AP: Romney Likely Has Florida Locked Down
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s time has come.
The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination.
Newt Gingrich reset the race by scoring an overwhelming victory in South Carolina. But in the 10 days since, the GOP contest has turned increasingly hostile. And the polls have swung decidedly in Romney’s direction.
The former Massachusetts governor enters the day as the heavy favorite in the winner-take-all primary, the final contest in a month of high-stakes elections in which Romney claimed one win and two second-place finishes so far. The path to the Republican nomination – and the right to face President Barack Obama this fall – shifts to a series of lower-profile contests in February.
The polls open at 7 a.m. across Florida, where Romney offered an increasingly optimistic tone while campaigning in recent days.
“With a turnout like this, I’m beginning to feel we might win tomorrow,” an upbeat Romney told a crowd of several hundred at a stop in Dunedin on Monday.
Gingrich acknowledged his momentum had been checked but promised not to back down.
“He can bury me for a very short amount of time with four or five or six times as much money,” Gingrich said in a television interview. “In the long run, the Republican Party is not going to nominate … a liberal Republican.”
Romney’s campaign canceled a Tuesday morning rally, but scheduled a night celebration at the Tampa Convention Center. Gingrich will make a series of public appearances – including visits to two polling stations and a stop at the Polk County headquarters – before gathering with supporters for a primary night party in Orlando. The last polls close at 8 p.m.
The other two candidates in the race will not be in Florida on Tuesday. Both Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have ceded Florida’s primary to Romney and Gingrich in favor of smaller, less expensive contests. They will spend the day campaigning across Colorado and Nevada.
Romney and his allies have poured more than $14 million into Florida television advertising primarily to attack Gingrich, who has struggled to compete with Romney’s fundraising ability, staffing and network of high-profile supporters. Gingrich and his allies spent roughly $3 million on Florida advertising.
“We are pitting people power versus money power,” Gingrich said Monday as he tried to rally his shrinking base of support.
GOP officials in Florida were anticipating a big turnout, more than 2 million voters, up from a record 1.9 million in the Republican primary in 2008. More than 605,000 Floridians had already voted as of Monday, either by visiting early voting stations or by mailing in absentee ballots, ahead of the total combined early vote in the GOP primary four years ago.
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sWampy
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:30amOf course the AP would promote that self fulfilling lie, they say it’s over, many voters from the other side don’t bother, and tons that wouldn’t have voted for Mitt do, because idiot Americans want to vote for the winner, no matter how bad the perceived winner is.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:16amSorry, America wants to vote for the person that will fix the economy. Economy is number one, even over who will win and people see Romney as the person to fix the economy and they are right. He has fixed almost every economy he has touched: Bain Capital, Olympics, Massachusetts and did it with conservative values. He is the Tea Party candidate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iMPljKNzD3U
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:18amThere is something to that. The “bandwagon effect” — the same effect gives Gingrich a boost over Santorum — even though Santorum is so much more electable than Gingrich.
Report Post »fullblownjackass
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:29amNo one wants to vote for a slimy individual like Gingrich.
Report Post »Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:37amHe fixed healthcare with conservative values….. Drink up folks
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:05am@TeaPartyForRomney
Tell us…what does it feel like to become hoodwinked by the NWO?
Romney will not only allow insanity like the NDAA, the Patriot Act, and the molestations of the TSA, he will expand upon them.
Your kind never ceases to amaze me, a charlatan says a few nice words that completely flys in the face of their entire record, and you buy it hook line and sinker.
Here‘s Romney in his own words for Pete’s sake!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BI9yjhd8b84
The NWO’s media hands you the links to the chain, and you folks gleefully go out to your garage and grap a hammer and anvil, and then willing place the chains of your own enslavement around your own necks.
Romney is a complete fraud who talks about the Constitution…as he spits on it.
A vote for anyone other than Ron Paul is a vote to willingly bend over for the TSA, any time and any place the NWO demands it of you.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:19amBOTH men are PROGRESSIVES. It is just WHICH ONE is more of a LAW-ENFORCER, that is, CURRENT LAW-ENFORCER. Which candidate caters who whichever way the wind blows. BOTH DO.
America: WE ARE IN VERY, VERY DEEP TROUBLE IF THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:20amBreaking News:
Virginia Officials Confirm Criminal Election Fraud Investigation of Gingrich Campaign
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9099
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:23amALL YOU RON PAUL FANS:
Explain something to me, SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND:
Why does Paul say to let Iran have a nuclear weapon and we should not be interfering, when America is a target, as well as Israel.
For me, I love Ron Paul, EXCEPT for his foreign policy ideas – THEY ARE VERY EXTREME.
