Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Mitt Romney steps up
Mitt Romney, presidential aspirant, has stepped up and taken a stand in favor of the "surge" in boots on the ground that George W. Bush is going to announce in just under an hour. Good for him. It would have been easy to avoid expressing an opinion that may well come back to hurt him in the general election. Props to Romney for courage even if it turns out to be the wrong call. (Bonus upside: Taking a political risk on the surge now may help Governor Romney with John McCain, who will remember this if he has the opportunity to vet running mates.)
MORE: Power Line has an pre-speech analysis that is well-worth reading.
STILL MORE: Glenn and Helen interview Mitt Romney. I haven't listened to it yet -- perhaps I will get to it while flying home tomorrow -- but I'm sure it will be interesting for those of us who are intrigued by Governor Romney, but do not yet have a good feeling for him.
5 Comments:
By 
Kevin Davis Jr., at
Wed Jan 10, 11:45:00 PM:
By Dan Trabue, at
Thu Jan 11, 06:56:00 AM:
I would hazard to guess that - if the Dems don't stop Bush in his madness - Romney's support for two more years of carnage in this ill-advised plan will only hurt his chances at election.
That's my guess. But then, I think Romney's a long shot, regardless (except in the case where the Dems do something stupid like nominate Hillary or Kerry).
By Shochu John, at
Thu Jan 11, 04:32:00 PM:
Dan, I agree with your analysis re: the (well deserved) political blowback that will hit the surgescalation proponents when it inevitably doesn't work. I will add that if you have both frontrunners for the GOP nomination both for it, there is no anti-surge candidate to fall back on for the GOP. This will probably come back to haunt them.
Like it or not, Hillary is probably a 50/50 shot at the Democratic nomination. Despite her pro-war history, she is opposed to the surge. I suppose that's the difference between being a fool and being a stubborn fool.
By Dawnfire82, at
Fri Jan 12, 06:39:00 PM:
What's it like up there? I always heard that ivory towers are cold and lonely; insulated even. But I bet the ability to predict the future with absolute clarity is nice.
By Shochu John, at
Sat Jan 13, 02:34:00 PM:
It's lovely, and not as lonely or insolating as you might think. If more people had come up to check out the view in 2003, we wouldn't be in this mess.
