Posted on 01/30/2012 5:29:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
PLANTATION, Fla. -- With polls showing Mitt Romney on track for a convincing victory in Tuesday's Republican primary in this state, the one silver lining for Newt Gingrich may be the acceleration of a sorting-out process that is driving more prominent conservatives toward the former House speaker as a parade of establishment GOP leaders rally around Romney.
The most powerful dynamic in Florida over the past week has been the Romney campaign's success at blunting the momentum from Gingrich's South Carolina win by seeding a gardenful of personal and political doubts about him. But the sheer ferocity (and success) of that assault, delivered in many cases by pillars of the GOP establishment like former presidential nominees John McCain and Bob Dole, has prompted leading conservative figures like Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, and talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to deepen their identification with Gingrich in response.
In that way, the Florida result could both re-establish Romney as the favorite to win the nomination -- and potentially strengthen Gingrich's ability to contest him as the calendar turns toward states with a more conservative Republican electorate than Florida. "It has become much more explicit that Romney is an establishment, status-quo-type candidate," said long-term conservative activist Jeffrey Bell, policy director at the American Principles Project. "Conservatives are being driven toward Gingrich's camp to keep the conversation going."
In the near-term, there's no question Florida appears ready to restore Romney as the race's clear front-runner....
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You’re full of crap.
I’m afraid you’re right...I was hoping he’d do the honorable thing...but this is exactly why he lost his election prior. He’s from my state and you always hope they represent you well even if you favor another over them. But he’s of the mind to go it the full shot I think....he has high political asperations ,win or loose, and nothings going to deter him from that.
Who is going to go after Santorum. He is romney’s ace in the hole. I do not know this Rick Santorum. Someone replaced MY Rick with a pod person.
They ALL want to be president. Even City Council members want to be president. They never drop out unless they see that it will hurt them in some way to stay in.
I so agree with everything you’ve said. Why can’t Santorum realize that HE IS HELPING ROMNEY WIN!! He has 0 chance of winning anything at this point and he is very selfish to stay in like he vows! Now he is using his darling child’s illness to try to gain sympathy votes. IT WON’T WORK, RICK!
Be a hero and get out and throw your weight to Newt Gingrich, please! You should have done this a few days ago if you’re interested in a Republican win.
Maybe Rick Santorum has been Dorian Gray all along and the portrait is finally becoming clear. What a stinker.
“God uses the good ones and the bad ones use God.”
~ Jimmy Stewart in “Fool’s Parade”
I have been catching plenty of flack for feeling this way about Santorum, but it’s the way I feel and I am not at ease at all with what he is doing.
Wow, perfect fit for what Santorum is doing. He's appealing to us to "vote your values" and wears his religion on his sleeve as why he thinks we should vote for him over Gingrich. Santorum and his Evangelical backers would have us believe that Santorum is the "better Christian."
Meanwhile, the amoral animal Romney:
1) issued a proclamation as governor endorsing a "Gay Youth Pride" day at a middle school, congratulating kids too young to drive, let alone grasp the spiritual aspects of sexuality, for their embrace of open homosexuality and the declaration in some of their own homosexuality. Fellow Christians, Romney used his political office, he believed that THAT was an appropriate use of government, to CONDONE open homosexuality AMONG CHILDREN. Fellow Christians, we know what Jesus said about those who mislead children.
2. allowed and tolerated cheap, taxpayer-subsidized abortion-on-demand in his Massachusetts healthcare plan. Rationalized murder made little more than an inexpensive medical procedure.
BOTH of these things Romney DID -- it is PROVEN, it is FACT, that Romney DID these things -- are craven, depraved, and wicked. PERIOD.
And SANTORUM is creating a situation where, in order to vote against Obama, God-fearing good Americans may well be faced with a dilemma where the only way they can effectively vote "against" Obama is to vote for a person who AUTHORIZED such depravity!
Santorum knows that that if he drops out and endorses Newt, the odds of Americans being faced with such a despicable choice would drop decidedly, and Gingrich could very well beat Romney handily. Yet out of what appears to me to be sheer pride, Santorum is putting ALL of us in the situation where, if God Forbid Romney gets the nomination, we may feel compelled to vote FOR a man who advocated and authorized evil.
Gingrich may have infidelity in his past whereas Santorum is squeaky clean, but Santorum has revealed for me what HIS values are, and they stink. Floridians, if you really want to take Santorum at his word and "vote your values," you will reject Santorum and vote FOR Gingrich.
You are not alone.
to high heaven!
He is for all the things today that he was against just a short few years ago and I don't think that message got through to the public.
Anyway, I'm down in the dumps but I will push on with all of you all and wait for the next state. We will not give up ever. We have a long way to go and some big hills to climb for Newt but let's not give up.
I think its fine to have our own opinions. If Santorum had a chance, it would be a different story but he should have learned by now and bow out gracefully. He would be a bigger man for bowing out. He’s a good man but he just can’t win and is just using up air and time hanging around.
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