Comments about ‘No true love: GOP electorate still holding out for something better’

Are they looking for something better than Mitt? Perhaps a perfect record? Maybe perfect hair or perfect physique?, A perfect wife, sons or family? A perfect testimony? perfect record of church service? A perfect house? Some perfect clothes? A perfect car? A perfect testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel? Maybe, generally speaking, a perfect candidate to defeat Obama, the man good.

What on earth are these Republickans vorters looking for?

Regretably, Romney's confidence of being the inevitable nominee and his strategy to focus on independents while assuming conservatives would vote for him in the general election are proving to be gross errors. His endless references to his business achievements are missing the mark. Voters have heard that over and over again. What they want is evidence that he has some conservative blood in him. He has relied too much upon organization, the establishment and outspending his opponents...strategies that are textbook concepts of the past. We are so fed up with Obama. It seems all Mitt does is repeat "Obama has failed; Obama is over his head; I believe in America." Come on Mitt, listen to the voters and not your handlers. I think the problem is that he is being himself rather than being handled...and that doesn't play well nor does it stir up enthusiasm. We want substance and a passionate defender of conservative principles to restore the America we once knew - not an anointed, presumptive nominee.

GOP electorate still holding out for something better? The only "better" they had is Jon Huntsman, and he's out of the race.

Conservatives want Romney, just not a Mormon.

This is a bit hysterical
After all: Obama/Clinton went on till June

Any one of the nominees will be better than Obama

'Any one of the nominees will be better than Obama' - Counter Intelligence | 8:08 a.m. Feb. 8, 2012

So why does the Republican party not SUPPORT, any of the nominee's?

**'Poll: Less than half of GOP primary voters satisfied with 2012 field' - By Mark Murray - NBC News - 06/15/11

**'Iowa vote doesn't resolve GOP search for identity' - By Charles Babington - AP - Published by DSNews - 01/04/12

**Voter turnout numbers point to GOP enthusiasm gap By Nancy Benac AP Published by DSNews - 02/02/12

**No true love: GOP electorate still holding out for something better By Erick Schulzke Deseret News 02/07/12
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Whereas:

**US nets 200k more jobs in December, a better-than-expected performance By Jeff Thredgold Deseret News 01/13/12

Obama is trying to create, jobs.

Hutnsman was the best GOP canidate. And he is no longer running.

Obama is going to win.

Voter turnout in Colorado was up where Santorum won and down where Romney won. Romney had 60% of that states' vote in 2008 and Santorum has now won 3 states that Obama won. Voters see Romney as a conservative of convenience (he even had something similar to Obama's birth control policy when he was governor) while Santorum, though flawed, is increasingly being seen as a conservative of conviction.

As a "normal" person, who works hard, has a wonderful, large family, a fulfilling medical career..... a "regular" person who has carefully managed finances, homes, friendships, life.....
Although Mitt Romney has been "out there" for many years, Mr. Romney exudes something I do not like. I simply cannot put my finger on it.
Used to think I must be wrong about this, but it appears that I am not the only person who feels this way.

This is absolutely great! Santorum is the MOST conservtive candidate left. The true conservatives have suspended their campaigns (not Huntsman). This is the process, in which we sift and sift until we get down to one. Romney is probably the most electable on a national scale, right now, but that can all change once the picture and the field get clearer - a few months down the road. Funny to see all the leftists go on about Huntsman....a RINO and not a mystery at all why he couldn't garner any support in this race. If Gingrich changed his party affiliation to Democrat, I would say he was the best Dem. in the race also!

Hardly the Conservatives conservative. When Santorum's record is fully checked out, they will find that he has as many liberal leanings as any of the other candidates.
It just a few years back that the "Mormon Extermination" was taken off of the Missouri law books, so why should there be any thought they would vote for a "Mormon".

What Romney "exudes" is an inability to connect with the common man.

Ask yourself why did Barack Obama win the Presidency in 2008? And long before Barack, why did Ronald Reagan win?

They both had the ability to connect with the common man.

To me, Mitt Romney doesn't make that connection. He's aloof, at times arrogant, preaches at us instead of talking to us and derides Obama way too much when he should be focusing on how, by electing him, things will get better. That's what Reagan did and also what Romney should do. Unfortunately, Mitt just doesn't get it.

