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Gingrich Moving From Candidate To Champion
TalkingSides.com ^ | 03/22/12 | CaroleL

Posted on 03/22/2012 9:52:07 AM PDT by CaroleL

In a new interview, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says he expects to finish in third place in the GOP delegate count and that there's a chance someone other than the four declared candidates could emerge from the party's August convention as the nominee. Neither of those statements is really news; various pundits have been saying the same for weeks. But what is newsworthy is that Mr. Gingrich has said them.

While Mr. Gingrich is not completely abandoning his own aspirations to secure the nomination, he seems to be switching his main focus from running against President Barack Obama in the general election to preventing presumptive nominee Mitt Romney from doing so.

Saying that Mr. Romney may not be able to "grind his way" to the nomination despite a massive advantage in fundraising, Speaker Gingrich discussed the possibility of a brokered convention. "I'm not so sure you wouldn't get a series of brand new players," he said.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; gopconvention; mittromney; newt4teaparty; newtgingrich; only1forsmalgovt; santorumvsteaparty; teaparty4newt
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To: Mr. K

When I figured it, I only gave him those winner take all states that are a sure win for him like NY, CA, NJ, UT, DC, MD, DE, CT. If he takes any more of them, we are in trouble.


21 posted on 03/22/2012 10:47:15 AM PDT by dforest
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To: MayflowerMadam

So you are saying that the RINO establishment really does not want to win?!


22 posted on 03/22/2012 10:54:02 AM PDT by Why So Serious (There is no cure for stupidity!!!)
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To: Why So Serious

“So you are saying that the RINO establishment really does not want to win?!”

If they wanted to win desperately, they’d have stood up for Sarah when she was being brutalized in ‘08-’09 — even by the McCain people. Some of the GOP establishment were as cruel to her as the libs were. They know that Sarah kicked GOP ass in Alaska if it meant doing the right thing, so she can do it again on a larger scale; they don’t want that. I think they’d rather suck it up and go with the Obama flow for four more years than have someone in charge who will push them to do their jobs.


23 posted on 03/22/2012 11:12:44 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Don't blame me; I voted for the American.)
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To: CaroleL

Yeah we just need to make it to a brokered convention.. Then it’s a new game and we will see the people energized and motivated when Palin enters the conversation ...
Http://www.facebook.com/pages/Palin-Our-Brokered-Convention-Selection/219407098154932


24 posted on 03/22/2012 12:23:42 PM PDT by snyderart
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