Team Romney Thinks It’s Winning The GOP Civil War

[DonViejo]

Mitt’s biggest fans celebrate the triumph of Romney Republicanism in Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Idaho. “The Romney brand has had a real resurgence,” says O’Brien.

posted on May 21, 2014, at 8:14 a.m.

For the small orbit of friends, loyalists, and former aides that still revolves around Mitt Romney, Tuesday’s GOP primaries were cause for celebration — and a little bit of gloating.

The elections featured a trio of Romney-endorsed Republicans beating back challenges from the tea party by filling their coffers with establishment cash, and appealing to electoral pragmatism. In Idaho, Rep. Mike Simpson defeated his primary opponent with $4 million raised by allies like the United States Chamber of Commerce. In Pennsylvania, incumbent Rep. Bill Shuster triumphed over a challenge from the right. And in Oregon, Monica Wehby, a pro-abortion rights neurosurgeon who many Republicans have touted as a rising star, emerged victorious despite a last-minute character assault led by Democrats.

To fans of the former presidential nominee, Tuesday was evidence that Romney Republicanism is alive and well in today’s GOP.

“I think Republicans are sick of losing,” said Robert O’Brien, a Romney family friend who served as a foreign policy adviser to the campaign. “I think the Romney brand has had a real resurgence after the campaign, and a lot of Republicans realized, hey this guy was right about a lot of things, and they realize his endorsement carries significant weight.”

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[randys1]

1. They could be right, Republican mainstream has tremendous harm still to do to the human race

and they cant do it with insane morons like teaparty members

[SamKnause]

2. Please list all of the issues

that Romney was right about.

ZERO

[sofa king]

13. Or the list of issues...

... on which he changed his opinion during the campaign.

Or the list of issues he told multiple lies about.

We'll be right here to ask, "which one of Mitt Romney's lies about ___ do you currently pretend to support?"

[tanyev]

3. Yeah, they also thought they were winning the 2012 election.

Those teahadists aren't going away quietly.

[Kablooie]

4. Actually I agree with them.

They've taken up so much of the tea agenda and philosophy that they will continue to grab the extreme right votes.

And this is a problem for Democrats because since they hold the GOP label, not the insane tea label, the moderates vote for them too not realizing how far right they've moved.

[Sunlei]

5. probably time to discuss his investments in China Corps & the visits over the past several decades.

[DFW]

6. Isn't that like challenging Jeff Davis to lead the Confederacy in March, 1865?

O'Brien THINKS the Republicans are sick of losing?

I KNOW it. He doesn't have to ponder the question any further.

If they didn't mind it, they would be for fair elections, outlawing dirty money pouring into them, and they wouldn't be trying to deny the right to vote exclusively to people who tend to vote Democratic.

[Rozlee]

7. They can be moderate in local regions that have moderate voters.

In national elections if they run for president under the Republican ticket, they'll flip flop like Romney to kiss ass with the extremist conservative base.

[Blue Idaho]

8. Sad Clown in Magic Underwear

Lives in a bubble of self delusion and the belief that he will some day become a God of another world. He shows all the signs of Adult Mormon Male Syndrome. He is one sick fuck with an insane world view. If he ever controls the TeaPublican party god help us all.

[thesquanderer]

9. “I think Republicans are sick of losing" ... and the hero is Romney?

Except for Karl Rove, I thought most people understood that he lost.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. Yeah, really! "Team Romney?"

What does it mean to be a member of "Team Romney"? I mean, seriously, WTF?

[davidpdx]

11. Wehby is going to get pummeled in Oregon

I'll call it now 58-42 Merkley (17-18 points). Feel free to bookmark it.

[modrepub]

12. Shuster Wins

by sucking on the government's teet. I-99 is a perfect example of what's wrong with congress and how this money vampire continues to hold his family seat in congress using other people's tax money.

[TeamPooka]

14. Team Romney thinks that girl that broke up with them still loves them too. NT