Posted on 04/10/2012 5:42:31 PM PDT by Red Steel
“”There is no reason to concede anything,” Gingrich said at a news conference. “Every vote we can get in North Carolina is a vote for a more conservative platform — every vote we can get in Delaware, or we can get in Arkansas or we can get in Texas, that is a very useful thing to be doing. If there is a major mistake or a major flaw, the race is wide open again.”
AMEN. Go NEWT. CONSERVATIVES - PRAY without ceasing that the cultist Romney is stopped by divine intervention before 1144.
Well said!
Why would a state like NC produce an outlier result, particularly given NC went for Obama in 2008 -- if anything that suggests Mittens should do well there.
The best possible split I've seen for either candidate was a Feb. PPP poll that gave Santorum a proportional 2:1 over Romney of 'Gingrich dropout' voters.
"The best thing Romney might have going for him right now is Gingrich's continued presence in the race. If Gingrich dropped out 58% of his supporters say they would move to Santorum, while 22% would go to Romney and 17% to Paul."
Further, let's say Santorum's late-winter surge did come exclusively from Gingrich supporters -- why would those voters just 'go back'? I've seen enough rancor on Free Republic to be assured that will never happen.
Just found out North Carolina has a traditional marriage amendment on the ballot the same day as the primary on May 8th.
Anyone still think Mittsky’s going to win that one?
Sorry cowboy since you believe Newt should not have entered the Utah primary he should not have dropped off a bouncing check . Your hero should have dropped out long ago.....What happens if there’s no debate in North Carolina ... which there won’t be where is Newt going ?
Release them" at the convention is not the same as directing them. If Mittens has the magic number for the first ballot then either the delegates vote as aligned, or the RNC orchestrates a voice vote.
And Santorum's people are talking to Mitten's people if they are serious about wanting to retire Rick's campaign debt.
Without their money guys? Friess (Santorum) and Adelson (Gingrich) are already talking about supporting Romney -- and Adelson met with Mittens in February.
Adelson is not talking about supporting Romney in the primary. I imagine he would support any Republican in the general election. He said in a recent interview he’s met with Romney countless times. He said he’s “like Obama.” He answered his questions as if he’s “voting present” and never gave Adelson a straight answer.
A better question would be to ask Paul Stam -- NC House Majority Leader and the driving force behind Amendment One -- if he has endorsed Gingrich...
Gov Perdue is really disliked in NC, the one who suggested skipping elections this year. Newt is speaking at a tea party rally Saturday in Greensboro.
Wish we still had polls on FR, I’d like to see a poll of:
Who Will Get Santorum’s Endorsement?
Romney
Gingrich
Personally I wouldn’t bet the farm either way.
Yeah, a great big box of pinched chocolates. :(
Based on demographics alone, I would think that North Carolina would be one of the better chances for a Gingrich pickup. Obviously he needs at least five states with a plurality of votes to get his name into nomination.
It would be very strange for the pro-life, pro-marriage Santorum to get behind pro-abort, pro-gay liberal Romney, while there remains a conservative alternative.
But if Santorum were to hitch his wagon that way...or strap himself on the roof...I would not be completely astonished.
Santorum might “take one for the team.”
I can think of an equally unsurprising alternative. Santorum lines up with Romney, being offered the veep spot in exchange for dropping out. In eight years he is the shoo-in for the presidential nomination. Plus Romney offers to pay his campaign debt.
If there is a major mistake or a major flaw, the race is wide open again.”
WORD.
The media would have a collective seizure if Gingrich won NC.
Somebody can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Santorum suspended his campaign before incurring major debt.
Debt is a problem for the Bachmann and Gingrich campaigns, and at least so far, they haven’t been willing to accept a Romney buyout.
Capitalism is great for business, but buying votes isn’t good for government.
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