Posted on 03/04/2012 3:28:18 PM PST by BCrago66
Full tweet:
"Think there is some chance Newt could win election day voters in TN...but he was so far back in early voting it may not be enough."
(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
And even if Newt just takes the #2 position in Tennessee, those delegates plus the Georgia delegates (plus delegates from other states such as Oklahoma) aren't chopped liver. It's sufficient to give Newt momentum to take Alabama and Mississippi the following week.
GO NEWT GO!
Ricky has been the spoiler for a long time.
God please help us turn this around.
GO NEWT!
Early voting is a travesty. No one can forsee what will happen in a week, month or longer. If someone wants to vote they should show up at the polls on the given day and do so. Military exceptions should be permitted, of course, but everyone else can just stand in line and vote. A vote is a snapshot in time. Early voting blurs that snapshot by counting voters who may not have had complete/current info on the candidates.
Newts the one.
It would be a damn shame if Newt wouldn't win TN because of early voting.
I don't know that Social Conservatives will allow that to happen.
The think the video of Romney bragging about using his connection to get an unprecedented amount of federal dollars for the Olympics is a game-changer, because it makes his hypocrisy so clear ever “low-information voters,” i.e., idiots, can get it. But by the time ABC broadcast it, a lot of Romney votes in TN & elsewhere were already locked in.
But it will still do a lot of good on Super-Tuesday and later primaries. I’m certain that Newt’s Super-PAC is editing it right now, and including in the commercial Romney’s “Washington insider” accusations against other candidates.
Social conservatives sure gave him south Carolina.
I don’t like early voting. People vote based on information they’ve received up to that point. You might favor candidate x one day, but what if something damning is discovered about candidate x the next day? OR You may not care for candidate y one day, but what if he says or does something the next day you really like?
Latest tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/ppppolls/status/176451747596861441
“We’ll start posting toplines from our OH, TN, and GA polls here around 9:30-10. Which would you like to see first?”
I think people are already tweeting PPP to release Tennessee first.
That’s so true. I know people in Florida who voted early for Romney; they are not wanting Newt to win the nomination. I always like voting on the actual day.
C’mon Newt!
and c’mon ‘bama! Make me proud on the 13th!
And the man that has taught for what 30 years in a Military College is running the long race.
If Newt does as well as we hope (and combined with Santorum's donation slide) it is not if but when either Newt or Sarah ask Santorum to take a powder.
IMHO in regards to his tactics, Romney and Santorum don't know who they are dealing with.
He has gone to States and putting energy in places I wouldn't think too. What is his master game plan? What is war board strategy literally layed out on a table for the visual. That I'd love to see...
Correction: Typo
Romney; they are NOW wanting Newt to win the nomination.
If Newt wins among election day voters but loses over all because of early voters, what will their tune be?
Is hypocrisy on the horizon?
I don’t much like early voting in these critical national elections, although I admit I have voted early before. As others have said, significant changes can occur before election day. Heck, any number of things could even happen to your candidate that would take them out of the election, and then you wasted your vote.
Exactly. People voted early in Florida based on Romney’s $20 million in false ads.
I think we could do early voting for a day or two before the actual election (and I think originally it was a very short time span) because that may help some people get to the polls.
But having it weeks ahead, especially in a primary where things can change day to day, is a really bad thing. I also knew older people here who had voted for Romney so early that it was really just Romney and Paul. This is because both of them had spent tons of money on Florida. You only saw Romney and Paul signs here, because Paul also made use of early voting. But then they wanted to vote for Gingrich...and it was too late.
Early voting only insures that the candidate with the most money wins. I’d bet that most early voters are older voters, who are very susceptible to advertising, and if the candidate gets out there and advertises early, they take him as a done deal.
Gingrich has already stated his game plan. He is going to win GA, pick up delegates in TN and OK and "do very well in OH". Pick up AL and MS in a week.
Then hang in there until he can finish strong in TX and CA...where the big delegates are.
He's already been up and down CA twice while Romney and Santorum were focused on MI.
Newt needs to push Mittens to third. Then, RP needs to push Mittens to 4th.
It’s Newt or nobody for me!
Once done, there’s no way to change your mind! Don’t do it.
Some probably vote in more than one state. No early voting would stop that. One would have to physically show up at the polls. Unless, of course, you live in border towns, i.e., Wiscpnsin-Minnesota.
Some probably vote in more than one state. No early voting would stop that. One would have to physically show up at the polls. Unless, of course, you live in border towns, i.e., Wiscpnsin-Minnesota.
I'll be voting for my preference.
Not sure about the rest of the state, but there was low turnout of early voters in Madison County. Maybe a groundswell on Tuesday?
God save the Republic... please help Newt win the presidency.
** President Newt Gingrich-”Our beloved republic deserves nothing less.”
Yeah, but if you die before election day, your vote still counts.
Hey, Figment! I heard the same thing about low turn out. I live in the northeast part of Madison county.
