Comments on: Mitt Romney Moving to New Hampshire

By: just me

just me — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:44:11 +0000

I think he would still like to be president, but I also wonder if he may not be looking at the senate seat Gregg is vacating.

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:33:22 +0000

The last time the GOP took California was 1988 during Dukakis' incredibly bad run for president. The GOP was coming off of the quite popular Reagan presidency and pappy Bush nearly swept the electoral college. Despite that California was still the sixth closest race with Bush winning it by less than 4%.

In 2012 the GOP is still going to be trying to recover their brand identity and may very well be facing more bruising interparty fighting. Plus the demographics stuff. It's a lot more likely the Dems will take Texas than that the GOP will take Cali (and I consider a blue Tx pretty unlikely).

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:02:19 +0000

I don't think you can rule out the republicans taking California in 2012.

The anti-immigrant policies of Pete Wilson and the GOP in the 90s pretty much knocked out the party in California, no? Yes, they took the governorship in this decade, but that was probably based more on Schwarzenegger's celebrity status rather than the fact that he is a Republican...and as their stance on immigration hasn't changed all that much, I find it hard to believe that the GOP will be able to do much of anything in California anytime soon...

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:53:41 +0000

I don't think you can rule out the republicans taking California in 2012.

I have no problem ruling that out.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:51:46 +0000

He's buying a house in New Hampshire? Yeah, that pretty much guarantees that he's going to make another go at the nomination in 2012. Other candidates have tried that before, in Iowa (Chris Dodd).

I wonder who Romney would be up against, though. There's a chance that Huntsman might throw his hat in the ring, along with Mark Sanford. There's probably a GOP senator or two who will try to take the nod, and the perennial losers who run to get attention.

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:49:11 +0000

Just for the record, Romney was one of the less offensive republican candidates in 2008, in my opinion. Unfortunately to possibly thrive he'd have to pull a McCain and repudiate all of his more decent impulses to appease a base that has essentially gone rabid.

Unless by 2012 the stage really is set for a political realignment. I doubt that though. Too soon and too much to do.

Hmmm, how is Romney viewed by hispanics?

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:46:01 +0000

I think he'll be disappointed. With the current trajectory we're set up for another big socons hissy fit (for one example the GOP's new NCNA project completely ignores socon issues, like entirely, which has already started people like the FRC on the warpath). Romney's a prime target for the wingnuts to focus their ire on what with the mormonism, the supposed socon issue flipflops, and the focus on economic issues. I'd expect them to hit him hard.

By: FranklinTest

FranklinTest — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:43:58 +0000

the democrats are doing all they can to wreck the economy

I thought it was already wrecked?

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:24:18 +0000

the political advantage of setting up shop in California would be negligible; no Republican is going to beat Obama there in 2012

While I understand the sentiment, I think you are forgetting that with time, the worm turns. In 2004, who would have predicted that we would switch from republicans controlling in the White House, house and senate to the reverse in 4 years? Given the dysfunctional California legislature, Obama's suicide run against capital with his deficits and political pay offs vs rule of law in the auto industry bailout and the exodus from California, I don't think you can rule out the republicans taking California in 2012. I agree it is a huge hill to climb, but the democrats are doing all they can to wreck the economy and as one political person put it, "its the economy stupid".

By: legion

legion — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:54:31 +0000

Hey, maybe he's just getting residency in NH so he can have a gay marriage!