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Favorite Son Santorum Thumps Romney In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds.. Ties Obama
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| 3-14-2012
| Quinnipiac University
Posted on 03/14/2012 10:47:11 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
If Newt backs out, you can guarantee that Team Romney will step it up to a pitch that was mild compared to what they did to Newt. They will then have all the money used to stop Newt, to use against Santorum in a focused attack. And then there is the MSM and Obama machine later.
You sound like you're almost looking forward to it.
And all the personal attacks in the world, won't make it go away either.
For a habitual bomb-thrower, you sure do have a thin skin.
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posted on
03/14/2012 11:57:34 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
To: Vigilanteman
Well damn mr shrimp is a yankee, who knew?
To: skeeter
What in particular leads you to worry about this? I’m curious.
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I can tell you what bothers me about it (Santorum negotitating for the VP slot). We need Marco Rubio in the VP slot. He can cut into Obozo’s Hispanic vote, big-time, and we need Florida. Whoever wins Florida, wins the White House.
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:01:35 PM PDT
by
no dems
(No RINO-Rom, no Kook-Daddy; Newt or Rick must win the nomination.)
To: ModelBreaker
But theres always Pittsburgthe city that specializes in more votes than registered voters.
Pittsburg, Kansas? Or do you mean Pittsburgh? ;-)
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:02:01 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
To: no dems
Just go back on countless past threads. You will find volumes of information on Santorum. Just a few, are the “K” street scandal, Union insider dealings, as well as some I won't mention here. (Far too volatile)
Don't worry, you will find out soon enough, that Santorum is far from “squeaky” clean.
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:03:23 PM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: Antoninus
I won't play your childish dart throwing game. Consider yourself ignored from here on out. Have a great day!
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:06:04 PM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: Timber Rattler
“So much for Santorum not being competitive in his own state...”
Yup.
Not surprising since Rick won 4 out of 5 races in PA.
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:08:11 PM PDT
by
Sun
(Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
To: org.whodat
His squeaky voice didn’t give you a clue until now?
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:58:27 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Newt has probably figured out by now that the presidency is out of his reach. If he can negotiate the VP slot on the eventual ticket, that will be the best perch available to him to launch the “movement” you speak of.
To: ModelBreaker
But theres always Pittsburgthe city that specializes in more votes than registered voters.Pittsburgh could be nuetralized by the fact that Santorum is from the burgh suburb of Penn Hills. Local boy makes good and all that.
Philadelphia, now that's a problem. I'd like to give Philly to Jersey, then PA would be almost Alabama. :)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
I won't play your childish dart throwing game. Consider yourself ignored from here on out. Have a great day!
I'm destroyed. Really.
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posted on
03/14/2012 1:55:46 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
To: Timber Rattler
So much for Santorum not being competitive in his own state...That's what I was going to say. Why were posters saying the opposite last week? Obviously it wasn't a given.
To: skeeter
I’m neither listening to, or watching any political ads. I’ve had my mind pretty much made up since the start.(although I was wavering briefly toward Gingrich) Even ignored the Cain gossip at the time.
Romney could spend a trillion $, it won’t change my mind toward him.
To: ScottinVA
When Newt first announced, there was nothing but ridicule on this forum about his candidacy, really no support to speak of at all. But somehow he got repeated ad nauseum support after January 2012. Even as he continues to fade, his backers are more determined than ever.
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posted on
03/14/2012 5:58:17 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Mathematically, it's all over, says Mittens. I'm pretty sure the people will again let us down.)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Unless he finds out why Mitch McConnell is “caver in chief,” the truth squad will mean nothing.
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posted on
03/14/2012 6:00:59 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Mathematically, it's all over, says Mittens. I'm pretty sure the people will again let us down.)
To: Vigilanteman
Well, LBJ didn’t bat an eye when he accepted Joseph P. Kennedy’s offer in 1960.
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posted on
03/14/2012 6:02:48 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Mathematically, it's all over, says Mittens. I'm pretty sure the people will again let us down.)
To: Vigilanteman
Yep. Much to my shame, Ron Paul is a fellow Gettysburg College alumnus...
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posted on
03/14/2012 6:04:25 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: cotton1706; All; AmericanInTokyo; cripplecreek; Antoninus; Lazlo in PA; CharlesWayneCT; writer33; ..
5 posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:54:15 PM by cotton1706: “Since Obama is not going to get any new states, if Santorum gets Florida and Pennsylvania, its all over for Obama. Even if Obama keeps Florida (unlikely), if Santorum gets Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and an industrial state like Wisconsin or Michigan, its still all over for Obama. Santorums stronger than Romney electorally.” You are absolutely right. I've been saying something similar for a long time.
Having a Southerner on the ticket or listening carefully to Southern concerns has been important for quite a while to Republicans; we couldn't win without winning the South. At this point, however, the Solid South has changed from “yellow dog Democrats” to become “yellow dog Republicans” — i.e., most of those states will vote for the Republican even if he's a yellow dog — and what Republicans need to worry about is winning traditional “rustbelt” states.
I'm painfully aware that Rick Santorum has cast some problematic votes which made sense to his blue-collar constituents in Pennsylvania but are being perceived by Republican voters elsewhere was being pro-union or anti-business. I'm not saying that Santorum’s votes were good, although as a states-rights advocate who believes elected officials need to do what their constituents want, I can understand those votes even if I don't agree.
What is being lost in the debate is that those votes are the sort of vote that can attract moderate and conservative Democrats in precisely the states Republicans **MUST** win to win the presidency.
The old “Reagan Democrat” coalition worked. “Reagan Democrats” are much less important today nationally than they were in the 1980s, but they are still key to winning certain states such as Pennsylvania, and Santorum is uniquely positioned to win those states.
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