Romney has accepted more money from lobbyists and received more endorsements from lobbyists than any other Republican presidential candidate.

Do you say that because you don't know how to read a chart, or because McCain isn't really a republican candidate?

supernovia,

Thank you for point out my error. I've fixed the post.

No problem. I might also point out that Romney's total contributions from special interest groups rounds out to 0% of his total donations, as opposed to 1% for most of the other republican candidates.

Don't forget Brad Card, Ron Kaufman's Dutko Partner and brother of Andy Card.

CARD, A B MR
WASHINGTON,DC 20003
DUTKO WORLDWIDE/MANAGING PRINCIPAL
3/5/2007
$2,300
Romney, Mitt

Look up Brad's Clients and you'll see a bunch of healthare and drug manufacturers.

Just ANOTHER liar running for office!! What a surprize!!! Romney is no better than the rest of these theives!!PAT PAULSON FOR PRESIDENT!!ZERO INCUMBENTS, AMERICA!! ITS THE ONLY WAY!!!

Yeah, well you should see how many lobbyists are supporting Ron Paul! Uh, well, never mind.

Hilarious. Look, I am an independent, and hold no party bias...but man, we all politics is the ultimate BS machine. The rhetoric drives the illusion, which betrays the truth. Its great to have a candidate caught with his pants down. Why the hell to the American people prefer to be lied to rather than hear the hard truths? This is the same reason we went into iraq on a pile of BS. Anyway, this was good stuff.

Brian Schupp,
I really hope you are being sarcastic! Otherwise....

None of this, absolutely none, surprises me. Erlich of the financial victimization of the lower middle class team, Erlich/Steele of Maryland, now lobbys for Gulliani. Erlich is tied into Washington interests so deeply, even the OIG refused to look at any evidence showing discrepencies of big insurance companies like Travelers and mortgage companies like Wells Fargo concerning disasters as far back as 2004. He placed a gag order on all Maryland State employees upon taking office. I was middle class before he became governor. This resulted in several citizens in MD loosing their homes. He even gave insurance companies liscense to alter our policies as they please in R.I. Erlich gave away our rights to be informed in that deal. Now he works for Gulliani's campaign as he himself announced to the media November 2007.

Ever wonder why people can see the EXACT SAME CLIP and come to completely opposite conclusions? Some find Romney to be coolheaded and adept at clarifying his intended meeting and the role lobbyists have in his campaign while others see him as angry and evasive?

Well, I saw an interesting article today that may be related. It answers why Mitt is stuck with the label flip-flopper depsite that his competitors have changed their positions just as much. Have a look: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/1/18/vanderbilt-poll-explains-why-romneys-flip-flopper-label-sticks-political-scientist-says-anti-mormon-bias-finds-cover

Honey!!! Call for help!!!

Bobby Kennedy Jr. is slavering, eyes shining with ecstasy...

"... with a one-time investment of $180 BILLION--we can completely retool the automobile and aviation industries ... and foster a modern biofuel industry ..."

Dude!!! HE'S NOT EVEN A LOBBIEST!!! Bobby needs help with his bookwork; our GLORIOUS LEADERS are fervently pointing their finger toward 2020, but if more water supplies aren't found for CA by 2020, "... the region will face a shortfall nearly as great as the amount consumed today," CA Dept. of Water Resources.

Even without drought..., ETHANOL is going to drive the price of water through the roof, and it's a BLOODY CRIME how TODAY'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES turn a blind eye to the MIT study that found ETHANOL to be as dirty (dirtier health wise) as gasoline!!!

Kennedy's article "Global Warming: A Real Solution" starts off by remarking "In early May (2007) 100 of the nation's top business leaders gathered for a summit at a private resort... ...at the invitation of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, included CEOs and other top executives from such Fortune 500 corporations as Wal-Mart, Proctor & Gamble and BP. They had been invited to discuss ways to end America's fossil-fuel addicition and save the world from global warming. But in reality they had come to make money for their companies--and that may turn out to be the thing that saves us."

