Roller coaster continues: Mitt up by 9 in Florida
posted at 9:50 am on January 27, 2012 by Jazz Shaw
If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium. But it’s actually Friday, so it must still be Florida. And with another day we get another fresh round of polling showing one of two things: either the good citizens of Florida are prone to fits of multiple personality disorder or the pollsters are just having some fun with us. Close on the heels of Romney being up, then Newt being up, then it being essentially a tie, then trending back in Romney’s favor, Quinnipiac tells us that Mitt is surging back into the lead.
Just four days before the nation’s first big-state presidential primary,former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney opens up a 38 – 29 percent lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among Republican likely voters in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University poll taken Wednesday and released today. Only 6 percent are undecided, but 32 percent say they might change their mind by Tuesday.
This compares to results of a January 25 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, showing Romney with 36 percent of likely primary voters to Gingrich’s 34 percent. Wednesday’s survey showed Gingrich ahead 40 – 34 percent among voters surveyed after the South Carolina primary.
Ron Paul takes the bronze medal with 14% and Rick Santorum is bringing up the rear at 12. These results are looking more solid, though, given that the numbers match up pretty well with this poll from VSS which gives the nod to Mitt over Newt 40 to 31.
As previously noted, this does seem to be in keeping with the most recent trend, but the changes have been rapid. In the demographics department, the big shift here is along gender lines. Men, who were backing Newt 37 to 33 in a similar poll only 48 hours earlier, now line up in favor of Mitt 36 to 29 against Gingrich. Romney’s favorability numbers are back up also, rising to a 60 to 28 break point.
The first release didn’t include the full cross-tabs (though I’m sure Ed will get them before long) but since the two data points we’re looking at both come from the same polling firm, they’re probably similar. This is a rapid and rather dramatic shift, but it does continue the most recent trend. After dipping in the polls following Gingrich’s strong showing in South Carolina, Mitt seems to be clawing his way back up. Last night’s debate probably won’t change that much either, given most of the buzz I’m seeing about Newt mostly falling flat. Four days to go… hang on to your hats!
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Yup.
cicerone on January 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I just hope Mitt is as nasty n angry to Obama as he is right now towards Newt.
B Man on January 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM
After last night’s debate, Mittens looks to capture FL and coast to super Tuesday in good shape. His new debate coach really helped in turning his image around. Nootie looked visibly stunned by Mittens performance. Santorum was nice and scrappy; and even Paul looked saner!
Bob in VA on January 27, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Never has a more appropriate wish been made – +1
jake-the-goose on January 27, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Pre-debate?
Looks like Romney will end up smoking Newt. Will Santorum finish 3rd? Can he push for 2nd?
Abby Adams on January 27, 2012 at 9:56 AM
At this point, it’s who reeks less. And that never won an election because the other guy has a base who thinks he smells pretty sweet. Karl Rove will be pale as a ghost when the week after the Tampa Convention for the first time probably in our history, there is 0 bounce.
Marcus on January 27, 2012 at 9:56 AM
This is what happens when Gingrich is forced to debate an actual person instead of attacking those who are restricted from fighting back.
csdeven on January 27, 2012 at 9:57 AM
thanks Jazz
Our early voting location shows signage at:
1. Ron Paul
2. Newt 2012
Nothing for Santorum and Romney
Should be interesting to see the final breakdown.
CoffeeLover on January 27, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I’m wanting for people to take a better look at Rick Santy. Yes, I know he’s to Catholic for some of you, but I don’t know of a recess apointment he could make, that can peek in your bedroom, or a House or Senate that will make sure condom’s come off the shelves at your local store, to be sold on the black market.
KOOLAID2 on January 27, 2012 at 9:58 AM
300 million people to choose from and this is what the GOP is offering?
O_o
Bishop on January 27, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Is this the first poll we’re supposed to actually trust?
platypus on January 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Ricky went back home to PA
Makes sense
cmsinaz on January 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
And these numbers predate Romney’s win from the debate, and probably predate all of this week’s Newt implosion.
Angryed is going to need to be sedated.
rogaineguy on January 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
These wild swings suggest to me the electorate is quite informed and engaged, reacting to things they learn quickly.. And I think plugged into alternative media, otherwise Newt never would have surged. I take this as a good development all in all.
Uncledave on January 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM
He isn’t now, and never will be.
