Romney goes off on heckler
A fantastic video making the rounds on the internet features Mitt Romney squaring off against a group of clearly organized leftist idiots who started peppering him with ridiculous leftist talking points. When Romney began to answer, they interrupted and yelled at him. Then Romney responded back - it's not exactly Chris Christie level demolition but it's pretty solid. Ref. Source 9
Obama adviser David Axelrod debunks Mitt Romney report
"In an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,' David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's senior advisor, said he would go as far as firing anyone who referred to presidential candidate Mitt Romney as 'weird.' "¦ And on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' Axelrod suggested that reporters should stop relying on these unnamed sources." Ref. Source 2
Romney has another confrontation
Mitt Romney had another confrontation with a citizen at a town hall meeting and his answer provided some insight into why Tea Party type conservatives are a little uneasy about the former governor. When the questioner talks about how people must rely on the government in crisis times such as these, instead of responding by saying citizens should be prepared themselves and be prepared to help others - he goes into a typical big government thinking answer. Ref. Source 5
GOP establishment wants Romney
The GOP establishment has spoken and they want Mitt Romney to be the nominee in 2012 over recently announced candidate Rick Perry. Glenn goes over some of the games being played in the 2012 race for President and why some of the establishment would support Romney over Perry, Bachmann, and other Tea Party favs. Ref. Source 5
Romney does well overall, stumbles on Soc. Security
Once again Romney played the Presidential role fairly well and looked the part, but he did have a couple of not so great moments. One of those was his response to Perry's (correct) description of Social Security as a 'Ponzi scheme', in which he made it seem like he preferred pandering over the truth. Ref. Source 8
Romney: century of American dominance ahead:
Romney said he would boost the number of Navy ships and pour more money into defense, outlining proposals to strengthen the military while rejecting multilateral institutions like the United Nations when necessary. Ref. Source 4