Super Tuesday Takeaways as ‘Defiant’ Romney Takes Ohio
- Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:07am by
Scott Baker
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Editor’s note: In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Romney was declared the winner of the close Ohio contest. He also was declared the winner in Alaska.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some notable moments from Super Tuesday and Republican contests from Alaska to Massachusetts:
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, hugs former Mass. Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, as he and his wife Ann arrive at their Super Tuesday primary watch party in Boston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Mitt Romney dug in, refusing to acknowledge setbacks and defiantly declared: “I’m going to get this nomination.”
Romney came up short in Oklahoma, Tennessee and North Dakota to rival Rick Santorum. He didn’t deny Newt Gingrich a win in his home state of Georgia. And despite heavy spending from him and his allies, he was in a closer-than-he-would-like contest with Santorum in Ohio, the day’s crown jewel.
At the same time, exit polls of Ohio Republican voters gave Santorum an easy lead among the socially conservative. Born-again or evangelical voters gave him a double-digit lead over Romney, who is Mormon.
“There are three states now tonight under our belt, and counting. We’re going to get more before this night is over. We’re on our way,” Romney said in Boston.
“We’re doing some counting. We’re counting up the delegates for the convention, and it looks good. And we’re counting down the days until November, and that looks even better.”
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SANTORUM IS BACK
Santorum endured four consecutive losses to Romney. Then he found a second life as the race turned to deeply conservative states such as Tennessee and Oklahoma on Tuesday. And the mere fact he was running close in Ohio — despite not being on all of the ballots — showed just how deep the troubles Romney faced among the party’s base.
“This was a big night tonight,” Santorum told supporters in Ohio, where he wasn‘t on every voters’ ballot and didn’t qualify for all of the eligible delegates. “We have won in the West, the Midwest and the South, and we’re ready to win across this country.”
Santorum aides said the wins in Oklahoma, Tennessee and North Dakota would provide him momentum and money to fuel his underdog campaign. He immediately sent a fundraising e-mail trying to capitalize on his burst of interest.
A win in Ohio would be a capstone to a night that could restore the allure of Santorum as chief anti-Romney in the GOP field and extend the calendar for weeks if not months.
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GINGRICH NO FAN OF ‘ELITES’
Gingrich cast his campaign as an underdog effort against the “elites” he loves to bash during campaign speeches.
The former House speaker, who left office to make millions as a well-connected consultant, loves to hate the “elites” so much that he used the word five times in accepting his home state win.
“We survived the national elite’s effort to kill us in the summer because of you, because people who said, we are not going to allow the elite to decide who we are allowed to nominate,” Gingrich said to cheers.
Mention three: “And June and July were really hard, and it was precisely because the national elite — especially in the Republican Party — had decided that a Gingrich presidency was so frightening that they had to kill it early.”
Four: “And, you know, for that entire campaign, all of the elites thought we were crazy.”
And for good measure, when describing himself, five: “What you have to have is somebody who knows what they believe, understands how to articulate it so it cuts through all the media, offsets the bias of the elite media who are desperate to re-elect the president and has the guts to take the president head-on every single time he’s wrong.”
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FROM THEIR MOUTHS:
— “Tonight, we’ve taken one more step towards restoring the promise of tomorrow,” Romney said. “Tomorrow, we wake up and we start again. And the next day, we’ll do the same. And so we’ll go, day by day, step by step, door by door, heart to heart. There will be good days; there will be bad days. Always long hours, never enough time to get everything done. But on Nov. 6, we’re going to stand united, not only having won an election, but having saved a future.”
— “We keep coming back,” Santorum said in Steubenville. “We are in this thing. We are in this thing not because I so badly want to be the most powerful man in this country. It’s because I want so badly to return the power to you in this country.”
— “We looked at each other and we thought: You know, remember when it was Tim Pawlenty who was going to crowd me out? And remember then when it was Michele Bachmann? And then it was our good friend, Herman Cain the first time? And then, for a brief moment, it was Donald Trump almost. And then it was our good friend, Rick Perry, then it was Herman Cain the second time, and now it’s Santorum,” Gingrich said. “There are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. I am the tortoise. I just take one step at a time.”
— “So if you look at the candidates today, there is very little difference, except for one,” Rep. Ron Paul said to applause. “The rest of the candidates support the status quo. Foreign policies never change. Monetary policy doesn’t change. There’s no challenge to the Federal Reserve system. And most of all, there’s no desire to protect personal liberty, personal privacy, protect us from the intrusiveness of the federal government, to protect your right to use the Internet.”
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Comments (169)
ThePostman
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:49amIt is sad to see the republicans fail so miserably with Romney. No one wants him, and this is 2008 all over again. Why does the republican party choose to lose? It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.
Oh well, I will still be voting with my conscience and patriotism in November. I’ll be voting for the ONLY guy who can beat Obama. I guess republicans will be voting for “someone else”.
