Great ad. No jabs noted. I like the way Romney provides examples of accomplishments and differences from other candidates. He always tells us what he’s about..Unlike the McCain ad and McCain speeches where he just talks about how great he is without providing any details or substance. I can’t reward McCain with the office of president of U.S. just because he suffered as a POW. It’s heart wrenching to think of what he suffered, but that doesn’t mean he would be a good president. He really needs to prove something more to us. Practicing what he preaches would be a good start. Carl, could you for once, mention Romney without showing your disdain for him? Even the subtle jab of using the word “jab” demonstrates it. You obviously don’t pay attention to your blogs b/c everyone comments on this and you just keep doing it. How do you get away with it? I would think Fox News would be concerned about your journalistic integrity…or lack thereof.

Carl, How can you say Romney is jabbing at anyone with this ad?

He is simply quoting what the National Review and others have said about him, you’re trying to make this into a negative ad, when it clearly isn’t. Nice try!

This ad is great!

MITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT!!!

Romney is gaining momentum and McAmnesty is fading. The mainstream media can’t shove this old RINO on the Republican Party. McCain votes no to enforces our borders and cutting taxes. Conservatives vote no to McCain!

Go Romney in ‘08!

I see NO jabs at Giuliani here. I think he learned a very difficult lesson in NH and Iowa. This add talks about Romney. Like him or hate him… It lays out HIS strengths. There is no comment about others here. Cameron… I think your board.

Mitt has helped create more jobs in the real world than all of the other candidates combined.

Mitt has saved more companies in the real world than all of the other candidates combined.

Without the executive training, education and experience that Mitt brought to the table, many, many more jobs would have been lost, these companies (and the Olympics) would have gone bankrupt and everyone would have been out of a job. As it is, he helped these companies get back on their feet, become profitable and employ more people.

Mitt’s executive leadership will bring the needed private-sector change to right the ship in DC. He owes no political favors to anyone on the hill. He doesn’t have 25 years of cutting deals with Ted Kennedy and others, he just has an excellent education (MBA/JD from Harvard, graduating near the top, not the bottom, of his class), and a long track record of making the RIGHT decisions to help companies prosper, and when companies prosper, they hire more people.

Mitt Romney is presidential.

Your headline mentioning Rudy and McCain is completely misleading. Maybe YOU saw something about them in Mitt’s add. All I heard about was Mitt Romney and his strengths. I’ve been watching you Carl and it’s very clear you don’t like Mitt Romney. Are you a reporter or a commentator? I’m getting confused with your bias.

A few months ago, I listened to you with interest. Now, I shake my head and laugh at you. Your bias against Mitt Romney seeps out of your passive-aggressive method of covering Romney like stink from a skunk.

In truth, you’re the one doing the jabbing and Romney is your target.

You’re wrong. There are no “jabs” in this ad.

So now that Mitt Romney goes positive by highlighting his own strengths rather than contrasting records, you still call it negative campaigning? What a joke! Why isn’t your headline for McCain’s ad below, which implies that McCain is the only one who can beat the Democrats, something like, “McCain takes jab at Romney by singling himself out as the nominee”???

Your lame attempts at pushing McCain up are transparent and ineffective.

A few months ago, I listened to you with interest. Now, I shake my head and laugh at you. Your bias against Mitt Romney never fails to seep out of your passive-aggressive approach to covering Romney.

In truth, you’re the one doing the “jabbing” and Romney is your target.

You’re wrong. There are no jabs in this ad.

It’s interesting that Romney is attacking peoples social and economic conservativism considering he just started agreeing with true Republicans last week.

That was a stretch, Carl . Stating your own strengths doe not put any body down

Carl,

Get a Life! Seriously, what dos Mitt need to do to get you to admit that he is in a great position right now and there’s nothing you can do about it.

You so obviously can’t stand him in your news reports as well as being McCain’s boyfriend. I find it really hard to watch Fox and not switch over to MSNBC when your talking.

All of the momentum is going towards Romney and unless he does something big tonight there’s nothing that’s going to stop him. He’ll win Florida and then it will be over!

Oh I forgot, only you could see that he is dogging your boy. It sounds like your stressed about you bf’s slide. And Guliani is irrelavant!

The Mitt Ad is opportunistic but lacks a strong message. What is missing is the how that experience translates into White House Policy. He could really surge his campaign forward is he were to start stating some of the policies he would enact or support. It’s already clear what McCain policies are supported.

Carl, you have a vivid imagination. There is nothing in the ad but positive qoutes from other magazines and newspapers on Mitt’s Experience and qualifications.

