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Numbers Suggest Santorum Could Be Romney's Worst Nightmare
Townhall.com ^ | February 17, 2012 | Scott Rassmussen

Posted on 02/17/2012 5:48:02 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: presently no screen name

King Hussein appreciates your support.


41 posted on 02/17/2012 8:36:50 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Preachin'

http://www.ricksantorum.com/issues

“He has simply not demonstrated to me that he is that kind of a guy. He doesn’t strike me as a man with a real plan.”

He has more of a plan than any of the others. And look at what his value system is rather than expect him to have a multi-level plan at this point.
It’ll also be about the kind of people he will pick to surround him and help him..and I think he will choose wisely ..and know that he can’t do it alone.


42 posted on 02/17/2012 8:41:17 AM PST by Mountain Mary (Freedom is at stake in this election. Rick Santorum)
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To: presently no screen name

I’m not talking about the candidates comparing their strengths and weaknesses.

Of course Rick is going to say he has the edge over Newt, and of course Newt will say he has the edge over Rick.

However, when the media or the internet attack Newt or Rick, then I have RomneySlime Machine experience now, and I know what a Romney inspired attack looks like.

On sites like ours, it pretends to be all about “conservative purity”.


43 posted on 02/17/2012 8:41:36 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: Kaslin

FOX is amping up the drumbeat against Santorum...not surprised


44 posted on 02/17/2012 8:43:30 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Kaslin

FOX is amping up the drumbeat against Santorum...not surprised


45 posted on 02/17/2012 8:45:01 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: RasterMaster
You ain't too bright. He appreciates Rick and you - as Newt is Barry's greatest threat.

RS is a wimp who is wet behind the ears who hasn't been vetted and given a pass in the debates - they let him rant on and said nothing.

But he won't get that far in the nomination and he will end up supporting his friend and your friend, mitt. He campaigned loudly for mitt, a pro home marriage pro abortion big gov't healthcare candidate. Slick Rick is a liar/deceiver. Only those who are drawn to evil would ever support him.

46 posted on 02/17/2012 8:46:56 AM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Carry_Okie

Santorum has a bit less baggage...never Speaker, less wives, less old media fixation.

but he has yet to get the nuclear attack Newt got from FOX, Drudge and 90% of the GOP and Conservative establishment in Iowa and Florida...outspent 20-1 in total negative ads...Newt had to respond

if he does it will hurt him too

I hope that doesn’t happen..at this juncture today it looks like he is the last anti Romney standing

FOX is on him a bit today ..

one day students will study the Newt campaign and the lesson will be that enough money and negative ads and the whole establishment on yer ass can indeed kill your campaign and that if debates are your only tool to beat that then you better ace every one

had Newt gone first in say Texas, Georgia and South Carolina he woulda had a better jumpstart...the first two states were easy for Romney and moderate Florida too

I am surprised but happy to see Romney stalled like this...amazing


47 posted on 02/17/2012 8:51:47 AM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: PreciousLiberty
Rick Santorum has less baggage than 0bamney or Gingrich.

First, nobody has as much baggage as Obam...front and center. Further you just haven't yet seen Rick's baggage..it's coming. Additionally there is no way Rick will stand in the debates with Obam....let alone run the country. He hasn't a clue and that's just the fact. We have no time for Rick's learning curve to play out if he's elected....the nation is in peril and you're believing an MT can do the work of a skilled surgeon...that's a not.

48 posted on 02/17/2012 8:54:03 AM PST by caww
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To: PreciousLiberty
Rick Santorum has less baggage than 0bamney or Gingrich.

First, nobody has as much baggage as Obam...front and center. Further you just haven't yet seen Rick's baggage..it's coming. Additionally there is no way Rick will stand in the debates with Obam....let alone run the country. He hasn't a clue and that's just the fact. We have no time for Rick's learning curve to play out if he's elected....the nation is in peril and you're believing an MT can do the work of a skilled surgeon...that's a not.

