Mitt Romney’s actions speak loudly.
Rather than spend the bulk of his time talk, talk, talking, he focuses on results. He is a worker and his record proves it. And, his hard work hasn’t gone without notice.
Those once skeptical about his conservative bonafides are far less skeptical:
Mitt Romney, conservative darling?
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has spent the better part of the last five years working to convince conservatives that he is one of them. And, if the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll is right, he’s done it.
Sixty percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents view the potential GOP presidential candidate favorably, while just 21 percent see him in an unfavorable light.
That’s an improvement from where he stood in early January 2008 – in the heart of the GOP primary fight – when 55 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents viewed him favorably and 36 percent felt unfavorably toward him. And back in November 2007, Romney’s favorable score stood at 42 percent while 28 percent felt unfavorably toward him in Post/ABC data.
Perhaps more important for Romney as he gears up for a second presidential bid in 2012 are his numbers among the most conservative segments in the GOP. Sixty-eight percent of self-identified conservatives view Romney favorably; his numbers are even higher among the portion of that group who identify themselves as “very” conservative – with 71 percent seeing the former governor in a favorable light.
During the 2008 campaign, Romney struggled to convince Republicans and, in particular, conservatives that he was a genuine conservative despite some moderate-to-liberal stances he had taken on some social issues during the 1990s.
These numbers suggest that Romney may not have that problem in 2012, perhaps having (finally) won those skeptical conservatives over.[...]
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While Romney is being noticed for his work ethic, Obama is being noticed for his trivial pursuits while world crises continue and the U.S. government limps along with a cat-and-mouse budget – like golf, choosing NCAA picks, attending a Chicago Bulls basketball game, and partying at the chi-chi D.C. Gridiron Dinner:
The Middle East is afire with rebellion, Japan is imploding from an earthquake, and the battle of the budget is on in the United States, but none of this seems to be deterring President Obama from a heavy schedule of childish distractions.
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This morning, as Japan’s nuclear crisis enters a potentially catastrophic phase, we are told that Obama is videotaping his NCAA tournament picks and that we’ll be able to tune into ESPN Wednesday to find out who he likes.Saturday, he made his 61st outing to the golf course as president, and got back to the White House with just enough time for a quick shower before heading out to party with Washington’s elite journalists at the annual Gridiron Dinner.
Read it all here.
Update – All White House events today are ‘closed‘ press. Uh… wait – except for one – an event where he’ll accept an award for being open to the press.
Obama’s plans for this weekend? He and the family are headed to RIO!
► Jayde Wyatt
This news of his rising favor with Republicans and right leaning Independents is very good news indeed!
Nice to see that my tax dollars are being put to work for flights to Rio and Golf Courses. I wonder how many bullet proof vests a round trip flight to Rio would buy. I’m sure some soldiers won’t mind knowing that either
Obama has golfed more than me since he took office, and I am a member of a country club, and my handicap is 6. THAT says a lot about Obama.
This is such good news. We need Mitt more than ever now and he is going about it the right way.
Considering Obama’s incompetence, a part of me is almost glad that he is just goofing off. Most things he touches won’t turn out well. On the other hand, the country needs serious leadership, and his inability to provide that leadership remains troubling.
This morning on Politico there’s an article about House Republicans trying to roll back Wall Street regulations that were passed after the economic meltdown. Are Tea Party members really, really for Wall Street deregulation after what happened? I thought Tea Party groups were formed due to the outrage of Wall Street getting away with what it had done and being bailed out. We don’t need to eliminate Wall Street regulation, we need to bring back Glass-Steagall. Deregulation of Wall Street does not compute, it is not rational.