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AL Candidates Forum: Live at 6:30pm (ET) on C-SPAN (Santorum and Newt only attending)
C-Span ^ | March 12, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 03/12/2012 12:52:16 PM PDT by true believer forever

Birmingham, AL - Monday, March 12, 2012 The Alabama Republican Party hosts a presidential candidate forum with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham. AL Candidates Forum: Live at 6:30pm (ET) on C-SPAN. The Alabama Republican Primary is Tuesday, March 13. Fifty Republican delegates are at stake.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
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To: Marguerite; caww
First time EVER..I was polled by Rasmussen. Get this...they want to know your income, race, age, sex and even asked about Rush Limbaugh. Also, when they did the presidential polling they NEVER mentioned GINGRICH! asked who I would vote for if it were between Romney and Obama; Santorum and Obama OR A REPUBLICAN AND OBAMA!

I was not happy! it is a looooooooooooong poll! and I am now convinced it is rigged against Newt. In the end they said the results may be checked on rasmussen.com...this entire election sucks!

381 posted on 03/12/2012 6:22:39 PM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: All

Newt on Greta tonight!


382 posted on 03/12/2012 6:25:06 PM PDT by georgiagirl_pam (STEP ONE: SECURE YOUR DOOR (gives you time to get your gun!) mysafedoor.com)
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To: caww
Onyx, I’m surprised there weren’t Santorum supporters on this thread? Especially since their guy was speaking.....perhaps there just arent but a very few here on FR who are actually for Santorum. It would seem so since they weren’t here. ducking like Romney did this event.

Santorum supporter here. I don't have a fast enough internet connection to effectively monitor the live stream, so I didn't comment. (I'm finally getting a faster internet connection later this month.)

I followed the thread and appreciated the input. Generally one can factor in the biases of the posters and still get some general feel for how things went.

As far as how Rick looked, from the snippets that I was able to get off of the feed, my impression was that he might be sick--perhaps the flu. There is a lot of it going around down here. I may be wrong, but he didn't look like he normally does.

I appreciate the things that Newt has to say, and I will support him if he is the nominee. (I can't say that about Romney.) But I'm not in the camp of those who are likely to be swayed by a single debate. I know that Newt is good on the stump. But I appreciate even more how Rick has stood for his convictions over the years.

I would love a Rick/Newt ticket. But realistically either one might have to pick someone else: either someone to help win a particular state (e.g., Rubio or Portman), or a mushy middle-ite to win the brain dead (e.g., Romney or Christie).
383 posted on 03/12/2012 6:30:52 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: katiedidit1
it is rigged against Newt....this entire election sucks!

It's rigged in so many places I think peoples heads would spin if we knew all the ways they're trying to keep Newt out of the race.

But most of all they're trying to make it "appear" he's not significant.....that perception, as you expereinced in that poll....is just one of many IMO.

Just goes to show that power, money, connections etc. can buy anyone, any business, any organization....it's like a game of craps....and yes it majorly sucks! An d frankly becuase it's gotten so rigged this will be tmy last year "fighting" if Newt doesn't get it.

I will be focusing my time and efforts entirely on my family and securing all I can before the SHTF...

384 posted on 03/12/2012 6:31:11 PM PDT by caww
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To: Irish Eyes

REPLAY IN 25 MIN.


385 posted on 03/12/2012 6:36:16 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: katiedidit1

I have been polled several times. Most have been fair. Only one was an obvious push poll. They were upset when I refused to answer one of their ridiculous questions.

In Rasmussen’s defense, they do matchups between the leading contenders. Some days they seem to include only Romney and Santorum; other days only Gingrich and Paul; some days they do all four.


386 posted on 03/12/2012 6:36:31 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I know that Newt is good on the stump. But I appreciate even more how Rick has stood for his convictions over the years.

Unfortunately Ricks convictions have not always been as he states....and being from Pa, seeing how he voted and operated here to advance his career with his interests first and foremost at the front I cannot see him handling the office of this Presidency by any means.

This country has just one chance now to turn it around...Rick doesn't have the tools needed to do that in a timely fashion....he brings to the table nothing convincing me that he can hit the ground running....and we will need just that and fast after Obama is finished.

How Rick looked is how he has looked before...he does have an issue about sweating in the cameras as others have noted before this. But he did not come across to me as what he spoke about he genuinely can say are his own ideas and thoughts.....rather he's trying to articulate what he should say rather than be himself. So he's not fooling those of us who know him here in PA.

387 posted on 03/12/2012 6:40:26 PM PDT by caww
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To: katiedidit1

Katie,

The polls have only one goal: to influence the public opinion, not to get a honest temperature on any issue. If you bomb the country 24/7 with gazillions of skewed “polls”, the naive and uniformed people will vote as the polls tell them to.

