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Jon Huntsman Dropping Out of 2012 GOP Race, Will Endorse Romney

Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:48pm by Christopher Santarelli
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Jon Huntsman Dropping Out of Race for President

[Update: Huntsman has officially dropped out and endorsed Romney. See his announcement here.]

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Jon Huntsman Jr., former governor of Utah and ambassador to China, will end his campaign for president and endorse fellow Republican Mitt Romney on Monday.

The New York Times reports that Huntsman informed his advisors Sunday that he will be dropping out of the race and endorsing Romney, following a week of campaigning in South Carolina where he had hoped to revive his campaign after a disappointing third place finish in the New Hampshire primary.

The report from multiple sources that Huntsman will endorse Romney may come as a surprise, considering that the former ambassador has often been critical of the front runner’s philosophical “core” and record as governor of Massachusetts. A source close to the campaign told POLITICO that Huntsman‘s rationale for backing Romney is that he didn’t want to block the person best prepared in the field to beat Obama, and then to lead the country and grapple with the economy.

Huntsman completely bypassed Iowa and had focused nearly his entire campaign operation on New Hampshire. Despite this, Huntsman finished six points behind runner-up Ron Paul and twenty-two points back from winner Mitt Romney in the January 10 primary. Many political pundits called his campaign finished that night, but a visibly jubilant Huntsman told supporters that the third place finish gave them all a “ticket to ride” on to the South Carolina primary.

Jon Huntsman Dropping Out of Race for President

Word of the Huntsman withdrawal came on the same day that The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, endorsed him for president.

Huntsman announced his candidacy for president last June from Liberty State Park, New Jersey, where Ronald Reagan had done the same in 1980.

“For the first time in our history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive and less confident than the one we got,” the Republican hopeful said at the time. “This, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and totally un-American.”

Huntsman entered the race with the record of a businessman, diplomat, governor, veteran of four presidential administrations, and expert on China and on foreign trade. The Associated Press notes that throughout his campaign, Huntsman was often compared to fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, who had contended in the 2008 Republican primary and spent the time in between elections traveling the country to support fellow Republicans and build upon his already well-known name:

To distinguish his candidacy in a crowded field, Huntsman positioned himself as a tax-cutting, budget-balancing chief executive and former business executive who could rise above partisan politics. That would prove to be a hard sell to the conservatives dominating the early voting contests, especially in an election cycle marked by bitter divisions between Republicans and Democrats and a boiling antipathy for President Barack Obama.

Huntsman’s time spent working for President Obama remained unsettling for many Republicans. The former governor was often seen in the media being civil with political adversaries who praised him, while at the same time making several hostile remarks aimed at fellow conservatives.

Jon Huntsman Dropping Out of Race for President

The New York Times notes that “his moderate positions and understated style never seemed right in an angry year of disaffection.” The Associated Press summarizes Huntsman campaign as:

“In the end, Huntsman didn’t seem to register, crazy or otherwise, with Republicans looking for an alternative to Romney or a winner against Obama. The former Utah governor was routinely at the bottom of national polls, barely registering at 1 or 2 percent, a reflection of the faint impression he made in the GOP debates.

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Central to Huntsman’s New Hampshire strategy was its open Republican primary, which allowed independents to vote along with declared party members. He gambled that he could attract moderate voters, Republicans and independents alike, by presenting himself as successful conservative leader who wasn’t interested in engaging in a culture war.

He called his third-place showing a “ticket to ride” to South Carolina, but his distant finish behind Romney and runner-up Ron Paul was widely regarded as lackluster.”

Huntsman is the second candidate to quit the race since voting began in Iowa on January 3. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann stepped aside after a disappointing finish in Iowa. Herman Cain had dropped his bid in December and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty dropped out shortly after a disappointing finish in the Iowa straw poll this summer.

The former Utah governor had been scheduled to appear at two debates this week, which will now be narrowed down to Romney, Gingrich, Perry, Paul and Santorum.

Huntsman will endorse Romney in a speech at 11 a.m. Monday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

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Comments (360)

Collbuzz
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:24pm
Anybody but Oblamo. ANYBODY.
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- AhLeahIris
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:30pm
  Unfortunately, Mitt can’t win: http://wp.me/p1HGwx-21K
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- AhLeahIris
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:31pm
  Oh, and COLLBUZZ, I’m sure Mitt will be happy for the extra dozen supporters.
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- redbone007
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:39pm
  We need to stop saying anybody but Obama. Look what we are getting. We need to fight for the best from the group now whatever the GOP gives us. Damm the GOP will not allow Mitt to be vetted. Do not worry Obama and media will vet him for us, it will be our November surprise. Mitt is going to do the same as Obama but at a slow past.
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- jcannon98188
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:41pm
  That is a dangerous philosophy to have. With that mentality, we will end up with someone worse than obama. Besides, Ron Paul is just as capable to beat Obama as Romney is. Its pure BS and now we know Huntsman was only in this to build support for Romney. sell out.
  
  Ron Paul 2012
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- ZengaPA65
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:44pm
  yippy for the mormon mafia
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:44pm
  horrible additude…
  
  the whole “anyone but” \ “lesser of 2 evil” stuff is why we are here. it’s called the Overton Window…
  
  4God and 4Liberty, Ron Paul 2012.
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- fastfacts
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:50pm
  No question Romney will win against Obama in the General.
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- BetterDays
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:52pm
  And Romney says “oh thank god, Huntsmans out, I gain a vote and a really nastily liberal progressive RINO endorsement, by golly I’m going places now!”/
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:54pm
  No, why we’re “here” is because millions of uninformed voters voted for Obama 3 years ago.
  
  And yes, sometimes, the lesser of 2 evils is something you have to accept in an imperfect world. There’s 300 million Americans. Yours is not the only vote.
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- CatB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:09pm
  I will vote for whoever wins the nomination AGAINST OBAMA … even if it is Paul .. will the Paul supporters say the same? .. btw I do not support Huntsman or Romney .. but I will NOT be the reason that Obama gets a second term and continues his reign of destroying America!
  
  Yes OMG .. Obama MUST Go 2012
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:18pm
  I agree CATB. I don’t want Paul as the GOP nominee, I want Romney. I think he is the best candidate for the America we live in today. A man that is probably the most qualified to fix the economy which is BY FAR the mosty pressing issue.
  If Ron Paul were to win the nomination, I would stand behind him and vote for him in November, however.
  Paulies for some reason have a very serious streak of sour grapes and I think they will spoil the election and give Obama another 4 years.
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- mbaird
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:23pm
  Romney is by far the best candidate out there – and he WILL beat Obama. He is much more conservative than the media pretends, he is very sharp on the issues and he will do exactly what we need to allow the economy to not only survive, but to thrive. We need a business man in the white house who does not owe anyone anything. He wiil get the job done!
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- mad_hatter
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:26pm
  Anyone but Obama, but especially Romney.
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- CatB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:27pm
  I wonder .. how many of these rabid Paul supporters (you know who you are) would vote for Obama come November either way?…something tells me a lot .. they are screwing up the primaries and I think that is the intention .. to get Obama a second term. Never underestimate those who want to destroy America.
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- Roaran
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:41pm
  @CATB
  We won’t vote for either, a vote for Romney = a vote for Obama; same policies.
  Notice the same people who fund Obama, are funding Romney.. namely goldman sachs.
  This isn’t rocket science…
  
  We fervently support Paul, because he is literally THE ONLY conservative who will follow the constitution. Why are you settling for the lesser of to evils, when you could have, astonishingly, one of the most principled presidents ever?
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:42pm
  The thing about Ron Paul supporters is that you’re incredibly closed minded. Maybe the most closed minded group I’ve ever seen in my lifetime.
  For you it’s Ron Paul or absolutely nobody! There’s no middle ground for you.
  The problem with that is, this is not a straight black and white world. There is far too much gray and none of you are willing to not only accept it, but to even acknowledge it.
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:46pm
  Roaran.. the only one who will follow the constitution??? That’s absurd.
  Obama’s NOT following the constitution has been an anomoly among presidents.
  
