Posted on 01/31/2012 5:32:46 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney rolled to victory in the Florida primary on Tuesday evening, according to early returns and exit polls, dispatching an insurgent threat from Newt Gingrich and reclaiming his dominant position in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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“Is this going to be a belly-aching, self-indulgent thread..?”
Honestly with the anonymity of a FR handle, Freepers post some of the most illogical comments at times like this. I even read one guy tonight say he will vote for Obama over Romney. I can remember when McCain was going to be the clear winner, the same kind of comments were being posted. I think there was a suicide watch on FR. A few months later those same Freepers were sending the McCain campaign money or asking how volunteer. What changed? One helluva VP choice.
I hope and pray that our nominee, be it Mitt or Newt remember back to that high point of the 2008 election.
lol
I predict Romney turns HEAVILY to the left before the primary is even over.
The SECOND Romney thinks he’s got this is the bag he will start RUNNING back to where his true positions lie, to the left.
The gullible in Florida are just too stupid to know it, or too stupid to care.
It’s the YANKEES! Not native Floridians!
Basically, Southeast Florida is more liberal.... Palm Beach, Broward (and to a lesser extent St. Lucie and Miami-Dade Counties).... BUT, Tallahassee and Gadsden counties in North Florida are also liberal oasis in seas of “redness”! Alachua County (Gainesville) is one of the most LIBERAL areas in Florida because of the university. The Cuban-Americans are trying to turn Miami into GOP Central and Miami Beach is fairly blue.
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2012/jan/30/track-florida-primary-returns/
Oh absolutely the game is on.....NEXT! It's a long ways before the fat lady sings!
freepers are horrible about polls
i am a big newt fan ...huge...750 so far and will pony up again tonight
but u are right...freepers only believe polls and ratings they like
the only caveat about polls is they may not pick up late swings...the last 48 hours
which can be pivotal
in this race we have had some swings...
it’s like the Plato’s Retreat of primaries in that way...swinging
Rick bails and Newt stays in we have a real race...even with Mitt’s cash and the media etc...
we’ll see
Chet99 was realistic about polls too btw
So either way, one of those two states is going to lose its record.
AMAZING how many normally smart FReepers blame “moderate” Florida, the MSM, Drudge, RINOs, etc., and fail to blame the one who was really at fault: NEWT. He ran a dreadful FL campaign. 11 million “grandmas”? Moon bases? Kosher meals? Pathetic. Newt needs new blood in his tent, and fast, or this goes nowhere.
I figured out the problem:
No one outside of Massholechusetts has been subject to RomneyCare, therefore, when they see RoMONEY, they see the good looking guy with the pretty wife and slew of kids...Ward Cleaver if you will.
They have no idea the Hell that awaits them via RoMONEYObamaCare.
You can’t judge a book by it’s (liberal) cover.
They’ve been duly warned.
Oh Joy! Is that supposed to make people happy? What... is FR going to become the support Hussein board? When and if that happens, I will leave here and never look back.
How many votes does Romney gain from Utah. Big whoop. We can keep the pressure on the lying socialist, and we will up to the convention. Tea Party darling Jason Chafettz, Jon Huntsman's campaign chairman for governor, then chief of staff, has already endorsed the snake oil salesman, and Mormon, Romney.
Chaffetz grew up a Democrat. His father had previously been married to Dukakis' wife, Kitty, and his half-brother is former actor John Dukakis. While a student at BYU (private Mormon college), he was a Utah co-chairman for Michael Dukakis's 1988 campaign for U.S. President.
Take away: Beware of Tea Party Darlings. Oft times they are serpents. This one is.
So much for dimestore virtues and paperback 'character.'
“Romney may move toward his roots more than we think. Let’s hope and keep nudging him along.”
GOP hopey changey?
Good luck with that, you and the other Romney booster here. I’ll consider giving my grudging vote to Mittens if he goes on the `Beltway Gang’ stage, sticks both thumbs up his a** and walks on his elbows across 100’ of clothesline.
IN got left-over McCain in 2008 for our primary. I suspect a lot of conservatives will bail on the WH and concentrate on electing conservatives to Congress.
Yeah I know, boo hoo hoo. Like I said, good luck with getting your elbow-walking lefty elected. I’m going to blow out my sinuses with my WaterPik. The thought of the `choices’ the GOP has given us makes my head ache.
Go TeaP. ToHe**WithTheGOP.
Word!
Word!
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