Things aren’t looking good for our man Mitt. First he comes in fourth in a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, registering only 3% support. Romney only scored 15% approval among Republicans, with a whopping 41% of Republicans having never heard of him. Then we find out, via Blue Mass. Group, that RedState CEO Erick “They All Suck” Erickson has withdrawn his support of Romney.
I think I’m done with the campaign of Willard Mitt Romney. I’m tired of it. His campaign and the potential for his nomination has jumped the shark. No Republican candidate for President has ever more deserved the title “Multiple Choice Mitt.”
I’m tired of the explanations and I’m tired of the dodges.
First there was abortion. He was for it, then really for it, then really, really for it, then indifferent to it, and now against it. Some of his supporters and people on his campaign have called Sam Brownback pro-choice. At least Sam has never been multiple choice. And when Sam became pro-life, he actually fought the pro-life fight. I’m not aware of Mitt Romney ever passionately fighting the fight for life. He has, at best, been luke warm — playing it safe, but not actually advocating. And he’s played it so safe, that on stem cell research, he’s been willing to split the baby with parental consent.
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I’m tired of running into these stories. I’m tired of the hedges. I’m tired of the dodges. And I’m tired of the caveated nuance. So let me put this straight and bluntly. I’m more than happy to support my man Mitt if he is the Republican nominee. But, like Hillary Clinton, he is a political opportunist who I increasingly see as someone without principle, only a weather vane.Multiple Choice Mitt had me at hello. He lost me on the flip.
Erickson’s analysis and critique of Romney is reminiscent of Soren Dayton’s, though I don’t expect Erickson’s RedState blogging to become focused around taking apart the Romney campaign.
On a marginally related note, isn’t it a bit ironic that bloggers (or any other commentators) are given license to publicly move their support from one candidate to another because a candidate has flip-flopped changed their mind on important issues. [Submit obligatory emails & comments that all politicians have a moral responsibility to be intellectually consistent for the duration of their life now]
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