As a Christian, I cannot get behind this man, only because HE WILL NOT SUPPORT ISRAEL and the Bible clearly states that those who do not, will have God’s wrath.
SO PLEASE, EXPLAIN THOSE 2 THINGS TO ME SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.
Afterall, if you want the majority of Americans, WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY CHRISTIAN, to support this man, then enlighten us……PLEASE. No one seems to want to handle those 2 questions:
IRAN’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
Report Post »SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:26am@Freedomluver
And why is it Paul can’t seem to get out of single digits in national polling? Is it because he can’t articulate his own message beyond college level appeal, or that he can’t get organized enough to make anything stick? … because both of those are reasons why not to want him for president.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:35amHere’s how I see it (excuse the medical analogy): This country is severely injured and needs to go to the ER. As any good ER doc will tell you, your first priority is to stop the bleeding first, THEN you can work on taking care of whatever else needs to be done. Romney may not be the best choice long-term-wise, but for right now, we need someone with business savvy to stop the bleeding, THEN we’re in better shape for someone like Santorum to step in and fix the rest. With Obama, we’re not even going to make it to the ER.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:36am@I SUPPORT GOD’S ISRAEL!
I feel the same way
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:41am@ i support god’s israel. Paul is a Christian so He is God’s adopted son and brother to Jesus. i‘ll ask you who are God’s children and who/what is Israel? Paul wants to defend America , He is running for the US presidency not UN leader or leader of the state of israel. God will defend HIS people.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:42am@I support God’s Israel!
Nobody WANTS to see Iran get nukes, but the fact of the matter is there is little we can do about it other than a full out invasion…ground troops and all. Combine that with the fact that we are BROKE and can’t afford another war, that leaves us with very few options.
Are you aware of the fact that when Saddam was building his nuke program, Ron Paul was pretty much the only one to vote for allowing Israel to bomb their nuke plant? Seems nobody in the media, nor the RINO’s want to talk about that fact.
Dr. Paul wants to allow Israel to run it’s own foreign policy, and to stop having progressives in DC dictate what they MUST do.
As for foreign aide, he wants to stop giving money to their enemies! What sense does it make to provide aide to Israel’s enemies?
Look at Pakistan who has nukes for example. Certainly they are not our friends and they knowingly were protecting Bin Laden while giving us the finger. Do you hear any talk about bombing them? You do know we give them foreign aide as well…right?
According to the Bible, when Armagedon comes, it claims Israel’s enemies weapons will fail to work, and nowhere does it claim that some foreign power will rescue them.
The right thing to do is to be friends with Israel while respecting their sovereignty, and Ron Paul is the only one willing to do that.
If Israel wants to take out Iran’s nuke program, Ron Paul is the only one with the record to prove he will not stand in their
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:54am@etoddt
This article spells out Dr. Paul’s plan.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0130/Will-Ron-Paul-win-more-delegates-this-week-than-Gingrich-Santorum
As for his gaining traction, the establishment has used every smear tactic in the books to distort his message, and even nnelG has mercilessly hammered him.
When virtually every news outlet and every so called conservative pundit lies about him, it’s not easy to get the truth out there.
Ron Paul is fighting against the NWO, and they are doing everything in their power to hoodwink the very people who should be standing with him.
Just look at what the Blaze has done to him, and take note of the fact that they have pretty much nothing nice to say about him, and every Red Herring such as running stories that falsely portray him as some kind of isolationist racist is all you will see here.
Report Post »ImMormon
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:51pmCry me a river, because it’s not your candidate. With the small percentage of people that actually do vote, most of them are educated and smart enough to take the time to vet the candidate. Especially in these early states, it’s what these people live for… later on in the nomination process, I could give your arguement more basis, but not yet. That’s why these early states are so important. Most people are like sheep being led to slaughter, especially on the dem side, but we have have many of them on the reb side too, they usually don’t show their faces until the later states. These candidates have all gone through the vetting process in these early states. The people have spoken… so far.
Report Post »ImMormon
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:02pm@ Freedom Luver,
Your claims are ridiculous. You RP Luvers love to use the liberal media’s “spins” and “out of context” lies to support your position. But then slam the media for everything they say against your candidate. I think that is WRONG! Your outrageous claims for Paul against everyone else completely discredits you. You think you are helping your candidate, but you are not. It’s annoying. Do you’re own research instead of watching your RP liberal media videos! Over and Out!
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:29pmFREEDOMLUVER,
What does it feel like to be a paranoid *****, always looking over your shoulder that the government is coming for you???
As for NDAA, I don’t like the bill but it says something when Allen West and a few other strong Tea Party candidates backed it.
