Romney memo says media ‘ready to anoint’ McCain

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Hill

A memo from a senior strategist for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says that the media are ready to give the Republican nomination to Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), but if Romney can attract more conservatives, he will win the nomination.

“We still have an uphill battle in front of us,” Romney strategist Alex Gage wrote in the memo. “The mainstream media is (sic) ready to anoint John McCain and he will have advantages in many states running for president for the past eight years – but Gov. Romney has a clear path to victory on February 5th and beyond.”

The memo, obtained by The Hill, outlines how McCain has failed to win over conservative voters in the states that have voted so far, and it details how Romney could have won if only a few more percentage points of that bloc had come over.

“The coalitions that John McCain assembled in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida have been strikingly similar – and are strikingly tenuous,” Gage wrote.

Read more: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/romney-memo-says-media-ready-to-anoint-mccain-2008-01-31.html

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Like they were ready to anoint Romney prior to Iowa?

[MADem]

2. I will laugh like hell if McCain wins Massachusetts... nt

[chelsea0011]

4. I'm an independant in Mass and I am really considering taking

out a Repuke ballot to vote aginst Romney. The only way that will change is if Obama pulls close to HRC in the polls which seems to be trending that way. The thought of Mitt carrying Mass. again makes my blood boil.

[fujiyama]

3. Romney is perhaps one of the single most dislikable politicians

I have ever seen.

Ever thing that oozes out of him strikes me as fake. He's the most manufactured, inauthentic, pandering candidate to have run in a while.

That's exactly why I want him to be the nominee. He's a joke.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. I do NOT want to have a glass of Dom Perignon '53 with that man.

[Tesha]

7. Even if it's chilled to a temperature of 38 degrees Farenheit? (NT)

[DiamondJay]

13. he CAN'T drink that

he's a mormon remember? they can't drink caffeine and alcohol.

[sendero]

8. I agree 100%...

... I've never seen anyone ooze insincerity like this guy. He should enter a competition for it.

Oh, he did :)

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. Awwwww. Is widdle Mittens having a pwoblem with the MSM?

Welcome to the club, Willard. It's nice to see someone ELSE'S ox being gored for a change.

[tanyev]

9. Next thing you know, they'll be ready to baptize his dead ancestors.

[gratuitous]

10. Will Romney face media backlash?

Hillary Clinton remarked on a vast right wing conspiracy that was working against her husband's presidency, and oh! how the media had a good laugh about that. She was right, of course, but that didn't mean anyone was going to take it seriously. Will Romney's campaign be subjected to similar ridicule?

[Orsino]

11. It's a shame that the media are ready to hand McCain the nomination...

...when Romney was ready to buy it honestly.

[BearSquirrel2]

12. He's a mormon ...

He's a Mormon, automatically that puts him on the "no" list of the vast majority of the parties base. "Straight talk" John McCain kissed just enough Fundamentalist ass to make him viable to this crowd. Huckabee would have been a shoe in except the the people who actually run the party have been keeping him down.

If Romney is still in the running after Tuesday, he should consider offering Huckabee the VP slot and running as a team. This could sway some fundamentalists his way.

[rayofreason]

14. The polls suggest..

..that it will all be over on super Tuesday.

McCain is going to have it in the bag and he will beat Hillary. Obama is the only winning choice.