  Following the constution is great and I applaud that whole heartedly, but just that is not going to get it done. We need a business man that knows economics to face the biggest issue in America today. It’s a 3 fold issue that all go hand in hand: the economy, jobs and immigration. Mitt is the guy that can handle that task better than anyone.
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:50pm
  Why does everyone think this is a game where we “paulies” are full of sour grapes and going to vote 3rd party out of spite.
  
  We’re not voting out of spite. We’re voting based on principles. We’re voting on a philosophy of true freedom. What will it take for you to see that true solutions don’t come from settling on a candidate. Especially for an ESTABLISHMENT candidate, the same establishment that has screwed us for how how long now?! Why would anyone vote for more of the same, doing the same thing over and over and over again expecting different results. And they call us CRAZY?!
  
  You can vote for who ever the establishment wants you to vote for. I will vote based on voting record, based on principles and based on the Constitution. That vote goes to Ron Paul, whether it’s as the GOP nominee going head to head against Obama, 3rd Party Candidate or as a Write In.
  
  It’s not about voting for the man but voting to show the establishment and those that blindly follow their marching orders that we, the irate minority, are tired. We’re tired of the lies. We’re tired of the warmongering. We’re tired of deficit financing. We’re tired of capitalism being blamed by cronyism. We’re tired of losing our freedoms. We refuse to accept the status quo.
  
  I want to leave my children with a country they can truly be proud of. I sacrificed a lot for this country and I’m sure as hell not going to give it up to standard politics. You can have Romney, I’m here for LIBERTY.
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- colt1860
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:50pm
  @CatB I support Paul’s presidential candidacy. I would never vote for Obummer, never have, and there is not one thing that traitorous, deceiving, lying, joke of a President can ever do to win my vote. This, I do know, Marxists are hard at work to destroy any candidate that supports Constitutional principles and free market solutions. We’re still in the primaries, and I’ll concentrate my efforts in nominating the best Small Government candidate there is. I’ll vote for the GOP nominee, but like Beck said, if we nominate another Big Government candidate or Progressive, I’d take a hard look at Paul. I have no plans to vote for third party candidates, but the GOP better get its act together. Enough with Big Government solutions. Period.
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- CatB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:51pm
  Closed minded fools .. you want it all or nothing .. we didn‘t get in this mess in one or two election cycles and we won’t get out of it in one or two either .. NOT EVEN WITH YOUR BELOVED PAUL .. he hasn’t done diddly squat in all his years in Congress … you destroy the country and his son may NEVER have the chance to rise to greatness … I really think the Rand may be the future .. his father is not. But as I stated I will vote for the nominee … Over OBAMA.
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:56pm
  You can vote for who ever the establishment wants you to vote for.
  ______________
  
  And why is it you guys continue to say this???????
  I personally want Mitt.
  Why I want him, why many people want him, why the voters in Iowa and NH want him is not because someone is “telling us” who to vote for. What the hell does that even mean? You guys act like the rest of the conservative voters are brain washed or told what to do.
  I personally think Mitt Romney is the BEST candidate out there the fix what is wrong with our country. So stop saying this total crap about the establishment!!
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:57pm
  It’s not about voting for the man but voting to show the establishment and those that blindly follow their marching orders that we, the irate minority, are tired.
  __________
  
  So then it’s not about the best candidate, it’s about “Hey, I’ll show you!”
  hmmmm.
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- Max jones
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:04am
  It does not matter who wins or loses the political contests. The bible infers a totoal collapse of our system and all it’s workings due to indifference to the covenant. Those of you who think you can get out of this unscathed, are deceiving yourselves. You have no excuse, you let the unclean run your government and now you cry out to the murderers to save you from your own choices.
  any homeless person in the street can tell you the truth about the times…. can you hear?
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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:16am
  At what point are we Paul supporters allowed to stop voting for the lesser of two evils? I thought the whole Tea Party movement in 2009-2010 was about not settling for crap candidates, getting true believers who would defend the Constitution. Now all we get to hear about is “anybody but Obama”, which is code for, “our establishment candidates suck…really really bad, but they’re a little better than Obama”. At some point you have to say enough is enough. It’s not about pouting and taking our ball and going home. It’s about sending the message to the GOP that they cannot take our votes for granted anymore. If we lose in 2012 after nominating the liberal Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and his supporters are not to blame. They are just the messengers. No, the people who deserve the blame squarely on their shoulders are the fools who voted to nominate Romney in the first place and the lazy apathetics out there who didn’t bother to caucus or vote in primaries. Blaming Paul and his supporters for an Obama 2nd term is very very ignorant. How about we start blaming the Republican establishment for giving us garbage candidates to choose from and tearing down the one true constitutional conservative in the race?
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- colt1860
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:26am
  @Max jones Yep. Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Revelations 6:5-8; Isaiah 24:5-6. World wide economic collapse is inevitable. The international bankers have been planning and preparing for such an occasion for decades now. Their hope is the rise of a new world currency wherein all nations submit thereto. Who would be better able defend and support our Constitution in such an event? A Big Government politician, whose solutions lie in progressively expanding Government and working with international organizations or treaties to solve our problems, Or, a Small Government politician, who understands the economy and seeks to protect Liberty and defend our sovereign Nation?
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- CatB
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:28am
  You get Obama re-elected and you will have neither liberty or freedom .. and neither will your children and grand-children …
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- Cause4Liberty
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:31am
  ATTN Blazers: Tom Davis, Top Senator in South Carolina Endorsed Ron Paul. This is a significant shocker to the establishment who sought the very same senators support. No surprise there is no story here on theblitz about it. But if it had been Santorum, it wouldve been headlined.
  
  “To get an endorsement from someone like Tom Davis is a big deal. It would speak volumes to folks and make them take notice and give us a look.” – Rick Santorum, August 2011
  
  RON PAUL 2012!
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:33am
  @JJCoolay
  
  I’m a Ron Paul supporter.
  
  Please tell me what Mitt Romney will do about the Money supply and the devaluation of our dollar by the Federal Reserve which is destroying business and causing hardship thru less purchasing power? I don’t believe he has a plan to change anything, does he?
  
  Ron Paul hands down is 100% better and recommended over Mitt Romney to fix the economy due to Ron Paul’s platform of Austrian Economics and sound Money.
  
  As for whom one votes for, party lines or not, I will simply say, if you are a true Partyist, you would respect your party and not alienate potential party voters because those “independents” (anti-Partyist) will vote for your opposition due to your alienation and hand you defeat in the general.
  
  Mitt Romney cannot beat Obama due to Mitt flip flopping on so many issues, just ask Ann Colter. IF Mitt does win he will be the same as Obama who was the same as Bush. If you notice Obama and Mitt have a lot in common.
  
  I will vote Ron Paul in 2012. You should too.
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- The-Real-Enrico
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:39am
  It is not marching orders. It is blind stupidity!
  
  People that actual thing that Romney is going to be anymore conservative than McCain, Bush or your local democrat are just plain stupid and/or lying to themselfs.
  
