Poll for Republicans: Should the Party dump Romney and go with Santorum?

I'm not a Republican. I lean left on most (but not all) issues. This poll therefore isn't for me. It's for registered Republicans. As an outsider, to me it's looking like Romney has too much baggage to effectively campaign against Obama. It seems like maybe Santorum would have a better chance. I'm really not a fan of either man to be honest, but if I look at it objectively, it seems to me Santorum has a better chance to appeal to the Republican base.

According to election rules, the party is not obligated to nominate the one who won the most primaries. If it wants to, it can nominate Santorum instead of Romney. Should it?

We fought that battle months ago.

Fiddytree said:

We fought that battle months ago.

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Romney has won the primaries, yes. But if the party realizes, "Hey, we're not going to win with this guy," it still has the right to nominate someone else. According to election rules, it's not bound by the primaries. It can nominate someone else at the convention. It could be Santorum. It could be someone else.

Luna Tick said:

Romney has won the primaries, yes. But if the party realizes, "Hey, we're not going to win with this guy," it still has the right to nominate someone else. According to election rules, it's not bound by the primaries. It can nominate someone else at the convention. It could be Santorum. It could be someone else.

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The inside game generally has not been run in decades. No chance.

Didn't Santorum drop out of the race because of family issues? I don't think nominating him would be meaningful since he would probably decline at this point.

Luna Tick said:

Romney has won the primaries, yes. But if the party realizes, "Hey, we're not going to win with this guy," it still has the right to nominate someone else. According to election rules, it's not bound by the primaries. It can nominate someone else at the convention. It could be Santorum. It could be someone else.

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It seems like many on the establishment are standing strongly behind Romney, but I wonder if anybody calls Romney up about issues like his tax returns. I wonder how much they are pressuring him to do a few things different... lol

I don't think his campaign if very effective this far, but I don't see Santorum replacing him. There are better candidates out there... some are on the VP list. If somebody else were running first on the ticket, some of the people on the VP list, I think the GOP ticket would be doing better. But if the RNC did replace Romney with somebody else, it would shake things up... maybe get a bounce, but I don't think the GOP wants to do that. It's risky.

Also the RNC is later this month, so we won't be wondering about this for long...

If you feel like losing every Independent vote would be a good plan ... yes.

SheWolf said:

It seems like many on the establishment are standing strongly behind Romney...

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Perhaps a little too strong. I started a poll here on DP which you may or may not have seen, that included 6 Republican candidates and 1 "other" in case I missed anybody and threw Obama in there just to see who would be trending the most right now, as well as to see if, well, what the media was telling us had any validity.

I wish more people would have voted because there are only 17 votes. We know the media would have us believe that the obvious choice would be Romney to go up against Mr. Obama, and that a certain unelectable fruitcake was such the bad choice that they went to great lengths to mention his name as little as possible. I know there are only 17 votes, but just click the link and vote for Romney, because that glaring ZERO next to his name might be construed as a clear indication of election fraud!

It would be a pretty stupid thing for them to do unless they learn that Romney has been banging an underage minority boy on the side. While Romney likely won't beat Obama, the primaries show he still had the best chance out of rest of the field.

Santorum is potentially one of THE most frightening individuals to ever campaign for president under a major party's banner. It would surely mean a landslide victory for Obama. Of course, that might be what you're seeking .....

Luna Tick said:

I'm not a Republican. I lean left on most (but not all) issues. This poll therefore isn't for me. It's for registered Republicans. As an outsider, to me it's looking like Romney has too much baggage to effectively campaign against Obama. It seems like maybe Santorum would have a better chance. I'm really not a fan of either man to be honest, but if I look at it objectively, it seems to me Santorum has a better chance to appeal to the Republican base.

According to election rules, the party is not obligated to nominate the one who won the most primaries. If it wants to, it can nominate Santorum instead of Romney. Should it?

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Luna romney is all they have...every far right candidate was rejected by their own party during the primary. Santorum doesnt have any better a chance to win than romney does. Romney not only has to much baggage he has the far right ridiculous idiots in the house to deal with...like Norquist and Ryan and Demint making it far harder for him this campaign...this election was the republicans TO LOSE...this should have been a GOP slam dunk...thank the far right nutters.

They're both neocons, what exactly would be the gain.

Luna Tick said:

I'm not a Republican. I lean left on most (but not all) issues. This poll therefore isn't for me. It's for registered Republicans. As an outsider, to me it's looking like Romney has too much baggage to effectively campaign against Obama. It seems like maybe Santorum would have a better chance. I'm really not a fan of either man to be honest, but if I look at it objectively, it seems to me Santorum has a better chance to appeal to the Republican base.

According to election rules, the party is not obligated to nominate the one who won the most primaries. If it wants to, it can nominate Santorum instead of Romney. Should it?

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No. The people of the party have voted, and they picked Romney.