Romney would do well to read Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope" and take a good, hard look at "why" Obama connected with the American people.

The first step in learning how to defeat an opponent comes when you understand him.

If this crop is the best the Republicans can raise, the party is in deep trouble.

If one of them is somehow elected to the White House, then the entire nation is in deep trouble.

It seems the truly perfect conservatives are still seeking one of their own to become the perfect candidate, then the perfect president. Trouble is that there are so many disqualifications that get you thrown out of the tiny GOP tent: favor contraceptive use? Nope. Open to increases in the minimum wage? Never! Not anxious to begin the next war vs. Iran? Absolutely not. Reluctant to resume torture (or worse yet - willing to DEFINE torture)? On your way. Have friends with accents? They'd better be Cuban. Favor taxing billionaires one more nickel? Find another Party.

Hey, it's either hold your nose and pick one of the 4 they have left or look for options, and there aren't many of those: Dick Cheney, John Bolton, Karl Rove, Neil Bush or Tom Selleck. Hatch already ran and appears to have plenty of enemies in Utah for having spoken a few times to Ted Kennedy.

I think this goes beyond the GOP. I don't think Americans really know what they want (I know, that's nothing new...) I think the next election will be close no matter who ends up getting the GOP nomination. I believe Obama won because he resonated with people better than McCain, and he made a lot of promises, some of which he's delivered on, but in doing so has left many Americans asking: is it worth the cost? I too am unimpressed with the field of GOP candidates, and no one to date has really cultivated my support (including our own UT poster-boy Huntsman.)

What I really think that GOP members, and many Americans for that matter, are seeing is a slew of candidates that scream: More of the same. And I don't believe that's just limited to the presidential race either. I don't think there's any one candidate (or party) out there that's going to have the "golden message" that people are looking to hear. It's going to take a new group of politicians that are willing to make tough decisions, and challenge the "conventional" way of politicking. I believe those candidates are out there, but we as voters need to be more proactive in seeking them out because many of them aren't as outspoken or as well funded as those we have now.

The only thing better was Jon Huntsman, but I can see him coming back in 2016. I liked the fact that he could take a rational thought to the fact that he could both work for President Obama and have disagreements with him. That's an important trait that none of the GOP really seem to have. As for Romney, the sad story is that he's the best out of the bunch. I hate to say it, but it's true. For all it's worth, Newt Gingrich should have never bothered running for president ... ever. The guy makes excuses, doesn't even work or think ahead, and yes, according to him, "patriotism and hard work made him cheat on his wife". Just think about it. How many of you could be trusted to live far away from your wife and generally still be faithful to her. I've seen plenty of Mormons, Muslims, Christians, and even atheists who can be more faithful to their spouses while taking trips across the country, much less only have one wife over the time period in which Gingrich has had three. Santorum has principles, but he really doesn't muster up enough assertiveness.

I can see that Romney works, has built upon wealth as opposed to thrown it all down the toilet like a Hollywood brat, and practiced in a perservering manner for his business and his church. However, he's not that great at communicating the point outside of people such as myself, who while not as wealthy, get the picture. I personally would have no problem casting a vote for Ron Paul or Obama this year, seeing as how Romney really doesn't have that chance of being nominated.

Obama/Clinton was a very different contest. Unlike Mitt, Obama had to beat the front-runner and the 2008 Democrat battle featured three very viable candidates. Mitt is fighting against losers with some huge negatives, candidates who can't possibly win the general election...yet still he can't put them away. Santorum and Gingrich were both dead, but dislike of Romney brought them back to life. A commander in chief has to be ready for the zombie apocalypse, but Mitt has shown he is no match for the un-dead, perhaps because they have already eaten his brains.

Re: One Old Man

Let me ask you, do you really believe that the country isn't already in "deep trouble"?
Do you really think that Obama was the most experienced and qualified Democrat to be President. Do you really think that in the huge Democrat Party there was no one else that would have made a better President? Do you really think that if Barack Obama, a first term junior Senator from Illinois had been named Barry O'Brian he would have been even nominated by the party? Making Obama President with his lack of experience was like taking a high school football coach and making him head coach of an NFL team.