  These candidates are not the problem, it is these morons vote these people in. It is the same thing over and over again. When will you people get it? RomNewtey is not a conservative.
  
  Anybody but progressives 2012.
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- HippoNips
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:43am
  Ron Paul finally attacking Romney
  
  http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-15/news/29778328_1_mitt-romney-loan-forgiveness-federal-bailout
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- leep444
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:47am
  I would like to see Gingrich and Perry also drop out immediately in order to consolidate the non-Romney vote into one person. Santorum has been endorsed by a group of conservatives in Texas so he would be the designated stop Romney man.
  This would lead to a 3 man race (Romney, Santorum and Paul) for the remaining primaries and we could go to the convention with no one having sewn up the nomination.
  At the convention EVERYONE (including Gingrich, Perry, Cain, AND Christie, Daniels, Paul Ryan, etc.) could re re-evaluated based on one very important criteria: Who is BEST able to defeat Obama.
  All the planned attack ads the Obama team has been planning to use against Romney would be useless to them. They would have to scramble to dig up a whole new campaign strategy, especially if we nominated a Daniels or a Christie.
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:48am
  @Cat “B”
  
  The only “closed minded fools” are those who insist they know what they are talking about but continue to be shown wrong time and time again. Instead of posting insults and antagonistic postings why don’t you tell us who you are voting for and why. You are doing a dis-service to the party by potentially reducing the party’s base and potentially raising your oppositions base.
  
  You are also being hypocritical as you use “rapid” or “Bot” as well as “closed minded” but you come posting like a “rabid closed minded PartyBot” acting in the very manner you complain about.
  
  Maybe you are the ObamaBot sent in to cause a split in the Republican Party by alienating and reducing the base. Maybe that’s why you contradict yourself so often and post antagonistic and divisive posts.
  
  TEA!
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- The-Real-Enrico
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:53am
  Are we conservatives or are we Republicans? Why would or could any conservative pass up and vote for any candidate doesn’t support closing any government programs. The only candidate that doesn’t call for closing any government departments is Romney. Newt is the only talking about opening new departments.
  
  What is wrong with you? Why and how do you think we got to this point in this country? Ask your self please!
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- YoungBloodNews
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:55am
  CATB = One very stupid person
  
  Youre so unprincipled its funny. You claim to care about future generations yet youre woefully ignorant of how the world (yes world not just America) operates. Get a clue and grow up, or enjoy 4 more with the Bamster.
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:16am
  Misleading Mitt Romney
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlsXHQAhJk
  
  These 9 flip flops is why Romney will not and cannot beat Obama:
  
  -For cap n trade, now against it
  -Pro Choice, now Pro Life
  -Romneycare, now obamacare is wrong
  -For Auto Bailouts, then against it
  -For campaign spending limits, now against it
  -For Tarp and now against it
  -Against Captial gains tax cut, now for them
  -For stem cell research and now against it
  -For Amnesty, now against it.
  
  These 9 reasons is why Ron Paul will and can beat Obama:
  -Free markets create Jobs
  -Lower taxes create jobs
  -Less regulation creates jobs
  -Sound money creates jobs
  -Reduced deficit creates jobs
  -1 trillion in cuts the 1st year
  -Smaller Government and self responsibility
  -Ends foreign aid
  -Ends policing the world
  
  Jim DeMint on why Conservarives should not listen to a Rick Santorum and should listen to Ron Paul: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/13/jim-demints-libertarian-lesson/
  
  Ron Paul is the True Conservative we need to defeat bad BO.
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- survivorseed
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:55am
  @ JJ coolay said today
  
  And why is it you guys continue to say this???????
  I personally want Mitt.
  Why I want him, why many people want him, why the voters in Iowa and NH want him is not because someone is “telling us” who to vote for. What the hell does that even mean? You guys act like the rest of the conservative voters are brain washed or told what to do.
  I personally think Mitt Romney is the BEST candidate out there the fix what is wrong with our country. So stop saying this total crap about the establishment!!
  
  Yet in August (when Perry was the frontrunner) he was saying this
  
  Perry was not “unpresidential” for stating his opinion. If that were the case, the same could be said for Obama, who is THE SITTING PRESIDENT. Perry is only a candidate at this point!
  
  Followed by
  
  Perry/Rubio 2012
  
  As far as I am aware, Perry is still in the race yet you have switched to Romney. Maybe its just a coincedence that they were both flavour of the month at the time. At least Ron Paul supporters are still backing Ron Paul and not who the establishment wants them to back.
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- joel228
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:21am
  Okie from Muskogee, Ron Paul is not conservative. He is libertarian. Libertarians have elements of both conservatism and liberalism. It’s the liberalism part that has me worried. Liberalism operates from a broken moral compass.
  
  Conservatives believe that government can and should do that which the people have a right to delegate. My conscience tells me that I have every right in the world to prevent anyone from peddling drugs to my children and to protect them and myself from those that use drugs. I as a conservative will vote for someone that I can delegate those rights to and who will effectively carry out my delegated God given rights to protect myself and family. That principle also applies to a strong national defense.
  
  Ron Paul may be great when it comes to small government but is NOT the person that will be an effective voice for my rights (and everyone else’s) to self defense. Small government is not the same as good government. We need good government and Ron Paul is only half way there.
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- KTsayz
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:25am
  Because this blog will never put up a post about it, it’s left up to us to inform.
  
  A key endorsement for Ron Paul!
  Sen Tom Davis, popular with the Tea Party, has endorsed Ron Paul.
  Santorum, eager to get Davis’ endorsement had this to say: “To get an endorsement from someone like Tom Davis is a big deal. It would speak volumes to folks and make them take notice and give ‘us’ a look.”
  Well, Ricky, I guess people are going to take notice at RON PAUL! You can read what Davis said in the link below.
  
  http://www.cnbc.com/id/46007620/Ron_Paul_Receives_Pivotal_Endorsement_of_South_Carolina_State_Senator_Tom_Davis_Palmetto_State_Tea_Party_favorite_and_GOP_heavyweight_goes_all_in_for_Ron_Paul
  
  Tom Davis had great things to say about Ron Paul, but his closing is something everyone needs to pay attention to:
  “We have a choice: we can keep electing candidates who talk about change only during political camaigns as a way to get elected, or we can finally elect a candidate who will walk the walk and make that change a reality – restoring our bottom line, our individual liberties and our national pride in the process.”
  President Ron Paul 2012
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:59am
  @Joel228
  
  Howdy! I must beg to differ with you friend, Ron Paul is a “Conservative”. Unfortunately, “Conservative” has changed to mean something totally different, just like “Liberal”, by progressives to disguise themselves. Glenn Beck has shown us that.
  
  Libertarianism is the very heart and soul of being a Conservative because Conservatives believed in individual responsibility, small restricted Government, and Liberty. Conservatives were least likely to advocate Government intervention in any facet via fiscal, social, or internationally.
  
  Actually Ron Paul would be best to defend your rights to defend your children from drug peddlers thru States Rights and is for maintaining a strong National Defense, not International Defense.
  
  It’s odd you believe Government can protect your children better from drug peddlers than you can locally yourself within your community. How is it Conservative to look to Government for a solution, which in turn grows Government? I thought only Democrats “Liberals” (Progressives) did that?
  
  Ron Paul a true conservative is what is needed to reverse the momentum of the progressives. Another “moderate” will simply keep us progressing to MORE Government.
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 3:26am
  And before you say something over Ron Paul’s non-intervention foreign policy I will lay the options we have before us and threats facing us.
  
