Posted on 02/06/2012 8:04:13 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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Minnesota is Santorum 33, Romney 24, Gingrich 22, Paul 20. 35% still say they could change their minds though...
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I will never vote for Mitt, ever.
But I would gladly pull the lever for Santorum if it meant sticking it to Romney, even though I am a die hard Gingrich fan.
I would really like to see a Santorm/Gingrich or Gingrich/Santorum ticket so we can end Romney once and for all.
Where do you differ with him on policy? I find that I differ more with Gingrich on policy than with Santorum but not by an insurmountable amount. And I find that Willard Bishop Romney is totally off the charts for me, in disagreement with my position, as is Crazy Uncle Ron Paul. For me the simple choice is not only a defensive one (with Santorum) as a “block” against Romney going into juggernaut mode, as much as it is a proactive vote FOR Santorum, for his conservatism both economic and cultural, and for what he stands for, the fact he could clean Obongo’s clock in debates and appeal to a whole new generation of Americans who need to be told the truth of their county under extreme decay with the regime we have in power now, is telegenic, has low negatives and less baggage. Truly, I am convinced the DNC internals show Santorum the guy to beat, and they are going to have a cake walk with Romney, maybe less so with Gingrich.
I don’t see Santorum cleaning Obama’s clock in debates necessarily. The problem is Santorum has been very inconsistent in debates. He usually has a good answer or two, but rarely runs the table throughout the debate. And he’s put in some very bad nights where he rambles on or whines too much about not getting enough time or stuff like that. I also find Newt to be more inspiring and creative with his ideas. Santorum. But I have no complaints with them on the ticket together. Newt would be great at the top of the ticket to debate Obama, but also good as a V.P. who could back Rick up, be out there defending their administration on talk shows and stuff. Newt is most valuable perhaps as a communicator and could do that almost as effectively as V.P. Practically speaking, they just would not differ on policy that much. On some issues, I think Newt could talk Rick into the space program stuff if it really doesn’t increase the budget and just reassigns priorities.
The Not-Romneys are still alive and well and that’s a good thing. I think the best thing to do right now is vote for whoever is performing the best against Romney in the poll right before that state’s election. Romney needs to be embarrassed, defeated, humiliated above all else to kill his momentum and inevitability yet again. I think Rick would be EXTREMELY likely to pick Newt as a V.P. He needs the gravitas. Newt would not be as likely to pick Rick unless he had to. But the ticket with either of them on top is a million billion times better than a Romney ticket. So any defeat for Romney is a good thing. Newt or Rick winning every state from here on would be good, right? I’d like to hear for sure though if they can combine delegates easily and join on one ticket at the convention, or if the RNC would screw that up somehow if Romney had the highest plurality, but not a majority.
Would be nice if Newt would tell the voters to support Santorum since it seems he has ZERO chance of winning. Funny how it works for Santorum but can’t be said for Newt. Hypocrites all around.
It’s all about momentum. Newt has lost all of his since SC which seems a life time ago. It seems like Newt should just drop out and support Santorum. It seems inevitable anyway.
Nonsense. Newt has 30 delegates. Santorum has 2. Even if Santorum wins all three primaries tomorrow, he won't get a single new delegate, because none are awarded at this stage in those states. Since SC, Newt has one win and has not finished lower than second. Since SC, Santorum has no wins and hasn't finished higher than next-to-last.
Newt's going to win big in Georgia, which has 78 delegates, putting him well over 100 delegates. Newt's also going to do well in the other southern states on Super Tuesday. Plus Santorum hasn't even begun to be the object of Mitt's special attention. Just wait and see what millions in Mitt's attack ads do to thin-skinned Ricky boy.
Santorum has 2 delegates.
You are a big fat liar.
The last several weeks starting from South Carolina, Newt was either first or second. Newt was the one taking 100% of the pounding from Romney, his PACs, the GOP dinosaur establishment AND the useful idiot national media. That means even after all that, Newt has come in second in Florida and Nevada.
Newt should point out to the press that Ron Paul was EXPECTED to come in second in Nevada since he spent much more time and money in that state. Both Ron and Rick were in Nevada before Newt and still finished in the rear... Maybe it is both the message and the messenger.
It is semi-proportional. 24 delegates are awarded by congressional district, another 10 go to the overall winner, and the remaining six are the state party leaders.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/MN-R
Santorum has 9 delegates and Gingrich 33.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_COMNMO_206.pdf
they finally released the article with the full details of the polls in the link above.
Someone has reading comprehension issues.
Note the second sentence in the post you replied to.
Great. Let Santatorum Claus get some delegates. Whatever. At least they’re not going to Mitt. The one with the most delegates wins ... In the end, that person could have a relatively low number ...but they still win.
I agree we don’t have to settle for Mitt at this point. If Gingrich can stay in long enough to hold the South, Santorum is strong in the Midwest and Rust Belt, Paul some delegates from each caucus...there is a very good argument against a candidate only winning the Northeast (+FL), a couple of Atlantic states and the Mormon belt of Mountain states out West.
I'd be interested to see a poll in my communist State of Illinois. It is still early and I'm not ready to take my Newt sign out of the front yard yet.
Who wins a brokered convention?
“Game” - that’s a telling description of what someone thinks of the stakes involved.
Palin I hope.
MN and CO will have NON-BINDING delegates. The delegates will not actually be awarded until the district conventions in late March, early April. Missouri has no delegates awarded at all today. We still have a LONG way to go.
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