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Game Over? (A brokered convention now looks highly unlikely)
National Review ^ | 04/04/2012 | Brian Bolduc

Posted on 04/04/2012 4:32:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 04/04/2012 4:32:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

If he doesn’t drop out now, Santorum will be staying in simply to try enhance his name recognition for a 2016 run. Which sucks because for that plan to work he must root for Obama to win in November.

Newt is looking for a way out. He may require assistance in retiring his $2M campaign debt to help him make up his mind.


2 posted on 04/04/2012 4:46:27 AM PDT by citizen (Santorum: Man up, stop being selfish and get the hell out. Dragging this thing out only helps Obama.)
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The choice is Romney running without the support of rank and file party members ~ something that happened to Barry Goldwater ~ or a brokered convention where coalitions are reworked.

If you don't have the party base behind you it's simply not possible to win.

The National Review crowd seems to have forgotten how it's done.

3 posted on 04/04/2012 4:56:52 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

So it’ best then to vote for Obama in November rather than Romney if Gingrich or Santorum are out of the picture? Now that makes sense. While Romney isn’t my preferred candidate I support what Palin said: anybody but Obama!


4 posted on 04/04/2012 5:12:33 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: citizen

Get romney to write Newt a fat check... he has written everyone but Santorum and Gingrich checks to date.

LLS


5 posted on 04/04/2012 5:24:04 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: From The Deer Stand
The choice is for ROMNEY TO DROP OUT NOW. It's pretty obvious he's a minority candidate within the Republican field.

Can you imagine the Paulistas, who want legal dope, to switch to Romney who carries with him the Mormon baggage that considers coffee and Coca Cola to be just as bad?

For virtually all Conservatives Santorum or Gingrich are a better choice than Romney under any and all conditions.

6 posted on 04/04/2012 5:25:07 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: From The Deer Stand
The choice is for ROMNEY TO DROP OUT NOW. It's pretty obvious he's a minority candidate within the Republican field.

Can you imagine the Paulistas, who want legal dope, to switch to Romney who carries with him the Mormon baggage that considers coffee and Coca Cola to be just as bad?

For virtually all Conservatives Santorum or Gingrich are a better choice than Romney under any and all conditions.

7 posted on 04/04/2012 5:25:27 AM PDT by muawiyah
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The only big wins Romney has gotten are on the east coast. In the midwest he’s either lost big or barely scraped out wins. In the south he’s done nothing but lose.

The fact is, the media and GOP are desperate for everyone to get out before their big lie is exposed by losses Romney will take in upcoming states.


8 posted on 04/04/2012 5:34:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: citizen
If he doesn’t drop out now, Santorum will be staying in simply to try enhance his name recognition for a 2016 run. Which sucks because for that plan to work he must root for Obama to win in November.

If Romney is the nominee, an Obama victory is a foregone conclusion. The focus now should be what systemic change conservatives can make to the Republican Party to make it a real opposition party, or whether leaving a party that already left us is a better option.

9 posted on 04/04/2012 5:38:58 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Myth Romney: "Governor Goodhair" is really just a Whig.)
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To: From The Deer Stand
The article is correct about the problem of a convention fight to settle things:

...the convention finishes on August 30, and early voting starts in many states 30 days after that. I think our candidate’s going to need more time to lay out the case against Barack Obama.”

Waiting until September right before the voting begins to run ads for Romney (or whoever else) is about as stupid as we can get.

10 posted on 04/04/2012 5:40:31 AM PDT by citizen (Santorum: Man up, stop being selfish and get the hell out. Dragging this thing out only helps Obama.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am not sure if what I have read falls into the category of a brokered convention or not.

The topic surrounds around FL and other states,where the RNC has declared the delegates would be awarded on a percentage basis to the to the participants. The media and the RNC are not counting the delegates as they should be, i.e. by percentage vs winner take all.

Newt has stated many times, Mitt must earn his 1144. Does this mean Newt could challenge the RNC in the courts to follow their rule?


11 posted on 04/04/2012 5:43:26 AM PDT by tiger-one
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To: cripplecreek
losses Romney will take in upcoming states.

Umm...huh?

The only state Romney has a chance of losing for the rest of the month is Pennsylvania (leaving aside Missouri which has yet another meaningless caucus or something.)

12 posted on 04/04/2012 5:44:18 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: From The Deer Stand

Even if it’s Obama’s brother?


13 posted on 04/04/2012 5:44:33 AM PDT by cableguymn (Good thing I am a conservative. Otherwise I would have to support Mittens like Republicans do.)
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To: From The Deer Stand

I agree


14 posted on 04/04/2012 5:45:47 AM PDT by mel (There are only 2 races decent and undecent people)
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To: citizen

I am sure YOU republicans will be just fine without my conservative vote. Have fun.


15 posted on 04/04/2012 6:04:23 AM PDT by st.eqed
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To: From The Deer Stand

Romney IS obama. NO THANKS.


16 posted on 04/04/2012 6:06:59 AM PDT by st.eqed
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To: Colonel_Flagg

That’s where I’m at, Colonel.

The party that I have been a loyal member of for my whole adult life..has abandoned me.

So should I leave them or stay and hope that they will finally acknowledge the Conservatives who are responsible for their victories in 2010 and change?

Mittens will throw the Tea Party under the bus as soon as the ink on his nomination papers is dry.
And he still refuses to come on Mark Levin’s show. What does that tell you?


17 posted on 04/04/2012 6:07:58 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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I meant to put an LOL after the word change in my last post.


18 posted on 04/04/2012 6:10:19 AM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Mountain Mary
I'm still counting on a miracle....

..but suffice to say if I didn't know before that the Republicans have no interest in folks like me.......I certainly know now.

I have been a loyal Republican since the day I was old enough to vote....

.....I didn't leave them.....they left me.

Romney is evil, imo....and he has spent millions trying to wipe out all opposition...by ruthless and cutthroat means.

WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I VOTE FOR HIM.....I WON'T.

19 posted on 04/04/2012 6:36:35 AM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: SeekAndFind
For about 2 years, I've seen that Romney-the-RINO was going to be the Nominee, as he was the GOP-e pick, and NOTHING was going to get in their way. We saw them smear and attack every Conservative who appeared as a threat, in the same manner as Sarah Palin was attacked from 2006 to the present.

The Messiah is now assured of 4 more years, and CWII will ensue, make no mistake about it. The Muslim-in-Chief has been ruling by EO's, and has now pronounced that he is in total command of all resources, military, etc., so that when the 85% of the country which is white, begins to stir against the combined Marxist-Black alliance, he will try to quell the uprising that says "ENOUGH!".

It's gonna be a mess......and, the Economy will collapse totally.

20 posted on 04/04/2012 6:44:01 AM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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