I, for one, am completely stunned. Oh and I support Mitt Romney, but this type of zig zag has become sadly typical. I don’t understand his political acumen because it is off and on so much. How he didn’t support guys like Hoffman and Rubio is beyond me. Now what is his rationale for shifting again and now supporting the conservative candidate? He just comes off making everyone skeptical of his true intentions and motives because he is so inconsistent.

…very much at all. But that’s been changing more and more lately. I can’t give him too much grief for throwing his support behind John McCain, seeing as McCain’s endorsement in 2012 is going to be huge. Throwing support to Hayworth would’ve been very, very, very politically risky. Presidential candidates have to work around the intra-party politics, but in the case of the race for SC Gov., there is no incumbent and he is therefore free to endorse whomever he pleases.

He’s not my first choice for president but I have to admire the shrewdness of this play.

“Ann and I got to know Nikki Haley during my campaign for president and came away enormously impressed with her as a person of character and as the spokesperson for a new generation of leadership for South Carolina,” Romney said. “She has a proven conservative record of fighting wasteful spending and advocating for smaller, more efficient government.”

Another personal connection.

Sometimes there is more to endorsements then just making a check lists on the issues. Personal connections, loyalty, relationships, personality, ability, competence, integrity,… are hard to judge from afar. I’m not always keen on automatically throwin my hat into the ring for some candidate deemed the most conservative because just because someone is more conservative doesnt mean they cant suck at campaigning, communicating, leading, being a politician or being a good person in general. I know the mottos around here, but I am more cautious than most.

Romney has his reasons, whatever they may be. It seems he saw something in her during 2007.

This is good. I’ve been reading a little bit on Haley and I think she would be a great Governor. I like Romney (but man do I dislike the personal mandate) and think that not only was this was smart on his part, I hope it represents what he feels is good governance.

Haley is an outstanding candidate and I plan on voting for her in June. Regarding a money bomb, perhaps you should contact the Rubio or Rand Paul people and find out how they set theirs up.

of Ms.Haley’s. Every conservative in the state should look at her seriously, and if I had my way, vote for her.

I was cautiously optimistic about Romney ( origionally a Fred Thompson supporter last time around, but he dropped out before my state voted, so I went with Mitt ) BUT its inexcusable that he came out for McCain. ( And Bennett too ? YUCK !!! )
Coloradoreds comments can’t be completely dismissed, but that would have justifed taking NO STAND in these races rather than endorsing BIG TIME RINOs !!!!!
( I’d be VERY fearful of who he’d pick as a running mate )
Though if its betwen Romney & Huckabee, Romney would have my FULL support !!!!

I was cautiously optimistic about Romney ( origionally a Fred Thompson supporter last time around, but he dropped out before my state voted, so I went with Mitt ) BUT its inexcusable that he came out for McCain. ( And Bennett too ? YUCK !!! )
Coloradoreds comments can’t be completely dismissed, but that would have justifed taking NO STAND in these races rather than endorsing BIG TIME RINOs !!!!!
( I’d be VERY fearful of who he’d pick as a running mate )
Though if its betwen Romney & Huckabee, Romney would have my FULL support !!!!

He received the smackdown from McCain of all people in ’08 despite being a big name and “serious conteder.” He is not now nor ever was a conservative (anyone remember RomneyCare?). And he’s yesterday’s news. He doesn’t even have the newsworthy quality of being a leader in the GOP.

What is DeMint up to?
Rubio?
Toomey?
DeVore?

Are we really so hard up for leaders that we’re turning back to Romney? Or are we just hard up for news on our Real leaders? New news…

You list a serious of professional Republicans that voted against earmarks being stopped. You want them out. Some aren’t bad guys, they just accept that earmarks, as bad as they are, are part of the system.

Romney is now trying to position himself to gather votes. Does he really care about conservative values? No. He would be a good cabinet member, especially in the financial end, but a President? Can you see him rescinding the healthcare program, if it passes? No, he would try to “fix” it but would let it stay in place.

regarding our governor’s race and the 6th district? I’m really interested in redstate’s opinion about our candidates. I’ve donated to most if not all of the candidates you’ve endorsed in other states and am ready to help the Nikki moneybomb, but I’m not feeling the love coming our way.