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Please don't berate the South too much. I would have voted FOR Santorum. NOT Romney, NOT Newt, especially NOT Paul!!
Seriously? The people of SC have no morals? That's a rotten blanket statement to make.
Perhaps Newt's irritation (and most of us conservatives as well) stems from the fact that the so called 'tough' questions are meaningless to most of us. I've yet to hear any really tough questions come from moderators - all I hear is a bunch of sh-- stirring.
I do hope that Santorum stays in. I could live with him, Paul, or Romney. I detest Newt. I would vote for him over Obama, but he is a progressive phony. It amazes me that some don't consider him "establishment." He is as establishment as it gets. He has spent his entire career in DC. Before that he was a college professor. The last thing we need is another college professor - all words and big ideas, without any leadership skills. The thought of him and Callista in the white house makes my stomach turn - just a picture of wholesome goodness that we can be proud of /sarc.
He would never beat Obama anyway, so I don't worry about that much. Nancy Pelosi and the democrats know why he resigned in disgrace ... and it isn't in the published report - he cut a deal ... and it is going to come back to haunt us if we nominate this loud-mouth, egotistical buffoon. Sure he is good at zinging the media, and we eat up the red meat, but that only works so long ... and then he has to answer the questions and not avoid them by yelling bias. Hopefully, we so-called conservatives will wake up from our Newt induced delirium before it is too late.
He was still a dead duck according to the percentages. Gingrich took away his votes without Santorum even needing to leave the race.
Boo! for false misleading and incorrect data gleaned from liberal websites. That's and "F" in student speak.
I'm with Todd on this one. Just goes to show Palin has her own agenda. Not saying that's horrible or anything but Newt's the only one who is actually putting words to the conservative agenda, words (and I feel sincere) plans to implement it.
Santorum is not a bad person but he is not in any way shape or form what we need for president at this time. If we'd already reversed the liberal agenda in this country and were victorious over the Islamic plans of domination then Santorum would make a satisfactory president.
I've heard some compare Newt to Churchill and I agree. We are at war on two fronts, the liberal socialist at home and the Islamic radicals abroad. We need a war time president and Newt is the only one who will take the offensive on both fronts. He's not going to wait for Sharia law to be implemented in the United states and he's not going to let the liberal press lie to the American public about Obama. Go Newt!!!
your right but if just one person takes this message to the right person they in-turn may start a fire under someone who may take it to heart and start a brush fire of Liberty no one will be able to put out...that's why i said share it..you just never know who needs to see this....
So Romney and Paul won the liberal state......That alone should tell you who the last two standing should be.
The Podpeople have no need to fertilize. They simply invade, replicate and replace.
They resemble the kudzu vine and the Walking Catfish more than a sentient being.
No, I mean the two Republicans, the libertarian Republican and the Progressive willow Republican.
Newt did not win because of Palin-honestly-he gave a great performance at the last debate and showed spirit and fight in him which people want to see. The American people are quite capable of thinking for themselves without being told by anyone who they should vote for!
Of course South Carolina is the south-what are you talking about? I have lived in the deep south for the last 30 years GA, SC, TN, AR, MS it doesn't get any more southern than this!
Rick Santorum got a billionaire donor a week ago...an evangelical Christian.
Look for Rick to continue to grow and refine his message and solidify his base.
His hard-working, no-nonsense campaign paid off in Iowa. He cares, listens, and learns what they want, need, feel. He stands for the eternal truths. I've heard him reiterate it over and over. That is his strength.
He is perceived as judgmental and sanctimonious when he expresses the truth without backing it up with science, statistics and is strongest when he does so.
ANY conservative standing on the truth and evidence is going to make the PC left crowd vociferous, vehement, sometimes vile and vindictive...
That has been Newt's strength - he tells the truth come hell or high water. He has challenged every single PC myth there is...from the Palestinian victimhood to gay 'marriage', to the judiciary as final arbitors of truth to global warming.
Rick needs to find his authoritative voice and use it whatever the cost.
Truth unifies, strengthens, encourages, overcomes.
Lies, deception, corruption divide and diminish a cause and a party.
We certainly see this in the RINO wimps in DC who can't and won't stand up to our Dictator/Crook/Islamist-in-Chief.
How does your political garden grow?
I think we need the final four Republican primary candidates to keep this contest going until or just before the Republican Convention next August. Momentum is all important in a presidential primary campaign. It needs tending to just as if it were a garden.
This political garden needs to be watered, fertilized and pruned for its emotional blossoms to open at just the right moment.
As we have seen, there's been plenty of political fertilizer applied to the momentum garden. We should all expect more to be applied by gardeners Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul, Obama, their surrogate helpers and the professional political landscapers who will help them mold the political momentum garden.
To make a garden flourish a gardener should never over water, over fertilize or pruned beyond its ability to recover. All of the above should be applied but should be executed at the appropriate moment.
This is probably relevant to the topic: Romney has announced he will publish his tax returns Tuesday.
This could be a game-changer. I have to give him props for admitting "We might have made a mistake for holding out as long as we did". When its revealed how much he has earned, class warfare may become class-less warfare. I hope the other candidates can rise above that.
