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Was RNC in Tank for Romney?
Politico ^ | April 6, 2012 | Kenneth P Vogel

Posted on 04/06/2012 2:23:15 PM PDT by true believer forever

"Critics, including supporters of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich and even neutral Republicans, argue that the national party took steps that helped tilt the contest toward Mitt Romney — an allegation that the RNC rejects but is taking very seriously.

The list of specific grievances ranges from issues that even the party acknowledges are legitimate to those that they dismiss as desperate fixations from Romney’s flailing rivals.

An operative for one of Romney’s GOP rivals said, “I know this sounds like Watergate conspiracy theory stuff, but it is all connected. It’s the same sort of establishment crowd who all have concluded that we need Mitt Romney to be the nominee to beat Barack Obama.”

The operative, who was not authorized to discuss the race, has worked at high levels of GOP politics, but said, “It has been eye opening to see up close the degree to which the establishment does put its thumb on the scale.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dyn.politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; 2012rncconvention; conspiracytheory; corruption; rnc; romney
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Sometimes, when you're paranoid, they really are against you...

DON'T GIVE UP - We've just hit a rough patch...

Onto Tampa - Hang Tight - We Can Do This!!

1 posted on 04/06/2012 2:23:20 PM PDT by true believer forever
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To: true believer forever
Did I just enter the twilight zone, or is this really the world where most of the key positions in state party offices are filled by the presidential nominee, and tend to be populated from their election committees? Because last time I checked, that's how this world works.

Now, if you're going to tell me some fantasy of McCain fanatics doing the slightest thing to help Newt, I'd say you're off your rocker. And of course they're for Romney - a fair number of them were his people to begin with, before they got sent to McCain. As for Santorium - of course they don't care if he gets the nomination or not - he's earned every RINO chop there is, including his magnificent ‘bipartisanship’ and losing his seat to a Democrat.

As far as I am concerned, the only ‘conservative’ in the race is Newt, and he's got some issues of his own.

2 posted on 04/06/2012 2:31:44 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: true believer forever

Started with mind control over the other candidates and voters. 60% wanted to vote for Bachman. Maybe it was the unusual plant pods dropped off at conservatives’ gardens. /s

These candidates, including Romney, and their supporters are playing right into Obama’s hands.

Everyone before country, divide and conquer. Exactly what the left wants.


3 posted on 04/06/2012 2:34:09 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: true believer forever

Politico is an arm of the DNC and Soros.


4 posted on 04/06/2012 2:34:25 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits is the only way to save this country.)
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To: true believer forever
R[INO]
N[ursery]
C[entral]
5 posted on 04/06/2012 2:38:06 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Romney's judicial appointments were more radical than Obama's)
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To: true believer forever
an allegation that the RNC rejects but is taking very seriously.

Even when Mitt's own supporters make the claim.

The Michigan Republican Party (MRP) Credentials Committee voted 4-2 last night to give Mitt Romney both of the state's at-large delegates, State Policy Committee Chair Mike Cox told MIRS today.

Cox was one of two "no" votes on the committee which met via telephone, along with attorney Eric Doster The "yes" votes included GOP National Committeeman Saul Anuzis, a Romney supporter, and MRP Chair Bobby Schostak.

That would put the delegate split at 16 for Romney and 14 for Rick Santorum, after each candidate won 14 delegates apiece in those divided by Michigan's 14 congressional districts.

As MIRS first reported on Wednesday, the MRP was delaying a final decision on the delegate split until after consulting with attorneys.

Cox said that according to the MRP rules, Santorum and Romney should each get one of Michigan's two at-large delegates based on their take of the popular vote.

"I supported Mitt, but the vote was clearly wrong," Cox said of the Credentials Committee. "It's kind of like Third World voting. We published rules and then we voted to change the rules."


Because The Narrative Cannot Survive A Rewrite
6 posted on 04/06/2012 2:39:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: kingu
Did I just enter the twilight zone, or is this really the world where most of the key positions in state party offices are filled by the presidential nominee, and tend to be populated from their election committees? Because last time I checked, that's how this world works.

Now, if you're going to tell me some fantasy of McCain fanatics doing the slightest thing to help Newt, I'd say you're off your rocker. And of course they're for Romney - a fair number of them were his people to begin with, before they got sent to McCain. As for Santorium - of course they don't care if he gets the nomination or not - he's earned every RINO chop there is, including his magnificent ‘bipartisanship’ and losing his seat to a Democrat.

As far as I am concerned, the only ‘conservative’ in the race is Newt, and he's got some issues of his own.

The RNC has been in this zone for over 6 months now, they should be the ones who are nervous.

GO NEWT!!