  Most are fearful of Iran and Islam and these two fears drive many to criticize Ron Paul’s Non-Intervention platform and herd them right into a progressive interventionist foreign policy.
  
  In regards to Iran, what solution does Santorum, Romney, or Newt have in preventing a Nuclear Iran? War. Our defense department has already said a strike will only delay Iran, not prevent Iran. What solution do any of the 3 have besides a long war and rebuilding of Iran? What kind of reaction will occur by the US being in another Muslim Nation?
  
  As for Islam just think Santorum, Romney, and Newt all supported sending foreign aid, US weapons, and troops to defend Arab Muslim Nations. Doesn’t this help Islam and the Arab Caliphate? Clearly all 3 support Islam by supporting Islamic Nations and leaders…Ron Paul would end all foreign aid and support of Arab Muslim tyrants.
  
  Ron Paul’s Non-Intervention (Conservative) foreign policy is exactly what our country needs. We do not need any more progressive interventionists like Obama, Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich.
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- SomeRandomPerson
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:28am
  Good riddance. Now we just need to get rid of Romney, Gingrich, and Paul. Rick Perry is the only sane one out of the bunch.
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- realindependent
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:17am
  OK all you CONSERVATIVES time to sell out your virtue’s and swallow your pride. cause we all know a true conservative will never be elected president. “cause smart Americans know it doesn’t work” Romney was your candidate all along. Your others didn’t stand a chance. The drive by Republican fascists want the corporate raider to be president so he and his corporate buddies can steal the last bit of money from the government. I. E. Social Security and give it to wall street. then crash the economy again and say oops sorry there goes your retirement. but we must bail out the banks again. Those who don’t know there history are doomed to repeat it. just like they stole our 401k’s last time. Any of you see that money come back? Yeah didn’t think so…. Lemmings…
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- hope36
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:18am
  please understand that if we concentrate on the house and senate and any of these republican canidates will be forced to lean the correct way. right now the senate is in liberal control our reps are being painted as extremist and anything good they try to due is being blocked and have no power to stop. please understand we need house remaining and senate taken back.. even if we get mitt he will then be forced to lean correctly.
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- louise
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:20am
  No one has ever been a serious consideration for me since 2006 except for Ron Paul. People say they want a “real conservative”. A well informed citizen will know who the real conservative is in this presidential race. Many are waking up, finally. Many are becoming more savvy about how to research a candidate.
  In 2010 we voted into office some good tea party patriots. We need more if America will be restored. Senator Ton Davis of SC has endorsed Ron Paul as of yesterday. You can see it on his facebook here:
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- Churchill
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:24am
  JJCOOLAY, we don’t comprimise when it comes to the constitution. The only candidate that will follow the constitution and roll back years of socialism is Ron Paul, surely you don’t think Romney will start cutting taxes and cutting government departments? Ron Paul will and that’s why he has my vote. Sorry, but I can’t vote for Mitt, he hasn’t earned my trust. He’s flipp flopped far too much and has changed his mind on pretty much every issue, he’ll say anything to get elected.
  
  What is the point of having a Republican president if he’s just going to govern as a liberal? Please answer me that.
  
  Ron Paul 2012!
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:24am
  The ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ nation-wide looks a lot like what Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn tried to accomplish with the 1960′s. Disillusioned young people, who have no problem with illegal and mind-altering drugs, almost to the point of being brainwashed… armed with weapons in the name of “liberty,” are being taught to hate their government and the police. They believe Ron Paul is their savior.
  
  We should remember what communist and domestic terrorist Dohrn had said, “We fight in many ways. Dope is one of our weapons. The laws against marijuana mean that millions of us are outlaws long before we actually split. Guns and grass are united in the youth underground.”
  
  The Ron Paul Revoltion is Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers rolled into one. The only difference is that Ron Paul won’t be using explosives to blow stuff up.
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- Patrick Henry II
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:11am
  Kinda wierd, Huntsman sayuing he was in the race because Romnay was not good enough to be the GOP nominee being that he was in the lead. Now he endorses RoMney? Sounds like he is just endorsing him because he is Mormon. That’s pathetic, especially since he was the worst candidate just a week ago.
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- Stuck_in_CA
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:15am
  Before Citing a Poll, Read the Fine Print
  On Saturday, a survey came out showing Mitt Romney with a large, 21-point lead in South Carolina. The poll is something of an outlier relative to other recent polls of the state, all of which show Mr. Romney ahead, but by margins ranging from 2 to 9 points.
  The poll, conducted by Ipsos for Reuters, has already attracted more than 200 citations in the mainstream media. Most of these articles, however, neglected to mention a key detail: in a break with Ipsos’ typical methodology, the survey was conducted online.
  Reuters did disclose this in its write-up of the poll, but it wasn’t mentioned until the 17th paragraph:
  The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online from January 10-13 with a sample of 995 South Carolina registered voters. It included 398 Republicans and 380 Democrats…
  http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/before-citing-a-poll-read-the-fine-print/
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- old white guy
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:26am
  huntsman should have known that working for obama would have been a definate negative for him. if he was not smart enough to realize that he is not smart enough to be president.
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:42am
  I remember they were saying anybody but Clinton in 1996, so the establishment ran Dole, who didn’t communicate well, and he lost. Romney also doesn’t communicate well.
  
  Is it a coincidence or is it just me but Huntsman (a Mormon) offers his voters to Romney (a Mormon) while Beck (a Mormon) schedules a major progressive hit piece on Gingrich (which greatly helps Romney just three days before the SC election).
  
  Gingrich (a Catholic progressive) and Romney (a Mormon progressive) are both equally progressive. Is this a bit of crony Mormonism perhaps?
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:44am
  I once thought Ron Paul was an old whack a doodle nutjob. I had listened to FOX and some other talk shows like Mark Levin and drew that conclusion without doing any research on my own. YOU BECK FANS AND ANTI-PAUL SUPPORTERS LISTEN…Do your own research. Have an open and honest mind. Look at the candidates through the eyes of FREEEDOM. If you do, I am sure you will come up with the same conclusion…
  
  People (even my whole family) has called me crazy, stupid and misinformed because i am voting for Ron Paul, when in fact they have not done ANY research on their own. Many of you are right here (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) They have only listened to the talking heads and Mitt Romney supporters like Glenn Beck and have their head in the sand. I have converted a few. The movement is growing. I think we can pull this thing off.
  
  Screw the Establishment that only gives us RINOs and Progressives. They are the problem, not the solution…
  Listen with an open mind for once…Double dog dare you to listen all the way through.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5I0E75G8-g
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- TomFerrari
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:09am
  @okie…
  Supporting R0N PauI does NOT make you a paulbot…
  BLINDLY supporting him, does.
  You do know that RP has stated that he cannot imagine any possible scenario in which he would run as a third party candidate?
  And yet, you admit you’re going to vote to make a point.
  Me, I’m going to vote to save my country.
  You’re going to vote for a man whether or not he can win.
  Me, I’m going to vote to save my country!
  
  If we are to get obama out of office, it will take us all.
  We have what it takes, but,it will take all that we have to get rid of obama.
  
  I understand paul supporters are fired up. They are conservative, they are young, and they are angry with what has been done to the country they were taught to love, and promised they would inherit.
  Me TOO! But, I must temper that with some strategy and logic.
  
  RP does not have enough votes to get him elected, but he DOES have enough to assure that obama DOES!!
  REALLY? That is your objective?
  So, in football, the only play is to run the ball right down the centerline?
  
