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Romney to Downsize Post-Super Tuesday?
February 03, 2008 12:26 AM
ABC News' Matt Stuart Reports: Mitt Romney suggested Saturday that he might reduce his staff after Super Tuesday, saying he has "a much larger staff" than may be required "as you go on to these subsequent primaries."
The former Massachusetts governor soon backtracked, insisting, "We don't have any plans to change our staff size."
The conflicting statements came as Romney was traveling with the press corps from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attended the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the president of the Mormon Church.
En-route to Minneapolis, Minnesota, Romney approached the back of the plane for an impromptu talk with reporters.
When asked about his post-Tuesday plans, Romney first joked, "I hope to celebrate," before noting a speech he had on Thursday before the Conservative Political Action Committee and a budget meeting with campaign manager Beth Myers on Wednesday.
WATCH ABC NEWS LIVE COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY BEGINNING AT 8 PM EASTERN ON YOUR ABC STATION
Speaking about the meeting, Romney said, "Back in Boston and we have a big staff. . . that's a much larger staff than you have as you go on to these subsequent primaries."
He then added, "So who are the people needed, where are we needed? What's the campaign budget gonna look like? All those things."
Romney was later asked about his comments while speaking with reporters again upon landing in Minneapolis, at which point he claimed that he and his campaign "just haven't discussed" staff size after Tuesday's delegate rich Super Tuesday contests.
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday shows Romney trailing a surging Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., 2-1 nationally.
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Will Romney lay off Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and his other bought-and-paid-for media? I refuse to vote for a media-annointed candidate. My vote goes to Huckabee.
Posted by: Ben | Feb 3, 2008 9:26:48 AM
Despite McCain's backing by the liberal media Romney wins the Saturday caucus in Maine with 51%. This is a people’s victory!
Why conservatives will not surrender to the liberal media’s endorsement of McCain.
McCain has given us McCain-Kennedy (providing amnesty to all illegal immigrants), McCain-Feingold (restricting political speech), McCain-Lieberman (imposing a global warming tax on American companies), McCain-Kennedy-Edwards (for trial lawyers), McCain opposition to Bush Tax Cuts in 2001 and 2003, and the McCain Gang of 14 (preventing approval of conservative judicial nominees).We know that he joined liberals to fight against a federal marriage amendment supporting the institution of traditional marriage and he has cosponsored very liberal democrat legislation.
The people remember McCain’s liberal ways!
Posted by: Bart | Feb 3, 2008 9:37:26 AM
Of course Romney is downsizing - the media has already handed the nomination to McCain. Once the media picks their darling, no one else has a chance.
Posted by: genlin | Feb 3, 2008 9:53:05 AM
Romney flip-flopped on something? Now there's a surprise.
Posted by: don | Feb 3, 2008 9:59:55 AM
Romney is by far the better qualified candidate, just look at his successful record,certainly contrast to McCain's. What is wrong with the electorate? Has America been dumbed down so much that it is possible to be duped by a utter thug like McCain? Let me guess; McCain is being hailed because he ripped off the American taxpayer more than 1 trillion dollars to bail out his fellow crooks in the S&L scandal (Keating 5). Or do so many like McCain because of his lawlessness in sponsing a bill to give amnesty to 10s of millions of illegal aliens? Or do so many trust McCain''s sterling character, seeing the way he committed adultery against his first wife? Wake up America, before we end up with another tyrannt bent on destroying the Constitution and our nation as a whole, just to usurp and abuse power for his own gain. If anyone represents what is wrong in Washington, it is certainly McCain. He is an utter arrogant thug that can be seen from 200 miles away, if Americans would only open their eyes half way.
Posted by: Bastanow | Feb 3, 2008 10:12:49 AM
Thank you, conservative elite media commentators and talk show hosts, for splitting the Republican ticket by your continual slandering of Huckabee and Paul supporters. You didn’t get your guy so you trashed everybody else. The Republicans will not get those voters back in time for the primary election. Can you say G. Ford, B. Dole and H. Bush? Please be aware that you are not that smart. You just turned off the conservative base and their donations.
Thank you for putting Democrat in the White House 2009.
Posted by: David, Oregon City | Feb 3, 2008 10:23:37 AM
There stands a BEATEN man... wealthy beyond most folks wildest dreams, but BEATEN none the less.