That’s why the media invented the concept of “electability”. Rass. don’t ask about NEWT, because the media “decided” he is not “electable”. They are trying to kill his campaign and manipulate the electorate.

WHY in the world would we listen to what the leftist media tells us? Their goal is Obama’s reelection, so they deliberately “eliminate” the only candidate who can beat him, and the GOP elite is complicit in this political crime.

I never answer to phone polls.


388 posted on 03/12/2012 6:41:16 PM PDT by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: caww
I know his history....

....I pray for God's sovereign will in this election........but I petition that it will be Rick Santorum.

I thank God that there is a candidate who gives me HOPE.

Rick Santorum is that candidate.

You all can say what you want about your candidate....you're proud of him ...FINE!...I get it.

..but I sure wish you would all stop beating up on mine.

I don't beat up on yours.

How about it?

389 posted on 03/12/2012 6:42:09 PM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: caww
I know his history....

....I pray for God's sovereign will in this election........but I petition that it will be Rick Santorum.

I thank God that there is a candidate who gives me HOPE.

Rick Santorum is that candidate.

You all can say what you want about your candidate....you're proud of him ...FINE!...I get it.

..but I sure wish you would all stop beating up on mine.

I don't beat up on yours.

How about it?

390 posted on 03/12/2012 6:42:22 PM PDT by Guenevere (....Whom God calls,... He equips......Press On Santorum!)
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To: duffee

Get your butt out there and move those signs!! Much more important. You can always catch up on this later. Now move it!!!!!

Go Newt (Oh, and thank you for getting signs out).


391 posted on 03/12/2012 6:44:31 PM PDT by I_be_tc
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Onyx, I’m surprised there weren’t Santorum supporters on this thread? Especially since their guy was speaking.....perhaps there just arent but a very few here on FR who are actually for Santorum. It would seem so since they weren’t here. ducking like Romney did this event.

Speaking for myself, I followed the thread for a while but not much interested in a couple of pages ripping Santorum apart and the rest cheerleading for Newt. I tune in because I like to talk about what the candidates are saying.

On that note, I thought they both did well tonight. Rick does better when talking about core principles and freedome thus the slow start. But I'd gladly support either candidate if they're the nominee. Just praying it's one of them and not Romney.

392 posted on 03/12/2012 6:48:00 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: caww
Can't vote til they get to Pa....am so anxious about that...and by the way...Santorum does not have many here in his court....that should tell those voting for Santorum something but they are thus far dull of hearing.

The last poll out of Pennsylvania has Santorum up by 29 points. (Santorum 45%; Romney 16%; Gingrich 9%; Paul 7%) Seems like he has at least a few in his court there.

I would guess that this poll may turn out to be an outlier, but even as an outlier it would indicate substantial Santorum strength in Pennsylvania. The next PPP poll should be more definitive. I would guess that it will show a smaller, but still definite, lead for Santorum in Pennsylvania.
393 posted on 03/12/2012 6:52:02 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: onyx
God speed Ony!

I was working, and missed the whole thing. Sometimes I hate being in the Oil industry, there is no such thing as a scheduled break or time off. You have to take what you can, when you can.

It looks like I missed a lot of good things from the Master tonight.

Like I said to you earlier, it appears like it wound up like I preedicted. I would have loved to be there for it!

Be safe and free from harm in your travels! GO NEWT!

394 posted on 03/12/2012 6:58:33 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

It’s replaying now. Newt goes second so there’s time to catch him if you want.


395 posted on 03/12/2012 7:05:43 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: ReneeLynn; CAluvdubya
Willful ignorance, aka dumb on purpose.

Isa 56:10 His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

There is no excuse with the amount of videos and information out on the net with Newt's clear presentation of what this country needs.

I have close conservative friends who have fallen for the Elite Media/GOP-E presentation of Newt. It frustrates me that when I tell them what he is saying, they have no clue. Too busy with their day to day lives to invest time in their children's futures.

I have swayed many and will continue to do so. Talk to everyone you can, post on Facebook, Twitter, talk at work during breaks and lunches.....

396 posted on 03/12/2012 7:09:21 PM PDT by bondserv (Regarding Mitt Romney: I could not warm up to this guy if we were cremated together.)
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To: All
The replay is available live right now on the C-SPAN site
397 posted on 03/12/2012 7:12:43 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Santorum: 18-point loss, voted for Sotomayor, proposed $550M on top of $900M Amtrak budget...)
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To: Marguerite

I just posted what transpired on Newt’s site and I called Rasmussen and left a message ..also, emailed them and gave them hell


398 posted on 03/12/2012 7:13:39 PM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: caww

BTTT!!!


399 posted on 03/12/2012 7:15:13 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romney - Santorum: Twin Sons of Different Mothers...)
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To: IM2MAD

Thank you so much! I will!


400 posted on 03/12/2012 7:16:14 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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