Posted on 01/30/2012 12:43:05 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin has spoken, and she says that the Republican establishment is “trying to crucify” Newt Gingrich. To a large extent, she is right (although Newt probably supplied his own nails).
On Sunday, NBC reported that Romney now leads Gingrich by 15 points in Florida. Mitt is on 42 percent, Newt 27 percent, Rick Santorum 16 percent and Ron Paul 11 percent. Romney’s big lead is made up of typically centrist subgroups: he attracts 52 percent of people who are not Tea Party supporters, 49 percent of those who self-describe as “liberal” or “moderate” and 49 percent of those who make more than $75,000 per year. He boasts a 47 to 26 percent preference among women.
All this wouldn’t be so formidable if Gingrich enjoyed the kind of lead that he enjoyed among conservative groups in South Carolina. But Romney also has a slim advantage among Tea Partiers (36 to 34 percent) and evangelical Christians (34 to 28 percent).
Sarah Palin says that Romney’s momentum is thanks to a coordinated effort by the GOP establishment to deny a genuine conservative the nomination. “Look at Newt Gingrich, what's going on with him via the establishment's attacks,” she told Fox’s John Stossel. “They're trying to crucify this man and rewrite history and rewrite what it is that he has stood for all these years.”
Mrs Palin is mostly correct. TPM reports that Romney and his Super PAC have outspent Gingrich on negative ads by a ratio of 5:1 in Florida. His sudden rise in the polls reflects a pattern established in Iowa: where Mitt spends the most, he performs the best. In South Carolina – a surprise Gingrich victory – Romney only outspent his opponent by a ratio of 2:1.
And so many of Mitt’s ads are blatantly false....
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
Todd?
BS
Idiot?
How the heck does he lead amongst Tea Partiers? I can understand the commies, but the conservatives? Ridiculous.
Sarah knows about Romney taking people out of elections ..... he was making sure she wouldn’t be around in 2012 .... see posts from 2008, 2009:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282353/posts
Late in October, The American Spectator’s The Prowler revealed:
“Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. ‘Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won’t be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,’ says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. ‘The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He’s in charge on November 5th.’”
More at : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126515/posts
“Today, Red State ran an article on the origination of nasty lies from within the McCain/Palin camp. They report, Romney staffers now working on the McPalin campaign have been spreading the stories of Palin’s “ineptitude” to the press. Red State and other reporters accuse Romney staffers, including Kevin Madden (former Romney press-man) of pushing reporters into “Troopergate” stories and other possible negative Palin story angles. Palin provides a threat to Romney for a presidential run, but now is not the time for in-party fighting.”
Surely need to be worth millions already.
Working with Bambi, don't ya know
Except for Sarah being a beautiful woman, perhaps I was wrong about her? Newt a CONSERVAIVE? At least McCain was a war hero berore he turned into a political whore.
JohnD9207: “Newt a CONSERVAIVE?”
Judge them by their acts. When Newt governed, did he or did he not govern from the right? Didn’t he govern like a conservative and effectively pull Clinton to the middle? Remember the death of Hillarycare? I think Newt is far better and more conservative than you seem to think, his liberal thought experiments notwithstanding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ8EzA63Wck
Romney, BTW, governed as liberal Democrat, and Santorum fully supported Bush’s compassionate conservative, aka big government, agenda.
Dittos,We have entered the Twilight Zone
At least McCain was a war hero berore he turned into a political whore.
The only way he came to fame was that he was the son of the admiral in the Navy while the other “serfs and rabble” were simply draftees and sons of hard working middle class.
If “daddy” was not “special” McCain would have never been heard of today.
NEVER FORGET THAT!
That’s great. I love it. Almost the truth, though. Very close to it.
That about sums up my last impression of the Drudge Report. Of course, I haven’t been there since last Wednesday.
Thanks for the morning laugh!
Well there ya go....”NBC reported that Romney now leads....”
Might as well stay home Floridians. It’s all over, just ask NBC (sarc.)
These people all make me sick. It will be what it will be but, the Libs want it to be what they want it to be.
What do you think about this?
I think the RSM (Romney Sleaze Machine)& the GOP-e will do ANYTHING to get elected. If you want to see how low they will go, check out post #68 on this thread (what they did in a local election where I live):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2839910/posts?page=68#68
Ever hear of the Hanoi Hilton? Spend about 7 years being tortured by the North Vietnamese and get back with me!
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