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Road for Santorum Depends On the Next Move by Gingrich
NYTimes ^
| 3/13/2012
| IM RUTENBERG
Posted on 03/13/2012 9:15:46 PM PDT by South40
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To: JoSixChip
Do your homework, pal.
You are giving us feelings, personal animus, and trash. You sound like a flaming liberal.
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posted on
03/13/2012 9:42:42 PM PDT
by
Kansas58
To: South40
Santorum people seem to think that these wins were blow outs. These were close margins. Newt said last night, that it maybe close since he did not have the Christian right vote. Very true. Newt needs to stay in. I have problems with Santorum and his views of how government should be in our lives. The liberals have been voting for him/same old story as we go along and those voters will vote for Obama in the general. Newt is more qualified than any of the others. The sad part is that the voter turn out was low. It is a shame that not enough people got involved and made a statement they will just go along with whoever wins vs fighting for their country's future. The religious right came out tonight. that's all it was. The media Never talks about Newt. They want the man out of this race. If I were Newt, I would stay in because his supporters want him to make a difference at the convention. I want Newt there with his input. Newt knows his reputation is at stake but he also knows he must do whatever he can do to not allow the ruling class to give us a Obama lite. If Santos is the 2nd under delegates and Newt cannot win the debate, I want a new person. Santos cannot be the candidate to fight OBama. The libs have won this primary. Rush and Mark have won tonight. As a conservative, this is a nightmare that just becomes worse since Santorum is a Bush redo. We can do better...Stay in, Mr. Speaker. You are the reformer and we need you. I will be at Tampa for you.
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posted on
03/13/2012 9:44:03 PM PDT
by
Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
To: JoSixChip
“...people dont want government dictating morality from Washington”
No, they don’t.
... but I think most people would like to see some morality in Washington.
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posted on
03/13/2012 9:45:28 PM PDT
by
sawmill trash
(TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY !!!!!!!)
To: Melas
“Before anyone starts calling for newt to pull out, I suggest a careful examination of where his delegates would go. Newsflash, they dont all go to Santeria.”
You’re right, and that would be because of post #2.
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posted on
03/13/2012 9:46:23 PM PDT
by
llandres
(Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
To: makomako
You hateful snarly santos supporters are such a turn off.I will never vote for Rick.
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posted on
03/13/2012 9:48:17 PM PDT
by
Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
To: Kansas58
To: JoSixChip
Least electable? A serial cheater married 3x who does global warming ads with Pelosi and wants amnesty for long time illegals who has 13% support nationally among republicans. Is that more electable?
To: Lazlo in PA
Good reply. Santorum is winning states. Newt isn’t. Santorum has the highest positive to negative ratios of any candidate in this primary. He has been a consistant conservative his whole life. Forget about a few votes here or there. They are noting compared to Romney’s past positions or Newt’s foray’s into big ideas like green energy and global warming. I love Newt, but he has high negatives. and he is just not winning over people, especially women. As for debates, the Republican candidates have had many debates already, and Newt DIDN’T win the bulk of them. They all won some. So stop this pipe dream about Newt getting Obama in a dabate format. Obama has so many negatives, any Republican candidate can defeat him in a debate, if prepared. Santorum is correct to say that a bold contrast vis-a-vie Obama is what we need.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:12:59 PM PDT
by
Walvoord
To: Christie at the beach
Until I see a combined delegate count that hurts Newt or Rick, I think both should stay in as long as they can.
Since there is so much outside manipulation in the primaries, if the funding is there to stay in..why not?
I am of the opinion that a lot of Dems vote in our primaries to manipulate the outcome. They will all flock back to O in the general. So the outcomes of the primaries may be distorted.
And as you said, low voter turn out has a definite affect. I also agree that the media has a “blackout” on Newt.
