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Of the 'Santorum Surge' (and Gingrich Slide) in Iowa...
Reaganite Republican ^
| December 30, 2011
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 12/30/2011 1:23:47 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
Some on the right have been pumping Rick Santorum relentlessly in the wake of Herman Cain's withdrawal from the GOP primary race. Now lo-and-behold, such new media bloggers can share much of the credit for the Pennsylvania Republican's unlikely rise in the Iowa polls over this last week, particularly those who got behind him early and/or put boots on the ground.
Sure do love his platform... as I do Bachmann's. But the problem is that this 'Santorum surge' is coming purely at Newt's expense- and a direct result of underhanded scumbag Mitt Romney and his ma$$ive war chest, training the heavy guns on Gingrich 24/7 in Iowa. Now it's rumored that Michele Bachmann's surprisingly vicious attacks upon Newt -while largely laying off Romney- means she's angling for a VP slot.
Seems to be going to evil plan for Mittens, with Newt taken down a few pegs by a fullisade of harsh, negative ads, suddenly he's out front in 'conservative' Iowa... with the only worse candidate than him -Ron Paul- right up top there with him... great!
This is precisely why I switched my support from Bachmann to Newt... she and Santorum lack the requisite skill set/political stature to beat Romney and Obama and then run the country, and to me backing such candidates at this point will only hand the nomination to Romney... maybe the WH back to Obama, too. The 'anybody could beat Obama' argument is pure fantasy, the Dems still enjoy many advantages in the areas of organization and lack of scruples... and there's a large block of barnacles that will vote 'D' no matter what.
We are to pick a race horse here, that's a HUGE part of this-
I don't think one can afford to be too fickle about the color, esp if you are advocating that we bet the fate of the USA on a lame, uncharismatic candidate like Santorum that got whipped by 20 lengths last time he hit the track... just because he ticks all the boxes.
Sure, I wish there was a bit more conservative candidate who could beat Obama and was qualified to be president... but there isn't, Newt Gingrich is simply as good as it gets for the GOP this round. He's still up 2.4% nationally, and can be expected to sweep the south from SC-on... riding that string of victories on to the nomination, imo.
You could do a lot worse, my fellow conservatives...
Newt in the Wall St Journal:
Ronald Reagan's economic guru Art Laffer has endorsed Newt, as well... calling him an 'amazing' man with a pure "Reagan-Kemp" economic plan.
He went on to say that none of the other GOP candidates can hold a candle to Gingrich's record of 'getting things done in Washington' :
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: georgia; gingrich; hermancain; iowa; massachusetts; michelebachmann; minnesota; mittromney; newtgingrich; pennsylvania; ricksantorum; romney; ronpaul; santorum; santorumsurge; texas
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posted on
12/30/2011 8:25:46 AM PST
by
rbmillerjr
(Conservative Economic and National Security Commentary: econus.blogspot.com)
To: Lazlo in PA
We agree on a lot Lazlo, but to me Santorum has no charm at all, Obama would beat him... I’d bet money on it
He comes across as a whiner to me... I always got a negative vibe, he’s just not an impressive person... I’d rather go back to Bachmann
To: show
Agreed in full... I expect Gingrich to sweep the south
To: rbmillerjr
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
But it alarms me to see the MSM manipulate the so called “Conservative base” in this manner. That same “Base”, that prides itself with being above media manipulation and capitulation. It's the laughing stock of the entire nation. Yes, conservatives are being manipulated by polls.
First they tear down Palin, and they play up Bachmann. Then they tear down Bachmann and they play up Perry. Then they tear down Perry and they play up Cain. Then they tear down Cain and they play up Noot. Finally they tear down Noot and they play up Santorum, a candidate who is no more conservative than Noot and who doesn't have the resourses to run a national campaign and they do it right before the Iowa caucus.
What we have now, a week before Iowa, is Palin, Bachmann, Cain and Perry on the trash heap, we have Newt and Santorum splitting the anti Romney vote, and we have Mitt leading in Iowa and NH.
And we now have good conservatives on this board thinking that the latest poll driven flavor of the day is some how better than the others and miraculously rising in the polls.
Sorry to say it, but what has happened is pathetic.
To: Nervous Tick
Anyone who pimps for Arlen Specter rather than support a good conservative like Pat Toomey doesn’t have the judgment to be POTUS
Newt never backed a RINO over a Conservative, did he? NY 23 comes to mind off hand. Slamming a Candidate for a single endorsement is silly.
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posted on
12/30/2011 11:05:34 AM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: USS Alaska
Like I said before, read the whole sentence.
It seems, the first part of the sentence was only copied and the rest left out.
Here is the full sentence in full context.
This is what I actually wrote....
" I don't care what the Newt punks say, when they say that those who don't support Newt are helping Romney, I was supporting Herman Cain before he dropped out, and Newt was not even on the radar at the time. "
As I said, painting what I said with a broad brush....
Not all Newt supporters are saying that those who support anyone but Newt are helping Romney..
To: American Constitutionalist
" Anyone who pimps for Arlen Specter rather than support a good conservative like Pat Toomey doesn’t have the judgment to be POTUS. " ....
Yeah, and Newt supported RINO Dede Scozzafava, so what's your point ?
To: American Constitutionalist
A good conservative like Toomey who supported the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell ban in the military ? and ? also supports the repeal the ban of sodomy and bestiality in the military ?
You got to be joking , right ? seriously ? a good conservative who supports those things ?
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
" The entire Iowa fiasco has become a spectacle of stupidity. It's a Clown Show, in the likes of Barnum and Bailey. "
Of course, if Newt was in the lead in all the polls in Iowa , Iowa would be great, and great intellectuals, Mega Sarcasm.
To: Yaelle
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posted on
12/30/2011 7:52:51 PM PST
by
mlizzy
(And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
To: Caipirabob
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posted on
12/30/2011 10:44:29 PM PST
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: nathanbedford
I like Santorum, but the Santorum surge is nothing but a siphon of votes for Newt. I truly wish he and Bachman would step down for the good of the country.
But they won’t — so what does that say about them?
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