Posted on 03/31/2012 1:51:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum have agreed to a debate in May sponsored by the Texas Republican party. “Both my staff and myself have reached out to the campaign of Governor Mitt Romney and have been told that they are considering attending the debate,” state-party chairman Steve Munisteri says in a press release. The statement notes:.....
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
"I am disappointed that Gov. Romney has not yet committed to attending an official Republican Party of Texas event," Munisteri said in a statement. "We are the largest Republican state in the nation. Texas Republicans have contributed over $40 million to the Republican National Committee over the last eight years and have given millions of dollars to numerous national candidates including Gov. Romney."
He said he will urge the executive committee meeting this weekend to pass a resolution urging Romney to participate in a debate." Source
Texas' GOP Primary will be held May 29.
Texas’ GOP Primary will be held May 29.
THANK YOU!!
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Just a few days out from the Wisconsin primary, Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, officially opened their state headquarters in Green Bay, a hotbed of Republican voters in the state.
But for cynics who think the grand opening is just a shell game of keeping up appearances (recent polls show Gingrich running fourth behind Ron Paul in the state), the campaign would say they’re severely misguided: this office will be open through November, and it’s part of a grand strategy of securing the nomination in Tampa.
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But whatever happens in Tuesday’s primary, state campaign director Robert Lorge says his mission post-primary will be to help Gingrich persuade what he calls “soft delegates” here in the state to support him: 3 RNC delegates, plus the 3 delegates from each of the eight congressional districts who could become unbound at the convention.
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Lorge said that in conference calls with the national team there has been discussion about the possibility of consolidating Santorum and Gingrich delegates at the Republican National Convention in order to overcome Romney’s delegate math.
“I imagine there’s going to be a lot of negotiation and compromising between the pro-Newt Gingrich and the pro-Rick Santorum delegates,” he said. “You may have a Newt Gingrich-Rick Santorum ticket. You may have a Rick Santorum-Newt Gingrich ticket. Nobody knows how that ticket’s going to work out. But I imagine it’ll end up being something like that.”
Pointing to Gingrich’s accomplishments in the House, Lorge believes delegates will see that his candidate is the only one with the experience necessary to be the White House.
“America is a republic,” Lorge said. “We’re not a democracy. We don’t believe in mob rule. We hire people by electing them to represent us. We’re a representative democracy, that’s what we talk about. Our Founding Fathers were very wise in not having a straight, pure democracy. We have a republic for a reason so that wiser decisions, calm decisions can be made in the best interest of the nation as a whole and that is what Newt Gingrich is all about.”
The amount of chaos and strategy that would be involved in the open convention scenario is so mentally demanding that it’s hard to imagine any other candidate but Newt Gingrich believing it is possible. And perhaps the reckless challenge of it all is giving the candidate a new skip in his step. It’s hard not to notice that Newt Gingrich is laughing more on the campaign trail these days. Shaking hands at the ropeline, Gingrich has the habit of leaning back for a good belly laugh – the consummate cheerful candidate."....
Absolutely. Thankfully, what is obvious - someone is saying!
THANKS! Go NEWT!
I think it’s an excellent idea to whip up another debate. Yay for Texas!
Of course, Mitt is uncommitted at this time. He’s currently on a pedestal with the delegate count and a whole fresh slew of endorsements. Something has to happen between now and then to mess up Mitt’s momentum - actually he doesn’t have any real momentum. Santorum won Louisiana, and all the endorsements and talk of inevitability is just fake momentum for Mitt. The *illusion* of momentum.
It’s not over, folks. And to borrow from Mark Levin: we don’t need a Senator to tell us what to do.
Remember how Reagan took his messages directly to the people? Let the ABR candidates bypass Rove, Morning Joe, and Mitt’s scorched earth, etc., and take it directly to the people, as well.
Let’s see what happens!
Actually, I think this is the best solution, and just the perfect thing to throw a monkey wrench into the GOP-E’s plans. And wipe out Mitt’s fake momentum. :-)
Romney will not have secured the nomination by the Texas primary. But, by then, he may be the only candidate to be able to win the nomination on the first ballot.
He should commit to the debate on the proviso that at least one candidate is in the race that can be nominated at the convention (at this time, the only other candidate who can be nominated at the convention is Rick Santorum).
As it is, I think Rick will drop out after the Pennsylvania primary, if not after Wisconsin. He has to win Wisconsin to remain credible; and, then, he has to win Pennsylvania and one or more other state voting on that day.
