Posted on 03/13/2012 9:03:29 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
Newt Gingrich says, "Between us, Santorum and I are stopping Romney."
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Because the conservative vote is split, the liberal William Cli...er... Romney is winning.
Oh, bull.
Gingrich and Santorum Pings
Gingrich is hoping that his hanging on like a leech will entitle him to the VP slot under Mittens.
Just send some $$ to Newt. He is doing great, blocking Mitt and establishment.
Go Newt
I will make this absolutely clear to you: Romney and Santorum are both fiscally liberal, big government spenders.
This nation is $16TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT. Neither Romney nor Santorum have any ideas for changing this situation.
Newt Gingrich does.
His leaving right now would be disastrous for this nation. Obama is responding defensively to Gingrich, not Romney, not Santorum.
When Newt goes to the convention in Tampa, he will have bargaining chips called ‘delegates’. It will matter.
Actually, in proportional delegate situations, Newt staying in really hurts Romney’s math, quite a bit.
===========I will make this absolutely clear to you: Romney and Santorum are both fiscally liberal, big government spenders.==========
Facts not in evidence.
http://www.redstate.com/jamesm/2012/03/11/rick-santorum-fiscal-conservative/
Romney is the lone liberal.
Me too!
I could want Newt to stay if he were the one winning all the primaries against Mitt, but that’s just not the case.
Conservatives are choosing Santorum.
We have got to unify the conservative base around one lone candidate. If that were to happen, Romney is toast.
I could never vote for Romney. I could at least vote for Newt, but he’s not the choice.
“So how is a senator or congressman rated a being a fiscal conservative? The National Taxpayers Union ( for years) rates members of house and senate and gives them a grade. An “A” equates to a 4.0, a “B” 3.0, a “C” 2.0 etc. In an article on the Weekly Standard by Jeffrey Anderson and Andy Wickersham they write:
“ Fifty senators served throughout Santorum’s two terms: 25 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Republican/Independent. On a 4-point scale (awarding 4 for an A, 3.3 for a B+, 3 for a B, 2.7 for a B-, etc.), those 50 senators’ collective grade point average (GPA) across the 12 years was 1.69 — which amounts to a C-. Meanwhile, Santorum’s GPA was 3.66 — or an A-. Santorum’s GPA placed him in the top 10 percent of senators, as he ranked 5th out of 50.
Across the 12 years in question, only 6 of the 50 senators got A’s in more than half the years. Santorum was one of them. He was also one of only 7 senators who never got less than a B. (Jim Talent served only during Santorum’s final four years, but he always got less than a B, earning a B- every year and a GPA of 2.7.) Moreover, while much of the Republican party lost its fiscal footing after George W. Bush took office — although it would be erroneous to say that the Republicans were nearly as profligate as the Democrats — Santorum was the only senator who got A’s in every year of Bush’s first term. None of the other 49 senators could match Santorum’s 4.0 GPA over that span.
This much alone would paint an impressive portrait of fiscal conservatism on Santorum’s part. Yet it doesn’t even take into account a crucial point: Santorum was representing Pennsylvania.”
“So how is a senator or congressman rated a being a fiscal conservative? The National Taxpayers Union ( for years) rates members of house and senate and gives them a grade. An “A” equates to a 4.0, a “B” 3.0, a “C” 2.0 etc. In an article on the Weekly Standard by Jeffrey Anderson and Andy Wickersham they write:
“ Fifty senators served throughout Santorum’s two terms: 25 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Republican/Independent. On a 4-point scale (awarding 4 for an A, 3.3 for a B+, 3 for a B, 2.7 for a B-, etc.), those 50 senators’ collective grade point average (GPA) across the 12 years was 1.69 — which amounts to a C-. Meanwhile, Santorum’s GPA was 3.66 — or an A-. Santorum’s GPA placed him in the top 10 percent of senators, as he ranked 5th out of 50.
Across the 12 years in question, only 6 of the 50 senators got A’s in more than half the years. Santorum was one of them. He was also one of only 7 senators who never got less than a B. (Jim Talent served only during Santorum’s final four years, but he always got less than a B, earning a B- every year and a GPA of 2.7.) Moreover, while much of the Republican party lost its fiscal footing after George W. Bush took office — although it would be erroneous to say that the Republicans were nearly as profligate as the Democrats — Santorum was the only senator who got A’s in every year of Bush’s first term. None of the other 49 senators could match Santorum’s 4.0 GPA over that span.
This much alone would paint an impressive portrait of fiscal conservatism on Santorum’s part. Yet it doesn’t even take into account a crucial point: Santorum was representing Pennsylvania.”
LOL. Yeah right. That is why all the Commie Pinkos and Leftist that live in AL and MS gave Rick the win tonight. It is a regular San Fran/NYC down there.
Sometimes your posts make me tear up from laughing so hard.
They only believe what he says. I’ve told you Santorum is a liar.
It’s becoming clearer to me that if Gingrich were not in this race, Santorum would be beating Romney handily.
I just don’t see a path to the nomination for Newt. Not after tonight.
I think if Newt drops out a significant number of his voters goes to Romney, and be an overall loss for conservatives.
Ditto yours to me sir. And I mean that in a most complimentary way.
Closing down to a 2-man race at this point assures Romney’s victory. Even if it was just Santorum vs. Romney, there is no viable path for Santorum to reach 1,144 delegates. The only strategy left is to deny Romney from reaching 1,144.
Oops, sorry I may have mistaken you for that lazmatazz person I think. That guy cracks me up.
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