Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community (https://thetfp.com/tfp/)
-   Tilted Politics (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-politics/)
-   -   Romney's move to California (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-politics/137704-romneys-move-california.html)

genuinegirly 07-15-2008 05:24 PM

Romney's move to California
 
I usually don't spend much time in Politics, nor do I start threads when I'm in here. But I heard about something today that I'm actually interested in hearing opinions about!

So, Mitt moved to La Jolla, California.
Here are some photos of the $12 million estate from the Huffington Post
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25547/original.jpg
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25544/original.jpg

Story from CBS News:
Quote:

Is Romney Looking To Get Mitts On The Statehouse?
BOSTON (AP) ― Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may be heading to California.

A spokesman says the former Massachusetts governor has reached a deal to buy a home in La Jolla and will close on it this month.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is term-limited and must leave office after 2010 but a spokesman for Romney says politics is not the reason Romney is buying in California.

The spokesman says Romney has family in the state -- one son lives near San Diego -- and his wife likes to ride horses here.

Romney also owns homes in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Utah.
Why do you think he decided to move? Do you think Governator will run as VP alongside McCain or Obama, leaving an opening for a new governor in the golden state? Or do you think that he's just planning on having a relaxing, sunny retirement on the beach among family, and away from the political chaos of New England?

I'm thinking he's too young to think about retiring. I suppose the housing market is so bad that maybe he's thinking "It's now or never if I'm going to buy my dream home in California", but then again I don't think this millions-of-dollars-sector of the market has been hit terribly hard.

jorgelito 07-15-2008 05:41 PM

Interesting. I think it's too early to tell. For me, especially, I don't know much about him and stuff. My natural reaction is, he moved here for the weather and also there are real estate bargains.

As for politics, it would be difficult I think because he's an outsider. 2 year in state may not be enough to establish himself.

Idunno, my thoughts at the moment.

Arnold has expressed interest in working in the cabinet of the new administration regardless of party. Specifically, Energy.

JumpinJesus 07-15-2008 05:45 PM

I know California tends to go Republican with their governors, but Mitt Romney is a social conservative as well. I don't think he'll get elected that way.

Atreides88 07-15-2008 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
I know California tends to go Republican with their governors, but Mitt Romney is a social conservative as well. I don't think he'll get elected that way.

Yeah, he's not the right kind of conservative for California. I'm honestly surprised that Schwarzenegger has done as well as he has.

laconic1 07-15-2008 07:57 PM

Interesting. I don't know if anyone has been elected governor of two different states before. I don't think Romney would be able to be elected governor in California though. No real reason why, but I just don't it happening.

Oh and the Governator is constitutionally ineligible to be VP per Article Two and the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, so he won't be anybodys running mate.

ottopilot 07-15-2008 08:07 PM

Maybe it's a vacation home.

The_Jazz 07-16-2008 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ottopilot
Maybe it's a vacation home.

The guy owns 3 other houses (at least). There's nothing about selling any of them.

He has a son in San Diego. His wife likes to ride horses. It's got a great view of the beach.

Nothing to see here other than the nice view.

Poppinjay 07-16-2008 05:44 AM

Those crazy mormons with their multiple households.

djtestudo 07-16-2008 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laconic1
Interesting. I don't know if anyone has been elected governor of two different states before. I don't think Romney would be able to be elected governor in California though. No real reason why, but I just don't it happening.

Oh and the Governator is constitutionally ineligible to be VP per Article Two and the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, so he won't be anybodys running mate.

Sam Houston was governor of Tennessee in the 1820's-1830's, before all that Texas stuff...:p

ipollux 07-20-2008 09:40 PM

I will admit that Romney seems like the closest the Republicans have had to an intellectual this decade. Unfortunately, that means little to me since I always vote for the lesser of the two evils, which is never the republican candidate.

ratbastid 07-21-2008 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JumpinJesus (Post 2487933)
I know California tends to go Republican with their governors, but Mitt Romney is a social conservative as well. I don't think he'll get elected that way.

Well, he slid social-conservative in his presidential run. He was socially moderate as a governor, and even liberal on some issues, which I think was one of the things working against him in the primaries.

I got to tell you, one look at a guy named Mitt with his blow-dried hair and capped teeth, and I think California. He just seems like a fit there. I can't really see him walking down State Street in Salt Lake City or hanging out at the wharf in Boston, but can't you just SEE him driving a convertible down the Sunset Strip?

Willravel 07-21-2008 05:10 PM

He should have moved to a more conservative area. For those who don't know, La Jolla's is North of San Diego, which has several large colleges and is known for being a very liberal area, trumped only by the SF Bay Area.

In addition to that fact, the more liberal areas of California are starting to show signs of politicians listening to atheistic policy suggestions from constituants as that particular group grows. For Mitt "Atheism is Incompatible with Freedom" Romney, it seems like he could be painted into a corner really quick. Still, stranger things have happened. Once upon a time a gent named Reagen came from California.... Hollywood, no less.

If he invited me to a BBQ, I'd politely decline.


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:32 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360