Posted on 12/20/2011 5:33:42 PM PST by Steelfish
US election 2012: Mitt Romney Suggests Newt Gingrich Challenge Has Fallen Away
Mitt Romney suggested on Tuesday that Newt Gingrich had fallen away in the same style as many of his other rivals for the Republican presidential nomination as polls showed an apparent collapse in the former Speaker's recent surge.
By Toby Harnden, 20 Dec 2011 "They've gone up, they've come back down," Mr Romney said of his main challengers during an appearance on MSNBC after several national polls showed that the 15-point lead held by Mr Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, had disappeared in barely 10 days.
Republican strategists attributed Mr Gingrich's dramatic slide to a fierce and coordinated barrage of attacks from Mr Romney, the Republican establishment favourite, who launched similar broadsides in recent months against other rivals who threatened him.
A new ABC News/Washington Post indicated that Barack Obama might be benefiting from the negative turn. The survey showed that 46 percent of voters expect Mr Obama to be re-elected, compared to 37 percent two months ago.
At the same time, Mr Obama's approval ratings, while still dismal, have crept up to their highest level for several months. Continued uncertainty in the Republican race had prompted renewed speculation that Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, or Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice-presidential candidate, might enter the race at the 11th hour.
A confident Mr Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, said that Mr Gingrich's lead was "not as much as it used to be but that's sort of the process that other people have gone through." He added: "I expect he'll lead till he doesn't lead."
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In a recent interview Mitt Romney wouldn’t even concede that Obama was a socialist when asked directly.
Mitt is doing whatever he can through his minions to take out Newt, then tries to act like a disinterested observer.
Why in the hell does Romney think he can get my zany vote?
HA! HA! Good one Mitt. You wish.
Gee, Mitt, which GOP candidate hasn’t surged? We’ll give you thirty seconds to answer ... tick, tick, tick ... and the answer is: (flourish, dramatic pause) YOU.
Why, do you think, that is?
....in his dreams!!!
....in our nightmares if the RNC nominates Mittens over the protests of conservatives and independents!!!
....In Obama's dreams - as the "perfect" re-election opposition (McCain all over again)
Mitt Romney will never be president!
The patriots will never vote for him.
I don’t wish to ever hear his name again.
Yep, you nailed it. Mitt, the nice thing is you won’t have to worry about falling away. You never surged. You never will.
I will admit to worrying about Iowa Democrat switchover votes.
The bullsh*t is getting smelly and deep. What else ya got, commie?
AND that POS Romney will do the same thing to this country if he were to become president, God forbid.
during an appearance on MSNBC
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All I (or you) need to know.
I’ve come to dislike him personally during the past 10 days. How Coulter can like this turkey is beyond me.
Newt or Palin, I guess.
My comment is directed at Romney, not steelfish.
Mitts right. The president is a communist.
I want to beat Obama so bad. I don't want to see a disaster. I think Romney can take the heat and kick his a$$.
I'm very afraid that others, like Newt, may implode. I love Newt, but the MSM may bloody him up before November.
Beating Obama, our first half white Indonesian Islamic communist half American president is priority one.
The GOP has a death wish if they think nominating a white Obama is the way to win the White House. I have said,and I still say, the liberal Morman will not win the first Souther primary. Unless Romney can sweep Iowa, NH, and then win SC he absolutely will not get the nomination.
I also think that Ron Paul has been bought and paid for by the Romney forces. Romney knows the only way in the world for him to get the early jump on Gingrich is either win or place second in Iowa. Ron Paul knows he has no chance after this crazy caucus system in Iowa. I suspect Ron Paul
and Mitt Romney have joined forces to stop Gingrich in Iowa.
When was the last time Ron Paul of all people starting running negative campaign ads against opponents? He has never done this before. He has always said he was above the fray and the petty bickering. Not now it seems.
Bob Dole.
John McCain.
Aren't they dead already? When is enough going to be enough?
The GOP has been long dead to me.
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