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Occam's Tool| 4.3.12 @ 11:22PM
Ok, just to piss Jack and Clint off---I supported santorum, but Romney is definitely better than that treasonous scumbag in the White House. Jack, Clint, Red Phillips, etc. can waste their votes and time, but if Romney wins I'm gonna donate to him, put his signs on my lawn, and I'm his precinct captain in my precinct.
Obama is a traitor, and evil. He needs to be voted out of office.
Jack in Wi.| 4.3.12 @ 11:40PM
Well if Occam is for him I am against him. Romney is loser, even if he wins the election, just like the Bush's. Obama and Romney are both peas from the same pod. Bush Dukakis, Bush, Clinton, Dole, Bush Gore, Kerry, Bush, Obama, McCain, Romney, who cares?
MikeJDP| 4.3.12 @ 11:43PM
After the Tea Party revolution, I would have expected a much better slate of options during this primary. Instead, we have to pretend that Santorum and Gingrich are conservative options to Romney. Romney was the conservative option to McCain in 2008. Is this the best we could have done? What happened to the conservative movement? It's gone...new era of statism is upon us.
Oh ... and Ron Paul is nutso.
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 12:49AM
Ronald Reagan,
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Economist,
"I strongly support Ron Paul. We very badly need to have more Representatives who understand in a principled way the importance of property rights and religious freedom."
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:04AM
"The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention."
===========================
WITHOUT the Tinfoil Hat Tinhorn, the faux fiscal conservative and darling of the Birchers, the 9/11 Truthers, and the Klan...DrRonEarmark
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 8:49AM
Little Spicey, The Israel Firster Smear Bund Boat People Stooge Is Scared Of The Tea Party Rebellion & An Open Convention.
Call Bibi
spike59| 4.5.12 @ 7:29AM
SCARED of the TEA Party? Hardly, you dolt...in fact, i welcome the TEA Party turning its collective back on the Texas Twerp...sadly for you, they have this 'thing' against racism, homophobia, conspiracy theories, and Nazism
Occam's Tool| 4.3.12 @ 11:52PM
Good. I am glad you are my Arch Enemy, Jack. By the way, I posted before you. Nyah, Nyah!
Jack in Wi.| 4.4.12 @ 12:02AM
Occam: I live in very Republican neighborhood. The turnout was pathetic, for such a contested race. This election is not going to have much turnout. Whoever can drag or scare more of their voters to the polls will win.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 1:51AM
Jack in Wi.
You are an abject idiot. Give it a rest you retarded nutjob....go find yourself some Ron Paul site to bloviate on...
Just get the hell out of here.
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 12:15AM
Tool Job's The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooge,Who Said He'll Vote For The Ruling Elite's Fop Frontman, Mittens Romney Back In June.
We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.
These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:05AM
where ron paul will be shambling aimlessly in the parking lot, begging for 'loose change'
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 8:55AM
Spicey, The Israel Firster Smear Bund Boat People Stooge Knows That We American Taxpayers Give Bibi & Israel Our Loose Change For Their Foreign Aid Welfare Payments.
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
spike59| 4.5.12 @ 7:26AM
ahh....Clint, the boi-toy of the KKK, StormFront, Hamas, and the Birchers is up on hims widdle hind wegs, going 'woof woof' fot the Tinfoil Hat Tinhor, the Emperor of Earmarks, the Count of Conspiracy Theorist...sooooo pwecious...now, put down the cheetos-your mommy is calling you to scrub her in that 'special way'
W| 4.4.12 @ 12:41AM
I'm with you OT. I have always voted for Rick in Pa but he must know it is over. He can win only if there is a bitter and bloody convention fight that will divide the party, and insure Obama's election.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 1:54AM
Occam's Tool,
I second that...I didn't want Romney either. You hit the nail on the head about our choices too...but right now their is not choice. I am starting to think that Mitt might actually have a few stones and take on Obama with something other than limp noodle Republicanism....We'll see...
But there is no doubt now, he will be the nominee...and we need to get with him...donate a few bucks...and start talking to our friends getting them ready to vote.
We have one shot, and that's about it.
RJ| 4.4.12 @ 4:32AM
OT, W & WL,
Count me in, too. I didn't get the Republican nominee that I wanted but it looks like the race is over. Romney will get my full support for the general election. Maybe he will have some pleasant surprises for us. But even if he doesn't, this nation cannot survive 4 more years of Obama and remain a free republic.
