Here is the quote:

“I’m grateful to all those from across Massachusetts who came through for me even when I was a long shot. I especially thank a friend who was there with encouragement from the very beginning, and helped show us the way to victory – former Governor Mitt Romney.”

This is of course very contrary to what some of the wanna-be political analysts over at Race42012 have spouted out about how Romney was absent during the whole Scott Brown process.  One particular “commenter” who goes by the name of “Flip Dixon”(it is a mystery to me that they haven’t banned her from their site, along with some of their registered contributors), and who’s personality and attitude parallel that of Keith “The Viper” olbermann’s, suggested that Mitt Romney was absent during the Scott Brown campaign because the people of Massachusetts don’t like him.

If anyone on Race42012 is reading this, BAN THAT KEITH OLBERMANN WANNA-BE FROM YOUR SITE!  That is, of course, if you desire to avoid becoming a riff-raff site like Free Republic has become.  You keep letting these nasty characters spew their ignorance on your site, the less credible you will become.  I will praise you for having writers such as Nate Gunderson, Mark B. Lowe, Kristopher Lorelli, and others who avoid negativity when it comes to other GOP candidates.

I would tell them that if they want to act like Democrats in how they treat their own, they can go join the Democrat’s site’s and spew their filth over there.  By the way, Alex Knepper has come a long ways.  Kudos to him!

All of us in the GOP need to quit breaking Reagan’s 11th commandment of talking bad about other GOP candidates.  I have not done the best at that, as I do get defensive when Mitt is unjustly attack, but I will work on it.

Here is the video of Brown’s victory speech.  About the 12:20 minute mark is when Brown thanks Mitt Romney for the help on his campaign:

Democrats retain a 46 percent to 44 percent lead over the GOP among registered voters, when asked which party they’ll vote for in the 2010 congressional races, according to a new survey from Gallup. That’s closer than it’s been, for the most part, since Democrats took control of Congress in 2006, except for moments of party parity in late 2006 and just after the Republican National Convention in September ’08.

But Gallup actually predicts that, if the elections were held today, Republicans would come out on top–something House Minority Whip Eric Cantor predicted not too long ago.

Public Policy Polling Results For Arizona Voting

• Mike Huckabee 49%
• Barack Obama 45%

• Mitt Romney 50%
• Barack Obama 43%

• Barack Obama 47%
• Sarah Palin 47%

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 43%

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mike Huckabee 44%

• Barack Obama 52%
• Sarah Palin 43%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 53%
• Barack Obama 42%

• Mike Huckabee 51%
• Barack Obama 44%

• Sarah Palin 50%
• Barack Obama 45%

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 46%
• Barack Obama 45%

• Mike Huckabee 46%
• Barack Obama 46%

• Barack Obama 49%
• Sarah Palin 43%

Favorable / Unfavorable (Net)

• Mitt Romney 40% / 39% (+1%)
• Mike Huckabee 36% / 35% (+1%)
• Sarah Palin 44% / 48% (-4%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 37% / 45% (-8%)
• Mike Huckabee 31% / 45% (-14%)
• Sarah Palin 39% / 56% (-17%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 44% / 40% (+4%)
• Sarah Palin 48% / 46% (+2%)
• Mike Huckabee 36% / 41% (-5%)

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 36% / 29% (+7%)
• Mitt Romney 37% / 37% (0%)
• Sarah Palin 39% / 50% (-11%)

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 47%
• Disapprove 47%

Among Independents

• Approve 50%
• Disapprove 42%

Do you support or oppose President Obama’s health care plan?

• Support 40%
• Oppose 53%

Among Independents

• Support 45%
• Oppose 45%

Survey of 617 Arizona voters voters was conducted September 18-21. The margin of error is +/- 3.9 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 42% Republican; 37% Democrat; 22% Independent. Political views: 42% Conservative; 40% Moderate; 18% Liberal.

This poll is yet another sign that Mitt Romney is the GOP’s strongest candidate to face Barack Obama in 2012.

See this year’s polling below:

Marist 2012 Presidential Poll:  Mitt Romney in the Lead Again

Call Me GOP:  Sweet 16 Republican Challenge:  The Winner is Mitt Romney

YAF Straw Poll:  Young Americans Want Mitt Romney in 2012

Fox News: Republicans Favor Mitt Romney as Their Nominee in 2012

Rasmussen: Mitt Romney is Tied With Barack Obama

Gallup: Romney Edges Palin, Huckabee in Early GOP Test

Rasmussen: 2012 Republican Primary Survey…Mitt Romney on Top

Pew Research: Romney’s Public Image Has Improved

On Fundraising?

FEC Filings: Mitt’s ‘Free Strong America PAC’ Leads The Way In All Areas of Fundraising

My father in law recently counselled me to take an image of the site and telling me “remember who your customer is.”  Republicans have to come up with a more genius way of presenting out message other than shouting against, against.  I believe Mitt Romney has the ability to market himself well.  The look of his website in 2008 was great.

I would like to here your thoughts on this.

After three weeks and more than 4,000 votes, our tournament is finally over.  No surprise here: you’ve decided that Mitt Romney should speak for the G.O.P.  He held a commanding lead over all his opponents, knocking out Eric Cantor in the final round by slightly more than 900.So why Romney?