And if Romney wins? O-boy, that will be even worse, because then all the bone-headed things he does will fall on the shoulders of the republicans. There will be no end to the scorn and laughter. He will be our Jimmy Carter. How shameful. He won’t roll back ORomneycare, he won’t roll back the patriot act, he won’t pull back the TSA attack dogs, he won’t stop the pork and earmarks, he won’t end the federal reserve, he won’t shrink government, he’ll continue with out of control spending and deficits until the cows come home, he won’t change ANYTHING.
I swear, why would any self-respecting conservative vote for this guy? I’ll tell ya why – because Glen Beck, Mark Levin, and Rush Limbaugh told you to. So much for not being sheeple. And the tea party dies with a whimper. How sad.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:52amHe won’t roll back ORomneycare, he won’t roll back the patriot act, he won’t pull back the TSA attack dogs, he won’t stop the pork and earmarks, he won’t end the federal reserve, he won’t shrink government, he’ll continue with out of control spending and deficits until the cows come home, he won’t change ANYTHING.
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Which is EXACTLY WHY the Republican Elite want Romney in power. They want things EXACTLY as the are.
Romney advisor: Come on, ObamaCare won’t ever be repealed in its entirety
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DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:58amTwo words: Shut up.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:40am@ THEPOSTMAN
Report Post »You undermine your whole rant with your second sentence, saying no one wants Romney. There’s no reason to read the rest of it because you have no credibility left. The man is running away with the race. The only thing keeping Santorum afloat is talk radio, and that won’t last long as their ratings begin to drop because of their Romney-bashing. A lot of us aren’t listening to Rush, Beck or Levin right now. The current delegate count after last night has Romney with 404, Santorum 165. Any way you look at that it’s a wipeout.
TheePolitinator
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:39amRemember we now have super pacs, organizations with million of dollars that can run ads for or against candidates, removing blame or accountability once again. So now the establishment can put all its cash behind Romney, so if Oblahblah looses he wins.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:38amThe Romney-bashers and Mormon-haters are out in force! Truth is, not only will he win the nomination, he will defeat BHO and win the presidency. He will be a faithful conservative leader just as he has been a faithful husband to his high school sweetheart. While none of the 4 candidates are perfect, I see in Mitt the ability to defeat BHO and rebuild America. Having seen him in person twice, I am convinced he is sincere in his desire to restore America to her former greatness. I am for
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »brookerfam
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:21am“Disenlightened” is right!
I was at 9/12 2009, 8/28, and Divine Destiney. in 2009 and 2010, I was one of the teapartiers that stormed the congressional office builings to let our representatives know how we felt about Obamacare.
That being said, I have stopped listening to Rush, Levin, and Beck for now. I only clicked on the Blaze to leave a few comments today because of the lie Beck and Pat opened their radio show with “the liberal vote is what caused Mitt to win Ohio.” Liars. Polloing has clearly shown that Santorum got the majority of democarat votes in Ohio just like in Michigan and other states. Why? = Because the liberal sabateurs want a weak Republican candidate.
Rush, Levin, and Beck are working to appeal to their audiences apparently even at the expense of the truth.
America is lucky to have a such great husband, father, and leader as Mitt Romney willing to help us clean up our mess.
The whining, union stooge, blue colar populist, career politician and the arrogant, adulterer career politician need to get out of the way so Romney can focus on Obama the radical marxist
Report Post »kvn4th
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:38amWhat in the world are you smokin Dude?
Romney is winning because he is the MOST conservative principled candidate running and you know who knows that? Obama and company. Even the main stream media know it and that is why they are targeting him and only him. Get a freakin clue for goodness sake. Oh wait, snap! maybe you are a shill for the Obama campaign ?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:52pmI don’t listen to Limbaugh and Levin, but Beck is bitter and he is helping Ron Paul divide the Party. It is plain to those of us who support Romney that the other candidates have such a lust for power they will fight this until the convention, and then it will be too late for Romney to campaign against Obama. Even if they drag this out until May or June, it will weaken the Republican Party nationally. Independents and moderates will see us as a fractured party, and Romney’s enemies will continue to tear him apart, making it very difficult for him to defeat Obama.
If we fall as a nation we will have nobody to blame but ourselves, and by that I mean conservatives, including evangelicals. I know the Ron Paul cult only care about themselves, but shame on evangelicals. They are stuck on the absurd notion that Santorum is better than Romney, because he’s Catholic and says he espouses Christian values. How stupidly blind can we be? I don’t consider Romney a Christian, but he has shown himself to be a more principled man than Santorum.
Report Post »TORREY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:45amGood comment :)
Report Post »TORREY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:43amMaybe one of you Mitt Romney supporters can explain to me how he is going to beat Barack Obama, when well over half of the conservative base despises this FASCIST? As a PROUD Conservative, that includes ME! ROMNEYCARE is OBAMACARE LITE!!! Same taste, poisonous filling…
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:48amThe Republican Elite do NOT care about the Constitution or conservatives.