TL| 4.4.12 @ 5:06AM
What? Santorum lost by just 4 percentage points to Romney in a decidedly blue-colored state that is not exactly a hotbed of conservativism.
How is that doing bad, folks?
And as Al Adab reminds us here so frequently, one needs to factor that Romney might squeak out wins in a state like Wisconsin but that surely does not mean he'll carry them on November 8, 2012.
I hate the VERY, VERY SLANTED reporting on all of this.
Someone needs to tell us if the Wisconsin primary only permitted registered Republicans to vote or was it an open primary where any citizen could vote? i.e. no party identification was required to cast a primary ballot.
If so, might some Democrats have come in and voted for Romney?
Santorum only losing by 4 or 5% in Wisconsin is not a huge loss, folks. That is right there, right in the thick of things.
Let's wait and see how Texans vote, shall we?
Walter| 4.4.12 @ 10:40AM
If Santorum had won WI you would be proclaiming the biggest come back in politics. Romney wins and it is the same old tired garbage...he only won by 4...he out spent him 5000 to 1.....65 percent of the vote did not want him...Even if Romney won by one vote WI is a winner take all state.........
MikeJDP| 4.3.12 @ 11:41PM
Quin,
Santorum needs a time machine and a personality transplant. As someone who donated to his campaign and wanted him to succeed, the man cannot help himself and will never be the GOP nominee. He should have focused and stayed on message if he really wanted to be President and not just a martyr for the conservative cause.
John - TMF| 4.4.12 @ 12:00AM
1. There will be no game changer. The "fix" has been in on this one since June 2008. The RNC was padded with Romney operatives and money. The various local yokels got lots of nice Romney money for their lollipops, mailers, and annoying robo-calls. The GOP consultants are probably awash in all of that loverly Mitt money.
2. The reason why there was no viable Conservative alternative to Romney was that there IS no viable Conservative to Romney - everyone with a real shot was either co-opted, bought off, scared off, or was in danger of being left out. (read... starved of MONEY). They all shut up and let the seven dwarves commit seppuku. The only real challenger that Romney ever had just co-hosted the Today Show this morning. She's political toast, now.
3. Mitt Romney is a lie. His image is fabricated. His sketchy liberal record is papered over, and his terrible campaign merely buys what it wants. And what it wants is the White House, and redemption for the 1964 election.
The fundamental truth is that Romney, like all liberals, is using the most powerful of all human emotions to get what he wants - power... He is exploiting the raw, irrational, and overwhelming FEAR... His people knew that if they could generate enough fear, and survive the primary that the desperate would vote for Hillary if she ran as a Republican.... Sometimes I think that Bill Richardson made a serious mistake, if he wanted to be the nation's first Hispanic president, he should have run as a Republican. He'd have had a good shot, and at least he tends to be pro-second amendment... unlike Willard who is a run of the mill northeastern Elitist. Hence the pledge:
Willard Milton Romney is a Limousine Liberal Democrat masquerading as a Republican; therefore I WILL NOT vote for him, EVER!
Neither are my wife and two sons. We will either under-vote, or write in a more appropriate candidate - and pay attention to the state and local races and issues.
I will not allow irrational fear to trick me into compromising my principles. I did it in 2008, and I shall not do it again.
Romney won in two places he has ZERO chance of carrying in November, and given the tone of the Wisconsin backsliding cowardice going after Walker... I figure Romney won't win Wisconsin, either.
Buckle up your chin straps and tighten down your shoulder pads... This campaign is going to get ugly ugly ugly, and Romney will most probably end up crying in his beer (or near beer) on November 7th.
r/John - The Mighty Fahvaag
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:02AM
There is a small chance that you are correct, and I sincerely respect your thoughts on this. However, at this point in the game it's really hard to believe that Mitt will be as bad or worse than this traitor we have in the Oval Office right now...
Do you really think you wouldn't feel SOME sigh of relief if Mitt was elected in November?????
I mean come on...W was awful...but did you stay up and worry nearly as much when he was in office????????
You know the answer to that...no make your choice...
You are either With Obama or with us. If you are with Obama, respect us all enough to get on off this blog and start commenting at the Media Matters website.
I hope you see this as a constructive reminder and not an attack....just remember...someone else once said "You are either for me or against me."
Sir we are in that time now. You are either with us or with Obama...make your choice and we will respect it.
John - TMF| 4.4.12 @ 9:12AM
You make my point. FEAR.. extreme irrational fear.
