Romney: Don't Wish Failure on Obama

Ex-gov urges GOP to remember president isn't always wrong

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 2, 2009 6:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Opposing President Obama shouldn't be a reflex response for Republicans, Mitt Romney told party members at the Republican Senatorial Committee’s spring dinner last night. The former Massachusetts governor spent most of his speech laying into Obama's policies, but also had some words of praise for the president's actions on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the auto industry, the Hill reports.

"I think its important for us to nod to the president when he’s right,” said Romney, who is seen as a 2012 presidential contender. “He will not always be wrong.”

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the California Republican Spring Convention in Sacramento, Calif., earlier this year. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Snowleopard

Apr 3, 2009 12:12 PM CDT

maybe we're entering an era of politics where people can listen to each others' points of view, can offer respect in spite of differences, and can take a bipartisan approach.... jk, the two party system is too polarizing..

Derni

Apr 2, 2009 12:17 PM CDT

Interesting response-will take it as a positive-at face value-ltes see where the Republicans take it-if he is to be a candidate he'll have to be better on his feet at answering questions-also, most Americans will not want to give up all teh gains in stem=cell research etc they just got from the Democrats so the Republicans will have to decide on a platform that will not force the country to all be conservative christians-as well as avoid telling us what is nmoral and immoral-if we need them to tell us what to do then we probably don't need to elect people since that involves making a moral decision too--

Mad

Apr 2, 2009 2:51 AM CDT

Republicans (how rare I capitalize that word) really blew it, not nominating Romney, just when the country most needed an intelligent business man in the WH. But then, republicans have never cared what was best for the country, only what's best for themselves

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