Santorum camp asking conservatives to pressure Gingrich to drop out

MSNBC ^ | March 6, 2012 | Andrew Rafferty

[Bobbisox]

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Mr. Newt will take it all the way to the Convention and he will win there! Time is on his side, and he has the Bold Solutions, and the Bold message. Time will give this to Mr. Newt! I feel it in my heart!

EAGLES UP MR. NEWT!

[trappedincanuckistan]

I’m thinking no.

[Slings and Arrows]

Agreed. As long as Newt stays in he will clip more delegates from Romney, and will have more leverage at the (hopefully open) convention.

[TheBattman]

Newt isn’t getting out until Romney is crowned the nominee. If you listened to Newt’s comments in Georgia this evening, then you would know he intends to stick it out to the bitter end.

[advertising guy]

NUTS

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Why doesn’t anyone ever tell crazy ronny to get out?
He is background noise and the few delegates he gathers will do nothing but cause trouble. I freakin despise that selfish old coot.

[Mark]

..he's the one who can compete against Mitt Romney," Brabender said.

Then why not ask Romney to drop out?

[ReneeLynn]

No, no and heck no!

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Yes, Newt needs to go.

[RIghtwardHo]

If Newt had pulled out, Ssntorum would have won in OH tonight. But what Newt is going to do is hang around long enough to throw this to Romney. Newt has a marginal base, horrible favorables, and stands as much chance as me as winning the nomination. The question really is, why does Newt want Romney as the GOP nominee??

Santorum 2012

[newzjunkey]

FoxNews says Newt takes 70 delegates tonight and Santorum 60.

Romney smacks them around with 200.

[SueRae]

EFF THAT!

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Ohio shows the folly of this reasoning. If Santorum had Newt’s +15 in Ohio, he would have won the full slate there.

Newt is dividing enough votes and letting Romney pick up the votes that he needs to win the nomination outright - no brokered convention.

Newt, after tonight - cannot force a brokered convention. Romney and Santorum won too many delegates.

[advertising guy]

RuPaul is at that age where rubber chicken tastes goooooooood.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It’s time. Newt needs to do the right thing for this country and the Conservative cause.

[achilles2000]

Now that he has a Secret Service entourage, Newt won’t drop out. Very clever of the administration.

[Parley Baer]

“FoxNews says Newt takes 70 delegates tonight and Santorum 60.”

There are a number of Santorum’s delegates that are un-committed. Rick sure is whiney these days. GO NEWT GO!

[achilles2000]

“Then why not ask Romney to drop out?”

I’ll sign up for that!

[WellyP]

Santorum, STUFF IT!

[LeopoldvonRanke]

And conservatives take another hit. Newt needs to go.

GA is done, and he isn’t going to win anymore states, anywhere.

He’s made his point, he can win his home state, but what else can he win? He was third tonight in Tennessee and third tonight in Oklahoma.

Santorum is now the favourite to win all the upcoming states over Newt.

[mckenzie7]

Santorum needs to drop out and back Newt.

[newzjunkey]

Once again nothing's ever Santorum's fault.

Just as he did for Michigan, Newt didn't campaign for Ohio and Santorum couldn't beat Romney one-on-one.

[Piranha]

Among states that Romney won, in Michigan and Ohio the total of Gingrich/Santorum votes exceeds Romney votes.

Romney’s votes are greater than the combined Gingrich/Santorum votes in Florida, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia (where only he and Paul were on the ballot), Washington, and Wyoming.

Newt has won Georgia and South Carolina.

Santorum has won Colorado, Kentucky, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

[mylife]

In other words, Newt Is closing on Rick with delegates.

[MestaMachine]

Oh, for crying out loud! Newt frikking CEDED every state but Georgia to santorum and santorum choked. Stop it!!!

[org.whodat]

MSNBC, yes a real trusted source.

[trappedincanuckistan]

So much for Rick’s “big night”.

Does this account for Rick’s problems in Tenn and Ohio?

How about the fact he may not get 20% in Georgia?

[txrangerette]

Santorum has delegate problems in Ohio.

Full slate there?

Uh, no.

[Antoninus]

Unfortunately, Gingrich is now toast. He should drop out and endorse Santorum. If he did that, Romney's path to the nomination is much more difficult.

If he stays in, the "not Romney" vote remains split.

[mylife]

Good point.

[Piranha]

Sorry, Santorum has won Tennessee, not Kentucky.

[advertising guy]

Newt is about to find more than enuf coal to run a 4 wheel drive train.....Santorum is gonna go back to playin Icabod Crane tryin to rope sheep.

[Born to Conserve]

It’s Newt, or I just don’t care.

[montanajoe]

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Well put...

[txrangerette]

Where else can he win besides GA?

What is South Carolina...chopped liver?

[napscoordinator]

The weird thing with next Tuesday, MIssissippi and Alabama is this:

1st place gets 32 delegates

2nd place gets 29 delegates

3rd place gets 26 delegates

And that is combined for both states. It has been a very weird primary with the dismal amount of delegates given out.

[org.whodat]

There is no such thing as an uncommitted on the first vote. Party rule.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

That’s the third state that Newt Gingrich has thrown to Romney.

Newt has only delivered two states, and cost us three. He’s a liability.

[trappedincanuckistan]

Santorum might’ve won the % vote in Ohio, but still would have lost the delegate count to Romney because of delegate problems.

[Mmogamer]

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I agree,,,

[napscoordinator]

It was probably some low level staffer who is saying this. Again both Rick and Newt are adults and will make the decision on their own one way or the other. All this back and forth is not helping anything.

[Piranha]

What are the three. I can only think of two: Michigan and Ohio.

[Gator113]

Dear Santorum camp......screw you.

[Brad’s Gramma]

"We're never going to call on anybody to get out, but what we are calling is on Tea Party supporters and conservatives is to rally behind the only candidate that has demonstrated over and over again that he's the one who can compete against Mitt Romney," Brabender said.

Okey Dokey!!!!

Go NEWT!!!! All the way to the White House!!!

[Steelfish]

YES<YES<YES< for the sake of the nation.
GINGRICH IS UNELECTABLE!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2855603/posts

[newzjunkey]

What escaped you is the delegate count taken tonight which FoxNews puts at 200 for Romney, 70 for Newt, 60 for Santorum, 10 for Paul.

It's the count that matters. What good is a win if you can't get the delegates? Ohio isn't the only state where Santorum's campaign fumbled. Among the highlights, he's also got the same slate problem in Illinois and isn't on the DC ballot.

[Christie at the beach]

Let me think on this.

Okay, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trappedincanuckistan]

Mississippi?

Alabama?

Texas?

[mylife]

It’s like its set up to go to a convention.