Santorum Another Trifecta in OK,TN, and ND. Ohio Too Close To Call {Should Gingrich Withdraw?]

March 06, 2012

[demkicker]

YES - WHAT YOU SAID IN LOTS OF DITTOS!!!

I just hope Newt’s ego will take a back seat to his senses. GO, RICK, GO!!!

[muawiyah]

Romney only pulled about 10% of the vote in Virginia ~ due to the INCREDIBLE fall off in voters.

With no Conservative candidate(s) to vote for Virginia voters ~ both Democrats and Republicans ~ didn't bother to show up in the open state primary.

Romney cannot attract the party base ~ he should take the Virginia results as a reason to quit running. That's the best he can do on his own with no one else stirring the pot.

[AlexW]

“GO SANTORUM GO!”
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Since I have been an expat for over ten years, I do not so much have a dog in this hunt, but my friend and neighbor is from PA and he thinks Santorum is GREAT.
I really liked Gingrich during the “contract with America” days, but he is quite tarnished now, even though he may be the smartest guy in the crowd.
I would take just about anyone but Romney.
My only goal is the defeat of the Communist.

[MacMattico]

Obama is much more than an idiot. We can't wait until 2016 to replace him. To much of his Marxist philosophy will have taken over the system.

[demkicker]

Oh yeah - Romney and his Romneycare is more fiscally conservative than Santorum.

Take your fingers out of your ears and remove your blinders and start listening and reading about all of Mitt’s flip-flops, from abortion to gun control to healthcare. AND YOU CAN’T SUPPORT SANTORUM? ARE YOU SERIOUS??????

Even with Santorum’s congressional record (which makes every candidate vunerable), no one that knows him doubts his conservative credentials. No one can say that about Romney with a straight face. You need to wake up!!!

[Utah Girl]

It's personal with Newt. His campaign organization couldn't organize enough to get on the ballot in Virginia. He is coming in third in Tennessee (a southern state.) He is in third place in most of the other states tonight (and barely a blip in them. Yet he claims he is the tortoise in the race and if he can win Alabama and Mississippi um, then he's won 4 states. All four southern states. What about the rest of the country Newt?

[Pinkbell]

The split vote could cost him tonight like it did in Michigan. As long as there are two conservatives in the race, conservatives will be divided, and that is an advantage for Romney. When the conservative vote is united, Romney loses most times (with the exception of places like Massachusetts).

[American Constitutionalist]

There was a article in the WSJ a few days ago speculation that there might be some kind of alliance between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, and Newt would drop out and endorse Rick Santorum...
Notice how giddy they are on Fox News how Romney is going to take the nomination ? and how it's inevitable in his nomination ? and someone said on Fox News that Texas goes for Romney ???

[Catsrus]

In Ohio:

Santorum

37.6%

361,976

Romney

37.3%

359,171

[John Valentine]

{Should Gingrich Withdraw?]

No, hell no!

Romney ought to be compelled to withdraw if he can't beat Santorum in Ohio. If he can't carry Ohio now, how can he hope to claim to be able to carry it in November, when we will need it?

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Yes, he needs to quit. It’s time.

[John Valentine]

I would have a very hard decision voting for Santorum over Romney. Both are unrepentant statists. I could vote for Obama and have a statist if that’s what I wanted.

What’s the point of having two parties if they are both going to nominate statists?

[Catsrus]

Santorum

37.5%

366,013

Romney

37.3%

363,527

Gingrich

14.7%

143,204

[LeopoldvonRanke]

MI, WA and OH.

Newt staying in throws the nomination to Mitt.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Gingrich isn’t going anywhere except Tampa.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

WY was a tossup. Idaho is the first one that he’ll win that McCain carried.

[skeeter]

Obama over Santorum - really?

You're a good example of why its never a good idea to become too invested in any candidate. One stand to lose their marbles.

[Carthego delenda est]

“Romney cannot attract the party base ~ he should take the Virginia results as a reason to quit running.”

I like that. Why debate the exclusion of Newt or Rick when we really want Romney to quit?

[Utah Girl]

Perhaps if Newt could get his ducks in a row and get on the ballot in Virginia, he might have done better than 0%. Same with Santorum, he's botched five states results with his lack of organization. In Virginia he didn't get on the ballot. In Ohio, the Santorum campaign failed to submit the necessary paperwork to claim delegates for three important congressional districts. That debacle puts 18 delegates off limits to Santorum from Ohio. (Don't automatically assume I am a Mitt Romney voter either, I am still researching and trying to decide.)

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Texas isn’t going Romney. Texas is for Santorum after his showing in OK and in TN tonight.

Santorum’s doing very well in OH - but there’s 15 percent of ‘conservatives’ that we could use right now when battling Mitt.

But I guess it’s more important to let Mitt win then see a different conservative take it.