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Andrea Mitchell: Romney Adviser Said Party Elites Will Find Alternative If he Can't Win Florida
RCP ^ | 01/24/2012

Posted on 01/24/2012 10:35:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: andreamitchell; brokeredconvention; florida; gds; gope; nottromney; rinocoup; waronnewt
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To: sanjuanbob

“If Newt and Santorum were to team up, would that eliminate the possibility of a brokered convention?”

Santorum is in the race at the behest of the RNC to drain Newt of votes.

His “team” is Romney, hoping for a cabinet position.


141 posted on 01/24/2012 3:19:19 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (I will never vote for Romney. Ever.)
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To: Beagle8U

FYI Huntsman is a cousin of Mitt. (Think grandfather with five wives in Mexico) The Huntsman family fortune is intertwined with romney/Bain. Huntsman was a “straw” candidate. The people of NH got snookered.


142 posted on 01/24/2012 3:19:45 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: SeekAndFind

You mean they don’t want to hold their nose and support the nominee if their guy loses? Isn’t that what they tell everyone else to do?


143 posted on 01/24/2012 3:29:02 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a local RINO? Regardless of who you vote for, donate $$$ to a different district.)
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To: Abby4116
Newt is the perfect t-party candidate. Read the post from CNN giving the low down on his time in congress.
BINGO!

Maybe he knows where all the skeletons are buried and they surely don't want them to come to light.


144 posted on 01/24/2012 3:31:36 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: SeekAndFind

She also said that Romneys grandpa, an American citizen, was an illegal. The woman is useless.


145 posted on 01/24/2012 3:35:16 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: SeekAndFind

I wondered if this is why Mitch Daniels is the response to SOTU speech by Zero...


146 posted on 01/24/2012 3:36:18 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Proud RINOmney Denialist since 2007!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bring it.


147 posted on 01/24/2012 3:37:53 PM PST by rintense
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To: SeekAndFind; All; Jim Robinson
If the GOP pulls this silly sh!t (which they CAN DO, by the way) I am certain the GOP will not win another election at any level for the next 10 years.

In fact, every conservative should make that promise here, and now.

Here's mine.

148 posted on 01/24/2012 3:40:43 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: SeekAndFind

[[ “I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, ‘Look, if Mitt Romney cannot win in Florida then we’re going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries. And we’re going to have try to come with someone as an alternative” ]]

Poor Mitt — how’d YOU like to have “top advisors” who thought of you like that?

With one hand shaking yours, and the other holding “the hook”? :)


149 posted on 01/24/2012 3:45:07 PM PST by Road Glide
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To: Brookhaven

epubs


150 posted on 01/24/2012 3:45:07 PM PST by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: LowTaxesEqualsProsperity

why do you assume that? The latest Gallup Poll has Obama up on Romney and Newt by the same 50-48 margin. The latest PPP poll has Obama up on them by the same 5 pt margin.

Other reent polls had him down in the 7-10 range, and that was before his SC victory and momentum. A big win in FL will only add to that.

I’d suggest that if Newt wins FL as big as he won SC that within 3 days post FL there will be a poll out showing him ahead of Obama. And what will the elites say then?


151 posted on 01/24/2012 3:49:24 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: Mariner

Here’s my answer to the GOP-E:

Rebellion is on!! Join or die!! Don’t tread om me!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837295/posts


152 posted on 01/24/2012 3:49:55 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is not just brewing, rebellion is here!!)
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To: jwalsh07

Totally useless...and yet, she has a thread here at FR discussing some spew from her clueless self. So silly.


153 posted on 01/24/2012 3:50:34 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: KansasGirl

If they do, the GOP will become part of the footnotes of history. Rebellion is indeed brewing. They can either join us or we’ll run right over them. Their choice.


154 posted on 01/24/2012 3:56:37 PM PST by stilloftyhenight (99 weeks = associates degree)
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To: jeltz25
The Party Elites will find us some one else???

NO THANKS...this is why I support Tea Party and stopped giving any thing to GOP..next will be to drop off Republican and become independent...

I voted for the Parties choice four years ago..only because of Palin..will never do that again...
John McCain may very well have been a tough soldier but other wise he is a dumb a$$...time for him to retire..

155 posted on 01/24/2012 4:01:17 PM PST by haircutter
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To: greeneyes

Here’s the wiki explanation. It is kinda scary that the Paulbots might very well take over a brokered con.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokered_convention


156 posted on 01/24/2012 4:01:21 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: riverdawg; Abby4116
Think a little deeper than the MSM drivel you're fed. Please!

The status quo was for 40 years the Dems held power. They gave the Republicans cover and pork. Congresscritters go to DC broke and end up wealthy. For them, it worked.

Along comes Gingrich. He gets control of the House. CHAOS! Budget cuts. Less pork. And the Republicans actually had to GOVERN. AND take responsibility. The Dems were outnumbered. The 98 budget was scheduled for a $1 Billion cut. GET RID OF NEWT. And they did. Phony ethics charges that were ALL dropped. AND they got to smear him.

He's baaaack! Older and wiser. And the elites are AGAIN trying to save the status quo. The question is, what are YOU going to do?

157 posted on 01/24/2012 4:01:24 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Finally, someone pointing out the facts: Establishment Republicans don’t want to win elections, not on any widespread basis. As odd as that sounds, it’s true. The establishment hates Newt because Newt wants to win. It’s also why they hate the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, and Sarah Palin, to name a few others.


158 posted on 01/24/2012 4:07:50 PM PST by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo

Republican elites in their walled off ivory towers dictating to the unwashed working class who should be their candidate, huh? Mr. Gingrich, tear down that wall.


159 posted on 01/24/2012 4:14:09 PM PST by alamogal
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To: NFHale

Eff them.

They’re freaking out.

Reiterate: Eff them.
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In 2008 I got a mailing from the RNC asking for a contribution. I told them after they shut down the Nevada caucus because their chosen candidate wasn’t winning that they could go eff themselves and they’d never get money from me.


160 posted on 01/24/2012 4:18:01 PM PST by pops88 (Geek chick over 50)
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