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Subscribe to RSSMitt Romney swept to victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night by winning nearly every income, age, religious, ideological, and ethnic group – falling short only among the one third of Florida Republican voters who called themselves “very conservative” and among the 40 percent who described themselves as white evangelical Christians, although he only narrowly lost among the latter group, according to the network exit polls.
The former Massachusetts governor displayed especially strong appeal to Latino voters – winning 53 percent of them – and to married women, to self-described moderates (winning 62 percent of them), to wealthier voters, and to those who said that the ability to defeat President Obama was the quality that most mattered to them – more so than the candidate’s experience, character or true conservatism. Nearly three out of five the voters who said beating Obama is the top priority voted for Romney.
See full Florida results and exit poll
A different set of voters leads to a different outcome—that’s the short version of what the exit polls reveal about Romney’s victory in Florida, compared to his loss in South Carolina’s primary ten days ago and his victory in New Hampshire on Jan. 10.
Romney’s failure in South Carolina – which seemed worrisome to his campaign only ten days ago -- probably fades into insignificance now that strategists are turning toward November and to electorates that in most of the battleground states will more closely resemble those in New Hampshire and Florida than in the Palmetto State.
In a close general election in November, New Hampshire and Florida are likely to be hotly contested, while South Carolina will be a safe Republican state, so the New Hampshire and Florida data may contain more valuable insights for the fall contest. And the Florida electorate in Tuesday’s primary – more than 1.5 million voters – was far larger than the electorates in all the previous contests -- Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina -- combined.
David Gregory analyzes the results of the Florida primary and what effect it will have on the GOP race moving forward.
With America still emerging from a recession and with income inequality a Democratic theme for the fall, voters’ income may matter greatly. Both Romney and Newt Gingrich, of course, are wealthy men, but Romney is far wealthier. If he’s the GOP nominee, will he be able to appeal to the tens of millions of American voters in the November election who’ll have incomes of less than $50,000 a year?
In Florida, about a third of GOP primary voters Tuesday reported that they had total family income of under $50,000 -- and Romney won 42 percent of such voters, beating Gingrich by ten points.
That compares to South Carolina’s primary electorate: 36 percent of voters reported annual incomes of under $50,000, and Romney was relatively weak with that group in South Carolina, winning only 25 percent of them compared to Gingrich who won 40 percent of them.
Romney rebounds with a victory in Florida
But in the New Hampshire primary, in which more than one in four voters said their families had incomes of $50,000 or less, Romney and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas each won 31 percent of the lower-income voters, while Gingrich won only one out of every ten.
Where Gingrich beat Romney among both men and women in South Carolina’s primary, Romney had a big advantage among women voters in Florida: beating him by more than 20 percentage points.
Next, consider ideology and partisan identification.
Romney continues to have a problem appealing to self-described conservative voters – in Florida, Romney lagged 14 points behind Gingrich among very conservative voters Tuesday and four out of ten voters said Romney’s views were not conservative enough.
Likewise in South Carolina, Romney won fewer than one out of every five voters who categorized themselves as “very conservative,” while in New Hampshire Romney won 26 percent of that group.
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist talks with Rachel Maddow and an MSNBC panel about Mitt Romney's Florida primary win and the Republican primary going forward.
Of course, a Republican strategy for victory in November will need to focus on those voters who don’t necessarily define themselves as “conservative.” In November, there will be many independents in states such as Florida and New Hampshire whom the Republican nominee will need to successfully woo. The GOP nominee will need to do what George W. Bush did in New Hampshire in 2000, when he won the state by 1.3 percentage points over Al Gore: persuade the centrist and non-ideological voters to trust him, without alienating too many conservatives.
Can the GOP nominee attract independents and middle-of-the-road voters? In South Carolina one of four voters described himself as independent and Romney and Gingrich ran just about even among them. But in the New Hampshire primary – in which independent voters could request a Republican ballot and vote in the GOP primary —independents accounted for nearly half of all voters. Romney and Paul each won about 30 percent of independents, compared to only 8 percent of independents who voted for Gingrich.