Krhazy said:

No. The people of the party have voted, and they picked Romney.

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Some people say Romney has NOT won nomination legally. <-- clicky

Dragonfly said:

Some people say Romney has NOT won nomination legally. <-- clicky

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Did anyone ever find ANY cites for your assertions on that thread, besides "some people"? Let me know when you do.

As for the OP, too funny.

I have to give credit to the growing number of people on the left who have managed to see past the blizzard of bull**** rained down on us by an out-of-control media, and have noticed that their boy isn't doing very well at this stage of the game. Kudos for paying attention. This time.

Obama's record stinks on ice, his fundraising is in the tank, and things in general suck. Out loud. I don't blame the lefties one little bit for trying to throw a monkeywrench into things, some righties did the same thing in '07. I was embarrassed for us at the time, too.

Romney has a "sterling record at Bain Capital", according to Bill Clinton, and at Bain Capital their job was to turn around struggling companies. That skill would come in pretty damn handy these days, I'm thinking. Job #1 of the next President is to steer us out of this recession, and Romney is qualified. Obama STILL isn't qualified, clearly.

Romney is a man of faith. A family man. A man of impeccable integrity. Every Republican I know has jumped on the bandwagon, and many of us have been there since 2006 or so. Nice try, though.

A better question would be, given Obama's economic record and history of pissing off pretty much everyone to the right of Liz "Fuaxcahontas" Warren, why doesn't the DNC undo their '07 mistake and make Hillary their candidate? Is it because they're believing their own press, and think Obama actually has a chance? Lmao, one poll just came out with a D+19 sampling (now I know why they call it Pew, like the smell of bull****). Guess what, the Pew poll shows Obama winning! By 10 points!!! YAY Obama! Hope! Change!

It's Obama Vs. Romney in 2012, and for thinking, intelligent Americans the choice is clear. Despite what you see on TV.

Luna Tick said:

I'm not a Republican. I lean left on most (but not all) issues. This poll therefore isn't for me. It's for registered Republicans. As an outsider, to me it's looking like Romney has too much baggage to effectively campaign against Obama. It seems like maybe Santorum would have a better chance. I'm really not a fan of either man to be honest, but if I look at it objectively, it seems to me Santorum has a better chance to appeal to the Republican base.

According to election rules, the party is not obligated to nominate the one who won the most primaries. If it wants to, it can nominate Santorum instead of Romney. Should it?

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Santorum is nutty on social issues and is much more leftwing on spending issues than Romney

the social fascists have no place to go and Santorum would drive lots of independents into Obamaland

GJ Flash said:

Did anyone ever find ANY cites for your assertions on that thread, besides "some people"? Let me know when you do

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I could help you with that. Let me get back to you with some videos of some of the caucuses and you'll see for yourself.

GJ Flash said:

A man of impeccable integrity.

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Are you talking about some other Mitt Romney?

Since I am not Republican, I didn't vote.

But for me, it doesn't matter, the Republican candidate has the best chance of winning of anyone not named Obama, so whomever it turns out to be, I will vote for them. I am voting for getting Obama out of office, not for any particular candidate.

Luna Tick said:

As an outsider, to me it's looking like Romney has too much baggage to effectively campaign against Obama.

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ALL Republicans will have "too much baggage", as the Left will always find something about an opposing candidate to harp on until their candidate wins.

I can't see why they would, unless it is shown that the primary process was somehow corrupted.

Dragonfly said:

Santorum is potentially one of THE most frightening individuals to ever campaign for president under a major party's banner. It would surely mean a landslide victory for Obama. Of course, that might be what you're seeking .....

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No, I'm not under any illusions that I have the power to influence the Republican Party in any way into nominating a candidate. I'm being strictly analytical here. For me Romney comes across as very sleazy and fake while Santorum, while I don't like his politics, seems more like he's what you see is what you get. I thought that maybe if the right also sees him that way that he would appeal to the base better than Romney. I also think his sense of humor works better than Romney's.

Of the other candidates I think Ron Paul comes across as more principled, but too much of the country sees his policies as extreme. At one point I felt a lot of respect for Newt Gingrich. It was back when he worked with President Clinton to balance the budget. I felt he had enough integrity to put the interests of the country ahead of politics, at least for a little while. However, in the campaign, he came across as extreme, and then his financial bungling made him seem incompetent.

If they dump Romney at this point, they will pick someone who didn't lose to Romney in the primaries like Christie or Portman.

Krhazy said:

No. The people of the party have voted, and they picked Romney.

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Actually, you're not altogether correct there. Somebody picked Romney but it wasn't the people.

A better question is should Democrats nominate Hillary instead of Obama?

joko104 said:

A better question is should Democrats nominate Hillary instead of Obama?

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No, they should drop Obama and Hillary and go with Brad Henery, former Governor of Oklahoma.