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GOP guru Steve Schmidt: exit polls suggest Perry, Bachmann no longer “plausible”
SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 1/3/12 | Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer

Posted on 01/03/2012 6:07:34 PM PST by SmithL

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To: Nifster
You don’t consider Santorum a conservative??

Of course.
21 posted on 01/03/2012 6:31:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: SmithL

Why would a so-called “conservative” work for MSNBC?


22 posted on 01/03/2012 6:31:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: SmithL

A blog that actually thinks Iowa’s caucus is somehow relevant.


23 posted on 01/03/2012 6:32:08 PM PST by Venturer
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To: cripplecreek

So does that mean of course you do not consider him a conservative or of course you do consider him a conservative? Your answer is confusing


24 posted on 01/03/2012 6:33:40 PM PST by Nifster
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To: SmithL

Schmidt, the guru for McCain, was also a top campaign guy for Bush 2004. He took a sure landslide against an ignorant dilletante and turned it into a near loss.

So why should we listen to Schmidt?


25 posted on 01/03/2012 6:35:11 PM PST by oldbill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why would a so-called “conservative” work for MSNBC?

The "so-called 'conservative'" slot is already filled at cnn?

26 posted on 01/03/2012 6:37:43 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: Jim Robinson

A poisonous viper, evidently. See the interest in him by the left:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/steve-schmidt-mccain-camp_n_188354.html

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-and-steve-schmidt-the-intra-gop-feud-continues-on/


27 posted on 01/03/2012 6:38:24 PM PST by bvw
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To: Nifster

He’s a conservative and one of my top picks.


28 posted on 01/03/2012 6:41:08 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: SmithL

Steve Schmidt - only in San Francisco would they think he’s a Republican “tough guy” - looks like that creepy internal affairs cop on Mentalist.


29 posted on 01/03/2012 6:45:17 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: SmithL
Santorum “may well emerge as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney.”

Fine with me.

No Romney/Paul/Huntsman.

30 posted on 01/03/2012 6:50:32 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Eccl 10 v. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Steve Schmidt’s comments and views are identical to Kark Rove, another Republican “tough guy” and “guru.”


31 posted on 01/03/2012 6:51:11 PM PST by Luke21
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Steve Schmidt’s comments and views are identical to Karl Rove, another Republican “tough guy” and “guru.”


32 posted on 01/03/2012 6:52:10 PM PST by Luke21
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To: cripplecreek

Personally I want a single primary day nationwide.

When there are so many candidates, that would mean that someone could win the nomination with only around 25% of the vote( which means that 75% do not support the winner).
Not sure that would be so great for conservatives.


33 posted on 01/03/2012 6:54:26 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

to be fair and balanced


34 posted on 01/03/2012 6:55:43 PM PST by Reynoldo
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To: greeneyes

GURU....FU......LOL!!!!!


35 posted on 01/03/2012 6:56:52 PM PST by Michigan Bowhunter
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When there are so many candidates, that would mean that someone could win the nomination with only around 25% of the vote( which means that 75% do not support the winner).

So you're OK with middle of the road Iowa and left leaning east coast states picking the candidates for us?

Do away with this first in the nation crap and let the candidates campaign to their strengths all across the country instead of spending 9 months in Iowa and NH.
36 posted on 01/03/2012 7:00:49 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: DemforBush

I think that would actually be Steve Schmuck they’re talking about.


37 posted on 01/03/2012 7:03:59 PM PST by allblues
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To: NKP_Vet

Ahh yes newt wins the south and we are stuck with another progressive republican who will then be torn apart by another liberal in the general election...


38 posted on 01/03/2012 7:04:03 PM PST by CSI007
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To: SmithL

Steve Schmidt, one of the toughest guys in the business and the guru behind the FAILED 2008 John McCain presidential campaign.

Schmidt is a nothing but a hack who is still doing the bidding of the GOP establishment to knock down Rick Perry in the waning moments of the Iowa caucus.

Just like he failed in 2008, Schmidt failed here. Perry got 24% and tied for first place.


39 posted on 01/03/2012 7:29:36 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: SmithL

This guy is an idiot. From Drudge:

“RICK 24.3% MITT 23.6% RON 21.8%”

Yea, Perry is done after WINNING.


40 posted on 01/03/2012 7:36:21 PM PST by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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