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Gingrich goes all in for big North Carolina prize; a question and answer
McClatchy Newspapers ^ | March 20, 2012 | Rob Christensen

Posted on 03/20/2012 10:08:54 PM PDT by true believer forever

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia said Tuesday that he plans to start campaigning in North Carolina next week ahead of the state's May 8 GOP presidential primary. He talked by phone with staff writer Rob Christensen about his prospects, his differences with the other candidates, and his hopes for a brokered convention.

"Look, Sen. Santorum voted against the right to work law. He voted for every minimum wage increase. He actually offered a minimum wage increase of 21 percent himself. He voted consistently for Davis-Bacon to help big labor and increased the cost of construction for every local government in the country. He even voted against waiving Davis-Bacon in emergency situations like Hurricane Katrina. I think we represent sort of different wings of conservatism." (Davis-Bacon is a 1931 law that requires governments to pay the prevailing local wage on public works projects.)

"My proposals are much bolder than his. My American energy plan would lead to $2.50 or less per gallon of gasoline and is much bolder than either Romney or Santorum. My proposal for a 15 percent flat tax as an option is bolder. My proposal to replace the civil service laws with a modern management system is much bolder. So I really represent more of the Reagan visionary stream of conservatism. And that makes me disinclined to want to get out of the race."

(Excerpt) Read more at bnd.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brokeredconvention; newt; newt2012; northcarolina; primary; santorum
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To: caww

This is excellent, and the fact it is so short, more people are apt to watch it. Newt doesn’t even engage his brain and he has them on their feet with one sentence! Santorum doesn’t even belong to the club..


41 posted on 03/20/2012 11:22:21 PM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: true believer forever

“he’d get that panicky look on his face”

The deer caught in the car lights :)


42 posted on 03/20/2012 11:22:26 PM PDT by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: true believer forever

In a poker tournament, if you go all in and lose the hand, you are finished and cannot continue. Is that what the author had in mind?


43 posted on 03/20/2012 11:32:15 PM PDT by The people have spoken
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To: true believer forever; Lazlo in PA; parksstp

Yup, they have also had plans to colonize Mars. Heck with $16T national debt and $2T budget deficits and having just scrapped the space shuttle, and NASA budgets strained to the limit, this is just what we need.

Elections matter. Newt is placing third or last place. He needs to end this fiasco and stop enabling Romney to march into the nomination. Enough is enough. He enabled Romney to squeak by a 3% win in his home state of MI and win OH by a hair’s breadth of under 1%. With an embarrassing 7% tally in IL, when does he not continue to further damage the anti-Romney vote and make a fool of himself in the process. Every commentator on FoxNews, CNN and anywhere you turn to now believes he’s toast and he’s only in it for his own ego. Once you drop out, no one then talks about you. Just ask Cain, Bachman, and Perry. According to ABCNews/WashingtonPost his un-favorability ratings among women have now hit the stratosphere around 60% negative and even his favorability ratings among men is dropping like a rock. Meanwhile Santorum, according to Rasmussuen, beats Obama in four core states. Even ostriches after a while pull their heads out of the sand to get their bearings. Time for Gingrich and his band of followers to do likewise.


44 posted on 03/20/2012 11:34:41 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: true believer forever
As infuriating as it can sometimes be, there is something to be said for the people who dig in and don't desert their candidate, no matter what.

Being a Newt supporter, then, is sort of like being a Cubs fan?

45 posted on 03/20/2012 11:42:54 PM PDT by Kazan (Mitt Romney: The greater of two evils)
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To: Kazan

No, being a Newt supporter is being principled and understanding what unparalleled experience, depth of knowledge, courage and intellect look like - and supporting them in a candidate - no matter how much the talking points candidate, and the sanctimonious candidate, capture the electorate with their lies and hypocrisy. Newt’s not running for Pope and he’s not running to sustain the status quo.


46 posted on 03/20/2012 11:51:06 PM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: Steelfish
Every commentator on FoxNews, CNN and anywhere you turn to now believes he’s toast and he’s only in it for his own ego.

Well, if they say it's true, it must be true. At least we know where you got your talking points.

47 posted on 03/20/2012 11:55:18 PM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: Steelfish

There you are living in a state that just voted in a bald moonbeam as governor, where they force you to join a union if you blink because that is such hard work, and surcharge you to breathe above water, and you talk about embarrassment? LOL.