Kennedy gloats (?)that these remarkable men "... are using new technologiers to ... boost their profits in the process."

Which makes mockery of Kennedy's brutal push for the cap and trade (emissions trading) scheme; if these men are making good money by simply going green, how come we have to add to their considerable payoff???

Ralph Nader calls for an efficient post-Kyoto global carbon market for carbon emissions trading, but "... he does not do so without qualms; a global carbon market would allow nations to literally buy their way out of obligations to reduce green house gases."

"Too often factory owners use the additional profits banked from carbon credits to expand their dirty factories," according to Newsweek's "The Carbon Folly, by E.F. Vencat.

Whoever Killed the Electric Car, well, now, evidently they're hot on the trail of the MagLev wind generators--which boast: 20% increase in generating capacity, 50% decrease in operating costs, friendlier to the environment, can operate from winds as slow as 1.5 m/s, one turbine can run as many as 750,000 homes!!!

So..., how come a "Greenpeace Founder Supports Nuclear Energy," Wikinews.

He must not of read how the U.S. Dept. of Energy states that land based wind potential could account for the entire U.S. electricity usage, with offshore wind having the same potential...

ROMNEY AND HIS BOUNTIFUL CROP OF LOBBYISTS--"The Enron Corp. led the charge to overtun a century of regulated electricity markets in the 1990s by promising lawmakers at the state and federal levels that 'competition' resulting from deregulation would lead to lower prices. Public Citizen strongly challenged such claims, and played a key role in getting Prop 9 on the CA ballot in 1998 to stop the state's deregulation law before it could be implemented. But our efforts were no match for Enron's money that was used to buy ads and pay off politicians at all levels of government. But just as Enron's business model was full of inaccuracies, none of the deregulation's promises have come true," Ralph Nader, Oil, Natural Gas, and deregulation.

Ah..., poor Mitt he can get no peace with the devil always whispering in his ear...!!!

Wow. After reviewing The Washington publication Roll Call list of lobbyists endorsing Romney, I'm backing this guy all the way. I wasn't sold until I read this. Don't kid yourself. Every single candidate out there is somehow, someway remotely related to some kind of special interest. At least Romney represents many of mine. It's just possible that the freedom to play $50 of recreational online poker, that was snatched away from me, might just be returned. Me and 6 million other Americans that are pretty angry about someone coming into our homes to threaten us with prison and a hefty fine. But my neighbor can bet on racehorses. (Now that a skill based wager). I'm more a middle-of-the-road, (no-way-conservative, ugh!) kind of voter. But this guy is looking better all the time. Thanks for sharing. I'll be sure to pass it on to my readers. All 6 million of them that just want the government to stay the heck out of their private lives.
I'd love to see Hillary's list.

I have been following Mitt Romney and he speaks of the "Three Legs" of conservative principles of "Social Conservatives, Economic Conservatives and Foreign Policy Conservatives and his plans to implement them. He also wants to increase the military by 100,000, provide modern equipment and better care for our warriors when they return from combat, secure our borders with a fence and 30,000 more Border Agents that will not be imprisoned for doing their jobs, biometric, tamperproof I.D. cards and tough sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens. No jobs! No illegal aliens!

MITT ROMNEY knows how to run corporations and make them successful. He has been doing this for 30 years of his adult life in the private sector. He was elected Governor of MA which is a Democrat state with a Democrat Legislature that had over a billion dollar deficit. He brought Health Insurance to all citizens of MA with the business sector without raising taxes. He left the state with a 2 billion rainy day fund.

As Manager of the Utah Winter Olympics he brought the Games, which had been corrupted, from bankruptcy to success. Why continue to send the same professional, political parasites back to Washington, D.C. to do nothing but promise? Washington, D.C. has been broken by these mugwumps far too long and MITT ROMNEY is the only man who can change it from inside out by clearing out the do nothing bureaucrats and worthless, duplicated bureaucracies and committes. Mitt Romney listens to Americans "We The People..."!