The US will be a nation in 2016, at least for a while, and electing a Liberal Democrat instead of electing a Liberal Democrat will not change whatever outcome will be.
I will be alive in 2016, or I won't. That is completely up to God. If I am here... I will find work if I need it. I will survive, and my family will, too. I will have two children through college, and one nearly finished. They will be on their own, or living at home and contributing to the common family kitty... just like in the old days. Gee, multi-generational extended families will have to live together and support each other to flourish. Wow,who'd have thought that?
Time to practice what we preach. We either apply our principles to our political expressions, or we continue down the path of tyranny. The way that is done is to disengage from the federal leviathan... to make it less necessary in our own personal lives... to stop giving in to it's habit of stampeding us into it's desired directions.
Romney is a creature of the Establishment (for the capos who deny it's existence there can be only ridicule and derision... it very much exists and it is operated by very powerful people with Ivy League lives, and associations... The Club...).
Well Obummer AND Mittster both attended... Harvard Law. Both have JD's from Harvard Law, and both are creatures of the IVY covered walls of Cambridge Mass.
They might have the attention of the Ivy League/Wall Street power elite, but I have God, and my family. I shall not fear for in that fear I will be sorely tempted.
I will not and shall neither compromise my principles nor destroy my honor for the temporary salve of voting against the worse liar.
Willard Milton Romney is a Limousine Liberal Democrat masquerading as a Republican; therefore I WILL NOT vote for him, EVER!
-TMF
WL| 4.4.12 @ 10:28AM
I also agree with those points and I am on the razor's edge of thinking that same way myself...
However, in the end it comes down to time...
I sincerely believe that we will have more TIME with Mitt. With Obama, the disintegration will continue to snowball.
This is an unwinnable argument...but one thing I am pretty sure about is this. Many people are beginning to wake up to what is going on and buying them a few more months/years with Romney will help them out mightily...and help keep me from going INSANE.
However, do what you will.
RJ| 4.4.12 @ 1:08PM
I understand your disappointment in Romney. But in addition to the points made by WL, please consider the importance of judicial nominations, including nominations to the Supreme Court. Last week was a demonstration of the importance of who serves on the Supreme Court. In 2004, I really didn't want to hold my nose and vote for G. W. Bush, but the most important reason for me was the future court appointments. Roberts and Alito are great justices. We wouldn't have gotten them with John Kerry making the nominations. Likewise, you know they type of justice you will get if Obama continues nominating justices for the next 4 years.
John - TMF| 4.4.12 @ 2:07PM
Please... Romney is advised by John "David Souter" Sunnunu.
His judicial appointments in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Taxachusetts where all liberal Democrats. I have seen no evidence that he has appointed any judge noted for being to the right of center.
Again. Fear is clouding judgement (which is just what the Establishment wants). The Romney Camp is looking for people who are so afraid of what "could" happen with "The One" that they are willing to completely ignore the truth of Mittens' only failed term as Governor of a People's Republic.
The hooptie is already off the cliff... it is only a matter of time before it hits bottom... flapping our arms harder isn't going to lessen the force of the impact, nor will it stave it off.
Obummer being re-elected is like standing on the gas pedal while screaming "Kowabunga!!!!" as the plummeting car hits the bottom... With Romney... his people will be left to just scream horrified as the ground rush starts... Romney will have a golden parachute... just like all of his Elite buddies... He won't be around to blame afterward, either.
r/TMF
John - TMF| 4.4.12 @ 2:24PM
BTW.. it's not disappointment... McCain was disappointing... He was and is a poor Republican of strange passions and stranger issues with party politics.... but he was a life long Republican and a national defense stalwart.
Romney.. is nothing of the sort. He voted against Reagan twice... evidently Dukakis.. and definitely Tsongas. He is a functional Liberal Democrat, and truly a Republican only for the convenience of access to a path to power. Romney is a horrifying mole, represents GOP suicide... and I won't vote for him.
r/TMF
John - TMF| 4.4.12 @ 2:31PM
He voted against Reagan twice... evidently Dukakis.. and definitely Tsongas -- forgot the "for" Should read
He voted against Reagan twice... evidently FOR Dukakis.. and definitely Tsongas
RJ| 4.4.12 @ 6:15PM
For many of the reasons you have stated, I am disappointed that Romney will be the nominee. I expected better because of the Tea Party movement and the 2010 elections. But I am not going to quit and leave the future of the country to Obama and his corrupt socialists.
