Path to Beat Romney - Official Thread

vanity ^ | 5 Feb 2012 | vanity

[impimp]

-Newt AND Santorum stay in and get as many delegates as they can until 1 April, while we have proportional primaries. - 1 April there are more winner take all primaries so the one with the most delegates stays in, second place drops out. - Second place is promised VP.

An alliance is better than an endorsement. This is the path the victory. Without my plan Romney is nominee. Santorum's delegates will ignore any endorsement and vote for Romney - especially the married women. An alliance, on the other hand is much different...

[plain talk]

It is a stupid plan. Santorum should have already dropped out. Santorum basically gave Florida to Romney. There is no rationale for him to stay in except pride. Conservatives have not conslidated and thus they are facilitating Romney. No need to blame Rove, Rush or Fox News. It is a circular firing squad.

[impimp]

Romney still would have won Florida if Rick was out. Rick and Newt together do much better in the proportional delegate states.

[Williams]

I will support Gingrich or Santorum, however neither should pick the other for VP.

[bigbob]

How “Official” is this?

[EternalVigilance]

Official Thread

Uhmmm...can we see your badge?

[impimp]

I used the word “official” for marketing purposes.

[greyfoxx39]

Placemark

[nwrep]

Here is how the next few states look:

Missouri - Newt not on the ballot, Mitt wins easily

Colorado - Mitt leading comfortably

Minnesota - Toss-up, Santorum leading

Arizona - Mitt leading comfortably

After these 4 states, Newt is close to finished, with no more debates. After that is Michigan, with Mitt poised to run the table again.

Where does Newt go from here? His funding will dry up after this string of losses (FL, NV, MO, AZ, CO...)

[Kenny]

That’s what I’m thinking. All the numbers say that Rick dropping out won’t give it Newt, that his supports would spread out. So if both of them hammer Romney, it could have double benefits, delegates and bringing Romney’s numbers down.

And don’t forget my campaign to vote for Paul in VA, deny Romney those delegates.

[impimp]

Good idea in VA.

[Kenny]

Help me get the word out. My sister and her family in Hampton, VA are all in.

[Jim Noble]

The process as it currently exists guarantees nominating a loser.

HOW CAN YOU ALLOW A “WINNER TAKES ALL” RULE IF THE WINNER GETS LESS THAN 50%?

For a nomination which must UNITE the party for a fall campaign, it should be IMPOSSIBLE to win early (before August) unless you get >67-75% of the votes, thus affirming a consensus.

These “huge wins” for Romney are making defeat certain. The only conclusion that can be drawn from the data so far is that here is NO AGREEMENT ON A NOMINEE.

[Kenny]

Help me get the word out. My sister and her family in Hampton, VA are all in.

Vote Paul in VA and deny Romney those delegates.

[Proudcongal]

Romney winning may simply be a blessing in disguise. We know he can’t beat Obama. Simply impossible. But truthfully, I’m not sure any Republican can beat Obama, even Newt. I’m the biggest Newt supporter out there, but let’s face it, if Newt can’t overcome Romney, how in the world can he defeat Obama, simply because Obama won’t debate Newt and O’s machine is too powerful. Money, msm, corruption, etc., etc. Once Romney gets trounced by Obama, he’s finished for good. We know Romney = Obama. Why not just get through 4 more years of Obama than risk 8 years of Romney. We should focus on getting conservatives elected to Congress, then in 4 years Newt or some other conservative will be poised and ready to be the republican nominee.

[plain talk]

Had Santorum dropped out and supported Newt then Newt would have won Florida or lost by just a few points. A close Florida election would have put Newt in much stronger position. In proportionate delegate states Santorum pickups are throw away and serve no purpose other than to siphon delegates from Newt. Your “plan” makes no sense.

But it does illustrate my point which is that conservatives are unfortunately facilitating a Romney nomination because of too many conservative candidates splitting the vote. It is simple math.

[impimp]

The second choice for many Newt voters is Romney. The second choice for many Rick voters is Romney. If one of the two drops out then Romney actually does better in proportional states. How you can say the delegates are thrown away in a formal alliance is what really makes no sense.

Conservatives can rally behind an alliance. It has happened in other countries and it can happen in the GOP nomination process.

[Bulwinkle]

“Where does Newt go from here? His funding will dry up after this string of losses (FL, NV, MO, AZ, CO...) “

You for got Maine, which newt will also lose