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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Mitt Romney Puts A Stop Payment On Campaign 08!

The Mormom Exits Stage Left

As a Black Republican, I was NEVER going to vote for Mitt Romney. Period. End of story. So to hear that the former Massachusetts governor is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination only warms my heart.

Romney had a dismal showing in the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests, trailing well behind front-runner Arizona Sen. John McCain. By dropping out, he just handed the GOP nod over to the 72-year-old war veteran. So, is Huckabee next to bow down. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Romney Up 7, Obama 13 In Delegate Rich California

Ironically It's The Morman And The Black Man leading In Cali!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama surged to a big lead over Hillary Clinton in California hours before "Super Tuesday" voting began in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

In the Republican race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney held a 7-point advantage on Arizona Sen. John McCain in California, while McCain added to commanding double-digit leads in New York and New Jersey.

On a sprawling day of coast-to-coast voting, the biggest ever in a U.S. primary race, the U.S. presidential contenders in both parties were fighting to win a huge cache of delegates to this summer's nominating conventions. In California, which alone provides more than one-fifth of the Democratic delegates needed for the nomination, Obama led Clinton by 49 percent to 36 percent, the poll found. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.

Clinton pulled into a 5-point lead in New Jersey, 46 percent to 41 percent, after being tied on Monday. Obama held a 45 percent to 42 percent edge on Clinton in Missouri. Both polls had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points. Obama had a 20-point edge in Georgia, aided by a more than 3-to-1 lead among black voters.

"There is clear Obama momentum in California," pollster John Zogby said. "But in New Jersey, things seemed to swing in favor of Clinton, and Missouri was very mixed."

In the Republican race, Romney maintained a stable 40 percent to 33 percent lead on McCain in California, fueled by heavy support in the southern part of the state and among self-described conservatives. The margin of error was 3.4 percentage points.
DASH TO CALIFORNIA
Both Romney and McCain made last-minute changes to their campaign schedules to fly to California for late appearances. A Romney win there could be his last hope of blunting McCain's growing momentum in other states.
McCain held a 26-point edge on Romney in New York and a 29-point advantage in New Jersey as he pushed for a convincing triumph that could knock Romney out of the race to be the Republican candidate in November's presidential election.
McCain held a narrow 34 percent to 27 percent lead over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Missouri, with Romney running third at 25 percent. The margin of error was 3.4 percentage points.
"It looks like a big day for McCain with Romney making a last stand in California," Zogby said.
The two launched hard-hitting attack ads on Monday questioning each other's conservative credentials before the vote.
McCain won the last two contests, in South Carolina and Florida, to seize the front-runner's slot in a hard-fought Republican race despite qualms among some conservatives about his views on taxes, immigration and campaign finance.
More than half of the total Democratic delegates and about 40 percent of the Republican delegates are up for grabs on Tuesday.
The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby rolling tracking poll surveyed presidential races in both parties in California, New Jersey and Missouri. The polls also looked at the Republican race in New York and the Democratic race in Georgia.
The rolling polls were taken Saturday through Monday, except for the California survey, which was a two-day poll on Sunday and Monday. In a rolling poll, the most recent day's results are added while the oldest day's results are dropped in order to track changing momentum.

More stories:
Polls go to the polls
Clinton, Obama in tight race
Superdelegates: who are they?
FACTBOX: Profiles of presidential hopefuls
A Super Tuesday showdown in 24 states
McCain and Romney battle over who is real conservative
Obama expands lead on Clinton in California
Clinton, Obama in close Super Tuesday races

(For more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Romney Dribbles About The Mormon Faith's Racist Attitudes Against Blacks: So, How Many Of Us Our On His Campaign Payroll?

I'm Not Voting For Nobody's Mormon!

I remember when my stepsister started dating this White Mormon back in the day. The whole family had a major attitude with it, knowing that the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day "Saints" had a problem with Black folks.

During an hour-long appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press,” former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reminded me about that episode in my clan's history.

Okay, okay, Mitt Romney wept when his church ended discrimination, but why would this dude belong to a religion who even went there from the jump? And does his record for including African Americans in his past administrations, business dealings, and current bid for the Republican presidential nod in 2008 mirror this angst that he portends?

As a Black Republican, moderator Tim Russert didn't dig deep enough for me. Just getting teary after the Mormon church, announced a 1978 revelation that the priesthood would no longer be denied to persons of African descent leaves me... indifferent.

“I was anxious to see a change in my church,” said the Republican presidential candidate, appearing for the full hour just two weeks ahead of the crucial Iowa caucuses. “I can remember when I heard about the change being made. I was driving home from — I think it was law school... I heard it on the radio and I pulled over and literally wept. “Even to this day, it’s emotional,” Romney went on. “And so it’s very deep and fundamental in my life and my most core beliefs that all people are children of God.

So, Romney is in LAW SCHOOL and he can't discern that this ideology would be problematic to Blacks? "My faith has also always told me that in the eyes of God, every individual was merited the fullest degree of happiness in the hereafter and I had no question that African Americans and blacks generally would have every right and every benefit in the hereafter that anyone else had and that God is no respecter of persons, ” said Romney. HUH???

Russert asked if “it was wrong for your faith to exclude them for as long as it did.” “I told you exactly where I stand,” Romney said. “My view is that there’s no discrimination in the eyes of God." I just continue to worship a religion that saw Black people as less than.

I'm done. He's out! Right now, McCain is looking better. But if I were voting today, I would have to roll with Barack. What say you?