Quinnipiac is a junk poll.
However, most reliable polls show Newt 5-7% behind Mitt in Florida. Two polls stated that some coalescing was starting to happen, however, and that there was a slight trend toward Newt in that respect.
Newt needs to maximize turnout and we need to convince undecideds and Santorum backers to vote strategically in Florida by backing Newt to defeat Mitt.
The weekend polls will be interesting, as will Monday’s. If the trend ticks Newt’s way and starts showing a 2-5% race, the Tea Party can make this an all-nighter with turnout and effort.
The devil is in the details and he who counts the votes, wins. The GOparty sent out 400,000 absentee ballots prior to the South Carolina primary. According to reports, at least a third of them have come in. Someone is counting those votes. If Mitt is anywhere near Newt in the vote count, the party will put him over the top. In other words, imagine the 2000 election in Florida, only in-party.
Mitt and the GOP-e have learned every trick the democrats have played but they use them against their own party. I fully expect foul play similar to that perpetrated in Iowa, only on a much larger scale. Anything to make their savior, Mitt look like a winner.
Newt needs to remind people in Florida of this:
Of all the candidates, Newt is a Tea Partier from way back! --1994--
House Minority Whip Gingrich and 7th District congressional candidate Brenda Fitzgerald throw mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee River on April 15, 1994, as part of a "Taxpayer's Tea party" in Roswell, Georgia.
HERE: "Mitt Romney predicts tea party will turn on Newt Gingrich" ~ By Associated Press Saturday, December 17, 2011
TAX DAY 1994 - Politicians play with ire - Gingrich , others stage stunts touting frugality
The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution - Saturday, April 16, 1994
Author: ALEXANDER, KATHEY, Kathey Alexander STAFF WRITER: STAFF
As procrastinators put the finishing touches on their tax returns Friday, politicians across the nation carried out carefully crafted stunts aimed at landing the votes of irate taxpayers.
In Roswell, U.S. House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) touted fiscal conservatism by staging a mock tea party on the banks of the Chattahoochee River . Conservative Republicans tossed empty produce crates into the river in symbolic re-enactment of the incident in Boston 221 years ago when colonists dressed as Indians dumped tea into the harbor in rebellion against the government.
More than 200 similar rallies occurred throughout the country, including Boston, San Francisco and Detroit , as candidates used the tax filing deadline as a forum for one-upsmanship on frugality.
“Americans literally work every day for months just to pay for a government that wastes their money,” said Gingrich , who is seeking re-election from the 6th district. “On the day taxes are due, we should remind you that you have every right as a citizen to protect yourself, your family and your wallet with your vote.”
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we need to convince undecideds and Santorum backers to vote strategically in Florida by backing Newt to defeat Mitt.Good idea.
Rick can't win in Florida and he knows it. That's why he's pretty much given up his campaign in Florida.
Rick's supporters could still help him with donations and votes in other upcoming states. Santorum supporters in Florida would get much more bang for their vote if they vote Newt to slow down Mitt.