49 posted on 02/17/2012 8:54:07 AM PST by caww
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To: USS Alaska

The thing about that “Rombo” ad is that it paints Romney as sort of a goof ball caracature. They should continue this with other ads using the same actor portraying Mitt doing stupid things. Then when folks see the real Mitt, they immediately compare him to the goof ball and no one will take him seriously. Eventually Mitt becomes the actor in the ads. No one wants to vote for a cartoon. Perfect.


50 posted on 02/17/2012 8:57:30 AM PST by inkfarmer
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To: inkfarmer

Chevy Chase did this same damage to Gerald Ford back during the classic SNL days.


51 posted on 02/17/2012 9:00:47 AM PST by inkfarmer
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To: Kaslin

Rick, Newt, whatever.

GET OBAMA OUT OF OFFICE AND INTO A JAIL CELL!


52 posted on 02/17/2012 9:03:31 AM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: Mountain Mary
I enthusiatically support Rick Santorum ... I plan on sending his campaign a donation in the near future.

With that said, the 'issues' link at his campaign site is a little troubling ... the first issue listed is not Obamacare, not energy independence, not even abortion, but ... pornography? Really? When the smears against RS accusing him of wanting to outlaw contraceptives start flying, is that the first item he wants potential supporters that are not necessarily socially conservative to see?

53 posted on 02/17/2012 9:07:04 AM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: xzins

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!


54 posted on 02/17/2012 9:18:47 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: bassmaner

good point...and might be sent to them.


55 posted on 02/17/2012 9:24:53 AM PST by Mountain Mary (Freedom is at stake in this election. Rick Santorum)
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To: TomGuy
"Santorum has become the ‘not’ candidate.
He is not Mitt ‘I have been on every side of every issue’ Romney.
He is not Newt ‘I have a trainload of baggage’ Gingrich.
He is not Ron ‘I would isolate the USA from the rest of the world’ Paul."

Post of the morning!

However, I don't think Santorum would be as effectual debater against obambi as Newt would be. But hey, he looks better than Newt to the squishy independents, and that's sadly important in this age of "cult of personality". I believe Mitten's good looks and big smile is the only thing that has carried him this far.

56 posted on 02/17/2012 9:43:07 AM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: Kaslin

“Numbers Suggest Santorum Could Be Romney’s Worst Nightmare”

The audacity of hope! :)


57 posted on 02/17/2012 9:54:30 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: caww; P-Marlowe

No one knows what Obama’s baggage is, and if they did the media wouldn’t report it anyway.

Santorum has a lot of state-wide campaigning in Pennsylvania, so his “baggage” has been inspected, and the liberal PA press even gave a loving, TSA style pat-down.

Santorum will have no learning curve. His time in the House and Senate prepared him well. He served a very long time on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and is extremely conversant with the threats facing this nation.

He also was the #3 man in the Senate serving as Republican Conference Chairman, the party’s third-ranking leadership position in the Senate.

So, he has had leadership experience with one of the world’s major legislative bodies.


58 posted on 02/17/2012 9:55:16 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: A Navy Vet

” I don’t think Santorum would be as effectual debater against obambi as Newt would be..”

No one is as good a debater as Newt — but he has too much baggage and his poll ratings are now horrendous.

Nevertheless, Santorum is acclaimed as having won 1 and possibly 2 of the debates, and he sure as heck outshone Rombo.


59 posted on 02/17/2012 9:59:58 AM PST by Nabber
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To: Daffynition
THANK YOU!. That is a list that the GOP nominee should use time after time in the general election. Kudos to you! Of course, it may have to be revised before November, but I doubt it will be much different.

People like visuals and simple soundbites. I can see such a list on posters, advertising, in debates, etc. having an impact on the squishy middle.

Now, we need a such a separate list regarding obambi's failed foreign policy. It could start with him bowing and apologizing to world leaders, while contrasting with Reagan's or even BushII's polite but proud of America for setting the example for liberty throughout the world. SO many nations have followed America's example. I have often wondered how many have turned away from totalitarianism since the USA was created.

60 posted on 02/17/2012 10:15:22 AM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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