Why The Media Wants Romney To Win The Nomination So Badly

This recent item in the New York Times below is in good part what's behind the liberal media's desire to see Mitt Romney get the nomination. Now, I don't see Romney quite this way. But the left does. Religion, wealth, a "retro vision of the country." In short, in Romney they see everything they have been working to destroy for decades. They even want to pretend he isn't flawed, hence the over-looking of his many gaffes and retorts that invite his being slammed. But they don't slam him, ... not for now.

Read it. Then realize how badly they will aim to destroy him in the general. And as his campaign stands today, he'll be a sitting duck. He's configured perfectly for a GOP primary today, even if he had to contort himself and disregard principle to get there. The media has already annointed him. But remember the day after McCain got the nomination and they turned on him, the first story being some alleged affair, or something? That was nothing.

In Romney, the media, wrongly, in my opinion, sees the perfect symbol of everything they are against. Now, imagine what it would mean to them and the Left to beat him, especially with Obama? For them it will be like turning a page in America that can never be turned back. And only a fool would think they won't do everything to destroy him after having made him appear so invincible. Unfortunately, combined with a lack of enthusiasm on the part of conservatives because he's actually such a weak candidate, they very likely will get their wish.

What’s Race Got to Do With It?

Pundits have already begun the endless debate over whether Mr. Romney’s wealth and religion are hindrances or assets. But there has yet to be any discussion over the one quality that has subtly fueled his candidacy thus far and could well put him over the top in the fall: his race. The simple, impolitely stated fact is that Mitt Romney is the whitest white man to run for president in recent memory.

Of course, I’m not talking about a strict count of melanin density. I’m referring to the countless subtle and not-so-subtle ways he telegraphs to a certain type of voter that he is the cultural alternative to America’s first black president. It is a whiteness grounded in a retro vision of the country, one of white picket fences and stay-at-home moms and fathers unashamed of working hard for corporate America.

Comments

[Ragspierre]

Confirmation that the Collective is...and will be...obsessed with race.

It is a knee-jerk instinct in them, to see Americans first by race, then gender, then whatever other class distinction they can impose.

There will never be a post-racial America until that mode of seeing and thinking is made universally disgusting...as it surely is.

[A Stephens]

It's been a trap from the jump. And only the suits in the DC Republican sewing circle could be so obtuse as to not see it. But then these are the folks who are ignoring 2 completely different lessons in electoral politics, that from 08 and 010. Pathetic, unprincipled, incompetent, arrogant, morons.

[StrangernFiction]

If I had to guess, I'd say the OWS movement was invented with Romney in mind.

[Steel Turman]

Soon as he's the delegate winner on April 24, Palin/Rubio can announce.

Only way Rubio can get on any national ticket because of the 'natural born citizen' thing, is if Zippy is currently in office and seeking another term - the Left cannot make that argument.

Zippy and Rubio share exactly the same situation vis a vis that particular qualification.

A Palin/Rubio ticket - an Independent ticket - if it had early Spring as a starting date, would be unbeatable.

Romney/Christie

Palin/Rubio

Obama/Biden

Of course, after Palin announced, Zippy would swap out PIAPS for Biden.

Doesn't that sound like fun?

[Steel Turman]

Oh, and Palin/Rubio could announce some choice cabinet selections ...

Bolton @ State

Issa @ Justice

Gingrich @ Czar of Dismantlement

Yeah, that's the ticket.

:)

[EBL]

http://tinyurl.com/7syqbay
Sometimes it is good to ask when a late breaking story like this comes out on the eve of an election, who really benefits from it?

Just saying. Especially in South Carolina.

[Asshole]

You left out the fact that Bain Capital, a company he owned, is the owner of Clear Channel Communications, a MSM media outlet that owns several radio and tv stations. They also own AMC, another media outlet

[KLSmith]

Dan - I'm not so sure that the media/Obama wanted Romney as much as they just figured he was going to be the nominee. Given the stupid party's predilection for going with guy next in line, it was a good bet. It's probably why they felt safe launching OWS. Too bad (HA,HA,HA) the commies took it over.
Whoever the Republican nominee is, he will have a new one torn for him each and every day. We all know Gingrich's liabilities. If it was Santorum, they'd bring in gays from foreign countries when they ran out of American gays to talk about the hell of living in a world of bible thumping homophobic gay-haters.
Jesus Christ himself could be our candidate and the Dems would have plenty of bogus oppo research that the MSM would trumpet daily. Bet on it.
Romney has issues, definitely; but, I don't think being Mr White Bread & Mayo is really a liability.
Oh, and Lee Siegel is an educated idiot. They're the worst.

