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Gingrich: Michigan is do-or-die for Romney
Washington Times ^ | Feb 19, 2012 | By Tim Devaney

Posted on 02/20/2012 9:46:09 AM PST by Jim Robinson

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hinted Sunday that if rival Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney loses the primary election in his home state of Michigan, he should drop out of the race.

“If he loses his home state, I don’t see what he says the next morning to his donors to stay in the race,” Mr. Gingrich told “Fox News Sunday.”

If Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, can’t win his home state in a primary election, how can he beat President Obama in Michigan, which typically votes with the Democrats, Mr. Gingrich asked.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: byebyemittens; elections; gingrich; mi2012; michigan; newt; romney
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1 posted on 02/20/2012 9:46:20 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

The Newt is right—as always. Romney Must take his home state or go home.


2 posted on 02/20/2012 9:48:53 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

we will see if newt is a man who walks his talk if he loses georgia....lol i made a funny


3 posted on 02/20/2012 9:55:42 AM PST by skaterboy (Hate=Love....Love=Hate)
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To: Jim Robinson

LOL. Well, I reckon Romney can always claim Massachusetts as his home state.


4 posted on 02/20/2012 9:56:11 AM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Gingrich: Michigan is do-or-die for Romney

I'll take the latter.

5 posted on 02/20/2012 9:56:46 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Why, yes. I AM in a bad mood.)
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To: skaterboy

Actually, you’re a jerk, because it’s obviously you didn’t read the article.


6 posted on 02/20/2012 9:57:32 AM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Jim Robinson
The 08 primary results.

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It was a whole different ballgame with ideological twins at the top of the ticket in a crowded race.

Things have changed drastically in Michigan since 08. We have a rock solid tea party sentiment and ran the table in 2010. We also have our voter ID law firmly in place and a secretary of state who puts vote fraud at the forefront of her priorities.
7 posted on 02/20/2012 9:58:15 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

If Romney’s “home state” is Michigan, then Newt’s home state is Pennsylvania, where he was born. Newt now lives and votes in Virginia. Is newt going to win Pa. or Va.?


8 posted on 02/20/2012 9:59:42 AM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
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Newt's just playing with Willard's head ...

Maybe Willard will "over-compensate" trying to win Michigan, but turn the Voters off even more ...

Then again, maybe Newt's trying to get Mitt so desperate to win Michigan that Willard turns-on and begings to destroy Ricky Santorum ...


Go Newt !



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9 posted on 02/20/2012 10:02:08 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin in 2012 !)
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To: Jim Robinson

Michigan is for sale, and Romney has the cash to tell the most lies.


10 posted on 02/20/2012 10:03:53 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the fascists.)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I belive Romney will win in Michigan. I know that no one at FR wants to hear that. But I’m a betting man and my instincts tell me it will be Romney.


11 posted on 02/20/2012 10:04:42 AM PST by Arkady Orinko
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To: onyx

MI is clearly Romney’s home-state, at least he speaks like that is what it is drawing on his roots, and his campaign ads showing him drivingin an auto and speaking of his love for Detroit. Gingrich is absolutely right on target. But the rich irony of it all is that if Gingrich stays on the MI ballot, through his 10% polling, he may be the very one to hand MI to Romney.


12 posted on 02/20/2012 10:07:34 AM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Jim Robinson

Willard the Lib is going to lose Michigan AND Arizona to Rick. Yep, I went THERE!

15% in Arizona more likely to vote for McCain endorsed candidate, 30% less likely. Unpopular with base

Santorum winning Tea Party, Evangelicals, ‘very conservative’ in AZ

Big thing to watch in AZ: can Newt hold his 16%? Weakly committed supporters could leave for Santorum

Santorum (+34 at 61/27) is more popular in AZ than Romney (+24 at 58/34)

Romney leads Santorum by just 3 in Arizona, 36-33. Gingrich at 16%, Paul at 9%

-publicpolicypolling tweets this morn..


13 posted on 02/20/2012 10:08:09 AM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: Arkady Orinko; TheOldLady

Very quick romneybotzot.


14 posted on 02/20/2012 10:10:20 AM PST by jazusamo (Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Arkady Orinko

And you’re a retread mittbott troll.

bye


15 posted on 02/20/2012 10:10:20 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is not just brewing, rebellion is here!!)
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To: Steelfish

As a matter of fact, new polling today shows Rick up by NINE in Michigan over Willard the Lib if Newt drops out.


16 posted on 02/20/2012 10:11:25 AM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: Jim Robinson
And you’re a retread mittbott troll.

Good one!

17 posted on 02/20/2012 10:11:49 AM PST by jazusamo (Character assassination is just another form of voter fraud: Thomas Sowell)
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To: cripplecreek

Also, because this is a race for delegates, it needs to be stressed that a small Romney victory in MI alone may not be enough in the delegate count.

MI allocates delegates in a WTA by CD format (2 delegates per each CD to the winner of that CD) and 1 delegate each to the top two finishers of the statewide vote.

What this means is that Santorum can still grab half of Michigan’s delegates by winning 7 CD’s. Right now, he is favored in 9 of them and even if Romney takes the lead, odds are good that Santorum will still get 6-7 of these. I have (MI-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10,and 11) as Santorum’s strongest areas where he is likely to win regardless of whether or not Romney beats him in the statewide vote. A 15-15 delegate split is still as good as a win when all is added up to what really matters.


18 posted on 02/20/2012 10:13:16 AM PST by parksstp (I pick Rick! (If he's good enough for Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, he's good enough for me))
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To: Jim Robinson

How many home states does this fraud have?


19 posted on 02/20/2012 10:14:40 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: skaterboy

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(I would stop right here if I were you. But do what you want. You know you will anyway. Can’t say I didn’t warn you.)

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You looked, didn’t you.


20 posted on 02/20/2012 10:23:18 AM PST by tumblindice (Whitey-American: Taxed Enough Already)
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