But, if Santorum wins Wisconsin (which doesn’t matter much in terms of delegates since it isn’t WTA), and then wins not only Pennsylvania but also New Jersey (which is WTA) and does well in New York, or something like that, the nomination would still be ip for grabs in the sense that Romney could be denied a first ballot victory The Texas primary would be meaningful, and the California primary would be crucial.
I agree with you about Newt. He is “on”. His speech at Georgetown was stellar. Not the confrontational style in the two SC debates that catapulted him to victory in that states’s primary. But, very engaging, full of interesting facts, stories that ordinary people can relate to, very reasonable, inspiring in places, and his discussion about the loss of religion in our discussion was very poignant.
But, what’s he doing in Wisconsin? Isn’t he just running interference for Romney? He’d going to tip close Congressional Districts to Romney; and, he may also tip the state’s at-large delegates (who will be awarded WTA to the winner of the statewide popular vote).
Don’t Newt’s new found serenity AND his effort in Wisconsin point to a secret deal between him and Mitt?
;-)
I seriously doubt that. Mitt must be looking over his shoulder at the two candidates that he and his PAC has spent $40 Million maligning -- worried that they form an alliance going into the convention.
Conventional GOP "wisdom" ala Clinton pal Dick Morris yesterday on Hannity is --- Sanatorum scared all the GOP women moderates into Obama's arms and that Mitt has wooed them back and is now their "savior"; that Rick will lose all the upcoming elections [inc PA] and that he must drop out before his loss in PA to look gracious and to remain relevant in the party. Isn't that special?
............ “Now, the former House speaker is trying to figure a way around RNC rules that require a candidate to place first in at least five states during the primary process in order for that candidate’s name to be placed into nomination at the party convention.
Gingrich has won only two states so far — South Carolina and Georgia. But his campaign may seek to make the case that the rule refers to the delegate race, not the popular vote, and then try to win the backing of a plurality of delegates in at least five states before the convention convenes in August.”
Romney is a schmuck. Who cares if he’s at the debate ...I’m not interested in him as a candidate. I want to hear what the REAL conservatives have to say, so it’s fine by me.
Let him stay up northeast with his librepublican friends and keep winning his “liberal” states.
Send out the Texas Rangers...to drag Mitt’s sorry a$& up on stage!!!!
"I am disappointed that Gov. Romney has not yet committed to attending an official Republican Party of Texas event," Munisteri said in a statement. "We are the largest Republican state in the nation. Texas Republicans have contributed over $40 million to the Republican National Committee over the last eight years and have given millions of dollars to numerous national candidates including Gov. Romney."
He said he will urge the executive committee meeting this weekend to pass a resolution urging Romney to participate in a debate." Source
Texas' GOP Primary will be held May 29.
I seriously doubt that. Mitt must be looking over his shoulder at the two candidates that he and his PAC has spent $40 Million maligning -- worried that they form an alliance going into the convention.
Conventional GOP "wisdom" ala Clinton pal Dick Morris yesterday on Hannity is --- Sanatorum scared all the GOP women moderates into Obama's arms and that Mitt has wooed them back and is now their "savior"; that Rick will lose all the upcoming elections [inc PA] and that he must drop out before his loss in PA to look gracious and to remain relevant in the party. Isn't that special?
Plus this: There are lots of people betting on, including me, that Santorum won't be able to withstand the continuing and escalating GOP establishment push via endorsements, backrooms, gop-affiliated entities endorsing romney... That it is quite possible rick will fold and take a promise that he will have a kingmaker place in the party if he does "the right thing" and next time will be his turn... this is what I am watching for...
Romney could have it wrapped up by then, though, right? We need Rick to beat him in Wisconsin to keep this going, but Romney outspending him by huge margins is hurting.
A lot of people are. I also have no doubt that the Romney camp is behind a lot of rumors about both Santorum and Gingrich - hard to know who's spinning what or how they plan to play their cards.
I'd heard that Mitt is ahead by a mere 7 points in Wisconsin. That's not much for the $40 Million Candidate to show for the relentless campaign attacks on his opposition -- not much for the GOP Establishment to brag about quickly trotting out endorsements for the "presumed" One.
If any candidate hopes to win, they have to master this discipline first. Or else they lose. This is also just a small portion of winning the Presidency. Any candidate who has trouble with this basic organizational ability, has no business any where near the Presidency.
This is exactly why Obama created over 80 Czars to do the job for him that he was unable to do. All other Presidents before him had organizational skills and required no outside help.
We certainly don't need another failed Senator/Trainee in the White House, do we?
The latest poll from Rasmussen came out late yesterday, shows Romney now ahead by 10 points, with less than 6% undecided. Paul went down 4 points and Romney gained over 5 from a poll taken 2 days before that.
Romney is difinately gaining momentum.
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