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If Newt Can't Recover, We Should Look to an Open Convention... and That Means PALIN
Reaganite Republican ^ | February 21, 2012 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 02/20/2012 7:59:43 PM PST by Reaganite Republican

In my view, Rich Santorum is weak, a Charlie Brown type character for whom Obama (Lucie) will simply yank the ball away as we head towards massive defeat

Not thanks- if Noot can't come back I'd prefer and open convention, Palin vs. Jeb Bush or some such thing.

Mittens would lose in November due to insufficient contrast and a disgusted GOP base. I agree he's an improvement over Obama, and not a maniacal racist/marxist- BUT ...deeply resent having Romney stuffed down my throat by the GOP old guard. At this point is merely slowing the growth rate of the state sector good enough? Methinks not.

Mark me down for 'Cuda: We used to fear her polling negatives, and honestly I was glad she didn't run. But now, after how all the negative campaigning has played out... Palin looks more than worth a chance since everybody else on the GOP side has suffered similar damage from flailing negative attacks.

All I know for sure is Rich Santorum is NOT going to cut it, my friends... talk about 'settling' for the mediocre, good grief.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: convention; election; gingrich; palin
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To: Longbow1969

get lost troll.....


61 posted on 02/20/2012 9:22:45 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: Ron C.

You’ve been here with terminal PDS from day one - no credibility here.


62 posted on 02/20/2012 9:23:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: Longbow1969

Wow, another PDS troll breaks wind - how surprising.


63 posted on 02/20/2012 9:25:47 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: Parley Baer

I agree, my statement was sort of “if Newt fizzles”. I do prefer Newt as President, but if that is not to be, Sarah/Newt is great, and maybe even more “electable”.


64 posted on 02/20/2012 9:26:54 PM PST by matthew fuller (Daniel Hannan is a better "American Citizen" than any Democrat and many Republicans.)
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To: editor-surveyor
Palin would have huge congressional coattails, but I’m not sure Newt could do that.

...and that is exactly what we need! Someone to energize the base, the tea party groups to get out the vote. Palin would do that as none other since Ronald Reagan. This current crop of candidates isn't going to inspire ANYONE!

I'm mystified by all the anti-Palin Freepers who don't "get it". Sarah Palin = GOP landslide. Others = soso victory that won't accomplish much in the badly needed reforms area. Just a GOP victory doesn't necessarily translate to an America saving victory.

65 posted on 02/20/2012 9:27:06 PM PST by upsdriver (We Tea Partiers need Sarah Palin for president.)
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To: upchuck

I’ve met the real Lucy she’s very nice.


66 posted on 02/20/2012 9:27:35 PM PST by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: editor-surveyor

I hope three times this close together is enough for people to realize the GOP power structure is out to destroy mainstream conservatism period. First they destroyed Palin, then they destroyed Newt, and now the long knives are out for Rick. Just look at Drudge if you can stand it. His page is set up with a bunch of lying, misleading, trumped-up anti-Rick headlines and stories just like it was for Newt the day the ABC interview with Marianne Gingrich came out. You still barely get the sense Romney even exists from his page as it’s been all year.

And tonight on Greta one of those Washington reporter types repeated the new meme that the GOP will not let Rick Santorum win the nomination no matter what it takes, and will bring in a new candidate if Romney loses Michigan. They’re saying they’ll put him on the ballot in the 10 or so states still open and then apparently make him the winner at a brokered convention (e.g. Jeb, Daniels, Christie).

This all continues to be completely disgusting and disgraceful. This is a party that is telling us it’s not big enough for the likes of Palin, Newt or Santorum.


67 posted on 02/20/2012 9:28:17 PM PST by JediJones
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To: Lazlo in PA

Wow another troll, Laz of Low, in pa.


68 posted on 02/20/2012 9:30:02 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: editor-surveyor

I won’t get the ‘zot’ been a long time member. But conservatives should live in the real world and a brokered convention in modern American politics is impossible. And Sarah Palin is not going to run for President, too big a paycut.


69 posted on 02/20/2012 9:30:02 PM PST by Patrick1 (" Let's all pray Kim Kardashian's divorce won't have an impact on her craft.")
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To: Lazlo in PA

>>...Santorum is connecting with voters in all the upcoming Primary states and is just a few points behind Obummer in today’s Gallup...<<

If turnout in the general is at an all time record low, perhaps he has a chance. But he strikes me as neither a fighter, nor a leader. He will be a goldfish in a bowl full of sharks throughout the general. The most memorable element of his campaign so far is his sweater-vests. Yep, he’s got the “sweater-vest” constituency sewed-up.

