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In shakeup, Gingrich campaign replaces manager, reduces staff size
Fox News ^ | March 27, 2012 | Joy Lin

Posted on 03/28/2012 12:42:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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1 posted on 03/28/2012 12:42:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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AP: ....."Gingrich's strategy hinges on preventing front-runner Mitt Romney from winning the 1,144 delegates he needs for the nomination, Gingrich spokesman RC Hammond said Tuesday night. The former House speaker plans to spend much less time in primary states and instead personally call delegates to try to persuade them to back him at the Republican National Convention in August.

"We are not going to cede to Mitt Romney's strategy to take the party down," Hammond said. Ultimately, Gingrich would take the fight to the convention floor, Hammond said.".....

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The Delegate Dance


2 posted on 03/28/2012 12:54:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Go Newt!


3 posted on 03/28/2012 12:56:50 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: Gene Eric

Dittos for Newt.


4 posted on 03/28/2012 1:14:48 AM PDT by Nextrush (PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN IS MY DREAM)
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To: Gene Eric
The Obamanoids are gathering....

As convention nears, balance security and free speech "This summer's Republican National Convention will put Tampa in the spotlight like never before. And that attention brings an added responsibility on the city to protect the civil liberties of protesters and the public even amid unprecedented security. The city needs to be thoughtful and accommodating as it looks to change local laws that govern when and how demonstrators and other groups may gather.

Many security arrangements will be dictated by the U.S. Secret Service, including the broader restrictions in and around the main activity areas at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and the Tampa Convention Center. But the city still has its own area of authority and an obligation to make its views known when security concerns begin to infringe on the public's right to assemble and express protected speech.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's administration has spent several months looking at ways to relax the permitting code to make it easier for large groups to gather without breaking the law.....

...The existing codes make some exceptions for public protests, but those guarantees are few and too much discretion is left to top city officials. That is a recipe for abuse and for costly legal battles. The city should at the least focus on loosening the most onerous rules, such as those requiring long lead times for protesters to apply for permits. Others, such as those requiring multimillion-dollar insurance guarantees and hefty up-front costs for security, cleanup and other incidentals, need to be modified to reflect the fluid nature of accommodating the public at what will already be a high-security event. The goal should be to balance free speech and security. That will require common sense in drafting the new permitting codes.".....

5 posted on 03/28/2012 1:18:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Gene Eric

I could use your input here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2864772/posts

Post 66.


6 posted on 03/28/2012 1:19:20 AM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
“There is no reason for this country to have any significant problems. They are almost all an artifact of a really bad governing structure and a really incompetent bureaucratic system.

Exactly!! Bad governing by either a GOP E or liberal president - neither cared about America but staying in power.

Go Newt! Time for a PATRIOT to lead! Someone who the GOP E/liberals don't want. Newt KNOWS where our former leaders went off the track and plans on putting it back on track and KNOWS how to do it!

7 posted on 03/28/2012 1:20:15 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To derail Romney at Tampa convention, change the rules

....."Let's look at a couple of plausible scenarios:

Scenario One: Florida and Arizona's delegates become free agents

Florida and Arizona were penalized half their delegates for jumping to the front of the primary calendar. But both were winner-take-all states, even though Republican rules clearly stated that early primaries had to allocate delegates proportionately. If the anti-Romney forces brought a challenge to the floor, there is nothing that would require anyone—bound, pledged or "morally bound"—to vote with the Romney forces. A loss here would mean that at least 30 of the 79 total delegates from Florida and Arizona could vanish from Romney's column.

Scenario Two: All candidates become free agents

Suppose the challenge to Romney is broader, and that, like the Kennedy forces did in 1980, the opposition offers a rule to free all the delegates from their commitments on the ground that the primaries have demonstrated Romney's weakness. Here, we could see a number of delegates bound to Romney vote to liberate themselves from the obligation to vote for him. (Again, we should note that delegates bound to vote for Romney as the nominee don't have to side with him on other votes that stand to determine his fate.) Sure, most delegates would probably stand by the former governor on grounds of loyalty, fairness or fear of reprisals. But if Romney has not garnered a large enough share of delegates by convention time, it would not take many defections to make every delegate a free agent, and thus turn the whole convention upside down."

