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Santorum Says He Dropped Out Because He Ran Out of Money
National Journal ^
| April 12, 2012
| Jonathan Miller
Posted on 04/12/2012 10:57:27 AM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Brown Deer
His internals said he was going to lose PA, no doubt.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:00:32 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Money is part of that. PA is a huge media market and without money he really couldn’t compete. So I take him at his word.
No point in risking the humiliation of a big defeat in your home state when you don’t have the money to do anything to mitigate that risk.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:04:12 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: Brown Deer
It was near impossible to match Milt this election cycle with cash. He could write checks all day long to fund himself. Rick did do a fantastic job with the limited funds he had. 11 wins against Milt is nothing to dismiss when he was outspent 10 to 1 in some contests. Some of these upcoming states are pretty expensive to run in too. PA and NY are not cheap.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:05:08 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Brown Deer
I sure wish folks would step back and think about the implications of continuing to feed a political process that is all about money and media.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:05:59 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(You can be a Romney Republican or you can be a conservative. You can't be both. Pick one.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He was not going to be able to win Pennsylvania by a large enough margin to offset the media meme about the other three Romney wins that day. The schedule was set up to offset any losses in Conservative/Moderate states with more wins in Liberal states. Everything was stacked to help Romney this time.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:07:24 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
To: samtheman; E. Pluribus Unum
The Philthy media market alone is huge and expensive. Add having to do Pittsburgh and all the small markets in between, it is very expensive. The money spent in the Toomey/Sestak race were mind blowing for a US Senate race compared to other states.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:08:13 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Brown Deer
The only reason anyone ever drops out of this race...
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:21:19 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Lazlo in PA; Antoninus
Rick did do a fantastic job with the limited funds he had. 11 wins against Milt is nothing to dismiss when he was outspent 10 to 1 in some contests. Agreed! Santorum gave Romney a good scare and probably made the wisest decision he could under the circumstances. It also makes abundantly clear that Romney and his flying monkeys have bought the nomination, which speaks volumes about the corruption within the GOP.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:23:37 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Rome2000
Not as much of a degenerate chump as you, Rome.
Rotten to the core, you Santorum haters.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:29:12 AM PDT
by
Mountain Mary
("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
His internals said he was going to lose PA, no doubt.
You can't win against millions of dollars of negative advertising with no money.
As expected, Romney bought the nomination by the sheer weight of dollars. Pathetic.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:31:01 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(The Republican Party (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Romney, Inc.))
To: Rome2000
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:36:19 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(I will not vote for Romney period, and by election day you won't like him either.)
To: Brown Deer
Certainly doesn’t sound like he’s throwing his support to Mittens...
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:37:59 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
There is no state that Romney won that was not a result of his money advantage.
It does make one wonder who the candidate would be if none of them had any money and just had to go on the basis of public broadcast of debates or discussions.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:41:45 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
To: xzins
It does make one wonder who the candidate would be if none of them had any money and just had to go on the basis of public broadcast of debates or discussions. You need to factor in state-controlled media's crusade against all things conservative.
Money can't buy that. It's already been bought and paid for.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:47:11 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
To: Mountain Mary
Exactly! But they did get what they wanted in the end. Unfortunately, that’s a Romney nomination. Now the rest of us have to suffer with 4 more years of Obama.
Romney’s losing in OH, and in CO, and in NC - it’s over.
To: Brown Deer
I figured that was the case. That was probably the most I’ve given to a single candidate. The upside is I’ll be saving money from this point on since I won’t be donating to Romney, the RNC, RNSC, or RNCC despite their 10 - 20 calls per day.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:52:53 AM PDT
by
throwback
(The object of opening the mind, is as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
To: Rome2000
You got it but Santorum and Romney probably took a joint decision after determining together that Gingrich was no longer a threat to Romney.
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04/12/2012 12:14:41 PM PDT
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04/12/2012 12:42:36 PM PDT
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