In November we will have a choice between two candidates. I will chose the least worst candidate. Remember, while GHW Bush gave us Souter, he also gave us Clarence Thomas. No such consolidation in either not voting, throwing away your vote on a third candidate with no chance of winning, or voting for Obama.
TL| 4.4.12 @ 5:13AM
John - TMF, I think that you are exactly right. The "fix" has been in since before January 2011. The high-paid, full-time, career pollsters and campaign hacks (who just migrate like mercenaries from one big campaign to another) knew full well that a GOP guy could beat Obama already in 2009. The November 2010 crushing landslide reafirmed it like nothing else could.
Romney and his "team" have just been waiting in the wings, following the orchestrated plan every step of the way.
You are correct, every real potential opponent was paid not to run, convinced not to run (a little "encouragement" applied), and others obeyed their part in the script by bowing out in December or early January.
This whole thing has NEVER been about a choice.
This is a charade and farce on par with the Hope and Change drama we had in year 2008.
Les| 4.4.12 @ 12:16AM
It is over. Maybe Santy is getting some Soros/union money to keep running,but it's over. Only an asshole would keep running now.
Marco2| 4.4.12 @ 12:24AM
Well, sir, you have certainly pinned the tail on that donkey. Santy/Soros, too dumb to quit and incapable of embarrassment, leading his dwindling band of the mentally challenged into richly deserved political oblivion. Assholes, indeed.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:03AM
Shut up.
Bill| 4.4.12 @ 12:28AM
Romney won MD, bordered with Santorum's home state PA. Bad news, for senator.
Unger| 4.4.12 @ 5:16AM
Does it really matter what the few good GOP conservatives think in Maryland? Thank goodness for them, but they are outgunned by RINOs and, of course, the Dems with all the legions of minority government workers who make Maryland the little Massachusetts of the East.
It does not matter one hoot that Maryland went for Romney; Obama, for all his ill, will carry Maryland in November. Even a modern day Ronald Reagan could not win Maryland in its current state.
So anyone crowing over a Romney win in Maryland is plain dopey.
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 12:44AM
While Obama Supported TARP, Romney Supported TARP.
While Obama Orchestrated Obamacare, Romney Orchestrated Romneycare.
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:06AM
Here we go again...You KNOW I don't like Romney Clint....
But after he gets the nomination...are you REALLY going to keep posting this stuff...and actually try to campaign against him with your posts?
You KNOW what that would mean don't you Clint?
You would earn my new name for your sloppy ass...
DEMOCRAT CLINT.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:24AM
yes, actually, he will, for two reasons:
1-DrEarmark is actually just running a sham campaign, angling for free air time courtesy of the GOP primaries; he's going to run third party-this has always, IMHO, the plan
2-wild-eyed followers of zealots would rather the wolf eat their children than allow anyone other than their cult leader to fight off the wolf
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 9:03AM
That Would Make You The Israel Firster Smear Bund RINO-CINO Romneybot Flunkie Stooge You Are, WL.
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:26AM
actually, the TEA Party would prefer DrEarmark, the faux fiscal conservative, to get back on the Tinfoil Mother Ship and fly back to his own galaxy
Clint| 4.4.12 @ 9:07AM
Spicey, The Little Israel Firster Smear Bund BibiBot Would Prefer His Mancrush, Bibi.
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 10:35AM
You got that right!
WL| 4.4.12 @ 10:36AM
When the Mother Ship leaves, Clint will still be here cutting and pasting....
Make no mistake...he'll try to get a ticket to board the ship...but they probably won't let him on.
Bill| 4.4.12 @ 12:44AM
Santorum: out of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anommynous| 4.4.12 @ 12:59AM
What do you like about ObamneyCare, racist Bill?
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:08AM
He thinks that Romney doesn't like black people because he is Mormon.
No offense to any Mormons of course...I have no idea how race is view by you good folks....
I just can't think of any other reason that Racist Bill would be supporting him...
Anommynous| 4.4.12 @ 12:54AM
ObamneyCare.
Anommynous| 4.4.12 @ 12:58AM
Rick actually outperformed the polls. He needs to win his home state, of course, but then he can look forward to Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Texas in May.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:09AM
Um....yeah.
Anommynous| 4.4.12 @ 2:38AM
Heh, okay. Romney wins by 4% when the polls had him up by 8% or more. This with Paul Ryan's endorsement.
