Posted on 03/11/2012 3:47:47 PM PDT by God-fear-republican
Newt and Santorum have to attack Romney as a liberal in disguise, at the same time, have to demonstrate their potential leadership by providing solutions for our national problems by attacking Obama.
But DO NOT ATTACK EACH OTHER!!! We want to minimize Romney’s delegate counts by attacking him and inspiring the base by talking about Obama’s failed policies.
They can attack Romney on his advocacy on pro-homosexual lifestyle or same sex marriage; Romneycare which is anti-religious freedom; ties to Wall Street; pro-abortion record, voting for Democrats in the past.
They can attack Obama on gas price, green energy, ban on oil drilling, crony capitalism, corruption, abuse power, do-nothing presidency, divisive government, increasing debt, bow to foreign powers, anti-Christian foreign policy, failed stimulus, anti-Catholics at home, high unemployment, de-evaluation of dollar and rising food price, Obamacare with reducing quality-care and violation on religious freedom.
Newt and Santorum together have to cover all republican congressional districts in EVERY PROPORTIONAL STATE. Newt covers the more moderate ones while Santorum covers more solidly conservative ones. Do not cross path or compete against each in order to save time and not to give Romney majority votes resulting in his winning all delegates in a particular district. One way to do so is to announce publicly in advance their campaigning schedule. Doing so, NEITHER NEWT NOR SANTORUM NEED TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE WITHOUT HURTING THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE.
I calculated both need to strip about 130-150 delegates from Romney during the remaining primaries to deny him a nomination.
If they do it right, work hard, and lots or prayers from us Christians, they have a good chance to go to a brokered convention at which the best candidate win fairly.
I have made no bones about the fact that I do NOT like Newt and I’m a Santorum guy, but I agree with you 100%. Romney must be stopped. Not only will we lose the WH we will get slaughtered down ticket if he wins the nomination.
Santorum 2012
The strategy is one has to drop out. And soon.
First thing first, both sides have to work together to stop Romney, then worry about stopping each other later.
Romney is really sensitive, he is scared, about the same-sex marriage issue. We have to attack him on that.
Romney is the same as Obama without a tan.
Newt and Santorum , neither has to drop out, they both have to get Romney out. The problem is that there are many Repuiblicans who are as dumb as Obama voters and keep voting for Romney the Lying sack of crap.
If Santorum drops out, Newt will not survive dirty ads, just look at Florida.
If Newt drop out, Santorum will lose due to dirty ads and his strong conviction on social issues, and being portrayed as weak candidate who lost his own re-election in his home state. No, both need to join force but intelligently!
That's easy for me (NEWT) Rick has to take one for the team. ( he won't tho) so, Newt has to fight at convention even harder. I am not voting for Rick. No way no can do. No more Bushes!
“A proven leader, Newt Gingrich over a Bush establishment guy.
That’s easy for me (NEWT) Rick has to take one for the team. ( he won’t tho) so, Newt has to fight at convention even harder. I am not voting for Rick. No way no can do. No more Bushes!”
Ping!
Neither should drop out. I’ve been upset to see Newt start pummeling Santorum when he should stick to Romney. Right now it is not clear which of them could get the nomination, so go after Romney and leave each other alone. Romney is vulnerable in a lot of ways that neither Santorum or Newt are. So, make him squirm and take what he’s been dishing out. There ought to be someone who has a list of all the negatives and good things about each candidate. I’d bet that Romney id FAR less conservative than any of the rest of the field.
The current voting trends and winner-take-all/proportional status of upcoming states indicates Romney gets VERY close to the 1,144 delegates needed to win if all 4 candidates stay in the race, and maybe hits the mark. Romney would need such a small margin to win at the convention that he’d get them from either Ron Paul or party hacks.
If Newt or Rick drops out and campaigns for the other hard, or becomes the other’s V.P., then they can peel off roughly 150-200 delegates from Romney that he would otherwise get in a 4-man race. In that scenario, no one would get a majority but Newt and Rick would possibly have just enough delegates to combine and beat Romney in a convention floor fight.
I do not believe there is any path to defeating Romney if both Newt and Rick stay in the race. There is no way voters can know to vote strategically for the right one in winner-take-all states. They have to team up on the same ticket or the race is lost to Romney, and the White House is probably lost to Obama. This would be thanks in large part to the Mormons providing the solid base of support necessary to push through their loser vanity nominee Romney.
Even if it goes to convention, and I have some doubts about that even, Mitt would be going with a huge advantage in numbers of delegates, with Ron Paul's delegates available, and with the GOP elite there to help some more. Is my saying this defeatism? No, it is note. Just plain facts. Unless someone crying out that unless the Titanic takes a hard right NOW the ship will strike an iceberg is defeatism. It is simply truth. Unless Newt and Rick come to their senses Mitt will win.
No, it is note = No, it is not.
Yep, Alabama on Tuesday will be the first missed opportunity because their rules are that if a candidate gets over 50% of the vote, it’s winner-take-all. They will be able to shut Romney out of some delegates only if he finishes 3rd in districts. If Newt or Rick finishes 3rd, they’ll lose even more.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/AL-R
Illinois a week later is another one with direct delegate election, based on which 3 delegates in each district get the most votes. So it’s another scenario where Romney can win everything if he just gets the bare minimum plurality.
Then starting on April 3rd, 13 contests are some form of winner-take-all, and 10 are not. A much greater proportion than happened so far in this primary. So we will lose delegates by not being able to hit 50% in some states to shut out the other candidates, or lose them by splitting the vote and letting Romney win with a plurality, as he did in Michigan and Ohio.
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