  RE: security – our military – great idea! Let’s rip the locks off the doors and windows and sell them, and let’s rip the windows and doors off our house and sell them.
  That way, we can keep buying iPads and iPhones and bigscreen tvs and bluray players.
  We still have an alarm system after all!
  REALLY?
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- TomFerrari
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:09am
  Getting rid of our SECURITY and our SAFETY is the way to have more money?
  Sure there is waste in every department of govt. But, dismantling our security has been PROVEN HISTORICALLY to CAUSE WAR!!
  A weak American military emboldens every unstable dictator in the world, and brings about the next war!!
  That is a FACT !
  
  Righteous indignation feels good. In fact, it feels GREAT to do the right thing!
  Consider the man sitting at the red light.
  The light changes to green, and, he starts to drive forward.
  Sitting in the car with him, you point out that there is a semi truck doing 70mph, that is too close to stop, and if we keep driving we will be killed.
  The driver says, “Hey, I have the right of way!” and proceeds into the intersection.
  Even after the wreck, lying in a pool of his own blood, he says, “I did the right thing! I had the right of way.”
  So, he got to be “right”… and DEAD!
  
  What will YOUR words be when obama wins by 3% and RP got a total of 17% of the vote by a 3rd party/write-in?
  “I did the right thing?” Really?
  
  Righteous indignation only gets you to be right. It does NOT achieve your goals.
  We CAN save our nation. We just have to work TOGETHER to do it!
  We have what it takes, but, it is going to take all that we have!
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- ThePostman
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:25am
  That’s just one notch up on the evolutionary scale from “don’t throw your vote away”. I am sure there were a lot of democrats who thought “anybody but hillary”.
  
  I have a patriotic duty to vote for the best man for the job, regardless of what the herd does. That man is Dr. Ron Paul. The most intelligent, consistent, honest, ethical man in the campaign.
  
  And that’s exactly what I am going to do.
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- Stuck_in_CA
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:42am
  @Baddoggy
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:44am
  The PTB have out-smarted us again. Most people will vote for the “lesser of two evils”
  They are cunning, clever and evil.
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- JRook
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 9:16am
  Only Republicans would reject the smartest individual they have running.
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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:07am
  51% of the population identifies themselves as protestant, so why does the GOP push mormons and catholics on the party nomination?
  I know why, it’s about pushing control on the populous and nothing to do with what the public wants.
  
  SCOTUS justices (w/o justice) 66% catholic 33% jewish.
  Deny that blaze!
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- Vinny C.
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:25am
  I will NOT vote for Obamney!
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- Vinny C.
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:29am
  @CATB
  IF
  Ron Paul loses
  THEN
  I’ll vote for Gary Johnson. I won’t I throw my vote away on Obamney. At least then we stand a chance of changing the false dichotomy of the “two party system”.
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:45am
  Huntsman is Obama to, so you didn’t really mean that right!
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- NOTvotingforRomney
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:10am
  JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:18pm
  
  I agree CATB. I don’t want Paul as the GOP nominee, I want Romney.
  _________
  I voted for Ron Paul last week in Florida in the primay I will vote for Santorum, Gingrich or Paul. I will NOT vote for the biggest RINO in the world – MItt Romney. He is a bigger RINO than Olympia Snowe who ALLOWED ObamaCare out of the senate (the ONLY republican to vote for it). Romney actually PASSED ObamaRomneCare in MA. How FREE MARKET IF ROMNEYcare?
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- MR_ANDERSON
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:22am
  Wait this guy was ambassador to China?
  
  Maybe we should have given him a closer look. (sarcasm)
  
  Actually, I was starting to like Huntsman. I just didn‘t like that he was pulling support from MSNBC’s far left crew. I mean they support Megan McCain.
  
  As for Romney, I only question his policy on flip-flopping, and whether he would use it to help business cohorts. We really need a small government guy, not a guy who has shown he doesn’t understand the long term gain.
  
  I really hate how Ron Paul is becoming more and more my candidate…why oh why did Herman Cain have to be so friendly and helpful?
  
  Well, here’s to Rick Santorum make a change for the better. At least if he gets the nomination, Obama is toast. While Rick can’t claim it, other can show how close he is to JFK, at least more so than Obama.
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- veruca salt
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:27am
  The GOP base continues to buck a bit, but it’s gradually accepting the saddle of Romney that the establishment is strapping on them. The ultimate irony will be when the same folks who fervently believe that compromise is a dirty word, compromise their own principles and pull the lever for Romney in November.
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:39am
  Huntsman said the country can’t afford a Romney presidency. Now he is endorsing Romney
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- Ballot_Box_Revolution
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Is this surprising?….not really….
  
  But this is: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
  
  In this Real Clear Politics it shows that Fox news did 3 polls vs Obama One Romney vs., one Newt vs., and one Santorum vs.. BUT didn’t they do a Paul vs. Obama. Paul is doing much better than Newt.
  
  Oh……no that’s not surprising either……
  
  By the way Obama won all three of those match ups, by a few points….I don’t even see how that is possible but whatever…..I just find it interesting that they didnt do a Paul vs Obama match up…..or what would be even cooler is a romney paul obama match up….
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- A Conservatarian
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:19pm
  Go by Fox, CNN any news outlet. The news outlets are already saying Obama vs. Romney for the presidential race.
  
  Any of you fools still backing Romney – this is what’s called a rigged election. Are you people so blind you can’t see?
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- Marine 1
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:28pm
  Huntsman is bad news and it’s a good thing he is out of the running. He is CFR. However, Romney is a centrist (moderate) at best and he is having to be “pushed” to the right. Many of us have had our ‘ears to the rails’ on Romney and we don‘t like what we’re hearing. He is ‘connected’ to folks in high places that rarely have the Constitution and our nation as their #1 priority.
  
  I met with Mitt Romney over a year ago and issued him a warning regarding this nation and the direction he should take — very limited government — personal freedoms — Amendment II — and the list goes on. Doesn’t appear that he listened to me or the people that I was representing very well.
  
  At this point in time it appears that Willard “Mittens” Romney will be the GOP’s Golden Boy. We are in serious trouble here unless God sends some angels to visit with Mitt Romney and square him away fast.
  
  regarding Obama…Another four years of the Communist/Socialist-in-Charge and there won’t be much left of this nation to salvage. The people will have take it back and don‘t think we can’t — and will. That scares BHO and his buddies to death.
  
  We’ve had all of the crap from some guy we barely know who ended up in the White House and has abused the Office of the President left and right. It is time to get back on the ‘straight and narrow’ in this nation. We need to elect a true conservative and Romney is not that guy. I don’t see a true conservative anywhere in the field of candida
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:07pm
  @Tom
  
  What are those called that follow and vote for a Party blindly? PartyBot?
  
  Tom-You are smart enough to realize voting the lesser of two evils is not being courageous or responsible. In fact, some would say voting the lesser of two evils is blindly following a Party.
  
  Do you support selling weapons to Arab Muslim tyrants whom hate Israel?
  Do you support defending Arab Muslim tyrants whom hate Israel?
  Do you support sending US tax dollars to Arab Muslim Nations whom hate Israel?
  
  A vote for Romney, Santorum, Newt, or Obama says you do because all 4 support arming, aiding, and defending Arab Muslim tyrants who hate Israel.
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:28pm
  @Survivorseed: WOW!! I’m not allowed, as a voter to have a change of mind??????
  I was for Romney in 2008 and I’m for Romney now.
  I was interested in Perry for a short time last summer when he threw his hat into the ring but then soon realized he wasn’t really the candidate for me.
  So? What’s your problem??
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- Okie from Muskogee
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:00pm
  @JJ Coolay
  
  “There is no point in debating with you people”
  
  Then please stop posting and insulting us who disagree with you.
  
