Posted on 03/11/2012 9:41:59 AM PDT by VinL
...WALLACE: The polls show a surprisingly close race Tuesday in Alabama and Mississippi. Question -- are you going to win them both?
GINGRICH: I think we'll win both. We are campaigning very aggressively on both states. As almost everywhere, you start a little behind because of Romney's money and the length of time he's advertising. And as you campaign, you catch up with him pretty rapidly, and I think we're probably polling ahead in both states right now. We have great organizations in both states and in particular in Alabama where Senate Majority Leader Jabo Waggoner has put together a great statewide organization.
But I will be campaigning both in Birmingham and in Mississippi. And then we'll be campaigning tomorrow morning in Biloxi and then back in the Birmingham area. So, we're not taking anything for granted these next two days.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/2012/03/11/gingrich-predicts-victory-alabama-mississippi-sen-mccain-talks-foreign-trouble-spots-game#ixzz1opKPJ9Lj
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Perry also seems like an unwise strategy for the general election, at least in terms of states. While in terms of competence and experience no one could say he wouldn’t be qualified to take the V.P. job, he certainly doesn’t help flip any states over to Newt that aren’t already red.
Other problem is this would seem to take away a big bargaining chip in a floor fight. It would make it almost a guarantee that Santorum would team up with Mitt, easily giving them enough delegates to overcome Newt. I guess that would depend on the delegates being willing to play ball though. The Ron Paul delegates might balk at having Santorum on the ticket, and the Santorum delegates might not be willing to accept Romney as Prez just to get the V.P. slot. But under any scenario, even Newt or Santorum dropping out now, Romney is going to be so close to the majority of delegates that he won’t need many to flip to him to go over the top.
BS talk for a guy who is about to lose in 2 days. It probably won't be long before Fishy posts this article.
Based on the upcoming states, if Newt or Rick dropped out, assuming no surge in support for Romney and most of one guy’s voters going to the other, I estimate Mitt would lose 150-200 delegates due to the Newt/Rick candidate now being able to become the winner or get over 50% in winner-take-all or hybrid states where that helps decide delegates. Romney is going to be VERY close to the 1,144 needed to win the nomination if all the candidates stay in the race. That margin of 150-200 may be the minimum that’s needed to make it possible for Romney to lose in a floor fight. I am pretty sure now that there will be no chance to defeat Romney even in a floor fight if both Newt and Rick stay in the race, since it seems unlikely the voters are going to suddenly decide to abandon one of them completely on their own.
Tax, saw it, also. Having gotten burned by relying on a “tweet”, I’ll wait for an article. -:) Thanks for the courtesy, though.
The GOP E gave Romney the winner-take- all total from FL, when according to the rules FL was supposed to be punished for moving up their primary date in defiance of the RNC, by having half of their delegates removed.
And they were sanctioned by having 50% of their 99 delegates removed leaving only 50 delegates to be awarded in their primary election on Jan. 31, 2012.
Educational info at:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/FL-R#0131
Back to my original point, sorry for the side trip into Babble-On:
I want very much to be excited about this ticket, but ... . I guess time will tell.
Yeah I know what you mean, but I shared since it came from an “official” tweeter and not a “person” tweeter. Knowwhatimean? :-)
Some polls don’t get picked up by Real Clear Politics. I don’t know why.
Here are four for AL since Mar. 1,: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/al/alabama_republican_presidential_primary-1775.html#polls
MS is definetly short on polling data at Real Clear Politics.
Thanks, I have been constantly watching realclear to no avail. I thought it was just me, thought I was missing something. Is it an agenda?
Here is an ARG poll of MS done Mar 7/8. This plus the Rasmussen poll on RCP are the only recent polls I remember seeing. Not sure why they haven’t been polling in MS.
http://americanresearchgroup.com/
Poll: Gingrich on top in Mississippi
:-)
From my point of view, Santorum would prefer to team with Romney, for more than one reason. If you want the brass ring, it's always better to team with the leader in delegates; and from a political/philosophical standpoint, Santorum has more in common with Romney than he does with Gingrich.
Thanks to both of you
Red Steel, I haunt “Breaking News”
;)
Trolling as usual?
Get a life!
Yup, catching lots of fishy hits! Some of them extra slimy.
Thanks bayside, those were excellent.
Listen up y’all...
Santorum needs to have his butt kicked all over kingdom come for throwing down with big labor in MI, TN and OH were the primaries are open.
robocall from Santos to DEMS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwO218hvxM4
DEM Liberals turned out to support Santorum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEEBCb89bgQ&feature=player_embedded
Michael Moore does GOTV 4 Santorum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vFz7BAuOY&feature=related
Santos votes against nat right to work law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbfgXWVoyVI
These are the reasons RS is going to lose in MS and AL
Gingrich-Perry 2012
Works for me.
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