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This author seems to think Romney has it locked. Doubt it.
We need to close the primary!
Posted on 01/11/2012 4:21:59 PM PST by upchuck
"What happens to Mitt Romney in New Hampshire could mean a whole lot in South Carolina," quipped MSNBC's Martin Bashir as the New Hampshire primary was taking place Tuesday.
Seriously? Political experts and commentators really thought South Carolinians were sitting on pins and needles waiting for the results of the Iowa caucus or the New Hampshire primary to influence their vote? From its inception in 1980, the winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination. So we know our power. We're as red as it gets, folks.
As a South Carolinian, I've conducted a few polls among my age group of friends 50 and older (and some younger) and quite honestly, I'd be rich if I had a dollar for every time I heard, "They're all corrupt -- both Democrats and Republicans alike -- pushing their own political and power agendas based on who's lining their personal pockets."
Gov. Nikki Haley has endorsed Romney. And while Rick Perry was campaigning here on New Hampshire's primary day undoubtedly trying to hold onto earlier fans gained and since lost, his fans -- plus those of Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman - will join the former fans of Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann who will all ultimately join the Romney team.
What South Carolinians aren't doing is flip-flopping based on what happened in Iowa or New Hampshire. What they're going to do is vote for the electable candidate who can economically and spiritually strengthen our families, our future, our great state and our great country -- and beat Obama.
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South CarolinaThis author seems to think Romney has it locked. Doubt it.
We need to close the primary!
“South Carolina is as Red as it Gets”
But it has an open primary allowing liberals to vote. Advantage, Romney and Paul.
1. Newt or Rick
2. Rick or Newt
3. Willard
4. Nutjob
Then everyone else drops out including Newt OR Rick — and we go into Florida this month:
One conservaive (Newt or Rick) versus one liberal (Willard) versus a complete nutjob (Paul).
South Carolina is as conservatvie as it gets, but some object to the color scheme that the MSM have given us.
Can anyone explain to me why any state has an open primary? I don’t get it.
Open primaries favor the RINO...so, where does that leave us?
These open primaries are as STUCK ON STUPID as it gets!
What do these state GOP officials offer as reasoning for this?
Romney hopes to win the South Carolina primary the same way that McCain won it in 2008, win a narrow plurality against divided conservatives.
Didn’t McCain win there last time? Does not sound all that conservative to me if McCain can win.
Because the RNC are a bunch of idiots. If they had any spine, they would insist on closed primaries or the state would lose delegates. It is about time GOP voters decide a GOP nominee.
McCain won last time, so much for the “red as it gets” talk. And remember when McCain won Obama was battling the Beast so S.C. Repubs can’t blame the open primary for McCain.
Awww.....you don’t like the “big tent” GOP?
Because closed primaries were declared to be racist here. Yes, the idea is stupid. If open primaries stop giving libs what they want then they’ll be against them.
NO! And they should burn down those “Log Cabins” too!
The theory is that having open primaries encourages independent voters to buy into your party. I don't how if that is how it works in real life but that is the theory. Say for example you vote for a candidate in the primary and he is the nominee, you are much more likely to vote for him again in the general, that is the theory.
The GOP’s “Big Tent” has rainbow colors.
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