Somehow, I think Mitt would not be joining the sycophant choir felating Trump

[Stinky The Clown]

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I'd love this seat to be contested hard by a Democrat, but if Mitt runs, I think he wins.

Given how red Utah is, Mitt is likely our best shot at an at least sane Senator.

Edit again: This post is not an endorsement of Mitt. It is an observation.

I want to thank everyone for their replies. <=== Sarcasm.

[Gothmog]

1. That is why Trump wanted Hatch to run for re-election

[niyad]

2. you mean, the man who believes in the white horse prophecy is sane?

the one who put his dog on top of the car?

the one who has a car elevator?

the one with the "binders full of women"?

sadly, he is probably as good as it gets for the pukes. but sane????

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Yep. That one.

Its Utah, after all.

[marylandblue]

7. How quaint those evils seem today.

[niyad]

12. sadly true

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He did a bit of sucking up when Trump was looking for a SoS.

Who could forget this photo of the moment when Mitt realized he'd offered Trump his soul and Trump didn't want it?


OTOH, Mitt's awfulness is just ordinary, garden-variety old-school GOP awfulness, not nihilistic, weapons-grade Trump-style awfulness; and he's at least an improvement over Orrin Hatch.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Your last sentence is the point of the OP.

Garden variety, old school GOPee.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Yes, quite. I don't like him but he doesn't terrify me.

[Hortensis]

15. Mitt serves god, as he imagines, and if sucking up to

Trump and the Kochs on his knees is what he thinks will advance him in service of god, he'll do it. He lied almost as often and just as blatantly as Trump while he was campaigning, you know.

He's not a terribly intelligent or insightful man, almost devoid of intellectual curiosity like so many religious extremists. Commitment to his fundamentalist religion, including creating god's kingdom run out of Independence, Missouri, is his passion. And that's potentially just as huge a problem for us as Paul Ryan-type libertarian zealotry, or more since the religious right will work with him and his plutocrat allies in the Koch alliance.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Maybe, maybe not. A lot of fundies regard Mormons as heretics.

But Mittens will do whatever he thinks he needs to do to get his very own planet in the afterlife.

[Hortensis]

17. We already know the answer to them. Both fundies and

religious seditionists accepted Mitt before, the latter as a tool in their move to imposing a Christian state, and they would again. As for him, lol. Yes.

[marylandblue]

5. I agree with that

If the democrats win back the house, impeachment is on the table, and we will need Republicans like Romney to remove him from office.

[bluestarone]

8. hell give romney time

he'll fit right in like all the other repubs

[Orrex]

10. Unless his first action in office is to demand Trump's impeachment, then fuck him

At his first opportunity, I predict that he would become exactly as sycophantic as all the other Republicans.

[Retrograde]

11. "Corporations are people, my friend"

That Mitt Romney? He's right-wing corporatist with little to no connection to ordinary working Americans, but he'll no doubt play in Utah.

[lastlib]

22. Yep, Mr. 47 Percent himself!

Should we start sending donations to his campaign?

[Cicada]

13. Will he vote to save Romney Care, a.k.a. Obamacare?

He was the first to adopt it. He certainly understands its benefits.

[gibraltar72]

14. And you

would be wrong. Romney is a Republican and he'd fall in line like all the rest.

[haele]

18. Not only is he a republican, he's a corporate stooge.

He never struck me as "Alpha" enough to be a real top dog - despite the supposed white horse prophesy, but he's still a high level suit looking to set himself high enough in the hierarchy to make a serious profit while living a princely lifestyle. He'll do whatever the other Mob Bosses want.

Haele

[dembotoz]

19. He will keep his distance if he feels it benefits him

I do not expect much good from mitt

[JHB]

20. Unless there is kompromat...

I mean, remember those tax returns?

Prima Donnie does have some people who could look those up...


Mittens' popularity in Utah might take a hit if there's evidence he shorted his tithes.

[Roland99]

21. Sane? Like Collins or Corker or Grassley? Not likely