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Gingrich's Lead Over Romney Among Republicans Collapses

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The carnival saga of the GOP primary continues....only one thing is certain...the teapary will have to suck up another rino...:lol::lol:


after enjoying 14- to 15-percentage-point leads over Mitt Romney in early December, Newt Gingrich is now statistically tied with Romney in national Republican preferences for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination: 26% for Gingrich vs. 24% for Romney. This follows a steady decline in support for Gingrich in the past 10 days.


Gingrich's Lead Over Romney Among Republicans Collapses
 
Looks like the GOP is out of not-Romney options.
 
Step by step Romney will walk, not run, toward The White House and occupy it with class.
 
coolwalker said:
Step by step Romney will walk, not run, toward The White House and occupy it with class.
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Tours are open to the public. I'm sure Obama would be happy to give Romney a VIP pass if he's ever in town.
 
coolwalker said:
Step by step Romney will walk, not run, toward The White House and occupy it with class.
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He's the only one that will appeal to the independents and moderates that were swayed to put Obama in the White House last time. I think he would do well. In that matchup I'd feel ok with whoever won. I've said recently that I feel Obama has acted much more pragmatically than I expected him to. He gave our troops time to finish Iraq successfully, gave our military the latitude to deal with Somali pirates, Libya, and get OBL. He is also at his heart, a JAG (just a guy, likes to have a beer and take in a ball game or hit the golf course) I'm not ashamed to have Obama as a President. If Romney could advise him on economics, they'd be a good centrist team for this country. In fact, if Romeny does face Obama, I'll be upset that the nature of our politics will essentially make two good men have to go after each other in a negative light.
 
AdamT said:
Tours are open to the public. I'm sure Obama would be happy to give Romney a VIP pass if he's ever in town.
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He won't need one when Obama moves back to Chi-Town in 2013.
 
coolwalker said:
Step by step Romney will walk, not run, toward The White House and occupy it with class.
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The only way Romney will occupy the White House is in a OWS fashion and then the secret service will escort Romney out.

I don't want another 4 more years of Obama, but the GOP has shown it doesn't want to win the White House in 2012. They picked clowns that can't even beat Obama. The GOP has snatched defeat from victory.
 
TheNextEra said:
The only way Romney will occupy the White House is in a OWS fashion and then the secret service will escort Romney out.

I don't want another 4 more years of Obama, but the GOP has shown it doesn't want to win the White House in 2012. They picked clowns that can't even beat Obama. The GOP has snatched defeat from victory.
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Wrong again (as usual). The GOP hasn't picked anyone yet. The candidates paid their registration fee and are campaigning. The outcome has not yet been settled. If you have the money to register you can run too. When the time comes the candidate facing Obama will begin to pick his tenure apart piece by piece. The outcome will be that Obama is a one-term president.
 
AdamT said:
Looks like the GOP is out of not-Romney options.
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Really, you think 23% is enough for Romney to get it? I'm not so sure, who that is out has backed him?
 
lpast said:
The carnival saga of the GOP primary continues....only one thing is certain...the teapary will have to suck up another rino...:lol::lol:


after enjoying 14- to 15-percentage-point leads over Mitt Romney in early December, Newt Gingrich is now statistically tied with Romney in national Republican preferences for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination: 26% for Gingrich vs. 24% for Romney. This follows a steady decline in support for Gingrich in the past 10 days.


Gingrich's Lead Over Romney Among Republicans Collapses
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RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

Looking at the 4 most recent polls:

CNN-Has both Gingrich and Romney climbing, with Romney by 8 and Gingrich by 4 over there last post from 1 month ago.

ABC has too big a gap between polls to really say much.

CBS also has too big a gap between polls.

Gallop has a gap of only a week, they show Gingrich down by 7, Romney down by 1, and every one else either down or the same. There is a definite trend that Gingrich looks to be losing his support, but it's too early to see where it is going. Paul is right now the most likely next NotRomney, though I don't see that lasting long.
 
American said:
Really, you think 23% is enough for Romney to get it? I'm not so sure, who that is out has backed him?
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He only has to have more support than the next closest. Gingrich is already falling and I don't see anyone else stepping up. You can sort of see it happening as, for the first time, some of the people abandoning the latest notRomney are actually supporting Romney instead of moving on to another notRomney.
 
coolwalker said:
Wrong again (as usual). The GOP hasn't picked anyone yet. The candidates paid their registration fee and are campaigning. The outcome has not yet been settled. If you have the money to register you can run too. When the time comes the candidate facing Obama will begin to pick his tenure apart piece by piece. The outcome will be that Obama is a one-term president.
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Oh please, the GOP front-runners are Romney and Gingrich, both of which are clowns that will not be able to beat Obama. Romney and Gingrich have more baggage than all the airlines combined and will be ripped apart by the Dems.
 
Wondering aloud if the GOP would go into shock mode if Michele Bachmann pulls off a "giant slayer" moment next week, followed closely by Ron Paul...
 
AlanF said:
Wondering aloud if the GOP would go into shock mode if Michele Bachmann pulls off a "giant slayer" moment next week, followed closely by Ron Paul...
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my speculation is that rick santorum is going to be the candidate who emerges to shock everyone
that glow will be gone after the following primary, however
 
The stench from the pile of GOP candidates still not strong enough?

In fact...the following says it all for me. People are losing the ability to engage in critical thinking...well, if they ever had the ability.


syc·o·phant   [sik-uh-fuhnt, -fant, sahy-kuh-] Show IPA
noun
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
Origin:
1530–40; < Latin sȳcophanta < Greek sȳkophántēs informer, equivalent to sŷko ( n ) fig + phan- (stem of phaínein to show) + -tēs agentive suffix

Related forms
syc·o·phan·tic, syc·o·phan·ti·cal, syc·o·phant·ish, adjective
syc·o·phan·ti·cal·ly, syc·o·phant·ish·ly, adverb
syc·o·phant·ism, noun

Synonyms
toady, yes man, flunky, fawner, flatterer.
 
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