TOP GOP Official: We “Do Not Consider Perry a Factor… We Know Who it is Who Will be Our Nominee”

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 4:54 AM

Those words were spoken today by Georgette Mosbacher, RNC Finance Co-Chair and huge GOP fundraiser, after Chris Christie’s announcement. The “we” is all the big bundlers, fundraisers, and money folks who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the field to be set — and that quote represents the coalescing around Mitt Romney that is expected to happen rather quickly now. Mosbacher went on to say:

“I think tomorrow, we’ll be contacting one another and probably put something together with Romney… And I would say that the race is now Romney and Obama. Quite frankly, the enthusiasm wasn’t there at the outset. He’s less conservative than a lot of us would like. However, our first and foremost goal is to defeat Obama. And we do believe Romney, in terms of independents, will be a strong candidate. We will coalesce behind him now… the time has come to get behind him… Tomorrow I’ll be on the phone all day. Quite frankly, it’ll be easier, because now we know who it is who will be our nominee. So we will pull our Rolodexes out and get to work.”

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/top-gop-official-we-%E2%80%9Cdo-not-consider-perry-a-factor%E2%80%A6-we-know-who-it-is-who-will-be-our-nominee%E2%80%9D/

7 posted on 04/06/2012 2:40:15 PM PDT by true believer forever (GO NEWT! On to Tampa - hang tight - we can do this!!)
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To: Paine in the Neck

R[INO]

N[ursery]

C[entral]

***

I love that!!!!

8 posted on 04/06/2012 2:44:19 PM PDT by true believer forever (GO NEWT! On to Tampa - hang tight - we can do this!!)
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To: kingu
the only ‘conservative’ in the race is Newt, and he's got some issues of his own.

He's Dead Jim

9 posted on 04/06/2012 2:48:28 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: cripplecreek
Because The Narrative Cannot Survive A Rewrite

http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/3/1/163521/7207

I have seen this posted a couple times, don't know if it was you or not posting, but this time I checked out the link, and all I can say is politics as usual, why things are the way they are, why the fight is so difficult.

and you're right, they remind of democrats, Texas dems, to be specific..

Thanks for posting this...

10 posted on 04/06/2012 2:51:54 PM PDT by true believer forever (GO NEWT! On to Tampa - hang tight - we can do this!!)
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To: boomop1
Politico is an arm of the DNC and Soros.

Yes, I agree they are. But even Rush says they get it right sometimes, I think they got it right here..

11 posted on 04/06/2012 2:55:38 PM PDT by true believer forever (GO NEWT! On to Tampa - hang tight - we can do this!!)
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To: EGPWS
Yep, figured that out just as soon as Santorium stayed in. And so it goes, only this time, I'm not doing the old pinch the nose routine. The GOP, if it wants my vote, can pull up a real conservative to be the candidate, or they can kiss goodbye my vote.
12 posted on 04/06/2012 2:59:05 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Williams
Started with mind control over the other candidates and voters. 60% wanted to vote for Bachman. Maybe it was the unusual plant pods dropped off at conservatives’ gardens. /s

These candidates, including Romney, and their supporters are playing right into Obama’s hands.

Everyone before country, divide and conquer. Exactly what the left wants.

I don't know who you support, but I actually do believe Newt, even with his issues, is in it for country... he knows better than anyone where we're headed..

13 posted on 04/06/2012 2:59:17 PM PDT by true believer forever (GO NEWT! On to Tampa - hang tight - we can do this!!)
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To: true believer forever
Was RNC in Tank for Romney?

Are fish waterproof?

14 posted on 04/06/2012 3:02:51 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: kingu
The GOP, if it wants my vote, can pull up a real conservative to be the candidate, or they can kiss goodbye my vote.

I'll still vote, I just won't waste it on a liberal hack socialist named Romney or a Marxist liberal hack named 0bama.

15 posted on 04/06/2012 3:08:47 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: true believer forever

16 posted on 04/06/2012 3:09:17 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: true believer forever
Was RNC in Tank for Romney?

Pope, bear, etc, etc.

Next question...

17 posted on 04/06/2012 3:11:40 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romney - Santorum: Twin Sons of Different Mothers...)
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To: true believer forever
Was RNC in Tank for Romney?

Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope $hit in the woods?

18 posted on 04/06/2012 3:13:04 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
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To: Bernard Marx
"Are fish waterproof?"

NO. Every cell in their body is surrounded by it. ;>)

19 posted on 04/06/2012 3:13:09 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (When they cry out "Peace, Peace" - then sudden destruction will come and they will not escape)
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To: true believer forever

Last election Romney dropped out of the Race to give it to McCain,it was then Romney was told Do that and Next time its your turn,the Knives then Started coming out to Destroy Sarah Palin and set it up for Another Loser,Romney


20 posted on 04/06/2012 3:16:45 PM PDT by ballplayer
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