Intelligence of Dogs: Ranking by Breed
Posted on 02/07/2012 10:36:59 PM PST by Steelfish
Santorum Delivers a GOP Stunner Former Senator Wins in Minnesota, Missouri; Romney Campaign Plays Down Nonbinding Contests
By NEIL KING JR. And DANNY YADRON
DENVER—Rick Santorum jolted the Republican presidential race Tuesday by winning nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota, puncturing Mitt Romney's claim to be the unstoppable front-runner.
Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, was running neck and neck with Mr. Romney in preliminary returns from Colorado, a state Mr. Romney won by a wide margin in 2008.
With about 70% of the Colorado vote counted, Mr. Santorum had 38%, to 36% for Mr. Romney. Four years ago, Mr. Romney carried Colorado with 60% of the vote.
Mr. Santorum's twin victories in the Midwest will give his campaign a much-needed burst of momentum and may stir doubt about Mr. Romney's abilities to woo conservatives to his side in important electoral states such as Missouri. So far, Mr. Romney has won in states where he has devoted significant campaign time and advertising dollars.
Mr. Santorum won 55% of the Missouri vote, while Mr. Romney followed with 25%. Texas Rep. Ron Paul was trailing with 12%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wasn't on the Missouri ballot.
Mr. Santorum's Missouri victory margin of almost 75,000 votes over Mr. Romney was nearly 29,000 more than Mr. Romney's combined Iowa and Nevada total.
While the Tuesday results didn't directly award any of the delegates needed to claim the GOP nomination, they showed voters rejecting Mr. Romney even in states where he had performed well four years ago.
Mr. Romney had carried Minnesota in 2008 but placed third there on Tuesday. With 85% of precincts in, Mr. Santorum had 45% of the vote, while Mr. Paul had 27%. Mr. Romney had 17% of the vote and Mr. Gingrich claimed 11%.
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He may be a straw man, but a few factors make him a pit bull. First, he is the media darling. Second, he is supported by every minority in the country, his special interest groups are vast, third he is selling class warfare very successfully, and he is a sitting president. He is a champion to the poor. All of this, plus his war chest makes him a pretty powerful dog. To scoff at his power would be dangerous.
The idea that Rick cannot beat Obama; or that he’d even have much trouble, respectfully, is nonsense. Please remember that Scott Brown won convincingly in Massachusettes! Conservatism can win anywhere. Be reminded also that groceries are still higher than they were a year ago and gasoline is creeping back up again. It’ll likely be over $4 gallon by summer.
I wouldn’t vote for Mitt, and I wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul, no matter what.
That leaves either Newt or Rick, or a brokered convention.
I haven’t said much on these threads, because I don’t want to be negative. But I did say that it would be nice if Ron Paul would only drop out—but he never will. I did NOT want Rick to drop out, because we need a conservative backup for Newt, unfortunately.
I will just quietly say that Rick did a stupid thing once, when he endorsed Arlen Specter. But put it in perspective, the way it was. Bush rode back in on a wave of enthusiasm in 2004, and frittered it all away. By 2006, the Republicans were underdogs, and the Democrats were favored. That’s when they got their big majority. That was the main reason why Santorum lost the election—because Bush and Rove dragged the whole party down.
Why did he endorse Specter? Several reasons. Bush and Rove twisted his arm and said that they NEEDED Specter, the only possible winner in that race, in order to get their SCOTUS choices confirmed. Back then, everyone still thought that Rove was a genius, although that didn’t last too much longer.
Second, although Specter was pro-choice, he promised to help confirm pro-life judges. And he did, before he went back off the rails.
Third, Rick said that Specter had endorsed him, previously, so he was just returning the favor. He owed him one. Without Specter’s “moderate” endorsement, it’s doubtful that a conservative like Rick could have won in Pennsylvania. He only did so because conservative religious voters had turned out for him in large numbers.
Rick screwed up once, if you like, by endorsing Specter. How many times has Newt screwed up. What was his excuse for endorsing Dede Scozzafava over a strong conservative, other than desire to ingratiate himself with the RNC? Scozzafava withdrew and through her seat to a Democrat, and what had been a reliable Republican seat is now a Democrat seat. Not only that, but Newt and Scozzafava weakened the NYState Conservative Party’s influence over the NYState GOP, which doesn’t give a damn about pro-life or pro-family support unless the Conservative Party pushes them on it.
