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Ron Paul is Mitt Romney’s best (Iowa) friend
The Washington Post - The Fix ^ | 12-13-2011 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 12/13/2011 9:02:02 PM PST by TitansAFC

Want to know the key to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney winding up as the Republican presidential nominee? Two words: Ron Paul.

The Texas Congressman’s strength in Iowa — there is a legitimate case to be made that he will win the Jan. 3 caucuses but more on that later — coupled with his willingness to go after frontrunning former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in often quite personal terms make him perhaps the critical x-factor in Romney’s winning calculus....

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newt; paul; romney; ronpaul

1 posted on 12/13/2011 9:02:08 PM PST by TitansAFC
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To: TitansAFC

No wonder old Mitt is pushing Ron Paul the last couple of days!


2 posted on 12/13/2011 9:03:38 PM PST by TitansAFC (I will never, EVER, under any circumstance, EVER support Ron Paul over ANYBODY.)
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To: TitansAFC

Yes, because a divided conservative vote is Willard’s only chance. Willard is not in control of his own destiny.


3 posted on 12/13/2011 9:27:06 PM PST by Timaeus (I will vote for any GOP nominee but Willard Mitt Romney)
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To: TitansAFC

Ron Paul diminishes greatly after Iowa and completely flames out after NH


4 posted on 12/13/2011 9:27:17 PM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: TitansAFC

Paul is a mini-spoiler. No way he could get the 19 points or so that Perot got.

The potential for a bigger spoiler is ripe.


5 posted on 12/13/2011 9:28:27 PM PST by One Name
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To: TitansAFC

They were saying this same stuff about Michelle Bachmann earlier this year...she was a spoiler for Mitt.


6 posted on 12/13/2011 9:46:28 PM PST by RealImmigrant (National Security begins at the Border)
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To: TitansAFC

Mitt may be pushing Ron Paul but the media is pushing Mitt.


7 posted on 12/13/2011 9:50:02 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: TitansAFC
No surprise actually.


The ineligible Mitt 'Hussein' Romney:
"I bet you $10,000 that you did not even know
that I and Bain made money from the 911 Victory Mosque land sale.
"




"(The GroundZero Mosque) cleared its final hurdle ….
developers plan to build the $100 million center which will include a mosque.
Since its incipient stages in July 2009, when a Muslim-run real-estate development
company purchased the damaged, vacant building and land where the new center
will be built, the project has sparked controversy and debate.
.... the tattered building that was bought by the Muslim real estate company had
been owned by a subsidiary of Bain Capital, a company Romney founded in 1984.

So it’s OK if his company can profit off the sale of the land ."


“Bain Capital, has cut checks totaling $90,000 to Romney’s operation. “


8 posted on 12/14/2011 3:57:15 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Given the option between Mitt and Newt, abstention seems prudent. Akin to a condemned man being offered the electric chair or the gas chamber, both options really suck and will end up in demise.


9 posted on 12/14/2011 3:59:41 AM PST by BillGunn (Bill Gunn for Congress district one rep. Massachusetts)
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