He wuvves Obama. They’re both progressives, although Mitt is the only one of the two to have publicly admitted it.
ebrown2 on January 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Like Obamacare? – vote for Romney then because it seals the deal. If he’s the nominee then Obamacare is here to stay and we’re sunk as a nation.
exceller on January 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM
If only you earned that planet by polling mitt :(
tom daschle concerned on January 27, 2012 at 10:03 AM
So the filthy rich guy who was responsible for Romneycare will run against the class warfare guy who gave us Obamacare.
Slam dunk for Barry and MSM.
McCain 2.0
fogw on January 27, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Turn out the lights:
TeaTrekkie on January 27, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Just 300 millions? Add another 22 million illegal immigrants to the count. We sure had no problem electing one in 2008.
Archivarix on January 27, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Not a huge fan or either guy but Newt really screwed the pooch last night. Mitt was better – lucky for him Santorum never caught real fire in this campaign.
Looks like its Mitt if he wins Florida- the next 2 states are Nevada and Maine- he should win those two.
We all better start exercising to drag this sack across the finish line.
jjshaka on January 27, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Ha ha ha ha…
The movie is playing out exactly as predicted.
TheRightMan on January 27, 2012 at 10:05 AM
3rd that Jake
cmsinaz on January 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Well, that didn’t work. I was linking to Intrader where they now have Romney with a 86.7% chance of securing the nomination.
TeaTrekkie on January 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Heh.
ProudPalinFan on January 27, 2012 at 10:07 AM
It must be blind trust.
Electrongod on January 27, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Nah. More likely it’s the critical swing voters: the crackers and the 95 year old New Yorkers.
CorporatePiggy on January 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM
50% of the Republican candidates are Catholic.
MeatHeadinCA on January 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I’m glad I got to go to last night’s debate. Romney looks even more fake in person. It’s really something to see. It’s like every last physical move he makes has been focus group approved.
Most of the people around me were for Newt, however they applauded the loudest for Santorum when he had his moments. At this point, I’m ready for this primary to be over so we can go ahead and lose the general with Mitt Romney.
joekenha on January 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Time to start a “down-ticket” get out the vote effort.
Romney isn’t going to fire up anyone but a few blue dogs, if any are actually still around.
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on January 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I see what you did there EG
+1
cmsinaz on January 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM
For all of the “If you vote for Romney were doomed” or “If you vote for Newt were doomed” crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmZRDUO1wGQ
VegasRick on January 27, 2012 at 10:11 AM
It’s a Quinnipiac poll. Nothing to see here!
Emperor Norton on January 27, 2012 at 10:11 AM
It’s the new debate coach Mitt added to his team making the difference , I wish Newt will change his tactic accordingly, he seams more relaxed after the SC win.
evergreenland on January 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM
As a Quinnipiac alum I appreciate the proper phonetic spelling
Bizzy on January 27, 2012 at 10:13 AM
I’m curious to see Santorum’s numbers over the next few days…seemed like some fence-sitters decided to vote for him after last night.
Of course, it’s hard to seize the momentum if you’re, er, going to PA to do taxes. He oughta stay and see if he can’t eat into Gingrich’s numbers more.
changer1701 on January 27, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I don’t know. I just shake my head when I see these swings in the polls. People moving so quickly from one candidate to the other looks a little fickle given the importance of the issue and, one would suppose, the individuals core beliefs. I can see someone’s opinion of a candidate develop or change over time as the campaign season drags on, but changes from one day to the other is curious to see.
DumboTheAvenger on January 27, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Question to Newtbots:
What happened last night to the famed debater, Gingrich, who was going to totally school Obama in the debates?
Do you see how foolish it is to pick a nominee based on supposed strength in the debates?
It is equally foolish for the GOP to pick Romney based on supposed electability. At this point, he has turned off a great number of conservative voters that I am predicting he will perform worse than McCain ever did.
Rhetoric can never beat Obama, only a soild record will. And there was only one candidate that had that record to beat Obama – Gov. Perry.
Alas, conservatives/tea partiers rejected him for the famed debater, who has now been revealed to be anything but.
TheRightMan on January 27, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Multiple caveats are in order here methinks.
Maybe Mitt’s polygamous family in Mexico will animate some voters, pro or con. After all, everyone also sucks up to ex-pat Cubanos y Cubanas.
I’ll wait for the final results, and I don’t mean exit polls showing Mittens won.
~(Ä)~
Karl Magnus on January 27, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Romney’s Rolodex of friendly reporters were all down for the attack on Gingrich.