Give Rick the chance to win Pennsylvania and North Carolina, which are both very important swing states. I'm not going to rally to Romney simply because "they" tell me to. April is good for Romney, but May is good for Rick.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:16AM
it's over for (self)Righteous Ricky; he will lose NY, CA, OR, UT, CT, DE, RI, NJ-those states combine for 511 delegates...and TX is not a 'done deal' for (self)Righteous Ricky-there simply aren't enough delegates left for him to win the nomination-period.
WL| 4.4.12 @ 2:11AM
You need to get it through your head that this is over, Hillyer.
I won't rub it in...because I lost with you in the fight against Mitt...I am not a supporter either...
But at some point we have to read the writing on the wall...and turn our attention to the Bamster.
Get with it Quin. For once, just get with it, and quit being a BOOB.
Anommynous| 4.4.12 @ 2:41AM
Then let Romney finally focus his negative attacks on Obama instead of his Republican foes. If he already has it wrapped up, if he's inevitable as they say, then there's no reason he should ever spend another dime against Santorum. Let's see him run some attack ads against Obama.
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:19AM
apparently you haven't been paying attention; Romney has been going after ObaMao DAILY-all (self)RighteousRicky and the two 'also-rans' have been doing is portraying Romney as the greatest evil since Hitler, and handing ObaMao free talking points for the fall campaign
Tim| 4.4.12 @ 2:14AM
With the nuke attack against Santorum from the Romney machine one would think that he would have destroyed him in Wisconsin and would have captured more than 50% in Maryland.
The fact is that The result in Wisconsin was 42 to 38 and add the 6 percent from Gingrich and Romney looses.
The point is that Romney is like the Miami heat basketball team playing against a high school team and the high school team is hanging in there.
Romney is throwing the kitchen sink at Santorum and still can't put him away.
Against Obama where it will be mano ee mano of two political animals slugging it out Obama has the edge because Romney is not as charismatic as Obama.
I can't stand Obama but Santorum is right when he states that only a pationate conservative could beat Obama this year.
It will take folks coming out of woodwork in swing states and I don't see it happening for Romney.
Unger| 4.4.12 @ 5:23AM
Tim, I agree with you and Amomymous. Both of you are making solid, read, totally valid points.
Romney is throwing the washer, dryer, refrigerator and basement sink at Santorum, but there are obviously tens of thousands of voters in each state that are not buying the "picture perfect" Romney candidate.
The point that Romney, if he is so much a "lock" for the Republican nomination now and we just need to work our way to June and the California primary for his inevitable "win" delegate count, well, if this is so, why does Romney spend $millions per week on TV ads that bash and distort Santorum?
He's spending millions of dollars.
And he's putting thousands of dollars in the pockets of each person that offers up a Romney endorsement.
Talk about a bought result.
Let's see what Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Texas do.
Walter| 4.4.12 @ 10:36AM
Idiot........if Santorum had Romney's financial support you mean he wouldn't use it? Yes he is very wealthy but he has been running for president for over 5 years with alot of time used to get the kind of money that is needed to win. Gingrich uses the same argument but had a billionare casino owner funding his PAC untill he started losing bad.....
spike59| 4.4.12 @ 7:22AM
"I can't stand Obama but Santorum is right when he states that only a pationate conservative could beat Obama this year."
==========================
hardly...and Santorum is NOT the candidate who could beat ObaMao; he makes independents and moderates run for the hills in terror. unless the GOP can capture a decent amount of independent and moderate support, ObaMao wins in a landslide
Tim| 4.4.12 @ 2:19AM
Paul Ryan comes to Romney's side in Wisconsin when Romney was up in every poll by 7 to 12 points last week
Romney wins today by only 4 per cent.
That speaks volumes.
Yips| 4.4.12 @ 5:29AM
Tim, it also may very well tell us that the pollsters are deceits like so many other factors in our modern day American big business campaigns.
Ryan's endorsement may not have moved a thing one way or the other -- or only marginally so.
But I happen to believe that pollsters are out and out liars. Oh, they keep it within a 10% margin of probability. They're not dumb. But they are doing it only for MONEY. And they are not interested in the very, very hard work of really obtaining the authentic views of what people think. That takes monumental work -- and they grind out these polls every day as if it only takes 3 - 4 hours to sample 1,500 people.
This, too, is a big fraud played out in front of the American people.
Santorum was probably always very close with Romney in Wisconsin but you can scare supporters away when they think that their vote does not matter, that their votes would be cast in a woefully losing cause.
Drek| 4.4.12 @ 9:56AM
Santorum doesn't need much help scaring potential voters away; he does it exceedingly well all by his lonesome....
Teflon93| 4.4.12 @ 9:50AM
If Romney is the GOP nominee Obama is a two-term president.
Drek| 4.4.12 @ 9:54AM
And present polling supports your conclusion.
For the life of me I don't understand the supposedly intelligent conservative pundits who endlessly regaled us with the "electable" mantra about Romney. Obviously they met him several times at cocktail gatherings and galas, were impressed with his physical presence, comforted by his familial stability, overwhelmed by his wealth and voila: He's the candidate!
How is it that they didn't see what was obvious, absolutely obvious to the rest of us!
Walter| 4.4.12 @ 10:33AM
And what is that?
WL| 4.4.12 @ 10:44AM
Drek...
Of course it's obvious...and yes, we will probably lose...but what the hell else are we going to do?
It's over, my man. WE GOT BEAT. Now, we need to side with the Phony Good Guy to beat the Bad Guy who doesn't try to hide it. Both are bad in alot of ways...but one is MUCH WORSE.
Teflon93| 4.4.12 @ 6:12PM
How is Obama much worse? His sheer laziness and incompetence is the best deal conservatives have gotten in the past 12 years.
If the choice is between the incompetent liberal and the competent lying liberal, the former is nowhere near as bad.
And at least the Republicans will pay lip service to opposing Obama---they will do whatever liberal Mitt wants to do.
If Romney did win---and he won't---the headlines will read, "The Tea Party is dead. Conservatism is dead."
And it will be.
Teflon93| 4.4.12 @ 6:09PM
It's his "turn". Note that "turns" only apply to RINOs---when it was Reagan's "turn" in 1980 the RINOs refused to support him and ran John Anderson third party against him.
Whereupon Reagan whipped both him and Jimmuh Carter.
It ain't called The Stupid party for nothing.
Walter| 4.4.12 @ 10:32AM
Give it up all ready............It ain't over if he wins PA and DE....I guess math wasn't your strong suit in school....All Santorum is going to do is prolong the inevitable....In the process he makes himself look foolish and petty and diminishes his remarkable accomplishments over the last 3 months..............
Robert| 4.4.12 @ 10:46AM
Will all of the bloggers who are looking forward to PA, DE,NC Texas etc. for a Santorum turn around,please go to Walmart and by a 5 dollar calculator and do the math....The best Santorum can hope for is to delay the inevitable till June 5th..............
Robert| 4.4.12 @ 10:48AM
Another thing............In MI, Ohio & now Wi the exit polls have shown Democratic cross over vote to Santorum to create mischief.....Each one of these states has an OPEN primary...Dems can walk in register as Repub's and vote...........
Oldefarte| 4.4.12 @ 11:47AM
WELCOME TO THE RICK SANTORUM CHRONICLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 4.4.12 @ 2:12PM
PS: '.....Interviews with voters leaving Republican polling places in Maryland and Wisconsin showed an electorate more concerned with a candidate's ability to defeat Obama than with the strength of his conservatism, his moral character or his stand on the issues. Similar soundings in earlier states have consistently worked to Romney's advantage.Voters in both states were less apt to be born again or evangelical Christians than in most previous contests — 37 percent in Wisconsin and 33 percent in Maryland. Based on earlier contests, that, too, suggested an advantage for Romney.....' !!!!!!!!!!!
Tim| 4.4.12 @ 11:48AM
In The Swing States of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin Pensy, etc the Cocktail Romney will not get out the social conservative in mass which is what he will need to win those States and the election.
In 2008, Sarah Palin rallied the Social Conservatives to make things interesting or McCain would have been bown out by Obama.
I respect McCain's service to our Countryand I respect Romney's hard work and clean life style.
But the fact is in purely political terms,
A rich walking stiff aint going to knock out the socialist who will scare folks to death and promise them a continued free lunch when they are hurting.
That is where both Romney and Ryan miss the boat this year........They are very good business men and that is crucial but that alone will not get them in the White House because too many folks are hurting and regardless of how much of a marxist Obama is the majority of hurting folks will vote with their heart and what is good for them personally and not what is good for the US as a whole.
That is what Obama folks know and what the Saul Alinsky crap is all about.
That is also why the only way you can beat this type of social engineering machine is with another passion filled campaign that truly inspires people to get out and vote much more than just numbers and calculators or a Phd in Economics which won't do it folks.
Politics 101.