Sadly I can‘t see YouTubes at work but if it is full of clips than you can’t believe any of them. Anyone that clips a video with 6 second clips is hiding the rest of the conversation. Then again I can’t see it. If you want the truth about his history, look at TeaPartyForRomney.com.
Romney is a conservative, not a libertarian and that is fine with me.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:31pmThe Ron Paul luvers are just mad that Romney was talking about defending Israel since 1994 in liberal Massachuetts and has never stopped supporting them. He has been an outspoken supporter of Israel since before he got into politics.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:37pmAfter $20+ million dollars spent and all the rhetoric such as:
Newt lied, Newts a crook, Newts “The Establishment, Newt is Saul Polinski, Newts the devil, Newt hated Reagan, Reagan hated Newt, Newt had as many wives as Joseph Smith, Tea Party hates Newt, Newts hair is uglier than Trumps, Cain was held at gun point by tea party to endorse Newt, Newt is anti-Mormon (McBlaime said so) blah…blah…blah
He should have won.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:43pmVECHORIK,
I love how you have referenced brad’s blog. This is a left wing hack blog that sites left wing hack blogs, like Mother Jones.
The state defines residence as “where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life,” and that was what Romney did. He kept his residency in Massachusetts. Your blog claimed he lived in his sons basement but if you would do some research you would find that Romney owns a “condominium in Ann Romney’s name in Belmont, Mass., assessed at $773,000.”
But nice try.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 1:46pmRJL,
And yet Florida voters have said, by a large majority that Newt has been putting out the most and most negative ads. Name calling, questioning Romney’s character, and using dirty politics. Sorry people want to claim that Romney is doing dirty politics, but Floridians have voted that Newt is the culprit of negativity. And he doesn’t know history very well, when it comes to his own history or Romney’s.
Report Post »LittlelostLamb
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:01pmGoooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mitt!.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:04pm******, let me make it a little clearer. Money = Votes, So Romneys money equals a lot of votes and a lot of lies!!!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 6:44pmTeaPartyForRomney’
Former Reagan economic advisor Art Laffer praised Newt Gingrich’s tax plan in an op-ed Tuesday, calling it “significantly better” than what Mitt Romney has proposed.
Report Post »http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72206.html
Babeuf
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:04pmDid Mitt Romney Live In His Son’s Unfinished Basement Last Year?
Report Post »Mitt Romney lived in his son’s unfinished basement in Belmont, Massachusetts in 2010 – or at least that what he claimed to the state to be able to vote last year,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brendancoffey/2011/06/15/did-mitt-romney-live-in-his-sons-unfinished-basement-last-year/
The Toad
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:15amPeople seem to be making the same mistake they made in 2008 when they nominated John McCain. Some people just never learn! Hoping for a third party canidate so we can put the screws to Romney and his elite GOP establisment friends!
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:26amSorry, we seem to be making the mistake on voting establishment vs. Tea Party when it should be the best candidate wins. Romney is definately the best candidate it fix the economy and he is a conservative. We need to get behind the person we believe to be the best not who endorses him.
Why is it that every Presidential race ends up Establishment vs. Tea Party when it should be the best candidate to win.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:31amOnly way Mitt is the best, is if you are a fudge packing liberal.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:32amRon Paul the only man with the plan to get us completely out of debt..He will bring the troops home to police our borders. saving us 1 trillion per year plus 338.3 spent on welfare to illegals. Cut 5 Communistic government bureaurocracies that stand in our way to prosper..and attack our freedom.. He is the only man to support our Constitutional rights for life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.. voted against raising taxes..against the Patriot Act.. proposed a bill to repeal indefinite detention..voted for the 2nd amendment..pro guns.. and for our freedom of speech. Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:47amSorry TeaPartyForRomney, Romneycare is NOT conservative on any government level.
Report Post »Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:48amMitt is for Tea yes yes uh he is… yes Mitt is conservative.. Look at Romney Care…. The Most Conservative healthcare plan in history.
Mitt also likes coffee, decaffeinated
He will occasionally drink sprite
Mitt spent his life in the private sector
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:24amRomney is a conservative and his record shows it. He is more of a conservative than Gingrich and equal with Santorum. He should also be the Tea Party candidate if he was demonized for being supported by the “establishment.” The video I posted above proves it.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:24amI’m with ya TOAD
3rd Party Tea party
Democract Party Barack Obama / Joe Biden
Report Post »Republican Party Mitt Romney / Chris Christie
TEA Party Sarah Palin / Allen West
Who do you think Wins That ONE
etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:25am@Swampy – Oh, ok – so, politics is now like a football game, and screaming at the opponent’s fans and calling them names is just another way of cheering for your team, right?
