Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Romney makes an appeal to the right

Per quanto abbia rinnegato quasi per intero il suo programma, spero che 
Obama ce la faccia ad essere rieletto perché questi candidati sono molto 
vicini al peggio che possano partorire le parti basse dell'America.
 
---------------------------------------------------
Romney makes an appeal to the right
 
By Paul West, Washington Bureau
February 10, 2012, 6:08 p.m.
Reporting from Washington— Amid the furor over an Obama administration 
rule on contraceptives, three GOP presidential candidates hammered away 
at social issues Friday as they sought to appeal to a major gathering of 
conservative activists.
 
Mitt Romney, reeling from a triple loss to Rick Santorum in voter 
contests this week, made his most explicit appeal yet to the Republican 
right.
 
Romney described himself as a "severely conservative Republican 
governor" in a half-hour speech to the Conservative Political Action 
Conference that used the words "conservative" or "conservatism" 29 times.
 
"Let me be clear: Mine will be a pro-life presidency," he said, as he 
outlined other actions that he would take as president, including 
pushing for a constitutional amendment that would restrict marriage to 
unions between a man and a woman.
 
As if to underscore the event's importance to his efforts to reassure a 
wary conservative base, Romney, reading from a prompter, pledged to 
"reverse every single Obama regulation that attacks our religious 
liberty and threatens innocent life in this country."
 
Romney's emphasis reflected concerns by some conservatives about the 
ferocity of his opposition to abortion, since earlier in his political 
career he backed abortion rights.
 
The comments by Romney and his competitors, Santorum and Newt Gingrich, 
reflected not only the interests of the audience but also a shift in the 
presidential contest since the economy began improving. In his remarks, 
Santorum said the 2012 election was about something more important than 
the economy — what he called "foundational principles" and overreach by 
government.
 
The ongoing dispute over the Obama administration's healthcare mandate 
is "not about contraception. It's about economic liberty. It's about 
freedom of speech. It's about freedom of religion. It's about government 
control of your life, and it's got to stop!" Santorum said to cheers.
 
A year ago, at the same event, the hall was more than one-third empty 
when Santorum spoke. On Friday, when he walked onstage with his wife, 
Karen, and six of their children, every seat in the room was filled. But 
the reception for both Romney and Santorum was somewhat less 
enthusiastic than for current heroes of the conservative movement, such 
as Florida Rep. Allen West, and for Newt Gingrich, who repeatedly 
brought members of the largely youthful crowd to its feet.
 
"We need to teach the Republican establishment a lesson," Gingrich said, 
after a rare introduction by his wife, Callista, who said she and the 
former House speaker "have a wonderful partnership."
 
Taking aim at Obama, whom he criticized in lacerating terms as, 
variously, a liar, a dangerous radical, and a threat to America's 
preeminence in the world, Gingrich promised that on his first day in 
office he will have "repudiated at least 40%" of Obama's accomplishments.
 
"No money for abortion overseas. Period," he said to applause. "An 
executive order to repeal every act of religious bigotry by the Obama 
administration. Period."
 
If Obama is reelected, "he will wage war on the Catholic Church the 
morning after his reelection," warned Gingrich, a convert to the Roman 
Catholic faith, standing before large video screens displaying 
likenesses of his "dream team" of prominent supporters, including former 
GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Fred Thompson.
 
Romney's appearance contrasted sharply with his CPAC speech a year ago, 
which avoided mention of social issues. Polls show that many of the most 
conservative Republicans have yet to warm to him, and there was periodic 
commentary from speakers at the three-day event portraying Romney as a 
moderate, if not liberal, Republican, which appeared to resonate with 
more than a few CPAC attendees.
 
But Romney tried to make the case that he was is far more conservative 
than many people think.
 
"I know conservatism because I have lived conservatism," he said, 
through experiences in his personal life, business career and four years 
as governor.
 
Romney portrayed himself as a defender of conservative principles and 
values "in the most liberal state in the nation." He said he fought to 
limit the impact of a landmark same-sex marriage ruling by the state's 
Supreme Court, boasting that he had prevented out-of-state couples from 
being wed in Massachusetts and making the state "the Las Vegas of gay 
marriage."
 
He took shots at Obama, turning a well-known line from the Democrat's 
2008 campaign against him. "I know that this president will never get 
it, but we conservatives aren't just proud to cling to our guns and to 
our religion," Romney said. "We are also proud to cling to our 
Constitution."
 
Four years ago, Romney used an appearance before the same audience to 
pull out of the presidential contest, two days after a disappointing 
showing on Super Tuesday. This time, "he felt like, coming in, here was 
a place he could close the deal with as many people as possible," said 
longtime conservative strategist David Keene. "Instead of speaking in 
generalities, he got specific."
 
Keene, a National Rifle Association official who is nonaligned in the 
GOP race, said the speech appeared to have achieved its objective of 
making conservatives more comfortable with the idea of Romney as their 
nominee. But, he added, "I think he has a ways to go."
 
Rep. Ron Paul, who won the CPAC straw poll last year and is looking for 
an inaugural 2012 win when the results of the Maine caucuses are 
announced Saturday, did not appear at the 39th annual event.
 
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gop-conservatives-20120211,0,7817179.story?track=rss
 
-- 
Sostieni Rete ECO
 
http://rete-eco.it/it/sostienici.html
 
 

 vicini al peggio che possano partorire le parti basse dell'America.
 
Povero Persio: la tua delusione è quasi commovente... *sniff*!
 
 
-- 
*Sunspot*
The lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock.