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Complaints about Mitt Romney’s monetary advantage seem to be missing something. No, Romney won’t be able to outspend Barack Obama the way he can Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich. But the flip side of that argument is Santorum and Gingrich would have to make a case that they can be financially competitive with Obama. Otherwise what is to prevent Obama from beating them with big bucks the way Romney has?
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Drek| 3.26.12 @ 2:32PM
In a way, money is the first vetting. The fact that Romney can get men to put their money behind him is to his credit.
There's no getting away from that, even for those of us thoroughly opposed to him.
Accumulating money is as important to a candidate as is recruiting talent to a college football or basketball coach. And success in the former is likely to lead to success where the rubber hits the road, wins and losses.
As for Gingrich's financial wherewithal in the general, {I'm not even going to bother discussing Santorum, he's imploding and appears pretty close to his Howard Dean moment} --------- shouldn't we flip the question to those pushing Romney, and ask them if they are as Republican as they seem, what would be their problem backing Gingrich with money in a general, as presumably they plan to back Romney.
Or are they threatening the party that they will only back a RINO and no one else?
The question then becomes "How Republican are the people behind Romney?" And how committed they are to overturning obama's legislative agenda and turning this country around.
Dai Alanye | 3.26.12 @ 8:54PM
If Gingrich could "implode" merely half as well as Santorum he might still be in the hunt. In fact, a few more impolsions like those in the South recently, and Rick will be leading the race
Vern Crisler | 3.26.12 @ 9:09PM
Antle forgets that it wasn't just Mitt piling on Newt with his money. Both Santorum and Ron Paul were piling on as well. It was essentially three against one. Newt might have survived it if it hadn't been for the Green Monster set loose by Mr. Etch A Sketch.
mrd| 3.26.12 @ 2:55PM
Presumably if Santorum was the nominee the same people supporting Romney and urging people like me to, would shift their support to Santorum as everyone agrees it is crucial to beat Obama, so Santorum's financial support would increase before the general. If this is not true then we would be left to believe that there are considerable numbers of Republicans, who would prefer Obama to Santorum. If this is what you believe than it proves Santorum's point, that in fact Obama and Romney are closer together than Santorum and Romney, Santorum being more conservative. It then comes down to this, is is Santorum so much less likely to beat Obama than Romney that someone like me should dump Santorum to and get behind Romney. You are delusional if you think that many Conservatives will do this. Romney while better than Obama is a moderate, maybe even a liberal on things like Obamacare and the social issues. His budgets will probably be liek the Bush budgets, we will careen over the cliff at 6o miles an hour as opposed to jet speed with Obama. The more the Romney shills push him down the throat of the rest of us, the more I dislike Romney. Let the election play out. If Santorum really has no shot at stopping Romney from getting to 1144, then Romney can simply ignore him, and focus on Obama now. I can not understand if Romney is so inevitable why does the Romney camp need Santorum out?
MikeN| 3.26.12 @ 2:57PM
The RNC closes the gap. Plus Santorum, and to a lesser extent Newt, has already closed the gap with Romney to a large degree.
Molly| 3.26.12 @ 3:53PM
If Mitt wins he will leave behind a scorched earth path of destruction. For all of his money, the one thing he has consistently been able to do is destroy the other candidates better than any Democrat could ever do. It isn't really something to be proud of......
Vern Crisler | 3.26.12 @ 9:10PM
Dittos
Les| 3.26.12 @ 5:25PM
The money is overrated. Santorum has had 99% of talk radio,most of Fox and the MSM pimping him.
Dai Alanye | 3.26.12 @ 8:52PM
The problem with Les's argument is that the second sentence is false in its entirety. The first, however, has been proven to be correct by Santorum's success.
Clint| 3.26.12 @ 5:32PM
Romney's Crony Donors:
Goldman Sachs $535,680
JPMorgan Chase & Co $375,650
Morgan Stanley $323,800
Credit Suisse Group $299,160
Citigroup Inc $282,765
Bank of America $277,850
Kirkland & Ellis $222,702
Barclays $221,650
PricewaterhouseCoopers $191,500
HIG Capital $188,500
Blackstone Group $178,800
Wells Fargo $163,200
UBS AG $156,550
Bain Capital $154,000
EMC Corp $128,300
Citadel Investment Group $122,125
Elliott Management $121,000
Bain & Co $113,300
Sullivan & Cromwell $107,150
The Villages $97,500
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