The believe once Romney gets the nomination that enough independents and liberals dissatisfied with Obama will vote for Shxty Mitty and more than make up for the conservatives in the Republican Party who refuse to vote for him.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:51amHe’s hoping tol win support among moderates and that the social conservatives in the GOP will turn from “Anyone but Romney” to “Anyone but Obama” once he takes the nomination.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:10amDIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:59am
Don’t vote then. But may I suggest you off yourself, the sooner the better.
Report Post »_________
1st amendment stands. Take your own advice.
TORREY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:19amDIVINEPROVIDENCE1776: GO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH BUCK SHOT!!! I will be writing-in Sarah Palin if Romney is the nominee!
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:33amHmmm…….. Should I vote for Obama/Santorum/Gingrich/Paul/Palin? A vote for any of these is a vote for Obama. Voting for no one is also a vote for Obama. Nope – not me. I’m supporting the only candidate who will defeat the Obamanation in November:
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:56am@ TORREY
Report Post »That conservative base is going to vote for Romney come November, that‘s how he’s going to beat Obama. The alternative is Obama and the destruction of our country. That “conservative base” you pretend to know something about will put aside their religious bigotry for one day and do what’s right.
Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:42am@ DIVIDEDWEFAIL: Your screen name is ironic – you and TORREY are trying to keep the party divided rather than rallying around the one and only candidate who can beat BHO. If Santorum gets the nomination, Obama wins reelection. Gingrich and Paul are out of the race now – they just don’t know it yet. Mitt will not only win the nomination, he will win the election. If you don’t want to get onboard, at least get out of the way and stop dividing our party for the Democrats. You are doing their dirty work for them!
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:14amRomney has the prefect credentials to be President after Obama… he buys failing Businesses, dismantles them, gets rid of the failing parts, keeps what works… and sells it off to the highest bidder.
Gather your Food & Nuts… and wait for the New LandLord!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:01pmOne of the lies the media — liberals and conservatives alike — have been repeating AD NAUSEAM is that conservatives will not coalesce around Romney if he wins the nomination. But that is a lie. In OH, for example, exit polls showed that 80-something percent WOULD vote in the general election for whoever turned out to be the Republican nominee. Lies, lies, lies repeated 24/7.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:28amI hope there is no censorship of my other 14 common areas between Obama and Romney.. They are taking awhile to post. They are short points.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:44amInteresting. the other 14 posted but when I walked away to get a cup of coffee, they were removed. Censureship IS ALIVE AND WELL on The Blaze
Report Post »texas2011
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:55amBox of rocks, your post is right under your complaint that it was removed
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:06amActually the last 14 posted and then was removed which is why I made the comment about censorship.
After those 14 posted, I actually quickly read through them hoping I didn’t make too many typos. When I left to read other comments and came back – POOF they were gone. That is when I made the censorship comment.
Ironically, I had just posed 9-20 AGAIN when 9-22 popped up again. .
Hopefully, 9-20 won’t post twice.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:11amAND, the last 14 DISAPPEARED again.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:18amOK.. I posted them on this separate comment section instead of with the original 1-8.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:22amWTH.
I look and they were GONE again so I posted them 9-20 on this comment string. Then I read other comments and my original comments are back on the original string.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The moderators must be having a war over the 1st amendment. Well- back to reading my usual 15-20 web blogs.
Has anyone checked out the new Breitbart.com page? The new Big Government format takes some getting used to. It is still a great website. Breibart will be missed.
Report Post »BigFoot
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:07amVote for whoever the (R) nominee is, if you want to save the Republic. You haters out there get over yourselves. It’s not all about you.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:25amIt is about the CONSTITUTION.
Romney spits on the 2nd amendment and believes in use of government FORCE to buy health insurance.
Romney supported TARP!!
Romney ADMITS he is a PROGRESSIVE
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TORREY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:50amIf Fascist Mitt Romney is the only hope for the Republic, then WE THE PEOPLE are FINISHED! I will continue to fight for FREEDOM until my last day on this planet!!!
Report Post »Idaho_Roper
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:49amBaaaahhhhh Baaaahhhhh
It is sheep like you that think voting for the lesser of two evils, isn’t still a vote for evil.
I will vote my conscience, thanks.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:45pm@Idaho_Roper
Baaaahhhhh Baaaahhhhh It is sheep like you that think voting for the lesser of two evils, isn’t still a vote for evil. I will vote my conscience, thanks.
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Real sheep go “baa baa,” and those would be you Ron Paul supporters. :)
The lesser of two evils is not the dichotomy at play here. On the one side, you have the good or not so good Republican candidates. On the other side, you have Ron Paul, a fringe politician and cult leader, who is running in the Republican race but hates the Republican Party. And you have the Marxist traitor, who controls the Dim Party. So the choice is between “good/not so good” vs. evil. Nobody in his right mind would choose evil. If you do, your conscience has been either seared (by Obama) or brainwashed (by Ron Paul).
