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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

2012 / Media The Republican Party Starts Falling in Line Behind Mitt Romney

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:07 PM

Last night, Sean Hannity chastised Rick Perry for attacking Mitt Romney for engaging in "vulture capitalism." Hannity said Perry sounded "like something from Occupy Wall Street." Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh attacked Newt Gingrich for attacking Romney's Bain record, too:

“Capitalism is under assault here in the Republican Party,” said Limbaugh. “I’m telling you, I don’t care how much you love Newt, that is not good. Capitalism being under assault in the Republican Party is not gonna help us at all. It’s what Michael Moore does.”

The party's not entirely aligned yet—Limbaugh's got a lot of backpedaling to do on his teeny, tiny little bicycle before he can get past his "Romney is not a conservative" rant of a few months back—but you can see it happening. I'm willing to bet that by the end of the month, the conservative media machine will be claiming that Mitt Romney is now, and has always been, the conservative messiah.

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Shyeah, they're afraid that the mud currently being flung around by Newt and co. is going to stick around after the nomination's been locked up. At least, I think it's mud, but with Santorum you never can tell.

Posted by --MC on January 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM

Quite so. And then let the birther, Muslim, Kenyan Colonialist narrative begin.

Posted by zombie eyes on January 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM

not a their messiah-that's reagan. more like disciple paul--but not ron paul…oh, it get's so muddled and confused. whatever. romney is the best they can do. and it won't be enough. obama 2012.

Posted by ellarosa on January 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM

And with that, the GOP truly begins to eat its own...

Posted by COMTE

on January 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Sarah Palin VP? What're the odds?

Posted by bedipped on January 11, 2012 at 12:20 PM

required reading on the presidential election... http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blo…

Posted by philosophy school dropout on January 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM

Fall in line. That's what Republicans do...

Posted by bobbelieu on January 11, 2012 at 12:35 PM

I almost want this to be over so we don't have to hear about these clowns again until November.

Plus, there's an important vote in May during the North Carolina primary for a constitutional amendment that would ban not only gay marriage but also gay civil unions. It has a lot harder chance of winning if the Republican contest is long over and less Republicans are drawn to vote.

http://equalitync.org/

http://www.protectncfamilies.org/

Posted by passionate_jus on January 11, 2012 at 12:37 PM

I thought attacking that POS Romney over a statement so fundamentally capitalist was weird to begin with. Republicans against the free market?

Posted by ams_ on January 11, 2012 at 12:42 PM

The fun part is just imagining what the vile emails and vids and hit pieces sent to SC look like this year.

Remember, McCain won SC as the presumed nominee over that upstart Bush, right?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 11, 2012 at 2:08 PM

@10, stop, Will. Please.

Posted by Fnarf

on January 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM

So what if he's a conservative messiah? He has to appeal to the middle. It's going to be interesting to see how he zooms from hard right to the center after his nomination.

Posted by Patricia Kayden on January 11, 2012 at 3:02 PM

And so the complete erasure of Ron Paul as a viable candidate continues. His stance on the military is obviously a deal-breaker for them but it's truly bizarre how they seem incapable of acknowledging the guy even exists.

Posted by blip on January 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM