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1 posted on 01/04/2012 9:33:14 AM PST by Signalman
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They would rather run against Romney due to the fact that there isn’t a clear distinction between he and Obama.

Besides, I don’t really care what the democrats want.


2 posted on 01/04/2012 9:35:55 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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Romney or Santorum would be ideal for Obama to run against. Romney for reasons already explained before, Santorum because he's a decisively weak on fiscal matters (see voting record who runs on tired old social conservative zealotry that most people don't care about right now.
3 posted on 01/04/2012 9:37:32 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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Romney or Santorum would be ideal for Obama to run against. Romney for reasons already explained before, Santorum because he's decisively weak on fiscal matters (see voting record) who runs on tired old social conservative zealotry that most people don't care about right now.
4 posted on 01/04/2012 9:37:52 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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Powers even let her guard down a moment and implied that the Dems' strategy against Santorum would be to paint him as a far-right religious zealot.

That could backfire, I've already seen talking point responses on that pointing out Kennedy was also Catholic.

5 posted on 01/04/2012 9:40:05 AM PST by mnehring
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Romney. Obama is weak and if the economy doesn't improve or if Iran blows up he might lose to whoever is the GOP candidate. So they want someone who, even if he wins, doesn't cost them much politically.

Look at it this way. Would you rather run against Obama or Zell Miller if the GOP had a weak candidate. Obama might be easier to beat, but with Miller you wouldn't mind losing nearly as much.
6 posted on 01/04/2012 9:41:17 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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The democraps are probably going to GOP primaries to vote for Romney, just like they did for McCain.

The are HOPING he wins.

And the endless drivel about how he is our strongest candidate and how he is the only GOP who can win against Obama is all “Please don’t throw us in that briar patch”

(does everyone know what I mean about the ‘briar patch’ reference?)


7 posted on 01/04/2012 9:43:14 AM PST by Mr. K (Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
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BELOW IS THE RAT PARTY VIEW ON MITT.... I can’t say that I agree as I don’t think he has my support. But the RATS are concerned about him.....

Jim Messina the rat fundraiser for Obama said!

1) The extremist Tea Party agenda won a clear victory. No matter who the Republicans nominate, we’ll be running against someone who has embraced that agenda in order to win — vowing to let Wall Street write its own rules, end Medicare as we know it, roll back gay rights, leave the troops in Iraq indefinitely, restrict a woman’s right to choose, and gut Social Security to pay for more tax cuts for millionaires and corporations.

2) We’ll be facing an onslaught of unprecedented spending from outside groups funded by corporations and anonymous donors. In Iowa alone, so-called “super PACs” spent $12.9 million on almost exclusively negative ads. These groups will turn their fire even more directly on us in the weeks ahead to prove that their candidate is the most anti-Obama.

This race is officially on — and if we want to win, the only way is to out-organize them on the ground.

So the path ahead for Romney — or whichever of the Republican candidates is going to emerge from this process — is sadly and starkly very clear: to run even further to the extreme right, and make even more dangerous promises that threaten not only the progress we’ve made but the fundamental fabric of American society.

We also know that candidates who take these extreme positions can, in the right circumstances, win not only a primary but also a general election in just about any state.

Just ask the Tea Party senators from Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and the Tea Party governors in Florida and Wisconsin.

Watching the circus on TV, it’s tempting to think it’s almost funny — but this is not a joke.

We’ve got to be ready.

END OF RAT MESSAGE....


8 posted on 01/04/2012 9:43:14 AM PST by ncfool (The new USSA - United Socialist States of AmeriKa. Welcome to Obummers world or Obamaville USSA.)
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Santorum. By a mile.

The God haters and social liberals would shrink from him
like vampires from garlic.


9 posted on 01/04/2012 9:43:24 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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I don’t give a damn what Democrats want.


10 posted on 01/04/2012 9:43:58 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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My wife and I where watching the same show and saw that the people of Iowa thought Ron Paul was the most conservative by 48% to 38% mitt. My wife asked me why they would think Paul was conservative. In my opinion: Republicans and Democrats nowadays are really not different except a few tag lines or appointees. con·serv·a·tive    [kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] adjective 1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. By the first definition its Paul. Return to old values. Neither Mitt or (I dont know his first name) are returning or limiting either. I am from SC and cant wait to see some adds. Besides Obama might have to worry about a third party cause Dems are not happy with him.
11 posted on 01/04/2012 9:45:36 AM PST by Baseballguy (If we knew what we know now in Oct would we do anything different?)
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The irony is conservatives want to nominate anybody but Romney because they do not view him as conservative while Dems want Republicans to nominate anybody but Romney because they think Romney will give Obama the toughest time. Conservatives and Dems have the same wish for polar opposite reasons.


13 posted on 01/04/2012 9:46:22 AM PST by chuckee
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Romney is their man and their insurance policy. They correctly see him as the most liberal republican. They will do their damnest to beat him, but if Obama loses, they believe Romney will do the least damage to their liberal policies.


16 posted on 01/04/2012 9:48:37 AM PST by iontheball
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Whomever becomes the GOP nominee will be branded as unacceptable for any one of countless reasons. Do not wrestle with the pig in the pig sty. This election is not about their description of the GOP nominee. IT IS ABOUT THEIR MISERABLE, WRONG-HEADED, LARCENOUS, DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES THAT HAVE WRECKED THIS COUNTRY. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IS A PROVEN FAILURE, AND NOT ALL OF THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR LEGISLATION AND REGULATION HAVE HIT HOME YET.

Stay on message and repeat it over and over and over and over again. Conservatism brings back sanity.


17 posted on 01/04/2012 9:49:32 AM PST by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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Shouldn’t you ask democrats?


19 posted on 01/04/2012 9:50:39 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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This goint to be great from a horse race point of view, I can’t find Santorums campaign web site, there seems to be a google road block. Gingrich is pissed, and when someone like him gets pissed he gets even. RP has done his job by helping destroy Gingrich, but gingrich blames Romney.
Ron Paul had the foresite to have his people hang around and get elected as delegates after the caucus. Bachman is out, Perry isn’t sure what to do, Huntsman Who? NH will not vote for Santorum, McCain the man with his finger on the pulse of America, endorses Romney ‘sic’.
This is getting really interesting!!!


20 posted on 01/04/2012 9:51:05 AM PST by qman
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I’ve been praying for godly men of firm principles to rise up and take control of the House and the Senate and also the White House and then I will trust God to give those people the money and support to take back our nation.

I don’t really care who God chooses. I just want it to be His choice. So, if it’s Perry or Santorum or Gingrich or Cain, it makes no difference to me. I have my preferences but I don’t know the future the way God does. I do know Obama is only His instrument of punishment, not of mercy or glory. This is what I am praying for and I will leave the details up to Him.


21 posted on 01/04/2012 9:51:05 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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They’d rather run against Romney. First tipoff? They love Romney.

1. They’ll pretend that he’s not that bad . . . just like they did with McLame.
2. Then when he gets on the ticket, all hell will break loose.
3. They’ve had years to go through his garbage cans, toilets, and . . . don’t forget . . . the Hitlary stolen FBI files, from which Lord only knows what garbage that beast has had on him for all these years.
4. The RINOs just love this libtard and all his mandatory health care crap and, don’t forget, his unadulterated love affair with all things homosexual.

He’s a stinking democrat and should get the hell out of our party.


23 posted on 01/04/2012 9:51:45 AM PST by laweeks
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If Santorum comes out with a big name running mate, he may be ok.


24 posted on 01/04/2012 9:52:44 AM PST by goseminoles
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Who does the media always says who is winning? Then vote for the other person.


26 posted on 01/04/2012 9:53:05 AM PST by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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I’m more concerned with who I want to run against Obama.


27 posted on 01/04/2012 9:53:27 AM PST by skeeter
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