They will be rearranging their sock drawers when Romney does an oppo dump on 0bama. I’m just sayin’
Sekhmet on January 27, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Good call….dance amongst the doomsters….for Obama is going down this year!
thebrokenrattle on January 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Well Said. Transplanted New Yawkers should still vote in New Yawk instead of polluting the gene pool, er, voter base, to which they never contributed.
~(Ä)~
Karl Magnus on January 27, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Rick won hands down…Mitt and Newt were like two children in a sandbox…the most disappointing performance by two men wanting to be president I could ever imagine…Petulant, immature, degrading…
right2bright on January 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Actually, they rejected him because he was physically and mentally unprepared for the campaign trail, and because he underestimated W/Texas fatigue in the party, which is why “heartless” was so devastating to him.
ebrown2 on January 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM
He mad.
WealthofNations on January 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM
I was a Perry guy when he entered the race, and I think he got a raw deal…the Gardasil crap was over the top, and Palin fans seemed hostile to him for, I guess, taking her presumed spot in the race.
But, record notwithstanding, he just wasn’t up to the task. I don’t know if it was the late entry, or the back surgery, or whatever, but I don’t think he would’ve done well against Obama.
changer1701 on January 27, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Last election, I voted for Senator McCain, with whom I disagreed on many issues but considered (and consider) a great American. It burned a little to read some of the scathing attacks coming at him from people calling themselves conservatives, few or none of whom could match either his patriotism or accomplishments, and with some of them claiming they wouldn’t vote for him–or anyone–at all, deciding to stay at home on election day and doing their part to ensure Obama’s victory.
There is a strong likelihood Romney will win the GOP nomination, and I’m hearing the same things all over again from pretty much the same people. For my part, if Newt Gingrich somehow pulls the rabbit out of the hat and wins the GOP nomination, I’ll make the calls and knock on the doors and drive people to the polls just as I did for McCain, and I’ll vote for Newt Gingrich–and I absolutely loathe Newt Gingrich. Can’t stand the guy.
I’m a Republican and I want to win. And those of you capital-c Conservatives who say you’re staying home on election day out of pique or spite? It’s a free country, so do what you like and shut up about it. Great Americans fought, suffered and died to give you the vote. If you don’t vote, you don’t matter.
troyriser_gopftw on January 27, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Exactly.
PatriotGal2257 on January 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM
This is very frustrating to me. Mitt Romney does not inspire confidence; he always sounds like a 10-year old boy trying to explain his oft-changing point of view. If he wins the nomination, which I hope he does not, he will never survive the attacks during the general election. He’s a nervous sort, and he makes me nervous – not the trait I want in a presidential candidate. He reminds me of an action figure doll – when you remove the costume, he’s just another naked Ken doll. There is nothing there. Say what you want about Rick Perry, but you always knew his guns were real. And he knew how to fire them. I’m not even sure they let Mitt keep a bullet in his pocket, much less that he’d know what to do with it if he found it there.
MustLoveBlogs on January 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM
RightMan,
Romney kept his boot heel on Perry, and made sure he couldn’t catch a break. You see how Astroturfed we are by the Romney campaign here on this board, imagine everywhere else that got constantly, over and over and over again, reminded of “heartless” and “oops.” Likely done by smarter Mittstroturfers than the idiots who came in on the last open registration.
The way I see it, folks are going to be royally POed when the general election rolls around, and it’s not the cakewalk the Romney campaign has implicitly promised it would be with him on top of the ticket. My hope is that the drop in revenues and volunteers will force Romney to bow down, grovel, and get out of the reformers’ way, despite his being promoted by the establishment to block the reformers.
Sekhmet on January 27, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Astroturfed, riiiiight. Whatever you have to tell yourself to help you sleep at night.
WealthofNations on January 27, 2012 at 10:35 AM
This article was in the Onion, sweetcheeks. For your humor impairment, let me spell it out: The thought of Mitt Romney inspiring squeeing fandom is funny because he is so uninspiring. All of a sudden, at the open registration, a whole lot of rabid Romney fans show up all at once. Totally without coordination, you say. Riiight. Y’all make the Ronulans look sane and witty.
Sekhmet on January 27, 2012 at 10:41 AM
I don’t think astroturfer means what you think it means.
troyriser_gopftw on January 27, 2012 at 10:41 AM
And you wish you were as witty as some of the Ronulans.
Really, you got to love all the pissing and moaning going on in the Newtron camp. Newt Gingrich has a bad night because of attacks he made and positions he sought out? Obviously Romney astroturf and stacking of the deck by TEH REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT!
Newtron and his supporters are sounding more like Democrats everyday. It’s never you or your candidate, it’s the message/Conservative astroturf!!11!
WealthofNations on January 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Perry’s problem wasn’t Romney supporters. A lot of conservatives got on him about the Gardasil thing (like Malkin), and Palin fans seemed especially hostile to him. And, he just never recovered.
changer1701 on January 27, 2012 at 10:46 AM
LOL ahahahahahahaha …
Mittens = Barney Fife if he were allowed to redefine himself!
Good One.
~(Ä)~
Karl Magnus on January 27, 2012 at 10:47 AM
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ron Paul wins Maine or comes in strong second. I haven’t researched this – it’s just a guess because I know something about how these Mainiacs think…
Buy Danish on January 27, 2012 at 10:48 AM
After Tuesday the Dems know with certainty whom the GOP nominee will be, while the GOP candidate– moving even faster to the center half a year out from the general– still has to scurry around the country to make sure he clinches it, technically, appealing to an increasingly disengaged and unenthusiastic base. Very clever of the GOP to insure the nominee of 6 months of slogging tedium, and the Dems an extra 6 months to pound his poll numbers into the ground during the same time.
Prediction: By the end of February, GOP voter turn-out hits record lows, and media coverage diminishes to dutifully reporting the results, but not the campaign. At one time I thought the shock to the GOP would be a much-lower-than-expected post-convention bump for the nominee, against a President who is running even or somewhat ahead. Now I’m wondering if by mid/late-summer the grim realization sets in that, even with a big post-convention bump, there’s no way he can catch up.
This goes for either Romney or Gingrich.
de rigueur on January 27, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Do you mean whether I think some of these guys are on Mitt’s payroll, maybe not. Most of Ron Paul astroturfers aren’t necessarily on his payroll, but like the Mittbot invasion, their purpose is mainly to fake up conservative grassroots support for their candidate. Astroturf is fake grassroots.
Sekhmet on January 27, 2012 at 10:49 AM
You know Romney’s winning when Erick Erickson commends him for his debate performance…
Buy Danish on January 27, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Us Mittbots must have spiked Perry’s drinks before the debates, made him forget the federal government agencies he’s going to cut and grew a liberal bleeding heart in him.
haner on January 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Santorum can still win this if all the people who like him would support him and vote for him. The meme that this is either Newt or Mitt is ridiculous. Both are progressives and both are being pushed by different sides of the party establishment. Both have advocated policies embraced by Obama. Both will lose the general. Mitt will just lose by less than Gingrich. Gingrich will lose in a landslide and take the down ballot with him. Mitt or Newt is a false choice and it is not conservatives only choice. Santorum and Paul are both more principled than these two political hacks.
fight like a girl on January 27, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Newtmentu…………..
I’m so depressed
NOMOBO on January 27, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Maybe we could have a trial run. Have Romney & Newt debate B.O. now, LOL
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Yeah right.
angryed on January 27, 2012 at 11:02 AM
What amazes me is that many of those insisting on a “true” conservative actually settled on Newt and NOT Santorum. Huh? Metinks being “mad as hell and not going to take it” carried them away. They should have supported Santorum from the beginning but were distracted by everyone BUT Santorum. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Oops sums it up nicely.
rhombus on January 27, 2012 at 11:04 AM
MustloveBlogs,
You knew? Or did you believe? I just never got there with Perry, which is unfortunate for a candidate who needed to convince those of us outside Texas that he was all that. I did my share of research on him (who do you trust for the truth anymore) and watched, and listened. Just being candid – no malice toward a good guy such as the Governor, but I not only got the impression he wasn’t up for the task, it was painful to watch. Maybe next time.
DumboTheAvenger on January 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM
The above quote fits in with typical Gingrich voters who are anti-capitalist.
here is a snippet of Larry Kudlow’s responses to Gingrich as they look similar to the above quote:
Highlights Of Larry Kudlow Tonight on Newt Gingrich:
Larry Kudlow: “I mean, this sounds like you’re going back to the attacks on free market capitalism.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “It just sounds like the language of the left.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “But I think–you know, Speaker, I think that George W. Bush never used this hostile language to investment and business. Certainly Ronald Reagan never singled out investment funds and attacked them.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “Or is it just political expediency and opportunism where you’re giving up your principles that I thought you and I shared?” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “I think it sounds like the language of the left.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “But when you use that language, you sound like, pardon the phrase, President Obama or the left wing of the Democratic Party. That’s what’s disappointed, Newt, that’s what disappointed many of your conservative supporters during this campaign.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
Kudlow: “You know your Bain Capital thing is driving me crazy, Newt, you know that, and I’ve got to put it out from the heart.” (CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report,” 1/26/12)
and some here on HA call themselves conservative for smacking down another person because of his success?
g2825m on January 27, 2012 at 11:06 AM
+100
Even though I do not go to his site because the guy is so biased from linked articles I have read of his…
g2825m on January 27, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Say, how’s Perry polling in Texas right now, since Texans who probably didn’t know him well got to see him in action?
a capella on January 27, 2012 at 11:09 AM
I will never vote for Romney . . .never.
Pragmatic on January 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM
That makes two votes for your cultist.
tom daschle concerned on January 27, 2012 at 11:11 AM
I agree, as there is no other choice. ABO!! My voting position is sometimes there isn’t anything to vote FOR, but there is always something to vote AGAINST. Local, mid terms, etc. In this election, it’s more important than ever.
Good comments:-)
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM
..WELL! You are REALLY, REALLY turning me off! If you are going to engage in this incessant badgering and swaggering, I will refuse to vote for Mittens!
And that’s my final word on this matter!
;-)
The War Planner on January 27, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Perhaps both? Perry was over-hyped on entry and subsequently failed to live up to the over-expectations. Of course his every gaffe and misstep was amplified over and over by the Romney campaign (and the Bachman campaign, which likely comes to the same thing), but Perry made them, which, along with several really, really bad debate moments, quickly brought him down to earth, and then buried him. I don’t underestimate the ruthlessness of the Romney machine, but Perry wasn’t prepared to withstand it at all. Even with all of his baggage and even bigger self-inflicted wounds, Newt’s managed to hold out against it a little longer, if not a lot better.
de rigueur on January 27, 2012 at 11:14 AM
The left gets their pick. We lose.
tinkerthinker on January 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Some were just waiting for open registration. Then again, having been very active in prior years on a couple of blogs I think some that we may think are supporting Romney, are actually Obots in disguise. Don’t think they didn’t register. Great pretenders, some:-)
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:17 AM
I wonder if Newt would like a one on one debate with Santorum? I bet not.
The number one reason Gingrich has been doing well is because people think he would beat Obama in a debate. People overlook his progressive big government tendencies, his serial adultery, his leaving two wives when the were diagnosed with serious illness, his nutty ideas and his years of influence peddling; all because he “would beat Obama in a debate.” Well, Newt’s two Florida debates should debunk that notion. He was awful. In the first debate, he blamed the fact on the audience not being able to cheer. In last night’s debate he blamed Romney’s campaign for “packing the audience.” The fact is, Gingrich is not a good debater. He is a carnival barker. And it was probably his supporters who packed the debates in SC. I have noticed that Newt likes to blame others for doing things that he actually does. Like the illegal involvement of a candidate with his SuperPac.
The faster republicans see him for the fraud that he is, the more likely it becomes for a principled conservative to rise up to beat Romney for the nomination.
fight like a girl on January 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM
At this point, I shouldn’t be, yet I still remain peristently amazed at the incredibly well-developed persecution complexes that I see amongst the Tea Party / “True Con” types.
Vyce on January 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM
I think it should tell you something that a serial adulterer like Gingrich has risen far, far above a hardcore so-con / Jesus warrior like Rick Santorum.
I’m sorry, but the electorate has moved on. Even the conservative electorate. In an America where people are worried about whether they’ll have a paycheck a month from now, no one really gives a sh*t what goes on in their neighbor’s bedroom, or are lineing up to nominate a guy like Santorum, who cares about that sort of thing more than anything else.
Vyce on January 27, 2012 at 11:23 AM
The beltway crowd loves them some Romney, it will be business as usual. Romney’s name will go down in history right next to these famous safe and “electable” nominees.
Ford,Dole,McCain,Romney
exceller on January 27, 2012 at 11:27 AM
agree from someone sitting in Afghanistan…
It has been amazing to me having spent 7 years in Iraq and this current year here in AFG that Iraqis and Afghanis take their vote a little more seriously than Americans do because we have become to comfortable. Many of these people risked literally their lives to go to the polls and yet, American Idol ranks of more importance than our Constitutional duty to vote.
g2825m on January 27, 2012 at 11:28 AM
I don’t agree that Newt is being supported by the Establishment. They are doing everything then can by attacking him. Haven’t you seen this?
Newt has the Establishment, B.O./MSM & Romney against him and they all have been very vocal.