Posted by: RW | Feb 3, 2008 10:32:47 AM
After Tuesday Mitt will be out and the real conservative, Mike Huckabee will surge. Mike has the best ideas of all presidential candidates for our nation and he will lead us to a great future. Go, Mike Huckabee, go!!!
Posted by: Jim Flynt | Feb 3, 2008 10:44:03 AM
Huckabee would be a disaster. He is too pro-military with regard to resolving world conflict. The world needs NO MORE of his kind. We need someone who will NOT anger the world. We need an intelligent diplomat who can gather allies rather than alienate the world as the GOP have done. The GOP have a proven track record of disastrous leadership skills both internationally, economically and ecologically. They place MONEY over everything and this is not what this nation needs to survive. The path the GOP have taken has been an obvious path to national disaster.
Posted by: RW | Feb 3, 2008 10:50:53 AM
Someone who is sucessful in life and has the drive to supplement his own campaign, is somthing to fault the guy for, or will bring real change to the white house, since he won't have massive favors to payback to special interests? Romney and Huckabee are the only viable candidates that have executive experience and are both very effective communicators.
It's all about the economy! A strong ecomony = a strong military.
Romney's our guy, wake up everyone!
Posted by: powderhound0522 | Feb 3, 2008 11:04:45 AM
Romney is the next Ronald Reagan. He is the most capable leader in this race. Romney exudes integrity, leadership, and is a great communicator. McCain will never win in November if he is nominated, and he is just another dishonest Washington politician who would maintain business as usual. And, unfortunately, a vote for Huckabee on Super Tuesday is a vote for McCain.
Posted by: Derek | Feb 3, 2008 11:52:08 AM
Remember the Big Dig?--Romney
Remember gay rights?--Romney
Remember socialized health care?--Romney
Remember union buster?--Romney
Remember $50.00 co-pay for abortion? Romney
How in the world can he call himself a TRUE conservitive?? Beats me. Makes me sick to my stomach
Posted by: kim | Feb 3, 2008 12:24:31 PM
Romney is the people's candidate! Romney is the next Ronald Reagan. He is the most capable leader in this race. Romney exudes integrity, leadership, and is a great communicator who will get things done. McCain will never win in November if he is nominated, and he is just another dishonest Washington politician who would maintain business as usual. Unfortunately, a vote for Huckabee on Super Tuesday is a vote for McCain. Huckabee is a spoiler if he doesn’t get out now and endorse the only other conservative who has a chance to win the nomination: Romney.
Posted by: Derek | Feb 3, 2008 12:27:31 PM
It is sad and disappointing that Romney might be leaving the race because of McCain who will do nothing but elect a Democrat. mccain is such a flip-flopper that he will never be elected. i am a Republican, but I could never for Mccain, he is a big looser. For the first time, i will either have to avoid voting or vote Democrat. I feel sorry for these too conservative that chose McCain, what a bunch of loosers.
Posted by: EVCJ | Feb 3, 2008 12:29:19 PM
Mike Huckabee as president? LOL!
Romney 08!!!!!
Posted by: pinkbee | Feb 3, 2008 1:08:50 PM
Isn't this exactly what a lot of people complain about with Romney - saying one thing but then backtracking and saying something completely different. We don't need any more trickery and word games in the White House - elect somewhat with a backbone!
Posted by: iamjustsaying | Feb 3, 2008 1:34:59 PM
How anyone can support Multiple Mitt Romney and havd the gall to call McCain or anyone else a flip flopper staggers the imagination! Is it a lack of shame, or brains? Hard to tell.
Anyway, I just hope after Tuesday, we've seen the last of Flip Flopney, all his millions of dolars, his negative ads and, above all, his dishonesty and hypocrisy!
Posted by: Gareth T. | Feb 3, 2008 2:07:44 PM
McCain is a flip flopper -- he teamed up with Ted Kennedy to support amnesty for illegal aliens, and now says he's not for it. He says he supports protecting our borders, but has never lifted a finger to get it done -- in his own border state! He constantly claims to be a conservative, but his actions say he is a liberal. Romney can only be accused of flip flopping on abortion -- that's it. And if you have a problem with someone ever changing his mind on an issue -- especially one that involves life and death -- than you are one stubborn individual.
