Posted on 01/25/2012 5:10:13 PM PST by TitansAFC
Sen. Rick Santorum has no viable path to victory and brings no new issues or ideas to the table. He no longer serves a purpose, or has a justification to remain in the race.
Santorum has no viable claim that he is more conservative or more electable than Gingrich. He has no viable claim that he will be better in raising money, in organization, or would do a better job as president. There is simply no path for him. Further — despite winning Iowa, Santorum lost badly in NH and SC, and has no means to complete in FL. It is time for him to leave.
The Santorum campaign probably thought, prior to SC, that it had a chance to win values voters. SC results show that those voters went to Gingrich over Santorum, despite an all-out values attack against Gingrich. SC should have put an end to that thinking. There simply is no path for Santorum.
It is time for him to drop out. Hopefully to support Gingrich. It is best for Santorum to quit while he is in a respectable position. Now is that time.
Once Santy quits, the FR Newt haters will have nowhere to hide, and pretend they’re NOT for Mittens or Paul.
I hope Rick STAYS IN!
Elliot Abram’s article about Newt today will be DEVASTATING to Newt.. It KILLS ANY chance I had of voting for Newt in a primary.
Steady Rick could win this thing by default.. if he just continues to espouse conservative principles.. and, grows a PAIR... and starts attacking Mitt.
Well, one thing is for sure.
Even if Newt stumbles for some reason, Newt backers should stay behind Newt, and Gingrich should stay in the race so that we have a “backup plan” in case Santorum stumbles.
Don’t want to be left without a candidate if Rick stumbles, right?
“Why is Santorum still in the race..? Answer the question. VEry simple...”
Iknow! I know!
But when I was saying why, as early as December, the San-tormites got very upset, and called me names. So we will just let them admit why later.
January
Santorum - Iowa 28 delegates
RINO - New Hampshire 12
Newt - South Carolina 25
Newt - Florida 50
February
Newt - Nevada 28
Newt - Maine 24
Newt - Colorado 36
? - Minnesota 40
Newt- Arizona 29
? - Michigan 30
March
Newt - Washington 43
Newt - Alaska 27
Newt - Georgia 76
Newt - Idaho 32
RINO - Mass 41
Newt - North Dakota 28
Newt - Ohio 66
Newt - Oklahoma 43
Newt - Tennessee 58
? - Vermont 17
Disgrace - Virginia 50
Newt - Wyoming 29
Newt - Kansas 40
Newt - Alabama 50
? - Hawaii 20
Newt - Mississippi 40
Newt - Missouri 52
? - Illinois 69
Newt - Louisiana 46
April
Newt - Maryland 37
Newt - Texas 155
? - Wash D.C. 19
Newt - Wisconsin 42
? - Connecticut 28
? - Delaware 17
? - New York 95
Newt - Pennsylvania 72
? - Rhode Island 19
May
Newt - Indiana 46
Newt - North Carolina 55
Newt - West Virginia 31
Newt - Nebraska 35
Newt - Oregon 29
Newt - Arkansas 36
Newt - Kentucky 45
June
? - California 172
Newt - Montana
? - New Jersey 50
Newt - New Mexico 23
Newt - South Dakota 28
RINO - Utah 40
Go NEWT !
Elliot Abram ....snicker... now there is an ego.
“If Newt loses Florida, he’s in trouble. If Newt wins Florida, then I can see him winning Super Tuesday and racing for the nomination. A lot is riding on his Florida performance.”
Florida is critical for everyone except Ron Paul, who knows he will never get the nomination, but wants to stick around for his message.
There is no way and no math that will get Rick Santorum to the nomination. He has some good qualities, but he needs to bail and let Newt pick up most of his flock.
Romney loses Florida watch the establishment go into panic mode. Losing South Carolina and Florida proves that he cannot win the south. Those in the know feared that the evangelicals, independents and women would not go for Newt. Well, looks like that was a pile of horse hockey. The know it alls had it backwards. They won’t go for Mitt.
How much do you think Rick is being paid to stay in at least through Florida? (Maybe his expenses. )
As Santorum Surges In Iowa, A Pause To Check His Immigration Profile
By Roy Beck, Updated Friday, December 30, 2011
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/december-29-2011/santorum-surges-iowa-pause-check-his-immigration-profile.html
So, all it took for you to post those screaming caps about Newt, was for some dusty pol to write a nasty article about him? Totally overwhelmed all your due diligence on Newt's record in office, did it?
I can't even believe you wrote that. Do you know how many times we've seen identical posts during elections? It's nearly become a running joke.
Elliot Abrams?
Same Elliot Abrams I remember sweating in front of the TV cameras at the Iran-Contra hearings back in the ‘80s?
Same Elliot Abrams convicted on two counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra Affair investigation?
The kook Ron Paul needs to drop out
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Nobody expects Paul to act with any allegiance to “conservatism”, so people ask Santorum, who allegedly does.
Ben Mugged: Yeah, let’s encourage the only conservative in the race to drop out. That’s the ticket!
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837898/posts?page=25#25
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If the charges laid out in post #25 are true, then Santorum is no conservative. If his candidacy is more important than leaving an electable Republican, then he LACKS the character to be president, seeing Santorum is un-presidential.
You can bring up Newt’s relatively distant past, but my eye is always on the present, what the candidate is doing NOW.
Right NOW, Santorum is a risk for screwing things up into Romney being the nominee.
I would say, it confirmed my memory of Newt's record in office... Some of the statements Newt made are IN the Congressional Record. Going to be hard for him to walk away from
yes... a guy who "took one for the team"...
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