Andrea Mitchell: Romney Adviser Said Party Elites Will Find Alternative If Romney Can't Win Florida

[stockholmer]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/23/andrea_mitchell_romney_adviser_said_party_elites_will_find_alternative_if_romney_cant_win_florida.html (Video)

"I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, 'Look, if Mitt Romney cannot win in Florida then we're going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries. And we're going to have try to come with someone as an alternative to Newt Gingrich who could be Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, someone.' Because there is such a desperation by the so-called party elites, but that's exactly what Gingrich is playing against," Andrea Mitchell said on NBC tonight after the debate.

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Say hello to a possible/probable brokered convention. I smell burning BushCo afoot.

[DCBob]

1. A Romney advisor??

Not that I doubt this might be happening but a Romney advisor might have an incentive to exaggerate something like this.

[Enrique]

2. i.e. the nominee will be decided in quiet rooms

all this voting stuff was just for show.

By the way the Freepers will love this quote when it comes to their attention.

[rhett o rick]

3. I have said all along that this was planned. Why would the party elites allow this group of clowns

to represent their party? But what a perfect plan. By the convention, the republicon base will be dying to support a modest, moderate candidate that hasnt been dragged thru the shit, like Jeb "the smart son" Bush. The nitwit republicon base wont even care that they have been manipulated. "The old Bush is gone, long live the new Bush".

[stockholmer]

8. 1928 was the last time the Republicans won the Presidency without a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket

Who says there isn't a dynastic class for at least half of the American 2-party system. Actually both halves.


Presidents related to earlier presidents

* James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington
* John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams
* Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison
* Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant
* Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison
* Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren
* Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
* Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler
* Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover
* George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford
* George W. Bush: son of George Bush
* Barack Obama: distant presidential cousins include President George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman and James Madison.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_relationships_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Direct descent

The United States Presidents who are related to each other by direct descent are:
John Adams and John Quincy Adams (father and son)
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (grandfather and grandson)
George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush (father and son)

Indirect relatives


Second cousins
James Madison and Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor

Third cousins
George Washington and Zachary Taylor (once removed)
Martin Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt (three times removed)
Martin Van Buren and Franklin D. Roosevelt (four times removed)
George Washington and Grover Cleveland (four times removed)
John Adams and Calvin Coolidge (five times removed)
John Quincy Adams and Calvin Coolidge (six times removed)
George Washington and Bill Clinton (six times removed's husband)*
George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt (nine times removed)

Fourth cousins
William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (once removed)
Ulysses Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt (once removed)
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Harrison (once removed)
John Adams and Millard Fillmore (three times removed)
John Quincy Adams and Franklin D. Roosevelt (three times removed)
Zachary Taylor and Franklin D. Roosevelt (half-cousins, three times removed)
James Garfield and George H. W. Bush (three times removed)
John Quincy Adams and Millard Fillmore (four times removed)
James Garfield and George W. Bush (four times removed)
Harry Truman and Barack Obama (four times removed)
George Washington and George H. W. Bush (nine times removed)
George Washington and George W. Bush (ten times removed)

Fifth cousins
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt
Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland (once removed)
Rutherford Hayes and Grover Cleveland (once removed)
John Tyler and Benjamin Harrison (once removed)
James Garfield and William Taft (once removed)
John Quincy Adams and Millard Fillmore (twice removed)
Millard Fillmore and Warren Harding (twice removed)
Ulysses Grant and Calvin Coolidge (three times removed)
George Washington and Benjamin Harrison (three times removed)
John Quincy Adams and William Taft (four times removed)
Millard Fillmore and Herbert Hoover (four times removed)
Franklin Pierce and George H. W. Bush (in-law four times removed)
Grover Cleveland and Gerald Ford (four times removed)
Millard Fillmore and Gerald Ford (five times removed)
Franklin Pierce and George W. Bush (five times removed)

Relations to Vice Presidents

Many presidents may also end up being related to their own vice president, or just to another vice president in general. Examples:

Fifth cousins
George Washington and Aaron Burr (three times removed)



Presidents related to royalty

Presidents related to British royalty
George Washington (descendant of Edward III of England)
Thomas Jefferson (descendant of Edward III of England)
James Madison (descendant of Edward I of England)
James Monroe (descendant of Edward III of England)
John Quincy Adams (descendant of Edward III of England)
William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison (descendants of Edward I of England)
Zachary Taylor (descendant of Edward I of England)
Franklin Pierce (descendant of Henry I of England)
Rutherford Hayes (descendant of William I of Scotland and William the Conqueror)
Grover Cleveland (descendant of Edward I of England)
Theodore Roosevelt (descendant of James I of Scotland and Edward III of England)
William Taft (descendant of Edward III of England)
Warren Harding (descendant of Henry II of England)
Calvin Coolidge (descendant of Edward I of England)
Herbert Hoover (descendant of Edward III of England)
Franklin Roosevelt (descendant of James II of Scotland)
Harry S. Truman (descendant of Robert III of Scotland)
Richard Nixon (descendant of Henry II of England)
Gerald Ford (descendant of Edward I of England)
Jimmy Carter (descendant of Edward III of England)
George H. W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush (descendants of Edward I of England and Robert II of Scotland)
Barack Obama (descendant of Edward I of England and William the Lion of Scotland)

As a result, all of the listed people are direct descendants of Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror.

HM Queen Elizabeth II is among the closest living relatives of George Washington, through their descent from Augustine Warner, Jr., Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His daughter Mildred was the grandmother of Washington, while his daughter Mary is an ancestor of the Queen's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

[frazzled]

4. Last night on Charlie Rose

Matthew Dowd (whom I presume speaks for the Republican "elites&quot , said there is no Republican elite anymore, and that if they had a meeting they'd have to have it in a phone booth. He claims this is totally out of the hands of the elites now: they are not running the show.

This was a variation on what I've been saying for some months: they've created a Frankenstein, and they can't control it now.

[Skink]

5. They will make sure Obama is reelected

[whatchamacallit]

6. Jeb-u-tron 9000

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7. no way in hell it will be jeb.

jeb may have a clear shot in an open election in 2016.

why would he run against an incumbent in 2012?


only if some truly horrific obama scandal pops up between now and republican convention time will even consider jeb risking it.

[izquierdista]

9. Oh yes, trust the party elites

When have they ever let the *American people down?





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