However, the cake sent to Gingrich party HQ may come back to bite Mitt. http://tinyurl.com/6pxw38a
This is just one more reason Romney isn't electable and not because he didn't release his tax returns but because he can't think tactically. The minute he thought this was going to be a problem he should have been ahead of it. Whatever reason he had for not doing it, he's now had to put it out on other peoples terms. He hum hawed through two debates looking the fool. He could have had this over before the S. Carolina vote even happened. People could have pawed through it complained and whined and it would have been over.
That and Palins remarks about how it's hardening the candidates is so much BS and I've never called anything Palin said BS before. The only reason Romney even has anything to say with conviction is because he's coping what others say, mostly Gingrich. From now on I'm keeping track of how many times he channels Gingrich and he can't even do that convincingly. He's not becoming better he's just becoming better at parroting other peoples ideas. Don't tell me she doesn't know this and that's the only reason it pisses me off.
"Santorum was/is not a real candidate. He was a camouflage candidate. He hid in wallpaper for a year. He was everyone's last choice."
"I could not be more annoyed with Santorum in the first place. He was literally last man standing in IA."
"Santorum will not win a single other state. His IA bounce is over. He was at end of stage for a reason. Uninspiring, peevish, annoying. Out."
-Ben Shapiro
True, true, and true. Sant, get out!
They are all establishment. It is what it is. Now it's just a matter of personality and a concerted effort to gain ground in both the House & Senate.
? So far Mitt has one state as a win, Newt has one state as a win and Rick S. has one state as a win. Not sure how that indicates Mitt is skating through.
If I was a Floridian, I would vote for Santorum just to give the GOPE and the LSM something more to anguish over.
That's exactly what they want you to do.
Mitt is the favorite? No kidding huh? ... only Paul and Romney have a national model organization capable of winning the long run
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We have a lot of time till November. What's the sense in rushing it?
And these statements make sense together how???
I am with Palin. Santorum won Iowa and finished ahead of Paul in South Carolina. He has as much right to stay in as anyone in the field. The person who should drop out is Ron Paul, but I support him staying because he's taking the moderates and independents that would probably vote for Romney. So until Romney drops out and I think Romney should drop out if he loses Florida (he won't but he should), I say everyone should stay.
We have a lot of time till November. What's the sense in rushing it?
No offense, but you obviously don't understand the process. Romney is still far and away the odds-on favorite. He has virtually unlimited resources compared to Newt and even more-so compared to Santorum. The debates are almost over (only a few left) and so FL will have a critical impact on the shape of the race. If Santorum splits the vote and Romney edges out Newt in FL, Romney will be virtually unstoppable given the primary schedule.
Well!!! Lets just not let that happen. All you have to do is contribute to Newt's campaign. He can't win using comments on a website. If he wins in Florida then the big money will flow his way. Geesh! if only 500,000 people gave $20 bucks he wouldn't have to worry about Romney's war chest. He's got a money bomb going over at New Max. We need to blow Romney, the media and Obama out of the water so lets help Newt do it. Pronto!!
Actually, Ron Paul IS a huge earmarker. Go back and look at his record - really and honestly look at it. You might be shocked at what you find. Ron Paul is not what he has been portrayed to be. And that is the truth.
I agree. I don't think he'll make it to the end. I think that Palin is trying her best to keep everyone in as long as possible. She put in a good word for Santorum in Iowa and that generated more money for him, and he ultimately won in Iowa. I think what she's doing is an "operation chaos" of her own. It proves that she has enormous power just sitting at a desk.
"It proves that she has enormous power just sitting at a desk."
You got that right!! Newt's poll was below Romney just a few days ago. Once Sarah said she would vote for Newt if she was in South Carolina, Newt's poll started increasing to eventually way surpassed Romney's all within the span of 3 days.
Yeah, Sarah Palin got power alright.
That's ridiculous-Sarah will throw all of her support behind Romney if he becomes the nominee-what will you say then?
Why would she burn a political bridge right now by calling for Santorum to get out?
He'll more than likely be gone after Florida anyway.
Santorum is the only consistent fiscal conservative. Newt has extensive baggage and his X has stated she can destroy his political career in one interview. Mitt is no good. She's right.
No need to rush Santorum to get out of the race... Who knows what damage the nuclear negative ad campaign from Romney will do to Newt's campaign.
Besides Gingrich won in South Carolina with Santorum actually getting more than he was polling there... If Gingrich is going to win Florida he's going to need to cut in Romney's support and convince the undecided voters for him regardless if Santorum is in it or not...
Right. And Newt Gingrich represents the common man, is that it? Because we all have $500K lines of credit at Tiffany's and earn millions of dollars per year. Gingrich is as elitist and insider as they come. I'm not against him winning, because I think he'll put up a great fight, but when he talks about elitists in DC, you just have to give your head a shake. Newt is as full of sh*t as they come.
Exactly right. There's so much primary left that it's ridiculous to call someone the nominee now.
Exactly right. There's so much primary left that it's ridiculous to call someone the nominee now.
The only reason there is ANY primary left at all is that Newt won in SC instead of Romney. Conservatives dodged a bullet thanks to Newt's outstanding performance this week (plus other key support such as Perry's decision to help a conservative win instead of potentially splitting the vote to Romney's favor).
I must agree with you, even though Santorum is my guy now. Without Newt, Romney would be walking away with this nomination. He was the crowned prince from day one. Only conservative backlash has kept him from getting it.
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