I know you would love to label him as on the attack but the fact is he isn’t. He has a positive message and people are responing. He is ahead by 4-5 points in latest FL polls and has no reason to go on the attack. He is clearly out front and the canidate of choice in FL.

I know John McCain and the folks in SC beleive they ge to pick the Nominee but the fact is the ENTIRE nation gets a say. FL now has a chance to give their say and the liberal Dems and Indys can’t save John now.

Campaign Carl, if he didn’t name Rudy and McCain on the ad, how do you know he is jabbing them. You do not know how to report without showing your own personal bias. You need to take a break. you’ve been embedded for so long…

Mitt is presidential.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mittbain16dec16,1,5353448.story?page=1&cset=true&ctrack=2

Nice article on Mitt

am sure he paid the editors of the news papers to slip in something nice about him.its not always about money,people have concience u know.

I don’t care how many adds Mitt Romney puts out, money will not put him in office. I don’t care for him, nor his ads. I’m voting for Rudy, he has a great heart for the country and the people.

a “jab at Rudy’s liberal social views and McCain’s original opposition to the Bush tax cuts”???

What ad were you watching Carl? If advocating a position and characterizing yourself is a “jab” at the other candidates, then this is the most downright ruthless Republican primary in history.

Gimme a break …

Keep trying to paint Romney as the campaign aggressor … The more you say it, the more true it might become in your eyes.

Romney is head and shoulders above the rest of the Republican candidates. Nobody, and I mean, nobody in this race – Republicans and Democrats – knows our economy like Mitt Romney. No where in this ad did Romney mention or even allude to McCain or Rudy.

I have said this before… I cannot find a reason not to vote for Mitt Romney. That being said, I am still supporting McCain, especially if he chooses Lieberman, as they represent, clearly, the best chance to beat the Clinton juggernaut ( via the large crossover vote that Joe Lieberman would bring).

This guy’s name doesn’t belong being mentioned in the same sentence with Ronald Reagan.Ronald Reagan’s tactics were not similar to Romney’s.Nor did Reagan even resemble a man that would buy up companies and then put people out on the street,nor did He lie during the debates,about things He did as a Governor…In fact the only thing they have in common,is that they were both in fact Governors….If we were to inspect their tenures as Governors,it immediatly becomes a slippery slope for Slick Mitt….There are a lot of elderly people in Fla. that still remember Ronald Reagan like it was yesterday,and if these comparisons would take place,Mr Romney would’nt look very conservative either…..Reagan was much to honest,and much too considerate,and much to loyal to the American people

I am so tired of the media bias, including yours, Carl, against Mitt Romney. I watched the Britt Hume show tonight on Fox, and Britt asked his pack, this question,why does the other candidates and the media dislike Mitt Romney? Charles Krauthammer, hit it right in the head when he answered. “There are 3 reasons they do, first he is good looking, second he is very smart, and third, he is rich.”, he went on to say that is something the rest of the candidates are lucky to have only one of those attributes! I have told my husband over and over everyone is just green eyed jealous of Mitt and can’t keep from showing it. Mitt just smiles and keeps on going like the every ready rabbit. One other thing I have to say, everyone says our countrty has grown up enough to be ready for a woman president, and a black president, seems though we are still to small and narrow minded to be ready for a Morman, what a big mistake, and how stupid a mistake.

Cameron’s Corner should be called McCain’s Corner. We’ve seen right through you since Iowa and New Hampshire. Who are you trying to fool? Your obvious bias toward McCain and against Romney is laughable! Are you a journalist or a commentator? Get off McCain’s bandwagon and report facts. You’re unable to persuade anyone with your tactics. Romney is a capable, talented leader. Why can’t you admit it?

Where are you getting your information, Butch? You’re just parroting Huckabee’s shameless demagoguery. Romney’s business was not about buying up companies and “putting people on the street.” It was about turning failing companies around and making them profitable. Do jobs come and go in that kind of process? Yes, of course they do, but ultimately more jobs come than go, and that is what has made America the world’s economic power. Ever hear of Staples, Domino’s, or the Sports Authority? Romney helped turn them around, and I think they employ a fair number of people now. We need proven business, economic, and executive leadership and expertise to make sure America remains great in the face of today’s challenges, such as China and its unfair trade practices. Romney is the one to do it. Do you honestly have confidence that any of the other candidates, Democratic or Republican, has the acumen to do it? I don’t. Vote Romney.

Mitt Rommney is th eonly canditate that has both carisma and leadership abilities. He has moral values and experience. He is the only candiate from both parties that is someone that we all could look up to and RESPECT as a President. McCain is mostly a liberal and has less than 0 moral values and respectability.

