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Gingrich: Ryan endorsement 'a great achievement' for Romney ("I think he will probably get 1,144" )
TheHill ^ | 3-30-12 | Strauss

Posted on 03/30/2012 8:37:02 AM PDT by VinL

Newt Gingrich called House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) endorsement of Mitt Romney a big win for the former Massachusetts governor.

"It's a great achievement for Mitt Romney," Gingrich said Friday on Charlie Sykes's radio show. "Paul Ryan is one of the rising stars in the Republican Party."

Gingrich said both the endorsement from Ryan and from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) earlier in the week were big gets for Romney. Absent from the entire interview was any criticism by Gingrich toward Romney or Rick Santorum, both of whom have maintained much stronger leads over the former House Speaker in recent polls.

The lack of any criticism is part of Gingrich's revamped campaign strategy: a spokesman for Gingrich recently announced that he would refrain from criticizing his primary opponents and instead focus on making it to the Republican National Convention.

Additionally, Gingrich said in the interview that although Romney isn't the inevitable 2012 Republican presidential nominee, if he does get the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination, he and the rest of the Republican presidential field would rally around Romney.

"I have no doubt that once he gets 1,144 delegates we will all unify and support him," Gingrich added. "I think Mitt Romney is clearly the frontrunner. I think he will probably get 1,144 but I think he has to earn it."

Gingrich's comments came a few days after he and Romney had a private meeting ahead of the Louisiana primary on Saturday...Gingrich said he had also recently met with Santorum and that all three candidates "talk regularly" about defeating President Obama.

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"I think Mitt Romney is clearly the frontrunner. I think he will probably get 1,144 but I think he has to earn it."

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Well, doesn't that ruin the day.

Still- I'm in, til Newt's out.

1 posted on 03/30/2012 8:37:05 AM PDT by VinL
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To: VinL

“Paul Ryan is one of the rising stars in the Republican Party.”

Well that explains it. I am sure he was made aware that the Republican Party expected certain things of their rising stars.


2 posted on 03/30/2012 8:40:39 AM PDT by BeckB
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To: VinL

*** “I have no doubt that once he gets 1,144 delegates we will all unify and support him,” Gingrich added. ***

Son of a *$#!&

Now Newt is a RINO! The list is getting long.

Coulter
Limbaugh
Rubio
Demint
Ryan

It’s going to be a long 4 years during Obama’s 2nd term.


3 posted on 03/30/2012 8:42:27 AM PDT by brownsfan (Aldous Huxley and Mike Judge were right.)
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To: VinL

The ineligible poser Milt:
"Oh my Me! I will rule
you as I want. As I have before."


4 posted on 03/30/2012 8:42:45 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: VinL

Looks as if Newt is in the new administration. So, I guess better that than nothing.

Gawd, to think these slime ball establishment bastards have managed to pull off another theft.

I puke when I see the present man child president on yapping his lying mouth in front of the cameras. I will gag and wretch when Romney gets in front doing the exact same thing.

So, the only thing to do is load the administration up with insiders to do mischief.


5 posted on 03/30/2012 8:46:51 AM PDT by crz
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To: VinL

How very, very sad for what’s left of the Republican Party.

We’ll have another Dole/Bush/McLame candidate who is:

Pro-Abortion
Pro-High Taxes
Pro-Homosexual Lifestyle
Pro-Mandatory Health Care shoved down our throats.
Pro-Appeasement at all liberal shenanigans

It’s sad that people like Newt, Palin, Bachmann (my favorite), Bolton, and Santorum are not anywhere in the race and, therefore, we’re stuck . . . again . . . with a certified liberal. I am so fed up!

The liberals must be laughing like hell at us . . . the perfect chance to get this illegal alien out of our White House, and we have a DO-NOTHING-CONGRESS and a highly liberal, willing-to-tell-you-anything democrat at the head of our ticket.


6 posted on 03/30/2012 8:50:22 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: VinL

I guess Romney Inc. finally met Newt’s asking price. Pathetic.


7 posted on 03/30/2012 8:53:08 AM PDT by Antoninus (Romney Inc. -- Now attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party.)
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To: brownsfan

I have insisted I will not vote for Romney, but I got a wake up call this morning with a WSJ op-ed about the fact that four Supreme Court justices are 78 and older - Scalia being one of them. Gov. Romney does not have a history of appointing conservative justices, but when Pres. Bush tried to give us a so-so justice, Congress did put pressure on him to step up to the plate and we got jewels. I am now considering voting for Romney over Obama if he is the candidate.


8 posted on 03/30/2012 8:54:59 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: VinL

Newt may not be perfect, but then nobody is. However Newt is certainly the smartest, most fiscal & defense conservative of all who ran in 2012.


9 posted on 03/30/2012 8:55:20 AM PDT by entropy12 (Every tax payer now owes $150,000 towards the national debt. We are worse than broke.)
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To: All

Well how about that. Newt meets secretly with ROmney. Adelson (Newt’s main source of funding) indicates he’ll support Romney. And now, Newt is playing nice with Romney. mmmm mmm mmmm


10 posted on 03/30/2012 8:56:03 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Antoninus

Huh? How? Gingrich was just acknowledging the obvious. He didn’t say he wanted it to happen or was leaving himself. Heck, Santorum has already said he’s willing to be Romney’s VP.

I am really disgusted with all these people - Coulter, Limbaugh, Ryan, Rubio, etc. Romney is nothing but a statist in Mormon underwear, and I have no idea why these people have suddenly annointed him.


11 posted on 03/30/2012 8:56:57 AM PDT by livius
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To: Girlene

The meeting was before LA, and it involved all three of the candidates (everybody except Paul). They wanted Gingrich to drop out, and he refused.


12 posted on 03/30/2012 8:58:46 AM PDT by livius
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To: VinL

Why didn’t he drop out for Santorum?


13 posted on 03/30/2012 8:59:17 AM PDT by Politics4US
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To: VinL
Et tu Newt.....pathetic
14 posted on 03/30/2012 8:59:48 AM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: VinL
Et tu Newt.....pathetic
15 posted on 03/30/2012 8:59:48 AM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: VinL
Et tu Newt.....pathetic
16 posted on 03/30/2012 8:59:48 AM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: VinL

Newt is not saying anything different than he ever has. He would support Romney over Obama if push comes to shove. He feels with Ryan endorsing Romney before Wisconsin, it helps Romney over Santorum and Rubio also is a huge influence. But Newt will continue as he has always said. The establishment is circling the wagons and trying to shut things down quickly. Newt still plans to go to the convention.


17 posted on 03/30/2012 9:00:43 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson" - Newt Gingrich)
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To: livius
I am really disgusted with all these people - Coulter, Limbaugh, Ryan, Rubio, etc. Romney is nothing but a statist in Mormon underwear, and I have no idea why these people have suddenly annointed him.

One reason:

$$

Every one of them was bought and paid for.
18 posted on 03/30/2012 9:00:52 AM PDT by Antoninus (Romney Inc. -- Now attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party.)
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To: VinL

I’m in with Vin.

Make the bastuhd earn it and then I still won’t support him.

Doesn’t matter. The sycophantic California GOP does and they don’t need me anyway.

Eff em...


19 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:14 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: VinL

The probabilities are that Romney will get the nomination. If by some miracle he then wins the election, those supposed conservatives who endorsed him must be held responsible for keeping him on the reservation. Rubio, Ryan, et. al., will own it when Romney does his inevitable lurch to the left.


20 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:57 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Romney's judicial appointments were more radical than Obama's)
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