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Not surprising. Republicans are tearing each other to pieces in these debates. obama isn't the enemy in these debates,,,fellow Republicans are. They're playing right into the hands of the media and obama, and they don't care. Remember the donk debates last time around? They focused like a laser on Bush and Republicans.
1 posted on 01/28/2012 8:19:25 PM PST by chessplayer
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Actually, Republicans aren't. There have been 10 official candidates. Only 3 of them were Republicans all their careers. The rest had been members of OTHER PARTIES over the years and more than one had been selected by Democrats for appointment to high office or had actually won election as REAL Democrats, or, had in fact, donated heavily and frequently to Democrats.

If all the RINOs had stayed out of the race there'd been Gingrich, Santorum and Cain, and it'd been a very polite and intellectually stimulating debate.

I hold the FAUX Republicans, especially the rich guy, totally responsible for the disruptions. They should have never been allowed to enter the race ~ and it's the RNC Chairman Priebus FAULT they got in!

2 posted on 01/28/2012 8:25:58 PM PST by muawiyah
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We should be getting four parallel critiques of Obamaism and four parallel explanations of the freedom philosophy. Instead, these guys have been suckered into tearing into each other.

Actually, Gingrich did really well for a long time, he kept his focus on Obama and avoided personalizing his rivalry with his fellow Repubs. You’ll remember he said over and over, any one of us will be a better president than Barack Obama. It is Romney that has waged a scorched earth campaign. The Romniacs don’t care if they burn the whole party to the ground as long as they rule the ashes.


3 posted on 01/28/2012 8:30:04 PM PST by marron
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The negativity absolutely started with Romney, especially when Newt emerged just before Iowa up 9+ points. He can’t win over the conservative base, so he feels like he has to destroy each leading conservative.
You see, it’s HIS nomination, and he will by damn get it, even if it means burning the most important bridges we have on our side. Stupid move.


4 posted on 01/28/2012 8:31:05 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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Newt makes matters worse by trying to have it both ways. He won’t discuss Marianne’s claims; instead, in last night’s debate he lashed out at the media for publicizing them and at John King for asking about them. The audience of rabid Republicans ate it up. But at the same time, Gingrich implicitly acknowledged how devastating his ex-wife’s stories are by asserting that they are “false.” By calling her a liar, he put her allegations into play. Which claims, exactly, are false? Presumably not everything she said in the ABC interview; then, what? Anyone who seriously thinks that Gingrich can run against President Obama in the fall without both 1) being dogged by such questions, and 2) being turned into a laughingstock, is, in my opinion, delusional.

I won't give a link to the physicians at Powerline because I don't want to give them the hits. But they need to heal themselves before they complain about other Republicans going Roman on each other.

7 posted on 01/28/2012 8:37:35 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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This is Romney’s doing! Newt refused to attack his fellow Republicans and then Romney unleashed his smear machine on Newt in Iowa! Newt even scolded the moderators in the debates for baiting them into attacking each other!


8 posted on 01/28/2012 8:40:40 PM PST by KansasGirl (Romney to Santorum: Obamneycare "nothing to get angry about".)
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Watch Newt Gingrich Lincoln Day Dinner Speech

http://www.therightscoop.com/live-now-watch-newt-gingrich-and-allen-west/


12 posted on 01/28/2012 9:06:46 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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Not surprising. Republicans are tearing each other to pieces in these debates. obama isn't the enemy in these debates,,,fellow Republicans are. They're playing right into the hands of the media and obama, and they don't care. Remember the donk debates last time around? They focused like a laser on Bush and Republicans.

The only one to blame here is Romney.

Romney cannot talk the issues because he has a horrible, Progressive, Liberal record on the issues.

So Romney and his surrogates play scummy politics.
14 posted on 01/28/2012 9:27:15 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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Politics is a blood sport and this time around, the stakes are very high for our Nation.

Think of the Republican primary process as a no-holds-barred slugfest where the best man wins after knocking out all the rest. That’s the guy we want to be President. I wouldn’t worry too much about them ripping each other apart - these are big boys who can take care of themselves. The losers will still be alive afterwards to write a book or sell real estate.

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men...Samuel Adams. We want someone we can count on, so we need to know if they got the “right stuff”.


18 posted on 01/28/2012 9:52:59 PM PST by bopdowah ("Unlike King Midas, whatever the Gubmint touches sure don't turn to Gold!')
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The fix is in folks. Romney is going to be the nominee. Obama will run against the greedy Wall Street insider and the do nothing obstructionist Republican Congress. Romney will run an incredibly weak campaign, like McCain and Dole. The press will carry Obama’s water and run anti Morman pieces all summer long. There will be a September or October “surprise” — financial meltdown, terrorist attack at home, or start of war with Iran in order to rally the sheeple to the leader in the last few weeks of the campaign. No doubt as soon as he gets the nomination, Romney’s Wall Street donors will shift to Obama while the disgusted GOP conservative base minimizes individual contributions. Massive voter fraud in the cities, gerrymandering of voting districts in the South by liberal court orders, and a demoralized conservative movement, plus Obama’s billion dollar campaign fund will ensure a Romney concession speech in November.

The Dems will retain the Senate and recapture the House with a small majority. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid will then be in position to ensure Obamacare is implemented, put a liberal majority on the Supreme Court, gut the military, force unionization on private companies, give citizenship to illegal immigrants, and redistribute wealth through higher taxes and regulation. The Republican minority leaders in Congress will be content to provide token opposition while continuing to enjoy their perks.

This is all a play staged for our entertainment. The outcome is written. The real allocation of power in America occurs in back room meetings of the wealthy elites. In a year when Obama should have gone down to a landslide defeat, they have orchestrated events to ensure both his victory and the destruction of the opposition party.


19 posted on 01/29/2012 4:57:47 AM PST by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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