Posted on 01/17/2012 9:14:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t know that it’s an endorsement of Newt excepting in SC. She qualified her statement specifically.
Could be that she wants Romney to lose momentum in SC to thwart his advancement to the nomination. Could be she’ll endorse someone else after SC.
yeah we heard...I also watched her face. When Hannity asked her about the debates she rattled off in this order Perry then Santorum...then her eyes lit up when she talked about Newt.
No one expects her to bow out. The show is getting good. WE nned a long campaign that in the end will unite everyone to beat Obama. She understnad that ntto, and even said things about Paul to agree with. His domestic ideas are spot on.
But this is as close to an endorsement than getting one actually.
GREAT GREAT
Sorry Sarah...we part company on Newt.
Right. We should be talking about Santorum voting to expand the Department of Education and Medicare with a new prescription drug program.
Gingrich never voted for global warming or Fannie/Freddie, he just made money from them.
When Gingrich was in office, he kept his word, better than Santorum or anyone else running.
I really don’t believe endorsements work. In fact some endorsements can create a negative affect on a candidate. Be careful what you wish for!
So now she's a psychic?
Maybe Santorum/Gingrich.....Santorum/Palin
I see what you did there. ;-)
And Newt couldn't even get on the ballot in his home state, this time....
I listened to her on Hannity, I believe, and it was clear that she thought Newt won that debate. On the strength of that, she thought that South Carolina should vote for Newt SO THAT this contest against Romney would continue forward.
Her logic was that a split vote in South Carolina would make Romney inevitable, but that South Carolina had to combine in this primary to make sure the primary continued.
She believed, apparently, that Santorum and Perry could pick up again in some other state IF THE CONTEST CONTINUED.
If it didn’t continue, if South Carolina were used to crown Romney, then no matter who else anyone supported, it wouldn’t matter. The game would be over.
I like her logic. Newt is the conservative leading in the poll right now in S Carolina. Therefore, TO KEEP THE PRIMARY GOING FORWARD, S Carolina had to put their strength behind one candidate.
Otherwise it would be over.
Palin’s strategy is sound. Whoever else you might support for the nomination, if Romney wins South Carolina, then the money will dry up for every other candidate because Romney will then seem inevitable.
If anyone has a South Carolina ping list, then they need to understand Palin’s rationale.
Not one minute longer or Milt will come after you.
Milt?
This being Milt.
"We need someone with strong, core convictions...and that’s not him, that’s us." -- Rick Santorum
Sarah Palin understands about teamwork — and timing. I’m not sure Santorum and Perry do.
After the Romney Blob eats them, it may be too big and too late to stop it.
Got my doubts that dropping out would help Newt. I would not put it past Santorum to endorse Romney within a month. And he will have his reasons to do so, I exspecter.
win in a landslide ??? if the vote is for polarization politics, maybe...
Santorum equals the king of earmarks, voted to raise the minium wage, voted to allow the govt to regulate wages which favors unions. Santorum lost his own state not just because of his endorsement of Spector which was a huge mistake but that ONE vote went to Obamacare. Spector put it over the top. Thank you Santorum!
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