Mitt was excellent! He didn’t disparage anyone, and spoke of his values. Diane Payne and Greg make some excellent comments. Good observations! Finally, Carl…Mitt didn’t say anything bad about his rivals. We all know that Rudi is pro abortion; Mitt is not. Are you talking about jabs that are implied but not mentioned? I am a bit confused by your message above. Just admit it, Carl, MITT RULES!!

Jabs? What jabs??! Carl – did you even review the ad before commenting on it? Or did you assume that because your boy McCain has gotten dirty that Mitt would simply follow??? I live in FL and have been inundated with political ads from Mitt, Rudy, and John. Rudy’s ads are stuck on 9/11, Mitt’s are stuck on the economy, and John’s are stuck on Mitt! Carl – if the Press Secretary job is so important to you – you might tell John to chill out as he is turning people off with his perceived negativity and low flash point!

“I cannot find a reason not to vote for Mitt Romney. That being said, I am still supporting McCain, especially if he chooses Lieberman, as they represent, clearly, the best chance to beat the Clinton juggernaut ( via the large crossover vote that Joe Lieberman would bring).”

Um…what?!? He would alienate conservatives even more so if he did that.

I am with you Greg!
All this BS about leadership versus management is just a prove that McCain is not a manager! is he a leader? I am not sure. but he did admit he is not a manager . By the way, as a professional manager I can tell you that any good manager is a natural leader otherwise he/she cannot manage. McCain speaks of managers like he is a king and they are executers of his vision. Good manager for sure has a vision but bad leader cannot manage

Hogwash Greg,This has nothing to do with Huckabee,but a whole lot to do with the Bishop….Did you ever hear of Bain Capitol…this has his finger prints all over it,and also has things before Government now that would (if passed)threaten the security of the country.Info received from Duncon Hunter by the way ;thru an interview on Fox when asked who he would endorse….He was referring to Romney’s buisess practices….What is happening here is just a mirror image of the buisness practices this guy has practiced over the yrs,for the sake of his ego….He has no compassion for the American people,and shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence with Ronald Reagan…as for affecting people and when,The fees he imposed on every driver(and there were three that affected the same area of the trasnportation Dept)is and was a buisness deal for the State of Mass.that, they’ll not see recinded,but,this is one of the things you referr to hat have to take place so that things will get better later on….right? Romney,when asked stated that it only affected a few….typical Romney buisness deal typical Romney lie….the spending cuts that he boasts of In Mass. is another incident that shows his buisness traits…In order to make Himself look good he withheld Raises and wages of the State Employees even though those things were under contract and that were eventully going to have to be paid,but not beore he left office I think this is one of those things that you referr to as good buisness…no?…give him credit for devious foresight.Also give him credit for stupidity,thinking that he could use these spending cuts as an advantage while running for president…its a technological world and the things I’m stating are easily found ….If you do as you suggested want to drag Huckabee into this then compare what he did with transportation in the state of Arkansas,with the vote of the people,I might add
The difference here is that Huckabee,was on the up and up,when questioned about this,and has been accused of harboring a liberal side,by Romney…This kind of stuff Greg, is how Romney,in a fox news poll,acquired the title of running the dirtiest campaign….Romney is the worst nightmare this country could ever entertain……..Vote anybody else…not Romney

Well Greg I gues you’ll never hear my response to your response ….the only thing you hear is the Mormon message….But let me try just a brief post. Huckabee,was not mentioned in my post so stop the camaflouge……Duncon Hunter on a Fox interview stated that He would not endorse Romney because of his buisness practices and one,that is now filtering thru Capitol Hill that won’t just affect a few people and quite possibly be one that we can’t recover from,because it could threaten National Security…That means you too! ….This has been the pattern of Romneys,buisness deals for a long time…Theres something to be said about the means to the end,and Romney’s traits and fingerprints are a glaring,proof of this The dealings with the Mass. employees,and there not getting paid,so it would look good on his resume for spending….not so smart though,as these things can be found out even by an elderly man like me….Those raises and salaries were under contract,and had to be paid,and to try to delay that until you’re out of office,so it won’t reflect on your resume,wasn’t too smart,although for Him it was typical buisness
Then there’s the fees that he said only affcted a few……every driver in the State Of Mass. was affected in three ways ith three different fees….You don’t think that this constitutes buisness…ask the people of Mass…..This is all a mirror image of the kind of buisness you are defending….Considering the title he earned on a fox news poll as running the dirtiest campaign,should allow you to see the kind of guy He is,its jut verflow from the way he runs buisness

