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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:34 PM Jan 2012

Ha! Florida race tightening

It's never over 'til it's over with these guys.

Late last week Romney zoomed ahead of Newt into blowout territory in Florida, but the two latest polls show Romeny dropping off... again. And Newt surging... again.

Here are the last six Romney leads: Romney +15, +15, +14, +16, +7, +5

ON EDIT: Newt probably cannot win even if he took a slight lead in polls because Romney has at least a 10% lead among early voting, which is a big block of votes. But it's still funny to watch.



http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-1597.html

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Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
6. Given the depths it had sunk to before now....
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:57 PM
Jan 2012

...I don't know that it's really sunk that much deeper. I mean, the GOP is like a bathysphere. It sinks way down, then way down again, then, just when you think it can't possibly find a way to go any lower, it sinks down again. It's in a perpetual state of "sinking" and no bottom in sight. So the question stops being "what depths has that party sunk to?" and becomes: "can it possibly sink any lower?" With the answer being an amazing "Yes!" each and every time.

 

MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)
2. Romney should have left Newt as the front-runner and this wouldn't have happened.
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:46 PM
Jan 2012

Instead, he took the lead again and gave Newt the position he is best at... attacking the Front-runner.

People are having to think whether they actually want Romney rather than the other way around.

By not fully endorsing, yet suggesting voting for Newt, Palin is stretching her influence across multiple Primaries.
She is telling them, "You're not really voting for Newt as the Nominee, you're voting to vet Romney."
And it is working, just like it did in South Carolina.

Watch for Santorum to drop out and endorse Newt, much like Perry did. Giving Romney no time to react.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
3. Too bad the winner gets all the delegates
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:46 PM
Jan 2012

But I'll be happy enough if Newt loses by a single-digit margin. It would be like rooting for Obama to "win" 45% of the vote in the '08 Pennsylvania primary all over again!


rocktivity

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
5. This goes to show you, it's not how much money you spend....
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jan 2012

...but how well you spend it I'm only half kidding there.

 

bowens43

(16,064 posts)
8. although I'm still pretty certain that Romney will be the nominee.....
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:59 PM
Jan 2012

All I can say is 'Go Newt GO'

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