  I will not vote for a moderate. It isn’t the lesser of two evils, it’s a choice between two evils that are the same.
  
  Romney touts “Bain saved jobs”….That’s Obama talk….How do you count a “saved” job? Didn’t conservatives criticize Obama counting “saved” jobs? Mitt is Obama Jr.
  
  Mitt Romney will not beat Obama.
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- AngryOldFart
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:48pm
  Mitt could be the first Mexican American President! http://bit.ly/zAiEAg
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- PoliticiansRCrooks
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:46pm
  I said that last election.. anybody but Obama. Not this time. No more politicians. They are crooks. It’s Ron Paul or nobody at all.
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 17, 2012 at 1:34pm
  Romney Pays Less In Tax [Rate] Than His Secretary (15%)
  
  First Buffet, now Mitt Romney. Via Bloomberg:
  ROMNEY SAYS HIS EFFECTIVE TAX RATE CLOSER TO 15%
  ROMNEY SPEAKS TO REPORTERS IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA
  ROMNEY SAYS MUCH OF HIS INCOME COMES FROM INVESTMENTS
  Next thing you know he too will offer all Republicans a one for one match on all US sovereign debt repayments, and will demand that all millionaires generously hand over their income. As for us, we quietly wonder whether the account clerks at Zurich banks are sweating already?
  
  That’s why Romney wants to wait until after the primary to reveal his income tax records.
  
  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/romney-pays-less-taxes-his-secretary
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redbone007
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
The way I see it. We have to fight, 1) with the GOP establishment that we need to fight now and 2) with the team Obama which we will handle in November 2012. We can not allow the GOP establishmet to force thier hand-picked candidate on us.
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- drago
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:32pm
  @Redbone007
  I agree, but i’m afraid its too late for that.
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:55pm
  As opposed to voters going to the booths and VOTING for the person they want?
  Enough with the establishment crap!
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:57pm
  establishment, establishment, you always know what’s best…. (learn the rules!) :P
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- CatB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:43pm
  What we need to do is get the most conservative people in CONGRESS.
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- riseandshine
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:35am
  Establishment = Corrupt government
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:41am
  So he’s giving Romney both of his supporters… Wow !
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- Voice_ofFreedom
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:07am
  agreed we need to get congress filled with the right people, because at the rate we‘re going it’s going to be Mitt in the republican side which means 4 more years of Obama. And as far as you Ron Paul supporters, I’m done trying to talk sense into you. If it were possible it would have happened by now. If it’s Ron Paul vs Obama at the end, I‘ll just be stocking up on supplies and bullets because we’re going down and America will end one way or another. Whether we go broke with Obama or we get overrun with Paul it all comes to the end of America as we all dream of it.
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:26am
  @Detroit paperboy
  Holy Moly… you’re on a roll tonight. Did you get my reply to your 1:14 pm post for he guy who hates religion and wrote a rap poem about it?
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- midwesthippie
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:29am
  WOW! the mormon is backing the other mormon…i’m shocked…and what do you think the obama team will do to scare christian (black/white/other) voters into not voting for a mormon. they will turn the mormon religion inside out with the help of the media and show it to be a cult, and…game over. gingrich/paul 2012
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- reform
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 5:08am
  JJ I mean if you can’t get your cousins endorsement what good is that, and if you don’t think for 1 min. that Romney doesn’t feel entitled to the position of the United States presidency you may want to look at his genealogy starting with the Pratt family. As far as is father goes he had a constitutional convention and state of Michigan which incorporated the first state income tax. He was for the expansion of state government through the backing of the unions in Michigan, not only that in 1967 he wanted to call in federal troops for the riots. If you want to know where Mitt Romney stands the fruit don‘t fall far from the tree pull up his father’s records he was a liberal from the get go as well as his son is. I know I live through his father’s reign as governor and the stronghold from the unions which were his major endorsers the big three at the time. Who would‘ve known that John Huntsman is Mitt Romney’s cousin did the press tell you? He has been pushed on us since day one which I thoroughly reject through the media manipulation, he is Wall Street as well as our sitting president no difference between the two. It just him dumb founds me that the Republican Party does not asked for him to reveal his earnings statements are we to wait until he‘s nominated to find out what is in it only to find out it’s too late to change our minds.
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- bigspike
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:11am
  it’s over…sadly, once again, we don‘t have the ’perfect cadidate’…but the ‘perfect candidate’ , whoever that might be, isn’t in the race at all. right now, Romney statnds the best chance of unseating 0baMao; the rest of the candidates in the race are worse, and would do worse in the General Election. Stamp your feet all you want, pout and whine, scream and wail, but that’s not going to change anything
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pwatkins
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
Romney and Huntsman…the dream candidates for the left. He has to convince Romney to send some of those 100,000 jobs(?) to China to his buddies. It was bad enough having support from McCain, valley girl Megan’s dad, now we have Huntsman, Chrissy Matthews favorite getting his support. Keep telling it like it is Perry and show us what a real Patriot running for President should be. I haven’t heard Perry whine about getting his feelings hurt or blame his mistakes on anyone but himself….a real man running for president for a change.
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- bigspike
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:13am
  apparently, you‘ve missed his whining about not being able to get on the VA ballot thru no one’s fault but…
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321481
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
Romney takes time off to “strategize” and all of a sudden Huntsman drops out at the same time and Huntsman endorses Romney, looks suspicious. Think they strategized together! Huntsman seemed to be a very nice person, it is too bad he got tied up with Obama. If the country makes it Huntsman will be back. Although I wasn’t a Huntsman supporter, he seemed like he had a better record than Romney, at least he didn’t step in that pile called solicalist healthcare as his bud Romney did.
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:32am
  Huntsman was governor of UTAH and Romney was governor of MASSACHUSETTS. Romney was to the right of his legislature and Huntsman was to the left of his legislature. The part in the article that says that Huntsman made “hostile remarks aimed at fellow conservatives” is simply laughable. Huntsman never was a conservative. He campaigned as a conservative, then he showed he was a progressive. Romney campaigned to become Governor of Massachusetts — they don’t vote for conservatives there. The best you can get for senator is Scott Brown. After being in office for a few years, Romney felt confident enough to govern more conservatively. Bait & switch for the folks in Mass.? Perhaps. Better than Obama? Sure. Better than Santorum? Nope.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:19pm
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I like his Dad better….

Jr.’s kind of a “Weenie”……………

Now he can become Mit’s, Reggie Love…….
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- WiredRight
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:49pm
  Yeah, I was really impressed with his father when he was on Beck’s show… His son not so much.
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Wyo_cowboy3331
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:18pm
They’re both liberals; no surprise. Santorum 2012.
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:20pm
  Go ahead you Nazi wanna be…
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- TRONINTHEMORNING
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Agree,WYO
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- CatB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:57pm
  @TRON
  
  Santorum is coming to my area a week from Tuesday the 24th .. I will be there .. .will be good to hear what he says .. without the filter or spin of the media!
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Chappy123
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:13pm
Oh my gosh! I am so shocked.

He just said today that he came in 3rd in (someplace) and the American peep’s were waking up.