Greg,not in the face of threatening national security does economics and etc,fit first on the priority list..Info from Duncan Hunter a interviewed on fox when referring to the romney’s involvement wih Bain Capitol ..what good my friend is all the money you can muster when you’re about to suck on the front end of a ballistic Missle….Priorities do mean something,and then entertain why such a buisness venture shuold even be a part ofthe thought process….I guess if you want to go to the gravewith a lot of money its ok,but its my guess that Mitt wold be the one with the money and you and I would be in the same boat…if you have a problem with this contact Duncan Hunter…he’ll tell you about Romney and buisness

Thanks for the comments…your bias against Romney is helping others to see that he is definately a target, he seems almost too good to true, so you have to make something up. We listen several times to his ad just to hear a non existing jab. It sticks. We like it!

Romney For President!!!!

Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. During a debate, Romney declared: ‘I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.’ ”
(NOTE: Romney has supported abortion since before the 1972 Roe v. Wade ruling!)
- Boston Globe, 3/2/2006

Campaign Carl, why are you campaigning for McCain? If you want to campaign for McCain then join the campaign and let Fox get us a fair and balanced reporter for your slot … but then FOX by and large has been shilling for McCain all along.

When ever Mitt gets up in the polls they freak, start having McCain on, and either ignoring Romney or bad mouthing him. I’ve seen this pattern more than once, about every time Romney gets traction Fox goes into shill for McCain mode. I like Giuliani best, but this garbage sickens me. There is no fair and balanced media. MSNBC has been more informative and unbiased about this than FOX, and I find myself watching them more and more.

Now tonight, McCain that lying slippery self serving Machiavellian dirt ball (who is also a hero, but that was then, and he’s no honorable figure now) is lying boldface about Romney’s statements about a time table in Iraq. Romney clearly said he would veto any time tables, and said any bench marks including time lines should be between Bush and Maliky, not public.

McCain also lied about his own record (and falsely accused Mitt of lying) in saying his problem with Bush tax cuts was we didn’t cut spending. Bull stuff! Deep Bull Stuff! McCain clearly stated at the time he went against tax cuts that they were targeted to much towards the rich. Those were his own words, and what makes it worse is he lied again when he accused Mitt of lying when he used McCain’s own words in perfect context.

McCain also lied about Romney saying his immigration plan was reasonable then saying it wasn’t. That is absolutely not true. McCain’s first draft Mitt said was reasonable, but the Kennedy Collaborated draft is the one that contained what is amnesty with a penalty so those who broke the law can pay a fine and still stay in the country having butted in the line ahead of those who followed the rules, which is what Mitt and most republicans had a problem with.

McCain is a liar who blows up when things are not going his way. His integrity is a facade which fades like the Clintons does, when things don’t go their way.

What we get in McCain isn’t much better than Clinton was, or Clinton the rehash … the other half has been. I’d rather see the democrats win than to pervert the republicans like that … and I’m an independent, but the party of the Clintons (because Bill made it in his disgusting image) is a very ugly, corrupt, and dangerous thing.

Butch, I stand firmly by my comments. Whether you got your “putting people on the street” jab from Huckabee, his surrogates, or someone else, it’s apparent that you don’t know very much about Bain Capital. Your posts strongly suggest to me, instead, that you have some personal axe to grind, either against Romney himself or against his Mormon faith. You spin the facts and resort to empty logical fallacies (ad hominem, the appeal to ridicule, etc.) to try to knock Romney down. I don’t care what Duncan Hunter thinks about Romney. I’ll do my own research and make up my own mind. I have done that and have concluded that Mitt Romney is the one best qualified to get things done using time-tested conservative principles. Everything that I have seen, heard, and read from reliable sources shows that Romney is a good, honorable man, an excellent, ethical businessman, and a strong and intelligent executive and leader. I think Romney gets attacked by establishment Republicans because they view him as a threat to Washington’s “business as usual.” That gives me all the more reason to vote for him One final point: the strength of our economy has everything to do with national security. Without a strong economy, we can’t have strong national security. I believe that Mitt Romney is the best qualified to help build both.

Looks like the McCain adds disapeared, why is that? Romney is not a flip flopper, Kerry was a flip flopper, Hillary was a flip flopper … Kerry and Hillary give diametrically opposed possitions on the same subject, for different audiances, on the same day.

Romney did have some adjustments over many years. Lets face it, he and Giuliani ran in liberal area’s, and they represented largely liberal constituencies in those area’s and they had a responsibility to do a job for those who they promised certain things, and they both did it very well, bringing in sound conservative tax cuts and governmental adjustments while being sensitive to their constituents preferances. That is called loyalty to those who hired you, and I can’t disrespect that.

