Posted on 01/07/2012 2:20:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
And as soon as Romney is alone at the top, then the long knives will come out for him.
Thanks SeekAndFind.
He’d be a great running mate, smart, experienced, older (like Cheney).
Have a great rest of the weekend, all!
Resurgent petulantism.
The media pushed Gingrich as the only alternative to Romney, and people rejected that. In reality, Gingrich wasn’t the conservative he was portrayed to be. Earlier this year, people he acknowledged his numerous drawbacks.
Yep. Exactly. And I’ve been saying it for months... Conservatives have a problem with EVERY candidate in the field. The most consistantly conservative was Bachmann (and Palin but she never dove in).
We couldnt nominate Perry because he has poor debate skills and is soft on immigration. We can’t nominate Newt because he’s too liberal on global warming. We can’t nominate Ron Paul because he’s a kook with foreign policy. We can’t nominate Cain because he cheats on his wife and is inexperienced. We can’t nominate Santorum because he voted constantly for earmarks and bigger government. We can’t vote for Romney because he flip flops on abortion and supports Romneycare/Obamacare.
I understand conservatives are angry at this field. But the reality is that none of these guys are perfect. We are not going to have a perfect candidate. We are going to have to punt on an issue somewhere.
It’s the continuing game of musical Republicans, up and down, and spin them all around while Romney plays with his media pals.
That coupled with his baggage - personal and political - plan for amnesty (that he claims isn't amnesty) and other things sunk Newt.
Yeah, Gingrich is a passionate guy...
“In South Carolina, Gingrich’s decision to call Romney a liar did not sit well with many Republicans, including those who don’t support Romney. “I think people saw him calling Romney a liar as just un-presidential,” says one well-connected South Carolina political figure. “It just looked unpresidential.””
Then South Carolinans are p*ssys.
So true, and they are right here on FR trying to paint a negative light, cause discord and disruption.
We need to pray then Keep speaking the truth and fight the fight.
Virginia: (Super-Tuesday/only Romney + Paul on ballot)
Gingrich 41%, Romney 15, Perry 8, Paul 6, Santorum 6
Georgia: (primary Super-Tuesday Mar 6)
Gingrich 65%, Romney 12, Perry 4, Santorum 1
California: (primary June 5)
Gingrich 33%, Romney 25, Paul 9, Perry 4, Santorum 4
Pennsylvania (Santorum's home state!):
Gingrich 32%, Romney 12, Santorum 12, Paul 9 (PPP)
Gingrich 31%, Romney 17, Santorum 9, (Quinnipac)
Florida: (primary Jan 31)
Romney 27%, Gingrich 26% (statistical dead-heat)
Colorado: (caucus Feb 7)
Gingrich 37%, Romney 12, Santorum 12, Paul 9
yep, they are mixing blatent falsehoods in with some truths to try and sink Gingrich.
It’s true that Gingrich shouldn’t have been so whiney about the attacks.
But it’s patently false to say Gingrich shouldn’t have fought back. Nothing could be further from the truth, Gingrich lost because he DIDN’T fight back, not because he did.
Fox News went negative on Newt the instant his numbers went ahead of Romney’s. Before Romney ads. I’ve never seen such hyperventillating by FNC against anyone on our side of the aisle.
I still want to know what “baggage” people keep talking about with NEWT?
Does he have any more baggage thn Romney...NO
Does he have more baggage then OBAMA....NO
Does he have a lot more “conservative accomplishments” than all of the field....almost certainly so..
Thats not what happened in South Carolina...
In fact, Romney is a liar so Newt being accurate about that did not turn SC people away. In fact, I believe Newt is still the preferred choice of people in SC.
Your say right.
They do have the least amount of charm and
Likability .
Palin has it which makes The Dems scared
My brother’s right, for both the Republican and Democrat political elite this is just another Super Bowl. They just play the game and don’t give a thought to the danger this country is in. They’ll destroy anyone they don’t want and they’ll pull out all the stops for their guy.
I don’t know where you are getting your SC polling numbers but the only polls that were done there this year is CNN and Rasmussen yesterday and they read as follows”
Rasmussen CNN
Mittens 27 37
Santorum 24 19
Gingrich 18 18
Paul 11 12
Perry 5 5
Gingrich has been damaged here and it appears it wasn’t the ads that did it but rather his response to them.
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