[VinL]

Don’t dance on ol’ Newt’s grave yet. -:)

Ras poll today has it 46-43 Obama/Newt. PPP NC has it 30-30 Newt/Romney- Rick 20%. Newt said yesterday a poll had him up slightly in Ohio.

Newt is an avid student of war strategy- and he compares campaigns to war. Don’t know if he ultimately wins or loses, but rest assured, the man who masterminded the takeover of Congress after 40 yr Dem rule, is not one who doesn’t have a developed and defined strategy.

[Grunthor]

There are things that I like and dislike about both Rick and Newt and would happily vote for either man.

Not the case for the other two.

But at the moment the excitement is with Santorum.....and to those who say that only Myth can beat Obama....I’d rather lose with either Newt or Rick than “win” with Myth.

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks, for the post. :-D
GO! NEWTON!.... fight the Establishment!

[napscoordinator]

totally irrelevant. I will wait until end of this week's polls to see how things really are. Not dancing on Newt's grave but he better do something to get back into action. He was ahead in Minnesota big time and lost big time coming in 4th place. Missouri he was not on the ballot, but he sure was on the ballot in Colorado and came in 3rd. Maine is next and doubt he will do well there (although Santorum probably won't either). Arizona and Michigan are going to be difficult for Newt too. Michigan is blue collar which is Santorum all the way. Santorum will either win or come in second in Michigan. Arizona he will come in 2nd after Romney unless he can do serious campaigning there and win it. Newt might do ok on Super Tuesday maybe.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: is not one who doesn’t have a developed and defined strategy. ::

So, Virginia and Missouri were deliberate and strategic efforts at dis-organization?

[napscoordinator]

You can tell that Newt has never had to campaign. Sure he campaigned in his district which of course was gerrymandered, but he never had to campaign in a state wide or national election. I think that is hurting him big time. It is a lot harder than he imagined. He had to convince the House to vote for him as Speaker but that still isn’t anything like campaigning nationally. His ONLY prayer is the next debate. He better knock it out of the park.

[txrangerette]

Romney’s numbers in this poll are too high for Okie Republicans...come on, people!

I think Paul’s numbers would be way higher except Okies common sense says that he’s crazy on foreign policy and is a blame America firster. They also know he’s old and can’t win the nomination or the presidency. But no doubt, otherwise, a lot of them...more than a mere !O%...agree with him on some things.

Santorum will go to OK and Texas and try to drive down Newt’s numbers.

[throwback]

The curve ball may be that while Santorum does have to compete with Newt for conservative votes, he might just be able to pull votes off of Romney; the “most electable” votes. If Santorum can pull from both camps, he would be unique. I noticed last night in Colorado that while he didn’t win Arapahoe county, he did well. I expected based on the WSJ article I read about that county, he would get crushed because it sounded heavily moderate.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Oklahoma!

[org.whodat]

Poll not worth spit after Santorums sweep last night.

[Mangia E Statti Zitto]

Something has just occurred to me: Santorum does very well when there is a long stretch b/w a debate and a contest. My theory is even if he does super well in a debate, like in Florida, (where we all agree he hit it out of the park) when people have the opportunity to actually listen to him and watch his demeanor---they don't like him.

But when all they know of Rick is TV ads and endorsements from conservative leaders )like Dobson), he does great.

[skaterboy]

dont dance on his grave?...if he is 30-30 in nc..and up only 3 in oklahoma...ya its grave time...the south must save him and if he is tied or barely ahead before the race has even come and the money gets dumped then he is dead