Posted on 01/29/2012 2:15:12 PM PST by Vigilanteman
I hope that Rick Santorum polls strongly enough to emerge as a conservative alternative to Mitt Romney if Newt Gingrich falters.
Santorum only pulls conservatives from Newt allowing Romney to have a chance. There’s no way Santorum would get the nomination but if he doesn’t drop out it will be his fault and those who support him who will be to blame should we end up with Romney.
Sometimes the conventional wisdom is right. Gingrich will lose Florida because the consensus of polls - independent, media, right-leaning (InsiderAdvantage), left-leaning (PPP) - all point to a substantial, outside-the-margin-of-error victory for Romney. It counterproductive at this point to focus your emotional energy on Florida, because the result will then lead you to despair.
Gingrich still has a fighting chance to win the majority of the delegates - 1,144. Look to upcoming states, e.g., Texas (144 delegates), the entire delegate-rich batch of Southern states, and even states such as Minnesota (40 delegates), where a recent PPP shows Gingrich at 36, Romney 18.
Get ready for long, protracted guerrilla warfare until the convention.
And send Newt some cash, if you can afford it.
There will be more TURNOUT than the 2010 elections. When it’s not close they can’t cheat!
Obama's moves this week coupled to his SOTU address are pushing voters Romney's way.
bttt
“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.”
I guess he reads my posts because I compared Mitt to the Coneheads.
Agreed, it was not a “bad performance”. If anything he was not as well prepared for some of Romneys attacks, which were far better presented than anything Willard has done in the past. Newt had some good moments and I’d give him a “C”.
He can’t go on the attack against the media every time. Wolfie pushed back and didn’t leave many openings.
All I wish is that Newt would have been more like Santorum, and that he’d repeated more often the basic principles of conservatism, which by the way, “works every time it’s tried”.
Perhaps he does? It is a great comparison!
Exactly why Santorum is smart to remain in the campaign. The Newtzilla has a history of shooting himself. Were that to happen now, we would be left with no alternative without Rick Santorum unless you count the moonbat Ron Paul.
You CAN help Newt out, by making phone calls from his national phone banks into Florida. 32 Florida Tea Parties have endorsed Newt here. The grassroots are trying to get out into the face-to-face, but there needs to be people picking up the slack on the phones. It is very easy. If you are shy, the first couple calls will be a little scary, and after that, you will sail.
PLEASE CALL FOR NEWT TODAY AND TOMORROW AND TUESDAY!!
www.newt.org/activism/pb/
www.newt.org/donate
If Newt was more like Rick Santorum, I would be supporting him rather than Rick Santorum.
Rick was my district's congressman for four years and my senator for 12. He isn't a perfect conservative, but he's about as good as this country can possibly elect.
I was especially disgusted by Newt's Hispandering. There is more than ample legitimate ammunition with which to attack Mitt Romney. Running to his left on immigration isn't one of them.
Last I checked, Marco Rubio was still supporting Romney anyway.
I wish this were true. But short of a miraculous last minute break, there isn’t a single poll out there that suggests Gingrich has a prayer in FL.
Jonah has a way with words summing up Mitt!
I think Newt will win Florida because he has the backing of the Tea Party. He embraced the Movement back in its infancy, long before it was “cool” to be a Tea Partier. While the RINO’s and Old Guard Republicans were calling them “kook-fringe extremists”, Gingrich was attending rallies and listening to their concerns. I think it will pay off for him big time in the Florida election. Because politically speaking, the Tea Party calls the shots in this state.
Santorum’s been pandering since day one with the social issues, primarily because his platform and his head are bereft of actual ideas for the country. I don’t comprehend the appeal of Santorum, especially the way he was willing to bash any conservative, from Cain on down, who stood in his way. He’s an opportunist and a fraud. Better he gets out before his presence gets a Romney win. There will never be another flowback to Santorum even if Newt fails. The reason is simple... Santorum is too generic. That’s why his fluke win in Iowa didn’t translate to a sustained front runner status, and people didn’t even take the time to slime him the way Newt has been slimed. That’s telling you something.
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