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:07amYou could dress up Romney like Dudley Dooright and he’d STILL look like a New England liberal. But, he’s still infinitely preferable to the Snidely Whiplash in the White House.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:06am‘Tools of the shave’
I have to run for office,
the first thing I must do,
is figure out a clever way,
to take your seat from you.
And when I am elected,
The first thing I’d confirm,
is figure out a clever way,
to pay the campaign firm.
The second term’s the easiest,
I didn’t even blink,
but run for office, one more time,
and take the kitchen sink.
And when I’m re-elected,
for yet another term,
The only thing I’ll have to do,
Is pay the campaign firm.
At last a chair committee,
my feet are firmly ground,
another term, another buck,
another way around.
I can’t be wrong and always right,
I’ve taken that and learned,
To steal all from everyone,
Is easier then earned.
And thus I’ve served my countrymen,
they call me an old fool,
yet pay for every single thing,
save my shaving tool.
Cat
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:03amAmerica died many years ago. Romney (Obama light) is just going to be the one to set the tombstone…
The Moral Majority is just to stupid to see it… We all loose.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »mikee1
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:33amThe DUMMYCRAPS in this OPEN PRIMARY VOTED FOR RINOROMNEY, not SANTORUM. Any fool can see that. He won the cities, DUMMYCRAP TERRITORY. THEY GOT A HIT LIST PREPARED FOR RINOROMNEY, WHO CAN ONLY ATTACK CONSERVATIVES. He will be passive and lose like MCBUSH, ANOTHER RINO, LIKE BUSHY HIMSELF. They do not want a conservative. NEWT SHOULD GET OUT NOW AND SUPPORT SANTORUM. THEN, WE HAVE A CHANCE. Again, THE DUMMYCRAPS ARE VOTING IN DROVES FOR RINOROMNEY IN OPEN PRIMARIES. THAT IS THE GUY THEY WANT.
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:52amGreat, we will either have the pure communist of Obama or the socialist Romney. Great!
This POS said he wanted to implement minimum wage fixed to inflation. That is price and wage controls folks. That is SOCIALISM! with a mixture of communism.
What the hell have you Republicans thrust upon us? This sonsabitch in 2008 told Obama to use his mandate idea!!
Sonsabitches!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:49amWhen someone has enough delegates to be the Republican candidate, will some brave reporter ask President Obama “WHY” he had all of his college and university records sealed as his first executive order? This seems very strange to me. It’s “said” that he was an editor of the Harvard Review, yet there isn’t any proof of it. It’s “said” that he is a brilliant man, and again, there isn’t any proof of this, because of the sealing of his records.
Why would anyone hide their records if their college and university records were so stellar? If I ever get the chance, I’d ask him myself.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:57amIn 2008 Mitt Romney ran in his primary/McCain won BUT Romney would run again in 2012.
The reason establishment Republicans REFUSED to go after Obama was not because of where he was born or not born although being born outside the USA would certainly disqualify him.
Republicans did NOT pursue BC issue because THAT would also lead to a ruling on whether having a father as a citizen of another country would disqualify also. THAT CAN OF WORMS WAS WHAT ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS DESPERATELY WANTED TO AVOID.
Mitt Rooney’s father is a Mexican citizen & this disqualifies him also. Republicans joined democrats in trashing anyone bringing up the topic.
The US Supreme Court definition of an Article 2 Section 1 natural-born citizen as stated in Minor v Happersett is strictly limited to those persons born in the United States to parents who were citizens.
“Don’t be distracted by the birth certificate and Indonesian issues. They are irrelevant to Senator Obama’s ineligibility to be President. Since Barack Obama’s father was a Citizen of Kenya, and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of Senator Obama’s birth, then Senator Obama was a British Citizen “at birth,” just like the Framers of the Constitution, and therefore, even if he were to produce an original birth certificate proving he were born on US soil, he still would not be eligible
Report Post »BlueStarMom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:27amAfter weeks of media attacks over the fake contraception issue, being outspent by Romney 12-1, with 4 fewer districts, and having Newt drain off votes for no purpose, Santorum nearly took Ohio. Fantastic!
This was a vote of No Confidence for Romney, not a win. So he has delegates. He doesn‘t have the respect of the people he purports to represent and he isn’t doing anything to inspire our confidence. He is not growing on me. The more I see of him, the less I want him to be my president.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:48amIf the Rs take the lead and talk about real issues, NoBama’s fails. Getting the Rs away from all the petty c-rap, and handling it in terms that connect and not pontificate, NoBama is toast. But the Rs just don’t know how. They just self-destruct and let the progressives control the dialogue. The plotting and implimentations should already be well into development. When going on the LSM shows to reach out to the moderates, which RINOmitt could easily collect as votes, they need to control the dialogue and nix the poison-arrow questions, and focus on talking points, talking points, talking points about what he will do and the mistakes NoBama made. You hear Reid consistently lie but where is Boehner? Sucking his thumb?