It appears to me that it is taking both Newt and Rick to keep Myth from getting his delegates. Neither should bow out at this point. There is no guarantee that the Newt supporters will go to Rick..or vice versa.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:14:38 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: JoSixChip
He is a one trick pony, his only issue he has is morality. Ive got news for you, people dont want government dictating morality from Washington.
Soooo.... on a conservative website, people are looking for a candidate who isn't big on moral issues?
WTH is going on around here, anyway?
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:15:44 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
To: Christie at the beach
The religious right, Rush and Mark (Levin) won tonight and thats a bad thing?
I know you haven’t been here long but Rush, Mark, and the religious right are pretty much seen as the good guys at Free Republic.
To: Antoninus
You scratching your head too?
To: Antoninus
“Soooo.... on a conservative website, people are looking for a candidate who isn’t big on moral issues?
WTH is going on around here, anyway?
Some are in a panic. |
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:23:35 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: JoSixChip
Ive got news for you, people dont want government dictating morality from Washington. Despite the media and 'rat spin, the current "controversy" is about funding, not legality or illegality. People sure as heck don't want to pay for the immorality and irresponsibility of others. If people want to have sex, let them pay for their own contraceptive of choice. Same goes for abortions, which under the Supreme Court ruling is legal. Let those who want them, pay for them, not force those who oppose them to do so. That's what Santorum, Romney and Gingrich are all saying. The rest is media spin.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:23:58 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: icwhatudo
"Least electable? A serial cheater married 3x who does global warming ads with Pelosi and wants amnesty for long time illegals who has 13% support nationally among republicans. Is that more electable?"
And what damage has that done to the country? It's not like he voted against "Right to Work" or campaigned for the deciding vote for obumber care as santorum did with spector. And what the hell do you know about Newt's marriages, were you there? Are you so pure that you have been onointed to pass judgement on others? People like you and your judgmental moral superiority are why we have obumber as president. You might as well be supporting obumber now because the effect of supporting santorum will end with the same result.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:26:21 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(santorum is Mr Rogers without a spine. Check his record, not his rhetoric.)
To: icwhatudo; Christie at the beach; JoSixChip
Of course things might have changed, but I believe the owner of this site endorsed Gingrich.
I really don't let Mark or Rush, as much as I respect them. make my decisions.
And no...I don't want someone else’s morals imposed on me from the right or the left at the government level.
I believe that morals come at a personal level.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:27:26 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: An American!
Mitt came in 3rd...Newt barely trailed Rick That would be a NO. From Fox news:
In Alabama, "With 99 percent reporting, Santorum was ahead with 35 percent -- followed by Gingrich with 29 percent and Romney with 29 percent."
In Mississippi, "Santorum was leading with 33 percent of the vote. Gingrich was behind with 31 percent, followed by Romney with 30 percent."
In both cases, Newt is closer to Mitt than to Rick. Same order of finish in both states. Closer in Mississpii admittedly. But MS has 40 delegates compared to AL's 50.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:32:43 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
Go Newt!
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:33:52 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Newt/Sarah 2012)
To: Christie at the beach
“Stay in, Mr. Speaker. You are the reformer and we need you. I will be at Tampa for you.”
Christie, I’m with ya. I pray for Newt to stay in, and also for people to wake up and see how much we need him now. Any other choice will be handing BHO a boundless, frightening second term that will finish off our country.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:36:15 PM PDT
by
llandres
(Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
To: Kansas58
Mr. Rogers was a former Marine Actualy he was not. That's an urban legend. Here's his biography at the Museum of Broadcast Communications As you can see he was not yet 18, when WW-II ended. He was a college student from '46 to '51, and went to work 1951-53; program planner, producer, writer, and performer at noncommercial station WQED in Pittsburgh, 1953-62; producer and television host for the Canadian Broadcasting Company in Toronto, Ontario, 1962-64; producer and host of PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood since 1967; So that rules out service in both Korea and Vietnam. No mention of any military service in that biography.
Lots of other sources confirm.
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posted on
03/13/2012 10:44:05 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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