Posted by: Derek | Feb 3, 2008 2:14:45 PM
Romney is the next Ronald Reagan. He is the most capable leader in this race. Romney exudes integrity, leadership, and is a great communicator who will get things done. McCain will never win in November if he is nominated, and he is just another dishonest Washington politician who would maintain business as usual. Unfortunately, a vote for Huckabee on Super Tuesday is a vote for McCain. Huckabee is a spoiler if he doesn’t get out now and endorse the only other conservative who has a chance to win the nomination: Romney.
Posted by: Derek | Feb 3, 2008 2:15:51 PM
How could any moderates and liberals backs war monger McCain. McCain wants to bomb Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years and promised for more wars. McCain says he wants interest rates to be ZERO out of complete ignorance for how interest rates affect the economy. I'd like to see him say that to retirees on a fixed income. McCain want 10 million illegal immigrants to stay permanently and legal immigrants who can vote do not support it. How could this country be secure if he is in power??? If McCain is nominee, as a republican I would rather vote Clinton than McCain. As least we know Clinton has some intelligence and lead the booming economic. McCain will lead this country to a total ruin with his lack of intelligence and no executive experience. Mitt Romney is an expert in economics and finance and is the man we need as president.
If anyone can rescue the economy at this point, it would have to be Mitt. The US is $53 trillion in debt, that is $400K per household. The dollar is becoming useless and the Euro is now becoming the credible currency. Along with the national debt, most citizens are also deeply in debt. Tommorow the market is likely going to take a dump. If we don't have a good economy you can forget foreign policy, fighting wars, or healthcare, funding for top education. The economy needs to be front and center, not religion, steriotypes and other trivial things.
It’s time to remind the public about the Keating 5. Here the banks are falling appart and the economy is going into recession and we want to reward a slime ball like McCain who was wrapped up with Charles Keating, the guy who tanked Lincoln Savings & Loan, driving a previous recession? Go figure. Given what this did to the economy in the early 90’s, McCain should have just taken a baseball bat to the knee caps of the American people. Mitt is too kind to this power hungry geriatric sellout!
John McCain has allowed countless billions of American dollars to be siphoned out of this country into Mexico alongside the countless billions of taxpayer dollars spent on health care, education, welfare, crime and mortgage bailouts for illegal aliens. John McCain, in his support for illegal immigration, has allowed Al Qaeda terrorist to use Mexican drug smuggling tunnels to enter the United States and plot to attack Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona. This litany of positions contrary to conservatism and American interests could go on and on.
Posted by: linda | Feb 3, 2008 2:16:57 PM
AMERICA NEEDS ROMNEY!
Posted by: Derek | Feb 3, 2008 2:19:11 PM
Just because America proved strong enough to survive Bush, doesn`t mean it is foolish enough to elect Romney, a Bush clone running on Bush`s record. Recall, that Bush pretended to be a unifier and a compassionate conservative, unlike Willard. Is Romney unaware that Bush helped initiate the `06 immigration bill and Reagan signed the Kennedy Amnesty law, or is this just another flip flop on the facts?
Posted by: luke | Feb 3, 2008 2:38:20 PM
Don't criticize Romney, his supporters can't take the cruelty. Of course after he downsizes their employers and shifts their jobs overseas, they won't be in a high enough tax bracket to support him anyway.
Posted by: cba | Feb 3, 2008 2:53:59 PM
ONE VERY IMPORTANT CARDINEL RULE:
NEVER, EVER, SIMPLY NEVER TALK
TO A REPORTER(S) WHILE YOU ARE
TIRED OR DISTRACTED. AT THIS
POINT OF THE GAME, THEY ARE
NOT YOUR FRIEND(S). THEY HAVE
TO JUSTIFY THEIR EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
AND EXISTANCE.
Posted by: Beto | Feb 3, 2008 3:05:06 PM
Mitt Romney is the most pristine Candidate; the most intelligent and honest Candidate; it's what the Country needs in this day and age. Why do people resent such an intelligent, well-mannered Candidate?
Posted by: Mary | Feb 3, 2008 3:16:38 PM
Romney could never win the general election. He has made too many mistakes and has lied too many times. He is only in the race because of the massive amounts of money he has spent. Did he see his dad march with MLK? NO. Is he a life long hunter? NO. Did he raise taxes in Massachusetts? Yes. Is he the most liberal republican in the race? Yes. I LIKE MIKE!
