Posted on 03/31/2012 12:43:50 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
By the time Mitt Romney arrives in Wisconsin Friday – his first campaign stop in the state before its GOP primary on Tuesday – his challenger Rick Santorum will have already become a familiar face. Mr. Santorum has been in Wisconsin since last weekend and has dined, bowled, and played shuffleboard with residents in every pocket of the state. He’s even tossed a football at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.
Santorum’s once-generous lead in Wisconsin is eroding. In February, the former US senator polled at 34 percent among the state’s likely Republican voters, while Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, trailed far back at 18 percent, according to a Marquette University Law School poll.
Current Wisconsin polling shows Romney leading, 39 percent to Santorum’s 31 percent.
What happened? The easy answer is money. The Romney campaign is armed with seemingly unlimited campaign resources to flood local airwaves and phone banks, resulting in the candidate not necessarily having to step foot in the state until just before its voters head to the booths.
By early this week in Wisconsin, combined spending by the Romney campaign and Restore Our Future, a pro-Romney “super political-action committee,” totaled about $2 million in television advertising, much of it negative. By contrast, Santorum’s campaign had spent under $100,000 by last Sunday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Red White and Blue Fund, a super PAC backing Santorum, had spent about $300,000.
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You sound so giddy about a Romney nomination. I don’t like it at all. You never liked Santorum anyway so you are pleased he failed. Good for you. I will NOT vote for Romney under ANY circumstances. People like you who given the choice of Romney or Santorum chose Romney. Well good luck in November. YOU ARE GOING TO NEED IT BIG TIME!!!!
I agree, me too. “Virulently Petulant”, I might reiterate.
Count me in, these “Newt supporters” who are now desperately supporting Romney deserve everything they’ve worked for.
WA may just be the first state to try this. Others may follow.
It sounded strange to me, at first, but what they are doing is going for brokered convention.
Santorum is the epitome of weak, but weak is better than treacherous. I would take the eminently unlikeable Santorum over Bishop Willard Mitt Romney.
Bishop Willard Mitt Romney, god seed, strong in the slaying of gentile fetuses, and combining the best of Margaret Sanger and occult fantasy.
Things like this will only go against Santorum.
I’m not happy at all. we are screwed.
Everyone knows Romney is a political chameleon.
So is Saintorum and Newt to a lesser extent.
You know damn well that I supported Rick Perry and I still do.
At this point all we can do is beat the feds with decent representatives in the house and senate.
Perry just defeated the EPA this past week.
Boo Ya!
Yup. I would rather play naked twister with Rosie O Donnell than vote for any of these RINO clowns.
“The truly unfortunate thing is that you may have to decide who is the bigger POS, obumber or romney.”
That is easy for me. The enemy within can do more damage than the enemy at the gates.
And you might as well move to another planet if you think you are doing the right thing by pouting and helping Obama win.
LOL!
And you might as well move to another planet if you think you are doing the right thing by pouting and helping Obama win.
I am just following what you did the whole primary complaining about Santorum the entire time. If you and your supporters would have given an inch to Santorum, we would not be having this tragic election. But you just had to have your way with having Santorum not make it and now we are screwed. I will NOT vote for Romney just like you DID NOT Vote for McCain in 2008....why was it ok for you in 2008, but not for me in 2012?
Santo went on a bowling tour in Wi.
He thinks he is dating laverne and shirley
Thats who he thinks they are.
I like bowling too, but here’s a clue Rick.
Folks up there love to hunt and they love to fish.
Yeah they have a history of unionized labor but they have a longer history of self sufficiency
If you think Obama’s first term was a nightmare, his second term will be beyond all earthly logic. And if you cannot understand that simple reality, then you truly must be a moron.
Next time, when you start drooling over a picture of Romney, clean yourself.
Stand by PF because Obama us getting another term and you are correct,he us going to go scorched earth on us in the next term.
He’s got nothing to lose.
We need the house and senate and power in the states to stop this tyrant.
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