Posted on 01/19/2012 7:23:39 PM PST by tcrlaf
Thursday may have been one of the most eventful days of the Republican campaign so far, but the state of the race in South Carolina didn't change much. Newt Gingrich continues to lead Mitt Romney by 6 points, 35-29, with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum each tied for third at 15%.
Revelations from the Marianne Gingrich interview haven't taken a toll on Newt's image yet. For the first time in our South Carolina tracking this month his favorability is better than Romney's, with 53% of voters holding a positive opinion of him compared to 51% for his chief competitor.
Gingrich's lead with evangelicals held steady today at 40-22 over Romney. He's also doing well with Tea Party voters (46-21), registered Republicans (38-30), voters describing themselves as very conservative (41-21), men (39-27), and voters in the Upstate (36-25).
Romney is leading with non-evangelicals (39-30), independents (30-26), moderates (44-23), and women (32-31). The problem for him is that all of those groups are a minority within the South Carolina Republican electorate.
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And, if the MSM chooses to ignore Newt, what good will it do?
We've all got to be prepared for the fact that a.) Newt will destroy Obama in any kind of debate (or dual appearance), b.) therefore, it is in Obama's best interests that he never appear in such a venue and c.) the MSM will totally support the President in this decision and ignore any challenges to the contrary.
I.e., don't count on there being any debates if Newt is the GOP nominee.
Also Thursday, Santorum extolled the virtues of big government time and again. I've described him before as W without the personal charm. If you really want Bush-style "compassionate conservatism," Santorum is your guy.
If you want to stop Romney from winning in SC and attaining the momentum he wants to clinch the nomination even before FL, with Santorum barely neck-and-neck with Ron Paul for last place in SC polls, he is not your guy.
Well, it definitely got MY attention. Up until I saw Newt fight back, I was undecided between the two remaining Not-Romneys. I am SO very sick of watching Republican politicians who will not fight back against the LSM, and if the standing ovation Newt received is any indication, I'm not alone.
From now on, I'm adopting the Dem philosophy: I don't care WHAT negatives our candidate has. He's OUR candidate and I'll stick with him to the very end. But for me to adopt this philosophy, my candidate must not be afraid to take on each and every LSM-dog who dares to launch unfair attacks on him. I must know that he won't abandon me when the attacks become fierce later this year. I must know that when I climb up out of the foxhole to "charge," he'll have my back and won't pull a McCain.
Newt is the only one who appears to have enough gumption to do what must be done. It's TIME. It's time to take our Republic back from those who would destroy it just to keep their Establishment perks and privileges. Rick Perry understands; that's why he endorsed him. It's past time. Four more years of BHO will destroy our nation.
I'm tempted to declare in huge fonts, "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!", as the Texican patriots did in 1836. But in terms of history metaphors, the slaughtering of freedom fighters at the Alamo and Goliad are behind us.
Metaphorically speaking, it's time for friggin' San Jacinto.
Add Chuck Norris and Mama-Grizzly Sarah Palin to that list. Gee, i seem to be seeing a pattern here.
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