Romney Is Stuck Because He’s Not A Pro-Growth Republican

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According to the polls summarized by RealClearPolitics, Mitt Romney has been unable to win more than 25% of the Republican vote for the party’s presidential nomination for more than a year. This is because the former Massachusetts governor is not a pro-growth Republican. Instead, his economic platform reflects a man who is devoutly Keynesian, and who, as president, would not be able to reinvigorate the U.S. economy.

A pro-growth Republican is a “supply-sider” who believes that stable money, low taxes, and limited regulation produce prosperity. And as Art Laffer has said, if regulatory policy is important by a factor of 1, then tax policy is important by a factor of 10, and monetary policy by 100.

The purpose of these bedrock principles is to encourage capital formation, and thereby raise the national standard of living. The virtuous, supply-side process starts like this: 1) low taxes increase the amount of capital available to invest in businesses; and, 2) stable money, low tax rates, and limited regulation increase the after-tax returns on investment.

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  • http://thechristiansolution.com thechristiansolution

    Romney is an anti-growth Democrat — that is how he got elected in Massachusetts.

    • jjkrjw

      Our foremost goal must be to get Obama out of the White House. That means voting for whoever the republican nominee is. People who insist on voting for Ron Paul will assure another term for Obama. First things first. Let's get Obama out. The left has moved us to this position incrementally so we cannot expect to restore our country in one election. We must restore it incrementally, too.

      Let's pay attention to House and Senate candidates, too. State elections are also important. State attorneys general are the ones bringing Obamacare challenges, so we must keep our state Tea Party leaders in power.

      • Martin Ridens

        I think it's those who insist on not voting for Ron Paul who may be the problem.

        • jjkrjw

          I like Ron Paul, but he doesn't stand a chance of getting elected as the republican nominee or a third party candidate. It's one of those awful facts of life. If he runs as a third party candidate, he'll only do what Ross Perot did. Perot jumped into the race and George Herbert Walker Bush lost to Bill Clinton who appointed a bunch of leftist activist judges that we'll live with for years. Clinton was elected with less than 40% of the vote. Vote for Ron Paul and you'll have four more sad years of obama. And just think of the judges obama will appoint. More Kagans and Sotomayors. Can our country withstand that?

    • patriotrenegade

      Stop LYING! Rubbish.

  • No fool

    Romney is a RINO like McCain.

    • Gray

      I didn't think of McCain as a RINO….that was four years ago, so I won't go into it, now.
      However, my problem, with Romney, isn't in the political sense, but in the fact that he's portraying himself as pro-Choice and I will absolutely NEVER vote for anyone, who doesn't place the sanctity of life in top position!

      So, if the General Election winds down to Romney vs. Obama, I will vote for neither of them!

  • Jary

    What a sad piece of editorial rubbish. Romney is every bit as pro-growth, low taxes, and low regulation as most every candidate except maybe Paul and has proven it as a business man, olympic turn round guru and governor. If you don’t like him for personal or religious reasons at least say so but don’t hide behind such silliness.

    • No fool

      I take it you don't live in Massachusetts where he started Romney Care, which is now a costly disaster. Obama Care was modeled after this now failing system.

    • Janadele

      So true Jary

    • http://yahoo.com Thomas M

      Romney is nothing more than a white obama, open your eyes.

    • EX-CULT.

      "The American people have a right to know the facts about the records of the men who are asking them for their vote. Mr. Mitt Romney is running as someone who knows how to create jobs. In fact, he has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs while at Bain Capital.
      However, numerous analyses have said that figure is as inaccurate as President Obama's claim to have "saved or created" millions of jobs.
      Furthermore, Mitt Romney's experience as a portfolio manager did not help him create an environment in Massachusetts that was friendly to job creation."

  • Chuck

    Just say it. Mittens is a Progressive. That's the same as a commie in my book. Keynesian economics are well known throughout the commie/marxist world.

    • Dave

      Jary… you are 110 % correct…these people don't have a clue and this article is pure BS…Romney has forgotten more about turning things around and making things successful than these idiot bigots will ever know.

    • patriotrenegade

      lying robot. stupid, ignorant.

  • Planetaryhub

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  • Mike88

    Ron Paul is the only Austrian Economics politician running for President. Austrian Economics (supply and demand) economics works and has always worked well before Nixon endorces Keynesian economics and made us all Keynesians as he stated in his speech"were all Keynesians now" which includes (Government price fixing and taking us totally off of the Gold Standard by closing the gold discount windows for the banks) and financially ruined our nation. Sure it took our nation several decades to become bankrupt from Nixon's failed policies, but Romney wants to continue those failed policies. That is exactly why we need Ron Paul as President so he can put our nation on the economic recovery path using Austrian (supply and demand) economics. Ron Paul 2012 to restore and a return to America's former financial greatness and the Freedom and Liberty for the American people to enjoy it.