I mean, I’ve heard fans do this at vairous sporting events… and it usually happens when people get angry because their team is losing. But surely the party of “common sense” isn’t going to sink to the level of cat-calling like-minded people here just because their candidate isn‘t doing as well as you’d like in a political campaign… are they?
Report Post »etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:29am@flipper1073 – With that match up? Barack Obama wins… because neither Romney/Christie nor Palin/West draw from the liberal crowd that makes up about 35-40% of the electorate… but Romney vs Palin splits the Conservative vote in half…
That’s a receipe for four more years.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:32amTEAPARTYFORROMNEY, hate to burst your bubble, but it is doubtful that Romney can beat Obama, not speaking a negative and I am not a pessimist, but I am hoping that a knight or knightess comes valiantly comes riding in upon a horse, and don’t care what color it is, to save the country. there is still time, but it is running out.
Report Post »Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:47amIf all of Romney’s Money was spent on positive adds about himself what would this race look like right now.
Better yet, if we did not have Romney in the Race what would the field look like?
Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul Paul had negative adds too so lets take him out
Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich With this field…. there would have been respect for each other and the people would have made the decision..
Romney has destroyed the Republican Party from the inside…. he is not a Republican, look at his record and listen to his own words.
Romney is big money Wall Street…..
Report Post »Obama wishes he was Romney…..
flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:03amWhat makes you think anyone in the TEA Party
Report Post »would vote for Romney over Sarah Palin ?
The TEA Party has been saying NO to Mitt for almost a year now !
etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:06am@Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Stop drinking your own Kool-Aid… Romney didn’t invent negative campaigning, nor would the world be a better place without it. In fact, negative campaigning is a necessary part of the political process.
Remove negative campaigning and candidates simply wouldn’t be vetted enough before jumping into a national campaign – they wouldn’t be prepared to defend themselves.
Remove negative campaigning in the primary and the nominee gets blind-sided by the negative campaign that’s definitely coming in the general election.
Remove Romney and we’d probably have a Rick Perry candidacy right now because he had the next best money and organization.
Remove Romney and we’d have lost probably one of the best CEOs and organizers that the Republican party has had running for nomination in decades.
And remember, without negative campaigning, we’d never have heard about Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, and Obama’s history with them – and that was the Clinton campaign would brought all that out in the primary.
Report Post »etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:12am@flipper1073 –
Notice how you’re not reading the words I wrote?
I said they’d split the Conservative vote – which they would. Last time I checked the Tea Party didn’t make up the entirety of the Republican voting block, and there are a lot of GOPers who don’t like Sarah Palin.
She’d pull the Tea Party and Mitt carries the majority of fiscal and defense conservatives. It would split the vote enough to not give either the election.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:25amIt does not matter whether or not there is a 3rd party. IF there is, the electorate will not go along. It’s NOT a popular vote people. ELECTORATES. None of those will support a 3rd party.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:08pm@ETODDT
We’re still talking about the Establishment Republicans
McCain, Dole an the Washington DC Elites. for Romney
The TEA Party an Conservatives are not part of that Group
Neither are the Ron Paul Supporters
They are for Smaller Government Less Taxes.
The Elites don’t want smaller Gov. they want Control of Gov.
This is no longer about Newt it’s about WHO CONTROLS
The GOP The TEA Party an Conservatives an Ron Paul People
are not going to Sit Down an Shut UP ! For the GOP Elites.
You Take the Newt Supporters add in the Santorum Supporters
Report Post »Plus the Ron Paul Supporters That Who Does’nt Want Mitt ! 65%-&70%
Tell me Again how the Elites win this FIGHT ?
The Toad
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:11amMitt Romney spent 14 million dollars in negative ads to squeeze out a victory in florida!
Report Post »Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:27amLike Obama, there is no end to the amount of money he will throw at something bad. If it takes 14 million dollars worth of negative adds against Newt and Glenn Beck trashing Newt for two full months than I can honestly say this campaing is Solyndra.
So join me my friends and drink the kool aid….yes uh uh uh yes I spent my life in the private sector… OLYMPICS !!! ME OLYMPICS. YES CURLING Snowbaording I’m not a progressive.
I have a healthcare plan that will fit you and your budget.
Report Post »etoddt
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:33amThat’s called campaigning…
And what are you going to say when Barack Obama does the same thing to Gingrich in a national election? “Oh poor Gingrich.. couldn’t compete because Barack Obama had 1 BILLION dollars to spend spinning his record against him in the national election”?
Part of politics is who has the best organization – and that carries over into the Oval Office. You can’t get things done if your leadership is all rhetoric.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 6:51pmetoddt
Report Post »That is EXACTLY what is going to happen to Romney in the General. It’s called Karma!
louise
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:07amThis is far from being over. Here is an interview of a young lady in CA who beautifully articulates why Ron Paul has the youth vote. She is more knowledgeable than than the average GOP voter!!
