Posted on 02/27/2012 5:49:15 AM PST by publius321
I heard Newt Gingrich say on Saturday that he expects Romney will likely have a good day on Tuesday. This I believe is Newt’s subtle way of releasing his supporters to vote for Rick Santorum in Michigan where he is polling 8% and also low in Arizona.
Newt is sagacious enough to know that while he cannot ask his voters to do this, he knows that Santorum dealing Romney's campaign a mortal wound on Tuesday would be the best chance of making this a one on one race between himself (a strong conservative) and Santorum (a strong conservative).
Mitt blew $50 million of his own personal fortune in 2008 chasing his legacy. That’s a very significant percentage of his total estimated $250 million estimated net worth – and that’s not all liquid. From that we can presume that he is not about to make another such ridiculous gamble of the family fortune this time around as his smear campaign is currently being funded largely by "super-PACS".
The bottom line is that if he loses Michigan, you will quite possibly see a substantial quantity of that PAC money disappear. That’s the way it typically works with PACS. They typically chase performance as their real motive is to be in the good graces of whoever they see as likely to be in power.
So not only would Mitt Romney look severely weakened, his cash transfusion upon which he depends to do his dirty work would be as well.
With Romney’s inevitability mantra out of the way, the PACS would likely diversify between Santorum who is strong in the mid-west and possibly some of the northern states and Newt Gingrich who is strong in the south and West (where conservatives should coalesce around Newt to continue to bury Romney as long as he remains in the race).
This is how I know that Newt Gingrich wants his supporters to vote for Rick Santorum in Michigan and Arizona. His 8% do him no good there. Newt is not even campaigning in Michigan. As much as Newt supporters may want to actually vote for their candidate, most will understand that they are not helping their candidate at all by voting for him. It's ironic but a vote for Newt in Michigan and Arizona is a vote for Mitt Romney.
After this Tuesday I will be saying the same thing to states where Newt Gingrich is the leader such as Georgia. In some of these southern and western states, a vote for Santorum would be a vote for Mitt Romney. I personally voted for Newt Gingrich here in Florida because he was the conservative with the larger margin going into the election.
At this juncture this election is one of conservatives against the minority liberals who seek to once again hi-jack this party and it is bigger than either Rick or Newt as individual candidates.
It will be fun to listen to the pundits on Wednesday talk about what we just did. None of this would have been possible without the grass-roots capabilities provided by websites like http://www.Freerepublic.com and social networking.
Let’s go and make some history together.
Here’s the strategy: (The video is at my blog linked above. If I had the capability to do so, I would prefer to post it here.)
God bless.
Scott/Publius321
The Newt worshipers on FR would rather see Romney win the nomination than vote for Santoum.
“1. I don’t think Rick is Reagan and have not said that.
2. I am not saying that Santorum is a true fiscal conservative. I am demonstrating factually that he has consistantly been better than Newt. Ron Paul is better, but he has significant other issues that prevent me from supporting him.
3. I have doubts about Newt and Rick. Right now conservatives seem to only have a choice between those two. I think people should know the truth about their fiscal records.”
We need to focus on beating the socialist Romney. I don’t care who wins - as long as it is ultimately Newt or Rick.
“I don’t remember any of Rick’s people suggesting they vote for Newt in FL to stop Romney. I am real tired of this, don’t vote for Newt vote for little Ricky so we can stop Romney, crap. That is all we have heard on this site since Ricky’s “big” wins a couple of weeks ago. If your boy can’t seal the deal on his own then he doesn’t deserve to win. I urge everybody to vote their conscience and support the candidate of their choice and let the best man win.”
People who are prone to crushes are silly.
You don’t remember any Santorum supporters saying to vote for Newt in Florida? Well, you can look at my post here at FR on the day of the Florida primary where I announced that am a Santorum supporter voting for Newt. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2840623/posts
Or- did I hack into FR and make this time-stamped column today and the 60+ comments from other freepers?
It is time for conservatives to stop worring about which candidate it is ultimately and worry about NOT being hi-jacked by the socialist imposter Romney.
Well good for you. You are one person, some may or may not agree with your assumption that Newt wants us to vote for Santorum via telepathy.
If I hear Newt express that sentiment then okay. But until then, it may be wise to state your personal opinion as just that.
This is what I did in FL............etc.
BTW, I am a conservative woman and a Catholic. FWIW, I would take the penitent Augustin (Gingrich) over the self-righteous Pharasee (Santorum) any day of the week.
One teaches Forgiveness, Mercy and Humility, while the latter teaches only self-righteousness, judgement amd pride.
I am a FORMER Catholic and long time “Protestant” - although I never use titles for myself other than believeing in Jesus and accepting the gift of salvation.
“BTW, I am a conservative woman and a Catholic. FWIW, I would take the penitent Augustin (Gingrich) over the self-righteous Pharasee (Santorum) any day of the week.
One teaches Forgiveness, Mercy and Humility, while the latter teaches only self-righteousness, judgement amd pride.”
By calling Santorum a Pharisee and accusing him of not being humble and calling him self-righteous - you have no idea how judgemental you sound because Only GOG Himself can possibly know that.
If someone clearly commits a sin like stealing let’s say - it’s -not- judgemental to call them a thief - because God judged that when he said stealing is a sin. Same with adultery...etc.
Only God can see the heart of man. Can you see Rick Santorum’s heart? Tell me more.
By the way, The title about Newt is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I don’t expect ANYONE to think I’m a clairvoyant.
Will Santorum respond in kind?
Oops. Only God Himself, no GOG.
I can only speak for myself as a Santorum supporter who gladly voted for Newt here in Florida as I wrote here that very election day: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2840623/posts?page=2
I believe that the majority of conservatives know this is a battle to defeat Romney and will reciprocate as I did on 1/31.
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