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Old 02-07-2008, 11:07 AM   #1
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(CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.

Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, compared with front-runner John McCain's 680.

Romney had no public events Wednesday and instead met with aides to discuss strategy to stay in the race through March 4.

"It is tough to saddle up this a.m.," one Romney adviser told CNN the morning after his disappointing Super Tuesday finish.
Not much of a surpise.
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So he must be thinking he can make a run of it in another ~5 years time and is getting out before he seems like a 'loser' versus a 'contender'. Good plan really....



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Old 02-07-2008, 11:19 AM   #3
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So he must be thinking he can make a run of it in another ~5 years time and is getting out before he seems like a 'loser' versus a 'contender'. Good plan really....



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He'll have to wait 8 years if McCain wins... just like McCain had to wait 8 years.
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So he must be thinking he can make a run of it in another ~5 years time and is getting out before he seems like a 'loser' versus a 'contender'. Good plan really....



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I agree . . . . although, no loss either now or then. Interesting that he couldn't buy it.

America is gravitating towards the centre (center in America) again and Romney and most of the Republican field - or Obama on the left - are too far on the fringe in that arena.

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Old 02-07-2008, 11:33 AM   #5
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He'll have to wait 8 years if McCain wins... just like McCain had to wait 8 years.
Well (1) McCain would have to win the election and (2) McCain still ran against Bush during the interim primaries. That is partially why he is in the position he is now in - hence the validity of this strategy for Romney.




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Old 02-07-2008, 01:41 PM   #6
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He'll have to wait 8 years if McCain wins... just like McCain had to wait 8 years.
if McCain has two terms in him. he's probably healthier than I am, but he's no kid
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I have a hard time imagining Mitt Romney running against a McCain who is running for re-election for his 2nd term... do you guys honestly think that if McCain wins his first term, he'll have to legitimately fight Romney for the right to his second term?

I don't see it happening. If McCain wins, Romney won't have a serious shot at President for 8 years. Just like McCain after Bush won.
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Old 02-07-2008, 01:48 PM   #8
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I have a hard time imagining Mitt Romney running against a McCain who is running for re-election for his 2nd term... do you guys honestly think that if McCain wins his first term, he'll have to legitimately fight Romney for the right to his second term?

I don't see it happening. If McCain wins, Romney won't have a serious shot at President for 8 years. Just like McCain after Bush won.
Lets be optimistic and hope we have a new batch of candidates by then.
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Lets be optimistic and hope we have a new batch of candidates by then.
I doubt it... if Obama doesn't win, he'll be there... same could be true for Hillary, Romney... how old is Huckabee? There aren't a lot of ancient geezers running (aside from McCain)... I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of these people back around in 2012/2016.
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too bad. Thinking of a president named "Mitt" cracks me up.
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Man, the Repulicans have nothing this election. John McCain? How long has his jaw been wired? And what's with the perma-smile? Expect the Democrats to win, hands down.

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Old 02-07-2008, 02:11 PM   #12
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too bad. Thinking of a president named "Mitt" cracks me up.
Only if he is involved in some gay sex scandal.

"Mitt caught 'catching' in the White House"
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I have a hard time imagining Mitt Romney running against a McCain who is running for re-election for his 2nd term... do you guys honestly think that if McCain wins his first term, he'll have to legitimately fight Romney for the right to his second term?

I don't see it happening. If McCain wins, Romney won't have a serious shot at President for 8 years. Just like McCain after Bush won.
No,

- IF he won this term then Romney would run against him next term and lose BUT THEN he would have it wide open for the term after that. Someone is supposed to always step forward as a motion of respect to run against the incumbent, just as McCain did to Bush.

- More likely, IF he losses this term then next term is far more interesting and Romney is a favorite to take an eraly lead in the primaries.


Point being, it is a decent strategy on his part. If he goes and losses a big battle now it is more likely dirt is flung at him that sticks, that he makes a big error he is remembered for and/or he is labeled a loser/old news, etc.




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John McCain? How long has his jaw been wired? And what's with the perma-smile? Expect the Democrats to win, hands down.
Probably damage from 5 years of POW abuse, he still can't lift his arms above his shoulders.
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- IF he won this term then Romney would run against him next term and lose BUT THEN he would have it wide open for the term after that. Someone is supposed to always step forward as a motion of respect to run against the incumbent, just as McCain did to Bush.
Um... Yes? I don't see you saying anything differently than what I'm saying; if McCain wins the 2008 Presidency Romney doesn't have a (real) chance at it again until 2016.

Is it common for Presidents to lose their own Primaries after their first term?
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Um... Yes? I don't see you saying anything differently than what I'm saying; if McCain wins the 2008 Presidency Romney doesn't have a (real) chance at it again until 2016.

Is it common for Presidents to lose their own Primaries after their first term?
Ohhh, i thought you meant if McCain wins the nomination - not the presidency.




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Did anyone watch his dropout speech today? All I caught were about 5-10 mins of it, but in that time I heard a couple interesting things. For one, he said he doesnt want to see the U.S. turn into France(to which the crowd started booing at the mere mention of the word "France". I thought we were past this), in terms of being a once great world power to become only a moderate power now.

He also mentioned he doesnt want to see the U.S. get pushed around by Putin and Charez, and it is important for America to remain as the most powerful country on earth, to which the crowd started wildly cheering. It sounded like the place was packed with a bunch of hicks, it actually scared me that someone who actually had a legit shot at the Presidency could think this way.
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Did anyone watch his dropout speech today? All I caught were about 5-10 mins of it, but in that time I heard a couple interesting things. For one, he said he doesnt want to see the U.S. turn into France(to which the crowd started booing at the mere mention of the word "France". I thought we were past this), in terms of being a once great world power to become only a moderate power now.

He also mentioned he doesnt want to see the U.S. get pushed around by Putin and Charez, and it is important for America to remain as the most powerful country on earth, to which the crowd started wildly cheering. It sounded like the place was packed with a bunch of hicks, it actually scared me that someone who actually had a legit shot at the Presidency could think this way.
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Did anyone watch his dropout speech today? All I caught were about 5-10 mins of it, but in that time I heard a couple interesting things. For one, he said he doesnt want to see the U.S. turn into France(to which the crowd started booing at the mere mention of the word "France". I thought we were past this), in terms of being a once great world power to become only a moderate power now.

He also mentioned he doesnt want to see the U.S. get pushed around by Putin and Charez, and it is important for America to remain as the most powerful country on earth, to which the crowd started wildly cheering. It sounded like the place was packed with a bunch of hicks, it actually scared me that someone who actually had a legit shot at the Presidency could think this way.
Not sure I see what's so crazy about what he said?

Not wanting to see the US pushed around by Putin and Chavez is scary to you? The potential leader of a superpower wanting to maintain that status is scary to you?
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Not sure I see what's so crazy about what he said?

Not wanting to see the US pushed around by Putin and Chavez is scary to you? The potential leader of a superpower wanting to maintain that status is scary to you?
Nah its more the France bit. Why are apparently legit educated boosters booing France, what is this the 5th grade? As for Putin I took a senior level Modern Eastern Europe class last semester and wrote a paper on how Putin's crazy as a loon and his world policies are pushing Russia back 50 years. It's not that. Its just that, unless I've missed something(which may be the case), it's more the fact Romney's refering to something that hasn't even happened(being pushed around), it just struck me as fear mongering, it bothered me.
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