These young people know the real issues and they can spot a fraud. They also know what is at stake for them and the future. They love the constitution, liberty and individual responsibility. My husband and I can have good, in depth conversations with our children and their friends (late 20‘s to early 40’s) than we can with people our own age. Anyway, this video is so refreshing…
p.s. this interview is from RT….and before anyone jumps all over me I want to clarify that I am posting this because obviously the msm won’t.
Report Post »louise
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:08amhere is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wptqeup5EBw#!
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:38amForget it. Money buys elections and Willard ( I didn’t know I was invested in fanny/freddy) Romney was reported to have twice as much money as the last 8 Presidents combined!
Report Post »MindnHeart
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:05amHello Everyone :)
You know America, we had been dreaming to have somebody who can restore this country to where our Founding Father started. We have now have that priviledge to vote for someone who can do it–it’s Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney believes on real America of principles and values where it was founded. My fellow Americans this is a call for a unified America–a patriotic dream of stronger nation and people. Our vote is the prerequisite for our better and stronger nation and for all the generation to come. Please, make your vote counts for the sake of your love for this country.
Here is the link for the last Rally in Florida. :) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/MittRomneyCampai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvT-yEIvFN8&feature=autoplay&list=PLB9EBABB602CA309B&lf=results_main&playnext=2
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:13amYou are joking…right?
Which Romney do you want us to support? The one from 4 years ago, or the one who says whatever it takes to fool the base?
When the RINO’s finally wake up to the fact that they had better start nominating candidates with principles that match the base of the party, then and only then can we begin to restore the Republic.
Flip flop Mittens is not the one to do it.
Ron Paul 2012…or bust.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:20amMitt has tried to go the way of Ron Paul..wanting to bring our troops home..but the interviewer’s inbox got flooded with “he’s sending the wrong message.!” So we have a lot of brainwashed people here..scared of the boogey man when the boogey man has been infiltrating our country and our governmnent..are 15 trillion past broke..the banks have a 16 trillion open check. and we are worried about policing the world..That’s okay people..pretty soon we will be globalized and we will all be one big happy family..under Communism with that one world religion of Islam..Hope ya have your knee pads ready.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:19amI cast an early vote for Mitt on FRI, and got to see him in Dunedin yesterday. He is the ONLY candidate who meets or beats Obummer in national polls.
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:43amThat’s not going to happen as long as the Establishment Republicans
an Mitt Romney snub their Noses at the TEA Party an true Conservatives.
Let’s see Mitt get ellected wihtout TEA an Conservatives even a moderately
conservative VP wont save him.
The Ron Paul People are ready to jump ship
Report Post »The TEA Party are not far behind
How you going to win in NOV. without them ?
I support God's Israel!
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:29amMindnHeart: you are so naive and such a fool. ROMNEY IS A CLOSET PROGRESSIVE.
Report Post »usaywhat
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:03amAgree with the posts. Looking for solution: where are the tea party activists from 2011? How do we get organized again nationally? Must regroup and reactivate. We let the opposition define us as “violent”, as “dumb”, as (fill in blank with negative). And no one countered those definitions. Rep West has done a good job countering it, and they are trying to eliminate his position. This will take more than one person. Strength in numbers. For example, why is noone countering the argument that “oil companies took huge profits”, with an argument that “green energy funding efforts have wasted tax money for NO output–only waste and abuse”? They enrich the powerful democrats. Or point out who benefits from nixing the Keystone XL? It is those who will profit (dems) from it not going thru. Where are the voices nationally to counter the lies? VOICES ARISE!!
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:09amThe TEA party suffered a huge blow when the RINO’s started mocking their true founder Ron Paul, and those of us who started the movement recognized the fact that our movement had been co-opted.
Wake up folks, the TEA party made a HUGE impact, and it’s no longer in the hands of the ones who created it.
Report Post »Eugene1
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:00amAll you Romney detractors don’t truly know him. You only know what Gingrich or the left media want you to hear. Romney is a man of integrity and there would be nothing better to have in the White House than integrity. Get on the bandwagon and support Romney!
Report Post »Kool_Aid_For_Romney
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:17amYes yes yes… Drink the kool aid….
Romneycare has a plan for you and your family…. Join us and uh uh uh uh watch Mitt read from the teleprompter.
Mitt is way better at the Reading the Teleprompter than obama… That is integrity
Report Post »espersemper
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:58am“AP: Romney Likely Has Florida Locked Down” Ass Press is the reference. Blaze can’t afford their own reporters on the scene? I suppose this choice of an article is to tickle the only spines left standing. Romney blew it again. No class parrot of the boys club. Can’t wait till its over!