Hey Wagner, get your grammar correct, man. It's, "Dude!!! HE'S NOT EVEN [THE] LOBBIEST!!!"

I'm in Mass and a small business owner and Architect.
1) Romney ran right out and hired Bechtel to study the roof failure in the tunnel, that Bechtel designed.
2)Romney cut the civil rights division of the Attorney General's office in half, and gutted a lot of the rest of the department.
3)the business outlook especially here in Southeastern Mass has deteriorated over the last several years, many small businesses have gone under, education is lax, racism is up, gangs rule the streets of small cities, that is, gangs of kids, with guns, which was not to be seen at all in the 90's. Thanks Mitt, for nothing.

The purpose in being for a lobbyist has evolved into a right to bribe politicians. It is way past time for the voters of this country to demand that politicians eliminate lobbyists.

Reporters pick up little tidbits trying to make news. The bigger issues is who can best put our faltering nation back on a better course. These are just a few of the obvious reasons Romney is the most electable candidate for the Republican party.
1. We need his economic expertise and experience creating and holding jobs. He has real world experience dealing in today's global marketplace. Without a strong economy, nothing else works. Romney is or best hope to grow our economy. Many people consider Romney an economic genius.
2. Romney has a history of asking the right questions, listening intently, evaluating carefully and decisively LEADING. He brings new vision, efficiency, and energy to every endeavor
3. Romney has impeccable integrity and high standards. He is absolutely trustworthy.
4. Romney stands firmly in support of our constitution. He supports states rights and individual rights. He is committed to the preservation of our freedoms.
5. Romney is strong on education. While his was governor, Massachusetts students ranked #l in the nation in education. He will encourage innovation in technology and research and development to find answers to the energy crisis. Romney is an exceedingly intelligent man and proven problem solver!
6. Romney is committed to a strong national defense. He will protect our borders and keep our nation safe. He is also an excellent negotiator.
7. Romney will work to ensure our laws are enforced, our borders are secure, and illegal immigration is controlled.
8. Romney is a self-made man who owes no one favors. He will bring fresh voices and new ideas to the table. Romney will bring dignity and respect to the office of President.
9. Romney is a committed family man. He supports socially conservative values and walks the walk in his personal life.
10. Romney has strong grass roots support all across the west. He is an excellent strategist and a winner.

This chap cannot beat Hillary.

You're kidding yourself, Ames. Hillary is not that popular. Don't let the "polls" and news reports fool you. She maybe popular among a shrinking portion of Democrats, but in a national election against Romney, she gets butchered. Watch and learn.

Thank god for the Mother Jones MoJo for making this forum available. Whether we agree or not, at least we have a place to voice our, um, voice.

Smart people know our nation NEEDS Romney and they willingly support him. Even so, he is not beholden to any of them. Romney is a political outsider and is best able to bring genuine change to Washington.

This putz is a FRAUD !!!!!!!!! I am a resident of Massachusetts and the other 49 states need to listen the facts. Mitt the maggot sold us a bill of goods when he ran for governor and too many of us bought into it. He has perfected twisting the facts to make himself look pearly white and perfect. He will tell an audiance what they want to hear so that they will vote for him. After that, he takes care of his "buddies". Check out www.romneyfacts.com for the whole story. The GOP bashed Kerry for "flip-flopping" on '04. This Chucklehead is far worse. Mitt is the next coming of "w". Haven't we had enough of that??? It would be prudent for the rest of the U.S. to closely examine his track record while governor of the Commonwealth. Things are so much better, although not perfect, under Deval Patrick. Don't let him suck you in. Use your head when you vote...

If you're a liberal moron, Deval Patrick is your man, no question about it.

I'd like to see EVERYONE"S backers...I'm an Independent and I can't stand this cherry picking. Show ALL OR NONE!! I can say I detest Rudy using scare tactics to get votes. Now McCain is doing the same...I'm sick of this shit. Huckabee & Edwards have my attention.