On visit to New Hampshire, Romney had kind words for Perry, not so much for Obama

[TomCADem]

Source: CBS News

Mitt Romney extended an olive branch towards one of his leading GOP rivals and continued to attack President Obama's Iraq policy on Saturday, as he made an appearance in a state he's counting on to launch him towards the Republican presidential nomination.

Taking questions from reporters for the first time in nearly two weeks after working the phone banks at his campaign headquarters here, Romney was generous when asked about whether he could back Texas Gov. Rick Perry as his party's nominee. The two men had several notably contentious exchanges during Wednesday's presidential debate in Las Vegas, but Romney told reporters here there's no hard feelings.

"If Rick Perry were the nominee, I'd be voting for him," Romney said. "I believe every single person on the stage in that last debate would do a better job than president Obama." Romney added that he thinks the GOP will be better off with him as the party standard-bearer. "I believe that I'm the best suited to beat President Obama and that's why I'm running," he said.

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Like Perry, Romney continued to criticize the president's announcement of a troop withdrawal from Iraq by year's end. Noting that negotiations had been underway to keep a cadre of U.S. forces in Iraq, Romney said that Obama "failed to deliver" a deal to do so. "Why did it fall apart?" he asked, suggesting that Obama was either "out-negotiated" or made a "political recalculation."

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Perry and Romney are on the attack characterizing the President's decision as a surrender.

[TlalocW]

1. That's because Romney re-watched the Vegas debate

And realized how close he was to getting punched by Perry.

TlalocW

[customerserviceguy]

2. He also realized how much Perry knocked him off his game

He's trying to set a trap for Perry, seemingly taking the high road to let Perry act like a drunken cowboy again. The establishment Republicons have called for softer talk, and Mittens wishes to appease them.

Frankly, it would very much serve his purposes if Perry took a swing at him, or Cain ran over his foot with a pizza delivery truck.

[Politicalboi]

3. "Imagine there's no pizza"

What about the lead guy Herman KockCain?

[DFW]

4. "I believe every single person on the stage in that last debate would do a better job"

A statement THAT divorced from reality disqualifies Romney from being labeled presidential
material just by itself. Michelle Bachmann or Herman Cain would do a better job as president
than Barack Obama? People usually get arrested and jailed for taking drugs than lead to
hallucinations of that magnitude.

[No Elephants]

5. Romney no longer perceives Perry as a threat to his (Romney's) long time

personal ambition of being President. So, he (Romney) thinks he can only gain by being pleasant to Perry.

"See, I ran a positive, cordial campaign and I still won the nomination in a cake walk."

Romney still perceives President Obama as a threat to his (Romney's) long time personal ambition of being President.

If Romney ever extends the olive branch to President Obama, we'll know Romney thinks he (Romney) has the general election in the bag.