Posted on 01/25/2012 4:51:48 PM PST by lovesdogs
Newt was running late to our rally today in Coral Springs by about an hour and half. But instead of causing folks to leave, it provided an opportunity for many more to show up. Hardly anyone from the establishment GOP of the county came to the rally. But Tea Party activists of note were all over the place with one of them, Chad Lincoln, acting as emcee and giving updates until Newt arrived.
Of course we were not without drama. Many Ron Paul nuts were out and about. I have never witnessed so many of them showing up in one place. They are rude, crude, and impossible to tell apart from obots were it not for their signs. They were dirty, glassy eyed and one dude was even wearing bedroom slippers. Then there were the real obots. One of them even heckled Newt and got slapped down big time.
All in all it was a great day. Here are some pics to enjoy.
I see the Paulinistas were out there too.
Thanks for posting! It’s interesting...there’s a lot of young people in that crowd, and also a lot of people who appear to be of Hispanic descent. I think Gingrich has a really broad appeal because, if nothing else, he’s authentic.
Some good examples here as to why Obama got elected.
Thanks for that “after action” and the photos.
There really were a lot of young folks there. A Coral Springs (private)HS Repub club and a college Repub Club had small speaking parts and they were so polished. When you compared them to the Ron Paul kids, well there was really no comparison.
I also found it interesting that one of the speakers said the polling was showing that Newt was getting 39% if the vote by mail ballots already cast. He said nothing about who was second or any other numbers. I figure that around 18% are going either paul or mittens and maybe 2 to 3% others. Those numbers make me a little nervous.
I meant 18% going paul or santorum. Sorry about that.
Why do you say that?
Here is a pic of Newt I snapped when I met Calista and him on the day of the primary.
Do you expect any less from cultists? As we speak, paulbots are irritating webmasters the world over by spamming weather forums, gaming forums, automobile forums, foreign language forums, etc, etc. They are modern day Larauchies, only even more annoying.
“I see the Paulinistas were out there too.”
Yeah it appears the only place they can find a crowd is at a Newt campaign rally. GO NEWT GO!
Nice crowd.
From other posts I've read today, I believe that a total of 17% of Republicans voted absentee. Of those, Mitt getting 51% and Newt 39%. Assuming most of those were cast at least one week ago, I would say Newt is in a great position to win Florida.
If there were a total of 500,000 votes cast in Florida, I calculate:
17% = 85,000 total absentee
51% of absentees to Mitt = 43,350
39% of absentees to Newt = 33,150
83% yet to vote = 415,000
41% to Newt = 170,150
32% to Mitt = 132,800
Totals:
Newt = 33,150 + 170,150 = 203,300 (40.7%)
Mitt = 43,350 + 132,800 = 176,150 (35.2%)
I'm basing this on the most recent polling showing Newt up 41-32%. I think it is trending even more strongly towards Newt with each new day (just compare crowd sizes at stops by each candidate, for example).
I think with Gingrich we really have a candidate that younger people can respect. He’s smart, he doesn’t talk down, and he’s positive and also an interesting, authentic personality.
I read that something between 14 and 17% of Floridians have already voted (and remember, some absentees may have voted when Perry was still a candidate). I live in Florida, and I saw an interview somewhere with a voter who was complaining that they had already voted for Romney but wanted to change their vote now. I am wondering if this might not bring changes to the early voting procedure, which gives way too much time, considering how things can change.
I think the big lead time was done to include military absentee ballots, which the Dems have always been attempting to disqualify. But the thing to do is to make the military get a better system for letting the troops vote, and have a 3-day (or so) early voting period for people who prefer not to go stand on line, are going to be out of town, or whatever.
I think I agree with you on the absentee ballot guesstimate. Most of those people tend to be most suseptible to the argument that mitt is the best hedge to a second obama term.
The 83% yet to vote number is of concern though. That would have to include early voters. Many hands went up today when the question was asked “how many of you went to vote early for Newt?” Even though I poll watch every chance I get, it is still hard to figure out how early voting pans out. We have those who always vote absentee, those who only trust election day voting and those now who will trust or might even prefer early voting. At any rate, we have only until Tuesday to get our answers may God guide us all.
Thanks for the post and pics!
Go Newt! WooHoo!
Thanks for the ping RedMDer!!
Thank YOU, lovesdogs, for the post and pics!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.