But in Florida, 18 percent of the electorate Tuesday called themselves independents. Romney won 41 percent of them, while Gingrich won 27 percent.
Another crucial group in November will be those born in 1947 or earlier. There will be more of the gray-haired James Taylor and Kingston Trio fans than the Rock the Vote demographic in November’s electorate. In 2008, more than twice as many votes were cast by people aged 65 and older than by people age 18 to 24. Seventy percent of Americans age 65 and older voted while only 49 percent of 18 to 24 year olds voted.
The Florida electorate Tuesday was a good test run: 36 percent of voters were age 65 and older and Romney won 51 percent of those voters. He trailed Gingrich among the older voters in South Carolina (as his did among other age groups) but had beaten him among older New Hampshire voters.
One should not read too much into Tuesday outcome -- nor should one project a sample of the Republican electorate onto what will be a far bigger national electorate in November. Tuesday's Florida GOP electorate skewed wealthier than the national population, with 31 percent reporting family incomes of $100,000 or more.
And of course no candidate is ideal: 38 percent of Tuesday’s voters said they would like to see someone else run for the Republican nomination. But the time for a late starter has passed. Republicans will go into battle with the candidate they have – and increasingly it is looking like that will be Romney.
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Time for the GOP to make newt, rick, and ron an offer they can't refuse...so that they can regroup and focus on beating obama. All the dirt being flung is just putting votes in his column with absolutely no effort on his part.
I hope Gingrich can sit painlessly after tonight's @$$ whoopin.
vermontguy,
All of the GOP's candidates are unworthy of sitting in the White House as Commander-In-Chief.
Mitt, Newt, Rick and Ron's disqualifications make it very easy for their contenders to throw "mud" at each other.
...the GOP should admit defeat and think about how to work with President Obama over the next 4 years to move this country forward.
The richest 2% voted for Romney, of course. But Evangelicals held their noses and voted out of irrational hatred for our current president -- Now talk about pathetic.
GOP montra= get rid of of Obama first and then down the road actually work on improving American's lives.
If you had a real message, then that should be enough to stand on by itself. Blaming our troubles on one man as if the one man could get everything done by themselves id naive.
So if the table turn are the Dem's going to obstruct the new president because we already know what will happen if Obama gets reelected.
what a bunch of ridiculous politics.. the gop has sunk to a new low.. is this the best they can do? they put all this effort into trying to make obama look bad, only to put forward this? what a bunch of clowns.. i think by putting romney in position they have already admitted defeat.. what a joke.. a sick joke..
Here in Detroit the word on the street is that Mr Obama had better "save Detroit" from bankruptcy or the Black vote here (except unions members) will stay home. A lot of people in my neighborhood expect more of what they call "Obama Money' There is an event going on at COBO hall for people losing their homes. The line was out the door and around 4 city blocks. They expect Mr Obama and the Democrats will ride in and either pay their bills or make them go away. If he does that in Detroit, what the line of other cities build up for money. If you doubt me look up "obama money" in Detroit.
Time for Mitt to forget about Newt and focus on our failure in chief. Focus on your success. Focus on the companies and jobs you have saved. Focus on the taxes you have paid. ( Paying $3million a year legally within the tax code is nothing to be ashamed of). Focus on the people you have helped through your generous charitable giving.
While the media is obsessed with trivia, here are the major issues the GOP should be campaigning on:
1. There are fewer people employed today than when Bush left office.
2. Unemployment rate of 8.5% represents an improvement, but far higher than the norms of the past 30 years and higher than when Bush took office.
3. Each Obama budget has resulted in a trillion dollar deficit. In 3 years, he has increased the deficit more than Bush did in 8. We can't sustain this, yet we keep on spending with no plan. It's called LACK OF LEADERSHIP.
4. While the recession has "officially" ended, uncertainty over health care costs and the tax code are limiting investment and hiring. See point 2.
