Posted on 03/13/2012 8:08:17 PM PDT by Steelfish
Except that your guy has never been ahead of Obama in the polls while Santorum has spent quite a lot of time (including right now) ahead of Obama.
This primary season has been very eye opening for me. Many of those that I felt to be solid Conservatives have been exposed as establishment shills. Pawlenty, Christie, and Snyder are just a few that come to mind and will never get my vote for dog catcher.
That mantra is getting old. If Rick is so awful, if so many people AREN'T going to vote for him, then why is he winning so many states? Obviously he's doing something right. How 'bout Newt drop out sooner rather than later? If staying in until the convention will keep 0 on edge then fine, but he needs to get out of the way of the other conservative running when the time comes.
Democrats continue to vote for Santorum in open primaries. He’ll be toast in the general against Obama.
I’ve already said tonight that Newt is my man, but, he needs to go. It would be nice if the Casino mogul who is financing the Super Pac for Newt, would now join forces with the billionare who is financing Rick’s Super Pac. They could team up and both back Santorum and run attack ads on RINO-Rom and give him a taste of his own medicine.
“Problem - Ricky would get rolled by Obama.”
Mc-Santor-Cain
ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS MISTAKE AGAIN, FOLKS?
Of course they are - that's why Santorum has received virtually no vetting so far. And he won't, unless he manages to squeak out the nomination. Then he will be hit from every angle and his inability to stay on task and control his tongue will send him to a flaming landslide loss.
Every Democrat I've talked to - and I mean every last mother's son among them - has emphatically hoped that the GOP nominates Santorum, even more so than Ron Paul. The GOPer they are most scared of tends to divide evenly between Newt and Romney.
Sigh... You’re whistling past the graveyard. Newt is going to go from hurting the Conservative movement to hurting his own reputation if he doesn’t get out soon. He is nothing more than a spoiler now...
Not so saintly Santo has his big time Super Pac supporters.
Oh, here is Ricky not being truthful and getting caught at fibbing:
"Rick Santorum on Thursday afternoon slipped away from the campaign trail to speak to a fundraiser for a supportive super PAC, despite denying previous reports that he planned to do so.
The fundraiser drew between 20 and 25 donors to a gated country club in Dallas where Santorum spoke for about half-an-hour about the previous evenings debate and the upcoming primaries, then chatted briefly with supporters, according to a source familiar with the event...."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73262.html#ixzz1p3kqrqKF
John King just sketched in a scenario on CNN whereby if Gingrich leaves now, Santorum could catch up to Romneys delegate count. But it would be IMPOSSIBLE to do so if Gingrich continues in the race.
Time for true conservatives to now demand that Gingrich quit. He was a spoiler in WA, MI, and OH. Enough is enough unless we want Romney. Interestingly, on Super Tuesday Carl Cameron reported on FoxNews that the Romney camp is happy to have Gingrich in the race. Gingrichs sugar-daddy dropped him a $20m rope because he dislikes Santorums social conservative views and is a strong supporter of Israel and likes Gingrichs idea of wanting to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem- a move that every American president since 1980 has been unwilling to do.
Gingrich has been described as an erratic and unstable “Hindenberg ready to explode” and it will we who will end up sweeping the debris if he helps Romney get the nomination.
Because what it takes to win Republican primaries and what it takes to win the general election are not the same thing.
Because what it takes to win Republican primaries and what it takes to win the general election are not the same thing.
“...Newt is rising, and Santorum is dropping...” la la la... La LA LAAA... la la LA... laaa laaa laaaaaaa la la... la la... la... la... l... l... ... ... .. .. . “o
Newsflash to Santorumites: You need Gingrich to stay in the race in order to deprive Romney from hitting 1,144.
In a 1-1 with Romney vs. Santorum, Santorum would be far less competitive; this has already been demonstrated in Ohio and Michigan.
Mind you, not all Gingrich voters would go Santorum’s way. Also, it’s good that he stays in to keep Romney divided on two fronts.
Another problem, your guy is not a completely 'true conservative' candidate.
“the Rats are praying for Santorum.”
Don’t be deceived. They fear Santorum the most because he connects with blue-collar voters and Reagan Democrats. If any of the battleground states like OH, PA, or other rust-belt states go for Santorum, its all over for Obama. Gingrich has baggage to bring down a fleet of commercial airliners and his unfavorability ratings are through the cellar and suffers from a Grand Canyon-size gender gap.
Newt stated (post 77) on Fox mirrors what you said.
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