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Santorum and Gingrich Scramble for the Conservative Vote
nytimes.com ^ | January 15, 2012, 12:20 pm | MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Posted on 01/15/2012 11:59:29 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich both pleaded with conservatives on Sunday to unite behind their candidacies in a last-ditch effort to stop Mitt Romney’s march to the Republican presidential nomination.

Mr. Santorum said the Republican contest needed to quickly narrow to a two-person race between Mr. Romney and someone else, but he declined to explicitly call on the other candidates to drop out.

“I’m not going to tell anybody to get in or out of a race; I think that’s their decision to make,” Mr. Santorum said on Fox News Sunday. But he added, “We need to get this eventually down to a conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.”

Mr. Santorum said the vote of support for his candidacy by Christian conservative leaders on Saturday in Texas should persuade Republicans in South Carolina that he deserves to be that alternative.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: alternative; conservative; gingrich; mitt4romney; mittromney; newtgingrich; notromney; ricksantorum; romney4romney; santorum; southcarolina; vote
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To: Happy Rain

Your calculus is depressing but accurate.


61 posted on 01/15/2012 1:00:13 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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Perry will go back to Texas and serve again or he will retire having served well.

He won’t hang his head, he has done America proud and has been true to himself.


62 posted on 01/15/2012 1:01:43 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
I have heard that as conventional wisdom but the Tea Party supported candidates were more conservative than usual. Can't win something with nothing as they say.

Perhaps 2010 was both an Obama backlash and a conservative resurgence—I would like to think so and see more of it this November.

But as far as proving the original assumption we certainly won't if we nominate Mitt and that's a for sure.

63 posted on 01/15/2012 1:08:16 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Newt Rick or Rick cuz four more with the Twit will put America in the....")
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Well, you’ve proved my original post’s aside.


64 posted on 01/15/2012 1:08:34 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: mylife
—> Showing us he is not much of a conservative with his policies on tuition for in state illegals to mandating children to have shots (until that was rewritten)No conservative or liberty loving American would want any form of government forcing any person to have a shot.
65 posted on 01/15/2012 1:08:45 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Well this is far from an ideal situation, but I have the impression that Santorum is honest.


66 posted on 01/15/2012 1:08:53 PM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

If he starts wearing a bow tie with his sweater vest, I’ll vote for him.

[not]


67 posted on 01/15/2012 1:09:42 PM PST by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: kingu

A beautiful summary of an ugly picture.

Thanks for posting that. Conservatives -must- understand those facts, or we are back to pre-Goldwater days for at least as long.


68 posted on 01/15/2012 1:10:41 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Carry_Okie

I agree.

Some of the stuff being dredged up about Santorum is highly suspect too.

1. trying to take him down because he voted for things that were riders on comprehensive bills, as if he only voted for the problematic issue standing alone

2. trying to take him down with sites clearly coming from a leftist vent, when you look they’ve trashed Republicans to the almost total exclusion of Democrats (senate and governors)


69 posted on 01/15/2012 1:14:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This administration is Barawkward... yes lets try everything that failed in the 20th Century. NOT!)
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To: Palladin

That’s sad but the way things are shaping up.Gingrich blew it by his no show. Neither he nor Santorum have the GOP mega bucks like a hole Romney.And Paul is the spoiler the Obama machine was hoping for.


70 posted on 01/15/2012 1:14:28 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: FrankR

Once upon a debate

LOL that is funny


71 posted on 01/15/2012 1:14:56 PM PST by make no mistake
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To: Christie at the beach
Furthermore, mylife, I resent any politician giving up my rights as they think they know what is the best for the masses. This is called liberalism.
72 posted on 01/15/2012 1:15:05 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: BenKenobi
Didn't mind the profanity warning on the posting window I see;)
73 posted on 01/15/2012 1:16:22 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Newt Rick or Rick cuz four more with the Twit will put America in the....")
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Gingrich-Santorum
 
or
 
Santorum-Gingrich

74 posted on 01/15/2012 1:18:54 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: livius
>He’s also leaden, a terrible speaker, and has absolutely no chance of getting the nomination - but he’ll make sure that Romney gets it.

Oh stop with this BS already. Stop lying. How is Santorum going to make sure that Romney gets the nomination? How?

75 posted on 01/15/2012 1:18:59 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: BenKenobi

“He seems to want to handle it by taking benefits away from the already retired”

You mean he’s in favor of Social Security reform? Earned my vote!

This may win your vote, but this will lose the election to Obama for sure.


76 posted on 01/15/2012 1:19:38 PM PST by make no mistake
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To: Psalm 144

Well said. Add Paul the spoiler that has boots on the ground like Obama and a GOP funding of a used car salesman flip flop Romney and we have one huge mess that the REAL ENEMIES: the MSM,the Obama Machine progressives are LOLing at..


77 posted on 01/15/2012 1:20:32 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Salvation

A M E N! but....either one would do better with Martinez as VP,Palin as energy sec.,and each other serving in the others cabinets.


78 posted on 01/15/2012 1:23:37 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: make no mistake

Last I checked, my generation is taking it in the shorts right now.

But hey, who cares? Let’s put the debt up to 150 percent of GDP. Sky’s the limit.


79 posted on 01/15/2012 1:24:02 PM PST by BenKenobi (Rick Santorum - "The Force is strong with this one")
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Don't know his record; and don't care. The idea that he and Perry are sucking up air time and votes; makes me crazy. And of course, there is Ron Paul; doing same. Pathetic.

Show us, South Carolina; that you are better, smarter than this!

80 posted on 01/15/2012 1:24:33 PM PST by cricket (<I>Obama the Occupyer</I> must go. . .and Newt must win. . .)
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