Problem is you will pay for this Romney. I wouldn't vote for you to be dog catcher.
Absolutely! There is an online Newt Rally tonight at 8pm EST http://newtville.com/?p=106 be there! :-)
I have a solution. Howsabout if Mittens drops out. That way Paul can continue to pretend that he is a Republican while tickling the fancy of Libertarians, and Newt and Rick can talk to the Republicans about the real issues, and who is best to lead this nation out of the morass of obamanomics and the destructive and ever-increasing creep of the entitlement mentality and the (im)moral calculus that goes with it.
Newt was great! Romney and Paul are clearly working as a team, even coordinating, it seems. CNN has picked up on that too, as they clearly assisting the two in piling on Santorum. I just don’t understand Paul’s motivation.
I agree. Newt did an excellent job in the debate. He could have countered the Romney /Paul team a little bit more but overall Newt was insightful and articulate.
Rick, OTOH, did not do as well. He was under attack and they scored some hits on him, diminishing what he presents as a solid, dependable, and unchanging devotion to certain conservative principles.
His vote for planned parenthood funding and the reasons he gave were not good, IMHO. Abortion is a signature issue for him (and should be for us all) and putting him in a position where he had to explain the "politics" of why he voted for that funding because he had to in order to get other things passed punctuated exactly what is wrong in Washington and he was a part of it.
Same thing on the bail outs. He rode Romney hard on being for Wall Street Bail Outs while not being for the Car Industry bailouts and how inconsistant Romeny was, and how Romney's reasons were just political speech. And then Rommeny comes up with the fact that Santorum supported the Airliner Bail Outs and Santorum had to launch into the same type of political speech to defend it and say how in his case, "it was different." Did not wash too well IMHO, and I am a Santorum supporter.
So, Santorum did not have a good night, though I still believe he is the most conservative of the bunch.
We'll have to see how it plays out next week in Michigan and Arizona. If Romeny wins both of those by any appreciable margin it will hurt Santorum, and the great hope will then be that Super Tuesday with Newt in the South becomes the next fire break against Romney.
Just my opinion.
One thing has become apparent. It’s easy to stay above the fray when you don’t have a big bullseye on your back. At this point Newt isn’t leading the pack and therefore Flip and his hounds and his media enablers aren’t focused on tearing him apart. Romeny has no conservative creds, so the only way he can campaign is through constant carpet bombing of whatever conservative has managed to gain traction.
Romney is the poison that has resulted in all the carnage in this year’s pubbie primary season beginning with Perry. He is an absolutely loathsome individual.
Problem is you will pay for this Romney. I wouldn't vote for you to be dog catcher.
Now that it’s his turn in the spotlight, Santorum’s weaknesses are on full display. He could conceivably win the primary process still (unlikely, but possible), but he’d get chewed up and spit out by the Obama/MSM tag team in the general.
Conservatives need to rally around one candidate — someone who can beat Romney and Obama and also manage to get things accomplished once elected. Gingrich is the best fit for that role.
It’s time. The vetting has occurred. With Super Tuesday looming, those who have been withholding their endorsements for maximum effect (yes, I’m looking at you, Sarah Palin) need to make a stand very soon, to push Gingrich to victory in enough of the Super Tuesday states to take control of the nomination fight.
“When asked to use one word to describe himself, Gingrich responded with: “Cheerful.” “
I think that his answer reflected that he thought the question was inane.
Santorum's one word "courage" zinger sounded like "thee protests too much".
A fair-minded assessment of Santorum's performance knows it was a problem for him. The back and forth with Romney probably hurt Romney less.
It could help Newt keep Georgia but we can expect Santorum "winning" Michigan will be a boost into Super Tuesday. Neither will catch Romney in Arizona looking at polling released pre-debate.
The establishment tag team wants Newt out to the detriment of us all.
Still root’n for Newton..:)
at least he is not discussing Satan. Newt is on David Boze’s
show now and hitting them out of the park regarding energy policy, and hitting The One on his algae-based fuel scheme.
I’m beginning to realize that Newt is the best chance we have.