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HOLLYWOOD
02-02-2009, 09:09 AM
Obviously, the Post's Chris Cillizza is another media fool, if not on the "take".

House Republicans' Stand Against Stimulus Provides Fodder for Democratic
Washington Post
By Chris Cillizza
Monday, February 2, 2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020102112.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020102112.html)

5 Republicans to Watch

Speaking of Steele, his election last week as RNC chairman -- he is the first African American to hold that post -- means he will play a prominent role in determining the direction of a party demoralized by significant losses at the ballot box in the past two elections.

Who else will be leading that discussion? Here's The Fix's ranking of the five most influential -- and powerful -- voices in the party today. These are the players to watch over the next few years as the GOP seeks to dust itself off and start moving toward majority-party status again.

5. Mark Sanford: Sanford is using his national platform as chairman of the Republican Governors Association to its hilt -- penning a series of op-eds touting his unapologetic fiscal conservatism. Sanford is the spokesman of the Club for Growth wing of the party, and, in case you forgot, he comes from South Carolina -- a state with a big say in the early days of the GOP presidential nominating contest.

4. Bobby Jindal: Jindal continues to insist he will not run for president in 2012, and we believe him -- to a point. Because he is up for reelection in 2011, he has no choice but to say the presidential race doesn't interest him. And, in truth, how Jindal manages the next few years will be critical in determining whether he will keep up the momentum built in late 2008. The state faces massive budget problems, and how Jindal deals with them will be a major test for the youthful governor.

3. Mitt Romney: Romney is the party's smartest and best messenger on the economy and therefore will be front and center in the debate over the way forward. Romney is also keeping his political operation running through his Free and Strong America PAC. Will Romney fall short of grabbing the GOP brass ring again in 2012?

2. Haley Barbour: Barbour is the rare combination of keen party strategist and elected official. (Trust us, there aren't that many out there.) And he has the added bonus of not being a serious candidate in 2012 -- a guy who helped invent lobbying in Washington isn't exactly the right profile to challenge President Obama in four years. Barbour is the early favorite to chair the Republican Governors Association in 2010, and from that perch he will have a huge opportunity to influence the party's message in the midterm elections.

1. Sarah Palin: Few are neutral in their assessments of the Alaska governor. People love her or hate her, and anything she does is news. Her appearance at the Alfalfa Dinner drew big coverage on cable and even on the local news. What other Republican in the country can draw that sort of attention? Answer: None.

fj45lvr
02-02-2009, 09:21 AM
and people actually believe this BS. Black is white.

TruthisTreason
02-02-2009, 09:23 AM
and people actually believe this BS. Black is white.

Mitt is a socialist. Most of these so called Republicans should join the democratic socialist party.

angelatc
02-02-2009, 09:25 AM
Mitt is a socialist. Most of these so called Republicans should join the democratic socialist party.

QFT. I do believe he would do a better job with the economy than Obama, but not enough to make me vote for him.

speciallyblend
02-02-2009, 09:44 AM
no worries ,just more news showing the gop is truly clueless. let them drive off a cliff!!!

THE TOP 5 reasons why the gop will lose again should be the title;)

HOLLYWOOD
02-02-2009, 10:04 AM
QFT. I do believe he would do a better job with the economy than Obama, but not enough to make me vote for him.

Obviously, Chris Cillizza was busy typing instead of reading the NEWS FEEDS of 2008: Here's what Reuters reported last year on Romney and his Deficit/Debt programs while governor of Massachusetts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2033704120080120

Republican Mitt Romney is touting his revival of the Massachusetts' economy in a pitch to voters in Florida, a state that could make or break his White House bid, but some experts dispute that record.

The former Massachusetts governor issued a statement on Sunday titled "creating jobs" that focuses on 57,600 jobs added to the Massachusetts economy during his single term as governor from 2003 to 2007.

But Northeastern University economist Andrew Sum, who has researched Romney's record, said the state lagged the U.S. average during that period in job creation, economic growth and wage increases.

"As a strict labor market economist looking at the record, Massachusetts did very poorly during the Romney years, he said. "On every measure you've got, the state was a substantial under-performer."

At a campaign rally here on Saturday, Romney's supporters handed out flyers promoting the candidate's economic credentials, a central theme in his campaign, saying he had "closed a nearly $3 billion budget deficit without raising taxes" during his term in Massachusetts.

But the $3 billion deficit projected by Romney and state legislators in January 2003 at the start of his administration never rose that high because a surge in capital gains taxes more than halved the shortfall to $1.3 billion.

While Romney and the state legislature cut $1.6 billion from the 2004 budget, analysts noted he also generated more than $500 million by raising fees and by closing corporate tax loopholes -- actions considered tax rises by some businesses.

"There's never been under his watch an economic turnaround to speak of," Michael Widmer, president of the independent Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, told Reuters.

"We added a few jobs over the last three years of his tenure but very few. He also raised corporate taxes and fees and the (deficit) gap turned out to be less than $3 billion."

MIXED RECORD

Romney is in a close four-way race in Florida where the primary on January 29 is the next test in the state-by-state battles to determine the Republican and Democratic candidates who will square off in November's presidential election.

The multimillionaire former venture capitalist has retooled his campaign to emphasize his nearly 25 years of business experience that includes founding Bain Capital LLC, a successful Boston-based private-equity firm, in 1984.

At rallies, Romney presents himself as a candidate whose real-world business experience can help shake up Washington.

But he faces stiff competition in Florida's Republican race from John McCain, the senator from Arizona who won Saturday's South Carolina primary, along with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

ClayTrainor
02-02-2009, 10:06 AM
Mitt is a socialist. Most of these so called Republicans should join the democratic socialist party.

Yup... all of the major Republicans seem to be big spending socialists :(

LibertyEagle
02-02-2009, 10:07 AM
We were never going to win this top-down.

There is still a lot of power in the states. The media does it's job to take your eyes off the prize and kept focused on federal government.

TruthisTreason
02-02-2009, 10:27 AM
QFT. I do believe he would do a better job with the economy than Obama, but not enough to make me vote for him.

Mitt would defer to his lawyers on what to ask his economists.;)

acptulsa
02-02-2009, 10:35 AM
Who buys the Post's analysis of the G.O.P? It makes more sense to hang on every word of an analysis of G.M. written by a Ford dealer. "The Vega's still the best thing they ever built!!"

Matt Collins
02-02-2009, 10:53 AM
At least they mentioned Mark Sanford

Aratus
02-02-2009, 11:23 AM
there is an old thread here about this guy in newton, mass who wrote up a 25 page missive about governor mitt romney