Taking Aim at Santorum: The Romney Campaign Misfires.

Weekly Standard ^ | February 11, 2012 | JONATHAN V. LASTS

[Cowboy Bob]

I will support either Santorum or Gingrich.

But, has either vowed to overturn Obamacare if they become President?

[newheart]

There were no delegates at stake in Missouri, yet Romney wasn’t simply beaten in the exhibition. He was crushed, losing by 30 points.

In 2008, 42,218 Coloradans caucused for Romney. This year the number dropped by almost half, to 23,012.

[In Minnesota] He went from 25,990 caucus supporters in 2008 to 8,222 this time around.

Yes, but according to the Dems, the media and the GOP establishment Romney is the most electable.

[Reily]

Gingrich has spelled it out!
He will ask the Congress after being sworn in to repeal it and have it on his desk for signature when he is able to sit down in the oval office.

[editor-surveyor]

Most “eluctable!”

[kjo]

Gingrich vowed to overturn Obamacare at CPAC yesterday.

[eyedigress]

He is the only candidate to swear what he will do. I believe him. Let’s ask Romney or Santorum what they will do on day one and whether or not they will do the same as Gingrich. If they dance around it then you know they are establishment politicians.

[LALALAW]

Let’s all quit buying into the media’s and punditocracy’s narrative. The people will decide through votes not polls. Gingrich is not dead and Santorum’s recent wins do not make him thhe front runner. Romney is neither conservative nor inevitable. Personally, I believe Newt will do well through Super Tuesday and the up-coming debates. Long way from being over.

[Venturer]

Romney cannot run on his own liberal record , so he attacks the records of others.

I can vote for either Gingrich or Santorum, right now I like Gingrich better.

[eyedigress]

Gingrich wants the bill on his desk on day ONE. He knows if he wins we have taken the Congress. The liberal scum will cow-tow and step and fetch. They care more about their power and pension than this nation.

[newheart]

Most “eluctable!”

LOL. If Romney gets the nomination, they might even have to add that word to the dictionary.

[combat_boots]

I am now going to refrain from using the word ‘severe’ in any of its forms for awhile after Mitten’s CPAC speech.

[Lakeshark]

Both of them have vowed to overturn Obamacare if elected.

Newt (in his CPAC speech) has given a pretty bold plan how to do so if he wins.

[tanknetter]

In 2008, 42,218 Coloradans caucused for Romney. This year the number dropped by almost half, to 23,012.

[In Minnesota] He went from 25,990 caucus supporters in 2008 to 8,222 this time around.

That's more of a factor of the nature of the last few GOP primary battles than anything else. They've really boiled down to the "establishment" candidate vs. the "non-establishment" candidate.

Romney did better in 2008 because he was the alternative to John McCain ("Juan McShamnesty"). Now that HE'S the establishment candidate, Conservatives are flocking - and have been flocking this entire primary season - to the not-Romney flavor of the week.

I just wish we had better not-Romney alternatives than either Gingrich or Santorum. While I find them both preferable to Romney, I'm not really enamored of either of them as the GOP nominee.

[editor-surveyor]

Only Newt has vowed to repeal Obamacare.

(did it again yesterday at CPAC too)

[editor-surveyor]

Santorum and Romney have called parts of Obamacare ‘cruel’ or ‘inappropriate’ but failed to promise a total repeal like Newt has.

[GulfBreeze]

Yes they both have. Santorum has repeatedly.

[GulfBreeze]

They BOTH have promised to repeal it, reverse it eliminate, call it terrible names and fart in its general direction.

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Only Newt has vowed to repeal Obamacare.

Wrong. From Rick Santorum's website, in bold letters:

Repeal and Replace ObamaCare with Patient-Centered Healthcare

Within that heading:

THE SANTORUM HEALTH CARE SOLUTION

•Priority number 1 = repeal ObamaCare and its burdensome job-destroying bureaucracy, taxes, mandates, and heavy-handed government decision-making… and replace it with market-driven, patient-centered alternatives to increasing health care access and affordability

[Mountain Mary]

Agree, LA.

It’s ridiculous to get taken in by polls, pundits or Fox News.
Long way to go until this race is decided and anything could happen.

ABR.