Posted on 12/28/2011 5:08:44 PM PST by TBBT
Via Mediaite, a predictable contrast to Gingrich’s ambivalence yesterday. Newt needs a win in Iowa or a close second to boost him in South Carolina and right now Paul and Romney are making that unlikely. He has to attack. All Romney needs is a decent third-place finish or better behind Paul and one of the lightly funded social-con candidates like Bachmann or Santorum who pose no real threat to him nationally. He’s right on track. Why say something critical that might give undecideds in Iowa pause about Paul and might give Paul fans even more of a reason not to hold their nose and vote Romney down the line against Obama? He refused to even mention Paul by name this morning when criticizing him on Iran, in fact, even though Paul’s new ad unloads on him for being a serial flip-flopper. It’ll be amusing to see how far he’ll let Paul go in attacking him without responding as the early primaries play out. And unlike 2008 when McCain and Huckabee played nice with each other after they emerged as the two remaining viable candidates, Paul will attack.
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The second tier candidates are inconsequential.
Not me. I’d vote for Barry Soetoro. If both of the candidates are going to legalize recreational drugs, I’m going to want a reason to be using them.
Who says so?
Don’t forget the internet murmuring suggesting that Paul will be Willard’s Veep.
Oh joy.
I think the murmuring is about Rand Paul, not Ron Paul.
Can someone tell me why they pulled the Coulter thread on Romney? The reason was "flamewar", but is FreeRepublic no longer going to allow discussion of the Presidential primary?
Newt and Willard BOTH need a top three. And it’s VERY likely they’ll each get it.
Btw, Paul is irrelevant.
He'll say the opposite next week.
I called that a while back. It seems that if Willard wins the primary, then JimRob is going to have to choose between shutting FR down or helping Obama.
I don't think we have a choice...I don't think our country will survive more of the obamanation....
we have to clean out the Senate and the House....had a good start last time but the Boehners of the world have got to go...
I don't think we have a choice...I don't think our country will survive more of the obamanation....
we have to clean out the Senate and the House....had a good start last time but the Boehners of the world have got to go...
I don't think we have a choice...I don't think our country will survive more of the obamanation....
we have to clean out the Senate and the House....had a good start last time but the Boehners of the world have got to go...
newt is screwing up bad. He never should’ve said he’d vot obama over paul. That was really dumb.
ya you keep telling yourself that
the rest of us know exactly what he meant
Right now FR is Kansas in 1860. If Paul wins the primary it’s gonna be a full fledged F’ing civil war.
Decidedly better than Romney winning.
Just one more reason not to vote for Romney under any circumstance
“Just one more reason not to vote for Romney under any circumstance”
Exactly my thought. The man has no principles.
That was a pretty dumb thing to say.
My reasoning is this: Hussein HATES America. For ALL of their various faults, NONE of the Republican candidates hate America. The very fact that they do not HATE America, while their opponent Hussein DOES hate America, will motivate me to vote.
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