...did I just hear screaming? Fellas, don’t scream like that. It's tough to get the bloody mist off the screen.
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"I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, 'Look, if Mitt Romney cannot win in Florida then we're going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries. And we're going to have try to come with someone as an alternative to Newt Gingrich who could be Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, someone.' Because there is such a desperation by the so-called party elites, but that's exactly what Gingrich is playing against,"
If the FL result is similar to the SC one then Mitt will be in free-fall and there will be nothing the GOP elites can do about it.
The people will choose and Newt will be our choice.
If they pull this crap, it will finish off the Republican party for good.
This is why I think Sarah Palin hasn’t endorsed anyone officially. I think she is waiting for Romney to fail and she will then step up to the plate and suck the air out of all the others campaigns and that goes for Newts. The media coverage would be all on her and conservatives would flock to her. She did say a few months back on Greta that this upcoming campaign would be the most ‘unconventional campaign’ that people have ever seen.
Don’t give up, Andrea. There’s still hope.
Great news if this results in the establishment throwing Romney under a bus. I doubt there is much of a desire, though, among the base for another Bush Presidency or for Mitch Daniels but neither would as big a train wreck as Romney if either was elected.
Look, I’m no Andrea Mitchell fan but I believe what she is saying and so should everyone else. There is no denying she is plugged into the crowd of elites she’s talking about.
If she says they told her this I believe her.
Romney cannot even steal FL and they will be hard pressed to keep Newt under 40 here. They will not really try to scuttle Newt because that would not be prudent. Oh NEVER MIND this is the GOP I forgot.
They don’t get it. It’s not just Romney personally, it’s the whole GOP elite establishment. We the people are sick of their BS.
Look at the Tea Party......it was created as a firewall against the political elite, that doesn’t just “include” Republicans, it means ESPECIALLY Republicans.
The GOP WILL BE FORCED to be the conservative party or they will be euthenized.
They bring in another RINO to try to beat Newt, he’s just going to get beat worse than Mitt because it is too obvious what is going on. It doesn’t matter even if they pick someone that the base would usually approve of, BECAUSE the establishment picked him, he will be marked as “contollable” by the the fact that “they” picked him.
And Jeb Bush? I wouldn’t vote for another Bush if you friggin’ PAID ME!
...did I just hear screaming? Fellas, don’t scream like that. It's tough to get the bloody mist off the screen.
Newt is not going to be the nominee. We are not going to pick someone who loses to Obama by 15 points and costs us both houses of Congress.
They should at least wait until after Super Tuesday, which is March 6, 2012.
Andrea Mitchell-synonymous with “BS Alert”.
This would end the Republican Party—literally.
This isn’t 1964, when there were alternatives to the GOP.
This is 2012. With the internet and grassroots organizations growing leaps and bounds. Heck, the Tea Party is on the edge of becoming a full fledged political party. All that is required is for the GOP to self destruct.
An action like they are talking about here would do it.
I see a few names being floated around as if it is a done deal.
“...we’re going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries...”
Eff them.
They’re freaking out.
Reiterate: Eff them.
If the RNC wants to re-energize the Tea Party as an adversary, then let them try a bait-and-switch.
What are the party rules? Is the RNC chairman going to unilaterally decide who will be the party candidate? Are Congressional Republican party members going to vote on for ‘brokers’ or are they going to vote on who is going to be candidate? Or do R state representatives get to vote? ... So many questions and no answers ....yet.
Sounds like empty threats and smoke and mirrors from the Establishment.
Who are these so-called party elites or the establishment and how do you get chosen to be one? I would like to sign up.
I actually wrote about this today: http://libertarian-neocon.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-is-too-late-for-mitch-daniels-or-any.html
They might try but I just don’t see how they can be successful. Looking at the ballot deadlines it looks like anyone coming on now probably can only get on the ballot in about 14 states. So 72% of voters will not have a say? The base will go nuts if that happens and people will just leave the party out of principle.
Anyway, Daniels is soft on social stuff and national security. Jeb is probably okay but I really really will not support another Bush. We just cant have 3 Bushes in a row as a GOP President. What are we, a banana republic?