If the Rs just let the rhetoric evaporate in the wind and not stoop to the Ps level, they can win.
But ther has to be a real plan.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:59amRomney is a “P”.
Romney – MY VIEWS ARE PROGRESSIVE
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Bot
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:38amWhat percentage of Ohio voters were Democrats? It is clear that Obama’s minions are voting for Santorum, because he is the easiest for Obama to beat in November.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:13amOhio was in fact an open primary, so I believe you’re right. There were definitley democrats voting in the GOP race and yes, the democrats want Rick, not Mitt.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:05amCNN reported liberals were voting for Romney.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:29amThe Damnocrats what Santorum because they know BHO can beat him. They know that a vote for Santorum is a vote for BHO, so they want him as the nominee. Ricky has obviously brought the GB/Blaze followers over to his side, because GB supports him, but he has – interestingly – brought the liberals too. The Obamanation would wet his pants if he knew he were facing Romney, because Mitt can win in the general election, and he knows it. So do the liberal Damnocrats. It amazes me that the Beckbots will support Obama/Santorum over Romney/Rubio – but as GB used to say: Think for yourself! Don‘t take GB’s word for it! So after listening to all 4 candidates, and watching the Real Clear Politics national polls, I have decided on my candidate:
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »The_Lieutenant
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:18amWhat a transparent piece of work. The spin regarding Santorum’s “comeback” tonight is incredulous. The man blew another double digit lead and was beat. 6 out of 10 is no loss for Romney. The man has been fighting both the left and the far right, yet still he stands (in the lead, too). Enough with the media-driven horse race, and shame on you Scott Baker for perpetuating it.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:43amIt’s amazing how the Republicans eat their own. Given a choice between rallying around someone who could easily defeat BHO, they prefer to fight amongst themselves and refuse to support the Republican candidate if it’s not their choice. The Damnocrats must be laughing and high-fiving each other, watching the Conservatives implode. In the end, when Romney wins the nomination, his own base will turn their backs on him. How stupid is that?! I knew in 2008 he was the best man for the job. I knew who I was supporting in 2012. Gingrich is falling asleep on camera. Paul has admitted twice he will not win the nomination. Santorum has temper tantrums, speaks like a theocrat, yet the right-wing ideologs insist he’s their man (even though he loses to Obama on Real Clear Politics). I’m just going to vote for the only candidate that will beat BHO. The man who can make good on his promise to take back America because he will be in the White House to do it. I’m still supporting ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012 even if the radical right will not. You know, there’s a reason why the liberals are supporting Santorum. Think about it…..
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:56amThis republican primary is as depressing as the 2008 general election. The crappy guy wins.
EVEN IF I COULD hold my nose to vote for Romney in 2012, I cannot stand his wife. She is as bad as Michelle Obama in her own way. Ann Romney thinks we are electing HER! If Romney wins – we will get a TWOFER like that God awful Hillary Clinton. At least Hillary had a law degree. I have ZERO respect for Romney’s wife.
After all the voter in 2008, how can we even trust what is reported?
I didn’t watch Fox or CNN all day – my 20 plus year news junkie habit is over. I am sitting out this election if Romney and his Marie Antoinette snotty a## Ann are my choice against a Marxist Obama and his Marie Antoinette snotty wife.
God help our country. I am not voting fro either Shxty Mitty or Marxist phony.
I wish we could divide up the county and let the Obama supporters run one paret, the RINOs who support Romney run one part and that includes West, Bachman, Graham, McCain, Murkowski, Snowe and anyone who voted for the Patriot Act and the STRICT constitution supporters run the 3 part which would include Ron Paul and Congressman HIll and a few others and their supporters.
Let the chips fall where they may. I don’t give a shxt any more. If my choice is between two progressive non-Christians – the best man isn’t going to win because they are NOT the beet anything.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:07amAfter all the voter FRAUD in 2008, how can we even trust what is reported?
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:21amKind of ironic divided we fail is your screen name.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:38amYea – I know. Ironic. I started under a vote Republican at all cost but this primary is so rigged it pathetic and Romney is so left that I can vote for the others but not for him.
Now I think of DividedWeFail as all off us supporting a STRICT interpretation of the Constitution but RINOS like Romney who shove mandate buying down our thoats and McCain’s who start wars all over the world will NEVER follow the Constitution. We need to divide up. Our country is too screwed up to fix now.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:47am(Hillary had a law degree) ….. labs have replace rats with lawyers. Why? because there is some things that rats wont do……
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:29am@Divided, I’m skeptical. I live in Columbus. I haven’t heard or seen anything about Romney, other than his attack adds. RP signs litter the highways and peoples’ yards. I’ve seen one Santorum sign. Everyone I’ve spoken with was either RP or Santorum, yet Romney wins? Oh well, I’ll keep asking everyone I talk with about it. I‘m sure I’ll eventually find ONE person who said they voted for the winner.
