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GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mollie
« on: September 29, 2022, 02:25:27 pm »
GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
By: Mollie Hemingway
September 29, 2022

If Democrats could pull off an upset in Utah, it would have profound consequences for the control of the Senate — and the rest of the country.

Republican senators are growing concerned by colleague Mitt Romney’s refusal to help fellow Utah Republican Mike Lee decisively win his re-election campaign — a posture that could potentially keep their party from gaining a majority in the November elections. Unlike every other Republican senator, the 2012 failed Republican presidential candidate is declining to express a preference in Republican Lee’s re-election effort against Democrat-endorsed Evan McMullin.

“I respect [Romney], and I understand that each state has its own dynamics, but I do not understand why he is remaining neutral,” said one Republican senator who asked not to be identified. “Whatever our differences, we all try to support each other around election time.”

Both moderate and conservative senators confirmed the grumbling in the conference. “We should not have to be worried about Utah in any way. I don’t know what he thinks he’s doing, but it’s not going over well, particularly with the [senators] who are up for chairmanships,” said another Republican senator. Neither Lee nor Romney responded to inquiries by press time.

A new poll from Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics claims McMullin is only 2 percentage points behind Lee, with a full 16 percent of respondents unsure who they will vote for. The poll is admittedly somewhat difficult to believe, and not just because it was conducted by a pollster with a history of dramatically overstating the electoral appeal of McMullin. The group’s final 2016 poll, for example, showed McMullin losing Utah’s presidential contest by only 2 points to Donald Trump. The final result was that Trump bested McMullin, who actually came in third behind Hillary Clinton, by 25 points.

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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2022, 02:30:29 pm »
Romney has spoken.....

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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2022, 02:53:11 pm »

Romney.
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2022, 10:08:06 pm »
Surprised??? Why would anyone be surprised at this point?
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2022, 10:12:24 pm »
Romney is behaving... as one would expect him to.

Having said that, Mr. Lee had better be able to win this race without "an endorsement" by Romney.
If he can't, well, maybe someone else should have been running in his place.
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2022, 10:23:21 pm »
How is an "endorsement" by Romney a good thing for anyone other than a Democrat?
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GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2022, 11:24:37 pm »
GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
The Federalist, Sep 29, 2022, Mollie Hemingway

Republican senators are growing concerned by colleague Mitt Romney’s refusal to help fellow Utah Republican Mike Lee decisively win his re-election campaign — a posture that could potentially keep their party from gaining a majority in the November elections. Unlike every other Republican senator, the 2012 failed Republican presidential candidate is declining to express a preference in Republican Lee’s re-election effort against Democrat-endorsed Evan McMullin.

“I respect [Romney], and I understand that each state has its own dynamics, but I do not understand why he is remaining neutral,” said one Republican senator who asked not to be identified. “Whatever our differences, we all try to support each other around election time.”

Both moderate and conservative senators confirmed the grumbling in the conference. “We should not have to be worried about Utah in any way. I don’t know what he thinks he’s doing, but it’s not going over well, particularly with the [senators] who are up for chairmanships,” said another Republican senator. Neither Lee nor Romney responded to inquiries by press time.

A new poll from Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics claims McMullin is only 2 percentage points behind Lee, with a full 16 percent of respondents unsure who they will vote for. The poll is admittedly somewhat difficult to believe, and not just because it was conducted by a pollster with a history of dramatically overstating the electoral appeal of McMullin. The group’s final 2016 poll, for example, showed McMullin losing Utah’s presidential contest by only 2 points to Donald Trump. The final result was that Trump bested McMullin, who actually came in third behind Hillary Clinton, by 25 points.

More:  https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/29/gop-senators-baffled-by-mitt-romneys-ploy-to-oust-mike-lee-and-maybe-thwart-a-majority/
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2022, 11:31:13 pm »
Mitt Romney’s Refusal to Endorse Mike Lee Infuriates Senate Republicans
Breitbart, Sep 29, 2022

Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) decision not to endorse Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) reelection bid has infuriated Senate Republicans and conservative activists.

Romney, Utah’s junior senator, has declined — and even refused — to endorse Lee’s reelection bid. Lee is the senior senator from Utah.

Senate Republicans are becoming increasingly alarmed by the decision, noting that even though Senate Republicans may have their differences on policy, they typically stand united against Republican opponents.

Romney’s refusal to endorse Lee could boost his lead opponent during the Senate campaign, the Never Trumper and failed 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Romney’s move has put Senate Republicans on defense in a state that Lee should win handily.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/09/29/mitt-romneys-refusal-to-endorse-mike-lee-could-cost-republicans-the-senate-majority/
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2022, 11:43:54 pm »
Mitt Romney is NOT a Republican.  Why anyone at this point in Utah would listen to a word he says is a mystery.
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2022, 01:23:28 am »
This ain't no mystery. The answer is as old as politics.

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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2022, 01:24:28 am »
Quote from: jafo2010 on September 29, 2022, 11:43:54 pm
Mitt Romney is NOT a Republican.  Why anyone at this point in Utah would listen to a word he says is a mystery.
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2022, 01:25:41 am »
Romney is doing Lee a favor by not endorsing him.
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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2022, 02:29:11 am »
They're baffled, by Willard? What are they idiots?

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Re: GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority.. Mol
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2022, 02:34:41 am »
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