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Santorum goes after Gingrich in new ad
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ^

Posted on 02/01/2012 5:18:25 PM PST by tsowellfan

In a new national radio ad released Wednesday, Rick Santorum lambasted Newt Gingrich over the former House speaker's declining poll numbers and second place finish in Florida's primary.

"Despite spending millions, Newt Gingrich went from a big lead to a big defeat. Why? Because voters discovered Gingrich wasn't a true conservative," the narrator says in the ad.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newt; ricksantorum; romneysanturom; santorum; santorum4romney
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To: tsowellfan

Rather than getting in the Republican fray Newt should start putting out excellent ads against Obama. This would not only be beneficial in taking down Obama but would cause him to raise to the top of the pack because it will say that it is he that is Obama’s true foe. This would therefore say that it is he that is naturally the right Republican candidate. It could cause him to raise to the top like cream.


21 posted on 02/01/2012 5:33:56 PM PST by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: bwc2221

Look at their records. THERE IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE.


22 posted on 02/01/2012 5:34:14 PM PST by paintriot (Newt 2012 & 2016 Thinking long term!)
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To: bwc2221

Santorum idiots are rooting for a loser. A man that cant even win his own state. Never heard anyone say Cain was in to help Romney. Verdict is still out on Bachmann and Little Ricky ...the lowest polling numbers of the bunch


23 posted on 02/01/2012 5:35:34 PM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: tsowellfan

You have to be kidding me. This is beyond anything I have ever seen. Romney is tattletaling to the voters that Newt didn’t call him. Santorum is bypassing Romney regarding being outspent and points the finger at Gingrich. Media wants to talk about Newts anger. Think they are a little worried?


24 posted on 02/01/2012 5:37:00 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Venturer
Starting? This phoney-baloney Christian hypocrite rat bastard stepped on my last nerve long ago.
25 posted on 02/01/2012 5:40:10 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Bellflower

Newt does best when he is running against hussein obama. He needs to focus on how he would govern as president, stay out of mitt’s pig pen Newt.


26 posted on 02/01/2012 5:40:33 PM PST by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: sand88
"Rick has a pathetic stage presence. Rick has ZERO charisma."

For somebody with so little to offer he sure pushes your buttons...

27 posted on 02/01/2012 5:42:11 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: bwc2221

Only if you ignore two facts (among many others):

1. Gingrich truly believes in the principles of liberty in our Constitution

2. Romney was very likely influenced by his father’s admiration for Saul Alinsky.


28 posted on 02/01/2012 5:44:30 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Or, more accurately---reason serves faith. See W.L. Craig, and many others.)
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To: AnnGora

That sounds like someone satisfied with how the race is going.


29 posted on 02/01/2012 5:44:30 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: tsowellfan
I don't comment on Santorum very often, but I must say that I increasingly find him coming across like a very unlikeable prig.

Mr. niteowl77

30 posted on 02/01/2012 5:48:40 PM PST by niteowl77 (Mitt Romney: the horse the GOP intends to ride into the abyss. Or is it the other way around?)
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To: AnnGora

I have been waiting to say this for a long time. Thanks. Gingrich got a thumpin’ on all the key demographics in the FL primary and lost the female vote by 20-points. FL is a must win in the general. Much as I’d have hoped that Gingrich would be the republican nominee, the odds now are non-existent of this occurring. Santorum is telegenic, has far less baggage than Gingrich, is a fiscal and social conservative, has blue-collar roots, is best suited to win over the Reagan Democrats, will capture a large part of the female vote based on family etc, and as favorite son, PA will fall into the red column. For sure he will not get the vote of the gays, lesbians, Planned Parenthood, Hollywood, public unions, socialists, Marxists, and rabid secularists. That vote will go to Obama.


31 posted on 02/01/2012 5:52:31 PM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: tsowellfan

Well Santorum just revealed he wants to take over Newts 2ND PLACE position or he would have gone after Romney

I had some hope for him but no more


32 posted on 02/01/2012 5:53:31 PM PST by uncbob
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To: niteowl77

Santorum knows it’s between him and Newt. One has to bow out to challenge Romney.


33 posted on 02/01/2012 5:54:11 PM PST by JmyBryan
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To: Steelfish
Santorum is telegenic

Only on bingo night at the nursing home!

34 posted on 02/01/2012 5:55:41 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Newt: "Why vote for the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?")
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To: Steelfish
You might want to rethink that.

Greta: Is the Florida Primary NOT OVER?????

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus warned Florida Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry of the violation in a December letter quoting the rule, “…’winner-take-all’ states cannot hold a primary or caucus before April 1, 2012.”

35 posted on 02/01/2012 5:56:50 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: uncbob

No matter how I look at it I see Rick Santorum’s ad saying “Romney’s Conservatism is why he’s on top”. That’s the message I see he’s trying to send. I wonder who paid for that ad.


36 posted on 02/01/2012 5:58:03 PM PST by tsowellfan (If its between Obama and Romney, there isnt all that much difference - George Soros)
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To: Joe 6-pack
For somebody with so little to offer he sure pushes your buttons...

Not really, he actually just a pathetic whiner candidate on stage. His staying in is almost going to assure that Mitt will get the nod. Rick knows it and could not care less, unless he wants the VP slot with Mitt.

37 posted on 02/01/2012 6:00:48 PM PST by sand88 (Hey Rove et al, I will, with great pleasure, NOT cast a vote for the Statist Mitt.)
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To: Steelfish

Bull crap. Little Ricky is a big government social conservative which makes him the same as the dems - just with a moral compass that is not completely broke.


38 posted on 02/01/2012 6:03:22 PM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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To: sand88
"His staying in is almost going to assure that Mitt will get the nod."

So what you're saying is that Santorum is the true power broker, the king maker, the eminence gris of this primary?

If that's true, why would you support somebody who can be so easily be made or broken by a single individual?

39 posted on 02/01/2012 6:06:09 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: tsowellfan; All

“Rick knows he cannot win. He also knows that Romney will need a Sarah Palin on the ticket with him in order to get the conservative vote. Rick’s sacrificing a possible conservative Presidency for a liberal Presidency with him as the VP.”

I am suporting Newt, but I like Rick. I sure hope what you wrote is wrong...not saying it is....just hoping it is. That kind of sell out is too much to bear.

Also, you are right. Rick is NOT a Sarah.


40 posted on 02/01/2012 6:06:49 PM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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