Romney draws National Review endorsement

Conservatives who know Washington, who know the issues, who know foreign policy, who know how to win back Mitt Romney. I wouldn't disparage those who support Huckabee or others as ignorant of these issues, but I would ask them to consider this and other endorsements seriously. These people have been playing the game for a long time and the calculus they use is complex. Their conclusion may be worth weighing. I support Romney in 08 and I think you should.

You chose wisely. Romney is clearly the best choice for Republicans and has a better chance to beat a Democrat than Giuliani and especially Huckabee.

The Natinal Review?, ehhhhhh yuk!

Hey, I thought these Neoclown nuts would back their biggest panderer (Rude E Giuliani), what happened?

Bravo !!! This endorsement goes to the best candidate. Wise choice!!

As National Review said, Romney is the most conservative of the candidates who can beat Hillary. He'll be getting my vote!

As National Review said, Romney is the most conservative candidate who can also beat Hillary. Huckabee and Giuliani are liberal and Fred is dead. Romney will definitely be getting my vote!

This editorial essentially summed up my thoughts about Mitt Romney. When his campaign first came out, I was extremely excited. Then all the Google Alerts that I subscribe to tempered my excitement. Like others, it was very difficult for me to balance his "sudden" social "conversion" but, looking at the important thing for me, i.e., the government as an enterprise, pretty much closed the deal for me. There is no one else more qualified to "run" the government than him. I truly believe he will reduce the size of government and cut programs that are not effective. Now, he just has to win the nomination...

They can count on me not to renew my subscription when it expires. I had a high regard for the magazine before this endorsment came out.While
Romney is a fine gentleman,I doubt if he will be the Republican nominee.

Well, seeing as that the Nat'l. Review hasn't been right about anything for 40+ years, we can rest assured that the nominee won't be Willard.

The National Review is a neo-con rag that doesn't represent traditional or core conservative values. As such, I view any endorsement by those folks to be a kiss of death to any candidate. I wasn't going to vote for Romney anyway, but their end endorsement sealed my decision in that regard.

I respect NRO greatly, but I disagree. Governor Huckabee has more experience, heart, and consistency in the issues we hold dear. He is being misrepresented by some pretty powerful people. For example, Gov. Romney accuses Gov. Huckabee of being soft on immigration in the most recent ad, while Jim Gilchrist, leader of the Minuteman Project, endorses Gov. H. and his position on immigration http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressRelease&ID=422. Pat Toomey (who I have respected in the past) "clubs" Gov. H. on taxes. He's misrepresenting him. Why? I don't know. I'm not a novice, but I'm going to follow my head and heart, and I hope you will have the opportunity to join me in September, if not before. I've not felt like this since 1980. Keep up the good work, but please don't trash a great man.

This endorsement is well deserved by Romney. He is the best choise for president by far. Huckabee is a joke...hopefully his popularity dies out once people realize his terrible record.

I agree. Mitt is the man. I dont care so much about his stances, but he is a brilliant leader and can turn our nation around from the financial problems we have ahead.

Wow - connies supporting a flip flopper that used to defend gay rights. Who'da thunk it. Next thing you know, they'll be nominating flip flopper Kerry!

Paul Moy,

The purpose of running a business enterprise is to grow it. How does that translate into your stated goal of reducing the size of governmenet?

I one hundred percent agree with the National Review. I believe that Mitt has what it takes to beat the Democrats this year. He is honest man who believes in family values. He has turned around many businesses and saved the Olympics. Our country needs someone who can turn around this country at this time.

''Some believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy,'' Romney said. ''If they are right, so be it.'' This statement from Mitt's speech last week tells me that he won't distance himself from his religion and that's why I will vote for him. Huckabee is riding the waves of support from the evangelists. Sadly, may of these people are closed mind and think that the Bible is 100% true. If that be the case, they need to explain why several religions have their own kind of Bibles. Some of them use the Bible and the name of Christ to make fortunes and many people follow these leaders like blinds. To me they are the worst of hypocrites.

I agree that Romney is the best candidate. People are just excited about Huckabee because he's a good speaker and is able to hide his true record as a big spender and tax raiser.

In regards to Paul Moy's comment about how running an enterprise relates to the government: we want our economy to grow, we just don't want spending and taxes to increase. If you want the latter, vote for Huckabee.

Mitt ran businesses not to grow them & make them prosper, but to plunder them, make huge profits, & leave them in shambles. Hundreds of families were left jobless because of his business practices. That's how he got rich.

That's one of the many ills of conservatives & why you guys have zero credibility when it comes to family values.

Mitt can hide behind his religion all he wants. The stench of his moral decay won't go unnoticed.

Every true conservative I know has been backing Romney from day one. I can't even cherish the thought of Huckabee's liberal economic issues or Giuliani's donkey-like stances on social issues.

Romney is the only candidate that will FIX the horriffic mismanagement in Washington. Ronald Reagan will turn in his grave if we hand the nomination to anyone else.

A job well done, National Review...but better late than never.