[sickofrinos]

Issa can't handle the job he is doing now.
Asleep at the wheel comes to mind.
Too many rinos spoil the recipe for conservatism.

[Ragspierre]

"Jesus Christ himself could be our candidate and the Dems would have plenty of bogus oppo research that the MSM would trumpet daily. Bet on it."

True that.

But don't tell some of the others here that. They are already messing themselves over the power of Axelrod lies.

You'd think Reagan never won, and that the Mushroom Media didn't have competition from New Media that never existed before.

Or that some here believe lies trump the truth.

Odd.

[Bingo card maker]

Thank you for this post. That's all I are able to say. You most absolutely have built this blog website into something special.
You clearly know what you are working on, you've insured so many corners.

[USA American]

Yeah, it's the media's fault your candidates f*cking suck.

And it's the ACORN / GEORGE SOOOOOOOOOROOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! fault that the Iowa GOP are in the tank for Weird Willard. http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2012/01/19/register-exclusive-2012-gop-caucus-count-unresolved/

The media DO want Weird Willard to win. But not because they want to feed the Borg Collective's perpetual victim complex (although that is a logical result of the same).

[Ragspierre]

Since, to paraphrase a recent Encounter Books pamphlet by Richard Epstein, liberalism is not sustainable, it can either continue on its path towards the Great Reprimitivization (let’s ban or make prohibitively expensive everything! From malaria-preventing DDT to light bulbs and electricity.) Or it can start to embrace what Tom Wolfe once called “The Great Relearning.”

The latter will proceed one way or another, but unfortunately, society (read: liberalism) invariably must relearn its lessons the hard way.

See also: the Costa Concordia.
--Ed Driscoll

Those are the choices here, folks. We can follow the Obamic Diminishing or we can embrace modernity and liberty. The American Revolution or the Reactionary Collective.

Educate your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors. All to the good.

[USA American]

What's really funny is that Steel Turman is NOT the MOST delusional of the Borg Collectivists.

[USA American]

Why is it that 8 votes makes Weird Willard a winner in Iowa, but a couple dozen votes only gives the Frothy Mixture a tie? What happened to all those votes the Iowa GOP "lost"? No wonder you patriots are so *concerned* about "vote fraud." You are experts in practicing it.

[Ragspierre]

Geez, UAssMORON, you would be a pitiable victim of the Mushroom Media...

if it was not for the fact that you are such a hate-twisted, stupid, voluntary victim...

with all that Frothy Mixture smeared all over your fat old body from where you wallow in it.

On you, it looks like justice.

[USA American]

Poor Clownselor. The Frothy Mixture won more "votes" in Iowa. Yet I guess a "tie" goes to Weird Willard because your heroes in Iowa "lost" votes. Whoops!! And you're just fine with it. Funny: ACTUAL ballot irregularities that actually affect an outcome in the very first GOP contest of 2012 - *shrug*. Rumors of blackity black black blackity BLACKS being uncomfortably close to proper white voters in PA in 2008, that the Bush DOJ disposed of - crime of the century.

[Ragspierre]

Poor, stupid, lying, RACIST, RELIGIOUS BIGOT, evil, Collectivist harpy(tm)...

Iowa is a tie. Iowa was a tie.

Can't you read, seriously?

Or is it that this is just your lie d'jour...??? The one you will chant here until it is proven a lie and you have to go back to the moonbattery for a new one...???

[USA American]

Poor lickspittle. He hasn't gotten his orders faxed to him yet. Don't worry, Clownselor; I'm sure that by the end of the day you will coherently explain to us how the Frothy Mixture's MORE votes in Iowa entitle him to a "tie" because votes were lost. I wonder if the other *conservatives* who comment hear see how you are in the tank for the Central Committee's chosin won.

[Ragspierre]

I consider Iowa in general a non-story, UAssMORON.

It has little to no significance to me.

Now, voter intimidation DOES, but we see you think it can and should be marginalized according to the color of the intimidators.

Which is why we all know you as the racist puke your are.

Well...one of the many reasons we know that about you.

[Ragspierre]

I suppose I have to allow that having an idiot second in line behind Bad Luck Barry DOES have some significance to me.

"Biden to San Francisco crowd: 'The Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl'..."

So long as Barackah stays healthy, we can all just laugh...

