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Santorum Declares Georgia In Play
The Atlanta Journal Constittution ^ | March 01, 2012 | Craig Schneider and Aaron Gould Sheinin

Posted on 03/01/2012 5:54:13 PM PST by Steelfish

March 1, 2012 Santorum Declares Georgia In Play

By Craig Schneider and Aaron Gould Sheinin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum swept into Georgia Thursday searching for votes in a state that could be ripe for the picking.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, has moved into a solid second place in the state, according to recent polling, and said he believes he can shock the political world in the state's primary on Tuesday.

"There will be no bigger surprise than if on Super Tuesday Rick Santorum is the winner of the Georgia primary," Santorum said to about 100 supporters in a hangar at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, where he campaigned following an event in Dalton. Afterward he boarded a plane bound for Washington state.

But, over the course of a 45-minute speech in Atlanta, Santorum focused squarely on contrasting himself with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor against whom he is battling for the lead nationally. Here in Georgia, Santorum leads Romney is recent polling but trails former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich. Yet, Santorum barely referenced Gingrich.

He said it's difficult to travel to an opponent's home state and win. "There are good people in this race, but this race is narrowing down," he said, in an apparent reference to a two-man race between he and Romney.

"We need the people of Georgia to stand with the conservative," Santorum said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: georgia; gingrich; rick; santorum; supertuesday
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To: rightnews
" The big surprise is going to be Santorum on ST. He will not win Ga. And I bet he loses TN and Ok and OH. Mitt will carpet bomb him in OH and Santorum is already fading because he lost his winner image after he failed to beat Romney , head to head in MI and AZ. Santorum is also suffering from the same reason he lost PA by 18 points in 06. His mouth is s lose cannon. Gingrich will be the comeback kid and will get another chance to go head to head against Mitt. "

Pure Propaganda.... nothing more, nothing less...


61 posted on 03/02/2012 1:41:17 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: redangus
" So much for reciprocity. "
Yeah, so much for that in Michigan, where the Newt supporters chicken out and gave us a Romney win..
62 posted on 03/02/2012 1:43:14 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Steelfish
How much would those Moon Pie in the Sky moon bases cost ? when we ? are trillions in debt ? yeah, so much for Newt's fiscal conservatism.

63 posted on 03/02/2012 1:46:39 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: octex
" And I would be stunned if the old Southern states voted for damned Yankees like Rick and Mitt! "

Ohh, so now the REAL TRUTH comes out, the hatred of Rick and " Yankees " is embodied in Newt's Great Georgia Win.

So this is between the North and the South.

Storming William Tecumseh Sherman wept through the South and into Georgia and took Georgia.


Robert E. Lee surrendered in Appomattox Virgina..
64 posted on 03/02/2012 1:51:26 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: octex
Americans can't buy into Newt's fantasy of having MoonBeam Moon bases because it cost to much and we can't afford it now... we are trillions in debt.... it will be just another BIG GOVERNMENT program.... so much for Newt's " Fiscal Conservativsm " ....

Newt's Moon Pie in the Sky MoonBeam Moonbase program..
65 posted on 03/02/2012 1:55:08 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: CharlesWayneCT; All
Here in Michigan other than the delegate mess some other interesting things went on dovetailing off your assessment.

* Union types crossed over and voted for Rick and Newt and Newt's numbers improved. The Bottom Line? Rick Still didn't pull it off
* The Counties Mitt won? The coveted counties that the someone needs to take the State Electorially.
* Those include Macomb, Wayne and I think Wastenaw.
* IMHO Macomb was critical, if he can't pull that off, where is his Blue Collar Working Man Dem Crossover Cred?

The bottom line? Little Ricky didn't have the cred to pull it off, it was a Red State Blue State matchup within the GOP and no one won.

I'll say it again Newt was brilliant and let these two engage in an Iraq / Iran War where they both got bloodied and no one won.

The Military Strategy Teacher played them and was able to fight on for another day. If he does better than expected on ST, the Santorum fad will fade even more.

