'06 Election Could Bode Well for Romney in '08
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(KCPW News) The 2006 election bodes well for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney - the Mormon Republican Governor of Massachusetts seeking his party's nomination for ‘08. At least, the buzz among Republicans in the nation's capitol, says Utah Senator Bob Bennett."The voters indicated they wanted new faces," says Bennett. "Romney is a new face. McCain has been around for a quarter of a century. This may be unfair, but it's true. Romney is ten years younger than John McCain and looks 15 or 20 years younger."
If he wins, Bennett notes that Arizona Senator John McCain would be the oldest elected president in U.S. history.
"I'm not sure that should matter, but it may very well be an issue," says Bennett. "I'm hearing people around the country saying John McCain looks a little old and tired."
Bennett says McCain's strength is his foreign policy credentials - which may help him prevail in the Republican nomination. For the Democrats, Bennett says it's assumed that Senator Hilary Clinton has the nomination if she wants it. Her biggest challenge for that race would be the young Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
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1. John Hajicek said:
I am ten years younger than Mitt Romney, and look 15 or 20 years younger. I am a new face. I am Mormon.
2. Keith said:
With all of what has been said a given, it is also important to note Romney's success in Massachusetts and previous success as business man and savior of the Salt Lake olympics. He will be a great alternative choice to those within and without the party who are leary of McCain and Giuliani's true colors. While the others will have to answer for past voting records, and perhaps justify current political stands (which are unpopular with the GOP base), Romney will be a fresh face. His religion may stand in the way, but I have to believe that evangelicals will realise that they have more in common with a fiscal and social conservative Mormon than they do with the likes of McCain, Giuliani, Frist, Allen, and the others.