Report Post »C Christie sang the same song of the cowardly liars and he’s still a favorite!
Just like the “Heavy-Favourite” Romney…your pants are on fire … a real Blaze.
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:06amFoxNews, Drudge, Blaze, can’t count all the so-called truth-seeking conservative news outlets going hit piece after hit piece on Newt. Rewriting history, mocking, this is deceptive and disgusting.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:58amRomney, Obama, what’s the REAL difference?
My crystal ball tell me that if anyone other than Ron Paul wins the nomination, it’s all over but the crying. :)
Seriously, us Paul supporters are going to go 3rd party if the establishment offers us another RINO, and no, I don’t think Paul is going to run 3rd party. We will either write him in, or vote for the Libertarian ticket.
By dissing us, the establishment has effectively written off somewhere around 10-15% of the Republican base, and we are by far the most politically active and determined.
Without us, the RINO’s are screwed, as it should be.
This election will be about principles, and by proving to the RINO’s that they will lose each and every time they offer us false choices, we will force them to quite moving to the progressive center.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:13amI’m with ya Free. And everyone I can influence. Again it came down to money and Willard (I don’t have Swiss bank accounts) Romney has insulated us by all the insults from him and his minions on this and other blogs.
Money truly does buy elections!
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:17amRJL
Yep. There is only one way to take our party back, and that is to refuse to fall for voting for either Mao or Mussolini.
The only clear choice when given those options is NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:51amthe Establishment Republicans
an Mitt Romney snub their Noses at the TEA Party an true Conservatives.
Let’s see Mitt get ellected wihtout TEA an Conservatives even a moderately
conservative VP wont save him.
The Ron Paul People are ready to jump ship
Report Post »The TEA Party are not far behind
How you going to win in NOV. without them ?
Freedomluver
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:07pmCheck out Romney’s donor list, and then compare them to Obama’s.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00000286
Goldman Sachs $367,200
Credit Suisse Group $203,750
Morgan Stanley $199,800
HIG Capital $186,500
Barclays $157,750
Kirkland & Ellis $132,100
Bank of America $126,500
PriceWaterhouseCoopers $118,250
EMC Corp $117,300
JPMorgan Chase & Co $112,250
The Villages $97,500
Vivint Inc $80,750
Marriott International $79,837
Sullivan & Cromwell $79,250
Bain Capital $74,500
UBS AG $73,750
Wells Fargo $61,500
Blackstone Group $59,800
Citigroup Inc $57,050
Bain & Co $52,500
Open your eyes folks, you are being played by the same ones who brought us Obama.
Report Post »noproblems
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:45amFunny, cant remember a negative Romney story at the Blaze/Beck. Funny how Beck has not had to ask Romney anu hard questions. Shame.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:02amThe Beck keeps saying Willard (I never told a lie) Romney won’t even return his calls or come on the show or blah, blah, blah……by listening to Beck they are mortal enemy’s but one of Becks prophecy’s back in Jan11 was that Mitten (I saved the Olympics) Romney would be the next nominee.
The reason for the prophecy was that “it was his turn”.
Report Post »AngryOldFart
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:43amBeck is still pushing this anti Newt agenda. By publishing this story he hopes it will suppress Newt voters. The Bishop (google it) Romney continues to carpet bomb us in Florida with his negative, misleading ads. Nobody in the media is concerned about his medicare fraud or the fact that his FEC filing leaves out 23 offshore tax haven bank accounts (soon to be FEC investigation) or that the only reason he gets his 15% tax break is that he still performs services for Bain. But in the debates he said he retired 10 years ago. The IRS will investigate this one.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:40amI have said many times, The MSM has their nose so far up Obama Butt they can’t smell reality.
While I haven’t made my mind up between Mitt and Newt yet, I am sickend by the way Newt is being treated by Drudge, Blaze, Fox News etc. They are turning into the “Left Wing Media” You’re not suppose to support or go against anyone, you’re suppose to report their views on Issues.
I honestly am considering tuning out all Network news and not even read web sites or blogs anymore, I’ll simply follow the people running via their sites, and local news outlets when they visit our town, I’ll follow them and lsiten to them. Please STOP telling us WHO TO VOTE FOR, we can make up our OWN minds.
Report Post »Holland
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:18amOk, maybe I’m just an ignorant conservative, born in the wrong century….but will someone explain to me, please…..how can a man that thought it was OK for him to mandate that everyone in one state had to buy a product, can be trusted to think it NOT ok to mandate that everyone in an entire nation buy a product?
And please no babble about 10th amendment….I‘m talking about a man that thinks it’s ok to DEMAND that anyone MUST buy any product.
