# Romney's out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694 "2008-02-07T17:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/1 "2008-02-07T17:43:08Z")
[Link](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8ULK3JG1&show_article=1). I think that what “suspending his campaign” means. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/2 "2008-02-07T17:46:27Z")
Lovely dig at the Democrats: > [@](#): > > “If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or (Barack) Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney planned to say in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/3 "2008-02-07T17:49:26Z")
Such a specatacular flame-out too…wasn’t he considered a front-runner, that McCain and Guiliani had to beat? You also have to keep in mind who he is addressing. He’s got to play to the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/4 "2008-02-07T17:50:51Z")
That’ll get him a cabinet seat, if McCain wins in November. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/5 "2008-02-07T17:55:14Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] That’ll get him a cabinet seat, if McCain wins in November. 😉 [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t rule out VP to a 72-year-old President either - if they win. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/6 "2008-02-07T17:56:25Z")
I think Huckabee’s hoping for that slot. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/7 "2008-02-07T20:00:05Z")
As a Massachusetts resident, I can only say: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Good riddance, old friend! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/8 "2008-02-07T20:34:37Z")
I knew it’d come out eventually. I mean, it was pretty obvious anyway, but it’s good to seem him finally admit— What? Is this not what we’re…? Then what did he…? Ohhhh. Well, America wasn’t ready for a Mormon president anyway. Certainly not a _gay_ one. _What??_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/9 "2008-02-07T20:38:52Z")
Someone’s out of money. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/10 "2008-02-07T20:53:09Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Such a specatacular flame-out too…wasn’t he considered a front-runner, that McCain and Guiliani had to beat? [/QUOTE] That depends on who you ask. Almost a year ago the Republican media elite consisting of types such as Rush Limbuagh, Ann Coulter, Hugh Hewitt, and Sean Hannity decided that Romney would be the next president and there was no need to bother consulting with the voters. The voters, however, did not agree. For most of the campaign Romeny was in fourth place behind McCain, Giuliani, and Fred Thomson. Occasionally he crawled his way up to third or second place but he was never in first. There was never any plausible way that he could win the nomination, much less the presidency. And good riddance to bad rubbish. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/11 "2008-02-08T10:10:22Z")
I’m really sorry to see him quit, or whatever he’s clling it. He seems like such a dick. It would have been so entertaining to watch more of him. Especially, it would have been solid gold to see him lose the general. Hell, I might have mounted a dog cage with a giant stuffed toy dog in it on my car’s roof, so I could pin big campaign buttons all over him. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romneys-out/436694/12 "2008-02-08T10:14:11Z")
What happens to all that money they raise for their campaign? Is it absorbed back into the general party fund or what?