Romney "Suspending" Campaign

[amy31416]

From a Romney forum:

"Yes Joe Blow. Scandalous! I wonder what you'd be SCREAMING about today if something as unconstitutional as that happened to...Ron Paul? Huckabee, like Paul, should have done the right thing and stepped aside LONG AGO! If they had we would not be facing the potential king making of John McCain.

Anyway, whats done is done, but it was a real effacement to the American people in my view!

Like out of a F'ing movie!"


I am so, so confused. Woah.

 

[Mystile]

ahhh, somehow I can see him running again

 

[Eponym_mi]

RP absolutely must give a good speech today that rebukes Romney and McCain on the war issue. He should talk up the fact that he is in this race to the end.

 

[Joe3113]

Romney is telling his supporters to vote for McCain by saying the most important issue is staying in Iraq.

Also, I think they are scared Ron Paul could do well in Texas.

 

[Eponym_mi]

CNN mentioned that RP is still in the race.

 

[itshappening]

 

[JulioForPaul]

Romney dropping out only helps Huckabee win more states.... which means a more likely chance for a brokered convention.

 

[steph3n]

Romney is telling his supporters to vote for McCain by saying the most important issue is staying in Iraq.

Also, I think they are scared Ron Paul could do well in Texas.

they arent scared of Paul at all, he's not going to do that well in TX from what I see when TALKING to people. Huckabee is probably going to win TX.

 

[sharedvoice]

*** Romney to Abandon '08 Bid ***

[/IMG]

It's official Romney is exiting the race. This could only benefit Ron Paul. Your analysis folks.

 

[ronpaulyourmom]

McCain is the nominee.

 

[Matt Collins]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

 

[Mesogen]

Right, Ron Paul needs to RIGHT NOW, get into an independent/3rd party scenario.

Getting on the ballot is a challenge, but getting the Repub nomination is IMPOSSIBLE at this point.

When will the campaign realize this?

They think they are getting somewhere with these "timebomb" delegates, but McCain WILL get 1191 in the next round of primaries.

 

[Mesogen]

Oh, how do you like this?

"In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror. "

He's feeding the narrative that Clinton and Obama are antiwar.
He knows better.

If this were only about me, I'd go on. But it's never been only about me. "

If this were MY decision, I'd still be in it. But I can only follow orders.

 

[RonRules]

Right, Ron Paul needs to RIGHT NOW, get into an independent/3rd party scenario.

Getting on the ballot is a challenge, but getting the Repub nomination is IMPOSSIBLE at this point.

When will the campaign realize this?

They think they are getting somewhere with these "timebomb" delegates, but McCain WILL get 1191 in the next round of primaries.

YES YES YES, I've been saying that on several previous posts.

This is the PERFECT opportunity, except for one thing:

How many states are locked up for new candidates?

 

[Matt Collins]

Think about it... Evangelical with a Mormon VP, that would get alot of people on their side

And it would also lose the general election

 

[Mesogen]

YES YES YES, I've been saying that on several previous posts.

This is the PERFECT opportunity, except for one thing:

How many states are locked up for new candidates?

Don't know. That would suck if some filing deadlines have already passed.

 

[enter`name`here]

can i watch the rest of the speeches online anywhere?

 

[Shink]

can i watch the rest of the speeches online anywhere?

!!!!!! Anyone? I want to watch Ron.

 

[lastnymleft]

This is terrific news! Romney is squidgy, and would have been more difficult to take out than McCain. I was hoping for a Clintonaul:McCain three-way, and it is getting close to that.

Please, please, please let's see Clinton get up! Obama's voters will be easy pickings for us; many of them are our voters anyway, they just don't know it. So we'd get much of Obama's voters, plus we should be able to collect the GOP base.

Somebody, please tell me how much personal money Romney has blown on this campaign? That will make my day, knowing that!

 

[RonRules]

This is terrific news! Romney is squidgy, and would have been more difficult to take out than McCain. I was hoping for a Clintonaul:McCain three-way, and it is getting close to that.

Please, please, please let's see Clinton get up! Obama's voters will be easy pickings for us; many of them are our voters anyway, they just don't know it. So we'd get much of Obama's voters, plus we should be able to collect the GOP base.

Somebody, please tell me how much personal money Romney has blown on this campaign? That will make my day, knowing that!

Romney's numbers:

Total Receipts: $88,499,686
Total Spent: $86,068,239
Cash on Hand: $2,431,447
Debts: $35,350,000

He could also be totally broke:

He may have been heavily invested in financials, credit derivatives and similar investments that can make you loose MORE than you have invested.

Being busy with the campaign, he probably was not able to manage his investments.

BTW, I agree with you that we have a perfect scenario if Hillary wins.