5. Housing is still a mess. 3 years in to his tenure
6. His Simpson Bowles deficit commission recommended complete reform of the corporate and personal tax code 14 MONTHS AGO!!!!!! President food stamp has done nothing. The 2% FICA tax reduction is a gimmick that takes funds dollar for dollar from social security. His Buffet tax is a sop to class warfare liberals that replicates the awful AMT program that is currently out there. Instead of leading and proposing big ideas, Obama is playing small ball for political points. Not the hope and change we were looking for.
ROMNEY/ SANOTRUM 2012!!!!!!
While we were all looking at the primaries, Indiana Senate passed a bill approving teaching of creationism in Science class. Now they will teach our kids that the first human came out of Jesus's a$s.
@Gary 420
If Romney is elected, he should increase the top tax rate to 70%, increase Capital Gains Tax to 70%, Increase payroll tax cap to $200K. That will reduce the deficit to zero in 2 years.
@Gary420
Romney could be the Tax Cheater In Chief by hiding money in offshore accounts
or Corporate hore (with a W) in Chief
Romney Queen, check your math babe. You can increase the tax rate on top earners to 100%, and you still could not balance this year's budget. We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Many others have suggested increasing payroll taxes. Will bring in approx. 20 Billion, basically a drop in the bucket. But wait, Social Security is a pension program. If we double the wage base, we have to increase the payments to the wealthy!!! Can't have that now can we?
Simpson -Bowles, and Paul Ryan have suggested complete reform of the corporate, personal tax code in addition to reforming Social Security. Relatively minor changes in Social Security could save it ( increase tax base by a modest amount, adjust payments for inflation, not wage growth, means testing, gradually increase the retirement age). On the tax code, we can eliminate all or nearly all loopholes ( GE makes billions, yet pays no tax) , reduce rates, and grow the economy. Yet your guy has done nothing.
I guess it is more fun to complain about the other guy than actually sit down and accomplish anything.
Regarding Romney's taxes: He uses the same tax code as your millionaire friends Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and the Kennedy dynasty. The Kennedys have had offshore accounts for years.
My gut feel, given the hatred of the media for all things GOP, that if Romney was cheating on his taxes, we would have found out. After all, the guy has been running for 6 years.
So your facts are wrong, and your logic is wrong. What else you got?
@Gary 420
Except the fact the Romney is the one who paid millions of $$ to a lobbying firm to prevent Dems from raising the Capital Gains Tax to 35%. Do we really need a president who will create more tax loopholes?
Oh Mr. and Mrs. Mittens......don't start loading up the car and tying the dog to the roof just yet.....my understanding is the Super Bowl is played at the end of the season not the beginning.
But the Daytona 500 is at the beginning!
I was so glad to see that Obama didn't even get one vote in Florida....I hope the trend continues.....
not too bright are you?
this is what scares me for this country the stupidity of you right wingers there is no benefit from down right dumb
bigbenalaska - Are you even aware only registered Republicans voted in this primary or are you brain dead?
Sorry Ben you and your state are the biggest benefits of welfare - even though your check comes from big oil
It is the REPUBLICAN primary. Only Republicans voting for Republicans. Democrats are not allowed to vote in the Republican primary. That is the reason why no one voted for OBAMA... yet.
bigbenalaska must drink the same water that Palin does.
Democratic Pres Barack Obama didn't get a single vote in the FL Republican primary/caucus. Really?
I'm gonna have 2 glasses of that same joy-juice on the rocks; and make mine to go please? WTF??
Obama already won.
power to the people
The best part is watching the answers to him.
And be honest if you had to sit on a bus next to someone, Nancy Pelosi or Sarah Palin..... Come on there is not a choice. Not that like her, but come on! The other woman that has me reaching for the remote is Sally Jesse Wasserman. Ugh! If I had a make believe wish..... I would love to watch the liberal left melt down everytime they announce First lady Gingrich. OMG gray brain matter everywhere.