What Establishment member of Congress has come out with anything favorable to say about Newt? Any at all? That’s the good old boys club & they stick together. They like the power they have:-)
They are backing Romney because he’ll share that power and money; Newt won’t, he’ll take as much of it away as he can. That’s what he did before.
This election is all about Power & Control of the Money for the R’s & the D’s.
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Don’t be silly. RINOS HATE those more Conservative then they are. If you’re to their left they are ok with that.
Hard Right on January 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Mitt clenched the nomination last night. Newt fell flat on his face.
scotash on January 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Romney, if elected, will make a GREAT President!
g2825m on January 27, 2012 at 11:31 AM
I’m really sick of comments like yours. Just go be a democrat then.
Any ridiculous candidate you prefer instead could have the same said about them. I’ll bet you’re a Perry supporter.
scotash on January 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM
What amazes me is that many of those insisting on a “true” conservative actually settled on Newt and NOT Santorum. Huh? Metinks being “mad as hell and not going to take it” carried them away. They should have supported Santorum from the beginning but were distracted by everyone BUT Santorum. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Oops sums it up nicely.
rhombus on January 27, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Because, contrary to what a lot of people believe, Newt is an establishment candidate. Newt is being pushed by so-called conservative establishment. Newt is just their spit in the eye to the RINO establishment. They know he can’t win and they know he is awful and not a conservative but they don’t care. They just want to tick off the other wing of the GOP. Lost in this party food fight are conservative principles. Palin, who led this Newt train, just wants to get back at the media and the part of the republican establishment which treated her so badly. The problem is, by supporting Gingrich, she is just playing the same game.
What happens to this country has become secondary to a republican turf war where everyone is jockeying for position.
IMO, 2012 will be the last election with just two viable parties. The people have finally, I believe, had enough of this party monopoly. You would have thought, with the country in such terrible shape, that they would not be playing the same old games that led us here.
fight like a girl on January 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM
DumboTheAvenger,
Good point. I must admit, I know nothing for certain these days, but my gut instinct is usually pretty good. The one thing that bothered me about Perry is this: his instincts were dull. He thought he could just jump in the race as late as he did and take right off. It seemed that he wasn’t prepared for the battle he entered. I hope he spends the next few years becoming battle-ready.
MustLoveBlogs on January 27, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Could it just be that those that worked with him are telling us how REALLY is?
We all have had jobs before where the employer calls up the previous employer to find out about the employee. The members of Congress are speaking loud and clear BY NOT SAYING Anything with their support! The former members are giving us the BUYER BEWARE!
g2825m on January 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Instead of relying on the attack ads on Newt, try reading some of the great articles from those that were actually present during the years of Reagan & Newt. That way you would have a better perspective.
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:38 AM
.
National polls show Oblamer slaughtering Newton- but 4-5points (Only) ahead of the Mittigater. And that is before consolidation of the Rs behind a single candidate.
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Doesnt really matter though. Ross Perot gave us Bill Clinton by getiing 20 million votes, where clinton won by 5-6 million.
Ron Paul will give the Candy man 4 more yrs if he decides to sacrifice Rand’s future if/when he goes 3rd party.
FlaMurph on January 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Newt can’t win, but Romney can? Riiiiiiiiight.
Hard Right on January 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Oh, and polls showing obama beating anyone right now is just ridiculous. Romney will get demolished by obama. Newt will at least give him a fight.
Hard Right on January 27, 2012 at 11:40 AM
I agree. No one in my circle is talking about Newt’s bedroom or personal life. We have bigger fish to fry and the voters know this.
That’s why it doesn’t matter, period.
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM
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You still have UFC mma.
FlaMurph on January 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Newt is the biggest insider and establishment candidate running. The reason a lot of members of the House and Senate are not coming out for Newt is because they don’t like him and know that he is erratic. He is not likable.
Please read my reply to rhombus. I have been in GOP party politics for decades and i can tell you that Newt is an establishment candidate.
And your knowledge of what Newt did before is not accurate. During his time as Speaker, pork increased substantially. And Newt entered congress being worth 10,000 dollars and left being worth millions.
fight like a girl on January 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM
..some interesting assertions here. Bound to rankle; not sure these are incorrect.
The War Planner on January 27, 2012 at 11:45 AM
I think you are right. It’s taking our freedoms for granted that have brought us to the brink. The Iraqis & Afghans are tasting freedom and it’s like a match to gasoline, explosive! Hope they can endure.
God Bless you as you serve and put your life on the line. May God keep his Angels watching over you and return you safe & sound.
As you serve there, all Americans should serve here.
bluefox on January 27, 2012 at 11:48 AM
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