[Ragspierre]

"ACTUAL ballot irregularities that actually affect an outcome in the very first GOP contest of 2012 - *shrug*."

Poor, stupid, lying, RACIST, RELIGIOUS BIGOT, evil, Collectivist harpy(tm)...

wrong on that,

front to back.

You really don't know jack-spit about anything, do you...???

[Fred Beloit]

Willard recently said he thought Obama was basically a good guy. He also said he, Romney, wanted to work with the Dems to get things done[What things? FB]. He said exactly the same thing about wanting to work with the Dems years ago. He was also against, against I say, the Contract with America. Let's go to the video tape:
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/who-was-undisciplined-in-1994/

[Fred Beloit]

New news. Perry drops out, supports Gingrie.

[B Steve]

Gingrich Lacks Moral Character to Be President, Ex-Wife Says

Gingrich Wanted "OPEN Marriage"

[Ragspierre]

B, it is an old, retreaded smear.

I mean, if you like that kind of thing...

[Ragspierre]

MICKEY KAUS: Has Obama Abandoned (Private Sector) Unions? “Obama may be closer to Walter Russell Mead–and Mitt Romney– than we think. … It’s almost as if Bain-like consultants are behind it all!”
--InstaPundit

I asked misef that very question yesterday, when Pres. "We Can't Wait" killed off the Keystone Pipeline as a job ASSURER in the near-term.

Seems Bad Luck Barry has decided his buds in the public-sector unions are worth a lot more than the private-sector worker.

Hmmm...

[ThePaganTemple]

Dan you might have also mentioned that Mitt also seems to be the favorite of the Republican establishment, probably because he is the one who will (well, would) not rock the boat. And you see this reflected in the Fox News coverage, in my opinion. When Frank Luntz declares Mitt Romney the overall winner of the last debate (only grudgingly giving high marks to Gingrich for his standing ovation) you are seeing the GOP elites in action filtered through mouthpieces like Luntz. And he is far from the only one.

The establishment is making a grave miscalculation. They know we desire nothing so much as to remove Obama from office, and they think this is their penultimate chance to force-feed us their preferred candidate.

Don't let them get away with it.

[Reaganite Republican]

imho the MSM/Left feel Romney least likely to roll back ObamaCare, etc, thus legitimizing the vile 'progressive' era forever

Romney also least like to beat Obama, the lack of contrast = uninspired moderates + demoralized TEA Party

Then Obama can twist the knife for a few more years

[sickofrinos]

I respect Gov. Perry for doing the right thing.
As of this point, I'm going Newt.

[USA American]

"I consider Iowa in general a non-story, UAssMORON.

It has little to no significance to me."

Of course you do, and of course it doesn't. That's my point, perfesser. You have no problem with an organized state political party affecting the outcome of a state-wide contest (in this case the caucus). As long as its the political party you closest identify with, and as long as the result is to your liking. Since you are obviously in the bag for Willard, the fact that the Frothy Mixture actually got more votes, is no concern of yours, right lickspittle?

"Now, voter intimidation DOES, but we see you think it can and should be marginalized according to the color of the intimidators."

Right, right. Your *concern* is that black people stood too close to a proper white American in the general vicinity of a polling place in 2008. For which the Bush DOJ found f*ck-all in the way of actual wrongdoing. But your fever dreams totally say otherwise. Which is all that matters to the Borg Collective.

And how is pointing out the Borg Collective's collective bigotry, "racism" on my part?

"wrong on that,

front to back."

That's really compelling, Clownselor. Especially in light of your previous statement that you consider Iowa a non-story. Which is it?

Finally, Clownselor, now that ACORN has forced Gov. Totally Not Gay out of the race, and the unions have forced him to endorse Newton Leroy, do you still plan to schill for Willard? What is the Central Committee's position on that, especially in light of the fact that Weird Willard only "tied" in Iowa?

[Ragspierre]

Way beyond our usual spittle-flecked psychotic break, you...

Poor, stupid, lying, RACIST, RELIGIOUS BIGOT, evil, Collectivist harpy(tm).

You are such an idiot, and such a liar, there really is no need to even attempt to rebut all that BS.

But you do...again...nicely display your complete disjunction with reality...

well, coupled with your stupidity and ignorance.

Way to go...!!!

[USA American]

"You are such an idiot, and such a liar, there really is no need to even attempt to rebut all that BS."