The TP radicals are finished. Right wing nuts just like left wing nuts cant win. The right wing TP went strongly for the Newt and he got creamed. LMAO
Still LMAO
Cant stop LMAO
Doesn't sound like a 'sweep' to me...'very conservative' and 'white evangelical christians' sounds like the Teapublican base!
jrae - read the real reports - 38% want someone else - Romney won the most populace Dade County, Miami the pistol petes of Cuba and Miami, Gingrich won the upper half of Florida least populated but most of the South sentiments
It is not over King Gingrich will fight to the death and Romney - still is not liked - interesting?
Oh, wow! Hoo boy! Yippee yay!!! Let's party!!!!! I can't stop LMAO either.
I bet a third party candidate jumps in to the race.
This surprises me as these guys are so out-of-touch with the common man. Romney's career and wealth have both been hot button issues in the campaign. The candidate released his 2010 tax return revealing that he earned $21.7 million in 2010, and paid a lower tax rate than someone who earns $50,000 a year. Congressional actions of the past has allowed the richest Americans pay little or no taxes on huge sums of money by buying the Congress. Romney has the Bain led Clear Channel and the FOX-hole have openly shown their contempt for this president daily as the "Do Nothing" Congress continues to do nothing! The airways are full of "Toxic Talking Heads" from Brush Himoff to "I Heart Radio" to Spawned Insannity. I heart radio has tried to corner the patriotism with the national anthem on many of their radio stations. Yes! That's the same Bain of Bain Capital, owned or co-owned by Mitt Romney. But somehow president Obama has begun smelling like a rose when compared to the TEA-GOP-Republican candidates. My question is: Shouldn't everyone pay proportionally into the tax coffers to include every source of income? The president paid 25 percent of his gross income in federal tax, compared to Romney’s 13.7 percent. Social Security would never have had any funding problems if ALL sources of income, no matter what the source, were taxed up to $1,000,000.00 dollars. Corporate taxes could be lowered to compete on the world stage and get corporations back to America. It's the Congress that needs revamping.
Rudy,
You made very good points in your argument about tax-rate "parity" and how the super wealthy are draining of the U.S. treasury of substantial revenue.
However, corporate tax rates should not be lowered.
Corporate tax rates are already low.
Many companies such as GE, Verizon and Exxon, are highly profitable. Yet, these companies paid Zero U.S. tax dollars in the preceding years. A major problem is the disproportionate pay that many corporate big wigs receive, their comparatively low "productivity levels" and the low tax rates that they pay. The rich have drained the U.S. treasury of significant funds.
Throwing more money at these fat cats is not the answer.
Bain Capital took millions out of businesses that failed. (I have no problem about making a lot from successful businesses.) Is that money in the Caymans?
John, check with the Switzerland government...he might have accidentally overlooked suddenly closing one of his accounts there.
If the IRS are not checkin' on Mitt, I'll bet some bean counters from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints out of Salt Lake City are sharpening their pencils.
from IdiotTracker blog:
Romney's Bain
"I'll even follow Lowry up to the point that the dismal reek of failed businesses and crushed lives that Bain Capital exudes may be in part the result of a "Buy low, sell high" philosophy that associated Bain disproportionately with companies already in trouble."
"But here's the problem: Bain Capital was not prepared to wait and take their chance that they could sell high: they wanted their money whatever happened, so they used the companies to borrow heavily to pay dividends to themselves. They forced these multiple companies to go deep in debt, feeding the borrowed money to themselves, the investors. Then the companies eventually went bankrupt, and the money Bain had borrowed and turned into their personal wealth did not have to be paid back."
"To buy control of a company, use its good name to borrow heavily, and funnel that money to you as profit, ensuring bankruptcy, is loathsome. That is not "creative destruction"; it's Bernie Madoff with better legal advice."
The Hitler Parties - the New Hitler Politician
The Porky Pig who directly was involved in the Financial Welfare Crisis was voted against .
The was Newt . Newt is old school pork in a system that failed and failed because of politicians like him gives welfare to business and stealing from the people . In this system he become Hitler . In a rich America this pork was swept under the rug up to a point . In A welfare for business system this pork become beat up on the people to replace the pork and scapegoat the people.
