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.....Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich — each filed full slates in all of
Ohio’s districts as did two candidates who are no longer in the race, Rick Perry
and Jon Huntsman.....
“Looks like Ricky was just a little slow on the uptake of getting his act together to get on
the ballot where other candidates were able to make the deadline.”
The GOP Establishment is corrupt and has been for a long time. This chicanery, and the chicanery they pulled in Michigan, helps two people...Mitt Romney (whom they hope to nominate) and Barack Obama (who will defeat Romney). It doesn’t help Newt Gingrich.
The “Little Ricky” barbs are getting old. Santorum is a conservative, as Rush, Levin and a host of other true conservatives have recognized. I saw the same thing done to Sarah Palin and it was disgusting then, as this is now.
Running Santorum down does not build up Gingrich. It helps Romney. Newt will rise or fall on his won merits. Although I think Santorum is more electable than Gingrich, and a stronger conservative on social issues and on the individual mandate, most Santorum supporters refuse to run Gingrich down, even though there is plenty of ammunition to support such an effort.
Why? Because it helps Willard and Obama, not Santorum.
The GOP-E is going to rue the day they excluded everyone but Romney and his sock puppet, Rue Paul, from Virginia; tinkered with the delegate in Michigan; and are being hyper-technical to try to damage Santorum in Ohio.
Ballot access rules should be very easy in order to encourage candidates and voters, not just hose with a tone of money (like the four you mentioned) not to rig the process. Or do you think these byzantine and difficult rules (which have given Romney Virginia) are a good thing?
Ok. So let’s be sure and promote this so Santorum voters will become discouraged. Newt will rise a few more points ( but not enough to even come close to winning Ohio) - ASSURING that Mitt Romney will win Ohio and -ALL- the delegates in Ohio - defeating us conservatives once and for all.
We are so smart the way we campaign against our interests.
I see the strategy.