Scenario Three: Wild card

Imagine a platform plank that repudiated health care individual mandates "at the national or state level," a clear stick in Romney's eye (and, I suspect, a sentiment the majority of delegates would embrace). Or imagine a proposal that the candidates participate in a debate in front of the convention before the balloting begins. Or suppose Romney prevails, but his foes contest his vice-presidential selection. There are countless other ways for a convention to turn contentious.".....

8 posted on 03/28/2012 1:31:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Never made the connection. Shame on me. Good find.


9 posted on 03/28/2012 1:46:58 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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S. Fred Singer: The Gas Price Kerfuffle: Obama's Achilles Heel? “Newt Gingrich seemed to be shooting from the hip when he promised, if elected, to bring us gasoline at $2.50 a gallon. Yet cheaper gas is not out of question once the price of crude oil is brought down to about $60 a barrel. And I readily agree with Gingrich's policy prescriptions -- primarily among them increasing domestic production of oil. But it may also take conservation (or substitution ) to cut, by 40%, the world price of the raw material for motor fuels. As gas prices rise to $5 during the summer driving season, Obama is feeling the heat but has not produced new ideas. On the contrary; all his policies tend to make gas more costly -- opening the door for GOP initiatives.”……
10 posted on 03/28/2012 1:57:02 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Too bad Santorum and Romney would not debate in Portland..lots of topics still need to be talked about


11 posted on 03/28/2012 3:30:48 AM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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Santorum and Romney are scared of Gingrich, and they have a lot to gain by keeping him silent and out of the limelight.


12 posted on 03/28/2012 3:33:54 AM PDT by livius
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I’m glad Gingrich is changing his campaign manager. I think his strategy hasn’t been as efficient as it could have been. My brief contact with the campaign in the Florida primary made me wonder about it. We spent most of our phone time collecting data rather than telling people to get out to the polls (which is the only thing that wins an election).

I realize that this may help in the long term, but only if you can make sure your candidate is front and center to begin with. And while it may sound silly, the campaign had almost no yard signs or anything else. When I went to vote, the school where I vote was literally surrounded by Romney signs (with a few for Paul and Santorum, but none for Newt), and unfortunately many voters are probably influenced by that.


13 posted on 03/28/2012 3:39:01 AM PDT by livius
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I miss the debates !!!


14 posted on 03/28/2012 3:47:24 AM PDT by Reagan69 (I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Good post CW:) I do hope there will be some place for Newt to serve this country no matter who wins.


15 posted on 03/28/2012 3:51:34 AM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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I think the media moderators fear Newt too.


16 posted on 03/28/2012 3:52:45 AM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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By the time I was shedding other repsonsibilities and turning my attention to the campaigns, the debates were over. Romney and Santorum won't debate Gingrich.

I never saw a single one. Just read about them.

17 posted on 03/28/2012 4:02:20 AM PDT by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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Reagan did the same thing... worked out... hope for Newt yet!

LLS


18 posted on 03/28/2012 4:41:26 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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AP: ....."Gingrich's strategy hinges on preventing front-runner Mitt Romney from winning the 1,144 delegates he needs for the nomination,...

Newt is a freaking flake, but remember this, he is the smartest person in the room and the only one who can really save this country from certain disaster!

May there be much contentious gnashing of teeth from the rino establishment at the republican convention!!

Bring it all down NEWT!

19 posted on 03/28/2012 4:49:58 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free)
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Your post demands a thread all its own.

“Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s administration has spent several months looking at ways to relax the permitting code to make it easier for large groups to gather without breaking the law.....”

Think of it. A contested convention is itself the ultimate exercise of the public’s right to freedom of assembly and free speech. Yet, according to the post, the city government id trying to make it easier for large groups to gather to disrupt the peacable assembly and speech of the delegated representatives of the people of the entire nation?


20 posted on 03/28/2012 5:04:48 AM PDT by ngat
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