Romney Brings Up the Rear With 3%

Gallup came out with some new polling this week. They asked 429 Republicans and Republican leaners which candidates they would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for President in the year 2008.

Rudy 31%
Luke Skywalker 22%
Poor old Flip-Flop 3%

Being fully aware that we are a year out--If this trend continues can he even hope for a VP bid?

Don Imus And Paul Begala On Romney's Pro-Castro Speech

Which Ones Like Castro, Again?: Romney Shows His Cultural Competancy About Cubans in Miami This Week

Oh Mitt, what have you gotten yourself into this time:

People chuckled when presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon raised in Michigan and elected in Massachusetts, bungled the names of Cuban-American politicians during a recent speech in Miami. But when he mistakenly associated Fidel Castro's trademark speech-ending slogan -- Patria o muerte, venceremos! -- with a free Cuba, listeners didn't laugh. They winced.

Castro has closed his speeches with the phrase -- in English, ''Fatherland or death, we shall overcome'' -- for decades. ''Clearly, that's something he was ill-advised on or didn't do his homework on,'' said Hialeah City Council President Esteban Bovo. ``When you get cute with slogans, you get yourself into a trap.''

Romney's fumble demonstrates the potential snags for state and national politicians trying to navigate the Cuban-American community of South Florida. Ever since Ronald Reagan enthralled exiles by crying, ''Cuba sí, Castro no,'' in a landmark 1983 visit to Little Havana, politicians have clamored, with mixed success, for the Spanish-speaking vote.

Massachusetts Republicans for Truth Website Takes Off This Week

Go ahead, keep on cracking wise about the Bay State and this is what you get:

A group of Massachusetts Republicans is planning to launch a Web site on Monday that highlights flip-flops in the record of their former leader, presidential contender Mitt Romney.

The so-called Massachusetts Republicans for Truth is also pledging to run radio and television ads across the country as Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, seeks the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

He has acknowledged changing from a supporter of abortion rights to an opponent, and recently signed a no-new-taxes pledge that his gubernatorial spokesman had previously labeled "gimmickry." During a 1994 Senate race, Romney also pledged to be more effective in fighting for gay rights than his opponent, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., although today Romney highlights his ardent opposition to gay marriage.

"I think he's trying to reinvent himself as a candidate," said Holly Robichaud, one of the site's organizers. "If that's what he wants to do, that's fine. We just want to tell people his entire record. It's up to the voters to decide if he's trustworthy on the issues."

C'mon in folks, the water is just fine.

Mitt Romney is a Hypocrite

The NH Union-Leader's political reporter, John DiStaso, noted today:

A week ago, in response to a question during an interview with New Hampshire Union Leader editors and a reporter, Mitt Romney said, "English needs to be the language that is spoken in America. We cannot be a bilingual nation like
Canada."

Five days later, a Romney news release announced that the campaign had "launched its first Spanish radio ad. The ad ends with Romney saying, "I am Mitt Romney and I approve this message," and then an announcer saying, "Pagado por Romney para Presidente."

Once again proving my point that Mitt Romney is full of crap and reaffirming this blog's support for Anyone But Romney in 2008.

'Flip Romney' at CPAC 2007

Just in from the anti-Romney front: Flip Romney the anti-Romney dolphin at CPAC.