Posted on 01/10/2012 5:27:36 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
Mitt Romney rolled to an easy victory Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary, taking a broad stride toward capturing the GOP presidential nomination as the contest heads south for a pair of potentially make-or-break contests.
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He also won people who identify as somewhat Conservative and was send to Santorum among those who self identify as very Conservative. He wan across almost every category.
Good comments, but let me ask you this. What is a somewhat Conservative? Isn’t that a somewhat more Leftist?
Either you’re a Conservative in your heart, or you aren’t truly a Conservative.
I think the media tries to game us using these terms.
Good comments, but let me ask you this. What is a somewhat Conservative? Isn’t that a somewhat more Leftist?
Either you’re a Conservative in your heart, or you aren’t truly a Conservative.
I think the media tries to game us using these terms.
Good comments, but let me ask you this. What is a somewhat Conservative? Isn’t that a somewhat more Leftist?
Either you’re a Conservative in your heart, or you aren’t truly a Conservative.
I think the media tries to game us using these terms.
Given these three as my choices, I’d have to vote 3rd Party on this one.
To by clear, I don’t advocate a third party move in 2012.
For a third party to be successful, it must develop from the grass roots between elections. It may take from one to three election cycles before it is viable enough to push nationwide candidates.
What is important, is that we face what reality is. While we’re not going to launch a successful presidential bid from a third party in 2012, a third party will have to emerge before Conservative ideals can be championed in earnest from a political party in the United States.
The Republican party has no interest in doing it.
We either face that and resolve to fix that by developing another party, or we simply let Conservatism die.
I personally prefer the former, not the later.
It smells like Romney stole two Iowa counties.New Hampshire allows the Left's terra cotta warriors to vote, and as Donna Brazille said, they prefer Romney.
Paul exists to destroy the anti-Romney vote.
One would think Bachmann should have stayed in the House and taken Boehner's job.
With DeMint promoting Romney one wonders whether a senate can be constituted to deconstruct the last three years.
In '64 it was Goldwater rather than what Christie describes as a circus.
Republicans have allowed the many leftist moderators and the open primaries facilitating hijacking.
If a consensus can be formed around a conservative, Romney can be displaced from his planned ballistic trajectory.
Gingrich, Santorum, Perry.
If conservatives can select one--or quickly substitute another--Romney can be beaten.
Johnson the Libertarian ought not deflect but a point.
Paul could be the Perot spoiler.
Black as things get, 1942, say, or Carter with the Embassy takeover, we always come back.
Find a way to unite the Gingrich, Santorum, Perry supporters and avoid the defeating stay-at-home effect of Romney.
We'll get it done.
Who could have seen 2010 after 2006.
A one-eighty.
What is important, is that we face what reality is. While we’re not going to launch a successful presidential bid from a third party in 2012, a third party will have to emerge before Conservative ideals can be championed in earnest from a political party in the United States.
The Republican party has no interest in doing it.
We either face that and resolve to fix that by developing another party, or we simply let Conservatism die.
I personally prefer the former, not the latter.
DoughtyOne,your post is like a beacon in the night, and worthy of repeating.
I have resolved myself to make the best of 2012. But after Nov. 6th, the GOP either changes or goes the way of the Whigs. For now, we have to work under the faulty, rusty, weak structure of the GOP because the future of America depends on it.
While there is still time, we have to fight for the candidate of our choice.But, like in 2008, I am getting the vibe that this has all been decided,and,as then, I am not going to be happy with the decision.
yes libertarians can have their own primaries and Paul should be in that as he is not a republican.
What a novel idea hey
ARF
You’ll find that it is the nutters which follow Paul which want to have crack legal .
Oh as well as sex with anything, have sex anywhere, get rid of incest laws, have sex with kids, have brothels next to schools, sex with animals because Paul and his supporters think Govt should not tell people what, where and how they can have sex.
Have it in the open, no problem.
have a crack house next to a little kids school why not who is Govt to say where we can have our legal crack.
Sex in public with animals hey who is Govt to say where one can have sex and what with.
And you feel hurt because the truth is factual about the nutjobs, why do you support Paul too?
I remember the negotiations between Ford and Reagan about some sort of "Co-Presidency".
It was lunacy.
Ford was a good man but he let his loyalty to Nixon take him down.
I gave up on Nixon right after he took us off the gold standard.
Just heard on Rush that, according to the Fox exit polls, 57% of Paul voters in NH were either 'liberals' or 'moderates.'
Paul doesn't stand a chance to be VP choice, no matter who the nominee is, because he's neither Republican nor conservative.
NH is the only state (a teeny one at that) where he'll get any kind of following, and most of that following will be liberal because it's an open primary.
This is an outrage!
How can the Leader Of The Conservatives get Zotted?
One does not get to be the Leader Of The Conservatives without
sterling conservative principles and years of demonstrable
conservative actions and a clear record of adherence to the
core values of conservatism! I’m appalled! I’m shocked!
Wait, what?
“I think we conservatives need to rally to the one man that can stop Romney, Ron Paul!”
The Dr. Jekyll part I could have supported. The Mr. Hyde part is a deal killer. After Paul’s recent support for Romney, Paul lies at my political coroner’s office on a slab not far from Bachmann’s.
“.he supports the DOMA.”
LOL, that’s comedy gold right there.
He supports homosexuals.
does not surprise me FRiend.
We need all primaries closed so only republicans vote for a republican candidate, I;ve yet to hear one argument of letting Dems, Kooks, nonparty is good to vote to select our candidate.
“I gave up on Nixon right after he took us off the gold standard.”
I went down with the ship with Nixon. I still have a thank you card from him that I got as a kid.
Exactly.
Consider that we have self-described liberals voting in the New Hampshire primary. And then imagine that this primary really means anything about what Republicans want.
This is NOT a Republican primary.......and that's why Ron Paul came in second. It means nothing.
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