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The Reemergence Of Romney

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2012 Election, Republicans, Romney

With Jindal’s epic fail already in the rear view and Palin’s relevancy quickly fading, the GOP will be looking for the standard bearer for 2012. And guess who’s at the front of the pack?

From Politico:

While others may be indecisive or distracted, he’s already, quietly, clearly focused on solidifying his position inside the party, backing House Republicans through his PAC and appearing at CPAC this week.

And he has a crucial advantage over almost all the other Republican candidates who are mentioned: He’s not in office, and doesn’t have to spend the next two years (at least) raising taxes, cutting services, and/or borrowing huge sums. He’s free to articulate a clear voice of opposiiton, and to position himself to play the role of the turnaround specialist if he can make the case that Obama hasn’t delivered.

All that’s true, but Romney needs to be proposing bold new ideas beyond tax cuts. Because if he doesn’t, if he simply tells the party faithful what they want to hear, he may very well get the nomination, but he’ll be set up for failure in 2012.


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3 Responses to “The Reemergence Of Romney”

  1. gerryf Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 6:56 am

    You assume Obama will have at least a modicum of success. If we are still in dire straits 4 years from now, those tired old ideas will look mighty good. It doesn’t matter that those ideas are the ones that got us into this and Obama’s failure will simply be he was unable to get us out of the pit those ideas created.

  2. Trescml Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 9:11 am

    I think it is in Romney’s best interest to lie low for a little while longer. Right now too many people are snipping at Republicans with high profiles and it make sense to wait until Obama’s popularity drops some before entering the fray. If Obama does turn around the economy then I think 2012 will be tough for any Republican, and if it doesn’t then a coherent strategy to improve things will need to be the base of any campaign. Bush will still be fresh enough in people’s minds that just tax cuts will not work.

  3. Avinash_Tyagi Says:
    February 27th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    If Mittens is the best choice the GOP has for 2012, well then Obama should start planning his second inaugural ball today

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