Posted on 03/10/2012 4:06:18 PM PST by geraldmcg
Now that Rick Santorum has won the Kansas caucus with a whopping 51% of the vote, he is very much in the running to be President of The United States. Being outspent by Romney more than ten to one, and still winning primaries and caucuses in numerous states, it is clear that Rick Santorum is far more popular with the heartland masses than the Mitt, who is attempting to buy the Presidency.
So just what is Mitt’s biggest selling point? His campaign keeps playing their ‘trump’ card mantra over and over: “Mitt Romney is the only Republican candidate who can beat Barack Obama in November.”
Where exactly do they get that? And what did they put in the Kool-aid that has been force fed to voters by the mass media? It’s got to be one of the most bizarre lies ever hatched in politics. They are totally ignoring the fact that the latest Rasmussen Poll shows Santorum AHEAD of Obama in a one to one match-up!
So instead of reporting real news like this, the major media is temporarily propping up their man Mitt, but just as soon as he clinches the GOP slugfest, the network news and newspapers will be carving him up, making a mince meat feast: Roast Romney.
Some reporters are already prepping their soon-to-be headline stories about Morons posthumously baptizing Adolf Hitler and a 9-11 terrorist hijacker! And this is just the entre. The main course includes Mitt’s ‘brutal’ Bain Capital corporate raids responsible for putting thousands of people out of jobs. Oh, and the just deserts? We shudder to think of what they might be.
In contrast, there is not much the media can do to carve up a relatively ‘boring’ squeaky clean Boy Scout like Rick.
Truth be told, the major media is afraid of a one to one match-up in November of a corrupt community organizer who may not even be a U.S. citizen vs. an all American crusader fighting Washington corruption. Bottom line: Santorum wins! But that is IF he can beat Mitt and Mitt’s fair weather media friends and the GOP ‘good ol’ boy establishment who keeps ponying up the likes of Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
What Santorum will have accomplished, should he be elected president, is fooling a great many Americans into voting for a lightweight putz. Same thing Obama accomplished.
Kenny, settle down. Only 30 thousand total votes in all of Kansas’ caucus. It’s a rounding error. SC had 20 times as many voters. Florida had 60 times as many voters. Georgia about 30 times as many voters. Tiny little caucus. Meaningless.
Yep, and let’s put Kansas and Alabama in perspective. The total votes today in Kansas would fill one third of the Alabama football stadium. Whoopee.
A win is a win,,Bet Newt wishes he had more of em.
Being the master strategist he is Newt is focused on winning bound delegates.
I can’t wait to see the look on Rick’s face at the convention when the establishment starts pressuring him for his unbound delegates. “All of your delegates are belonging to us!”
I live in Kansas, too. Kansas is generally conservative but has a serious divide between the economic and social conservatives. While I'm not surprised that Santorum won, I am very surprised by the margin. I would have thought that the country-club Republicans (who comprise the bulk of the economic conservatives) would have more strongly supported Romney and that Gingrich would have drawn more support across the conservative board. I don't think that this win should be quickly dismissed.
No, a win is not a win and only a moron would state that; A caucus is not a primary and a tiny state is not a big state and a small turn out is not a big turn out. We’re trying to find out who can mobilize masses here, not play some little game of “sweater vest BS poker.”
Get back to me when you’ve grown up.
Lol yeah thats realling working well for him lol
And Pennsylvania will have 30 times more when Rick takes his home state.
But dont lose heart lol,When Newt gets to California hes really really,finaly gonna show em,really.
” - - - “Mitt Romney is the only Republican candidate who can beat Barack Obama in November.”
Romney can also beat an egg. Before or after beating the egg, it is still an egg.
Romney”care” and Obama”care” are still Nationalized, Mandatory Medical Domination. It doesn’t matter who beats who, our loss is their gain.
Yet, Kansas has 80% of the delegates that Alabama has and the same number as Mississippi. Seems like this would be a great opening for Newt and his oratory skills since persuading just a few minds could have a disproportionately positive effect on the delegates earned. Newt's got a lot of ground to make up in delegates.
I've never seen Newt "freeze up". Got a link?
Cordially,
From a strategy standpoint, you make a good point and FTR, I have never defended Newt’s “strategy” in this regard.
I simply have a hard time letting folks pretend that 15 thousand votes is some kind of national tidal wave.
30 times more what?
Kenny, settle down. Only 30 thousand total votes in all of Kansas’ caucus. It’s a rounding error. SC had 20 times as many voters. Florida had 60 times as many voters. Georgia about 30 times as many voters. Tiny little caucus. Meaningless
And Pennsylvania will have 30 times more when Rick takes his home state.
30 times what SPECIFICALLY? Kansas? SC? Florida? Try and follow along the entire thread and not just play a game with isolated quotes.
You said Georgia had 30 times as many voters as Kansas. Implication being Rick only carries the “tiny” and “meaningless” states.
I merely pointed out that Rick will carry PA which is also 30 times the voters of Kansas when we get there.
I don’t think it is right to ask a person to back out of a race. I ask the candidates to search their heart and decide if they have even the most remote chance of winning.
I have resigned myself to the fact that Romney will win. That would be because conservatives are splitting the vote.
If this goes to convention, Romney will still get the nod.
Then “Kansas” was the simple answer to my question. I get the whole scenario. I started this particular conversation, remember?
But until he does that in PA, it is hypothetical. As a hypothetical, it is NOT a proper response to the charge that Rick only wins tiny populations that will not in any way, shape or form translate into victory in November.
The one proper response to that is Tennessee, to some extent. Besides that Rick’s victories have been tiny voter populations. Now it’s been a great strategy because its fooled a lot of people - and Faux News is pretending to be fooled because they’d rather their boy Mitt deal with Santorum than Newt - but putting the strategy aside, I will continue to point it out.
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