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Let’s hear it, southerners: Is Romney saying “bless his heart” about Obama a big deal?

Allahpundit — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:21:36 +0000

Meanings.

Via Ace and Twitchy, whose managing editors, Lori Ziganto and Jenn Taylor, are southern transplants and who seem palpably impressed that Mitt would “go there.” CBS reporter Jan Crawford calls this, half-jokingly I presume, “the ultimate dis.” Our own Mary Katharine Ham is a Durham, North Carolina native and would be able to settle this [...]

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Matthews: These conservative southern Christians are being forced to choose between three “cultists”

Allahpundit — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:19:37 +0000

"They are willing to outsource it to a Mormon."

Via Greg Hengler. “Cultists” is his term for how southerners supposedly see Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich, not an expression of his own opinion, but rest assured that when the media finally starts churning on Mormonism in the general-election campaign, this sort of cheap concern-trolling is how it’ll typically be done. It’s not that they have [...]

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Gingrich: Grits are my forte

Tina Korbe — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:45:23 +0000

But he needs more than the South.

Newt Gingrich might say that Alabama and Mississippi aren’t must-wins for him, that he’ll go all the way to Tampa no matter what, but his actions tell a different story. He canceled a Monday fundraiser to continue to campaign in the two states. He has five events scheduled in the region today alone. The former [...]

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Romney brushes up on his Southern slang in preparation for Dixie primaries

Tina Korbe — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:00:58 +0000

Effective? Y'all be the judge.

Mitt Romney doesn’t have to master the South — he could lose both Alabama and Mississippi and still secure the nomination — but he’s made an effort to connect in Dixie anyway. Entering the region as an underdog against Rick Santorum, Romney first deployed his Southern version during a Wednesday afternoon visit to Pascagoula, Miss., [...]

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Romney: “I think I can do pretty darn well in Dixie”

Tina Korbe — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:45:21 +0000

"I want all the states."

As likely voters preemptively weigh a presidential bid by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, they rightly want to know how the current ostensible GOP frontrunner would perform on Perry’s turf. At a townhall in New Hampshire this week, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signaled his confidence that he could take several key states in the South [...]

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