He already is.
Posted on 04/15/2012 8:27:45 PM PDT by KSanders
With Rick Santorum out of the Republican presidential field, clearing a path to the nomination for Mitt Romney, the fight to become the party’s standard-bearer is over, right?
Well, not entirely.
Despite the nearly unanimous view that Mr. Romney will be President Obama’s challenger in the fall, there are still two men — Representative Ron Paul of Texas and Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House — who have not yet agreed. In the face of scorn from their peers, they continue to campaign, even if fewer people are paying attention.
Both men say they are seeking influence over the debate in the fall, and they do not appear to be leaving the race anytime soon.
Gingrich Stays In
In the hours after Mr. Santorum dropped out, Mr. Gingrich made it clear that he had no intention of doing the same.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Mitt Romney will be a disaster for the party, a disaster for conservatism, and most likely a disaster at the polls in November. He is one of the least electable with the most baggage out of all the primary candidates that have ran this time.
20 states with over 1,000 delegates have yet to cast their votes. And I resent anyone who tries to claim this primary is over and that our nominee has been decided. I haven’t voted yet and I reject anyone who would try to disenfranchise my vote while the so-called “presumptive nominee” still needs to win HALF of the upcoming delegates to become the winner.
Romney doesn’t even have half the delegates yet.
Half the country hasn’t voted.
Of the half that has voted Romney has received 41% of the vote.
So why should Newt drop out?
Newt to Tampa!
Romney to Golub!
I haven’t given up on Newt.
” - - - “They also signal that the convention will feature a spirited discussion over whether conservatism will triumph over the status quo, all in relation to the endgame of defeating President Obama.” John Tate
Well John, Summer Soldier Santorum reduced the odds of that taking place quite a bit, IMHO.
Glad to hear that Ron Paul is prepared to do battle with the GOP-elite.
bump
They will disenfranchise everyone else. We should not let them.
Throughout Newt’s ENTIRE CAREER they have always been accusing him of “just being in it for himself” when he doesn’t bend over to the party line. That’s code for “you didn’t take one for the team and bow to your masters.” Certainly when he criticized Bush, Sr. for breaking his no-new-taxes pledge and certainly now. Yet it’s never been true. Newt has always been sticking his neck out because he wanted conservative principles and values to triumph. He’s a rare, courageous hero and a lifelong champion for the conservative cause. Anyone who ever said anything else is NOT to be trusted.
Good for these guys.romney will become a joke sooner or later if not already.
Texas votes MAY 29. whats up with that?
Romney will get like zero votes around here.
He looks like an extra from the cast of MadMen. He should remain on Madison Avenue screwing someone else. Not gonna happen for him to get any votes around here.
GO NEWT!!!!!
Of course they do...and they have every rght to do so...and should do so, at the very least until Romney secures enough delegates for the nomination, which he has not done yet.
I am now praying for, after supoporting Palain, then Cain, then Santorum and now Newt, that somehow Newt can force a brokered convention.
.... GO, NEWT!Can you post that to steelfish? He has been singing the praises of romney and just needs a clue.Poor guy.
Keep at it Newt. We need a voice shaping the dialog.
Did you ever read an account of that - here's a fairly short one below...
Stop and think a minute, and try and picture Boehner or McConnell or most of them, the ceremony to unveil the deal, leaving the Rose Garden, the President, the gathered press, because he couldn't, in the end, deny his conscience. Think of the courage that took, and the dedication to principle. And the hate it must have engendered.
Newt's nobody's fool, and he's about as misrepresented by the press and his former colleagues as Sarah Palin. It is the lot of reformers...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/bush-41-gingrich-stood-me-up/
Mitt Albinobama?
I am glad he hasn’t given up. That said he never ruled out being rombot’s VP if asked. Just say no, like anyone else would.
GO NEWT GO... all the way to Tampa.
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