Political Punch

I was pretty impressed with Romney ,up until I saw a clip of him recently when a young man in a wheel chair approached him. The young man said that he needed medical marujuana,that nothing else available helped him and asked what could be expected from Romney to help him and others like him.

Romney, obviously uncomfortable, couldn't get away fast enough. Mumbling," I don't support legalized marijuana."he hurriedly moved to the next extended hand and brusquely went his way. When questioned by a reporter as to why he didn't answer the young mans question.Romney replied"I thought I did answer his question, I stated that I don't support legalized marijuana" There was not an ounce of compassion in his voice or evidence of concern for this young mans'well-being. It totally turned me off just watching this plastic, unfeeling, mannequin going through his paces. If this is the best that the Republicans have to offer, how could we expect Romney to offer our troops any concern ? Heaven forbid if any of our wounded Vets ever needs medical marijuana! " President" Romney wouldn't lift a finger..

Daniel Imperato, I think would be a viable option as a third party candidate. He is the anti-Hillary. He is conservative and someone that Conservatives and Independents can support.

It's getting really difficult to understand what Mitt Romney truly believes. He and Rudy Giuliani both strike me as RINOs. Seems the GOP has learned little--if anything--from the 2006 midterm elections. Will they really be surprised if conservatives leave in droves to vote for a third party conservative like Daniel Imperato in 2008?

jason c - Ok whos is doing the name calling?

I find it hilarious that Libs (yes it is a dirty word) cry that they were called a name by name calling :)

Now I do not agree 100% with President Bush, but he is defending this country better then anybody can.

Education - what because I was not indoctrinated ?

Under Clinton at least 9 terrorist attacks against us (and led to 9/11), under President Bush one which was not really on his watch since the planning was done under Clinton and was allowed to prosper because Clinton's Administration put a higher wall up between the FBI and CIA.

jason c - Stop reading your talking points and look things up, watch 20/20 if you do not like FOX.

oh, this idiot spock is on this post too with his moronic lib taunts. It's hilarious the way Spock uses lib likes it's a dirty word. I would much rather be a lib than a sniveling little neocon, warmongering, bigotted, pompous, hypocritic, uneducated and uniformed, lying, self righteous Christian, Bushassucking sycophant. Fortunately, Spock is in the extreme minority. And he has a cool name. If he believes Bush is doing a good job, he must have been living on the planet Vulcan.

Bob - Is not Hilary the first to use and ad depicting 9/11? Was she not the one that refused to meet with 9/11 families one on one?

You say Rudy is pushing Fear, what false fear is he pushing, the fact that terrorists are trying to kill us? that if we have another 4 (GOG forbid 8) more years of Clinton we will be left undefended?

Please elaborate, instead of using Lib lying talking points.

Rudy is a flip flopper on everything including religion. He apparently doesn't appeal to Christian values, so he pulls his beanie and panders pro-Israel lobbyists every other day. The man is despicable. He has used 9/11 for political and personal gain. He has received millions upon millions of dollars cruising venues post 9/11 using fear tactics to put him in the position he is now. He is a dangerous man to the world.

Ron Paul - if he would change his opinion on trying to bring us back to pre-WW2 then he would be a very good candidate. With that said The SCHIPP program is a back-door to socialism Hilary care 9.1

No for Romney, well talking about exaggeration, there is NO Republican similar to Hilary she is a marxist.

'm' For NY city Guilani was conservative as could be, not I do not agree with all his opinions, but put against Hilary he is the best.

Mittwit is right for once. He and Gudy are like Hillary, except she probably has more manhood. America needs an honest man who is intelligent and articulate. America needs Ron Paul.

Jake, where do you get your info? Calif and NJ are not competetive. Polling shows Clinton with at least an 11 point lead in each state. And yes Mitt is right, Giuliani is like Clinton. He's basically a Democrat, but he tells people he's running as a Republican. Clinton all the way,bring him on,he will side line all the social conservatives in Nov 2008! She should beat easily.

M — Funny how different people look at things in different ways. Like a lot of people I voted for Ross Perot. If he hadn’t run Bill Clinton would never have been President. Perot’s stand was a little left of Paul’s and it seemed a good alternative to both parties. I listened to what Perot said instead of remembering that he was an active member of the Democratic party for many years. To this day I’m not totally sure it wasn’t a ruse to get Clinton elected. ... For now I adhere to the simple ABC of politics. ... Anyone But Clinton.

Romney is so "holier than thou"

Ron Paul voted against the SCHIP bill. He was 1 of only 9 votes that shorted it overthrowing Bush's veto. He's too conservative for America.

Pots and kettles. The Republican candidate who most resembles Hillary is Governor Mitt Romney. Since he has had a complete makeover to be Candidate Mitt Romney, one would think he might extend the same opportunity to Giuliani.

It's funny how Giuliani change the way to court Conservatives State by State to an unproven National way.To tell Giuliani's camp the truth it doesn't work that way and I'm marvel at the wisdom of such style because it doesn't show any sign of hope for the former New York mayor.Change begins at Iowa,New Hampshire and South Carolina.

considering Senator Clinton is clearly America's best option out of all the current candidates, of course Giuliani can't win against her by merely acting like her. of course, he would probably win against any of the other Democratic candidates....but anyone with common sense knows Clinton will help America better than anyone else up there....

Regardless of whether he's like Hillary or not, Giuliani is correct in that Romney's bid for the White House is pretty much over.

Polls indicate that Americans just don't like Romney at all, as he is still polling in the single digits, and remains in last place, foraging on scraps at the bottom of the barrel. While its unfortunate that Romney chose to spend his millions on a campaign that could never quite get off the ground, he should not finger-point and start the whole name calling thing. Its juvenile and smacks of desperation, Giuliani was certainly right about that.

I'm curious to see just how desperate Romney will get in the coming weeks, it could be amusing to watch. Romney's campaign has become a pit of quicksand, and its only a matter of time before he sinks under. But will he do it with dignity or not is the real question here.

If you want more of the same Bush style go ahead and elect any of the 3 mentioned above !

Royce: Good point. I do hope RP runs on the libertarian ticket. Screw Nader if he tried the same tactic. I hate him. If Nader had not run, Gore would be prez.

Giuliani is pretty much a Hillary clone. Romney isn’t far behind. Then McCain. ... We have Thompson, Huckabee and to some extent Paul running against Left wing Democrats...... Paul won’t get the Republican nomination and will run as a Libertarian. That will pull votes away from whoever gets the Republican nomination and Hillary will be president. .... Remember, you heard if from “The Fat ol’ Indian profit”.

Oh, and Brownback was a loser. Glad he's out-not like he had a chance anyway

Romney is a disgrace: He was just as socially liberal during his goverance as Guiliani was as Mayor. What do they have to be ashamed about? What's wrong with progressive thinkers? Why do they have to pander to ther religous nutty-right? I actually respect them for voting the way they used to, I just find it a disgrace that they try to hide it.

Wow! Mitt Romney must have more flip-flops in his closet than any other candidate, living OR dead!

Great idea! Let Giuliani be Hillary's running mate. A cross-party ticket would probably actually win!

Why no discussion of the apparent withdrawal of Senator Brownback tomorrow and what, if anything, this might mean? Constant fighting between Romney and Rudy is tiresome and old "news".