Posted on 01/19/2012 5:29:18 PM PST by Kaslin
Election '12: As Mitt Romney's loss in Iowa to Rick Santorum shatters the "historic" mantra, Rick Perry withdraws to endorse the former House speaker. The fat lady has not yet sung.
What a difference 24 hours can make in the political arena. One minute Romney looks to be sailing toward the GOP nomination with a third straight win in South Carolina's primary. Now it may only be one of three.
We may never really know who won the Iowa caucuses, but we do know that Romney's "historic" wins in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary deserve an asterisk next to them.
His eight-vote election-night win over Rick Santorum in the Hawkeye state has now been certified as a 34-vote loss. Results from eight precincts are missing — any of which could hold an advantage for Romney — and may never be recovered and certified.
Nor was the withdrawal of Perry from the race, coupled with an enthusiastic endorsement of Newt Gingrich, good news for the presumptive front-runner, wary of the "not Romney" vote coalescing into a majority.
Politics ain't beanbag, it's been said, and all the candidates have taken body blows — some fair, some not — from their opponents and a media establishment that, in addition to President Obama's billion-dollar war chest, will be hard for the GOP nominee to overcome.
Perry had his Gardasil and illegal tuition attacks from Michele Bachmann. Gingrich lost his lead when 45% of the ads run in Iowa attacked him on issues such as a consulting gig for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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My take is that we need a President that absolutely opposes political corruption, crony capitalism, and all wars unless they are to defend the USA, and that supports opportunities for all and the USA Constitution.
Find that candidate and I’ll enthusiastically vote and support.
If we're stuck with Romney, then I'd rather have Obama take credit for all the bad Democrat policies that will be flowing from the Whitehouse. People might eventually learn that Democrats make bad politicians.
Also, there is always the "pray for gridlock" argument: make sure that the president and congress are from different parties because politicians only make things worse, and gridlock keeps the damage down to a minimum.
Basically, no way am I voting for Romney. No way.
WRONG!
Electing a RINO does nothing but kick the can down the road!
Sometimes the pimple needs popped!
And, Barack Obama is the weakest President America has ever had.
agreed - we need to end Crony Capitalism
make rule of law apply to all (includes Congress & President)
cut $1 Trillion out of Federal Budget (to eliminate deficit)
Increase Defense of our Borders
Thanks Kaslin.
“we do know that Romney’s historic wins in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary deserve an asterisk next to them.’
NO they don’t. Willard the Lib and Architect of ObamneyCare LOST Iowa. Period.
Three months ago? I remember when they trashed Reagan, and then Bush 41 and then Dole and then Bush 43 and then McCain.
This is not something new and should have been factored in by anyone running for the office.
Sometimes pre-emptive wars are necessary. Even though Germany did not declare directly war on us, had we not declared war on Germany in WWII, you would be speaking German, whether you liked it or not.
AMEN!
If we elect our Obama, i.e. Romney, we are WORSE off because there will be no fighting against him. No. I will never ever vote for RINO Romney. I won’t ever vote for Hussein, but don’t try that silly scare tactic to get me to do your bidding oh GOP elite.
That's where a record comes in. Not just the record of votes, which is often a meaningless toll of positions taken for political reasons on bills that were always going to pass or were never going to pass, but a record of actions taken that actually mattered.
A record of actions taken that actually mattered. Newt is the man who fits that description to a "T".
He can identify what is most important to the country, develop a plan to overcome that challenge, articulate the the merits of overcoming the challenge and why the plan will work.
I hadn't been for Gingrich initially and spent plenty of energy excoriating him, these last several years, for any number of sins he committed against the Republican/Conservative ideals. He seemed a turncoat of sorts, particularly when he babysat Pelosi on the couch.
On reflection, Newt is an attention whore seeking relevancy for his ideas and I guess I take him at his word that he made a few mistakes in his life and he has at least some regret for those decisions. God knows I am no angel and so I have to reflect on the man's ability to get things done.
Newt gave us the Republican majority, the Contract with America and completed 2/3rds of his agenda while in office.
He now has a new plan for America and with what is likely to become a Congressional Super Majority and a Senate Majority, if not Super Majority, I believe he will absolutely accomplish his agenda.
