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Romney’s negative ratings soaring among independents (Mitt Proving He's Unelectable)
The Washington Post ^ | 1-27-2012 | Greg Sargent

Posted on 01/28/2012 7:28:40 AM PST by TitansAFC

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To: Yashcheritsiy

self-ping


21 posted on 01/28/2012 8:15:42 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy
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To: Grunthor
Ok. Explain how.

By sprinkling magical fairy dust on it, of course.

22 posted on 01/28/2012 8:17:09 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

We need to bleed this SOB dry from now until the convention. Make him pay dearly for every vote and leave him penniless and unelectable for the general election. You want to play hard ball Mittco? We can do that.


23 posted on 01/28/2012 8:18:47 AM PST by RC one (the majority of republicans agree, anyone but Romney.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

The early voting started last Saturday. Saturday’s polls showed Gingrich blowing far ahead of Romney and the story was how Newt took on the media and crushed them. The polls in Florida shifted overnight and Newt was suddenly in the lead by 8. The point is - this is the most recent thought in everybody’s mind who voted from Saturday to at least Wednesday, when the Romney carpetbombing machine kicked in again.

Nobody can really know what the early vote tally looks like because the polling has been so volatile. What we do know is that Newt had an overwhelming surge last week that carried into the Florida race. Now, Santorum has left, and Newt has the entire remaining 4 days to convince conservatives that we can win. The polls will tighten by Monday. Santorum’s early exit was a tacit concession. Look who he aimed both barrels at on Thursday.

Newt won with women in SC, and the wild swing the media is pushing over the last week is either a distraction, or a sign that voters still are moving. Watch Newt’s interview last night with Greta. You will see a very calm, assured Newt who has internal polls that show him within reach. His campaign path is simply fishing where the fish are. I think he can very well win this!


24 posted on 01/28/2012 8:22:58 AM PST by untwist
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To: Clintonfatigued

“I don’t know if the United States can survive a second Obama term.”

Obama or Romney....we get one.


25 posted on 01/28/2012 8:23:55 AM PST by Grunthor (I don't vote for Democrats, this includes Mitt Romney.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

He won women in South Carolina, married women as well.


26 posted on 01/28/2012 8:24:42 AM PST by Grunthor (I don't vote for Democrats, this includes Mitt Romney.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
If they show Newt, it is in a bad light, very short and unflattering.

Actually, Greta did very good interview of Newt on FNC last night. And it definitely didn't put Newt in a bad light, in fact he looked and sounded like our next POTUS.

27 posted on 01/28/2012 8:24:56 AM PST by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Grunthor
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey (page 10 see 2012)

From the article at WP:

"..The poll found that among overall Americans, Romney is rated very or somewhat positively by 31 percent, while he’s rated very or somewhat negatively by 36 percent..."

Newt is rated very or somewhat positively by 26 percent. Newt is rated very or somewhat negatively by 38 percent.

Sorry, Newt has worse numbers. Anything you read from an operator like that is bound to be filled with lies and omissions.

28 posted on 01/28/2012 8:27:13 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: TitansAFC

This is what Democrats have known even before the days of McLame’s contest with Mitt. Obama wants nothing less than to run against Mitt. He wants this because he knows he will win if he’s the GOP nominee.

Equally bad is that Democrats AND the MSM in collusion have succeeded in keeping elitist GOP sympathizers into believing that only a moderat GOP candidate can beat Obama. These are the same elitists, from Fox to Washington Times, to NRO to Coulter to Drudge (yes, I agree now), to every other loser sychopant supposedly-conservative pundit or functionary that walks (or wheels) the streets of our cities.

So, what’s to do? With Mitt you get Obama Lite and collusion with the elitist poweratti from both parties. With Newt, we’ll get drama - but we’ll be able to stop Obama. We’ll just have to stand fast and blast President Newt each time he tries to backslide for amnesty. Controlled borders - yes, amnesty for any illegal - NO. So, vote for Newt despite the attacks. Welcome the attacks, accept them, diffuse them early, call it OLD news in August and September and give him money if he’s still in it by April.


29 posted on 01/28/2012 8:31:10 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
NBC Nightly’s lead story was that women would reject Newt 2 to 1. If true, this is a worrisome statistic.

They said the same thing before South Carolina......wasn't true then, it's not true now.

Don't believe the scare tactics.

30 posted on 01/28/2012 8:35:30 AM PST by CAluvdubya (My preferred taglines are not in the running...)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

“Sorry, Newt has worse numbers. Anything you read from an operator like that is bound to be filled with lies and omissions.”

As long as you hold the same opinon when you see a poll that shows good news for Newt and bad for Romney, I have no argument.


31 posted on 01/28/2012 8:40:39 AM PST by Grunthor (I don't vote for Democrats, this includes Mitt Romney.)
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To: Grunthor

I hope you are wrong. I fear you are right.


32 posted on 01/28/2012 9:08:19 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Gov. Perry did the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons. Not everyone is that big.)
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To: Grunthor
The new Romney polls are horrible.
‘in the new poll, Romney was rated somewhat or very negatively by 42 percent of independents’
In November, Romney was beating Obama 47-34 among those voters.
Now the numbers are upside down: Obama is beating Romney 44-36.’
Mr Romney, with these plummeting numbers, will take a lot of the Republican Congress, Governorships, and State Legislatures with him in a political kamikaze dive.
Though tempted, I will refrain from posting in large font or in colors. That kind of cheap glitz lowers the quality of the discussion but does reflect on the poster.
TWB
33 posted on 01/28/2012 9:12:22 AM PST by TWhiteBear (Jobs, Peace, Food, Security .... Down with Obama(Peacefully))
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To: Mr. K
"most of the GOP" ??

The point in the article is that the Establishment is NOT "most of the GOP".

34 posted on 01/28/2012 9:18:42 AM PST by 22cal (Forgiven, not perfected)
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To: Grunthor

I believe that the RINOCRATS will force this liberal sack of crap on us.

***

No, they won’t.


35 posted on 01/28/2012 9:24:13 AM PST by ROTB (Christian sin breeds enemies for the USA. If you're a Christian, stop sinning, and spread the Word..)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

NBC Nightly’s lead story was that women would reject Newt 2 to 1. If true, this is a worrisome statistic.

***

Never ask the left what they think of a conservative. Remember “a million back alley abortions” was the reason for Roe vs. Wade? Totally made up lie.


36 posted on 01/28/2012 9:27:41 AM PST by ROTB (Christian sin breeds enemies for the USA. If you're a Christian, stop sinning, and spread the Word..)
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To: eyedigress

Turth be damned,
Truth is what you can get folks to believe.
Media does a great job for oboingo.


37 posted on 01/28/2012 9:55:01 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: eyedigress
"Newt needs to remind the Villages and Palm Coast that Obongo just loosed 500B in Medicare."

He needs to remind them of this, too:

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.”

(snip) HERE:--56posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:38:18 AMby maggief

38 posted on 01/28/2012 10:05:57 AM PST by Matchett-PI ("One party will generally represent the envied, the other the envious. Guess which ones." ~GagdadBob)
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To: Grunthor

Wpman here who will vote for Newt, but will NOT vote for Mitt.


39 posted on 01/28/2012 10:25:08 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Clintonfatigued; All

GOP “establishment” = Classmates of the DNC.

They’re the same (low) class of whore, just trolling different sides of the same street.

They can all eat sh*t and die!


40 posted on 01/28/2012 11:07:15 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Farewell sweet Rick, we barely knew ye...)
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