Posted on 01/30/2012 12:25:59 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Confident of victory in the Florida primaries tomorrow but afraid it might not be big enough to derail challenger Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney's team is moving to play down talk he will win by 10 points or more. "The win will wind up big, but we're not going to get double digits," said a key advisor.
Several polls today have Romney's lead increasing to a Real Clear Politics average of 12 percent. Only three of nine of the most recent polls have Romney's lead in single numbers, with the highest being a 20 point lead in a Suffolk University poll released over the weekend.
What's driving the Romney team to downplay expectations are indications that the nasty campaign is angering voters and might put the brakes on the surge of Romney voters to the polls. "Romney's message is clearly resonating in Florida, but the race has been very fluid and Gingrich's negativity is bringing the discourse down," said the advisor. As a result, he added, the vote could be depressed.
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Did I not hear and read these same kinds of comments back in 2008 and we got four years of Zerobama to punish those McPain supporters for not towing the hardshell line. Now I am reading and hearing the same in 2012. Maybe come 2016 Zerobama will pull a Roosevelt because the once proud Republian party will be split to sunder with so many purist splinter groups there will be no credible opposition. I can see ole Barry Obama and his Chicago thugs smiling at the thought of him being king for whatever life is left in this country.
I think you have just insulted me and the owner of Free Republic along with TEA Party conservatives who stand on principles.
Tea Party Patriots, Conservatives, Christians RISE UP!! Defend America, Life and Liberty!!
If Romney is the nominee, he and the GOP can GTH.
Even George Soros said obama and Romney are the same.
Take your high-minded GOP crap and spew it to someone else.
McCain got our votes because of Sarah Palin.
Romney can’t name a VP to make us vote for him.
As an ex-mormon I can never support the mormon cult controlling the leader of the free world. If Romney is the nominee, I will vote for Obama. My scars give me pernission.
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