Report Post »brolsen
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:42am*sigh* Once again, I am embarrassed for so-called reporters that can’t state accurate facts. Hey Scott Baker, Romney won the last 5 states, not 4. The idiots on TV kept saying 4 after Washington until the end of the hour. He won Maine, Arizona, Michigan, Wyoming, and then Washington.
I only have two comments about tonight. I love how CNN and all the news media states before the night begins: “Romney winning 5 states is needed.” Then he wins 6 and let‘s not focus on the fact that he took 2nd in nearly all of the other 4 states that he didn’t win. No, let‘s focus on how the last county was delayed in reporting results and Romney didn’t win pretty and doesn’t connect with Southern voters. Once again, building up some phantom narrative of “Romney problems” that he doesn’t have making each “next state” more pivotal and decisive than the next.
This is a horse-race for ratings, and unfortunately for us, we are all galloping along with the media’s narrative.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:40amI could not believe it. The Ron Paulbots tonight were saying that if their boy doesn’t win they are going to vote for Obama. Their argument is that they want the USA to collapse so we can rebuild. This is anarchist lunacy. I cannot believe that their are people that are actually that stupid.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:18amGreat idea.
I am joining them. Thanks!!!
Report Post »Vegasdad702
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:19amNotthatcrazy- um I don’t know what so called RP supporters you were talking to but as a Nevada Delegate for the man, I can assure you I will not be voting for Obama, and I most certainly do not want to see a collapse of our nation. In fact I think you will find most Ron Paul supporters believe only a principled man like Congressman Paul who is willing to make REAL cuts is even capable of restoring our great nation. Remember we don’t think HE is god, or think HE is the guy who can fix everything. The vast majority of us understand he’s the ONLY guy who thinks we the people can fix things and live our own lives instead of the government doing it for us. Certainly we get a few OWS people or radicals but every candidate has radicals weirdos who show up, we just happen to have a candidate that is about the message NOT the entitlement of the presidency. Because so many republicans fail to understand this, and fail to vote principle over party, there IS a great chance that O will be re-elected. RP supporters will as a majority will not vote Obama, but understand after the corruption they have witnessed from so called conservatives in this race, I doubt they will be voting GOP either. The GOP made a huge mistake thinking that RP supporters would just hate Obama so much that eventually they would vote for their guy. The problem is the vast majority of Pauls supporters see NO DIFFERENCE between the two! Thems the facts buddy, Just my opinion, and things i’ve heard expressed from ot
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:33amI am a Ron Paul supporter and i assure you i would NEVER in a Bazillion years vote for Obama. The contry is going to impldoe on itself very soon anyway. I dont even think we will make November. When Obama declares Martial Law…the revolution is on….I for one will let all the OWS rioters and Welfare recipients and looters get shot by police and military and then we will start to restore the republic…
Report Post »It wont be pretty…
DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:40amI voted for Ron Paul and I will vote for either Obama or a 3rd party candidate if Shxty Mitty and his crap wife get the nomination.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:14amGreat… you won’t vote for Obama.
Report Post »So where does your vote go?
You keeping it in your pocket on election day? Because that’s not going to help either, folks.
RepubliCorp
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:21amThat is because Paulbots are a collection of Neo-Nazis,Code Pink, White Supremacists, Holocaust Deniers, 9/11 “Truthers”, OWS and other paranoid and discredited conspiracists. They pretend to be conservatives. They are closet Ultra-Liberals. They berate and/or belittle their opponent whenever Bots are losing an argument. (neocons) They blame America for the world hating the US and act like an Arab Psychiatrist/Pathologist while promoting the 9/11 Jihad conspiracy. (Blowback) Paul pandered to these groups with 10yrs of racist newsletters. Here is Dr Kook at a 911 truther meeting: http://www.myspace.com/video/peace-freedom-are-achieved-through-understanding/ron-paul-meets-the-student-scholars-for-9-11-truth/28483925
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:59amNow if Romney wins the primary, will you get behind him?
Ohio is just like Michigan where the Democrats came in and voted against Romney. Even Michael Moore is talking about it: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/mar/moore_operation_hillarity.html
Why would we allow Democrats and the President pick our candidate. Fight the liberal Progressives and lets come together.
