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Rick ok with new Romney hire
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| 4/29/2012
| Charllie Mahtesian
Posted on 04/29/2012 1:29:05 AM PDT by svxdave
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Oh, oh. If Rick's ex campaign manager would have been any good, Santorum wouldn't have taken such a bath in this election. Now Romney has him.
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posted on
04/29/2012 1:29:10 AM PDT
by
svxdave
To: svxdave
Rick did VERY WELL against a mega $millionaire, Romney. If I run, I want Rick’s campaign manager.
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posted on
04/29/2012 1:35:46 AM PDT
by
Sun
(Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
To: svxdave
OTOH you could say that the manager took Santorum from asterisk status pre Iowa to serious contention this spring.
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posted on
04/29/2012 1:37:48 AM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(If I had a failed one-term President, he'd look like Obama.)
To: svxdave
Oh, oh. If Rick's ex campaign manager would have
been any good had $million in personal wealth to play with and the support of the GOP establishment elite, Santorum wouldn't have taken such a bath in this election.
There. I gave your post a sense of reality.
To: svxdave
The guy is hugely talented at making dimes do the work of dollars. Not surprised Romney grabbed him as soon as he became available.
Since Sen. Santorum suspended his campaign, his campaign manager still needs to eat.
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posted on
04/29/2012 1:46:14 AM PDT
by
EnglishCon
(When life gets too much to stand - kneel.)
To: svxdave
Presidential campaigns are crazy, hectic things. You have 50 states with 50 different rules on filing. And, an equal number and even more rules and regulations for getting delegates. The candidate is not just going after the popular vote but must also get their state delegates elected. When a snafu happens there were several most glaring was Virginia somebody is not doing their job.
The biggest mistake the Santorum campaign made was to allow the MSM describe the issues.This was the failure to connect the social issue (birth/population control) to Obamacare, hence to Romneycare and his opponents (Romneys) record. .Because it is an integral part of that legislation.
Santorum could have done a lot better than he did in Wisconsin. As an example his website for the state primary campaign , Santorum 4/3/2012 ,titled for the date of the WI primary election and the first site refered by google it never got updated.
Rick must have made 20 public appearances there but none of those were posted in that site. It had the first posting and that remained there unchanged throughout that campaign despite repeated emails urging updating which were ignored. IIF YIU RELIED ON LOCAL MEDIA THERE WAS A VIRTUAL BLACKOUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LOCAL TALKSHOW HOSTS AND A MAJOR ONE FROM mILWAUKEE WAS FIRMLY IN rOMNEY’S CAMP.. Most voters were unaware of the many rallys Santorum was holding.
In Illinois delegates are an integral part of any presiential campaign I looked for postings on the FR Illinois state pages for those delegates and while there was better coverage of Santorum rallys it was not the same and was ignored during the Wisconsin promary. BTW on the Wisconsin ballot delegates are not listed.. .
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:14:56 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(The best way to punish a - country is let professors run it. Fredrick the Great p/p)
To: svxdave
Rick=a “Big Government Conservative”; Newt=a “Big Government Conservative”; both former POTUS Bush’s=”Big Government Conservatives” who endorsed Mitt Romney, awhile ago. Where’s the surprise?
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:41:30 AM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: svxdave
I don’t care if Rick Santorum MARRIES Romney.
WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR ROMNEY.
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:56:10 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: Sun
Rick did VERY WELL against a mega $millionaire, Romney. If I run, I want Ricks campaign manager.
I have no use for Romney but I can't disagree with that. They managed to pull off a tie in Michigan when Mittens defeated Mcain by 10 percentage points here in 08.
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:57:36 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Diogenesis
LOL same here and I supported Santorum.
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:59:22 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek; Diogenesis; Lancey Howard
".....has signed on as Romney's deputy national director of coalitions."
The fact that a mere "campaign" has a position of such bloated bureaucratic aura smacks of Orwellian implications.
I suppose after the election Willard can appoint him as Second Deputy Undersecretary for the Ministry of Czar Appointments.
(Either that, ot the Bureau of Magic Underpants.)
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posted on
04/29/2012 4:22:56 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: svxdave
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posted on
04/29/2012 4:29:24 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(You can be a Romney Republican or you can be a conservative. You canÂ’t be both. Pick one.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
04/29/2012 4:53:25 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
04/29/2012 5:00:51 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: svxdave
Previous to Rick Perry entering the race there were the beginnings of a Bachmann Surge.
When Rick Perry announced, there was a Perry Surge and the Bachmann Surge collapsed in its infancy.
When Perry folded in the debates, the Perry Surge completely deflated and there was a Cain Surge.
When Cain was savaged by the Gloria AllWhore All Slut Brigade, the Cain Surge completely deflated and there was a Gingrich Surge.
When Gingrich blew it in the 2 pre-Florida debates, the Gingrich Surge lessened, but did not entirely deflate and was then accompanied by a new surge, not as powerful as the previous surges, the Santorum Surge, which having come after South Carolina, never had full legitimacy and could never completely deflate the Gingrich Surge.
In all that confusion, the RINOs marched lock-step behind Romney to victory.
I’m not sure what Rick Santorum’s campaign manager had to do with any of that. As someone on this thread has already pointed out, there were big mistakes made in the Santorum campaign and it’s doubtful that the campaign manager was any good at all. The Santorum Surge would have happened as it did with or without a campaign manager.
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posted on
04/29/2012 5:25:03 AM PDT
by
samtheman
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-4gnNz0vc)
To: shibumi
Thank you both.
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posted on
04/29/2012 5:34:48 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: svxdave
This is a pretty good hire. Santorum’s campaigning was very good this year.
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posted on
04/29/2012 5:49:02 AM PDT
by
Raider Sam
(They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:27:54 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(Time for a write-in campaign...Darryl Dixon for President)
To: svxdave
On one side you have dimrat prostitutes and on the other side you have republican prostitutes (professional gop political hack operatives). The gop/e has picked their number one pimp and the gop/e operatives that sell themselves for a flight near the flame, are drawn to the source of that flame. This is normal behavior for those that sell themselves.
LLS
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:03:14 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Pray hard and often!)
To: svxdave
My reference is to people that work for whoever will pay them... they are professional political animals. Ideology and the Republic mean far less than winning. That is the context of my previous post.
LLS
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:04:52 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Pray hard and often!)
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