At least Specter kept his promise to confirm pro-life judges, before he went off the rails and switched parties. By doing that he killed his political chances. And the end result was a Republican seat—the conservative who was shafted earlier by Rove and Bush actually got back in—whereas in the NY 23rd the end result has been a Democrat seat and a destructive breakdown in relations between the NY GOP and Conservative Parties that will continue to be damaging.
I’d say Newt’s endorsement has a lot more to answer for than Rick’s.
Gingrich supporters can still take heart that, according to the latest survey released by Rasmussen this morning, Newt is back to being statistically TIED with Obama in a head-to-head presidential matchup (43% to 46%, respectively). I think both Gingrich AND Santorum are viable contenders at this point and I liked someone’s suggestion here last night that Gingrich and Santorum should maximize their limited financial resources by dividing the remaining states between the two of them according to how well they poll at each individually and then turn them into one-on-one contests against Romney. I’m a Santorum supporter, but I’d be fine with Gingrich winning the nomination as well.
LOL. Menace?!! Hardly. Hypothetically, if the Gingrich/Santorum results in these states were switched and Newt was calling Santorum a ‘menace’ who should drop out, you’d be screaming how wrong it was for Newt to say that.
Obama is a pit bull. Santorum is a poodle, Romney a Cocker Spaniel and Gingrich a fellow pit bull. Now which dog do you take to the fight?
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Love this. I’m taking the pit bull but as his backup, I’m taking the poodle. These dogs were bred for the hunt and value independence and freedom.
Oh, and I love the fact that Santorum has now officially won more STATES than “Mr. Inevitable and Most Electable” Mitt Romney!
Obama is a pit bull. Santorum is a poodle, Romney a Cocker Spaniel and Gingrich a fellow pit bull. Now which dog do you take to the fight?
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Love this. I’m taking the pit bull but as his backup, I’m taking the poodle. These dogs were bred for the hunt and value independence and freedom.
Obama is a pit bull. Santorum is a poodle, Romney a Cocker Spaniel and Gingrich a fellow pit bull. Now which dog do you take to the fight?
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Love this. I’m taking the pit bull but as his backup, I’m taking the poodle. These dogs were bred for the hunt and value independence and freedom.
Obama is a pit bull. Santorum is a poodle, Romney a Cocker Spaniel and Gingrich a fellow pit bull. Now which dog do you take to the fight?
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Love this. I’m taking the pit bull but as his backup, I’m taking the poodle. These dogs were bred for the hunt and value independence and freedom.
MSM meme. Tired. Old. Worn-out. Flat-out Wrong.
Really, really good question, Kaslin.
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One who could withstand the assault by Obama.
Nominating a conservative and losing would make this whole process a waste of time. I like Santorum’s character, I just don’t think he can beat the loser in office.
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Why don’t you think Santorum could beat a guy as unpopular and as polarizing as Barack Obama? What has Obama done that will make a majority of the electorate want to clamor for four more years of his lawlessness, recklessness, and destructiveness?
Apples and oranges. Would Newt have had the opportunity to work with Clintoon if he had to run in a swing or blue state with his ACU rating? The goal now is to win enough Reagan Dems and Swing State voters to win the Presidency without selling out, not work with the other party. If Newt wasn’t in a super Conservative district, his ACU rating would have been much lower.
Good post NavyMom. However, you are destroying the MSM meme that Newt is 'poison' to women. Carry on! Please!
Exactly, my FRiend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUPq6md2jg&feature=player_embedded
With this bit of encouragement, we’ll never get rid of the RINO voting little weasel.
If he gets the nomination, the media will open up the hatred on him like we’ve never seen before. He’s solidly pro-life, and the pro-aborts cannot stand that. I think there will be a backlash from the people, a reaction of anger against these attacks that we’ve not previously seen. There will be a lot of Americans voting AGAINST the culture of death emanating from this administration and the media. I pray that will be the case.
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