At the Republican "debate", Romney reminded Blitzer of his name. According to FactChecker.com, it went like:

“I’m Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that’s also my first name.”
— Romney

Hmmm, possibly the strangest comment of the night. Romney’s full name is Willard Mitt Romney. But “Wolf” is really Wolf Isaac Blitzer’s first name.

Strange to say the least - and especially since Willard Romney is the sanest of the entire herd of G'Nopers.

Romney just scares the he.. out of you Obama lovers.

Originally Posted by buggyone

At the Republican "debate", Romney reminded Blitzer of his name. According to FactChecker.com, it went like:

“I’m Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that’s also my first name.”
— Romney

Hmmm, possibly the strangest comment of the night. Romney’s full name is Willard Mitt Romney. But “Wolf” is really Wolf Isaac Blitzer’s first name.

Strange to say the least - and especially since Willard Romney is the sanest of the entire herd of G'Nopers.

...thanks for explaining that. I thought Romney was referring to Herman Cain's slip in the debate when he called Wolf Blitzer by his last name "Blitz". I guess our perspective is tempered by where our biases lie.

Actually, I thought they both said that Wolf and Mitt were their "REAL" names; not first names.

I could be wrong though...

Oops... I just went out and read the transcript. Wolf said "real" name; Mitt said "first" name.

There you have it....

This is a silly thread for anyone who heard Herman Cain call Wolf Blitzer "Blitz". Blitz makes a point of what his first name is and Romney tries for a joke that falls flat.

Mitt Romney has no comedy improv skill, evidently. Alert the New York Times; this could be the chink we've been waiting for.

Originally Posted by RichieLion

This is a silly thread for anyone who heard Herman Cain call Wolf Blitzer "Blitz". Blitz makes a point of what his first name is and Romney tries for a joke that falls flat.

Mitt Romney has no comedy improv skill, evidently. Alert the New York Times; this could be the chink we've been waiting for.

Actually, all the first/right name stuff happened during the introductions. The only response when Herman Cain called Wolf, "Blitz", came when Wolf addressed Herman as "Cain"....one of the lighter moments of the debate.

No political agenda on this one... at least, not for me

If the names were the only problem from what came out of their mouths, it would have been great. Unfortunately, it was not.

Wouldn't it be nice given the purpose of this event that we could revert to the formal format of the past; addressing one another as Mr. Cain or Governor Romney or Sir. Laugh if you will or call me a throwback but when we gave up much of our formality we also lost our sense of civility....I'm just saying

Originally Posted by CMANN

Romney just scares the he.. out of you Obama lovers.

It's not the democrats that Romney has to worry about, it's the 75% of republicans that can't stand him he should be concerned about.

yeah now that we have identified the fly specs in the pepper we might now consider....SUBSTANCE!

btk

Originally Posted by janmcn

It's not the democrats that Romney has to worry about, it's the 75% of republicans that can't stand him he should be concerned about.

I think 75% is your wishfull thinking.

Originally Posted by CMANN

I think 75% is your wishfull thinking.

Janmcn has a valid point. All through this race as everyone's else's favorability ratings have gone up or down, Romney has stayed stagnant at 20 to 25%. He had one high of 25.5%, but then dropped back to his normal range.

This tells me that about 75% of Republican primary voters are looking for anybody but Romney, at this point. What other conclusion can there be.

I think it might be your wishful thinking that there's another explanation.

Have yet to meet one conservative off the forum who supports the father of Romney-care...Mitt

...and here I thought conservatives thought (Obama) was the father of RomneyCare

In all seriousness, the rest of the country probably doesn't appreciate what Mitt went through in that process. Politics in Massachusetts can be a strange beast. The public consistently votes OVERWHELMINGLY Democrat but VERY often puts a Republican in the corner office. That makes for strange bedfellows if you want to get anything done.

Originally Posted by djplong

...and here I thought conservatives thought (Obama) was the father of RomneyCare

In all seriousness, the rest of the country probably doesn't appreciate what Mitt went through in that process. Politics in Massachusetts can be a strange beast. The public consistently votes OVERWHELMINGLY Democrat but VERY often puts a Republican in the corner office. That makes for strange bedfellows if you want to get anything done.

Actually DJ, the notion is that "Romney is the father of ObamaCare".

I absolutely agree with you on the Massachusetts thing DJ. Romney said a lot of the things in his failed, but darn close, bid to unseat Sen. Ted Kennedy for the Massachusetts Senate seat, and then in his campaign for Governor that people are pointing to as flip-flops now.

Now he's paying the price for those statements, and well he should. How are you supposed to know where he really stands if he'll flip his thoughts for political gain. We have to take him at his word now; but has he earned that?

Mitt Romney has been elected to office ONCE. He won a notable election for governor in 2002 in the "bluest" state in the nation, and then decided not to try to repeat that feat. He's been running for President ever since.

If he captures the nomination I will vote for him and hope he at least issues the ObamaCare waivers he's promised. Nothing else I can do at that point.