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Gingrich Takes His Stand in Dixieland
Fox News.com ^ | Published March 13, 2012 | Chris Stirewalt

Posted on 03/13/2012 7:59:22 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP

Gingrich Takes His Stand in Dixieland

"Both boys said a lot of things I agree with, but it's the way Newt said it that I think has me going with him…"

-- Previously undecided Jefferson County, Ala. voter Obie Evans talking to the Birmingham News after hearing speeches by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at a GOP forum.

The current Republican nominating process has done serious damage to the old notions about “must-win” races and momentum.

Fourth-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire? No problem. You can still win South Carolina by 12 points. Thirty-three points off the lead in Florida and 40 points back in Nevada in the same week? No sweat. You can come right back and win caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado.

But if ever there was a “must-win” moment in this rangy race, it’s for Newt Gingrich in today’s Dixie Primary. Gingrich needs a win in one or both of the contests in Alabama and Mississippi and if he does lose one, it had better not be to Rick Santorum.

A week ago today, Santorum suffered a painful loss in Ohio, a bastion of Reagan Democrats right next door to his former home state of Pennsylvania. Coming just one week after a pair of losses in Michigan and Arizona, it might have been the end of the road for the top rival to frontrunner Mitt Romney. (Snip)

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: conversativesplit; mittgingney2012; newt4romney2012; newtromney2012; newtromneybff; newtswaterloo; romneybydefault; spoilersdelight; votenewtgetmitt
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To: C. Edmund Wright

“He’s faithful to his wife.”

Yep; he took her away from an abortionist doctor, 40 years older than she, with whom she had a six year affair...

“did I mention he had 7 kids?”

I heard of a woman who has 18 kids, so she’s most qualified than Rick :)


41 posted on 03/13/2012 9:35:13 AM PDT by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: C. Edmund Wright; Eva
Supporting Romney in 08 V McCain and Huck after Fred T. left was a good move.

Romney has not changed one bit from his days as the liberal governor. I was really surprised in 2008 and even more disappointed now that voters can't see right through the fraud, Mitt Romney. Anyone who believes anything Mitt Romney says is being foolish. Actions speak a lot louder than hollow campaign speeches and Mitt's governance showed that he is and always has been a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Everything in Romney's record suggests that he would govern to the left of Bill Clinton. Let that sink in for a second.

42 posted on 03/13/2012 9:40:47 AM PDT by CommerceComet (If Mitt can leave the GOP to protest Reagan, why can't I do the same in protest of Romney?)
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To: CommerceComet
Romney has not changed one bit from his days as the liberal governor. I was really surprised in 2008 and even more disappointed now that voters can't see right through the fraud, Mitt Romney. Anyone who believes anything Mitt Romney says is being foolish. Actions speak a lot louder than hollow campaign speeches and Mitt's governance showed that he is and always has been a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Everything in Romney's record suggests that he would govern to the left of Bill Clinton. Let that sink in for a second.

Settle down there skippy. I was simply talking about the choice in 08 after Thompson left, and pointing out that Mitt has gotten worse. Your visceral hatred of Mitt apparently prevents you from processing the very narrow point I was making.

And FTR, both Bushes governed to the left of Clinton in many ways, thanks to the particular Speaker of the House Bill Clinton had to deal with. AHEM.

43 posted on 03/13/2012 9:46:26 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Deo Vindice Newt!


44 posted on 03/13/2012 9:54:14 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: trappedincanuckistan
How else do you explain Rick’s meteoric rise from the low teens to low thirties?<

Two words: James Dobson

45 posted on 03/13/2012 9:54:24 AM PDT by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: DannyTN

What I cited, was taken from exit polls in a state that Newt won (Georgia) they said that with out Newt they would go to Romney instead. They most certainly cannot stand Santorum. They see through his phony exterior.


46 posted on 03/13/2012 9:59:19 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

James Dobson was responsible for Rick’s overnight (almost) rise in the polls?


47 posted on 03/13/2012 9:59:56 AM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: Toespi

Yep and in spite of all that he’s trotted out, Ricky’s speeches bore me to tears. Never ever bored with Newt, who is concise, never struggles for answers to questions and delivers them succinctly with a big nod to patriotism and capitalism.