So , to defeat Newt is a no big one . Romney ran this ad over and again to get people like me to discuss this and then turn on the rail Newt was run out on . Romney if elected will be the next Hitler .
Obama is already.
Obama failed to do the right thing which was his promise or to change Washington . He is a liar , and so what ? Well liar is not the right word when it destroys others for power . The right word is HItler .
His economic policy is to tax Medicare pt. Obamacare was passed so that a board of doctor , called the Hitler Board ,by me , could determine what medicare was supposed to cover . The problem with this is that is a deception on the part of Republican and Democrats Hitler parties alike . The deception is that the Medicare LAW allow all medical practices to be covered , not those that are allowed by Obama care Nazi board . So e.g. which is the current case , those who are chronic ill medical treatment claims are turned down by Medicare . So if you need to see a doctor with certain diabetic or other chronic illnesses they are refused claims as chronic conditions This is Obama the Nazi way of killing the elderly and disabled illegally for money and power . This is what the Nazi party did and this is what the current politician in Congress is doing now . Ok , it the way of both Nazi parties way of killing the disabled and elderly , with the exception of American exceptional ism or the rich . The new rich American Nazi . Ok , you say you don't know about this ? Well , this is part of the illusion , of you not knowing . Well if you Google Medicare suits you will know about it . Stop playing games of not knowing . Now , if you exam these suits against Obama rep
United States Department of Health and Human Services and it Secy in these case what
you will see is that the cases ARE SETTLED NOT WON . SEE THE VT CASE ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO VISIT THIS GOOGLING . THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT , GROUP , OR CLASS ACTIONS BEGIN AS TORT ACTION FOR WHICH A MONETARYREMEDY IS EXPECTed DUE TO MEDICARE TURNING DOWN CHRONIC medical CLAIMS AND THEY ARE SETTLED , NOT DETERMINED BY A TRIAL BECAUSE THE POINT IS THAT THE LAW SAYS THE ACTION OF UNDER OBAMA CARE IS ILLEGAL UNDER THE GENERAL MEDICARE LAW . YOU CAN NOT HAVE A MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN THAT DOES NOT COVER CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONSAS THIS WOULD NOT BE A MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN . SO THE ILLUSION IS WHAT NOW ? Obama lackies violate the law , kill or bankrupt Medicare pt or their familes , and the settle these case and go on doing the same thing over and over again until they will reach a point where The Congress of Nazi will revamp the law and say well all Americans have to sacrifice . The practice of putting someone else on the cross for your sins is the practice of a religion , of Hitler , not Christians who claimed the cross was meant for their G=d to reverse sin , not to make scapegoats of the disabled and senior with chronic conditions .
The illusion is that the Obamacare is legal . It is not . What is it s intent ? It intent is to steal medical benefits or payout of money from Medicare and give this money to drunks and others who are not entitled to Medicare benefits . It is to take money for medical care of those who are sick and disabled and deserve this money by the time they worked and give it to others who would now vote for Obama , immigrant's , the drug addict , those who are proven criminals , and to make medicare into a poor man medicaid . In fact Hitler obama want to limit even the amt of money on medical treatment for those that are dying .
So all of a sudden the Federal Government can not keep dying pt in facilities for dying pt ., and the family is faced with bills that bankrupt the individual or the family.
Here is the solution to Medicare . Force those companies or public institutions that have vested individual in pension to provide the same insurance benefits provided as their active employees to their retired employees . Well Well it is just this simple. Now you know why Medicare was passed , and this was to benefit business as this was the contact that employees had with employers before Medicare .
