Mitt's the Conservative Choice

Key info. The Hill:

Pointing to internal poll numbers, the RNC chairman repeatedly insisted that no matter who Republicans nominate, the Democratic candidate can be defeated in November.
Internal RNC polls show Clinton has significant trust issues with voters, who also worry Obama has too little experience to be president.

UDPATE: New St. Petersberg Times poll, McCain leads Romney only slightly. RCP average dead heat.

Leftie social concerns from San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders, (via RCP) who claims Mitt Romney is not the real conservative choice. Well, there should be some understanding in California of what it's like to be a conservative in a Blue State, so given Mitt ran and won in a Blue State he needed moderate support. And if Massachusetts had stayed fairly moderate on social positions, perhaps he would have stayed on the sidelines. But the Left pushed, and thank goodness he pushed back--on the Left's attack on adoptions by Catholic groups back in March, 2007:

The Republican governor recently filed a bill that would allow a Catholic social service agency to deny adoptions to gay couples.

AP's language is harsh. Rather, the proposed law would allow the church to continue to serve children in need of adoption. And they can continue to refer gay couples to other agencies. Massachusetts law conflicts with church teachings on this issue, and church leaders had sought an exemption so they could continue to serve special needs children. Romney is seeking a narrowly drawn law to allow the church a freedom of conscience exemption.

A review of the issue of the Left forcing gay marriage. Boston Globe, Feb. 3, 2005:

After the Log Cabin group, the state Democratic Party chairman, and another gay rights group criticized him, Romney insisted that he had not changed positions. Clearly angry, he said that same-sex marriage advocates were rewriting his positions on civil unions, same-sex marriage, and his support of the proposed constitutional amendment.

"I am only supporting civil unions if gay marriage is the alternative," Romney said in an interview in his office. "I've made it clear as humanly possible."

A review of Romney's remarks shows that at an October 2002 campaign debate, he said: "Call me old fashioned, but I don't support gay marriage nor do I support civil union." Then, after the SJC decision legalizing same-sex marriage, he told WCVB on Dec. 17, 2003, that if he had to choose, he would favor civil unions over full-fledged gay marriage. However, he added: "But that is not my preference overall. My preference overall would be neither civil union or marriage."

And the Left in Massachusetts pushed for government funding of embryonic stem cell research, which Gov. Romney opposed-- we now learn killing fledgling human beings for research was not necessary.

And apparently living in a Blue State keeps some from recognizing a big government advocate when they see one--other than porkbusting, McCain advocates big government solutions across the board--global warming mandates and associated taxes, goes after pharmaceutical companies--buying into the Dems' demonizing those who create jobs and spend millions on research to find miracle drugs. Then there's McCain-Feingold, which muzzles free speech and made a mockery of his pro-life stance. He claimed he was going after the "special interest groups" but he was really giving (his allies) the MSM a free pass to say whatever they want before elections and stomp on the little guy.

Romney breaks down his economic package into two parts, one of which compares to the president's. View Mitt on FoxNews Sunday. He has permanent in many more places, as Joe says in this CNBC clip:

And I would end with this (added to YouTube last June) from Cramer, I believe a Democrat: Striking Chris Matthews inarticulate. It's a beautiful thing.

Final insight from Amy D. Goldstein, the American Thinker on why the other candidates hate Romney. Think about that. (Envy--such a Democrat way of thinking.)

UPDATE: McCain misstep on video--refers to Putin as German president. (Dissing Angela.) (Apparently the Russians won the Cold War in Germany.)

UPDATE: Bonus--in case you missed this video: Prank call from "Governor Schwarzenegger"

UPDATE: Kyle, MyManMitt--Great point about which candidate would make the conservative case and attract votes to enact conservative solutions.

UPDATE: Ann Romney on Cavuto. A very impressive lady. Video:

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