Many of you have singled him out as the candidate with the best chance of unifying the party in a way the McCain/Palin ticket failed to in 2008. Mike noted that, unlike Palin or Rush, Romney doesn’t “stir up” passion among Republicans, yet he’s often sought after as a voice of reason and intelligence.

In fact, many of you pointed to his patient positions regarding issues such as health care that paint him as a rational, reliable choice. The ideal candidate, you said, is competent, not extremist. For now, while most states identify with the Democratic Party, the G.O.P. must attract independent and crossover voters to grow stronger. The party’s looking for a more moderate leader to take them forward, and it seems Mitt is the man.

Rasmussen 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Survey

• Mitt Romney 25%
• Sarah Palin 24%
• Mike Huckabee 22%
• Newt Gingrich 14%
• Haley Barbour 1%
• Tim Pawlenty 1%
• Some other candidate 6%

Regardless of who you would vote for, which candidate would you least like to see win the Republican nomination in 2012?

• Sarah Palin 21%
• Haley Barbour 21%
• Newt Gingrich 15%
• Tim Pawlenty 15%
• Mike Huckabee 10%
• Mitt Romney 9%

In the 2012 election, how likely is it that a Republican candidate will defeat Barack Obama?

• Very likely 41%
• Somewhat likely 34%
• Not very likely 14%
• Not at all likely 4%

Does Sarah Palin’s resignation help or hurt her chances of winning the Republican Presidential nomination in 2012?

• Help 24%
• Hurt 40%
• No impact 28%

Favorable / Unfavorable (Net)

• Mike Huckabee 78% / 17% (+61%)
• Sarah Palin 76% / 21% (+55%)
• Mitt Romney 73% / 19% (+54%)
• Newt Gingrich 65% / 29% (+36%)
• Dick Cheney 59% / 34% (+25%)
• Tim Pawlenty 38% / 33% (+5%)
• Haley Barbour 34% / 37% (-3%)

Survey of 750 Likely GOP Voters was conducted July 6. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.

Mitt’s Numbers are constantly progressing.

Krauthammer’s Take [NRO Staff]

From last night’s “All-Stars.”

On prospective GOP candidates for 2012:

Romney really is the frontrunner. He has done himself well. He is a grown-up. He knows economics. He’s trusted on that.

There is also a tradition among Republicans of nominating the next in line, as we did with George Bush, Sr. in 1988, Dole in ’96, and McCain in ’08, sort of the last grown-up who was left over from the last campaign.

And I think that Romney has done well. Look, he is the guy who is as clean as clean can get. You are not going to wake up in the morning and discover he is crying in Argentina. This is a solid guy and he’s got a record.

Now, as to Palin, I agree entirely with what Mara said. She is—she has star power without any doubt. She has an extremely devoted following. But she is not a serious candidate for the presidency.

She had to go home and study and spend a lot of time on issues in which she was not adept last year, and she hasn’t. She has to stop speaking in clichés and platitudes. It won’t work.

It could work for eight weeks if you’re the number two candidate, as she was last year. But even so, she got singed a lot in that campaign. You cannot sustain a campaign of platitudes and clichés over a year and a half if you’re running for the presidency.

(Pew research).Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has seen his favorability ratings improve and now enjoys a positive balance of opinion among the general public: 40% rate him favorably, 28% unfavorably. This marks a reversal of opinion from February 2008, during the latter stages of the GOP primary campaign, when just 30% viewed him favorably and 44% expressed an unfavorable opinion.

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted June 10-14 among 1,502 adults reached on landlines and cell phones, finds that impressions of Sarah Palin have not changed much since the presidential campaign. Palin continues to be divisive figure among the general public, with about as many saying they have an unfavorable impression (44%) as a favorable view (45%) of the Alaska governor.

Among Republicans, however, the balance of opinion about Palin is more positive than it is regarding Romney or other leading GOP figures, Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele. More than seven-in-ten Republicans (73%) express a favorable opinion of Palin while just 17% have an unfavorable opinion. Romney, Gingrich and especially Steele are less familiar figures – among the public overall and Republicans – than is Palin. While comparable percentages of Republicans rate Palin and the other Republicans unfavorably, far more view Palin favorably. And Palin continues to be overwhelmingly popular with key parts of the GOP base – white evangelical Republicans (84% favorable) and conservative Republicans (80% favorable).

Since February 2008, shortly before he abandoned his race for the GOP presidential nomination, opinion of Romney has improved across most political and demographic groups, but the shift has been particularly pronounced among independents. In February 2008, just 29% of independents had a positive impression of Romney while 46% had a negative view. Today, that balance is reversed: 44% view Romney favorably and 25% unfavorably.

Positive opinions among both Democrats and Republicans have increased by eight points since early 2008. Among Republicans, Romney has made identical nine-point gains in favorability among conservative Republicans and moderate and liberal Republicans; currently, 61% of conservative Republicans and 52% of moderate and liberal members of the GOP express positive opinions of Romney.

Romney’s favorable ratings have not changed significantly among white non-Hispanic evangelical Republicans; 54% have a favorable opinion now, compared with 52% in February 2008. Among all other Republicans, by contrast, positive opinions of Romney have increased by 11 points, while negative opinions have fallen considerably (from 31% to 16%).