Posted by: Thumb | Feb 3, 2008 3:44:05 PM
Clinton & McCain will prevail in their primaries, which is a thrilling prospect. However the general election turns out, Israel is the winner! There has never been a more auspicious time for our best ally in the Middle East. It doesn't make sense to provide them with the largest amount of foreign aid of all nations, but not support them more openly against our shared Muslim enemy. Either Clinton or McCain will solve that problem. I'm glad to see our various pro-Israel lobbies have finally gotten the funding formula figured out for BOTH parties!
Posted by: Isaac | Feb 3, 2008 3:52:54 PM
Considering an idea and then changing one's mind is not a flip-flop; making campaign promises to obtain votes, and changing one's posture after getting the votes -- that's a flip-flop. I am not a supporter of any Republican candidate, but give Mr Romney a break. This news "story" does not reveal a flip flop. All he said was he is reviewing whether he has the right staff size in Massachusetts for post-Tuesday. He then said he has not discussed this with his staff (yet). His first comment was a mistake; staff reductions should be discussed with the afflicted employees first before blurting it out to the national news media. His second comment was not a flip flop, but perhaps an effort to avoid further hurtful stress against his staff; he simply said that the analysis and conversation had not taken place Yet. To me, the implication to any experienced manager is that Mr Romney will discuss it with his staff, and inform them of any downsizing before discussing this issue with the press again.
Posted by: Jon | Feb 3, 2008 4:04:31 PM
Watching Mitt go down in flames will be an absolute pleasure. Bye-bye Mitt!
Posted by: geddesman | Feb 3, 2008 4:40:36 PM
Ronald Reagan's goal was to get the best done for our great country,and for the most part, he got what needed to be done completed with a minimum of pain. Romney will do nothing but destroy our country.
Posted by: kz | Feb 3, 2008 5:00:31 PM
Romney is winning in Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Alaska, Montana, and polling well in almost every other state (e.g., over 20%).
He could take Tenn., Ill., Ok., and W.Va. with a little more surge.
The true conservatives will be heard.
To Huckabee: Join up or get run over! You'd make a great VP today and President tomorrow, but not President today. Stay in and you and Romney are both out and conservatives will not forget!
Posted by: rgraham | Feb 3, 2008 5:20:32 PM
My country needs a good decision from me. I have an obligation to my God to listen to his advice. I need to fast and pray and then listen to a still small voice in my heart. I need to study voting records and criminal associations of all candidates, as well as any of their good works. I am responsible for America's future. I hope you are too!
Posted by: rw | Feb 3, 2008 5:27:14 PM
Okay, so McCain isnt perfect, but he has done one thing everybodys is screaming for, and nobody noticed. Everyone complains that the senate and house are too partisian, that they vote only with their repective parties. I have heard every major presidental candidate saying they would bring work with the other side to for the sake of biparitanship. John McCain is the only one to do it, and as far as imigration goes a bad bill is better than no bill at all, I don't see any other senators putting an alternative in...
Posted by: lets have some common sense | Feb 3, 2008 6:39:12 PM
and would someone please tell Mr. Romney that Hanoi is not inside the DC beltway. He suggests that John McCain has spent his entire life in DC, and fails to mention that 6 years of McCain's life were spent in a Hanoi POW camp
Posted by: lets have some common sense | Feb 3, 2008 6:42:56 PM
To Common Sense:
McCain has been in DC long enough to forget to forget who pays his salary. Why does he bash business and Wall Street? Are they not the ones paying taxes that support all the pork projects of his? Oh yes, look up what percentage of taxes the public pays! The congress is who passes the laws that allow businesses to take jobs out of the country and they set the minimum wages and the unemployment, the taxes and ad nauseum. Now he wants us to stay in Iraq for 100 years? Give me a break. Trust me, you don't want Huckabee either. Read the records of all candidates. Romney is not an insider, and therefore is not favored by either Washington or the Media. My gut feeling is that he will make a great leader.