Again, very compelling, Clownselor. As usual, you have nothing. You NEVER address facts. When even the smallest holes are poked in your fever dreams, we get the same thing: blah blah blah stupid, blah blah blah racist, blah blah blah evil, blah blah blah liar.

Yet you never demonstrate a thing.

But, in any event, it looks like the Iowa GOP has finally said "yeah, the Frothy Mixture really did win." Again, which is it, Clownselor: do you care about vote integrity or not? And for the third time in this thread alone: what's your evidence of "voter intimidation"? Actual documented, factually verifiable evidence.

[Ragspierre]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/breaking-romney-calls-santorum-concedes-iowa/

And that changes...what...???

[Ragspierre]

"...do you care about vote integrity or not?"

Yeah. I do.

I'd be really unhappy if I lived in Iowa...and not because my caucus vote means a damn thing, really, (outside of a popularity contest) since it does not even determine delegates from Iowa. I'd be pissed at the ham-handed handling of this popularity contest.

Being that I'm from Texas, this is a none-issue for me.

"And for the third time in this thread alone: what's your evidence of "voter intimidation"? Actual documented, factually verifiable evidence."

I can't help you, as we've established many, MANY times before now.

Your skull is too packed with crap, and cannot admit anything but more crap from your Collective masters.

The evidence is all over the interweb thingy, including eyewitness accounts from long-time voting rights activists, voters, prosecutors, etc.

I warmly invite all who care to research the issue for themselves.

Which will prove you a liar, yet again.

Another daily happening.

[USA American]

Blah blah blah. You're just a perpetual swing-and-a-miss, Clownselor. Like in the old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Not. One. Verifiable. Fact.

Not. One.

Again.

Although, the old "it's all over the internet" defense is particularly charming, particularly in light of the fact that you NEVER show your work anyway.

Anyway, it looks like the Frothy Mixture won Iowa by 69 votes. 69, Clownselor. I bet the gays are behind that number. Also too, ACORN and the Blackity Blackity Black Black Black Panthers.

[Ragspierre]

See...???

Wipe the Frothy Mixture off your nasty, hate-twisted gob, you...

Poor, stupid, lying, RACIST, RELIGIOUS BIGOT, evil, Collectivist harpy(tm)...

supporter of race-based law enforcement, college admission, loan administration, etc.

[formwiz]

People seem very eager to forget that this is the same Newt who shared a sofa with Pelosi Galore a couple of years ago warning us of the dangers of global warming.

There's a lot of things I've liked about him over the years, but it wasn't that long ago that people were using that fact as a reason why he shouldn't be the nominee.

Question is, is it more important to defeat Willard Milton Romney or Barack Hussein Obama?

Dan's post could be applied equally to any and all of the field as it existed four or five months ago.

[Ragspierre]

"Question is, is it more important to defeat Willard Milton Romney or Barack Hussein Obama?"

Yes.

And in that order, just in the natural progression of the thing.

[Ricky]

Dan what do you think of Perry endorsing Newt?

I really like Perry, I was hoping he could make a come-back.

What about Santorum, I like him too - am I missing something - why is it so hard for him to keep momentum? Why won't they (Iowa GOP) declare him the winner - they were quick to declare Romney winner - did GOP in Iowa try to steal that election for Romney?

[Godzilla]

"People seem very eager to forget that this is the same Newt who shared a sofa with Pelosi Galore a couple of years ago warning us of the dangers of global warming."

It isn't that that will doom Gingrich in the primaries or the general. It's his marital infidelity. It's on Drudge right now.

Excerpt:
"Marianne Gingrich said she first heard from the former speaker about the divorce request as she was waiting in the home of her mother on May 11, 1999, her mother’s 84th birthday. Over the phone, as she was having dinner with her mother, Newt Gingrich said, “I want a divorce.”

Shocked, Marianne Gingrich replied: “Is there anybody else?” she recalled. “He was quiet. Within two seconds, when he didn’t immediately answer, I knew.”

The next day, Newt Gingrich gave a speech titled “The Demise of American Culture” to the Republican Women Leaders Forum in Erie, Pa., extolling the virtues of the founding fathers and criticizing liberal politicians for supporting tax increases, saying they hurt families and children."

Source of the above quote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marianne-gingrich-newts-ex-wife-says-he-wanted-open-marriage/2012/01/19/gIQAJzgwAQ_print.html

In my view, Gingrich is a pure moral scumbag. I understand that people get divorced. It happens all the time. But that's not the real issue here for me. What's hardest to stomach is the callousness of his filing for divorce while his (then first) wife was being treated for cancer, and a close second nausea inducer is his bald, unmitigated hypocrisy.