I don’t trust this man….and if the republicans get him through the battle, they will lose the war in November.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:40amOf course you are correct, but the Constitution is a mere piece of paper now. If we went back to following it, the world would be turned upside down. It would be tough sledding at first, but eventually we could restore the Republic. I dont see this happening. Too many want perpetual wars and the others want freebies…
The Warfare and Welfare State wins since we dont follow our Constitution…sad.
Report Post »Joey8
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:07amI can actually respect that he did that. It’s obvious that his liberal state wanted it which is the big difference. It wasn‘t unconstitutional and the residents wanted it so what’s wrong with a state doing that. I wouldn‘t want it but it doesn’t compare to the federal government using power it doesn‘t have to force something on us that we don’t want. Big difference to me. I can respect that he listened to the people he governed. It would be different if his state wanted it but he refused to let them have it. That would be the same as obamacare being forced on us when we didn’t want it.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:16pmFlorida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Romney supporter, let the cat out of the bag last night. The Florida Republican told Greta Van Susteren that Mitt wants Romneycare in every state.
She also said she would be on Romney’s Health Care Advisory Team “when he’s president”.
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Joey8
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:18pmLOL why didn’t the video post the rest of the interview? I watched the entire thing and it sounds as if we watched two different versions. I‘m assuming you’ve only watched the youtube clip. Get a clue, Newt’s gonna lost. I actually like Ron Paul, not so much his crazy supporters here, but I would hope for real discussion on the candidates not this garbage
Report Post »mikee1
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:16amRIGHT GONZO, NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. This election will end either the DUMMYCRAP PARTY OR THE RINO PARTY or BOTH. RINOROMNEY ELECTION WILL END THE REPUBLICANS. THE BASE WILL LEAVE AND RINOROMNEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE. If the dummycraps LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE FALL TO CONSERVATIVES, they are GREEN PARTY LIGHT, EXCEPT IN SOME BIG CITIES. LOL.
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:16amYet again conservative Americans fall prey to the media. Everyone talks about learning from history, yet once again we will nominate a moderate and will lose the White House and probably the Senate and House! There is no true conservative among the frontrunners in this race!!! The corruption of money in politics will be the downfall of the US as we once knew it. Look at how much money is being spent on these campaigns when our economy is in the tank and all everyone does is bicker and sling attacks. Sickening, really sickening!
Report Post »“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” — John Galt
mikee1
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:12amRINOROMNEY according to his MEDIA has won before the vote. THE TEA PARTY DOES NOT WANT RINOROMNEY. He will probably lose if NOMINATED. CONSERVATIVES MUST UNITE AROUND GINGRICH, Santorum should drop out and endorse GINGRICH. SO SHOULD PAUL. I will vote LIBERTARIAN IF RINOROMNEY STEALS THE PRIMARY.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:08amBummer
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:16amFlipper’s Greatest Flops: Starring Mitt Romney & Friends
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WdkEc4mZF0&feature=player_embedded
flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:19am@ STUCK_IN CA
Report Post »Please stop using my name in conjunction with Mitt Romney.
Thank You
Baddoggy
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:08amIf Romney wins Florida the chances of a brokered Convention goes down some. It does not rule it out though. Florida was penalized and does not have 100 delegates but now only 30 because they moved up thier primary…Makes it a smaller win for the eventual winner of the State.
It all comes down to delegate count in the end…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:20amThe Republican Blue Bloods will never let that happen Doggy. The fix has been in on this guy since the day after the 2008 election. This whole primary is just to make us “little people” still think we’re running the show.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:35amYou are probably right. elections in this Country are becoming a joke. They call an election before all the votes are in with exit polls…most people are only sheeple in all reality. No real thinkers anymore. They just listen to the talking heads. One day we will get a REAL candidate. It will probably be after the 2nd Civil War starts…
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:07amI’m still unsure who to vote for at this time, but it is interesting how politicians seems to know how to play victim while they are slashing each other’s throat through negative campaigning. An entity is set up to make negative commercials on behalf of a certain candidate, back stabbing the other candidates and vice versa. Capitalism is being attacked because of the fact that a certain candidate is wealthy and blaming him for that same principle that we as hard working citizens hold dear, despising Obama’s socialistic and entitlement agenda. If capitalism is evil, then maybe we ought to accept a socialistic society under the current CIC. My answer to that is a big fat………………….NO!!!!!!!
Anyone but Obama please……………….
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:03amIf Romney wins, it just shows the stupidity of the people in that part of the country…If youo believe what you see on TV without doing your own research, just like we did in 2008, guess what we’ll get, 4 MORE YEARS…then guess what we’ll have…NO MORE FREEDOM!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:12amFrom TheRightScoop.com:
Romney on beating Obama: “If truth is our standard, we’ll win”
I almost lost my lunch when I heard Romney say “If truth is our standard, we’ll win” when it comes to beating Obama. Hannity asked him specifically if he would really go after Obama and if things in Obama’s past like Ayers and such would be fair game. His answer included the quote above and another quote: “I think anything truthful about a candidate is fair game”.
