Go Newt!!
Voted on my way to work this a.m.
Newt wins in a shocker!!!
Late deciders were fed up with Romney trying to buy nomination and revolted!!!
Whatever happens in FLA, the Newtonian Revolution will go on. Big Ideas must beat Big Money or we are just a bunch of sheep caving into the establishment. Wake Up America!!! If you want to shock the system - you have to be willing to rock the system. Go Newt!!!
I think folks should take a look at how sneaky, petulant and underhanded Santorum has been in the South Carolina and Florida debates.
I’ve highlighted two excepts from both debates from transcripts. I’ll supply the links to the transcripts at the end of my observations.
South Carolina:
The question is: Who’s the best person to take on President Obama? I would make the argument that a conviction conservative who has a clear contrast with President Obama on the most important issues of the day is the best person — someone who has a clear contrast on health care, a clear contrast on global warming, a clear contrast on the Wall Street bailout — will talk about the one issue — [that huge issue in the last couple of years where government has come in and taken over, and both Newt and Governor Romney have supported that.huge issue in the last couple of years where government has come in and taken over, and both Newt and Governor Romney have supported that.]
(Keep in mind they didn’t have the option to rebut)
Florida:
I’ll repeat the question for you. Why do you think you’re the best, most qualified person on this stage to beat President Obama?
SANTORUM: I agree with the previous two speakers that this is a big election. This is an election about fundamental freedom. It’s about who America is going to be.
Are we a country that’s going to be built great from the bottom up, as our founders intended, or from the top down?
I just think I’m a lot better than the previous two speakers to be able to make that case to the American people. I’m not for a top- down government-run health care system. I wasn’t for the Wall Street bailouts like these two gentlemen were.
Governor Romney talks about the private sector and how he’s going to bring private sector. When the private sector was in trouble, he voted for government to come in and take over the private sector and be able to — and to bail them out.
Cap-and-trade — both of them bought into the global warming hoax, bought into the cap-and-trade, top-down control of our energy and manufacturing sector.
If you look at President Obama’s speech the other night, what did he lead with? He lead with manufacturing. He led with manufacturing why? Because the base of his party, the ones that are always the ones — not the base — the swing vote in his party, the ones that Ronald Reagan was able to get — we call them Reagan Democrats up in Pennsylvania. Those are the blue-collar working people of America who know that this president has left them behind. He has a plan for them, and it’s more dependency, not work, not opportunity.
So he went out and tried to make a play for manufacturing. That’s been the center point of my campaign. The center point of my campaign is to be able to win the industrial heartland, get those Reagan Democrats back, talking about manufacturing, talking about building that ladder of success all the way down so people can climb all the way up.
That’s why I’m the best person to be able to go out and win the states that are necessary to win this presidency and govern with the mandate that Newt just talked about.
(Again he attacks Newt and Romney when they can’t respond)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/01/south_carolina_gop_cnn_debate_.html
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1201/26/se.04.html
Character matters.
Checking out dozens of Conservative Radio streams on Tunein.com and Talk radio is totally frustrating. Mark Levin is about the only one who gets it. All the others are various degrees pro Willard. Many keep making the electabilithy argue. Oy!
Unfortunately now all the money kings, playmakers, powerbrokers, will align with Mitt. He will not only get money, but support and influence across the country. This a a bigger win than just 50 delegates. Probably the turning point. Looking to be an impressive 15% win. And very close to 50% of the total vote in a 4 way race. (so much for the Romney can’t break 25% hugh) Pretty comprehensive win according to the exit polls. Amazing to me is how well Willard did with Tea Party voters.
By the way, Newt is doing a fundraising blast right now on Twitter and FB.