Posted on 01/17/2012 3:32:52 PM PST by Jim Robinson
RealClear Republican Presidential Polls as of January 17:
South Carolina, Monmouth University: Romney 33, Gingrich 22, Paul 12, Santorum 14, Perry 6
South Carolina, Rasmussen Reports: Romney 35, Gingrich 21, Paul 16, Santorum 16, Perry 5
Florida, PPP (D): Romney 41, Gingrich 26, Santorum 11, Paul 10, Perry 4
Florida, Sunshine State News/VSS: Romney 46, Gingrich 20, Santorum 12, Paul 9, Perry 3
Nationwide ABC News/Wash Post Romney 36, Gingrich 16, Santorum 13, Paul 16, Perry 9
Nationwide Gallup Tracking: Romney 34, Gingrich 15, Santorum 15, Paul 12, Perry 6
Like it or not, the trend has been clear for weeks. If we wish a conservative to be our nominee, Perry should drop out of the race and we should coalesce around Gingrich or Santorum. As long as all three or even two of the three remain in the race the conservative vote will be split and RINO Romney will get the nomination.
Gingrich should challenge Santorum to a series of Lincoln-Douglas style one-on-one debates and if there is a clear winner, then the loser should drop out, or in the very least, we may be able to better decide which one is better suited to take on Romney and Obama.
May our very best conservative take on and defeat Romney/Paul and then wipe out Obama!!
Its true Jim; Perry and Santorum have failed to improve their position in any meaningful way; it is time for them to take the pill and endorse their successor. They’ll only look like stalking horses for Mitt if they stay in any longer.
There are just simply way too many voters that dislike Santorum for him to be a VP choice. Its time for him to concede and look statesmanlike.
Yes! We need to rally to Newt. If either Santorum or Perry would join forces with Newt. We Conservatives can beat zero like a drum in the greatest lib defeat in history and turn America back into the ‘Shining City on the Hill’.
Come on Sen. Santorum and Gov. Perry, Fight for America!
Support Newt! Defeat OBAMA!
Very astute analysis. Dead on. Thanks.
Go Newt!!
There are way too many voters on FR who dislike the fact Santorum is a real unapologetic Catholic for them to accept him as a VP candidate. That doesn’t mean he is not a good or viable VP candidate.
I agree Jim but I’ve seen this movie before and doubt the egos will allow it to happen.
I think everybody should vote for Herman Cain. That way nobody is supporting a candidate they don’t want, but we can beat Romney in South Carolina. And we have Steve Colbert helping us.
I agree with you, Jim. I don’t want Santorum out this early. There is a chance Gingrich can shoot himself in the foot. And like palin says, steel sharpens steel. I liked Perry last night too, but maybe he should be the first to take one for the team.
Santorum has not fizzled. In fact, he probably won Iowa, making him tied with “ historic “ Romney. And his wife in her 20s before she met him was with an older, unsavory type whom her parents didn’t like. Shock of shocks. No other young 20-something girl has ever been rebellious like that.
I can’t disagree with you much, except to say that Santorum can stay in a bit longer especially if Romney doesn’t win SC. After SC, it may be his time to take his hit for the team too. But maybe Perry can help now.
Santorum would make the best, most conscientious, conservative President. He’d be a good steward of the Presidency and would not scare us to death with any sudden listings to the left like an Italian cruise ship. We won’t ever wake up Monday morning to find Santorum in the park on a bench with Nancy Pelosi.
But he doesn’t have the command of intellect and history, and the debate zingers like Gingrich. Still, Newt would not be a very stable or trustworthy President. It takes a special amorality to cheat for YEARS on one wife, and to cheat at some point with all your wives, and to tell your mistresses that oral ain’t sex, and to try and bring down your political opponent due to a sex scandal when you yourself are participating in one too. Gingrich has some amazing talents. I loved him last night. But beware. That’s not the whole package. He may not be suited for anything but the campaign.
On Monday, Laura Ingraham interviwed Santorum, and on Tuesday, she interviewed Gingrich.
Listen to both interviews, and maybe it will help you make your decision:
http://www.lauraingraham.com/mediabits
Both audios are Freebies!
Tell me about it. In all my years coming here, that's the first time I've ever seen someone demand to be zotted.
I agree with your assessment. Santorum is more likely to go with the establishment. He was a senator, after all.
Perry isn’t in the tank for anyone.
They can barely stand each other.
In his book “Change” and in January 2008 when Newt was on ABC's “This Week” he stated and I quote, “We are at the end of the Reagan era.”
The next day Rush Limbaugh let the RINO have it.
Rick Perry swayed a lot of SC voters on Saturday afternoon during the women’s forum with Frank Luntz. He is the real deal. I would say he’s going to Florida.
After SC, Perry, Santorum and Newt need to call a press conference and announce, “We are living in historic, perilous times in American history where our Constitution is under attack by the potus. We are at this time taking a historic stand together by two of us immediately dropping out of the race and endorsing (whichever of those 3 wins SC) in order to advance the Republican candidate who will protect the Constitution and individual rights as the next potus.”
It would be monumental and ensure a win against Romneycare AND zero!
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