Posted on 02/04/2012 3:55:17 PM PST by VinL
Newt Gingrich will stay in the Republican presidential nomination contest despite an expected loss to Mitt Romney in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, the former speaker told The Washington Times late Saturday afternoon.
“We had excellent fundraising meetings and calls yesterday,” Mr. Gingrich said. “Super Tuesday and beyond look good.”
The Georgia native thus dispelled rumors circulating in the press that his campaign had scheduled a press conference for late Saturday, after the results were in from the Nevada caucuses.
“We will probably be a solid second here with [Rick] Santorum in last place,” Mr. Gingrich said, while acknowledging indirectly that attracting donors and voters in sufficient force to overtake Mr. Romney will be a challenge in the coming weeks.
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I forgot about the Nevada caucus yesterday. I was tied up all day in a training class. I see now that Romney won.
But, I'm not discounting anything.
After Iowa, the delegate count was:
Santorum: 7
Romney: 7
Gingrich: 2
After New Hampshire, the delegate count was:
Romney: 14
Santorum: 7
Paul: 3
Gingrich: 2
After South Carolina, the delegate count was:
Gingrich: 25
Romney: 16
Santorum: 7
Paul: 3
After Florida, the delegate count was:
Romney: 66 (39 if proportional)
Gingrich: 25 (41 if proportional)
Santorum: 7 (14 if proportional)
Paul: 3 (7 if proportional)
After Nevada, the delegate count is approximately (results not fully in):
Romney: 78 (51 if FL is proportional)
Gingrich: 29 (45 if FL is proportional)
Santorum: 9 (16 if FL is proportional)
Paul: 7 (11 if FL is proportional)
IF the RNC and Florida followed its own rules, this would be a 6 delegate race right now. Furthermore, the headlines out of Florida would be different. I've said all along that I believe the MSM and the establishment RNC are astrorurfing the popularity for Romney to the point now where everyone wants to back the perceived winner.
And we all know that the RNC is keeping the penalized 50 Florida delegates in their back pocket, ready to reinstate them if necessary (again, on a winner-take-all basis) if Romney should fall behind after Super-Tuesday.
Even if Santorum's rightful delegates split, I'd think that Gingrich would get more than Romeny, making this race even closer than the 6 delegate separation between the two.
-PJ
Actually, I just copied Free Reign’s post and highlighted it. I didn’t check it out.
Onyx, please allert the NEWT list (or anyone else you think might be interested) to PJT’s post above.
Do not ignore the 2 delegates to Jon Huntsman in NH.
Romney camp has known from the git-go that this was going to be close. Huntsman is ROmney’s cousin (think the grandfather with five wives in Mexico) The Huntsman family fortune is intertwined with Bain/Romney.
IMO Huntsman was used as a STRAW candidate to catch the ABR vote in NH, which vote will be used by ROmney at convention.
Here’s my take on the RNC. They are on the verge of suicide and don’t even know it. .
REASON: The FL Fiasco. They have no way of knowing how the American people will vote in the next few months. If it is close immediately before the convention (when the rules committee meets,) they are in the precarious position.
No matter which side their decision falls (Romney gets-all or Newt’s challenge wins/the vote is awarded proportionately) the GOP looses. It will be one large group VERY angry or the other larger GROUP even angrier.
The only winner is BhO.
The answer is to solve the issue NOW so the party has time to heal.
OR the push for Romney so he wins in such high numbers, they don’t anger the conservatives right before convention.
It is important that the message to settle the conflict now is sent to national repeatedly and by many or we end up with Romney.
Please help spread the message. Encourage others to contact National RNC, early and often. Get them to decide the Florida Fiasco NOW!!!!!!. website@nrcc.org
They are using Alkinsky’s methods....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308852/posts
Learn them, Identify them as such when you see them. Particularly on other sites than FR....Don’t argue with the comment posted just Post “Alinsky #_____”. So others will see it.
Am posting your tally link on another thread.
Would love to know how many freepers for Newt sent an email to the RNC in regards to the Fla primary. I did!
And threaten them with what, we already don't send them money. Another party?? Independents? Not many choices for our threats and they know it.
Don't mean to rain on your suggestion, it's just my feelings they don't give a damn.
By then obamacare will be fully entrenched. We can't lose.
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Obamacare may very well be a disaster but, tragically, it might take some time for its disadvantages to percolate into the consciousness of the average American. By that time, Obama will be home and dry.
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