First, it sounds like he’s about to become another John McCain should he win. We’ve heard him say before that he won’t call Obama a socialist. And now he’s hiding underneath “truth” and “fair game”. Those are just code words for “I’ll be super nice to him”.
Secondly, seriously? Romney’s hypocrisy is paramount when you consider the false attacks he’s leveled at Newt in Florida. I heard today that he wouldn’t even concede on Hannity’s radio show that Newt had been vindicated and he didn’t resign in shame. He wouldn’t even admit it. Talk about dishonest.
Report Post »Here is the full interview:
http://www.therightscoop.com/romney-on-beating-obama-if-truth-is-our-standard-well-win/
Teribssn
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:02amI hope Florida takes a real hard look at these candidates and vote for the one who really respects and supports The Declaration and The Constitutuion…and Romney is NOT it!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:16amI’m afraid they have been brainwashed by $17 million in advertising.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:51am.
Hey Florida Ya’ll would be better off voting for me SpankDaMonkey………
I know how to balance a checkbook…..
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:55amEd Gillespie: Don’t Discount Florida Surprise
Republican political strategist and former White House counselor Ed Gillespie tells Newsmax that it would be a mistake to “discount” a Florida surprise in Tuesday’s primary battle and that the race is still too fluid to call with just hours to go before the start of regular voting.
“The polls are fluid and I don’t discount anyone’s chance to come out on top until voter’s vote,” Gillespie said in an exclusive interview on Monday. “You know that’s one of the things I think that people need to respect the process and respect the voters. And there have been surprises all along the way, and we’ll just see what happens in Florida, but I wouldn’t right now say anybody’s out of the question.”…
Report Post »http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gillespie-florida-primary-surprise/2012/01/30/id/426047
thegrassroots
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:27am“Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.”
~Proverbs 16:18
The way Romney‘s mocking Newt and brag’n and strut‘n like he’s bought Florida;
We’re Seeing An Extremely Small Man Revealing Himself Here!
This Day Is Not Over! Florida Could Hand The-Arrogant-Little-Lord-Romney A Pretty Good Slap-Down!
NEWT 2012
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:46amSaudi Arabia approves of Mitt Romney. He will be a submissive dhimmi and do the bidding of his Arab Masters.
Report Post »Norsk
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:41amGeorge Soros: There isn’t a bit of difference between Romney and Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeDtzeKo-G8
Do you believe what Soros says here?
While pondering this, was it true that Soros was out to destroy a certain person’s career?
If that was true, would you believe it if someone were to say that what Soros says in this Youtube video is true as well?
If they said that Soros was out to destroy a career, but said to not believe what Soros says in this Youtube video, what then would you believe? Would you believe the former but not the latter? How would you then know which of the two to believe?
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:52amThat is interesting because I have always thought that George Soros was an avid supporter of Obama………Politics is sure intereting……
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:28amThe Republican Establishment Machine wants Romney
Report Post »The MSM wants Romney Even David Axlerod and Obama want Romney.
Conservative Republicans want anyone but Romney.
The Establishment Republicans don’t really like Conservatives
(Ronald Reagan) or The Tea Party
They use them to get elected but then Kick them to the curb.
disenlightened
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:46amPeople power versus money power? How stupid is that.Gingrich has morphed into a comic book character who repeats liberal-like cliches. And then there’s Rick Sanctimonious, the one candidate who can guarantee a gay civil war in America and unite all the money in Hollywood to destroy him. Romney is not going to be beaten by these clods, so it’s time for everyone to get behind him and stop the damage this primary is doing to the party. The stakes are far too high this time around.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:56am@disenlightened
I believe that most of us want a conservative. Romney is a left leaning Massachusetts “moderate”.
Makes me wonder where some of the people on here come from and/or who sent them. …Just sayin’.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:59amSpot on Flipper. The Repubilcan establishment picked Romney for the 2012 nomination the day after the 2008 election. In their minds the Tea Party never existed. Look at the “Tea Party” governor of S.C. standing with Romney, If Romney loses to Obama the Republican party is done.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 11:45am@qpwillie
They aren’t “people!” They Are Little-Romney-Trolls! = tiny little creatures paid and programmed and sent by Romney to utter Romney’s inane rhetoric.
The tiny Romney trolls are fueled by Romney-Kool-Aid and kept in a constant state of barely being able to function drunkeness. We Should Pity Them!
NEWT 2012
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