Posted on 01/30/2012 4:55:36 PM PST by FresnoRobert
Agreed. Santorum can and will win with support. If no one voted for Gingrich in South Carolina, would there be calls for him to drop out. I hope not.
LOL. They always emerge. Never fails.
Santorum on BOR’s.
His thinking is fanciful.
The more I see of the campaign the more I believe Newt to be the most if not the only electable candidate we have, he has the most experience combined with uncommon intelligence and communicative skills. He has the abilities and capabillities we need at this time and he is a fighter with a proven record of being able to advance the conservstive agenda and to stand for right even against the leadership of his party and the sitting President of the United States George Bush. We need an extrodinary man for these extrodinary times and that is Newt Gingrich. I will vote for and support Rick Santorum if he gets the nomination, but that is highly unlikely, it is more likely that his staying in will give us Romney.
Interesting isn’t it?
Santorum is considered by some as a steadfast conservative but I remember him endorsing Snarlin Arlin over Pat Toomey.
The more I see of the campaign the more I believe Newt to be the most if not the only electable candidate we have, he has the most experience combined with uncommon intelligence and communicative skills. He has the abilities and capabillities we need at this time and he is a fighter with a proven record of being able to advance the conservstive agenda and to stand for right even against the leadership of his party and the sitting President of the United States George Bush. We need an extrodinary man for these extrodinary times and that is Newt Gingrich. I will vote for and support Rick Santorum if he gets the nomination, but that is highly unlikely, it is more likely that his staying in will give us Romney.
>> Agreed, but the comments to follow will not be reasoned or logical. :-)
Give it a rest. Santorum is a humorless, big government statist as far as POTUS is concerned.
LOL!
These memes on Santorum are old and tired. He will have nothing to do with getting Mittens elected. Mittens massive money and support from the Elitists/MSM is why he is ahead in the polls (if the polls are to be believed). Simple as that.
What are the chances a losing senator from PA is the best candidate to go against obama? I mean, RLY?
When did senators of all elected offices, suddenly become vogue? In ‘08?
That’s no way to compensate for Rick’s inadequacies, but funny nonetheless.
Santorum is the man. Anything else is not conservative.
I see math, statistics, and social demographics must not have been your strong point in school.
So, if the primary results end up as the polls have been indicating for the last few days where Romney is in the mid-40’s and the sum of Newt and Santorum’s numbers don’t exceed Mitt’s, what will your excuse be next? Will it be to go back and hammer Bachmann and Cain like you were doing 24/7? Perhaps you’ll blame Perry for not coming back with a second endorsement in FL. It’s always someone else’s fault with you, isn’t it?
So let me get this straight:
Last month, it was Romney 40%, Newt: 27%, Santorum: 12%
Then after the Newt surge:
Newt: 42%, Romney: 30%, Santorum 12%
Then after the Romney surge:
Romney: 44% Newt: 31%, Santorum: 12%
Santorum has basically been at the same 12% for the last 3 weeks regardless of who has surged. His 12% obviously had no direct impact on Newt’s ability to win FL when Newt had 40%+ by virtue of leading Seniors and Hispanics in the state, which make up a much larger base than Santorum’s Evangelical support. Yet, when Newt started to lose his lead to Romney among Seniors and Hispanics, you want to go put the blame on Santorum even though Santorum’s support remains virtually unchanged? Where I’m from, we call that a cop out.
I know things like facts and numbers are hard things to comprehend for people like yourself, but take a moment to figure it out and do the math. If Newt wins both Seniors and Hispanics, he’d be in the driver’s seat in FL, regardless of whether Santorum got 12% or even 20%. Newt did NOT lose his lead to Santorum voters, he lost his lead to Romney voters and vice-versa.
If Newt falls short tomorrow in FL it’s because of what I just listed above, not because of Santorum. To use Santorum as a scaptegoat is despicable and dishonest.
Great point, and being realistic? None.
We'd be assured of a repeat of '08 should he get the nomination but he doesn't have a chance. It's either Newt or the liberal mittens and when Newt gets the nomination we'll send Zer0 packing in the general.
In a letter to supporters, Gingrich called the Nov. 3 special election “an important test” for the party in advance of the 2010 mid-term election. Scozzafava is “Our best chance to put responsible and principled leaders in Washington,” he said.
Actually I am a fan of none. I voted for Perry here in NH (one of his 10 votes).
In the end, I will walk on glass to vote AGAINST Obama.
That is what I call a great answer. Nice to hear some occasionally.
Yet he is more conservative than Newt!
That’s a fact. Anyone voting for Santorum, especially in Florida, is voting for Romney and it will not be forgotten here.
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