Les| 4.4.12 @ 12:07PM
Tl-Santorum won Democrat leaning counties. He got his clock cleaned in the heavily Republican Milwaukee area.
mrd| 4.4.12 @ 12:33PM
I have been a pretty vigorous Santorum supporter. Its clear at this point he should step aside. HE will not be the nominee. For the sake of his issues and even his career its time to recognize this. He gave it a hell'uva run. He was a good moderately conservative senator on economics, solidly conservative on social issues and foreign affairs, intelligent, hard working. His main flaws are that he can shoot from the hip. The flip side is that he is honest. We could have done a lot worse than a President Santorum.
And in fact we are highly likely to do worse, It is very probable that the following scenario will evolve. Obama will paint Romney as an out of touch uberwealthy technocrat. Stories of how he is building a home with an elevator for his many cars will mutliply. Romney's sole issue of economic competence will be undermined by trumped up economic numbers from places that Obama controls ( like the labor department) look for that Unemployment number to come down a bit, and consumer "confidence" to increase. Obama will be aided in this by the mainstream media which is in the tank for him. There will be backhanded compliments to Romneys "moderate" politics which will help depress the already demoralized conservative vote. Particularly among those like me who are socially conservative and have been told by the party "to hell with you". The Republican chattering class now sensing the real opportunity to drive social conservatives out of the party entirely will urge a move to the Middle by Romney in terms of his VP pick. Team Obama will further push this, ( Van Jones has already suggested how tough it would be if Romney picked someone like Condeleezza Rice, thank you for caring Mr. Van Jones..) Once Romney listens to the Karl Rove gang and does this, Social conservatives, especially Evangelicals will finally get the message that they are no longer a necessary part of the Republican party. Some will still vote jsut to avoid the catastrophe of another 4 years of Obama, but some will stay home. This will put states with high percentages of Republican Evangelical voters in play ( Virginia, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, ) Aided by a little bit of voter fraud ( Any wonder why AG Holder is not happy with voter ID laws?) I think Romney is a very long shot to win. Of course no doubt any candidate would find Obama a tough opponent, but the kicker for Romney is that the flaws in Romeny will have elements of truth, the uber rich can be out of touch and he is on many issues from the Olympia Snowe wing of the Republican party. Yuk....
Well I suppose I must vote for him, but he ie a very long shot to win.
JASmius | 4.4.12 @ 1:00PM
Yes, it is over, Quin. It's been over for weeks. You and your Wally-Cleaver-as-John McClane candidate have just refused to admit it.
He'd be well advised to quit now, while he still has a shot at taking his "turn" as this year's runner-up in 2016 or 2020. Any further stubborn, bitter-ender persistence will only succeed in burning whatever intra-party bridges he hasn't already torched.
Ivan Soto| 4.4.12 @ 1:28PM
Bullseye, JASmius!
Ivan Soto| 4.4.12 @ 1:27PM
I just listened to Quin Hilyer's comments to the Wall Street Journal outlining how Mitt Romney can still be stopped. Thank you, Mr Hilyer, for helping me to identify yet another "pundit" (that's you) not worth paying any attention to. Silly man.
Oldefarte| 4.4.12 @ 2:45PM
'.....Schoen: Santorum Must Win Pa., ‘Demonstrate Some Strength'
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:20 PM
By: Paul Scicchitano
Political analyst and Democratic pollster Doug Schoen tells Newsmax that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum must not only win his home state later this month, but he must also “demonstrate some strength” in the four other electoral battles being waged on the same day to have a chance of defeating front-runner Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination.
“If Santorum wins Pennsylvania it will still be almost impossible arithmetically for the results to be anything other than Mitt Romney as the nominee,” Schoen said in an exclusive interview Tuesday night. “It will however, prolong the inevitable probably into June.”
Voters in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania, along with Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island and New York go to the polls on April 24.
“It is a must win, but unless Santorum demonstrates some strength in the states that will be voting on the 24th along with Pennsylvania, it isn’t going to make much difference,” insisted Schoen. “I don’t believe Rick Santorum will win any state other than Pennsylvania. And Pennsylvania is one that I would say, based on what I saw tonight — and what I’ve seen previously — will likely go to Mitt Romney.”
Schoen believes that Santorum’s triple losses to Romney in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday were indicative of a larger problem with voters.
“The evangelicals, the very conservative voters, the tea party — all went with Mitt Romney,” according to Schoen.
