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Gingrich Seizes Pole Position as Romney Alternative in S.C.
Real Clear Politics ^ | 1-14-2012 | Scott Conroy

Posted on 01/14/2012 12:19:44 PM PST by TitansAFC

DUNCAN, S.C. -- As soon as Newt Gingrich wrapped up his remarks on Saturday night at a forum hosted by the Republican Parties of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, it was Rick Santorum's turn to take the stage.

But Gingrich ensured that the spotlight remained on him.

As the former Pennsylvania senator began his remarks to hundreds of GOP activists gathered inside a high school cafeteria, Gingrich drew most of the media on hand to a nearby hallway where he held a press conference apparently timed to steal Santorum's thunder.

Gingrich took a pass when asked how, over the next week, he would contrast his record with Santorum's.

But even before taking a question, the former House speaker -- who just last month promised to run a “relentlessly positive” campaign -- launched an all-out barrage against Mitt Romney, laying into the former Massachusetts governor’s record on abortion, the Second Amendment, taxes and job creation.

The message Gingrich was trying to convey was clear: that the real battle in South Carolina was between himself and Romney, with the other candidates playing bit roles.

“If we end up splitting the conservative vote, we’re going to end up nominating somebody with whom 95 percent of the people in this room are going to be very uncomfortable,” Gingrich had told the crowd, clearly referencing Romney, whom he has labeled a “Massachusetts moderate.”

Gingrich has some recent numbers to back up his belief that he is the Romney alternative best-positioned to turn back the national front-runner’s momentum in South Carolina. According to the latest RCP Average of Palmetto State polls, Gingrich trails Romney by less than 5 percent, while Santorum and the libertarian-leaning Ron Paul are 12 percentage points behind. Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman continue to spin their wheels in the mid-single digits.........

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1 posted on 01/14/2012 12:20:01 PM PST by TitansAFC
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To: kalee; TitansAFC; onyx; LuvFreeRepublic; Sea Parrot; SweetCaroline; matthew fuller; Gator113; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 01/14/2012 12:20:52 PM PST by TitansAFC (Rick Santuckabee is 2012's version of Mike Huckatorum. Avoid Conservicide voting; support Newt!!)
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To: TitansAFC

Newt is doing the right thing by attacking Romney and not Santorum. Conseratives should at least give him credit for that.


3 posted on 01/14/2012 12:28:05 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: TitansAFC
Gingrich Seizes Pole Position


Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich waves from his vehicle, Florida January 13, 2012.

4 posted on 01/14/2012 12:29:57 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: TitansAFC

Good strategy. We need a bulldog to win this and Santorum is a golden retriever puppy.


5 posted on 01/14/2012 12:30:35 PM PST by b9 (NEWT all the way)
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To: TitansAFC

I was there, Newt was great. Santorum was pretty weak by comparison. Candidates who didn’t attend this event were foolish.


6 posted on 01/14/2012 12:31:37 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (Perry's idea of border control: Use both hands to welcome the illegals right in.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’m unaware of any polls that have shown Santorum ahead of Gingrich in South Carolina.

How can he ‘seize’ what he has always had?


7 posted on 01/14/2012 12:36:20 PM PST by BenKenobi (Rick Santorum - "The Force is strong with this one")
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To: b9

Which is why he’s fallen to second from leading in SC?


8 posted on 01/14/2012 12:37:19 PM PST by BenKenobi (Rick Santorum - "The Force is strong with this one")
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To: b9
Nope... I just don't see Santorum winning...


9 posted on 01/14/2012 12:41:26 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Yep...puppy


10 posted on 01/14/2012 12:43:34 PM PST by b9 (NEWT all the way)
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To: b9

bigtime


11 posted on 01/14/2012 12:46:34 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
This is the thing--Newt is always a commanding presence compared to his rivals. Only the determined efforts of a few to dwell on the negatives have hamstrung his campaign. You have to question their motives.
12 posted on 01/14/2012 12:47:20 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: mylife

I wouldn’t have thought a Penn State alum would be caught on camera wearing another Big-10 school’s sweater-vest.


13 posted on 01/14/2012 12:49:25 PM PST by ngat
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To: mylife

Isn’t he 2-0 so far against Newt?


14 posted on 01/14/2012 12:49:49 PM PST by BenKenobi (Rick Santorum - "The Force is strong with this one")
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To: ngat

The sweater vest makes me want to puke.

Do you wear a sweater vest? does anyone on FR wear a sweater vest?

WTF?


15 posted on 01/14/2012 12:52:23 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: TitansAFC

Newt knocked it out of the park, again.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303686-1


16 posted on 01/14/2012 12:52:28 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~..... GO NEWT GO.....!)
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To: b9

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-sweater-vests-20120112,0,498009.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher


17 posted on 01/14/2012 12:54:50 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: b9
Good strategy. We need a bulldog to win this and Santorum is a golden retriever puppy.

Absolutely. As much as I like Santorum, Gingrich is the fighter we need to pound Obama back to Kenya.


18 posted on 01/14/2012 12:54:59 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

You have my envy.... I would have loved to had been there. I just watched Newt on video and he was awesome.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303686-1

GO NEWT GO.......


19 posted on 01/14/2012 12:57:48 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~..... GO NEWT GO.....!)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
I was there, Newt was great. Santorum was pretty weak by comparison.

Santorum wouldn't have a chance up against Obama's billion dollar lying, deceitful, mud slinging campaign, whereas Gingrich would take Obama to the woodshed at every turn.

20 posted on 01/14/2012 12:59:57 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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