Knitting mittens for the oncoming winter?

I am a Mitt supporter, but he missed the NY-23 boat.

It's a NY race, not everyone feels compelled to jump into every race nationwide!

Mitt can't be at every event. 2012 is a long way off politically. Coming out and being everywhere is Romney fatique waiting to happen.

He's one of those men who "looks good on paper." I'm not saying he's not a nice and decent man, he just seems to be so much of a "go-along to get-along" type of politician. I still remember him on a Sunday talking-heads show where he was talking up Herself and saying how nice she is. We need pols with street creds who aren't afraid to speak the truth, speak it loud and speak it often. We need some "whatever-it-takes" pubs/whatevers.

#2- Wrong. Politically speaking, this was The Powder Alarm.

Confirms some thoughts I've had about Mitt for a while.

He's not a risk taker or a real leader. I think he has a role to play in the conservative movement, but top of the ticket for the big chair isn't it.

Mitt is a manager, not a leader. I'm sure he felt that encouraging "third parties" would hunt him in 2012 and saying nothing was the smart play. Republicans aren't going to win against entrenched Demcratics in 2012 playing it safe.

Mitt is Newt-lite.

Earth to Mitt!
Hoffman is a Republican.

He may be up in Boston getting a flu shot from Romney-Care.

Mitt Romney's absence from this has made me feel oddly charitable toward Mike Huckabee.

At least Huckabee had the guts to vote "present."

Were I the progenitor of Mittler-care, I would too make myself scarce. About the only the only qualification he has to be president is his hair.

Wrong-o! Romney had no need to be jumping into this or any other congressional contest. As the earlier poster said, there is lots of time for that and frankly, if I lived in that district I would be peeved at the big pols coming in and telling me for whom to vote. Gingrich and Palin must think they should get their names out as often as possible and there is nothing wrong with that, but if Romney stayed back, there is nothing wrong with that either.

Get off his back. There's lots of time for the anti-Mitt gang to sharpen their knives. It's a little early for it now.

Mitt is like a Democrat. Although he spent a lot of money in 2008 trying to get elected, very few people wanted to vote for him. So, what did he do? Change his approach? Wear more earth tones? Rouse his audiences with new, visionary proposals? No, he just kept throwing more and more money at the problem, while maintaining the same dull losing strategy he had first adopted, with predictably poor results. Today, he's still the same candidate, plodding on -- which, if anyone doubted, was verified by his cautious refusal to get involved in the D-23 race.

Another problem for the wealthy Mitt is that, unlike individual states such as Massachusetts, the country is too big to buy. If it weren't, Jon Corzine would be in the Oval Office now instead of scheming with his lawyers on how to get thousands of fake absentee ballots though the New Jersey electoral system.

Maybe Mitt should think about returning to his roots in Michigan and running for governor; people there will soon be so desperate, he might actually have a chance.

Where's Mitt? Hiding out in the tall grass somewhere, while Romney 2008/McCain 2008 Campaign staffers like Dave Kochel and Steve Scheffer reportedly serve as sources of unflattering anecodotes to authors and journalists doing hit pieces on Sarah Palin. He's laying low and is definitely not going to endorse anyone, like Dave Hoffman, that Sarah has endorsed.

Have you read the article? Did you see the list of Republicans Romney has campaigned for? Did you see that he has raised $190,000 and given that amount to Republican candidates?

Usually like this author..but she seems to be very pro-romney..even going so far as to 'channel' his thinking. Actually she may be correct in her ideas about what makes Mitt tick..and if she is then I still don't want him as my candidate. Just too too moderate. I want a person convicted with the passion for taking our country back to greatness and freedom. Mitt is not the leader we need because he is a get along go along guy.

Mitt Romney is being a grown-up. He's charting his own course and using his influence and money to affect the races he is interested in. It's called leadership, but that is obviously a quality some on this board do not recognize.

No matter how you slice it or spin it, Mitt Romney had a chance to lead and decided to hide. Same old same old flip flopping finger in the wind opportunist Romney.

What people see in this over hyped charlatan is beyond me.

Bring on the Romney Flying Monkey Brigade.

YAWN....

12,15,17 Our thoughts are wasted with this group, they've been anti Mitt since th get go...Their ONLY candidate is Sarah Palin, and they'll continue to trash any/all that aren't Palin, especially Romney.

Saying that he blew it for not sticking his nose into a NY congressional race just cause their girl did is mind boggling....People need to OPEN UP THEIR MINDS a bit more, see that Mitt's raised a lot of money for MANY candidates, and is a very accomplished businessman and money manager....someone not to trash.

I'm with #15, #17, and #19. Romney is the grownup compared to the other names mentioned. He is helping other candidates quietly.

Just maybe, if Hoffman lost in the 23rd district, some might have been upset because Sarah Palin endorsed him, and they didn't like that. Some need to realize that not everyone loves Palin.

Before anyone jumps to conclusions and thinks I am for Romney and against Palin, I have not chosen a candidate yet. I fear both have the odds against them.

Some folks insist on being fed red meat 24/7, and this is especially true in the Age of Obama, Pelosi & Co. After ten months of being pummeled conservatives are angry and have become increasingly distrustful of anyone in the presidential mix whose name is not Palin.

Mitt is a good man who has worked hard for GOP candidates, as earlier posters have noted. We in VA are grateful for his efforts on behalf of our new governor, Bob McDonnell.

In order to win in 2012 we are going to need a candidate who can present conservative ideas and solutions in an appealing way, while emphasizing those issues uppermost in people's minds. A firebrand will lose. There is a long way to go, but my gut feeling is that Mitt would prove to be a stronger nominee than Sarah. I think very highly of her, but she has been so thoroughly slimed and vilified it is difficult to imagine independents and mush middlers being willing to give her a fair hearing.