Hard Core Talk-Radio Conservatives Elevated Mitt Romney
Hard Core Talk-Radio Conservatives Elevated Mitt Romney - Conor Friedersdorf - the Atlantic
Years after the passage of Romneycare, during a far tougher election cycle for Republicans, and before Romney moved right in his rhetoric and policy positions for the present contest, these conservative opinion-makers insisted that he could beat Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama, that he was in fact a true conservative, and that he could be trusted to safeguard the GOP’s soul.
Don’t take my word for it - look back at their words.
Rush Limbaugh deemed him an embodiment of every important aspect of conservatism.
“I think now, based on the way the campaign has shaken out, that there probably is a candidate on our side who does embody all three legs of the conservative stool, and that’s Romney,” he said. “The three stools or the three legs of the stool are national security/foreign policy, the social conservatives, and the fiscal conservatives. The social conservatives are the cultural people. The fiscal conservatives are the economic crowd: low taxes, smaller government.”
National Review endorsed him in an unsigned editorial.