Posted on 01/12/2012 8:29:04 AM PST by Qbert
That would be 1976. Keep in mind that going into the convention it was too close to call between Ford and Reagan. There was an internecine battle within the party between the liberal and Conservative wings and it looked as if the battle was going to lead to brokerage. Reagan then said he would choose a "moderate" as his running mate to ease the split. Conservatives were incensed by this and Mississippi turned to Ford and we were subjected to 4 years of the Peanut.
“Florida is still a ways away.”
Nope. Early voting begins next Monday.
No way. Alan West or Marc Rubio.. Play Obama at his own game.. Watch West destroy Dubiden up in the debates.
Yeah, and I'm starting to wonder if he's using it to keep the 'not-romny' candidates in. As long as that vote is spread, his 25/30% is enough to win the nomination.
Ok, that’s fair. I’ve had other Newt backers back out saying they’d rather support Paul than Santorum.
How does Perry damage Romney by sucking votes away from the other conservatives in the race?
Very depressing. They polled us last night and of course we went for Gingrich. But obviously, we’re in the minority.
I think Rush’s (misguided and confused) attack on Gingrich the other day influenced a lot of people here, btw.
“Beats head against wall”
We should all be beating our heads against the wall.
The Primaries are stacked by the GOP E to allow Democrats to crossover and Independents in to assist the Est. Moderate and defeat conservatives.
NH is actually worse, they are attempting to give open Primaries by putting in language that allows a defacto Open Primary, yet they can technically claim it is not.
The GOP E is going to be sorry they rammed Obama down our throats due to their ignorance in thinking that Romney could beat him.
Gingrich can save the day by winning SC and beginning the real one on one race.
Yes, those “heartless” voters mean business, but most of them are pretty liberal after all. They don’t seem to like our conservative choices, limited though they be.
I'm not so sure it was misguided. I try to keep an open mind on things like this -- I mean everything we hear comes through the press at some point -- And I admire what Newt did in the Clinton years. However, If you take the statements he has made against Capitalism AND the fact that he has repeatedly stated that Franklin Roosevelt is his favorite President AND that he likens himself to the father of Progressivism Teddy Roosevelt AND that he has described himself as a neo-Wilsonian ...
I have so many red flags going up it looks like a May Day parade in the USSR
I guess I should start wrapping my head around the idea that Romney is going to be the nominee against Obama.
There is no way Romney is a “broken glass” candidate.
Damn it!
Yeah, this is not good news to start the day.
Rasmussen’s FL poll is showing that the only way for a not-Romney candidate to pull ahead of Romney in FL would be to combine the votes of Newt, Santorum, Perry, and the undecideds, and get them all to agree on the same candidate. Either that, or Romney would have to take a huge fall due to some major gaffe or scandal, and I don’t think that’s going to happen.
John Bolton’s endorsement and the DeMint advisors tipping their hand towards him have certainly helped Romney. If Romney wins in SC, and Jeb Bush endorses him before FL, I think we’re gonna get rolled. If Rasmussen’s FL polling is anywhere close to accurate, it would take something crazy to pull out a win in FL for Gingrich (or any other not-Romney). The not-Romney would have to win SC fairly decisively. Assuring that would take something as dramatic as a Sarah Palin endorsement before the SC vote (not going to happen). Then, to counter a Jeb Bush endorsement for Romney going into FL, Marco Rubio would have to endorse the not-Romney before the FL vote (not going to happen).
We’re just going to have to hope that the Rasmussen poll is waaaaay off, and/or that something totally unexpected and unforeseen happens to the Romney campaign in the next two weeks.
I know a lot of us are supporting Newt, so I have a question for those supporters. Does anyone think that an endorsement by Sarah Palin would help Newt? I don’t know if she prefers Newt as a candidate, I am just wondering about a possible endorsement by her and what difference, if any, that might make.
Your analysis is correct but you have the names of the candidates reversed.
Newt Gingrich came in a distant 4th in Iowa and a distant 5th in N.H., despite endless hype throughout the month of December that he was the "front runner". He hasn't even won a SINGLE county yet and has way too many negatives and bad blood from voters to catch Romney at this pointy.
Rick Santorum tied with Romney with in Iowa (and I believe probably won by 20 votes if anyone bothered to scrutinize the results), winning the same number of delegates as him and won 62 counties, far better than any other candidate. This was all the more remarkable in that he had been polling 2% a month beforehand and the media ignored him. Now the results are in for N.H. and Santorum passed Gingrich AGAIN to be the top conservative vote getter AGAIN, coming in 4th despite no TV ads or campaign offices in N.H. Both Iowa and N.H. have shown the same thing -- of the candidates going strictly after the conservative vote, Santorum does best, followed by Newt, and then Perry is a far distant third.
Rick Santorum is still an underdog, but right now is the best bet conservatives have at stopping Romney (and the only conservative close to him in delegate count) no matter how much Newt's fans on FR want to ignore election results.
Time for some ego’s to get real. If Perry and Santorum really believe that Obama is as bad for the USA as they say, they need to fall on their swords and get behind Newt right freaking now.
Somehow, I don’t believe these numbers. Romney may be ahead, but not by this much.
Reminds me of Clinton parsing his words...one thing is for sure...O’Keefe’s video has put some of the questions about the NH primary out ‘front and center’.
Somehow, I don’t believe these numbers. Romney may be ahead, but not by this much.
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