It's easier to gloss over a person's failings when they're not front and center. Gingrich's moral failings are going to be getting a gnats-ass-like scrutiny. It's a huge negative, and probably a deal breaker for many many Republicans and Independents.

[Ricky]

formwiz - Newt and Romney had the same view about global warming. They are both progressives. Romney is the kind of progressive Beck can live with, Newt is the kind of progressive that some teapartiers can live with, it seems.

Newt did great things for conservatism once, Romney has never done any such thing.

His business experience did not help Massachussets much, what guarantee do we have that it will help the US.

Newt understood what the Tea party was all about from the start and has even defended them, Romney seemed embarrassed about Tea party, his supporters loathe the Tea party.

Regarding the ABC trash story that the holier-than-thou Romney supporters are so happy about:

At least Newt did not advocate for under-age girls to get abortions without their parents permission - Saint Romney did that.

[southdakotaboy]

Don't know if anyone noticed this but the FBI just shut down Megaupload for piracy. This has seriously pissed off the 4chaners and they are in the process of launching a ddos on the FBI. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW THE FBI's computer system is shut down and under a direct, brute force hacking attack. What makes this rather news worthy is that this a purely civilian attack that could by sheer numbers alone work from what I am understanding. I guess the FBI is learning that you don't mess with the 4chan and their free anime.

[Ricky]

Godzilla, stay out of Newt's bedroom! You are doing what you accuse social conservatives of doing. Remember how you hate socons?

Newt's 2nd wife should be the last one to complain, did she not steal him from wife number 1?

Besides, those are old stories from a woman scorned. I will listen and judge when I see evidence that Newt is stil engaging in that kind of behavior.

[Ragspierre]

Wow, 'zilla...

Way to hear out both sides!

Cause we KNOW that...

1. scorned spouses NEVER, EVER lie, embellish, remember stuff that didn't happen, etc.

2. the WaPo NEVER, EVER just prints crap up from whole cloth, arranges things out of sequence, etc.

3. this crap has been around and around. Note the timing for THIS latest retelling.

I withhold judgment for now.

I have wondered if, fer instance Thomas Jefferson was a "hypocrite". Some would...do...say OH, YEAH. Wrote of the rights of man, and owned slaves.

I suggest that is not hypocrisy...but humanity. Big difference, to my mind. We (the best of us) try to live up to our ideals, and the best of us fail. We regret the failure, and we note the conflict, and we try to do better.

A hypocrite is someone who PRETENDS an ideal, but makes no effort to live it themselves.

We can be both, but not at the same time IMNHO.

Newt has shown signs of reformation. I like to let people show me who are CURRENTLY are. Not to just be stupid and forget who they have been, but to provide them the chance I'd want.

[Ragspierre]

"At least Newt did not advocate for under-age girls to get abortions without their parents permission/"

Ricky, as I noted yesterday, ANY such law in ANY state would require that provision to get past judicial review under Roe. It is wrong to cast that as a Romney "advocacy" when it was a dead-bang necessity.

[Ricky]

Rags, I did not see your remarks of yesterday.

The issue is Romney's SUPPORT of the idea! He could have stated that he does not support the idea, but that he will abide by the law. Did you watch the whole debate where the issue came up? Romney was throwing pro-lifers under the bus big time. At the time he received an endorsement from Massachussests-Life, he even threw them under the bus, it was ugly!

[Ricky]

Meaning that he will respect the law in that regard.

[Godzilla]

And for another inkling of what's coming for Gingrich:

"Eighty-four ethics charges were filed against Gingrich during his term as speaker. After extensive investigation and negotiation by the House Ethics Committee, Gingrich was sanctioned $300,000 by a 395–28 House vote. It was the first time in history a speaker was disciplined for ethical wrongdoing.[64]"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Ethics_sanctions

And I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of burried dirt that's going to surface regarding those sanctions. Pelosi already tipped their hand.

[Ragspierre]

Ricky, I'd have to say that I "support the idea" because it is the law, and I'm an officer of the Court.

I could go on to say I want the law changed, I think it wrong, and the like...depending on the venue and who I might hurt venting my spleen (it wouldn't be fair to a client with no dog in that hunt).

But I hear you on the very ambiguous Romney abortion record. I find it very odd and hard to reconcile, too.

Part of the shape-shifter quality I really distrust about Mittens.