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Gingrich Campaign Plots Against Romney ("..strategists admitted he was the most qualified..")
NewsMax ^ | March 15, 2012 | Matt Towery

Posted on 03/15/2012 7:21:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It was unbelievable: As soon as Newt Gingrich failed to win both Alabama and Mississippi in the GOP race for president, most members of the mainstream media and political strategists with whom I talked readily admitted, off the record, that he was the most qualified among the Republican candidates to serve as president.

Now these are objective pros that have been around presidential politics for years. I have no doubt they were telling me the truth because these folks only tell you this stuff when it is relatively clear that the candidate is no longer a viable alternative.

The Gingrich campaign is pushing the concept that, by staying in the contest, Speaker Gingrich could help take away enough delegates to deprive Mitt Romney the numbers needed to have the GOP nomination locked up by the time the candidates reach the convention in Tampa, Fla.

Obviously, as a lifelong friend of Gingrich's, I am not going to argue with their decision to press forward. Their frustration is that their candidate knows more about foreign policy and defense matters in his little finger than the other two leading candidates know in their entire body.

It is likely they find it incredible that a man who could outdebate Barack Obama in virtually any format is now in this predicament. I don't blame them if they feel this way.

But the reality is that no camp agrees with any other camp's delegate math. Romney, who has spent a fortune to amass his delegates, believes the numbers suggest that he will have no problem locking the nomination up by or before the last contested state. And that may well be true....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: delegatemath; gingrich; newt; newt2012; newt4teaparty; romney; santorum; teaparty; teaparty4newt; visionary
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To: Lady Lucky

Santorum is kidding himself, as people do on ego trips, bent on winning a nomination he’d waste, and the country be damned but he must have the hollow victory.

Ok. I will bite. I absolutely have zero problem with a Newt nominee. Now you tell me after winning two states how he is going to get the nomination at the convention. There is no way that he will get the nominee even there with 2 small wins under his belt. Things could have been different. He could have run his campaign better. Skipping almost every state was not a good idea. He ran hard in MS and AL and lost. The very places that he is strong in. I don’t know why people won’t vote for Newt. I think it is that people find Santorum more conservative, principled, family values candidate. The thing people don’t understand about Santorum is that he will get the blue collar workers who can’t stand Obama right now. Newt is going to fight Obama over the “higher educated on paper and higher income” type of people....problem is there is not enough of them.


41 posted on 03/16/2012 6:36:49 AM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: napscoordinator

The vitriol from some Freepers toward Santorum borders on insanity.
And I agree with you that “a few’ Freepers would like to see Rom. win for less than noble reasons.

It’s interesting that Rick supporters don’t bash other candidates with one tenth of the degree of nastiness as our esteemed “angry” Freepers. To me, it says alot about the quality of the people who are supporting Rick...and conversely, the character of the people who are supporting ______.


42 posted on 03/16/2012 6:38:34 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Lady Lucky

“as people do on ego trips,”

Hmm..LL, this actually applies to one of the OTHER candidates, dont’cha think?


43 posted on 03/16/2012 6:41:52 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: napscoordinator

Great response to LL, naps.


44 posted on 03/16/2012 6:43:07 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Mountain Mary

Thanks! Have a great weekend!


45 posted on 03/16/2012 6:46:46 AM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: napscoordinator

Wouldn’t surprise me if Newt is finished. Voters go where herded by the media, they fall for good looks or smooth talking.
Voters are stupid. Look who’s POTUS.
Conservatives need to face the reality of the 21st century voter’s brain. It’s diseased; by decades of chronic poisoning. In 1980 there were still enough sane, rational, civic-minded Americans to get Reagan elected. Not now.
Conservatism needs a good salesman and a miracle worker just to stay on message, never mind prevail. To prevail we probably need to make blood run in the streets, and we are not inclined that way.


46 posted on 03/16/2012 6:51:51 AM PDT by Lady Lucky (Gingrich 2012: Open Throttle for America)
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To: Mountain Mary

Why, of course. At least one.


47 posted on 03/16/2012 6:53:18 AM PDT by Lady Lucky (Gingrich 2012: Open Throttle for America)
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To: napscoordinator
Is anyone as shocked at the millions and millions of dollars spent by Romney on this campaign? it boggles my mind. 25 MILLION in Fla alone! 10 million in Iowa attacking Newt.

