FLASHBACK- JANUARY 31, 2012–
BACKGROUND: NEWT Lost FLA- but still leading nationally: Rick loses in NH, SC, FLA, and soon, nev- . Did he bow out with honor?
No, just the opposite. Instead, of competing with Newt in the arena of ideas, Rick went “romney”- he back-stabbed his mentor and fellow conservative. From FR:
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“Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign announced a new television ad that will begin airing Tuesday in Colorado and Nevada.
The ad attacks Newt Gingrich as being too liberal for the GOP nomination by arguing that he shares many policy positions with President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “All three supported radical cap and trade legislation that would destroy American jobs and drive up energy costs. All three supported giving illegal aliens some form of amnesty. All three sported the government health mandates which take away our freedom and is the core of ObamaCare. And all three of these politician’s supported the Wall Street bailouts that was a slap in the face to the Tea Party,” the narrator says.
It goes on to refer to the trio as “cap and trade loving, bailout supporting, soft on immigration, big-government mandating politicians.” The commercial is a sharp indictment of Gingrich, with whom Santorum has split more conservative voters in early primary contests.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2840754/posts
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Rick set the rules on how one deals with fellow conservatives– now he has to play by them. You reap what you sow— Rick’s a man of God, he understands that.
The Santorum folks are just too funny on this one.
Gingrich ‘Deeply Upset’ That Scozzafava Endorsed Democrat After He’d Supported Her (ROFL)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376848/posts
Newt: “I am, however, deeply dissapointed that she has chosen to back Owens over Hoffman.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376172/posts
Jarrett: Dems want Scozzafava nod (Newt? Newt?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375959/posts
Right To Work Prez Calls Out Newt’s Hypocrisy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375483/posts
Group Calls on Gingrich to Rescind Endorsement of Scozzafava
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374566/posts
Who Lied to (RINO) Newt Gingrich?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373633/posts
Newt Gingrich - “King of the RINOs”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373107/posts
Gingrich: A Vote for Hoffman Is a Vote for Pelosi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373068/posts
Farewell To GOP’s Squishy Gingrich Wing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2372160/posts
Are you kidding me?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2372078/posts
Gingrich calls GOP support for Hoffman a ‘purge’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371959/posts
Newt on Greta talking about Scozzafava
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371587/posts
Newt Gingrich: Doug Hoffman support a ‘mistake’
Only because they hadn't posted the polls covering January 31st yet:
RCP Poll Average, 1/27/2012: Gingrich 31, Romney 27
RCP Poll Average, 2/3/2012: Romney 29.6, Gingrich 26.8
But if you want to pretend that a small ad buy for Colorado and Nevada (two states Gingrich dismissed as being ones nobody cared about), go right ahead.
Gingrich was collapsing in the polls before Florida. Most conservatives saw that, and those who were more interested in conservatives winning than Newt surviving knew we needed a different candidate for February.
By 2/7, Gingrich had collapsed so thoroughly that he came in 4th in Minnesota, and 3rd in Colorado.
By January 31st, Newt had lost Iowa, New Hampshire, and Florida, and soon Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, and Maine. Did he bow out? Of course not.
It would certainly have been better if Newt hadn't managed to be found on tape supporting so many unfavorable positions. But that's what we were left with by the time the primaries actually started.
Here’s the deal. Gingrich hinted at Santorum getting out after three Contests in Florida, one of which Santorum had won. We’ve now had 21 Contests, Gingrich has won 2 and finished second in two others, he’s finished 4th in 12 Contests. Santorum has won 7 contests and only finished 4th once. It’s no longer early. It’s half time and Gingrich can’t play.