Posted on 01/29/2012 7:20:17 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
MIAMI - Florida’s voters effectively ended Mitt Romney’s presidential dream four years ago. He won in only about one-third of the 67 counties, gained the support of only 9 percent of Cuban Americans, rejected advice from local advisers, and misplayed the ideological landscape.
Now the political battlefield, the issues, and the competition are different - but the stakes in Tuesday’s vote are even higher as the one-time front-runner battles to regain his primacy against the candidate who has emerged as his chief challenger, Newt Gingrich. After Romney was sent reeling by Gingrich’s victory a week ago in South Carolina, he has used a barrage of attacks in debates and television commercials to pull ahead in several recent Florida polls.
In order to win, analysts said, Romney must find a way to pick up support in what are considered several states within the state. There are swaths of traditionally conservative areas that may be most hospitable to Gingrich; condos filled with snowbirds from the north and Midwest that could be tilted to Romney; economically distressed suburbs and cities along the state’s midsection that are up for grabs; and a Hispanic community that is diverse and divided.
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The contest could be determined by a factor that didn’t exist in 2008: the Tea Party movement.
Yes, Indeed.
I keep seeing Romney being hailed as the leader, but I swear, I have yet to run across anyone who will admit to voting for him.
Don’t let the establishment pick our candidates for us, folks!!
When the faith issue comes up in the fall, and what Romney really believes, Obama will be laughing. Obama of course has no faith except in himself, but this is a serious issue that cannot be glossed over.
That’s good news, Ann, thanks!
That’s their propaganda - keep repeating what they want but not reality. We can’t let our minds take in their garbage.
TV in N. Florida has been wall to wall smear ads by Romney against Newt. I can’t wait for it to be over. Just an observation, Romney seems to lack a plan to campaign with, all his ads do is smear the opposition.
I don’t know the beliefs of mormonism. But if Mitt is any indication of it, lies/deception must be not only be acceptable but promoted. Does LDS mean - LieDailySinners?
What angers me to no end is the constant mainstream media mantra here in Florida, and this even includes Fox News, that ALL Hispanic voters and the Hispanic voting population are automatically sympathetic to amnesty for illegal aliens. This couldn’t be further from the truth as many polls have shown in the past, yet the chattering class CONTINUES to ram this down the public’s throat, implying continually that if any candidate refuses to embrace amnesty for illegals, he will lose the Hispanic vote and the election. Newt is correct in attacking the media, the American press is now no better than the propaganda machine the Nazis had.
“I don’t know the beliefs of mormonism. But if Mitt is any indication of it...”
...agreed. He’s no different from Harry Reid.
If folks can recall, back in '08, Romney was THE conservative candidate against McNuts but Crist endorsed Romney the day before the primaries. And Crist, being very popular at the time, handed the nomination to McNuts with the endorsement.
My how times have changed! Mittens is now the liberal in the field! And, Crist is gone a lawyerin' for a firm (Morgan & Morgan) that backs Bowbama! Oh, the crazy, crazy world of politics!
Lying actually is a part of it. Mormon missionaries are told to respond to questions about Mormonism by saying or, worse, not answering the question but implying that it is just another form of Protestant Christianity. It’s not, and even Mormons know that if they tell people the truth about the beliefs of their cult, their potential converts will either burst out laughing or run screaming.
I hope Romney reached the point of overkill with his ads and that they have the opposite effect and all his money BACKFIRES big time. Praying for Newt.
Before SC, it was the be all end all, IF Romney won it, it was OVER, now that Newt won, it isn’t over. I’ve even heard them say IF Newt wins FL, it still isn’t over. But IF Romney wins, it is over as the next few states will be Romney’s. They spin spin spin til they make me dizzy.
As a matter of fact that is what they are allowed to do. They are allowed to lie to Gentiles those who are not mormons. If an issue gets to close to the truth, Mitt changes the subject.
But Mitt can't escape Santorums constant Romneycare attacks, that's when Mitt gets very nervous & squirmy, "We don't have to get mad" he says, rofl.
It would be nice if Mitt Romney would tell me what he stands for, instead of how he thinks about Newt.
Romney has been on both sides of so many issues, and though I allow that people can change their minds, Romney hasn’t really invested in telling Floridians who he is, what he now believes, and his plan for the future.
In 2008 many bought the unknown, I hope buyer’s remorse will help people decide about the unknown in 2012.
If the establishment succeeds in choosing our nominee again, true conservatives must, IMHO find a new home.
Or make our own.
They claim to believe in Christ, but honor a fully human "prophet" - sounds similar to Islam without the "kill all non-bleievers" caveat.
“It would be nice if Mitt Romney would tell me what he stands for, instead of how he thinks about Newt.”
Romney is all about his persona, not the issues. He looks good, speaks well, disciplined and knows his way with business data in debates. Perfect family life. All style and no substance.
That’s what many people vote for because ideas and actual record are too abstract.
OMG! I didn't know that but that is mitt's mo! And Satan is the father of lies. It's obvious this race is Good vs. Evil - and now it confirms why I see him as a snake in the grass!
So now I see when others say wait until the left exposes mormonism - I thought, who would care. So now when they do it Barry will simply say, 'now folks what we have here is a man who is allowed by his faith to lie and deceive.' Amazing!! I doubt if 1% of the population knows that!! I thought romneycare alone would sink him. Is what you said written somewhere that romney cannot dispute it?
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