He’s a *really* nice guy and that may be his undoing — he comes off as someone who’s never had to get some blood on his knuckles and I bet the dems get the same impression. Can he stand up to what the libs are going to dish out to whoever survives the primary? So far, he doesn’t lend very much confidence in that regard.


70 posted on 02/20/2012 9:35:26 PM PST by jaydee770
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To: JediJones

>> “Didn’t Newt basically invent Republican coattails in 1994 on a massive scale?” <<

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No, really he didn’t. He just recognized the backlash to Clinton’s overreach and jumped on the bandwagon as it rolled by. Public distrust of his ‘contract’ almost derailed it all.


71 posted on 02/20/2012 9:36:18 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: JediJones

The GOP establishment has not laid a finger on Santorum, he is their fall-back guy.


72 posted on 02/20/2012 9:39:43 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: editor-surveyor

You’re out of your mind. You obviously haven’t been to Drudge today. They are “Newting” Rick by harping on every little statement, blowing them out of proportion, taking them out of context, etc., the same exact thing they did to Newt. And you haven’t listened to the news this weekend at all. If Romney can’t win Michigan, they are planning to either destroy or pull the rug out from under Santorum one way or another. The elites simply will not accept a middle class-raised social conservative like Palin, Newt or Santorum.


73 posted on 02/20/2012 9:49:50 PM PST by JediJones
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To: editor-surveyor

UPDATE: Fox took the poll down but not before the massive voting result had Palin the clear winner-reported as;

Sarah Palin 41.54% (39,539 votes)
Chris Christie 23.34% (22,217 votes)
Paul Ryan 14.52% (13,821 votes)
Jeb Bush 11.89% (11,320 votes)
Mitch Daniels 8.7% (8,280 votes)

A poll asking who they’d support in a brokered convention setting.


74 posted on 02/20/2012 9:49:50 PM PST by upsdriver (We Tea Partiers need Sarah Palin for president.)
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To: editor-surveyor

LOL, what a load of revisionist history. There isn’t a single person out there, Democrat or Republican, no matter how much they hate Newt, who doesn’t give him credit for the 1994 takeover. It was already decided he was going to be the Speaker before the election happened. Everyone knew he was in charge of the whole thing. And the Contract with America was an extremely popular driving force behind it. Of course the Clinton backlash was part of it but there were millions of new voters. There was genuine excitement generated for the Republicans, it wasn’t simply an anti-Clinton vote.


75 posted on 02/20/2012 9:54:49 PM PST by JediJones
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To: MrEdd
Not as long as he is careful to always stand next to Wrong Paul. Paul looks like he could have one final spasm and pass away at any moment.

LOL I had forgotten about Ron Paul. You have a point.

76 posted on 02/20/2012 9:58:11 PM PST by madison10
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To: Bigtigermike; All

“Back in August...she told Hannity that “Mark my words, this will be an unusual election cycle” and then “there’s going to be a lot of coming and going” She knew something was up.”

Great observation there


77 posted on 02/20/2012 10:02:21 PM PST by Reaganite Republican
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To: editor-surveyor

New York Daily News poll results; Only vote once

Would you vote for Sarah Palin if she decided to run?

Yes 53%

No 45%

Not sure 2%


78 posted on 02/20/2012 10:04:42 PM PST by upsdriver (We Tea Partiers need Sarah Palin for president.)
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To: Patrick1

Agree. My first reaction was that this thread is unworthy of a polite response. With a runaway lead in Texas, Santorum is now the hands-down consensus grass-roots candidate. Time for Gingrich to withdraw from MI and deliver Santorum a seismic victory over Romney. With blue-collar appeal, he is without doubt the most electable candidate and comes closest to trailing Obama by a mere 8 points and that on a shoe-string budget.


79 posted on 02/20/2012 10:38:58 PM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: matthew fuller
Sarah is Mother Abagail; Obama is Randall Flagg- the “dark man”.

So so so what I am thinking since I know Sarah! Thank you for that. I was looking for a way to express the same. You did it. Thanks :-)
80 posted on 02/20/2012 10:48:56 PM PST by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
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