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Santorum wins Alabama; Mississippi too close to call
MSNBC ^ | 3/13/12 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 03/13/2012 7:19:12 PM PDT by LonelyCon

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To: bimboeruption

“Gingrich needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
A few, very vocal people think he’s great...the rest of us have reviewed his record.
Bye-bye Mr. Brilliant.”

If that’s the standard, then I’m going to assume that you’re voting for none of the GOP candidates? I’ve reviewed all their records and sorry to say that ALL of them are sadly lacking.


41 posted on 03/13/2012 8:19:12 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (Voting "None of the Above" in 2012.)
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To: LonelyCon

I’m not happy about it because I just don’t see Santorum as the guy for restoring the constitutional republic but lets see how the delegate count shakes out. As long as its mathematically possible for Newt to win he should stay in. When it gets past that then Newt needs to drop out.


42 posted on 03/13/2012 8:20:42 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I agree 100%


43 posted on 03/13/2012 8:23:10 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: Lazlo in PA

Hey Laz. WE DID IT. GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


44 posted on 03/13/2012 8:41:53 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: AGreatPer

It was a good speech but Rick won both states.


45 posted on 03/13/2012 8:42:52 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: redangus

They are either moderate republicans or are buying the, only Mitt can win, story.

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And he gets 98% of the Mormon vote, which considering they want to get the vote out for him, covers UT, Colo, ID, NV, and HI.


46 posted on 03/13/2012 9:02:53 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Mountain Mary

Great job Mary!!!!


47 posted on 03/13/2012 9:31:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: napscoordinator; Lazlo in PA

It’s rewarding to stand up to the Santorum haters...and finding out that if we do, they fold like cheap tents.


48 posted on 03/14/2012 6:09:56 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“As long as its mathematically possible for Newt to win he should stay in. When it gets past that then Newt needs to drop out.”

Which is now because it is mathematically impossible for Newt to win.


49 posted on 03/14/2012 6:13:10 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Catsrus

You never know which Santorum will show up either, but you can bet he will have a sneer on his face......http://www.newt.org/news/video-senator-santorum-in-his-own-words/


50 posted on 03/14/2012 6:15:59 AM PDT by csmusaret (I have kleptomania, but when it gets too bad I take something.)
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To: Catsrus
Besides, as history has shown us - the older, white-haired guy usually loses in a general election. Sad, but,true.

Especially an older, white-haired FAT guy. Like it or not, Americans are image-conscious... and Newt doesn't exactly cut an image of fitness.

51 posted on 03/14/2012 7:19:19 AM PDT by ScottinVA (A single drop of American blood for muslims is one drop too many!)
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To: GeronL; All

Ohhh yes. Drudge has zero credibility and his website deserves to go down. The same goes for Ann the Romney shill Coulter. Haven’t heard from her in a few days.


52 posted on 03/14/2012 8:11:32 AM PDT by publius321
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To: ElkGroveDan; All

“Mittens must be having kittens.”

By the dear southern voters he was sMitten.


53 posted on 03/14/2012 8:14:20 AM PDT by publius321
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To: Yashcheritsiy

“The problem is, Santorum probably WON’T be properly vetted until after a theoretical win and nomination.

At which point, his record will be thorough exposed by the media, and he will lose to Obama in a landslide.”

If Rick has not been properly vetted, neither has Newt. If Rick would lose in a lanslide to Obama, so would Newt and damn sure Romney would.

I love newt & Rick. I think it is unrealistic to act like Newt is some purist conservative and Rick is not. Both have made mistakes but both have decades of service with overall equally conservative records.


54 posted on 03/14/2012 9:28:46 AM PDT by publius321
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To: publius321
I love newt & Rick. I think it is unrealistic to act like Newt is some purist conservative and Rick is not. Both have made mistakes but both have decades of service with overall equally conservative records.

Nobody that I know of, on here or elsewhere, claims that Newt is a "purist conservative."

He is, however, a far better articulator of conservatism, and has far more actual conservative accomplishments and credentials, than the other three candidates combined.

It's a false equivalence to blithely say that neither Rick nor Newt would win, as if both have the same problems and would face the same issues.

Newt has been vetted, over, under, ten times around. Santorum largely has not. The MSM has made sure everybody knows about "Newt's marital history" (both the true parts and the not true parts). The same hasn't been done with Santorum's big government votes and past.

Santorum can't effectively articulate conservatism to the masses because he doesn't himself really know what it is. Newt can, and has, which is why Newt went from polling around 20% in Alabama on March 1st to scoring 30%, beating Romney, and barely losing to Santorum two weeks later. He went to Alabama and articulated conservatism. Santorum, on the other hand, just rides on his reputation for being a "staunch social conservative," thus allowing him to coast to largely undeserved victories in evangelical-rich southern and midwestern states.

55 posted on 03/14/2012 10:16:58 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy
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To: rwfromkansas
If Newt has been better, the results would have been better too. The number of delegates is an irresistible truth Newt has to understand.
56 posted on 03/16/2012 12:01:56 AM PDT by Wiz
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