◼ LIFE LONG DEMOCRAT LEE IACOCCA endorses Governor Romney — why the switch? click to read and post your thoughts about this - Greta Van Susteren/Gretawire
...The blessings of the onetime Chrysler chairman are expected to help Romney in two highly competitive states: Pennsylvania, where the 88-year-old Iacocca was born and raised and is still widely respected, and in Michigan, where Iacocca rose to become a major figure in the auto industry and won international praise for cobbling together the government-backed loans that saved Chrysler in 1980.
Iacocca, who now lives in California, issued a statement saying he backed Romney because of his “dozens of years of experiences in the public and private sectors” and because the GOP nominee has a plan that “will enable a stronger America.”
◼ LEE IACOCCA ENDORSES ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT - John Gizzi/Human Events @johngizzi
...Even more interesting about Iacocca lining up behind Romney is that, where the Republican nominee has been critical of the auto bailout, Iacocca told the Detroit News in 2010 that he supported the Obama administration’s plan to save General Motors and Chrysler. He did, however, say that the bailout plan cut out too many dealerships.
In his 2009 book Leadership, Iacocca was highly critical of President Obama and his administration, and in his statement endorsing Romney, he said “hope and speeches won’t get our people back to work.”
◼ "For President: Romney" – Chicago Jewish Star
“It is not only that Mr. Obama thus deserves to be a one-term proposition; it is that Mr. Romney is simply the better bet for our country.”
◼ Orlando Sentinel Backs Romney for President - latino.foxnews.com
“We have little confidence that [President Barack] Obama would be more successful managing the economy and the budget in the next four years,” the endorsement read. “For that reason, though we endorsed him in 2008, we are recommending Romney in this race.”
◼ “I’ll be voting for Mitt Romney on November 6th because he is a good man perfectly suited to help solve our many problems” - Dennis Miller
“Let’s be honest with each other, folks. If we’ve reached a time in our nation’s history where men like Romney are demonized and said to be the problem, we are missing the point as badly as the point can be missed. The punditry always says that Romney ‘looks’ Presidential. Here’s what they don’t tell you. It has little if anything to do with his appearance and absolutely everything to do with the way he has led his life. Vote Romney-Ryan.”
◼ Ross Perot endorses Mitt Romney: We can't afford Obama - Des Moines Register
◼ It’s Romney - Colorado Puwblo Chieftain
We didn’t endorse Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy four years ago, but after he was elected we congratulated him on his victory and expressed our desire that his presidency would be successful.
But soon after his inauguration, it became clear that his talk of “post-partisanship” and governmental transparency was just that: talk.
There has to be a better way, and Mitt Romney is pointing to that way. He has outlined a pro-growth package of initiatives that can get this country humming again.
◼ TENNESSEAN ENDORSEMENT: Time for another change - The Tennessean
This has been a presidential election that should be held up as a cautionary lesson for the future.
The lesson? How low American politics can stoop, and how to avoid it ever happening again.
