second choice let alone my first.

            I still think Romney missed a prime opportunity to pivot on Romneycare. After the passage of Obamacare, he could and should have tossed Romneycare under the bus. He could have said that it was a good experiment but proved to be a failure. It would have given him plenty of time before the 2012 campaign. Now if he does pivot, it will look like desperation and pandering, and it will play as another Romney flipflop.

            But we are facing the very real likelihood that Romney will be our nominee. I hope he doesn’t think he can simply race to the center after locking up the nomination.

          • JSobieski

            Even now he could say, Mass proves that Obamacare will result in price increases, employers dropping employee coverage, and individuals paying the penalty rather than buying insurance.

            Romney should pivot on it. He can point to evidence in Mass that shows why Obamacare is a bad idea.

            All of the Romney defendors out there are struggling to defend what conservatives should never defend—Romneycare is a move away from markets, not an embrace of markets.

      • greyeagle

        Romney said in the debates he would repeal Obamacare. His campaign walked back from that and said he would not. Might eliminate parts of it.

    • colonelflagg

      Yes, just like Presidents Dole and McCain tried to do.

      Sorry. I’m sitting in the front of the bus this time or I’m finding my own way to the ball. No more back seats for conservatives.

  • willy506

    Appears to be conservative compared to 0bama because 0bama is so far to the left.

    To me, Romney is pretending to be conservative to win the nomination. I have a hard time believing him, think he is a liberal, and that’s where he loses my enthusiasm. I’ll probably vote for him because he’s slightly better than 0bama, but the ‘enthusiasm gap’ is going to be a problem for his campaign.

    Him and his team might think they can win without conservatives, but he is going to need us when the 0bama media steps up the attack machine.

    What can he do? Attack 0bama and the 0bama media as aggressively as he has gone after Newt and other conservatives. Also, he can denounce Romney care as a big mistake and assure gun owners he”s on their side.

  • http://www.tooncesthecat.wordpress.com tooncesthecat

    Barack Obama

  • jabailo

    Romney vs. Obama is Obama vs. Obama.

    I would have run ads making this link. Having ignored the Tea Party in Congress, and at the local level, the Republicans are doing everything they can to ignore 54% of their party membership and in fact, seem to be forcing a splintering.

  • WillWong

    Romney has treated conservatives with disdain….He can win without them but if they want to come along for the ride…there is always room at the back of the bus!

  • daveoconnor

    And publically state he won’t.
    This costs little since MSNBC has a small audience and most of that will never vote for any R.
    But it would win mucho points on our side.