Report Post »Voice_ofFreedom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:13amThe dems are supporting Romney quite blatantly if you just pay attention to the news. They do this for the simple reason that if they have to run against anyone even closely resembling a conservative they are screwed. But with Romney they just dust off the John McCain playbook and run it from square one until election day. The problem most people forget is that the lies and half truths that Romney uses to beat out his primary competitors will actually be pointed out in the mainstream news when he faces down Obama. The only reason they aren’t doing it now is because the only way Obama gets to a second term is if we put up a wishy washy, no backbone RINO like Mitt Romney.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:26amvoice of freedom,
A little advice, when you want to promote a theory like you just did you should not let your hatred for Romney show through. We now see your agenda.
Truth of the matter is the 08 election was all about voting against another republican administration. The choice was a smooth talking, good looking guy that nobody actually listened to.
This time it will be a vote against the Obama admin. Truth is, it does not matter who the Republican candidate is. Everyone’s mind is made up even now, you will either vote for or against Obama. It really is that simple.
All that aside though, Romney stands a better chance in the campaign battle then Santorum does. Gingrich would probably fare better than most think, but he is a non-contender at this point. It is what it is…No George Washington this time round…though I clearly remember Reagan’s first run against Carter. He had many similarities to Romney and nobody thought he could win then either…
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:28am@VOICE-OF-FREEDOM: Get your facts straight. The polls in Ohio showed Santorum overwhelmingly got the Democratic vote and Romney won the Republican. In November those Democrats will be voting for Obama and not for Santorum.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:06amActually CNN reported the liberals voted for Romney.
And even if they didn’t I am NOT voting for Romney and his Marie Anntonette wife.
I am voting for Obama if Romney wins and pray our country collapses under sheer debt and the crush of our liberties being taken away. They we either DIVIDE up the country like the USSR did or we fight for our original STRICT constitution in which case – not more Romneys or Obamas or we live in chains.
I don’t give a crap anymore. I AM voting for Obama if Shxty Mitty and his arrogant snotty wife win the nomination.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:21am@Grannie4news
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:28am
@VOICE-OF-FREEDOM: Get your facts straight. The polls in Ohio showed Santorum overwhelmingly got the Democratic vote and Romney won the Republican. In November those Democrats will be voting for Obama and not for Santorum
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Sorry to disappoint you, but I’M IN OHIO, just a small sampling here, but I guarantee you the crowd of people I know who voted Santorum, *Myself Included” have been registered R for quite some time, Although I do know some that were D’s in years gone by and got disgusted with the lack of respect for the Military and lack of attention to National Security and changed parties. There may have been a lot of TEA PARTY democrats, (YES WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM HERE!) who were supporting Bachmann or Herman Cain, because they most closely espoused the TEA PARTY platform, but then chose Santorum over Romney!
Loved Santorum’s new ad running on the OH radio station today, a call from George, to the W H , he had a new vp pick for Barack, named Romney, there not much difference, and ending with, “Tell him he OWES me one!”
JJ Coolay
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:18amMil Mom.. just because you voted for Santorum doesn‘t mean Romney didn’t get the lion share of the R-vote.
Report Post »And it also doesn‘t mean Rick didn’t get some help from the left.
Of course Rick got some R-votes.. no one is saying he didn’t. But Mitt won the state even with democrats voting for Rick. That’s the point.
TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:04amActually the moderates and Conservatives went for Romney, the Democrats, liberals, ultra-right went for Santorum. Why are we letting them pick the candidate.
DIVIDEWEFAIL,
Look at your name, are you willing to divide us. How dare you attack Ann Romney as Marie Antoinette. She has done more for the poor, disabled, those with MS, pro-life groups, than any other candidate or their wives. Don’t just look at their charitable contributions which is huge, look at their dedicated service, charitable service.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE DIVIDERS
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:49amFinally, no more Romney robocalls. I can plug my phone back in again.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:28am@DaytonConserve
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:49am
Finally, no more Romney robocalls. I can plug my phone back in again
Report Post »****
VERY GOOD POINT! I got 5 calls from Romney yesterday, and 3 pacs, and one from his wife. I told my son yesterday afternoon how many calls from Romney camp, the 3 from Newt‘s and 1 from Santorum’s and asked if I should be disappointed Ron Paul didn’t call. He used his cell phone to call and say he was calling to make sure I didn’t vote for Obama, and asked if that would make up for it.
RonSwansonJr
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:46amRomney has his strategy down. Gained a lead in the delegates, and won the big state. He seems like the likely candidate at this point. I haven‘t decided who I’m voting for on April 3rd, but I’d rather see the race end as soon as possible so they can focus on this train-wreck of a president… who is attacking the first amendment, apologizing for throwing away a koran while Americans are dying over the affair, being completely incompetent about Iran, and being completely clueless on an approaching energy crisis. When gas is $4.50 a gallon on election day, the employment is above 8%, the housing market is down, and debt is above 17 trillion… I think voters would take a squirrel over this guy.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:10amMoney buys strategy – not respect.
Romney won Ohio because in the big city areas anti-Santorum commercials ran 24/7. Santorum and Gingrich and Paul don’t have that kind of money.
