Posted on 01/29/2012 2:15:12 PM PST by Vigilanteman
I wish I had the money to fly to Florida and vote for Newt a few times to help him out. I think it’s too late to request some absentee ballots.
Let’s be honest here. Newts performance wasn’t bad, the moderator was. I think Newt showed class and restraint.
As Newt said today, “how do you debate someone who repeating lies and constantly attacking you with them”. Instead of debating the issueS Romney prefers trying to destroy Gingrich.
If there was a bad performance it was Blitzer and his co-hort Romney who failed.
From your keyboard to God’s ears!
Follow the social online communities.
Gingrich has the most mentions on Twitter in the past week.
As much as I want this to be the case, I’m not all that confident Newt will pull it out in FL.
If I lived there, I would definitely vote for him, however, and encourage all Florida FReepers to do so!
We have to do whatever we can to make sure we’re not stuck with Barack O’Romney this time around!
Excellent post.
Newt will win, because he is like the father of the
“American Spring”.
yes siree bob, the A.S. is happening right now.
Be patient.
All good things come in their own time.. look at the
scenes again: Iowa, NH, SC, and now FL.. there are many
many more miles to go!
the American people are tired of phoney like 0
who promised Change, but in reality nothing happened.
Newt is the man with Big Bold ideas,
you will many industries will wake up from their long
sleep: natural gas & oil industries, infrastructures,
sci & tech, the lists go on.
Very interesting analysis, informedvanityman. Thanks.
Many of the polls reflect your concerns. We still have a lot of work to do.
But I would say that even if the polls showed Newt ahead. We can't let up until the day after election day if we're going to win this.
As Newt said today, “how do you debate someone who repeating lies and constantly attacking you with them”.
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Newt’s going to need to learn how to do this for his debates with Obama next fall.
I fell out of my chair laughing when I read:
For whatever reason, Romney seems like a creature put on Earth to blend in with the humans and report back what he finds. He clearly likes earthlings, and they in turn find him pleasant enough, and surprisingly lifelike. Occasionally he finds the right words, but he rarely connects them to the right tone. This dearth of convincing passion in the front-runner makes the passionate base of the party want to look elsewhere — even to Newtzilla.
Jonah Goldberg, "Newtzilla"
Thanks so much for this Post. We need all the encouragement we can get right now. Also, since 1980, FL has gone for the same candidate in their Primary that SC went for in theirs.
Check it out.
Here’s some more encouraging news. A Cuban American radio talk-show host says the Cuban vote in FL is breaking dramatically for Gingrich:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2839420/posts
I do hope the author is correct.
He made a lot of sense, and I hope he’s right.
I tend to agree that Romney underperforms at the ballot box v. the polls. They called Newt up by 6 in SC and it ended up being 14.
The absentees will be a factor. The SC win for Newt was perfectly timed and he could have banked a ton of votes. The polls won’t reflect that.
I haven’t seen a recent poll with the undecideds. Even 20% undecided is signficant.
As much as he’d hate to lose the delegates, the MSM is overhyping a Romney blowout. If Romney squeaks it, the momentum ironically could likely shift to Newt.
Bottom line, Romney needs to win this big, and he’s playing to win big, going for the kill. It might be his undoing.
I hope you are right. This election cycle has been unlike any other. All bets are off and I think Newt will pull it out in Florida. Go tea partiers.
I am for Gingrich. but I think Gingrich must learn to and be prepared to debate the liar - in the general election he will debate the biggest liar of all time - obozo! (Unless obozo refuses to debate him, then he can follow him around and rebuttal without time restraints.)
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