Posted on 03/07/2012 9:22:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For weeks, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have been echoes of each other, both aiming their urgent verbal fire at Mitt Romney, the man they are desperate to stop from becoming the leader of the Republican Party.
But the political and geographical imperatives of two important Southern primaries next week are forcing the two men to turn on each other as they seek to demonstrate an ability to unite the party’s fickle conservative base.
It is a clash that has been building for weeks as both men circled each other warily, mindful that a shot at the White House was at stake. And it is a confrontation that Mr. Romney’s campaign welcomes — though it hopes neither candidate emerges as a threat.
On Wednesday, Mr. Santorum’s campaign and his allies turned gingerly to the urgent challenge: prodding Mr. Gingrich to abandon the race so that conservatives could unite behind Mr. Santorum’s candidacy against Mr. Romney. A top strategist for Mr. Santorum has been reaching out to a counterpart in the Gingrich campaign over the past three weeks to try to persuade Mr. Gingrich to withdraw for the good of the conservative movement.
Mr. Santorum said that anyone calling on Mr. Gingrich to withdraw was “not doing so with my knowledge.” But he made clear to reporters that he would not mind if it were to happen....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I also wonder why the Newt supporters must continue to try to prop up their candidate by using demeaning names towards Rick like “Little Ricky”, “Sanctimonium”, “Saint Rick”, etc. I do not attack Newt because he is not the enemy. Newt supporters put much more effort on here into attacking Santorum than Romney.
Yes, why are Newt supporters so mean and nasty to us? To our candidate? I don’t have a problem with them not liking Santorum as much, and explaining why. But why all the mean spirited names and insults? I have criticized newt but also given him credit where it’s due.
The truth right now is that out there in the elections, where it counts, Santorum gets dang close to Romney where Romney wins. And just a small amount of newt’s votes would help santo beat Romney.
Yes, why are Newt supporters so mean and nasty to us? To our candidate? I don’t have a problem with them not liking Santorum as much, and explaining why. But why all the mean spirited names and insults? I have criticized newt but also given him credit where it’s due.
The truth right now is that out there in the elections, where it counts, Santorum gets dang close to Romney where Romney wins. And just a small amount of newt’s votes would help santo beat Romney.
Teradittos!
The attempts by some of the Newtbots to paint Santorum as a liberal are ludicrous. Sure, he endorsed Specter, who, as an incumbent, won the endorsement of other conservatives, but to my knowledge, he never bought into the global warming hoax, made a television commercial with Nancy Pelosi, or endorsed Dede Scozzafava, a "Republican" who is so far left as to make Dennis Kucinich look like Duncan Hunter.
And I, too am annoyed at the meanness and nastiness of some of the Newtbots. They remind me of the arrogant, know-it-all "Kennedy Liberals" that I so often encountered in the 1960's and 1970's.
Newt is the only candidate who will tell you outright what he will do on day one to start restoring the constitutional republic. Mitt and Rick will need to study it. If you don’t have a plan to resolve the nation’s problems you should not be running for president.
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Did you look at that video, or transcript in post 14?
What other "conservatives" were trying to destroy the pro-life movement by supporting Specter for President?
I don't know. As far as I know, Specter never ran for president.
"In 1996, I intend to win the other house — the White House — with ten commitments to America… including a woman’s right to choose.” "I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform"
For a partial transcript, see post 14.
Really? You think doing the same endorsement in a Congressional race that was made by our Congressional leadership, (Cantor, Boehner, etc) is the same as trying to make the Republican party pro-abortion?
Did you watch that video of what Santorum was supporting?
Santorum is not pro-abortion.
Then why was Satorum trying to make the Republican party pro-abortion in 1996?
Attorney Santorum is open about his having been pro-abortion until he entered politics.
And Gingrich was once a Rockefeller Republican.
That is disputed, but Santorum endorsing a candidate to remove the pro-life movement from the GOP is not, and again, the scale, do you really so casually dismiss a platform to remove life from the GOP platform?
By the way, Santorum was anti-Reagan during his presidency, and called his supporters “fringe’.
Attorney Santorum admits this, “I was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for Congress”.
By the way, Santorum was anti-Reagan during his presidency, and called his supporters “fringe’.
Attorney Santorum admits this, “I was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for Congress”.
While you're at it, why don't you bring up the fact that Santorums ancestors were Communists, that many of his Italian relatives are Communists and that his grandfather came from Riva di Garda, a hotbed of leftists?
Fox News:
I’m officially endorsing Newt Gingrich for President today
Jan 19, 2012 | Jim Robinson, Free Republic
I’m officially endorsing Newt Gingrich for president today. Was going to wait until after Florida, but see no reason to delay. We need Newt to win in South Carolina and Florida to stop any possible momentum building up for the establishment big government, statist, abortionist RINO!!
RomneyCare = ObamaCare = government tyranny!! Taxpayer funded abortion is as evil as evil can be!!
Newt is a pro-life Reagan Revolution conservative who led the Republican Revolution of the 90’s, taking the majority away from the democrats who had held it for 40 years. And as Speaker, cut the taxes, cut the government, cut the spending, cut the deficit, cut regulations, cut unemployment, brought the federal budget under control for four years running. And unlike Romney, actually blocked a socialist healthcare system from becoming law. And created a pro-growth, pro-free market, pro-jobs environment and extended the Reagan economy throughout the 90’s!! Newt is the ideal candidate to lead the Tea Party Revolution!!
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