I am voting for Obama if Romney wins. Screw the Republican Party. Screw this country.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:34amI want to see Texas get a say in this! Why the big rush, if Romney were TRULY the best candidate, he’d have marched through Ohio and Michigan with little effort. Obviously there are as many NOT supporting him as are, So why not let it play out? This is good practice for the train wreck Chicago’s going to throw at the winner, after convention, I WANT TO SEE THAT BE THE ONE WHO CAN HANDLE THIS MESS THE BEST, AND STAY ON MESSAGE, AND KEEP ON WITH THE CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE! Remember, there are a lot more states out there, AND THEY’RE ALL SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SAY IN ELECTIONS!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:20amDivided, you’re a flat out POS!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:21amI can’t wait to cast my vote for Mitt, from right here in Texas.
Report Post »TemayElbor
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:41amA good Super Tuesday for MITT ROMNEY. Praise GOD. The LORD is surely watching over the United States of America.
Thank you, LORD.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:42amSo you don’t believe God is behind Santorum? Is your God the LDS God, as opposed to the Catholic God?
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:55amThe LORD loves Mitt and is pleased with how he honors his marriage to Ann. Those Mormon-haters on the Blaze remind me of the Catholic-haters who opposed JFK. My, my, my…. how the tables have turned around. The hated are now the haters themselves. I guess that until someone who matches THEIR religion is nominated, they will vote for the Democrats. Amazingly, some Blazers actually think Mormons have more than 1 wife!!! Hahahahaha….. their ignorance is showing again! Their are no perfect candidates. Perfection is the enemy of the Good. Any objective observer could list a dozen things to dislike about ANY candidate. I have seen Mitt in person twice, and have watched him since before 2008. I also watch Real Clear Politics, and know he is the only man who can beat BHO – that’s why liberals are supporting Santorum. How odd it would be if the right-wing radicals oppose him, and in so doing guarantee reelection for Obama….
OBAMA / SANTORUM
or
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:01am@dividedwefail – Ironic name since you are trying to divide the party BASED ON RELIGION. Sad.
Anyhoo, I won’t even attempt to educate you on all of your misrepresentations and falsehoods about my religion. Everything you stated about my religion has been rebutted and/or supported by the Bible soooo many times on this website by soooo many people. There has to comes a point where it is evident that some people simply are not ready for the meat, let alone the milk.
As for your assertion that anyone who believes in more than one “tier” of heaven (we refer to them as different levels of “glory”) is not Christian – I guess Paul would not be considered a Christian by you along with the “Mormons” since we both believe in a Celestial glory, a Terrestrial glory, and a Telestial glory.
Paul taught regarding our resurrected bodies in 1 Corinthians 15:40-41:
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
(Celestial/Sun, Terrestrial/Moon, Telestial/Stars)
Paul makes his belief even more clear in 2 Corinthians 12:2:
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the THIRD heaven. (Emphasis Ad
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:11amSorry – I was replying to a post that was deleted likely because of its vindictive and profane assertions towards a single religion…
Report Post »SLUT
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:41pmHa! “I think no more of taking another wife than I do of buying a cow.” –
Report Post »Mormon LDS Apostle Heber C. Kimball.
Joseph Smith had 34 wives, 11 of whom were currently married to living husbands at the time he took them as wives.
bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:28amRomney is one tough opponent. Ron Paul should certainly be offered an important position in the next government.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:41amI dunno, Timothy Geithner will leave some pretty big shoes to fill LOL.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:46amI hope Romney offers Paul Geithner’s job!!!
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:25amHmm…. Last one out hit the lights…….hm-hm-hmm hm hm hmm
Report Post »I wonder whats on the sports hm hm-hmm hm hm-hmm
What so proud-ly we hailed at the twi-light’s last glea-ming
Whose broad stripes and bright starrrrs
thru the per-il-ous fighhhoooh owe plop shii dogonnn slam.!
areluu83
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:24amYou know the one suprising number out of the Ohio race to me was 12,000. Not the 12,000 votes that Romeny won by but the 12,000 votes that Perry and Huntsman got!!!! WTF people?? These guys dropped out weeks ago and they still got 12K votes between them!! I agree with John Stossel that not everyone should have the right to vote. If you are so STUPID that you voted for someone who is no longer running you should not be allowed to vote. If anyone from Ohio reads this and knows someone who voted for Perry or Huntsman, do me a favor. Put your arm around your friends shoulder, spin them around, and kick them right square in the ASS!! (Sorry, just had to vent this out),
Got2bRoni
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:31amLol. I bet half of those are dead folks..
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:45amThese 12,000 people are the ones you see in the voting booth flipping coins and looking at crumpled notes pulled from their pockets. They have no idea who’s running or why!!!
Report Post »SLUT
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:36pmIt’s the NOT-Romney vote. The reason Paul why got 40% in VA.
I take BC, ergo, I’m a Slut.
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