Meanwhile, Santorum has failed to capitalize on early leads. “The polls in Pennsylvania are 5 to 6 points for Rick Santorum. What we’ve been seeing in Ohio, Michigan — and now Wisconsin — is Santorum leads turn into Romney victories,” Schoen said. “And with the entire Republican establishment now effectively behind Mitt Romney, you can expect that Mitt Romney will probably win Pennsylvania as well.”
Meanwhile, Schoen acknowledged that Santorum plans to press on, which is indicative of a continued division within the party.
“It’s not like the wounds are healed. It’s not like the contest is over. Listening to Rick Santorum tonight suggested to me that he hasn’t gotten the message, but rest assured the train has finally left the station,” according to Schoen.
Even so, Romney will have his work cut out for him to defeat President Barack Obama in the general election, Schoen added.
“Mitt Romney is now inevitable,” Schoen observed “It isn’t clear he is electable."......'
Connection, Not Compromise| 4.4.12 @ 5:22PM
Folks,
This notion of inevitability or “my turn” politics in the GOP is killing us. In the national race, unlike the GOP primary world, candidates win or lose because they have a message that captures the hearts and minds of the American people. Deceptive and cheap as it was, Obama had a message in 2008 (Hope and Change), and he won. John McCain did not have a message. He lost.
We played this inevitability game last time. Quite frankly, in 2008, Romney (compared to the other GOP primary candidates) actually had a message that was relevant to that time: “I have experience in the private sector, and I know how to create jobs”. By November of 2008, banks were failing, the economy was spiraling, and Congress had just passed TARP. As a Washington outsider, Mitt’s message may well have resounded with a concerned American public and proved a credible challenge to Obama’s pie-in-the-sky Hope and Change. But, Mitt wasn’t on the ballot. Instead of fighting through to the end of the primaries, he bowed out early to pave the way for the candidate next in line, receiving the promise that next time around, he would be the one next in line. His gain; our loss.
This time, turning the economy around is not the issue at the forefront of the hearts and minds of the American people—freedom and the defense of our Constitution are. And, for those who may have warmed to Mitt’s message of private sector, economic turnaround in 2008, four years of Government handouts have lulled them into a stupor. This time around, only 2 GOP candidates (occasionally 3) have a clue that there is even the possibility of a threat to our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and resulting freedoms: Ron Paul and Rick Santorum (with Gingrich occasionally chiming in).
Let’s let these candidates slog it out until June. In the meantime, maybe Mitt will pick up on their message of freedom because unless Obama and his minions decide to cede this election without a fight, “I have experience in the private sector, and I know how to create jobs” isn’t going to be on message this time. After 4 years of Obama, most will take the handout because they don't realize that with it they are losing their freedom.
Oldefarte| 4.4.12 @ 8:32PM
Connection: Granted I do not know of each and every single monikered blogger here, but I do know of [am aware of or have seen] most. The above 'connection' is completely foreign to me, and being aware that any blogger here can SIGN IN using any name they wish, I'm of the opinion that 'connection' is in fact a blogger who wishes to hide his usual ID here for personal reasons, which is acceptable though clandestinish and sneeky IMHO [someone with guts/courage will wish to blog using their usual monikered name IMHO]. That said, 'connection' is flat out wrong above. This Santorum drum beating is acting STUPIDLY in the president's terminology, since again whether Santorum or his declining supporters likes it or not, he is not going to win the Republican nomination since his numbers simply are not there. Wanting it to be so will not make it thus! Santorum's mostly social conservatism agenda has possibly destroyed the eventual Republican nominee's chances of ever winning the general election by asininely falling into Obama's/Democrats' politically set trap of luring them out on this social conservatism platform concerning WELFARECARE'S non-disputed attack upon the religious freedoms of churches' right to reject birth control mandated by this law. Romney's political appeal amoung women has now dropped 18% below Obama's due to Santorum's asininely proclamating his Catholism and anti-birth control attitudes. All that should be required to remedy same is to defeat Obama and as many Democrats in November and thereafter legally destroy/eliminate this law, not to fight this war in the newspapers of the MSM. Santorum and these social conservatives selfishly put forth their own agenda of wanting to fight a religious war and same is destroying any chance of eventually being successful at their goal of same. If/until Democrats' majority is defeated and replaced by Republicans, this religious assault by Democrats will increase with intensity. The only hope the religious right has lies with the Republican Party, and these geligious social conservatives need to WORK SMART [and not stupidly]!!!!!!!!!!
spike59| 4.5.12 @ 7:21AM
"the race ain't over" for (self)Righteous Ricky in the sense that a man falling off a cliff is still alive and uninjured WHILE he's falling