I left out above is the why you enforce a illegal provision in law for the illusion expressed above is that you never allow a case to go to jury against this law . Instead you settle these cases for money or as the SECY for Hand none Human Service does they want no case laws against them . So the treats are to prolong the cases , make all kinds of objections so that it is not possible to proceed against them in a court . The dangling of money is more profitable than dealing with Obama and politicians killing other people and so each case is meant for a monetary return , not in pointing out that Obama and other politician are by their Hitler policies killing Americans that deserve health claims that should be paid by their insurance , so they are not paying these claims , because they can get away with it be settling case , not by law which would declare the Medicare system as the worst insurance system in the world shoved down the American people throat by Hitler politicians of this country who have decided to make the weak pay for the bailout of corrupt banks , corrupt brokers , corrupt Wall Street , and engage in Socialized Welfare not for people by for businesses and still do the same . The problem is corrupt politicians working in Congress which as Obama promised he was going to change and instead made more Hitler like decisions including the process of killing many Medicare pt .and or bankrupting others and their families because they who earn a retirement by work quarters have been made the victim of slimball Hitler politicians which now all of them are with few exceptions . The Germans used the Jews as scapegoats , but before this the Hitler used those who were disabled and Gypsies .
Kill the disabled and the chonicly ill or bankrupt them or their families- It will help balance the budget.
Yes there is a case where a individual actually died as Plaintiff for this woman was was suing the SECy of Health and inHuman Service for her long term medicare claim . She died during the case without a settlement . Look these case up by googling Medicare suits . Get it , it is a common practice in accident cases to make these case long so that the planitiffs who need care will settle for pennies on the dollar becasue they need the money . This is called the unjust system , good for lawyer , but not people . Now it is being practiced by the Government of USA to kill Mediare and Mediaid pts.
Despite what you would like to think the President does not have the power to "change" single-highhandedly the processes in Washington.....there is this thing called the Constitution, checks and balances, congress you know the law of the land.
You can blame him if you want to but if you want to have one head of government that has the power to do and change whatever he/she pleases perhaps you should consider relocating to some dictatorship..I hear Venezuela is nice this time of year.
When you are down there read Jack Abramoff's book Capital Punishment then you will find out where and what the real power is in Washington, Canberra, London, Paris, Moscow, etc and the next time you get a vote you will understand how little it means. The system has to change we need to get the money out of politics and politics out of government until then it is the status quo.
I cannot believe that in this day and time, people read this CRAP and then take it as gospel. You scare me! The uniformed are the only demographic that I believe should not be allowed to vote. There has never been and never will be a president who schemes AGAINST the gov't to ensure that drunks get their daily joy juice. People on welfare are not the only "drunks" in this great land of ours! BTW; one cannot purchase alcoholic beverages in the state where I reside; using EBT, aka; food stamps. Where do people like you come from? Are you already colonizing the moon and patiently waiting for King Gringrich to show up? News flash: He's gonna be a bit late! Like...never!
If Newt wasn't so fart-faced he'd look very much like a pig.
Newt compares himself to Reagan - another draft dodger and a guy who always had some woman in a red dress hangin' off his arm.
is a true conservative one who has to spend his eergy trying to convince everyone he is one? what a fat pig the gingrich is.. the gop is a joke..
'winner takes all' sort of election is the most un-democratic. this just shows how unfair an election can be in this country. wonder why some states choose to do so, driven by big money?
should abolish electoral college all together!
vote for Ron Paul! let the other 3 dog fight and don't vote for any of them, the 3 stupid guys whose only virtue is money!
Gingrich = Romney = Obama = The US is doomed. They are all the same.
It's Ron Paul or kiss the USA goodbye.
Hilarious! The script writer for Obamacare wins big. Neither GOP clowns have a hope in the general anyway. Republicans/conservatives want Obama out so bad, but they haven't a prayer with anyone on the GOP ticket. The GOP is too divided and without any sense of direction that will give them a winner in Nov. I'd almost like to see Obama lose only because like the zealous Repub Congress who now has the lowest approval rating ever, a Republican winning the White House will prove the end for the GOP for a loooooong time. Of course, they'd only say that Obama screwed up things so bad that there was no way a GOP President could fix the nightmare in 4 years. Though that argument didn't work after what Obama had to deal with after two terms of Dippity Dubya.
I still say the likes of Sarah Palin provides a vital clue that shows how politics as usual is about at the end of it's long rope-a-dope here in the US. The fact her outright disrespectful and prodding comments ('Say whatever just to p.o. the liberals') fly at all proves how childishly immature the whole process has become.