The peeps must still be sleeping.
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:28am
  Jon did say 3rd was “a ticket to ride” after New Hampshire. I guess he meant a ride home.
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Californiasodbuster
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:11pm
Romney, Huntsman, two peas in a pod.
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:17pm
  …exactly what I thought, although Huntsman hasn’t flipped as much as Romney.
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krjones
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:10pm
Serious question, did he endorse Romney because he is a moderate or a mormon?
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- krjones
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Or because Romney announced he was Mexican?
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:19pm
  Didn’t think about them both being Morman until you said that.
  I’m sure his religion had absolutely nothing to do with it, but POLITICS did. LOL
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:20pm
  Man, the GOP thought they had the Spanish vote locked up — until they saw Ron Paul’s standing with Hispanics!
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- krjones
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:21pm
  Another question, is Romney eligble to be the president? Is he a natural born citizen? His father and grandfather born on Mexico?
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:41pm
  really was his father not a US citizen?
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:52pm
  i just looked it up. Romney is Natural Born, wiki states that both of his parents were legal US citizens at the time of his birth. he was born in Mexico, but that doesn’t matter.. what matters is, both of your parents Nationality… that is ALL there is to it. it’s the Exact same with Race. only 2 of the exact same Race can make a “Natural Born” person of that Race. An Asian and an African mate, is it natural Asian or natural African? neither. it can’t be “natural asian or natural african” it’s a mix…
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- Skescalante
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:15am
  If it was just because they are Mormons than we could expect an endorsement from Harry Reid and my annoying liberal Mormon friend. Huntsman sees the writing on the wall and wants a good post. He would be a much better SOS than Hillary Clinton.
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:36am
  @ JB.KIBS
  George Romney was born in Mexico but his son, Mitt Romney was born in Detroit, MI in 1947.
  If Mitt Romney had been born in Mexico, it certainly WOULD matter as to his elegibility for president. Just as it mattered with George Romney and just as it mattered with McCain — but just because a fact may “matter” under the Constitution, does not means it “matters” to the political class. Case in point: the U.S. Senate “resolved” that McCain was eligible (no need for any court decision — nothing to see here, folks, just move along).
  “Natural born” equated with “native born” in 1787 — “native born” means born in that particular land.
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- reform
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:42am
  Readrighthere sometimes when I read your posts it makes me wonder Santorum is worthless because he served in the Senate, Gingrich’s bad because he served in the house, Rick Perry is bad because he has been a governor for 11 years but you praise Ron Paul who has been in Congress for how long? I’ll try one more time Ron Paul is a Dr. and the way I see it in his forms and debates it would be wise that he completely goes after Obama care and points out all the negatives and the reason why it needs to be gone. And how we can reform the medical community, as I said we know about the fed and the damage it has done. If you really think that when he becomes president he can wave a magic wand and the feds disappear I hate to say but that will not happen overnight. I only emphasize the importance of him being a Dr. and point out the 3.4% tax you will pay on your house when selling it, the 1% to put your own money in your own bank, and the many panels that would dictate whether you were receive care or not. I think that if he started with that strategy in the beginning many more people including myself who I back him at one time would have jumped on board, but I do not see the fire in his belly for the repeal Obama care the blatant constant bring our troops home and end the fed will not win over independents including myself. If you think Congress has a 9% now don’t get mad but what do you think it will be in his first year of office?
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redbone007
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:10pm
Obama’s placeholder for the GOP gives his support to Mitt. Obama, Mitt, Huntman all the same. What a telling story.
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:53pm
  yes… they are all the same… what exactly is any candidate calling for that’s any different than what Obama is currently doing, except Ron Paul?
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:21pm
  You guys continue to spit out the same nonsense and when the points are brought to the front you ignore them and carry on with your preprogrammed responses.
  Ron Paul this, Ron Paul that.
  
  Mitt and Obama are nothing alike. Have you listened to Mitt AT ALL over the last several months??
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- justangry
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:39pm
  Listen for the snap of the latex freedom glove hitting the skin of the unionized TSA agent who’s about ready to fondle your wife and/or children, JJ. Talking point or not, it’s some BS and you know it. All of you know it.
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:57pm
  The most damning thing you should all consider about Romney is the fact that he defends NDAA. He didn’t say it directly, but he did in the typical political speak. He supports NDAA as much as Obama does, in fact, he expects us to accept that we can “trust him” with that power. Well Mr. Governor, can you predict who will take over after YOU’RE president? How about after that? and after that? So we can trust you with it because you say so? I could never trust you with that much power, I wouldn’t even trust Ron Paul with that much power. I know he would have the integrity to fight for the removal of NDAA before it becomes an issue.
  
  No more Patriot Act, no more SOPA and NO MORE NDAA!
  
  Freedom. Liberty. America. We need Ron Paul.
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boltach
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:10pm
Huntsman was fine and his father could have kept him in the race. I think he is aiming to become a vp.
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- NoNannyState4me
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:26am
  Of what? Bain Capital? People are only goin to look so far past being Mormon. It would be like Obama running with Rev. Wright as VP.
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- audiemurphy
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:35am
  you will NEVER see a Paul presidency ! he can’t win in a general election for one. his foreign policy is too too out to lunch, and he has ties to Gay boy Barney Frank and George Soros.
  His rhetoric on the constitution sounds awesome and his plans to eliminate the Fed are pipe dreams that I agree with him on but really he doesn’t gave a chance and he looks crazy like a Jim Jones !
  May the best man win!
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- NoNannyState4me
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:29am
  Audie, thank you for the commonly regurgitated MSM lines on Ron Paul. I think if you read up on Ron Paul and paid closer attention to his material you would see the error in your summation.
  
  - Ron Wants troops home to Defend America
  - You may not think it‘s bad to attack other countries because ’we fell like it’ as police of the world, but guess what it’s Still Wrong. BTW, Iran could NEVER bring us to our knees, but if we get stretched out too thin around the globe then the Russians and the Chines can!
  - We all know, even you , that his domestic policy Is The Best One of Them All. But, to hit the point home did you know that Romney took a multi Billion Dollar Bailout to save Bain in the 90s? http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-15/news/29778328_1_mitt-romney-loan-forgiveness-federal-bailout
  
  - Maybe 4 years of not being militarily engaged is worth a try, it can’t hurt to not kill thousands more people for our agenda of fear.
  
  Thanks for listening.
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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:45am
  Huntsman knows that there is absolutely no chance that Romney would pick another Mormon as his running mate. That would be the one move that would surely turn their religion from a non-issue into a huge issue.
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- P8riot
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:15am
  @ Chet –
  
  I hadn’t though of that yet, but you’re completely right. I’m hoping that Romney picks Rubio for his VP – that way we would finally get a little R&R :)
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Tri-ox
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:07pm
As expected, obama operative and hand-picked GOP ringer, Jon Huntsman drops out, and endorses Romney – - – as we have known all along, Huntsman will do ANYTHING to help obama get re-elected, even going as far as “endorsing” (LOL) Romney, the one candidate who obama most wants to run against. A “nominee” Romney is obama’s dream come true (Huntsman is a very loyal obama functionary).
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- Chappy123
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:15pm
  Yep!!
  
  They have wanted him all along. Dont think that Mitt isnt in on it either.
  
  McCain threw the election on purpose. (Not that he could have won, even if he had tried).
  
  Rinomey is their boy!
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justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:04pm
Keep weeding them out until there’s only one candidate in favor of the NDAA, Patriot Act, Enemy Expatriation Act, TSA gropings, big government, war mongering, etc. vs. Ron Paul. Woot!
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:18pm
  Ron Paul and Barack Obama is the best match up. 2 opposites. the country can choose what it wants… do we own ourselves and our property or does the government (king \ oligarchy) own us and our property?
  
