But the blue guy isn't going to drop out and make room for the red guy to do a one on one with the green guy. Nor should he.
Posted on 03/09/2012 9:24:38 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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ALABAMA, Rasmussen poll:
1. Newt Gingrich 30%
2. Rick Santorum 29%
3. Mitt Romney 28%
4. Ron Paul 7%
These numbers are much more salubrious for Gingrich than Alabama State University's recent poll.
In that survey, Santorum was 23%, Romney was 19%, and Gingrich was 14%.
One explanation? Even though the ASU poll was released Wednesday, it was conducted before Super Tuesday, which shook things up a bit.
But... that makes things even more curious, since you'd expect Newt to have fallen after his bad Super Tuesday performance and not risen as Rasmussen suggests.
MISSISSIPPI, American Research Group poll:
1. Newt Gingrich 35%
2. Mitt Romney 31%
3. Rick Santorum 20%
4. Ron Paul 7%
That's a pretty big gap between Newt and Santorum, which is driven by Santorum's horrible support with the tea party in the state.
49% of tea party supporters say they'll vote for Gingrich; only 17% say the same about Santorum. Even Romney beats Santorum with tea partiers.
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(Excerpt) Read more at gop12.thehill.com ...
until June 3, you can make calls for Newt, especially this weekend into MS and AL. It's fun and you'll like it!
www.newtsnetwork.com (click the MAKE THE ALL button on top right)
This is a contention I have made for some time now.
If Gingrich were to drop, it's likely his votes would go to Romney and Paul, not Santorum.
Santorum is at his ceiling of voter support in the GOP.
“Lovin’ on Newt” may leave us “Stuck with Romney.”
“Lovin” on Romney, Santorum or Paul will leave us “Stuck with obama.”
I suspect that is true.
But the blue guy isn't going to drop out and make room for the red guy to do a one on one with the green guy. Nor should he.
“Santorum needs to drop out NOW. He likes to “take one for the team”..... this time it would be for the right team.”
Agreed! Between the two “conservatives” (I use the term loosly) Newt is the stronger of the two. There’s a lot to like about Rick, but Newt brings a “give ‘em hell” attitude that Rick just doesn’t have. Rick is a nice guy who if this was the 90s would be a good Repub candidate, but times have changed and the GOP needs a scrapper...that is Newt.
Not much not in the way of polling being done lately in Texas that I've seen. The primary was delayed and now appears to be on schedule for May 29. At that point in time 77% of the delegates will have been voted on. So it remains to be seen if Texas will be a player or not. If it remains close then Texas with its 155 delegates most likely will be the deciding factor.
The last poll I find shows the following:
“In 1994, there was only one person who consistently believed Republicans could weather the storms and capture control of the Congress for the first time in four decades; in 2012, he is a candidate for President.” ~Ken Kies
“I’m not sure [Gingrich] ever had a lot of friends here, and I’m not sure he cared, because he came here to accomplish a purpose, not to make buddies,” said Ken Kies, an influential tax lobbyist and a Gingrich donor. “Newt led a revolution, so that tends to leave bodies on the floor.”
They’re both too far behind and with too many “Romney lock” states in the future (4 more of the top 10 Mormon states plus states like New Jersey) to win the nomination outright, probably even in a Romney head-to-head. The only hope is for them to accumulate enough delegates to beat Romney and Paul’s, team up and win it at the convention. So there’s less reason than ever to have infighting between Newt and Rick.
Thanks for posting the poll. At this point in time the choice for Texas voters is Santorum.
Thanks. However, won’t Southerners resent outsiders calling them? I geuss one would not have to say where he is calling from, except I’ll not have a Southern accent!
No, not at all; in fact, the calls I made from out of state during other primaries, the callers were really impressed to talk to someone from out of state... it was kinda cute really, and you’d be surprised, you get into some interesting, and oftentimes funny, conversations. A good ice-breaker, how’s the weather in your part of the country? What’s the price of gas down your way?
Please try it, and get others, also. This is a really important weekend for Newt...
Santorum will not be the choice, come May 29, just because he was in early Feb, my friend.
Certainly. Opinions are constantly changing.
p.s. I forgot to tell you the campaign gives you a script, and as people feel more comfortable, they ad lib and tweak it a little...
Who knows the choice come May 29? The question was about polling data for Texas. If you have any other please post for our info. Thanks.
The republicans in California are VERY conservative, so this gives Newt a chance over Romney
The republicans in California are VERY conservative, so this gives Newt a chance over Romney
The republicans in California are VERY conservative, so this gives Newt a chance over Romney
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