Posted by: Pat | Feb 3, 2008 8:20:47 PM
This nation cannot waste time to educate Huckabee on national and international affairs. His supporters need to get some fact checks on his ideas and policies from respectable economist and diplomats that know the reality of the world we live in. To think one can lead this country by the faith in the seat of your pants is absurd. This would mean Huckabee would have to claim revelation from God and abdicate the presidential decisions to the fait of God's will. If that were the case then anarchy would be his strategy for leading since it would be God’s will anyway. Either way we need someone that knows something for “Devine” influence can work with. So having someone that knows something with or without that “Devine” influence is essential to the future of this nation.
Posted by: lorax_mbell | Feb 3, 2008 8:23:07 PM
McCain has stooped to distort other candidate's positions by trivializing and taking out of context words from statements made in press interviews. We have had too many presidents resort to distortions to justify their flawed agendas. What ever happened with his lip service of being honest and straight shooting with the American people? Apparently it is just one of his campaign slogans to give voters an association to him of something they long for but in substance is amiss.
Posted by: lorax_mbell | Feb 3, 2008 8:24:35 PM
Being in a POW camp is not a qualifier for the Presidency. McCain has a plan for a sustained war in the Mid-East and no fiscal plan for the nation. McCain has has-beens for supporters that try to tout their past fantasy lives. McCain rides on his past military service that no longer fits the challenges of this era. He knows how to get things done the old way but hasn’t a clue or cognitive ability to manage a world economy or the diplomacy for brokering peace. He supports the surge in Iraq that delays or holds off its collapse because of his failed foreign policy ideology that led to the war in the first place. We are there fighting because we didn’t have a good foreign policy to have strong allies to clean their own house. But he has not changed his ideology. We need a nominee that listens and can adjust the game plan to achieve long term goals for this nation. Call that flip flopping if you must. But having blinders on and having a determination to stick with bad foreign policy and bad economics will bring great harm to our nation.
Posted by: lorax_mbell | Feb 3, 2008 8:29:35 PM
Everyone is trying to decide which candidate they hate the least to vote for. Forget evaluating intelligence, integrity, and genuine desire to govern for the people--we are being forced to vote for the least corrupt criminal. What happened to our nation? This assumes the media get there way in excluding Romney.
Posted by: Bastanow | Feb 3, 2008 8:29:41 PM
Huckabee has no chance of winning but is willing to take away votes from Romney in order to become VP. McCain can't lie as well as Hilary they both are dispicable. The only viable candidate who is successful in business and understands the economy and has had a real job before is the best candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Both McCain and Huckabee have never had real jobs before and McCain should thank his father for his position in the military as well as his medals.
How can you have a candidate for the US Presidency look into the camera and lie. McCain is desperate and just another RINO.
DNG
Posted by: DNG | Feb 3, 2008 10:39:57 PM
Mike Huckabee is the pawn of either John McCain or his religeon. Ron Paul is trading for a higher value than Huck. If you needed further evidence of his doom.
Another idea is that the more press he gets the more he can charge for his sermons. They are already bringing $10,000. I wish I got paid that much for talking about Jesus.
Posted by: Ben | Feb 3, 2008 10:59:13 PM
Mitt Romney claims he would not place his allegiance to his church over his obligations to his country – so let him explain why he obtained a draft deferment during the Vietnam War to spend two-and-a-half years in France on a religious mission to convert French folks to Mormonism (this was after his three-year college deferment expired). Tough place to hang out, France. And by the way, Mitt, you do not sign the flag.
Posted by: Sonia | Feb 3, 2008 11:53:40 PM
Mitt Romney is the most educated, most qualified person for president.
McCain doesn't think that Americans can work.
Mitt will fix the economy, will create the environment for innovation to explode.
Mitt Is Presidential
Posted by: Apollo | Feb 4, 2008 3:30:44 AM
Hillary,
What about your tearly eyes??
It is one of the greatest weaknesses in human nature for a "to be" Commander in chief. You are aspiring to be President of the most powerful nation in the world. The rest of the world is looking at you.
U.S.A has enemies. They will attack your soft side " tearly eyes." They will not feel any remorse like your fellow Americans. They will be more than happy to see you cramble and tearfuly.
A leader should be strong, not as soft as you are displaying on National T.V. How about when the Middle East attacks ??
Are you serious ?, is this a trick ?. Or where will you be leading U.S.A to?
Posted by: maria theresa | Feb 4, 2008 10:48:24 PM
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