Nonsense. I ran the Santorum Ping here. We had an agreement that we would only ping positive pieces that supported Rick and didn't slam Newt. These were not controversial threads. I was on all those threads and Rick was trashed from the Newt people constantly and at no time did they add the caveat that they would support Rick ever. Just look at what I responded to. You tell me how that type of stuff is even warranted to say on the day the man suspended his campaign for crying out loud?
I was on the Santorum ping list. Some really awful stuff has been said on virtually every Santorum thread by Gingrich supporters about Santorum — over and over and over again.
I suspect Gingrich supporters can cite similar things being said by a few Santorum supporters. And let's point fingers at myself — I had to publicly apologize a few days ago to CAWW for something I never should have written.
I have said for a very long time that I think both candidates get along with each other a lot better than their supporters.
That's water under the bridge now. Nobody is voting for Lazlo, or Darrell, or Mariner, or SatinDoll, or anyone else. We're deciding whether or not to vote for Gingrich. He's got a history of decades in politics and I think both he and Rick Santorum have a lot better political skills than most of us posting here.
I really, really, really hope we're going to see a Santorum endorsement for Gingrich in the near future. But if that doesn't happen, I can understand there are many good reasons why it may not happen. Santorum is young enough that he is looking for a future career in politics, and I don't think Michelle Bachmann has endorsed anyone yet, perhaps for similar reasons. You don't want to jump onto someone else's campaign unless you're sure it's the right thing to do.
Does any of this sound familiar? Romney sure seems to want to try to buy endorsements from conservatives.
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Michele Bachmann labels any talk of Mitt Romney endorsement ‘completely false’
By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff
02/01/2012 11:43 AM
The Minnesota congresswoman noted she would be in Washington while Romney was appearing in Eagan, Minn. She also said that while she has had discussions with her formal rivals, she has no immediate plans to endorse any of them.
“Let me be absolutely clear - there are absolutely no negotiations between me and the Romney campaign regarding any pending endorsement of Governor Romney,” Bachmann said in statement that also labeled the story “completely false” and called on the Globe to retract it. “I continue to speak with all the candidates and plan on uniting behind the presumptive nominee.”
... The post also noted endorsing Romney could help Bachmann by earning her an ally to help her pay off her lingering campaign debt.
Reports released yesterday showed Bachmann ended her campaign owing more than $1 million. Nonetheless, she announced last week that she would seek reelection this fall to the US House.
Agree with what you wrote, Lazlo. Some of the trash that was posted on Santurom threads was shameful, IMO.
Those comments weren’t warranted. They were spiteful.
Like a lot of people here, I was open to both Santorum and Gingrich.
I don’t know why, but some people insist on the circular firing squad.
I’m glad you had the agreement you did. It shows you’re too smart to join the circular firing squad. Your guy had everything in the world to be proud of. I think it was love of country, God, and family that put him in the race, and the same that led him to step out of it. He deserves our respect.