Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Newt Gingrich touts surge in Tennessee polls, predicts Georgia win
The Washington Post ^ | 2-6-2012 | Amy Gardner

Posted on 03/06/2012 10:50:09 AM PST by TitansAFC

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Republican Newt Gingrich launched a final, two-day swing across the South on Monday in advance of the biggest voting day so far of the year. Gingrich planned to campaign on Monday and Super Tuesday in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia -- and vowed to exceed expectations in all the Southern states voting this week and next.

Gingrich touted new polls showing that he is closing the gap in Tennessee, and he predicted again that he will win his home state of Georgia with ease. In a morning interview on CNN, Gingrich admitted that losing Georgia could end his campaign and acknowledged for the first time that winning Georgia and losing all the other states Tuesday "puts me in a more difficult position."

“But, on the other hand, next week we have Mississippi and Alabama and Kansas, and I think I'll win at least two out of three," Gingrich said in the interview. "The latest poll in Tennessee shows a 17-point jump, shows me very competitive in Tennessee."

A centerpiece of Gingrich's latest effort to regain momentum is a promise to bring the price of gasoline below $2.50 a gallon. He mentions the subject wherever he speaks, and it is the subject of a new TV ad the campaign is airing in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.

An independent group supporting Gingrich is also advertising on TV and radio in those states and several others. Gingrich's hope is to overcome Santorum's lead among conservative voters while Santorum and Romney duke it out in the marquee state of Super Tuesday, Ohio.....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: gingrich; newt; ozone; romney; santorum; vikingkitties; zot
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

1 posted on 03/06/2012 10:50:18 AM PST by TitansAFC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: kalee; TitansAFC; onyx; LuvFreeRepublic; Sea Parrot; SweetCaroline; matthew fuller; Gator113; ...

Super Tuesday PING!!!!!!


2 posted on 03/06/2012 10:51:17 AM PST by TitansAFC (Rick Santorum is the suicide bomber of the 2012 Primary; he's going to take us all out with him.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

Go Newt!


3 posted on 03/06/2012 10:52:51 AM PST by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

I needed to see this today.....as it seems just too dang set that Romney’s going to clench this....thus we’ll get Obama another four years.

This is the first sad day I’ve had about this election so going off line for the afternoon.

Keep it going titan’s ....I know it’s not over yet but I sure hope Newt has something up his sleeve that will change the tragectory it seems today to be going.

Now I’ll leave in my misery and ccome back refreshed for the battle.


4 posted on 03/06/2012 10:56:36 AM PST by caww
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

hussein soetoro just said he “really” wants romney!


5 posted on 03/06/2012 10:57:30 AM PST by biggredd1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

If Newt can just stay viable until the big prize in Texas, on May 29th, we can end up, at best, with Newt winning the nomination or, at least, taking it to Tampa and forcing a Brokered Convention.


6 posted on 03/06/2012 11:00:19 AM PST by no dems (No RINO-Rom, no Kook-Daddy and no "out of touch" Rev. Rick........Gingrich.... YES!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

If Newt can just stay viable until the big prize in Texas, on May 29th, we can end up, at best, with Newt winning the nomination or, at least, taking it to Tampa and forcing a Brokered Convention.


7 posted on 03/06/2012 11:00:28 AM PST by no dems (No RINO-Rom, no Kook-Daddy and no "out of touch" Rev. Rick........Gingrich.... YES!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC
"Gingrich admitted that losing Georgia could end his campaign and acknowledged for the first time that winning Georgia and losing all the other states Tuesday "puts me in a more difficult position."

There is no path to the nomination after winning one state (your home) on Super Tuesday. Period. End of story.

8 posted on 03/06/2012 11:00:28 AM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC
NEWTS FUTURE, NEWTS FUTURE FOR AMERIA
9 posted on 03/06/2012 11:01:06 AM PST by FrankR (You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: biggredd1; All

hussein soetoro just said he “really” wants romney!
____________________________________________________________

Why is no one reminding the voters that George Soros said that “there is not that much differnece between Obama and Romney”?


10 posted on 03/06/2012 11:05:04 AM PST by no dems (No RINO-Rom, no Kook-Daddy and no "out of touch" Rev. Rick........Gingrich.... YES!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

Just listened to a utube video that appears as an endorsement by Sean Hannity and Rush for Newt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3EJwdpEgP0


11 posted on 03/06/2012 11:05:52 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC
Good luck Newt and I hope that if you are ahead of Rick tomorrow he will step aside and endorse you...

...and the same applies to you too Newt, if you are behind Santorum.

Otherwise it's Mitt's and then Obama’s and one of you will be to blame for the destruction of America.

12 posted on 03/06/2012 11:05:58 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Better add another wing to The White House cause the Santorum clan is coming.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TitansAFC

Newt Gingrich speaks in Duluth, Ga., Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
13 posted on 03/06/2012 11:07:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Cometh the hour, cometh the man. NEWT GINGRICH 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: no dems
Newt can just stay viable until the big prize in Texas, on May 29th

Particularly if he gets more cash...

A resonable showing today will break loose the wallets and check books...

Spokeshave with pen in hand.....

14 posted on 03/06/2012 11:08:37 AM PST by spokeshave (Dole/McCain/Romney losers all....NEWT is da Man)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: spokeshave

I am ready to give more too, but I need to see more progress.


15 posted on 03/06/2012 11:11:53 AM PST by dt57 (illerate, noobie....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: CainConservative

Suprised that comment made it past the censors.


16 posted on 03/06/2012 11:17:00 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: CainConservative

There’s no path to the nomination by just winning non binding caucuses, or failing to have to have full slates of delegates in states as important as Ohio either.


17 posted on 03/06/2012 11:20:42 AM PST by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: katiedidit1; onyx; b9; caww

Check this out..”No greater voice in this country than Newt Gingrich” by Hannity. You will hear Rush say, “I will vote for Gingrich just to hear him debate Obama”


18 posted on 03/06/2012 11:22:03 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: caww
I voted for Newt this morning. What a great feeling!



"We have to frankly break the back of the secular-socialist machine, elect people committed to representing the American people, and then methodically rip the system apart."

~Newt Gingrich


19 posted on 03/06/2012 11:25:47 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: lonevoice

Go Newt!!!!


20 posted on 03/06/2012 11:26:29 AM PST by Pride in the USA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson