Burying Mitt

Everyone is wondering if McCain will be able to re-unite the now fractured republican party. As a conservative, I sure hope not. If he succeeds, America loses. If conservatives "fall in line" behind a candidate who doesn't represent them, it signals that conservatives don't really value their own principals. Now that the Republican party has rejected Mitt Romney, the only way I see for America to progress is to put a Democrat in the white house, and here's why:

Most Americans don't realize the extent of the problem we face with entitlement spending. Bill Clinton didn't have the challenges facing our current President. President Bush is the first to face the initial increase of Social Security spending for baby boomers, and it will only be worse for the next president. While many say they feel the economy is the number one issue, they only say that because that's todays thing to say--they can't tell you why. They think it's just because we may be coming into a recession, but that's nothing compared to the entitlement problem. If people really knew how big of a pending problem this really is, there is no way that Republicans would have passed on Mitt Romney.

Unfortunately, voters are largely bandwagoners instead of informed decision makers. People base their decisions on today, and lack the forsight to see what is coming in the future. The GOP had a chance to put up a candidate that could have tackled the spending issue head on, and made a huge difference to the future of our Nation. It's disheartening to belong to a party that couldn't collectively recognize the potential that Romney has to offer. I do not see McCain as having the vision or insight to understand the entitlement problem--much less tackle it. Putting him in the oval office now will only increase the current public perception that overspending is a problem unique to the Republican party. The entitlement problem is poised to become huge in the next decade, and everyone is pointing fingers across the isle instead of looking to someone who could design a system to prevent the problem. Since Republicans took a pass on the only candidate who could effectively address this issue, we must now put a Democrat in the white house which will accomplish nothing, but will hopefully wake people up to the fact that this is an American problem--not just a current Republican party problem.

I know that many want a Republican president no matter what, and looked to electability as the factor for their decision. Are Republicans really so entrenched in partisanship, that we are willing to sacrifice the good of the Nation for the success of the Party? It sure looks like it to me.

Thank you to JeremiahGrant. He is exactly right, we are lucky to have Mitt Romney and I hope we will see him again.

Fineman, it is now time for you to exit graciously. It is time for you to extract your lips from the asses of Hucklephony and McPain. I would think you would be exhausted by now playing the "bend over" game on their behalf...If Mitt Romney never does another thing in his life he has "outed" the MSM so beautifully. I was naivee before this race. I will never trust another reporter or Media article I read. You are major players with your own agendas. It would not be a stretch with you to say you are the "***" of George Soros!!!! RIP Howard. In your jealous rage over a fine and decent man, you buried your own pathetic career. (tearing up Newsweek rag while walking away)

Howard Fineman is brilliant. He is Phi Betta Kappa, clearly the best journalist in America and the most respected person at Newsweek Magazine. He should become an executive and possibly run for president. Never has there been such an outstanding journalist. In the history of the world, he is clearly the most brilliant, most articulate, most educated and most handsome of all men in the world.

Bang On Howard! I especially appreciated the comparison with Dubya. So true. Oh when will Americans deepen in their discernment abilities? I believe the problem really is spiritual; we haven't gone deep ehough searching for truthfulness in our own lives so as to recognize it, or the lack thereof, in the lives of political suitors. Where was the vetting on this candidate? Where was reasearch done and communicated on Bain Capital? Where was a similar expose done on Mormon eschatology, involving as it does, messianic plans for america? This was like a scarey date with an Amway salesman who gets on TV and says that you are marrying him before you've even had a first dance. David Letterman had him pegged before anyone! This was a scarey man, Howard - and America could have really blown it here. We should thank our lucky stars that McCain was there, just being his good self. When will someone give him a nice article for a change? Howard, its up to you. Mac is Back!

I'm from Mitt's "home" state and found the 'true' Mitt when he left his governorship early for his bid for presidency. I was suprised that that wasn't discussed. Besides the debacle of the 'big dig' he made sure that his political cronies were inserted in the courts before he left. Thank God he pulled out before he left the whole country high and dry for his personal 'ambitions".

Apparently, Mormons think it is religious bias -- and religious bias is wrong -- for 1 in 3 evangelical Christians to vote for Romney. This is because they believe more should have voted for Romney, so 2 out of 3 must be religiously biased. At the same time however, more than 9 in 10 Mormons in Utah voted for Romney. How can it be right for Mormons to be so religiously biased, and wrong for everyone else? BG

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gotitwrong: I was not trying to ridicule you even if you had gone on a mission. Ridicule would have been if I said something to the effect that you should stop whinning here and go complain to one of your wives.

It is unfortunate to see Mitt Romney quit and John McCanin ends up winning the nomination. A used-to-be POW is just an unlucky person at most but not a hero in my book. The soldiers who died for our country are real heros Soldier stay alive and fighting is his duty. I think people has mistaken a phony conservative to be their leader is the most tragic.

Romney courted the hateful holy-roller hick vote. He found out that a) we've learned our lesson about letting those morons govern us, and b) they like a Baptist preacher from Arkansas better than a millionaire from Mass. Good ridance to all of them.

Romney was running against several factions, Big liberal media who wanted mccain to win, religeous bigotry promoted by Huckabee and supporters, and Mccain & huckabee backroom deals. Principals
over party, i will never, never vote for Mccain and will not associate myself [non mormon] with a party that condones religeous bigotry. Out of gop.