48 posted on 03/21/2012 12:10:21 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: VideoDoctor

okey dokey pokey, coming up!


49 posted on 03/21/2012 12:16:06 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: mylife
The public loves to vote themselves some freebies.

I know, but I try to focus on the 50% who don't, and grow them. It's difficult, but not impossible.

50 posted on 03/21/2012 12:21:44 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: jessduntno
He better win a few more states.

Would you like to help Newt and make calls from the national phone banks into Louisiana? They really make a difference. You just need to go to the network and click on Make The Call. I bet if you try, you will like it very much. It's addictive!

www.newtsnetwork.com MAKE THE CALL!!

51 posted on 03/21/2012 12:24:47 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: The people have spoken

No.


52 posted on 03/21/2012 12:26:07 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: true believer forever

Rush talked extensively the other day about the critical importance of winning NC is for the GOP in the general election. At least, there was an article by a guy and Rush seemed to like the theory. Apparently, so does Newt. Anyway, if Newt pulls this off it will be a real slap in the face to the GOP-e, and very big in the event of a brokered convention.


53 posted on 03/21/2012 12:26:25 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
Rush talked extensively the other day about the critical importance of winning NC is for the GOP in the general election.

do you remember why it was/is so important? do you mean for Newt or for the GOP in general?

54 posted on 03/21/2012 12:28:40 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: true believer forever

Rush said there are basically a handful of people in some NC version of the silicon valley who hold the next election in their hands. Rush said this is why rat big-shots have been lurking around NC in such heavy numbers for the past half year. And why the rats were so upset that Perdue announced that she wouldn’t run for re-election.


55 posted on 03/21/2012 12:33:25 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Christie at the beach

Au contraire. A perfect gentleman, and team player, who realizes at this late stage he needs the near-miracle of three more states to come in FIRST in order to even be nominated (name placed in nomination) at the GOP convention in Tampa, would realize that the battle is over, and time to a) suspend; b) endorse the remaining anti-Romney; and c) release delegates and urge them to vote for the anti-Romney. We can much more easily “deny Romney further delegates” under the united Santorum banner, along with the endorsements of Perry and Cain and (marginially, Palin) which would also follow because of their support of Gingrich, than we can under the split, internecine banners of two conservative candidates, one eligible to go up against Romney in the RNC Tampa Roll Call of the States, and one who isn’t even there yet (under Convention Rule 40(b). )


56 posted on 03/21/2012 12:41:11 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (If Free Republic morphs into a supportive site for Romney, I'll conclude my 13 year participation.)
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To: Lancey Howard
Rush said there are basically a handful of people in some NC version of the silicon valley who hold the next election in their hands. Rush said this is why rat big-shots have been lurking around NC in such heavy numbers for the past half year. And why the rats were so upset that Perdue announced that she wouldn’t run for re-election.

Exactly how do they "hold the next election in their hands"? I can't make any sense of that or what it means.. money-wise, voter-wise, influence-wise?

the dems are there because they think they can flip NC to obama, and that would be really important, but I don't understand why so much more important than other southern states... and if you think I am just too stupid for words, I'll understand if you don't answer. I just never heard this scenario before..

57 posted on 03/21/2012 12:45:06 AM PDT by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: true believer forever

Here’s the whole thing from the Master himself. You will understand completely:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/16/theory_election_hinges_on_north_carolina


58 posted on 03/21/2012 1:02:44 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: AmericanInTokyo

You are talking to the wrong person..

Shut the door when you leave....


59 posted on 03/21/2012 1:03:52 AM PDT by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: true believer forever
the dems are there because they think they can flip NC to obama, and that would be really important, but I don't understand why so much more important than other southern states... and if you think I am just too stupid for words, I'll understand if you don't answer. I just never heard this scenario before..

In an interview in early '09, David Axlerod described in detail that they hinged their entire election strategy on a few small communities in VA. He said if they could get exceptional turn out in just a couple towns in Northern Virginia, they would tip the states electoral votes to them.

That is the type of small details that the Rats are tying to recreate this election cycle. You don't need to spend money and time in the entire state to win it. You only need to focus on handful of super voters that you think you can secure to win. That is where this small number of NC voters in a small NC area come into play. The Regime has calculated that securing them would tip the state and the electoral votes to them.

60 posted on 03/21/2012 1:12:08 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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