  Romney = Obama jr., both bow to the corporations that have grown up around the private centralized bank.
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- Shasta
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:50pm
  You are right jb.kibs, it would be the best match up, as long as want to loose either way.
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:54pm
  so, trying to reclaim our liberty is “losing” in your eyes?
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- Shasta
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:08pm
  Trying to reclaim our liberty with a nutjob (Paul) who would leave us defenseless would be loosing in every sense of the word. Now is where you call me anti-American or you list all of your talking points again.
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:15pm
  Romney doesn’t bow before centralized banks. Romney uses the system of capitalism to 1. cut fat and save dying businesses, thereby saving some jobs rather than losing all, 2. increase productivity among said businesses thereby creating new jobs as demand increases 3. earns profits, thereby creating more jobs still by allowing investors in said businesses to recoup their money and do it all over again.
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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:14am
  i must agree with kibbs………….we need someone to get rid of the establis bs not elect someone that will work with it…….including senators and congressman…………..if they have been in office 2 terms it time to go home………if we get establishment canidate we are still f@#$#@
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- bigspike
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:14am
  Ronpauls’ Presidential Dream is dead; we’re just waiting for the body to hit the floor
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DREAMINGOFCALI
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:02pm
With the race tightening in SC, anyone else think a phone call was placed to consolidate the moderate vote? Now, if we can just get the conservatives to consolidate, we’d have a race…
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Jim DeMint of SC is the #1 politician and he hasn’t endorsed anyone, yet — although he is speaking mightly kindly about Ron Paul.
  
  Tom Davis, #2 conservative leader in SC endorsed Ron Paul today.
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:01pm
Wait, Huntsman WON’T win the nomination? No one could have seen that.
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- RightThinking1
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:05pm
  Moderation:
  I know that I am stunned. Who could have seen that coming?
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13th Generation American
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:59pm
I thought Huntsman was a smart guy, endorsing Romney makes me rethink that about him. The rest of the pack has no chance against Obama.
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:11pm
  you are funny. the rest of the pack is for the exact same thing obama is for, except Ron Paul. up is down and down is up, black is white, yadda yadda..
  
  what is the difference between obama and romney?
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- READRIGHTHERE
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:17pm
  Ron Paul could end up endorsing Romney, then what?
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:41pm
  Ron Paul will not endorse Romney.
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kritacul
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:59pm
Smart move because he can get a Staff spot if Romney is the president.
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Firefighter 538
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:57pm
Darn…I liked Huntsman. Now I will go with any one that can beat OB
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:28pm
  Paul is the only one who will bring up real issues against Obama. Everyone else will just agree with Obama, because they feel the same way he does… what exactly is Obama doing so different than what the other GOP candidates, besides Paul, are calling for? please enlighten me…
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- HippoNips
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:57am
  Ron Paul could not beat Hitler let alone Obama
  
  No one wants a total insane dweeb Pay attention……we do not live in a world anymore where the biggest threat possible is thousands of man in Redcoats sailing over on wooden ships taking months to get here, just to throw metal balls at the shore ..
  We live in world were in hours hundreds of thousands of people could be dead from a single nuclear blast brought to us or our allies on one missile
  Minding our own country is NOT an option for survival.
  Everything else out of Pauls yap means nothing because of his foreign policy . ..his insane foreign policy
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- NoNannyState4me
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:19am
  HippoNipples, from the perspectives of many your reaction of fear is the reason we think Ron Paul is the best choice. We would rather be truly free and ready to defend Our Own Border with our lives as opposed to under constant surveillance and dying overseas for whatever the reason if we are not directly threatened or engaged. I also realize you have a caustic response to this position that talks about how ‘dumb I am’ for not being afraid of Iran nuking us into oblivion.
  
  The MOST important thing is the ECONOMY. We get our spending under control and that is true National Security. We go down like Greece by trying to delay the inevitable like we have for the last 10 years and no amount of attacking Iran will fix a damn thing.
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oriondma05
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:55pm
Happy Day! Next best thing to Obama losing in November. One Rino down, a few more to go.

Maybe his daughters can stark making campaign videos for O’Blamer.
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LeeroyJenkins
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:54pm
Who?
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American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:54pm
Since when is someone’s electability the main reason to vote for someone. Not that they have the best policies or best way to fix certain issues, just whether they can win. Romney won’t save us.
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- READRIGHTHERE
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:19pm
  He is not just electable. Romney has solutions. Obama needs to be fired. Romney loves to fire people.
  
  Thanks Governor Huntsman for bowing out.
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- Collbuzz
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:22pm
  we’re not looking for a “savior” just a replacement. then we’ll at least have half a chance.
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:42pm
  Half a chance? I’d rather fight for a full chance at saving this country.
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SilentReader
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:53pm
And to think I hardly noticed he was in the race in the first place. What a pity.
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Rob
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:53pm
Well, Romney isn’t perfect, but we ALL must unite to defeat Obama.
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- Vechorik
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:20pm
  You have two choices to beat Obama: Romney and Ron Paul
  
  I have no doubt which is best for America — Ron Paul.
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- ShawnB
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:44pm
  agreed. You can go with fascist Romney who will be a war president or go with Ron Paul. I am listening to my fellow Marines, Sailors, Airman, and Army on who they want to be president. See when I say support the troops I mean I support our troops.
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- bigspike
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:21am
  if we could just send the lunatic Paulites packing, we’d have a chance…but that crazy coot and his crazy cult would rather see 0baMao re-elected than face reality
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- jnpg
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:15am
  Yes, you should. Unite with me behind Ron Paul!
  I am voting principles- again! I will not listen to any MSM blather!
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qpwillie
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:51pm
Finally!!!!!
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:51pm
Bout time…But no surprise that…

A. Huntsman is dropping out.
B. He will endorse Romney.

The establishment rolls on…What a bunch of unenlightened elites. Get ‘em Santorum!
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- Tired of Code Names
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:57pm
  The establishmet is anybody but Gingrich. They can’t stand the thought. Gingrich changed things before and he would do it again. They know it and hate the thought. With respect to Santorum, I think he’s great too. I would love to see him in a cabinet level position with Gingrich and then after Gingrich has done his thing to the dismay of the democrats….then I would love to see Santorum handed the reigns…
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- The Top Crusader
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:58pm
  How exactly is Santorum any less “establishment” than Romney? If anything he’s spent more time as part of the establishment.
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:00pm
  The only non establishment guy is Ron Paul.
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- TRONINTHEMORNING
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:04pm
  Oh, they’re all establishment; I‘m just pickin’ Santorum cuz he’s the only one I can almost like and believe. Since Cain left, I have no enthusiasm for any of the rest.
  But will vote GOP no matter what happens.
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- READRIGHTHERE
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:21pm
  @ Tron,
  
  You are so right. Santorum is exactly what we need, another exciting Senator turned President, Because our problems can only be solved by more thoughtful legislation.
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- recoveringneocon
  Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:59pm
  I‘m still trying to figure out how santorum came win the nomination when he’s not on the Virginia Ballot, the District of Columbia Ballot and also filed incomplete slates of delegates in Illinois and Ohio, which are all key states? Virginia alone is 10% of Super Tuesday.
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- HippoNips
  Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:49am
  Gingrich is theONLY conservative electable candidate
  
  Ron Paul is not conservative , he on the right……..the far far far fight. called Neo Libertarian –most people just call it crazy Even classic libetarians think he’s nuts., they say Hello, the threat isn’t from wooden ships that take months to get here , anymore…….Our enemy have nukes and missiles Minding our own business is not an option
  
  Romney is not moderate nor conservative, He is the most liberal candidate to have ever run in the GOP primary for President , in any of our lifetimes
  
  Santorium is socially conservative…..but not economically, not for smaller government
  
  Only Newt can win against Obama
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