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GOP Strategist: Republican Establishment Fears Down-Ballot Disaster If Newt Wins Nomination
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| January 23, 2012
| Wynton Hall
Posted on 01/23/2012 10:47:02 AM PST by redstateone
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To: redstateone
Limbaugh is talking about this now. He said they don’t feel they can beat Obama so all they care about is controlling the money in the Senate. WE THE PEOPLE ARE SICK OF SUCH WUSSES WHO WILL NOT STAND UP AGAINST A RADICAL IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE KNOW WUSSES CANNOT BEAT OBAMA. EITHER GET WITH THE PROGRAM OR GET OUT OF THE WAY! WE THE PEOPLE ARE COMING!!!!
To: redstateone
Pulling out alllllll the stops...they want a RHINO, not a Bull...and Newt has a few scores to settle and they don’t want him in their china shop. Heh heh heh ... watching these corrupt bastards scurry is priceless.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:52:11 AM PST
by
jessduntno
("'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." - Adolph Hitler)
To: redstateone
“GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who previously served as Sen. John McCains senior campaign strategist”
Tell me all I need to know.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:53:29 AM PST
by
devildognc
(We've lasted through the preliminary bouts; the main event is coming up. But it's not for sissies.)
To: redstateone
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:53:41 AM PST
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: redstateone
On the heels of Newt Gingrichs trouncing of Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary, Republican Party brass are privately expressing deep concerns that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrichs high unfavorable rating in national polls could prove catastrophic to the so-called down ballotthe House and Senate races under the presidential raceand may even threaten the Republican Partys control of the House of Representatives... They're actually afraid Newt might win. That's what the elitists are afraid of. The possibility of having a conservative in the White House with a Tea Party GOP Senate and House scares the living hell out of the Ruling Class.
To: redstateone
So, ah, basically the Establishment is already conceding the election to Obama. At least John McCain waited until 3 weeks before the election to basically concede and tell us we have nothing to fear from an Obama administration.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:55:13 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(If U don't believe you can win, then there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day.)
To: redstateone
There really is a risk. What gets you the presidency can ruin the outcome in the congressional races. That said, you can also be too smart by half.
Maybe if the republicans in congress started exercising their conservative muscle, they’d have a better chance.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:56:02 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: redstateone
These were the same people that said last year that their primary goal in 2012 was winning a senate majority and increasing their house majority—NOT winning the presidency.
I’m sure someone can dig up the memo, but they made it pretty clear they were willing to leave Obama in office another 4 years to achieve those goals. That’s why they were pushing Romney. Not because they thought he had the best chance of winning, but because they thought the GOP would do better in senate and house races with Romney at the top of the ticket—even if he lost.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:57:20 AM PST
by
Brookhaven
(Mitt Romney has been consistent since he changed his mind.)
To: redstateone
The only threat the Republican members of the House of Representatives actually see is that their gravy train will end once Newt Gingrich is President.
Note the following:
When Speaker Gingrich allowed Representative John R. Kasich of Ohio, the budget committee chairman, to try to rally House Republicans around a conservative blueprint for more than $100 billion in new savings, the moderates refused to back it.
It was the so-called moderates who pushed Gingrich out of Congress. He left because too many Republicans refused to stop eating off the body of Uncle Sam.
Oh yeah, and many of those Republicans are still in Congress. They are part of the ongoing problem of business as usual in Washignton, D.C. Under a Republican president, they added over $3 trillion to the federal deficit, shunned conservative policy in favor of Beltway influence-peddling, and so damaged the GOP brand that we lost the majority Gingrich had worked years to forge.
Do you really think any of us should give a damn that Newts fabulous colleagues think his reemergence would be a disaster for Republicans? No.
The elections of 2010 were NOT a merit promotion; the Republicans were the only alternative in town!
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:57:20 AM PST
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
To: redstateone
Down Ballot will be ALL TEA PARTY VICTORIES!
THAT is what they fear!
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:57:26 AM PST
by
G Larry
(We need Bare Knuckles Newt to fight this battle.)
To: redstateone
down ballot fears mean we get rid of a bunch of incumbents. Sounds good to me.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:57:38 AM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: devildognc
GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who previously served as Sen. John McCains senior campaign strategist Schmidt is the ass-wipe attack dog for Mutt supporter, Juan MeCain.
Schmidt is the one responsible for all the bad Palin press coming out during the MeCain/Palin 2008 campaign.
To: cuban leaf
The RINOs and Democrats are the exact same. All they believe in is power and money. If the RINOs took a poll and it favored communism, they would support communism. They have no core beliefs.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:58:41 AM PST
by
bigdirty
To: devildognc
GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who previously served as Sen. John McCains senior campaign strategistLOL. When I first saw the headline "GOP Strategist: Republican Establishment Fears Down-Ballot Disaster If Newt Wins Nomination," mu first thought was: "GOP strategist? Obviously not a very good one."
Turns out I was right.
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posted on
01/23/2012 10:59:29 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Obama: As American as nasei goreng)
To: redstateone
The RINO's are fearing this because it is one of the RINO Gang's brethren that Newt just trounced, and they fear that the people are so excited by Newt's stance on it that all the RINO's cushy jobs are at stake.
I think that the people will be so excited by all this that they will vote straight GOP on the "down" ballot that the GOP could very possibly take both houses. BUT, they may also replace a bunch of establishment RINO's with real conservative who ARE ready to fight for the people.
This is a non-starter...
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posted on
01/23/2012 11:00:16 AM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
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To: redstateone
Got news for them. I am much more inclined to sit out the next election with Romney at the top of the ticket than Newt. I will likely show up either way, but a vote for Romney would be just a “no” vote for Obama, where a vote for Newt would be a vote FOR Newt.
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posted on
01/23/2012 11:00:35 AM PST
by
cincinnati65
(We've been taken for a ride - by Wall Street and Washington DC - Welcome to Amerika!)
To: redstateone
GOP Strategist is an oxymoron.
All Gingrich has to do is get people to the polls. I think there will be huge turnout if Gingrich is nominated.
-PJ
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posted on
01/23/2012 11:00:44 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
To: Thane_Banquo
"They're actually afraid Newt might win. That's what the elitists are afraid of. The possibility of having a conservative in the White House with a Tea Party GOP Senate and House scares the living hell out of the Ruling Class." As it should. They ought to take their medicine now, however. It would be much much more bitter in a bankrupt, post-United States America. Right now they will lose their influence and some perks. Then, they could lose all. Perhaps they think they will be lucky like Putin, rather than unlucky like Ceaușescu.
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posted on
01/23/2012 11:01:42 AM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Preparation ZOT, for prompt relief from annoying romnoids.)
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