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  • Campaign surfing: Romney up in Michigan; Newt on a tear

    02/21/2012 9:05:14 AM PST · by Red Steel · 36 replies
    Rochester city newspaper ^ | February 21, 2012 at 10:29am | Mary Anna Towler
    The latest news on what Newt Gingrich is correctly calling a roller-coaster ride: Mitt Romney is now leading in Michigan, according to one poll.Real Clear Politics says Romney's leading Santorum by 2 points in a new Mitchell/Rosetta Stone poll. Santorum's still slightly ahead in Michigan in the RCP poll average, but the gap between him and Romney has been narrowing in the past few days.The Michigan primary is next Tuesday.Among other campaign-circus stuff found this morning during my surfing:Politico's "Mitt's Burn Rate a Boon for Obama.""Mitt Romney is burning through cash�more than twice as fast as he's raising it, new...
  • Newt's Honorable Option

    02/19/2012 3:36:10 PM PST · by VinL · 178 replies · 1+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 2-19-12 | McCullough
    Just after the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich--or his minions--put considerable public pressure upon Rick Santorum to stand down, to get out, to leave the race. Santorum's response was simple. If he began to come in last in any series of races, he would do so. Santorum went on to explain that he had won as many states as Newt had at that point, so there was no need to go anywhere. That was five states, 3 Santorum victories, and several instances of bottoming out by the Gingrich campaign ago. The Gingrich people will not like what I have to...
  • Rick Santorum Receives Another Boost With 27 Point Lead In Texas Grassroots' "Consensus Candidate"]

    02/20/2012 10:13:16 PM PST · by Steelfish · 18 replies
    Telegraph(UK) ^ | February 20, 2012 | Peter Foster, Lutz and Jon Swaine
    Rick Santorum Receives Another Boost With 27 Point Lead In Texas Rick Santorum's claim to be the unifying grass-roots candidate in this year's Republican nomination contest has received another boost after a new poll placed him 27 points ahead of his rivals in conservative Texas. Mr Santorum's emergence, particularly in the all-important Midwestern states such as Iowa and Ohio caught many pundits by surprise By Peter Foster20 Feb 2012 The poll is yet another fillip for Mr Santorum, an evangelical Catholic with blue collar roots who has surged in the polls in recent weeks, eclipsing his fellow conservative Newt Gingrich...