We’re’ trying to smoke out the reason WSJ is having a tough time making it up the Hill like it used to.
Something’s going on in the Romney vs. Obama toss up and we think we’ve found a clue toward resoluton.
Anyone remember the Senior Gov. Romney coming back from a visit to
It was one of those ‘off-hand remarks’ that the Sr. Romney kind of “threw away” – but it turned into a torpedo that circled back and sank his hopes for the GOP convention nomination that year. Left him attired in a paper dunce cap and embarrassed.
That seems to be what the Jr. Romney – once Gov. of Massachusetts -- is trying to kick into the weeds as the contest begins it’s long journey down the backstretch through the Convention and then the short sprint for the big prize.
Careful reading of the P. Noonan usual weekly column in the WSJ weekend edition – finds a nearly buried reference to that long-forgotten skirmish that sank George Romney’s hopes for a shot at the nomination and kind of capped a sterling and hard-charging race for that year’s success in GOP politics, that pretty well wounded him on the political circuit and left him bleeding in the ditch. She mentioned the word “brainwashed” that torpedoed George Romney’s chances at the prize and left him as one of the unfortunate casualties of ‘hard-ball’, rustbelt politics. Despite his sterling efforts to by-pass that faint grey shadow on his family’s record – it’s taken this long for the younger Romney to take a hard fought lead for the GOP nomination that can possibly usher him into the hero’s slot to rescue the Grand Old Party from an ignominious defeat.
We’ll see how things work out – it’s likely Republicans who carefully examine the qualities of a very successful businessman who has ‘fought a not quite good enough fight’ in recent years – can connect the dots and string together the political points that lead to the Oval office. There’s sure a lot of people out there wanting that long shot to pay off so they won’t have a virtually insurmountable fiscal debt that awaits a hero to rescue the GOP in tight straits. It’s a very attractive pathway if it can be surmounted.
Cordially, IN HIM,
Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
HAS ROMNEY HIT HIS STRIDE?
Just a Minute: I notice the headline writer for Peggy Noonan’s weekly
It’s far above my pay scale to propose a win this far ahead of November 6th – but in this Tuesday column I find a phrase that makes the GOP hopefuls feel comfortable enough to at least come in out of the drizzle. Ms. Noonan characterizes Mr. Romney’s mood (from a telephone interview) as “successful enough” to be ‘hoping to make a contribution and go to
He turns aside the Senior Romney’s ‘68 faux pas that possibly cost him the nomination realizing one word -- ‘brainwashed’—was possibly a fatal stumble. Mitt says it ‘causes me to be a little more careful in what I say.’
I think Mr. Romney may have turned the corner. <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)
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