I was looking forward to the debate in Portland..hoping some very urgent issues would be discussed and also have noticed noone is asking about the UN. Wanted to hear the candidates talk about the soldier in Afghanistan; more clarity on what the hell we are doing in Africa and of course more on the economy. The tv ads, journalistic hit pieces just dont do it for me...I prefer verbal exchanges on ideas between the candidates and NO there hasnt been enough debates.

As for LL...she is right on Santorum. He needs to get back to the economy and address how he will deal with it. Off the contraceptives and porn ...it will hurt him if he doesnt do a turn around.

48 posted on 03/16/2012 6:58:01 AM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: Lady Lucky; Mountain Mary

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2859843/posts

I think we are being duped anyway. I have decided that all the infighting between Newt and Santorum supporters are for nothing. The establishment is going to force Romney on us whether we want him or not. I am so disappointed. We had a prime opportunity for a conservative (either Newt or Santorum) and we are going to be STUCK with Romney. I can’t get behind Newt because he can’t get people to vote for him so Santorum just seems like the logical pick and he is great. But I think we are going to get screwed. This is so depressing.


49 posted on 03/16/2012 6:59:06 AM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: katiedidit1

Read my 49. I would love to hear from you on this....Thanks!


50 posted on 03/16/2012 7:07:23 AM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: napscoordinator

You notice, this year has been set up to favor the establishment guy, even if he loses. LOL

No wonder turnout is poor. There is also a reminder in your link to us voters that the delegates are also establishment folks, so don’t get uppity. Good grief.


51 posted on 03/16/2012 7:22:54 AM PDT by dforest
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To: WOSG
That ‘electability gap’ is the #1 reason ...

How many times have the media and establishment lied to you about "electability"?

Do you remember Bob Dole, McCain, Ford, etc.?

52 posted on 03/16/2012 7:31:48 AM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: napscoordinator

Take heart,naps. The Inevitable One is vulnerable. Trust me.


53 posted on 03/16/2012 7:45:52 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This post is dedicated to Americans who want a Statesman for President:

“When I was speaker, we balanced the budget for four years, and when Santorum was in the leadership, they borrowed $1.7 trillion,” Gingrich said. “There’s a big difference between fiscal conservatism and politics as usual.”

54 posted on 03/16/2012 8:12:24 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
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To: napscoordinator
It is very disheartening. I believe that Mitt will be the nominee..however, I also believe the gop E has been sent a message and will have to include Newt and Santorum in part of the deal. I mean they should have some bartering power at the convention and a role to play in the republican party IF they want to maintain a huge part of their base.

I hope they fight until the very end and force Romney to battle for every single delegate to the nth degree.

55 posted on 03/16/2012 9:59:13 AM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Newt has 175,000 contributers. If they gave another $200 on average that would be an additional $35 million dollars.

We can still pull this out.


56 posted on 03/16/2012 2:25:55 PM PDT by Bizhvywt
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To: napscoordinator

“Get morals and you find the economy will go along with it.”

George W Bush was moral. He left the economy in chaos.


57 posted on 03/16/2012 2:31:32 PM PDT by Bizhvywt
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To: mtrott

Agreed. I also wonder why it is that folks assume that if either Mitt or Rick is the nominee that all of the R money will get behind them (if it’s truly ABO) but that if Newt is the nominee it won’t? The money will be there for the R candidate, shouldn’t the candidate be a knowledgable one who can get the job done? I’d put any supposed PAST “baggage” of Newt’s up against the CURRENT baggage of BHO.


58 posted on 03/16/2012 4:37:07 PM PDT by Taxachusan ("Let me be clear...and cheerful." #withNEWT)
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To: varina davis

He is going to scare the heck out of a LOT of voters, but do you know what scares me more? When he leaves office and another BHO (or worse) gets in and uses the precedent to advance his/her agenda.


59 posted on 03/16/2012 4:40:58 PM PDT by Taxachusan ("Let me be clear...and cheerful." #withNEWT)
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To: Bailee

OK, so we get a brokered convention.
Who would we end up with?
Mitch Daniels? Bobby Jindhal? Jeb Bush?
(please, not another Bush).

Perry?!? Pawlenty?!

If it was anyone who’s running, including Newt, it begs the question of why they couldnt close the sale in the primary.

At least it would stop Romney, but it has maybe a 1% chance of happening IMHO.


60 posted on 03/17/2012 9:55:00 AM PDT by WOSG (Anyone But Obama)
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