Posted on 01/18/2012 8:04:52 AM PST by wolfman23601
2012 Republican Presidential Nomination CBS News/NY Times Romney 28, Gingrich 21, Santorum 16, Paul 15, Perry 7 Romney +7
2012 Republican Presidential Nomination Rasmussen Reports Romney 30, Gingrich 27, Santorum 15, Paul 13, Perry 4 Romney +3
GO NEWT!! Go Santorum! Get Out of the Way Perry!
It looks like Newt may gather enough momentum to topple Romney on Saturday, especially if he has another excellent debate performance tomorrow night. If the Romney Book sees play, it could destroy Socialist R.
This should serve as the latest proof to the Santorum supporters that Rick is fading fast. I know that Newt may not your first choice, but please consider supporting him. Look how close we’re getting to defeating Romney!
". . . But he (Romney) simply doesn’t have the capacity to explain with some color and sort of force conservative ideas."
Which is precisely why he has no business going up against an ideologue who does "have the capacity to explain with some color and sort of force" the ideas of redistribution.
Krauthammer has been slow to come to admitting the obvious fact that Romney doesn't "explain" conservative ideas because they are not part of his intellectual DNA, as they are with someone who has immersed himself/herself in the ideas of America's founding history.
Gingrich's quick analysis of opposing ideas, combined with an ability to put them in historical context, didn't just come about by osmosis. They came about through a lifelong study of history. In recent decades, Ronald Reagan is the only American president who was so familiar with our founding ideas that he could weave them into discussions on "issues" of the day; thereby giving clarity to threats to liberty.
By the same token, the Fall 2012 opponent has studied, been mentored in, and well understands the ideology and strategies for presenting his case for redistribution, government planning, and control--all the while masking them in benevolence and "taking care" of those to whom he appeals, even as his policies are enslaving future generations.
His Republican opponent needs to be able to rebut, rebuke, and reveal the cloaked tyranny encased in his appealing message to those who see him as a benevolent leader, not a threat to their posterity's Creator-endowed right to be free.
Gingrich is right. If the goal of the primaries is to determine a candidate who can bring such clarity to the ideas of conservatism that Obama's counterfeit ideas will be defeated, then Romney, in the words of Krauthammer, "simply doesn't have the capacity" to do it. At least, he has not shown it to this point; and that "capacity" cannot be coached. It must be a natural outgrowth of understanding.
Isn’t the Iowa Republican Party expected to release the final count for that state’s caucus? I think it holds a lot of importance, because if Santorum actually did win that contest, then the whole “inevitability” argument about Romney doesn’t hold water. At this point, Romney will have only won a single state... one that he was expected to win.
HE’S BACKKK!
I’m been saying, the history of all these poll leads (Perry, then Cain, then Newt, then Romney) are all etherial.
Romney’s bubble can be as easily pricked as the rest-
We need open honest debate— and not a coronation by the Establishment. Let’s thoroughly vet our candidates in all the States.
Perhaps ...just perhaps, AMERICA is going to decide who will run against Obama — not the media, or the establishment. Americans are perhaps NOT going to make the same mistake twice.
Go Newt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gingrich leads Romney 35% to 25% among GOP voters who describe themselves as Very Conservative, while Santorum still gets 18% support from Very Conservative voters...
Among Tea Party Republicans, it’s Gingrich 39%, Romney 21% and Santorum 20%....
Go Newt!! Make a Deal, Rick! And Crush Willard the Lib!
Sigh.
I really want Rick Santorum to be our nominee, but I think things are coalescing around Newt as the real deal to be the stop-Mitt choice.
Newt is very likely in front of Romney in South Carolina as this is a national poll.
Gingrich jumps 11 points in two weeks. That’s real good poll vaulting for a man his age! :)
I love Santorum, but I think it’s time for he and Perry to step down and endorse Newt.
Get out Rick.
These numbers could include at least one night of post-debate polling. I’ll be interested to see what polls coming out on Friday say, which should be completely post-Monday’s debate in their 3-day cycling.
Whoa! Great news. GO NEWT GO! I have been listening to Rush this morning but he has spent the first half hour defending Mitt. I don’t know, but I will see what he says during the rest of the show.
This is positive news for Newt and the non-Romney movement. I hope SC listens to Sarah Palin on Saturday and we avoid a January coronation.
Romney lives by polls, so scorched earth against Newt has to be in the works again, by his SuperPAC -— ads he won’t know about of course. /s
STAY FOCUSED NEWT! ROCK THE CNN DEBATE ON THURSDAY!
GO SARAH! GO NEWT!
It’s Newt !!
Here we go !!
Statistical Dead Heat Nationally....
The last chance for conservatism...I beg people to consider the consequences of allowing Romney to win and losing to Obama.
I missed the first half hour. The second has been much the same. Get off the defense of Romney, RUSH!
Newt news PING.
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