66 posted on 03/02/2012 2:53:47 AM PST by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: AmericanInTokyo

67 posted on 03/02/2012 3:13:09 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

68 posted on 03/02/2012 3:14:21 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Steelfish

69 posted on 03/02/2012 3:24:13 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Steelfish

Sherman’s March to the Sea


70 posted on 03/02/2012 3:51:29 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Okay, I was joking with the “damned Yankees” term.

However, I truly believe that both Rick and Mitt have no conception of what the people outside of the Northeast US really are like and what matters to them in terms of values and freedom. ....Both of them have lived their lives in labor union/liberal States and really come across as phonies when they try to pander to Southerners and Texans. They are both snobs of the upper rank, IMO.


71 posted on 03/02/2012 4:05:16 AM PST by octex
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To: Steelfish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGxpEGbwjbw&feature=related


72 posted on 03/02/2012 4:16:09 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

lol.... Point made!

I think Newt did go waaaaay overboard on that bit about a Moon base. I believe he was stretching to make his point that the Obama administration should not have shut down NASA regarding our abilities to launch space vehicles and continue to explore near space. ....Instead of being dependant on Russia (at a huge cost) to give us a lift to the space station and bring us back home, I think Newt was just trying to indicate that we should not abandon our own space program capabilities (but he did screw up with the Moon base thing).


73 posted on 03/02/2012 4:16:23 AM PST by octex
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To: Steelfish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USs5SqumhcM&feature=related


74 posted on 03/02/2012 4:20:00 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: octex
" However, I truly believe that both Rick and Mitt have no conception of what the people outside of the Northeast US really are like and what matters to them in terms of values and freedom. ....Both of them have lived their lives in labor union/liberal States and really come across as phonies when they try to pander to Southerners and Texans. They are both snobs of the upper rank, IMO. "

Romney yes, a Snob.... but the other commentary maybe only in some people's imagination.
I was born in the South, I have family in the south, Rick ( Born, Richard John Santorum May 10, 1958 (1958-05-10) (age 53) Winchester, Virginia, U.S ) was also born in the South so how can some people say that they " Santorum " supporters and Rick Santorum doesn't understand them, those in the South ?
This " it's US against THEM i.e. Yankees... ok, your right, I don't like the New York Yankees either " " kind of thing only isolates those who engage in it.
75 posted on 03/02/2012 4:30:45 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: GracieOMalley

So Gracie, you pick your candidate based on his, assets, so to speak. As a female, I am saddened that you make us look dumb.


76 posted on 03/02/2012 5:40:11 AM PST by I_be_tc
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To: GracieOMalley
I say Santorum has a great chance of taking the state.

GA is not a big union state. Union lovers want Santorum. People who want jobs do not want a big union supporter like Santorum. GA will stay with a fiscal conservative like Newt rather than a social conservative bur fiscal big spender like Santorum
77 posted on 03/02/2012 7:16:40 AM PST by rideharddiefast
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To: Steelfish

I don’t think so Ricky. This is Newt country.


78 posted on 03/02/2012 8:23:05 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Newt didn’t campaign in MI and only got 7% of the vote, but little Ricky couldn’t make even that up even with the help of his robo-call democrat friends. Face it he has a big problem that is only going to get worse.

Last I heard Ricky is campaign hard in GA trying to win the state though he has little chance of dong so. But I am sure he will pull enough votes away from Newt to let Romney get some delegates.

So much for reciprocity.


79 posted on 03/02/2012 9:11:57 AM PST by redangus
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To: redangus
LOL! That's true, poor little “Listen to me talk!” Ricky is talking his LIPS off where ever he goes. You never heard so much boring, lip smacking talking in your life!

And the theme of his economic BS is almost word for word, what Newt has already listed in his plan to fix the economy. But Ricky is taking credit for it like he invented the idea first. And he is TALKING about it, and telling everybody how good a Senator he was, how much he did, and how he is the very definition of a conservative. Talk, talk, talk and more TALK!

Copy-and-run-with-it-like-it-was-your-idea-in-the-first-place, Santorum, has been mostly talking, talking and more talking, and if you don't agree with him about what he is talking about, he gets mad and talks even more........

How exciting to have somebody like him, who finally knows that no matter what the outcome, you can at least TALK about it!

80 posted on 03/02/2012 9:33:05 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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