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Newt won't campaign in Michigan
Politico ^ | 2-21-2012 | EMILY SCHULTHEIS

Posted on 02/21/2012 1:55:37 PM PST by Darren McCarty

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Newt Gingrich will not campaign in Michigan in advance of next Tuesday's primary there:

Spokesman R.C. Hammond confirmed Monday night that the campaign is scrapping tentative plans to travel to Michigan at the end of the week ahead of the state’s Feb. 28 primary.

Gingrich is spending Tuesday and Wednesday in the other Feb. 28 primary — Arizona — but that is mostly for the sake of Wednesday night’s debate, and his public schedule will be light.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: adios; anyonebutromney; gingrich; mi2012; michigan; newt; newt4romney; newt4santorum; newtgingrich; primary; romney; stopromney; toast
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To: dt57; All
Newt knows what he is doing. He is working on taking out Mitt. He has been telling folks that if Mitt can’t win in Michigan he should bow out. Now Newt is giving it to Rick Santorum if Ricky don’t blow it with his run-on mouth about issues that don’t matter this fall. Rick can have this one. Newt is the man, and wise.

Excellent summation. And by extension, is he telling us Newt Supporters to vote Santorum to sink "The Minnow" Obamaney?

A three hour tour, a three hour tour :-)...

21 posted on 02/21/2012 2:43:56 PM PST by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: taildragger

Yeah, Speaker Newt is in an obvious way. Hint, hint.


22 posted on 02/21/2012 2:49:25 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: taildragger

Tell me-—what will it mean if Santorum LOSES? The way his campaign has focused almost totally on Michigan, isn’t it almost a “must-win” for Rick, too? The way things have been going the past couple of days, with Romney and the media really blasting Santorum I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitt pulls it out. And now Rick can’t blame Newt for splitting the anti-Romney vote.


23 posted on 02/21/2012 2:50:30 PM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: Yashcheritsiy
a classy, and great (abet risky) chess move

smartest guy in the room bump

.

24 posted on 02/21/2012 2:50:53 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Darren McCarty

There are Santorum supporters who hide behind that just to take shots at Newt. Are you kidding me? You posted this about Newt, then complain?


25 posted on 02/21/2012 2:59:57 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

Don’t worry.

Santorum WILL win.


26 posted on 02/21/2012 2:59:57 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

Anything is possible, but.... My guess Newt has internals that allow him to take this risk, he is to smart not too...


27 posted on 02/21/2012 3:00:16 PM PST by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Yashcheritsiy

I’m tellin’ ya....he is gonna wait till Saturday till it is too late for Romney to put together an ad, and he’s gonna tell his Michigan voters to plunk it all down on Santorum.

Newt wants this race to continue. And he wants to extract as many pounds of flesh from Mitt as humanly possible in the process.


28 posted on 02/21/2012 3:02:52 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Yashcheritsiy

I understand the strategy, but it’s too bad, because this speech he gave in Michigan in 2010 might be his best speech ever. It works just as well for the entire country. Nobody understands better the problems with our economy and our culture and what we need to change if we’re going to save our country from becoming a failed state:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2848682/posts


29 posted on 02/21/2012 3:06:05 PM PST by JediJones
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To: taildragger
Win one for the Skipper!


30 posted on 02/21/2012 3:08:36 PM PST by JediJones
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To: taildragger; All

yes, vote Rick and take out Mitt. You got it.


31 posted on 02/21/2012 3:08:53 PM PST by dt57 (illerate, noobie....)
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To: VanDeKoik

I know many many conservatives, from tea party to social to fiscal, etc. There is a huge visceral dislike of Saint Rick. He has NO chance of ever being elected because a huge number of conservatives won’t vote for him under any circumstances. Newt is light years better.


32 posted on 02/21/2012 3:09:41 PM PST by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Buckeye McFrog

This just in...Romney’s SuperPAC is now preparing PRO-Newt ads to run in Michigan...well, it wouldn’t be the weirdest thing to happen yet in this race if it was true.


33 posted on 02/21/2012 3:10:55 PM PST by JediJones
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To: LowTaxesEqualsProsperity

Sure you do.


34 posted on 02/21/2012 3:11:25 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: dt57

Socially conservative western Michigan will tend to like the issues Sen. Santorum’s been talking about.


35 posted on 02/21/2012 3:12:06 PM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: dt57

OK, let me get this straight...vote Rick in Michigan, vote Paul in Virginia, vote Newt everywhere else. I think I got it.


36 posted on 02/21/2012 3:12:33 PM PST by JediJones
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To: JediJones

LOL! Tell Willard and his stooges to knock themselves out.

Michigan is Rick Country™ !!!


37 posted on 02/21/2012 3:15:57 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: JediJones
I'd make THAT deal.


38 posted on 02/21/2012 3:19:43 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: WellyP
The 'rats have everything Mitt has ever said or done, right up through yesterday, recorded and organized by time and topic on hard drive. They will hold their fire until they see if he wins the nomination. If he gets the nomination they will obliterate him.
39 posted on 02/21/2012 3:20:35 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Bingo!


40 posted on 02/21/2012 3:22:03 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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