Posted on 01/15/2012 11:59:29 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich both pleaded with conservatives on Sunday to unite behind their candidacies in a last-ditch effort to stop Mitt Romney’s march to the Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. Santorum said the Republican contest needed to quickly narrow to a two-person race between Mr. Romney and someone else, but he declined to explicitly call on the other candidates to drop out.
“I’m not going to tell anybody to get in or out of a race; I think that’s their decision to make,” Mr. Santorum said on Fox News Sunday. But he added, “We need to get this eventually down to a conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.”
Mr. Santorum said the vote of support for his candidacy by Christian conservative leaders on Saturday in Texas should persuade Republicans in South Carolina that he deserves to be that alternative.
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You’re gonna love Mitt Romney.
And many of us will not forget SC and the Santorum-cide voters. If Santorum voters couldn’t even get on board for one lousy state where there was an obvious best strategy for all, don’t go begging the rest of us to join the miracle crusade after SC.
Remember, when the reports came out in Iowa that it was a three-man race, a LOT of Newt voters moved to Santorum to defeat Romney as the day went on. Even on FR, you could see examples of that. If Santorum voters can’t bring themselves to do the same, don’t complain when many Newt supporters don’t give the same grace to Union Rick that they once gave him in Iowa.
There is no second place in SC, only first. You either win all of the delegates or you, like everyone else, lose. Whoever finishes third is an enemy of the cause, period.
Some of us realize that Noot is nothing more than a more intelligent and articulate version of flim-flam Romney. Liberals one and all!
I believe you are going crazy but don’t blame other people.
Wasn’t it those same polls that led you to believe Santorum could win Iowa?
Can;t just cheery-pick. The polls are typically quite accurate, and show clear trends. The SC situation is very clear.
Just remember, for many of us Rick Santorum becomes and enemy if Romney wins SC and Rick finished third. We will show him no more love than Santorum supporters showed Newt when Newt had a chance to beat Mitt.
Anyone can make a slanted poll—
The Rick Ranger Weather Chanel Polls says
Romney 51 % of voting Republican left handed doctors vote for him over others
Ron Paul has 34%
Rick Santorus 22%
Huntsman 22%
Newt “Crazy Man” Gingrich has %5 of the insane drunk hillbillys support.
1% still support Cain. Read the poll and don’t waste you vote on Newt!
“Worse, Romney’s team, if they get the White House, will work to exclude anyone who worked against Romney (IE: Any conservative) from any support from the national party. Defunding of campaigns, support of ‘moderate’ candidates in close races, etc.”
Yup. Elections have consequences. Traditional conservatives need to make a deal with the Paul faction to stop romney and prevent their own marginalization. But they won’t do it. Not in a million years.
Who knows? Maybe traditional conservatives will be happier working with Chuck Baldwin.
P.S. NOBODY can win the nomination but Mitt if Romney wins SC, NOBODY
Or I can quote Reagan -
“Conservativism never loses”
You seem to believe that we need to cut everywhere except here. Why?
Show me where it says that it’s the constitutional obligation for the federal government to provide a retirement income for seniors.
Sorry, that’s not going to fly. Everything needs to be cut back - that includes sacred cows like social security.
I’m an educator and I think the department of Education should be eliminated. I’m not quite sure how that benefits me, since that is slashing jobs in my sector. Why? Because we can’t afford unconstitutional mandates.
I don’t see any way Santorum loses to Obama. Santorum would put Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania into the Republican column. And there isn’t a single state that McCain won four years ago that doesn’t go for Santorum as well.
Then say "Hello" to 'Four More Years.'
“Both of these guys are compromised.”
Yup, and neither are in a position to go the distance EVEN IF the other were to drop out.
That’s gonna leave a mark!
newbie TROLL alert
One of them must. One must. Or were are locked in a political Alamo.
Great news!
Rather then letting the problem get worse, we can fix it straight away.
I guess we could take it nice and slow and be like Greece.
Umm, how about the fact that PA voted against Santorum for REELECTION to the senate? Just how does him as a presidential candidate change the fact that the people of PA said no to him already and put it in the win column? And how does NC, VA, IN, IA, OH come into play once they start recycling the campaign against Santorum that cost him his senate seat in PA?
Do we really want another 'culture of corruption' campaign cycle?
Uh oh.
All hail Newt! PBUH.
The Farce is strong with you.
And your point? He did better in PA in his senate loss than McCain did in his loss to Obama.
Obama needs PA. He can’t win without it.
“And how does NC, VA, IN, IA, OH come into play once they start recycling the campaign against Santorum that cost him his senate seat in PA?”
Uh, all of those states are ‘in play’, and will likely turn against Obama this electoral cycle. Santorum just reinforces all of them in the race against Obama. Which is what we need right now.
A solid conservative from a battleground state.
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