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Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Guessing The Course Of The GOP Primaries
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| 11-15-2007
| Hugh Hewitt
Posted on 11/17/2007 6:12:35 AM PST by TAdams8591
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Hugh's correct. The race is now between Romney and Guiliani.
To: Abbeville Conservative; asparagus; Austin1; bcbuster; bethtopaz; BlueAngel; Bluestateredman; ...
A good and thoughtful analysis by Hugh Hewitt.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:16:04 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: TAdams8591
Bump.
The despicable push-polling in Iowa is emblematic of the desperation of folks whose candidate couldn't or wouldn't outwork Romney and see their sole salvation in an alliance with pure unadulterated bigotry.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:18:00 AM PST
by
JCEccles
To: TAdams8591
The race is between Rudy and the rest of the Republican party. Rudy will never get enough delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot. It will be a brokered convention, which weighs in favor of Thompson more than Romney. Hewitt underestimates Thompson’s strength in the South, the Rep national power base.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:20:54 AM PST
by
kabar
To: TAdams8591
Rudy will get some of his backers to slyly slip just enough money to Huckabee to help him make a challenge to Romney and blunt his (and Fred’s) showings in IA/NH/SC.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:23:54 AM PST
by
George W. Bush
(Apres moi, le deluge.)
To: kabar
Would it not be a good thing to have a brokered convention? Imagine the exposure for GOP candidates, and ideals as the MSM covers the first such race in decades. Queen Hillary would be an afterthought till the MSM (oops, I mean Democrat) convention in the summer
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:24:45 AM PST
by
MCCRon58
(A man unwilling to fight for freedom and liberty, deserve neither. (Ain't much of a man, either))
To: TAdams8591
If Rudy or Romney gets to be the Republican nominee for POTUS, we will just have one party, The Republicrat Party.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:25:08 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
To: MCCRon58
I agree. We would also get better candidates. In many ways, the smoke filled rooms did a better job of selecting nominees than the democratic open primaries, which are more a function of money than anything else.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:26:37 AM PST
by
kabar
To: TAdams8591
The Republican base hates the MSM with a passion Can't speak for anyone else, but I hate the MSM a lot more than that.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:36:02 AM PST
by
freespirited
(I'm voting for the GOP nominee.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
There is a HUGE difference between Rudy and Mitt. Mitt is THE conservative alternative, running on a conservative pro-life Reagan platform, while Rudy’s platform differs little from the typical Democratic presidential candidate, and he will have next to nothing to distinguish himself from Hillary, including all the corrupt political baggage.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:38:32 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: George W. Bush
January will be quite telling.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:39:31 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: TAdams8591
"Hugh's correct. The race is now between Romney and Guiliani." Uh, that's not what he said. With Fred garnering the NRLC endorsement (arguably the biggest of it's kind) and strong rumors that the NRA may soon endorse him, Mitt might want to keep his receipts so he can get a refund from those TV & radio stations and newspapers. IMO, both Rudy and Mitt are unelectable, for very different reasons (corruption, morals and issues w/Rudy, Mormonism and flip/flopping for Mitt). It is sad that many can't see past a man's religion, but there it is. Everyone here knows that Hugh Hewitt is 100% behind Mitt Romney, and that's fine, it's a free country. But wishing for something doesn't make it so....
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:39:44 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: freespirited
You have a lot of company. : )
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:40:33 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: TAdams8591
You must know that Romney’s record is the extreme opposite of “conservative pro-life.”
Just this year as he has run for president he is running as a conservative, but his sincerity is obviously doubtful.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:46:24 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: TAdams8591
If the race goes down to the wire, I don’t think there’s any doubt that Fred will carry Texas in the Primary.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:47:39 AM PST
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"A prediction: When Senator McCain exits the race he will throw his support to Rudy, and that will hurt Giuliani with the regulars. That's when the race gets very interesting, when only Romney has the cash and the organization to go one-on-one with Rudy. And then we will finally get the debates we deserve: Giuliani v. Romney -- on the war, the economy, judges, taxes, and immigration.
It is a two man race. It has been for a long, long time.
Texas votes on March 4. If Romney hasn't already run the table, that's when the GOP will issue its verdict. George W. Bush's state is going to decide whether the Massachusetts governor or the New York City mayor will carry on the polices that W set in motion."
Though Hugh's been more supportive of Romney than any other candidate, it's never been 100%. Furthermore, he's been touting Rudy lately.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:50:46 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: iowamark
"You must know that Romneys record is the extreme opposite of conservative pro-life. Just this year as he has run for president he is running as a conservative, but his sincerity is obviously doubtful."
Please quit that vicious truthing about Willard! He's a "conservative" now, so bringing up his past as a liberal RINO governor of Massachusetts and him running to the left of Ted Kennedy is just not done on a Mitt thread.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:54:30 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: iowamark
Despite what he SAID when running for Governor, Romney's record as Governor is pro-life, and the reason he has always had the support of pro-life groups in MA.
See freeper Unmarked Package's homepage.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:54:55 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
To: Iwo Jima
FYI. Here is an
article regarding the race indicating that it may come down to Texas as the deciding state. Who knows how it will play out but many are of the opinion it's Giuliani vs. the field. Hewitt seems to indicate that money will favor Romney and it may but I also think that Thompson could find funding should he show well on Super Tuesday.
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posted on
11/17/2007 6:56:03 AM PST
by
deport
(>>>--Iowa Caucuses .. 46 days and counting--<<< [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Your entire post is nothing but hyperbole and you want to talk about truth telling?
In a state whose legislature is 85% democrat with a similar composition in the electorate, Romney pushed MA as far to the right as it would go. His effort was nothing short of commendable. Given the hand he was dealt, do you honestly think you could have done better?
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posted on
11/17/2007 7:03:47 AM PST
by
TAdams8591
((Mitt Romney '08, THE ONLY candidate who can defeat Giuliani and Hillary ))
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