Mittens sure likes to claim Obama Adm, and European government, if Europe is so bad Mittens, why is a big portion of your money in banks or invested there? LOL
I realize that the average GOP likes Romney but Democrats will not vote out of their party for Romney. Republicans need to understand that mostly all Republicans will vote for anyone the GOP picks. Democrats will vote for a republican if they like him enough. Democrats will not vote for Romney. Democrats will not vote for Gingrich. Democrats won't go near anyone Sarah Palin likes and if I were a republican I would send Sarah on an Italian cruise. Democrats like Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Get those two republicans on the same ticket and you will have Democrats voting for those GOP runners.
OBAMA/BIDEN or CLINTON and ELIZABETH WARREN 2012!
Republicans need to picture what the first important debate will be. It is not a debate between Romney and Gingrich. It is the debate between Obama and the winner of the GOP ticket.
Obama vs Gingrich ... Obama wins
Obama vs Romney ... Obama wins
Obama vs Santorum ... Obama wins
Obama vs Ron Paul ... Ron Paul wins, because he can run circles around Obama during a heated discussion.
My God you are high if you believe Paul will beat Obama. He got 4th in Florida, 4th.
let it happen.. it don't matter how, just grit your teath and watch your country progress..
power to the people
Vote Republican - They create jobs (overseas) and Prosperity (for the 1%)
Uh,..b-bye Newt.
Gingrich is dreaming. There isn't even a small chance that he will beat Mitt.
"Now I, serfdom101,...will outline my first day as president"!! Good joke, Newt.
It isn't going to happen,.... but I like playin' make pretend - and - grandstanding for people delusional enough to believe that I could be president.
Mitt WILL be the nominee.
Newt is big, fat pompous windbag,...a philanderer, a cheat, a lobbyist and apparently,... an his-tor-i-an ("Yeah",...."that's it",..."I'm an his-tor-i-an").
Oh,...and by the way,...Obama WILL win the general election. This is my prediction - that's all.
Its very clear that Gingrich hates Romney and he is going to stay in the race and mount an independent campaign to be the spoiler and keep Romney out of the white house. Not that it would matter because Obama will beat either of them.
"....while South Carolina will be a safe Republican state..." Says a lot doesn't it. Abraham Lincoln is spinning in his grave.
So many think South Sarolina is a significant primary state. But much like Alaska, South Carolina represents a small pocket of extremist Evangelical conservatives and quirky home grown patriots that doesn't identify with most of the other states. Exactly evident in how Gingrich did so extremely well there for a brief spurt that quickly died out in Florida, which has a more mixed population and diverse influences.
THATS WHAT I SAY ; ROMNEY NEEDS TO LET AMERICA SEE WHAT HE'S REALLY BEEN UP TO FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS ON HIS TAX FORMS !!!!!!!!!!!!! then watch him self destruct with the american voters. no use for him to keep pretending that he's showed us the tax information america has been asking for. these gullible and desperate republican conservative tea partiers wants to hide romney's past dealings. but there are smart people out there ,that are seeing right through the smoke and mirrors. they can run from it, but time will not let it hide. REPUBLICAN HIPOCRITS HAVE A MEAN SURPRISE AWAITING THEIR ANGEL OF LIGHT
Is it any wonder why Speaker Boehner wants the Keystone XL pipeline so badly?
He owns stock in Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, ExxonMobile, Occidental Petroleum and Apache Corp. (oil and gas exploration)
No conflict of interest here , '' right '' ??? WAIT TILL THE REAL ASPIRATIONS OF ROMNEY HITS THE AIR WAVES , '' LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ''.
Adam.......you are a true optimist............Republicans caring about anyone other than their own 1% kind of people AFTER the election. Talk big, promise them everything BEFORE the election; Afterwards, cancel their health care, Medicare, Medicaid, drill, drill, drill in their backyards and reduce taxes so that "our guys" don't have to pay that filthy capital gains taxes that "reduces job creation" for our servants, gardeners and yacht handlers.
right on ron..
power to the people..