Romney's Ready For A Hot Bath After Voting

By: Scott Conroy
Topics: Mitt Romney

(CBS)

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

BOSTON -- After casting his ballot in his hometown of Belmont, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was looking forward to spending a few hours at home for the first time since Christmas.

"We have a lot of mail," he said to reporters as his wife Ann stood at his side. "And you know, a hot bath, what do you think Ann?"

"Sounds good," Mrs. Romney replied.

After his disappointing loss to Mike Huckabee at the delegate convention in West Virginia — a state the Romney campaign thought it would win — Romney did not take questions from reporters. Instead, the former governor of Massachusetts simply reflected on the momentous occasion.

"The opportunity to vote for yourself for president is really something I had never expected to be able to do," Romney said. "It was a great honor and very humbling to think that we've come to a point in life where our friends have rallied around us in such an extraordinary way that we have prospects of becoming the nominee of our party to be the President of the United States. We have a lot of work to do before that happens, of course."

Scott Conroy
Scott Conroy is a National Political Reporter for RealClearPolitics and a contributor for CBS News.
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by giantrobot2 February 7, 2008 1:30 AM EST: Mitt Romney should drop out of the race.

He says he knows how to run a business, well if that were true then he should fire himself. Romney has used up more than $70 million in American voter''s donations and has little to show for it. His product is a flop, too expensive and not selling.

On the other hand, Huckabee''s product is very inexpensive and selling just as well or better. Now come on, which product would you buy?

Romney product = $70 dollars for a widget that yields 293 delegates = $0.23 cents per widget
Huckabee product = $2 dollars for a widget that yields 190 delegates = $0.01 cent per widget

Huckabee''s product cost 1 cent per widget compared to Romney''s product at 23 cents per widget which calcuates out to the same performance of the product (division of delegates won so far). Any one in their right mind would buy the widget that costs 1 cent if it performs exactly the same as the widget that costs 23 cents.

The business formula that Romney says he is good at proves that he should drop out of the race. He is wasting tons of money. If he can''t run a campaign finacially sucessfully how in the world will he run a huge American government successfully???

Romney is losing money as fast has Enron did with social security of it''s employee''s.

Huckabee is a true leader, someone who wants to share the power with all Americans, not show his prideful power like Romney does.

Vote for true conservative Mike Huckabee!; Reply to this comment


by alabamabob1 February 5, 2008 8:26 PM EST: VOTE for ROMNEY!!!!! He is the real Three way conservative candidate:

1) FISCAL Conservative: lower taxes and he has the know how to fix the economy

2) SOCIAL Conservative: PRO-LIFE! PRO FAMILY (look at his family)!!!!

3) DEFENSE: STRONG military!!

McCain is NO conservative!! LAST CHANCE to vote in a conservative: VOTE ROMNEY!!!!!; Reply to this comment


by news4all February 5, 2008 8:24 PM EST: Romney is amazing! He has been lied about, dragged through the mud of religious bigotry, labeled as a flip-flopper even though he only flipped for the better and has truly had to deal with a lot of dirty tricks (the latest was McCain getting his people to vote for Huckabee in WV) and he still sees the positive side of things.

Romney is the most qualified for the presidency based on his education, experience, wisdom and integrity alone, but he also has something the other Republican candidates lack... Romney has decorum!

Consider McCain''s horrible temperament and Huckabee''s goofiness and self-righteousness. How can any Republican vote against Romney? He would make such a great president!; Reply to this comment


by quantitave2 February 5, 2008 8:18 PM EST: Over the past several months, I have watched every debate, looked at every campaign web site, and even done some research about each candidate beyond their web sites. Initially, I supported Mike Huckabee. He was a fresh face, kind of likeable, etc. Yet, as the debates went on, I began to look deeper--hoping for more substance and more thoughtful responses to what America is looking for today. About a month ago, I really began to take a look at Mitt Romney. In spite of all of the hate rhetoric and attacks on him personally, on his religion, and his personal wealth, I determined, for myself, that Mitt Romney and I shared many of the same hopes and values. Win or lose, Mr. Romney, you are a man of character and should be proud of the efforts you have made to offer a part of your life to serve as our president. I personally think sadly the America we have today, doesn''t really deserve you! God Bless you and your wonderful family!; Reply to this comment