The following is a link to county by county early/absentee voting numbers. It means nothing to me but might to people who live there.
http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/data/turnout/20120306.htm
Totals
Republican - 158,666
Democratic - 41,704
All - 201,278
And don’t forget, in the areas where Newt WINS, turnout increases!
Same here.
“We’ll start posting toplines from our OH, TN, and GA polls here around 9:30-10. Which would you like to see first?”
I need new glasses. For a second I thought it said “posting topless” followed by “which would you like to see first.”
I then started wondering who the “we” were and what should be seen first or never seen at all.
Howdy neighbor. I’m in the airport area.The last day of early voting had about1/3 of the total
I’m thinking of calling in on Mack in the Morning to give a last appeal on the gas prices issue that will effect everybody. We have to use every means at our disposal to get the message out and help people see what’s really at stake.
Are early votes counted and reported early? How on Earth would someone know the early voting results before the election date?
Yesterday and today I was at a gun show in Southaven Mississippi passing out literature on behalf of Henry Ross, Republican challenger to Congressman Alan (voted for the Debt Ceiling increase and for the Jet Engine the Military said they didn’t want or need) Nunnelee, freshman Congressman in Ms. 01. I was wearing my Newt button and did get a very favorable response to Henry and Newt from Mississippi residents. We get many residents of Tennessee at this show and when I would ask if they voted in Ms. and got a response they were from Tn. I would ask them to vote for Newt and I was very encouraged by the response and by many that apparently were switching back to Newt from Rick now that it is time to vote. They were looking for a social conservative in Santorum and Nunnley, but now realize they can get “both” a social and fiscal conservative in Gingrich and Ross. In two days I had one individual tell me he was a democrat and supported obama, a few RP supporters and No support or kind words for Romney.
Call Bill way and other talk shows too. WNWS has a large audience
By law no state is supposed to count the Early votes before that election closes.
Its a Percentage calculation. for instance on a certain date Newt was at 15% therefore of the votes that took place that day. 15% should have went to Newt. Extremely bogus calculation based on Polls.
I was on the ground in SC, on the phones, and door to door. There were almost 10,000 calls made in SC the last 2 weeks... and the last 2 or 3 days, you could feel the momentum changing on the phones... Earlier, it was maybe 2 Newts out of 10, and by the day before the vote, it was 8 out of 10 for Newt. You could feel the change, and it happened very quickly in the final 72 hours. Newt went out of his way to salute the phone call and grassroots efforts in SC... please... please... there is still time to call for Newt, and get involved for Newt...
From Newt 2012: friday
Field and Phone Leaders, CALLING ALL HANDS ON DECK!!
Our national phone team has successfully called through the original 18,000 volunteer sign-ups. This has resulted in a refined list of volunteer prospects for all 50 states. In 3 weeks our national call team has increased by 300%, or 50 new people per week.
Our increased call capacity will help us now begin to make calls into “Super Tuesday” states or those close by that can assist and or deploy to active states.
... YOU CAN NOW CHOOSE THE STATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL
http://newtsnetwork.com/ (click Make the CAll in upper right hand corner)
NOTE: The list filters itself by time zones. It will not show you California at 10am Eastern Time because that is 7am Pacific Time and too early to call there. Once a state’s call list opens up the state name will be added to the dropdown list for you to call. (And in the reverse, Eastern Time Zones will be removed from the list as the night wears on.)
This new reality will enable us to be highly flexible in how we operate and target prospects for GOTV and or volunteer recruitment.
Please disseminate this information to your call teams and volunteer lists.
Thank you
Thank you. That’s awesome!
One of the advantages of early voting is that it minimizes the impact of releasing negative information (true or untrue) on a candidate in the last day or two when it is impossible to get a rebuttal out. This dirty trick is still employed but it is not as effective as it once was.
I only managed to get in one call during my break. but I told the Mac in the Morning audience to vote Against the Obama/Chu 999 plan for $10.00 gasoline by voting for Newt. I pointed out what a huge issue this is for every individual and household.
I also took an informal poll of workers and those who visited my office today. Of the 52 voters I talked with, All 52 were for Newt!
Gingrich was the leader in my little place of work in Middle TN. The Knoxville area is a must for Newt. The Nashville area is breaking towards him IMHO. I wish Memphis would just migrate to anywhere else.
I hear you. Memphis is a liberal Democrat cesspool. That being said, the rest of West TN. is very conservative. It’s good to hear what is going on in the rest of the state without worrying that it is skewed by the media.
Gingrich is covering the middle and eastern part of the state pretty well.
I can’t wait to go vote for Newt tomorrow!
They are going to put up a few pages of delegates. Keep in mind Perry endorsed Gingrich.
Will do. Thanks for the reminder.
I have been so excited all day. Can’t wait to vote for Newt!
I’ll give it a try tomorrow on wnws. It’s difficult for me to get a chance to listen , let alone call in. It’s womth the extra effort though. Most of the people I work with are for Newt also. We have a couple of Santorums and a Paulista too(we don’t trust him with sharp objects)
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