tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post797679633313323196..comments2024-03-28T07:23:41.917-04:00Comments on RIGHT SPEAK: Romney's Tax Op-Ed - What's So Hard To Get?BOSMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-33638094202347723942010-12-19T19:30:14.005-05:002010-12-19T19:30:14.005-05:00RWN,
Kelly and zeke are correct. If what you say ...RWN,<br /><br />Kelly and zeke are correct. If what you say is true and not pandering, you're a rarity.Revolution 2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17567911992728079281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-89659806909105716202010-12-18T22:18:52.464-05:002010-12-18T22:18:52.464-05:00Kelly and Zeke,
Not true. I'm no fan of Romn...Kelly and Zeke,<br /><br />Not true. I'm no fan of Romney, but I agree with his postion 100%. They should have killed this thing and passed a bill on Jan 5th retroactive to Jan 1. Obama would have been forced to eat whatever Speaker Boehner served up. I also agreed with his position on New START from the beginning.Right Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554010360328076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-22678498873196823412010-12-18T20:09:18.150-05:002010-12-18T20:09:18.150-05:00I agree with zeke. The anti-Romney folks are again...I agree with zeke. The anti-Romney folks are against ANYTHING he says just because he says it.kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-32746030466854341422010-12-18T19:19:09.791-05:002010-12-18T19:19:09.791-05:00If Romney had come out for this bill, THE SAME peo...If Romney had come out for this bill, THE SAME people would have been criticizing him for it.<br /><br />zekeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-88726275252484335402010-12-18T09:24:05.258-05:002010-12-18T09:24:05.258-05:00Having an itchy Twitter finger and staking out har...Having an itchy Twitter finger and staking out hard right positions, which you know you base will love and the Left will hate is not gutsy leadership. Where's the risk? <br /><br />Palin knows how to rig the game to keep her stranglehold on her supporters. She presses the emotional buttons of the hard right and left. That's so easy to do.<br /><br />If she was a true leader, she'd be showing the way to resolving problems, perhaps annoying her base along the way. That is leadership.<br /><br />Gutsy indeedDoug NYC GOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457483710583021449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-56390396956518034372010-12-18T06:10:15.031-05:002010-12-18T06:10:15.031-05:00Good op-ed. Following Demint’s and Palins opposit...Good op-ed. Following Demint’s and Palins opposition, but Mitt is following closer lately.<br /><br />Pablo - About Mitt, sometimes by ‘guts’ we mean being the first to stick your neck out, where noone knows how much ridicule and rejection is waiting. After a week or two of DeMint and Palin getting some flak, but mostly positive feedback from TPM types - it’s just not the same.Bill589https://www.blogger.com/profile/14043363656382229438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-88861190375399585702010-12-17T19:22:11.695-05:002010-12-17T19:22:11.695-05:00I could see your point, Jonathan, if we had just c...I could see your point, Jonathan, if we had just completed and election where we failed to secure a majority and where it would be at least another two years before we could try again. <br /><br />The Republicans could have rejected the bill and promised to resubmit a permanent bill on the day the new congress convenes and dare the Senate and the president to reject it. Wall Street would take a modest hit, but would have come back even stronger in January.<br /><br />Seeing as Romney has created real jobs in his life, and how he knows what directors and executives talk about in those board rooms before they make decisions to grow jobs, politicians seem a bit arrogant.Closer To Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434172501628008732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-74958847122457655182010-12-17T17:15:38.887-05:002010-12-17T17:15:38.887-05:00I'm with Romney. We could have done better. No...I'm with Romney. We could have done better. No bill now would have been better than the half-assed one we now have.BOSMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-22924521958085624732010-12-17T16:32:48.629-05:002010-12-17T16:32:48.629-05:00Jonathan, I hope you know I respect your opinion a...Jonathan, I hope you know I respect your opinion and appreciate the fact that you stay more civil than many of us. BUT, why do you fell this was the best we could have done? Don't you think if we would have fought very, very hard to make them permanent, we could have won just that one more point? How do you know this was the absolute limit? We won the November elections big time, and in my opinion we acted as if Obama's party won.illinoisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400519403335350945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-37094481950188662992010-12-17T13:24:07.626-05:002010-12-17T13:24:07.626-05:00Sorry Doug, no deal. This was the best possible de...Sorry Doug, no deal. This was the best possible deal that could happen when the GOP still does not have control of either house of the Congress. Again, our stated goal was to get the Bush Tax-cuts to be extended. We got that. Worry about restructuring our budgets when we actually are in charge of something.Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-15159119656829823832010-12-17T12:29:25.343-05:002010-12-17T12:29:25.343-05:00I will say this: Even though I have my problems wi...I will say this: Even though I have my problems with Romney's specifics (I agree overall the compromise should be rejected), I find it amusing that pundits are saying that this is Romney pandering again. As you mentioned Doug, the compromise is popular, yet Romney rejects it. Same goes for his refusal to pander on TARP. Even when Romney was governor of MASS, his health care reform was initially unpopular (when it was passed). As people became aware of it, it became more popular. <br /><br />This idea that Romney has not guts is without evidence.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622986304847436893noreply@blogger.com