A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the auto industry needs.

6 months and BILLIONS of dollars later, Mitt Romney is proven right!

* 2nd Commerce Secretary Nominee, Republican Judd Gregg, withdrew his nomination, citing "irresolvable differences" with the Great One!

* White House Chief Performance Officer Nominee, Nancy Killefer, who withdrew her nomination after it was found she once had a $900 lien placed on her house for failing to pay unemployment taxes on household help.

* Health/Human Services Nominee, Tom Daschle, withdrew his nomination after it was found he neglected to pay $128,000 in taxes until he was selected.

* Treasury Secretary Nominee, Tim Geithner, who failed to pay $34,000 he owed until the offer of a cabinet job materialized.

* 2nd Commerce Secretary Nominee, Bill Richardson, withdrew his nomination, because of an ongoing  investigation into exchanging state government contracts for campaign financing.

* Order to close Gitmo, allowing terrorists a free trip to the USA with full rights as any American on trial.

* Abortion Abroad Ban lifted, allowing international groups to use taxpayer money to fund abortions.

* Lobbying ban broken by himself, allowing key posts to be filled by lobbyists.
 
I promise, many more to come!  We are in for a long 4 years!

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HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney, a potential candidate for the White House in 2012, accused President Barack Obama on Friday of answering to the "most extreme wing of the abortion lobby." Even if the administration "will say nothing on behalf of the child waiting to be born, we must take the side of life," the former Massachusetts governor told House Republicans at a weekend retreat, according to his prepared remarks.

The GOP lawmakers gathered two days after voting unanimously against a White House-backed economic stimulus bill, and Romney praised them for their opposition.

He said the $819 billion measure that passed the Democratic-controlled House was a plan to "spend and borrow with reckless abandon."
That approach could worsen the current economic crisis, he said, adding, "we could precipitate a worldwide crisis of confidence in America, leading to a run on the dollar ... or hyperinflation that wipes out family savings and devastates the middle class."

Romney dropped out of the presidential race last year after losing several key primaries to Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican who ran against Obama in the fall.

His reference to abortion followed Obama's decision earlier in the week to permit federal funding to go to international organizations that perform such operations. A ban on such funding had been in effect during the administration of former President George W. Bush.

Romney also questioned Obama's decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, which the Bush administration built to hold detainees in the war on terror.

The former governor said some of those released have made appearances in videotapes released by al-Qaida, and asked where Obama intended to send accused terrorists who are let go in the future.

"Will he send them to nations that will release them to kill Americans?" Romney said. "Or will he send them to U.S. prisons to infect our own criminal population?"

Romney readies for White House run if McCain fails

....Now, with his vice presidential hopes dashed, Romney can again concentrate on the presidency, even as he buffs a veneer of support for the McCain-Palin ticket in statements and the speech he is due to deliver at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday -- the same night Palin accepts her surprise nomination.

While Romney was helping McCain in recent months, he also was working to maintain his future political viability.

A man of manners who neither drinks nor smokes, Romney knew it would be considered rude to be viewed as a sore loser. So, despite feeling he endorsed McCain in the Feb. 7 speech in which he ended his own presidential bid, he submitted to cameras and questions a week later to reiterate his support for the rival he once said lacked the background in economics needed to be president.

Romney also established the Free and Strong America PAC, a political action committee dedicated to helping McCain, as well as like-minded congressional and state political candidates. But the PAC also gives Romney a vehicle to raise money and travel the country, promoting himself as much as the candidates he wants to endorse.

He used a similar committee, as well as his 2006 chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association, to build the network of advisers, contributors and supporters he tapped the day he left office in 2007 to launch his presidential campaign.

The Free and Strong America PAC also allows gives Romney a headquarters where he can remain in contact with his inner circle of advisers: former business partner Bob White, campaign manager Beth Myers, conservative outreach coordinator Peter Flaherty and spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom. It is located in the same suburban office complex as the private equity firm of Romney's eldest son and political confidant, Tagg, and his top fundraiser, Spencer Zwick.

For the remainder of the campaign, Romney will focus ..ing McCain and Palin win the White House. If the Republicans succeed, McCain could recognize Romney's dedication with an ambassadorship or a Cabinet post, just as President Nixon did when he appointed former Michigan Gov. George Romney to be his Housing secretary following their clash in the 1968 campaign.

Romney would be wise to accept such an offer: a year or two as vice president -- let alone even a day as president -- would give Palin a vast advantage in clout, exposure and fundraising over any potential rival for the 2012 Republican nomination.

But should they fail in a year McCain has implicitly conceded is a "change" election with his pick of Palin, it's no stretch to see Romney hitting the trail again on Nov. 5 in pursuit of the job he wanted from the start.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/08/30/romney_readies_for_white_house_run_if_mccain_fails/

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Some 50 stalwarts of the political right privately met with Mitt Romney minutes after he dropped out of the Republican nominating race to discuss the former Massachusetts governor becoming the face of conservatism, as Ronald Reagan became en route to his 1980 election win.

Participants said the group was not organizing against the presidential bid of Sen. John McCain, the party"s presumptive nominee, but only seeking to revive core values such as lower taxes, limited government and free speech.

"The purpose of the meeting was for him to announce his willingness to fight shoulder to shoulder with true conservatives from here on out," said political strategist Paul Erickson, who worked for Mr. Romney"s campaign. "He did just that."

American Conservative Union Chairman David A. Keene presided over the meeting in the Empire Ballroom of the Omni Shoreham in Washington, where the 35th annual Conservative Political Action Conference was held. Besides Mr. Romney and his wife, Ann, and deputy campaign manager Peter G. Flaherty, attendees included former Christian Coalition Executive Director Ralph Reed, radio talk show host Laura Ingraham and former Reagan White House official Donald J. Devine.

"If someone had suggested a year ago and a half ago that we would be welcoming Mitt Romney as a potential leader of the conservative movement, no one would have believed it," Mr. Keene said to open the meeting. "But over the last year and a half, he has convinced us he is one of us and walks with us."

Jay Sekulow, a Romney volunteer and chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, told attendees that Mr. Romney is the "turnaround specialist" the conservative movement needs.

"The movement needs someone of Ronald Reagan's stature and Romney could fill that role," Mr. Sekulow told The Washington Times yesterday.

Hanging over the extraordinary meeting, held immediately after Mr. Romney bowed out of the Republican nomination race, was a mood that ranged from skepticism to cold hostility toward Mr. McCain.

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