Posted on 01/30/2012 5:56:20 PM PST by delacoert
(Reuters) - A confident Mitt Romney solidified his lead in Florida polls and ridiculed Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Monday, calling his opponent's attacks "sad" and "painfully revealing" the day before the state's crucial presidential primary.
Romney's self-assuredness was on full display during a campaign tour that felt at times like a victory lap, with the front-runner telling a crowd of 2,000 in Dunedin, Florida: "With a turnout like this I got a feeling we might win tomorrow."
"There's no question that politics ain't bean bags, and we have made sure that our message is out loud and clear," Romney said on NBC's "Today" show.
Gingrich, hit hard last week by a more aggressive Romney strategy, branded his rival as a party insider and elite friend of Wall Street while pledging to stay in the presidential race for the long haul no matter what the outcome in Florida.
"On big philosophical issues, he is for all practical purposes a liberal and I am a conservative and that's what this fight is going to be about all the way to the convention," he said of Romney on "CBS This Morning."
Romney shrugged off the continued Gingrich attacks, drawing cheers from the crowd when he said Gingrich was not doing too well and had been "flailing about."
"I know, it's sad isn't it?" Romney said, calling it "painfully revealing" and adding: "You've just gotta shake your head."
The bitter back-and-forth in Florida was hardly surprising after two turbulent weeks in what is widely considered the most volatile Republican race for the White House in recent memory.
Just 10 days ago, Romney was limping out of South Carolina, where he came in second. Now Florida is his for the taking after prominent conservatives and party ...
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I despise this man.
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon”
Saul Alinsky, “Rules for Radicals”
ARROGANT, SLIMEBAG, S.O.B.
What an a**hole! If he’s sure of winning, he could be gracious or that. We know what he chose. Sure he’s going to unite the party if he wins the nomination. I sure can’t see any signs of that ability!
I will not vote for him period.
Third party or will do a write-in.
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18)
So far Mitt’s lost 2 out of 3. When he loses Florida, he’s really going to be hopping mad. Too bad!!
When you do it in front of grown-ups, it just makes you look like a dick.
I heard him and I concluded he has no class. I think he made some of the people standing at his side very uncomfortable. His bullying side has been shining through. Have you ever noticed how he stares at Newt in debates? That smile of his is not real.
I saw the video, I think he is costing himself some votes, it is the first time we have had just a quick glimpse behind the robotic Romney, of the confident Romney, and even that little glimpse, is very off putting.
He is very Obama like.
FUMR.
Thanks, that was far classier than the response that initially flashed through *my* mind.
LOL! I love your answer.
Oh wait.
Mitt is a vile, arrogant, power lusting madman.
Mitt truly is [rest of my post self-deleted]
Yes, he stares in order to intimidate and ridicule his opponents. I’ve noticed it. Romney needs to go down, followed shortly thereafter by the RINOs and other freaks who have shown their ugly heads in this ugly election cycle. It’s time to reform the country AND reclaim the party.
Talk about a disgrace.
It was either that or something the mods would have had to pull! :-)
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