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Romney couldn't connect with S.C. voters
The State , Charleston, S.C. ^

Posted on 01/20/2008 9:34:59 AM PST by barryg

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1 posted on 01/20/2008 9:34:59 AM PST by barryg
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Next stop is Florida. I don’t think Romney will win here, but it will be interesting if he can force Rudy into third place, and thus out of the GOP race.


2 posted on 01/20/2008 9:37:53 AM PST by barryg
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What? A slick liberal/moderate/conservative from Utah/Michigan/Massachusetts couldn’t get traction in South Carolina? I’m shocked!


3 posted on 01/20/2008 9:38:38 AM PST by LiveFree99
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He didn’t eat a fried squirrel!!!!!!


4 posted on 01/20/2008 9:40:03 AM PST by jamndad5 ("I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.")
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how can you be a republican nominee without having the south? without the south, the republican base, there is nothing in the general election...romney can’t expect to win michigan again.


5 posted on 01/20/2008 9:44:45 AM PST by ari-freedom (I want Fred to win but I really want Fred to want Fred to win.)
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As a “lifelong hunter” Mitt should have shot, skinned, and cooked his own varmints. When politicians are pandering I like to see them actually do things, not just run their mouths.


6 posted on 01/20/2008 9:45:10 AM PST by LiveFree99
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well....it worked for mccain and huck


7 posted on 01/20/2008 9:45:21 AM PST by ari-freedom (I want Fred to win but I really want Fred to want Fred to win.)
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MSM bashing Mitt Romney, the only remaining credible candidate to go up against John McCain. How UNsurprising.

The same MSM basically told us Michigan was make-or-break for Romney, and so Romney was required to focus laser-like on Michigan ... and when he won, did they declare McCain “done”?

Of course not. John McCain lost IA, Lost MI, lost WY, lost Nevada ... and barely squeaked by in NH and SC and he is still the ‘frontrunner’. Anything for Proamnesty-antiBushtaxcuts-proCO2caps-CFR-RINO John McCain.

And Romney was running only a few points behind the leader earlier in the week, but the ‘signal’ the MSM sent that Romney ‘gave up’ more or less sent the voters to McCain / Huck.

So this is all an MSM self-fulfilling prophecy.


8 posted on 01/20/2008 9:46:49 AM PST by WOSG (Proamnesty-antiBushtaxcuts-proCO2caps-CFR-RINO John McCain delenda est!)
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If the nominee is Mitt he’s probably toast in the general. He might pick a southern running mate to shore up the old Confederacy, but that would just demonstrate how weak he is by defending territory that should already be safe.


9 posted on 01/20/2008 9:46:49 AM PST by LiveFree99
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Meanwhile, Romney won Nevada and Wyoming, and now has more delegates than either McInsane or the Huckleberry.


10 posted on 01/20/2008 9:47:38 AM PST by Redbob (WWJBD: "What would Jack Bauer do?")
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“As a “lifelong hunter” Mitt should have shot, skinned, and cooked his own varmints.”

Maybe Mitt can offer to shoot a squirrel for Huck to cook up. LOL.


11 posted on 01/20/2008 9:48:00 AM PST by WOSG (Proamnesty-antiBushtaxcuts-proCO2caps-CFR-RINO John McCain delenda est!)
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To: ari-freedom

They’re better at faking sincerity than Mitt.


12 posted on 01/20/2008 9:48:08 AM PST by LiveFree99
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S.C. is too smart , too conservative for Fred . McCaine /Huck 08
13 posted on 01/20/2008 9:50:47 AM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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Now that Fred Thompson is out of the race (or will be soon), the die-hards will be circling the wagons around Romney. I really want to LIKE Romney, but something doesn’t click there.


14 posted on 01/20/2008 9:51:17 AM PST by barryg
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However, Thigpen rejects the notion that Romney lost South Carolina because of his faith.

“It wasn’t his faith,” he said. “It was his phonyism.”

There it is.

15 posted on 01/20/2008 9:51:44 AM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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“He left us at the altar.”

Aw, poor boy!


16 posted on 01/20/2008 9:51:56 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: LiveFree99
Romney and Rooty are sure losers in the general election. 2nd Amendment voters wont vote for them.

Anti-gun Republican wont sell to any but NE liberal puke states.

17 posted on 01/20/2008 9:52:00 AM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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Ditto. It is sad to see fellow Freepers being duped by them.


18 posted on 01/20/2008 9:54:34 AM PST by Hoodat (The whole point of the Conservative Movement is to gain converts, not demonize them.)
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“Romney and Rooty are sure losers in the general election. 2nd Amendment voters wont vote for them.”

That leaves McCain and Huckabee.

What do people think of a McCain/Huckabee ticket? Is it a winner?


19 posted on 01/20/2008 9:54:51 AM PST by barryg
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To: LiveFree99
If the nominee is Mitt he’s probably toast in the general.

Agreed. Either Dem candidate would destroy him. Not only that, the job that the MSM would do on this guy would be one for the history books.

20 posted on 01/20/2008 9:56:50 AM PST by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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