McCain is a liar, and he has done what he did for his own self serving purposes, to foster a reputation as a Maverick and be palatable to democrats by stabbing republicans in the back on matters where he was absolutely wrong if the goal was the good of the country. McCain finegold hurt freedom of expression, and hurt republicans by cutting off any posibility of their even paying to get their possitions out there which they have to do because of the democrats near monopoly of the free media exposure and entertainment industry pushing leftist content and hate for the republicans in their programs and movies.

I could list more … like McCain Kennedy, the gang of 14, piling on Rumsfeld in a mean nasty demeaning way after all he did for our efforts. There is much more, and I absolutely detest McCain, nearly as much as Clinton, for some of the same reasons. At least Clinton was honest about where he was coming from, at first at least. McCain is a real snake in the grass, who only cares about McCain. Much as the Clintons only care about the Clintons power lust.

Very positive ad. I just talked to my 59 yr old, veteran, gun-enthusiast brother in the conservative Florida panhandle. He just switched from McCain to Romney. Guess the ads are also working.

Greg,
Take a look at the health care system put in place by your candidate”Captain Buisness”Its projected to go up by 400 million in the yr 2009.Your mans name is at the bottom of the page….those people will be affected forever…….most of those who opted for it, now,can’t sign on the bottom line…..it took a good buisness mind to do that……I still stand by what I said also,and the proof is in the puddin as they say…..and there’s more Greg and you can go to one of the other Posts to find out…look for Joseph’s post about the state of Mass……

Carl just for info only I am a senior and also retired from the USAF and maybe I am an exception but I voted this morning for Mitt Romney. I respect John McCain for his military service but other than that he is a liar and a RINO.

I know I am not the Republican that will NEVER vote for McCain! If he is nominated I will register as an independent.

Here’s the ugly truth about McCain’s record:
-IMMIGRATION: he wrote the bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants (co-sponsored by Ted Kennedy)
-SOCIAL SECURITY: he voted to give your social security money to illegal immigrants
-TAXES: he voted against the Bush tax cuts multiple times (he has since flip-flopped and has campaigned as a lifelong tax-cutter)
-RHETORIC: he routinely engages in Democratic class warfare against big companies in America, particularly the “evil” drug companies who research cures to debilitating diseases for a profit
-ECONOMY: as recently as December 2007 he admitted “he does not know the economy very well” and needed to get better at it
-1ST AMENDMENT: he wrote the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that was declared to be an unconstitutional infringement of the 1st Amendment (co-sponsored by ultra-liberal Democrat Russ Feingold)
-2ND AMENDMENT: he was called the “worst 2nd amendment candidate” by the president of the NRA
-EQUAL PROTECTION: lifelong supporter of affirmative action
-ENERGY TAX: wrote a bill (co-sponsored by his buddy Lieberman) imposing a massive tax on energy which, according to the Department of Energy, would drastically raise the price of gasoline and put 300,000 Americans out of work
-GLOBAL WARMING: supports radical global warming legislation which involved him voting with every Democrat; think only America is responsible to take action, not other superpowers
-JUDGES: he joined forces with Democrats (Gang of 14) to block the Senate Republican’s attempt to confirm conservative, strict constructionist judges; also said Alito was too conservative for his liking
-WAR ON TERROR: fought with Hillary Clinton to demand that terrorists be given a full American trial
-GAY MARRIAGE: he joined liberals to fight against a federal marriage amendment supporting the institution of traditional marriage
-CHRISTIANS: campaigning in 2000, he famously described Christian leaders as “agents of intolerance”
-PRO-LIFE: he filed an amicus brief against pro-life advocates in Wisconsin
-BI-PARTISANSHIP: he met with leading Democrats in 2004 to discuss the possibility of being John Kerry’s Vice-President; publicly considered leaving the Republican Party in 2001 after he lost the primary
-INTELLECT: finished 894 out of 899 in his class in the Naval Academy.
-PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: ringleader of the infamous Keating 5 ethical scandal which cost US tax payers $160 billion (Google it)
-PERSONAL ETHICS: McCain cheated on his first wife after she had a severe accident that left her partially disabled. He then divorced her and married his multi-millionaire mistress, whose daddy bought McCain a spot in the Congress

If McCain wins the nomination,we might as well all vote for whoever is the Democratic candidate!
I can’t believe the members of the Republican Party could not have worked harder to promote
Mitt Romney as the best choice! Remember, Delegates are actually not bound to vote for the nominee at the convention! As a member of the Republican National Committee,I can only say I’m Sorry I already wasted my money on dues for ‘08!!!