Say goodbye to ObamaCare the single biggest scam and travesty foisted upon a free people who, by right, ought to have been given the opportunity to read the bill and debate it. Instead, a win at all cost, cheating agenda was developed and it was signed with most people never laying eyes on at least page 2 of this utopian dreck.
Executive Orders Positions:
The following are all within the executive powers to simply order and with the exception of securing the border within one year, they are all easily accomplished with the stroke of a pen and no way to challenge them in the legislature.
Keystone may be challenged in the courts but I think the Executive can order the EPA to approve, under National Security Priorities and it is a National Security issue, as well, a jobs issue.
As President, Newt, could actually have a very busy 1st week or month just on these initiative alone.
1. Eliminate the thirty-nine White House "Czar" positions created during the current administration. The president does not have the authority to appoint bureaucrats to power who are not accountable to the Congress.
2. "Mexico City Policy" of Respect for Life. Reauthorize President Ronald Reagan’s policy – also known as the "Mexico City Policy"— to stop tax payer dollars from being used to fund or promote abortions in foreign countries.
3. Restore conscience clause protections for Healthcare Workers.No American working in a medical environment should be forced to perform any procedure that he or she finds morally or ethically objectionable based on religious teaching. This protection should include, but not be limited to abortion. Existing conscience clause protections need to be strengthened.
4. Respect Each Sovereign Nation’s Choice of its Capital. Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own Capital. Accordingly, the U.S. State Department should be instructed to respect the choice of each sovereign nation and place the American embassy in their Capital. (Israel is the only country the United States discriminates against in this regard. The people of Israel have designated Jerusalem as their capital. Yet the United States retains its embassy in Tel Aviv.)
5. End the Attorney General's Assault on the States. Instruct the Attorney General to withdraw all immigration-related lawsuits against states immediately, including those pending in Arizona and South Carolina. The Obama Administration refuses to enforce federal immigration laws, and instead sues states who are merely trying to enforce the laws that the federal government neglects. The Gingrich Administration will secure the border by Jan. 1, 2014 by any means necessary.
Unleash American Energy by Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline. Instruct the State Department to approve a Presidential Permit immediately for the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that will send 700,000 barrels of oil a day from Great Plains and Southwestern states to Gulf Coast refineries lower staggering energy prices, and create up to 120,000 American jobs.
Now we get into the details of an inclusive agenda that brings the people(you and me), through their representatives, into process. The TEA Party and conservatives are going to have a majority in both houses.
Let’s elect an Executive who will absolutely fulfill the promise of our ideals.
Newt gave us the three most important victories of the 90’s Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget and Reduced Taxes. I hope I don’t need to describe the benefits of those victories. They ought to be obvious to everyone by now.
Lastly, there have been some reports that Newt shouldn’t get all the credit. Really? Then perhaps we marginalize the accomplishments of Washington, Roosevelt, Kennedy and ….wait for it… Reagan.
Do we really want to go down the road with that kind of adolescent sophistry and parsing of what happened?
Newt is the guy who thought of these big things, proposed them and shepherded their implementation?
Newt has once again identified what is important to us now, at this time and described how we can get there with our representative majorities. He has done it before and I declare Newt Gingrich was then and is Now a leader.
We should elect Newt Gingrich to the Presidency of the United States
Seven posts as I type this and three of them threatening to stay at home in November if they don’t get the Republican candidate of their choice. What happened to the idea of defeating 0bama with those posters?
Wanna know how bad it will be? The press is calling Obama the most corruption free administration in history.
Well first of all he didn’t win Iowa. Santorium did by 34 points, and if he did, eight points is really not a big deal
Seven posts as I type this and three of them threatening to stay at home in November if they don’t get the Republican candidate of their choice. What happened to the idea of defeating 0bama with those posters?
Seven posts as I type this and three of them threatening to stay at home in November if they don’t get the Republican candidate of their choice. What happened to the idea of defeating 0bama with those posters?
Seven posts as I type this and three of them threatening to stay at home in November if they don’t get the Republican candidate of their choice. What happened to the idea of defeating 0bama with those posters?
Seven posts as I type this and three of them threatening to stay at home in November if they don’t get the Republican candidate of their choice. What happened to the idea of defeating 0bama with those posters?
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