Newt really has very little “baggage” measured against others in the race and he has admitted being on film with Pelosi was “the stupidist thing I’ve done.” I believe him.


48 posted on 03/13/2012 10:01:58 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: DannyTN
I almost forgot, those voters surveyed, also said that their reasons were on the belief that Obama would destroy Santorum if he is nominated, and that even though they don't like Romney, that he had a better chance of beating Obama.
49 posted on 03/13/2012 10:02:11 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: varina davis

And in addition to taking the entire south, which is a very real possibility, I have no doubt that in the general election in November, Newt can win Indiana (a state very hungry for a smart, conservative to vote for), as well as Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc.

And I wish folks would realize that the delegate county is smoke and mirrors, that many, many of the delegates touted by Romney and Ricky are UNCOMMITTED” until the August convention in Tampa.


50 posted on 03/13/2012 10:06:36 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Ingtar; PSYCHO-FREEP
No, an @ss-backwards endorsement.

Alabama gov says he's voting for Santorum, not endorsing him (Retracts non-endorsement?)

51 posted on 03/13/2012 10:06:54 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: varina davis

delegate count not “delegate county.”


52 posted on 03/13/2012 10:07:45 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Red Steel
LOL! I was flagged a link the moment it happened.

He must have received so much flack for it, that his next election was in jeopardy.

Bentley is also another Big Labor Union wonk, just like Santorum.

53 posted on 03/13/2012 10:10:32 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: trappedincanuckistan

Absolutely. I’ll never forget watching Dr. Dobson give Santorum his endorsement in Colorado. Poof! Romney’s huge lead evaporated overnight. The Colorado win was what gave the stamp of authenticity to Santorum’s bounce. A lot of people underestimate just how key the endorsement of Dobson (and other evangelicals and homeschoolers) is to getting out the vote, especially in caucus states like Kansas.


54 posted on 03/13/2012 10:11:12 AM PDT by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: Red Steel

IMO...A vote is one’s own, a vote spoken of before cast is an endorsement.
Why discuss it unless the idea is to sway others?


55 posted on 03/13/2012 10:13:27 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Red Steel
Santo is getting desperate and making his usual mistakes in the process. He is now saying that even if he cannot win, he will stay in and deny Romney the votes to make the minimum.

Santo then says he will easily win in a Brokered Convention. Let me tell you, this arrogant SOB is really becoming a pain in the @ss! I am tired of listening to his BS.

56 posted on 03/13/2012 10:15:21 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: CommerceComet

I agree, Romney has not changed. I actually supported him over Huckabee and McCain in 2008, but not until McCain had clinched the nomination.

Looking back, I sometimes think that was a big mistake. Romney might have won and he might have been worse than Obama. I once heard Romney promise to try to bring a form of Romneycare to the whole country. He actually planned to use it as a campaign issue, when he first signed it into law in Mass. I believe that he would have if the campaign had gone differently.

I don’t trust Romney for that reason.


57 posted on 03/13/2012 10:16:04 AM PDT by Eva
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To: trappedincanuckistan

Dobson must have helped in TN.

There is no way Dobson caused Santorum’s rise to replace Newt as the anti Romney.

Romney’s attacks slaughtered Newt in Iowa and FL. ONly the good people of SC got it, and defied their own governor to vote Newt.

The media, including conservative talk hosts, either opposed Newt or endorsed another or shut Newt out as if he didn’t exist. That intensified the Romney attack results.

What happened is the attacks created an opening, which Santorum walked through.

If people against Romney had stuck with Newt, instead of diverting to Santorum, we would not be here where we are, but in a far better place.


58 posted on 03/13/2012 10:18:03 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

Yeah, I remember and noted it at the time of endorsement and boost.


59 posted on 03/13/2012 10:20:05 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

I disagree. Voters started gravitating towards Rick after Florida. Many of Rick’s supporters are ABR people. People already new where Rick stood on issues. James Dobson’s official endorsement wasn’t responsible for Rick’s rise.


60 posted on 03/13/2012 10:23:25 AM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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