    • Ann Wilson Kingsley

      Thank you Mike88! Ron Paul has the comprehensive well-developed plan for turning our country around.

  • Jerry F.

    Romney wants to keep the government pretty much like it is ,he doesn't want to grow America.Look at his economic plan it's just slightly better then Obumers.It's not a growth plan.

  • JESSICA

    Go Perry!

  • Tyndale

    And so the mud slinging ramps up. You are 180 degrees off base with this article. Obviously you want to keep Romney from winning the bid and then from winning the election, but he is our man. Romney is the best shot America has. Every democrat knows it and that is why the liberals media and the Democratic party wants to keep him from facing Obama. But your days are numbered. No one else comes close in ability. Face it. Romney in 2012.

    • Martin Ridens

      Let me see, the democrats think Romney is the inevitable republican candidate and agreeing with them is good? How does that work?

    • EX-CULT.

      Romney is NOT the best shot America has. We can do better than this. Romney CANNOT BEAT Obama. Obama will eat Romney alive on the debate. Romney has no record of creating jobs at Massachusetts. Romney is running as someone who knows how to create jobs. In fact, he has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs while at Bain Capital. However, numerous analyses have said that figure is as inaccurate as President Obama's claim to have "saved or created" millions of jobs.
      Furthermore, Romney's experience as a portfolio manager did not help him create an environment in Massachusetts that was friendly to job creation."

      Newt Gingrich is the only man that will beat Obama. Newt Gingrich's record is so strong his critics can't argue with it, so they focus on other issues. I keep hearing that Newt's marriages will be an issue as well as his business dealings.

      I recall that, in the 1970's some said Ronald Reagan should be disqualified as a candidate because he had been divorced.
      I believe the American people understands they don't elect SAINTS, but a leader who have positive solutions of the economic crisis we face. Newt Gingrich is that leader. Also, he is a brilliant communicator. Unlike Obama, he doesn't need a teleprompter to give a speech.
      Newt Gingrich has a leadership record that few Republicans in history can lay claim to.

      GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

  • samtman

    He was only pro growth for himself when he send a large number of jobs to China.

  • tod

    muslim,mormon,barrycare,romneycare,barry,romney,NO DIFFERENCE !!! Dr.Ron Paul 2012 !!! God Says(Blessed Are The Peacekeepers),and May God Bless Dr.Ron Paul in 2012 !!!

  • Ann Wilson Kingsley

    Good article! Good observation!

  • dingbat36

    Far as I can see, Mr. Plain Vanilla Mitt has only a pleasant face and a good head of hair to recommend him………..I wonder how he really felt about having Mr. Loser McCain endorse him…..that would seem to me to be the kiss of death for any REAL conservative!! McCain is so irrelevant that I simply can not understand why he doesn't just crawl in a hole somewhere and pull it in after him.

  • The Truth

    Nope the title to this article is incorrect. Romney is stuck because he has stated that he is a progressive and his policies have reinforced that.

  • For Freedom

    It seems that many Republicans want to find the most RIGHT candidate they can. That will show the country the extreme differance between the Left Obama, and the Right Replublican choice. With the many choices that Iowa had it dosen't seem strange to me that no one got more that 25% of the vote. When the Republican Convention is done we have to rally behind and support the winning candidate and stop the back stabbing. A 3 party election will hand the election to Obama. Conservitives fighting each other will hand the election to Obama. Don't you think the Democrats are loving to watch the mud slinging and money waisted by conservitives fighting agenst conservitives? The goal is to Get Obama Out. Restoring jobs and the economy is next. From what I see Romney has the business sense and experiance to get the job done, and defeat Obama.

  • one angry gramma

    Will you paulbots please STOP! Ron Paul cannot beat Obama!! Period! He has even stated that he knows he will not win!! Wake up!
    Yes, he has good domestic ideas, but he is a nut job on foreign policy!
    Do I want the media or the establishment picking our nominee? Hell No! Romney flops to win elections & nothing more. He has called himself a moderate. Stop going along with who the establishment tells you is the nominee & vote for a conservative. That's not Romney!

  • Big PaPa

    I truly do not understand how so many of you do not understand what is going on here we will no longer be free under United Nations Agenda 21 we are going to loose all of our freedom and become slaves to the state do you not think the republican eleit would have had Obama taken out by now if they were not calling the shots. This is all one big plan and were just sheep waiting for the dogs to push us over the cliff.

  • http://yahoo.com Thomas M

    When obama is fired we can rejoice and start reclaiming America back.

  • Jerry

    You can't liberals that the principals in this article will work for these United States!! They look at it as if they have to stick their hands in someone's else's money!!!!!

  • http://[email protected] Girlie58

    It doesn’t matter..if Romney is the one to beat Obama then lets support him 100%…then replace him in the next election. Let’s not try to clean up house now because we still don’t have the ideal person for president.

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