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To: JCBreckenridge
Once Santorum dropped I knew that Obama would be re-elected. Quote me, and see if that’s not how the rest of the year plays out. I guarantee you, it will happen.

Once his foolish supporters made the completely unvetted, untested, unexamined Santorum surge in February after his candidacy had been going nowhere fast, many of us knew the nomination had been handed to Mitt. They started the vote-splitting and donation-splitting against Newt and kept it going until Newt was no longer even being covered by the media. Santorum's candidacy was nothing but hot air based on endorsements from religious leaders and their sycophantic followers who can't think for themselves. There was little to no intrinsic appeal to his candidacy and as people got to know him and see him stumble and fumble in action, his support waned until he could no longer win primaries. There is one group of people to blame for losing this primary and those are the Santorum supporters who jumped to him out of nowhere due to endorsements despite him spending months not appealing to anybody on his own merits.

279 posted on 04/25/2012 7:50:17 PM PDT by JediJones (From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
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To: JediJones

‘Once his foolish supporters made the completely unvetted, untested, unexamined Santorum surge in February after his candidacy had been going nowhere fast, many of us knew the nomination had been handed to Mitt.”

This only happened after Gingrich lost in Florida. Gingrich had already proven then that he could not defeat Romney. Gingrich had to win in Florida and he wasn’t even competitive.

“They started the vote-splitting”

What state did Santorum cost Newt?

“Santorum’s candidacy was nothing but hot air”

And he carried 11 states. How many states did Newt carry again?

“endorsements from religious leaders”

So what’s wrong with that?

“their sycophantic followers who can’t think for themselves.

So we are bitter clingers? Sounds to me like something Obama would say.

“There was little to no intrinsic appeal to his candidacy”

Which is why he kept winning red states despite getting outspent by Romney? Santorum had the grassroots support across the country.

“There is one group of people to blame for losing this primary and those are the Santorum supporters who jumped to him out of nowhere”

No, the only ones responsible are the Gingrich supporters who handed Romney Ohio and Michigan, along with Alaska and Wyoming.

Thanks for that by the way. When Obama gets re-elected, we’ll have you to thank for it. Appreciated.


284 posted on 04/26/2012 2:24:34 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge
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