[DestroyLiberalism]

Sorry, I HAD to post this because everybody seems to be either overlooking or ignoring this alarming Rasmussen poll released today as the endless back-and-forth bickering here between the Gingrich and Santorum camps continue. I'm typically a spirited optimist, but am I the only one here deeply concerned about this Rasmussen poll of likely voters showing MITT ROMNEY with an EIGHT point lead in MISSISSIPPI just days before its primary??? Face it, folks... We're in big trouble if a Massachusetts moderate/liberal establishment Republican can come into the very conservative Deep South and win even ONE of the three states up for grabs there next Tuesday. Romney should have NO BUSINESS even being competitive in the Deep South!!

At this point, I honestly don't care WHO wins between Santorum and Gingrich and I sure hope and pray the two camps will consider putting their differences aside, joining forces, and launching a barrage of negative ads against Romney throughout the weekend or else I fear this primary race could be over. Just sayin'.

[svcw]

Hum? I thought there was a poll a few minutes ago that said Gingrich was up by 10.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Have you ever been to Mississippi? If you had, you wouldn’t believe a word of this. I’m not from here, but I’ve lived here of-and-on from 2001, and I’ll eat a pint of kimchee if Milt wins this state.

[Red Steel]

Rass better put out a corrected poll by Tuesday because this poll is bupkis.

[toddausauras]

Let’s pretend this poll is true. It does make sense possibly in that Romney’s campaign has been very adept at destroying the enthusiasm of the base. It’s like a snake slowly strangling its victim.

[Red Steel]

Yours is about the 3rd or 4th time today that this poll has been posted.

[Kansas58]

Santorum will win the Kansas Caucus Saturday, that will give him some bounce or mojo that should last until Tuesday.

[Christie at the beach]

Even my left wing local news station (at times) out of West Palm is reporting Newt is ahead in MS.

[Milhous]

Myth’s the bankster’s right hand sock puppet. (Obama’s on their left hand.)

[Lazlo in PA]

So much for the “Southern Strategy”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Ku3qqj-2g

I am on a Scotch bender listening to this on my Hi Fi speakers. Bose made great stuff back in the day.

[3boysdad]

Don't forget that Mittens has the bottomless purse of the mormon cult behind him. They have this “prophecy” thing that propels them. But woe unto them for overlooking them most overwhelming prophecy of all... the South Will Rise Again.

[eater-of-toast]

I lend no credence to this poll. Newt ate Willard’s lunch here in South Carolina, and Mississippi is both more conservative and hard-core Southern. For instance, Mississippi has nothing like South Carolina’s share of moderate-to-liberal Northeastern Republican transplants clustered around Myrtle Beach and the rest of the coast.

The only innocent explanation I can think of for this evidently fallacious poll is that it overrelied on Republican primary voters having landlines, while Mississippi is badly off and most likely a very high proportion of its residents rely on cell phones alone.

[Danae]

Nominee for “In parenthesis title of the day” Award!

[Mariner]

There IS a movement of GOP women away from the shrill and toward somebody who talks only of the economy.

Personally I regret we ever gave them the vote.

[Brown Deer]

(CNN) – Newt Gingrich is edging out his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in Mississippi, according to a new poll.

The American Research Group survey of likely Republican primary voters released Friday showed Gingrich with 35% support, followed by Mitt Romney with 31%, Rick Santorum with 20% and Ron Paul with 7%.

[hosepipe]

NO Newt; NO win..

[tinamina]

Is it possible for polls like Rasmussen to have their own agenda? Are they trying to influence the voters at this point? You know, like...Mitt’s the inevitable one, why fight it, let’s get this over with so the Republican nominee is known and can therefore fight Obama with two fists instead of a limp wrist?

I hear it a bunch of times today from Dick Morris and from Charles Krautheimer and even from Glenn Beck. I think the Mitt win is a fix. I hate the Mitt, but I don’t live in MS or TX.

[wardaddy]

surprises me...most of my kin are Newties

[no dems]

This concerned me greatly. I thought: "How in the hell can Romney be leading in Mississippi? Has America gone crazy? But, I've had time to ponder and talk to other Pubbies. If this poll is true, I think I know the reason why:
I think that people just want this thing over so the GOP can concentrate on defeating Obama. It's apparent that Rick and Newt are going to BOTH stick in there, keep dividing the Conservative vote and giving RINO-Rom victory after victory. So, why prolong the inevitable. This happens every time. The Conservatives divide the vote and the lone Moderate gets the nomination. I refer you to John McCain 2008 and other past elections. 'nuff said.

[vmivol00]

Don’t forget how far off the polls were in TN. I don’t think they know how to extrapolate Southerners.

[Dick Vomer]

Conservatives=54%

RINO=34%

Batshit crazy= 6%