Gallup has released their daily tracking poll for 1/21. Here are the graphics courtesy of Gallup:
Romney recovers a point to rise to 31%. His lead on the surging Gingrich is down to a mere eight points.
Gingrich surges up three points to 23%. That’s ten points in six days. He is leaving the rest of the pack in his dust as he closes in on the struggling Romney.
Paul reaches 14%, his highest mark ever in this poll series. It give him sole possession of third place.
Santorum slips a point to 12%. He is now 2 pts behind Paul, 11 pts behind Gingrich, and nearly thirty points behind Romney. If he can’t head the surging Gingrich, it will be all over for Rick by Florida.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Fortunately for the nation, Craig has returned to the boards, ensuring Newt’s demise.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:23 pm
“The Night of the Living Newt!”
it’s a horror story for Mittwitts everywhere
the creature who would not stay dead
{insert creepy music}
he lives!
aaaaaaarrrgggh
January 21st, 2012 at 12:24 pm
When Rick does gets out of the race his 12% of the vote splits up among the candidates and gives Newt1 a boost that gets him about 3% closer to Mitt.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Matt “MWS”
Craig is due….that should scare you.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:27 pm
So all the talk about Romney “collapsing” yesterday means one of two things:
1) It was false
2) Romney had a big day yesterday
Obviously, if #2 is true, it bodes ill for Newt tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Ron Paul!!!!!! Woot Woot! Breaking that 13%
Ron Paul 2012!
January 21st, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Romney is fine. The contrast between Gingrich and Romney couldn’t be any more stark. Let the games begin. UNDERESTIMATE ROMNEY AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:27 pm
3
Sounds about right.
The thing with supporters of candidates who drop out is, they are easy to move around from one candidate to another depending on who has momentum.
And this is because they don’t like the remaining candidates as much as they liked their preferred candidate.
There is evidence of this in SC. The wild swing upward for Noot in the last few days was mostly among former Perry and Huntsman supporters, along with undecideds.
Santorum’s people will go overwhelmingly for Noot if his momentum continues. If Romney gets the momentum, they will swing wildly to him. And so forth.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:28 pm
5
Well, Gingrich had a big day yesterday too.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:29 pm
The Socon ABR’s made a terrible choice for their champion to go against Romney. Terrible.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:29 pm
more anecdotes from South Carolina:
40-year-old female Gingrich voter: “I like Santorum, but I just don’t think he has a chance to win, so I just went to Newt.”
January 21st, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Who would be a good choice in a brokered convention?
Mike Huckabee?
Tim Pawlenty?
Bob McDonnell?
Mitch Daniels?
January 21st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Larry Sabato
@LarrySabato
Yes, SC has “perfect record” of picking eventual R nominee. Big deal–5 cases (’80,’88,’96,’00,’08). Can’t count inc runs for reelect.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
It’s going to be American conservative private equity capitalist family man vs. American career politician conservative, historian, author, thrice married man. It’s a no brainer if you’re a true conservative.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Bring on the Gingrich!!!
January 21st, 2012 at 12:34 pm
TomBevanRCP Tom Bevan
Final SC Avg has Gingrich up 2.6. Now it’s time for the only poll that matters. bit.ly/kupa7M
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January 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
what are the main issues come general election? after conventions time.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
12 – I think it would be difficult for TPaw to get chosen in that scenario since the voters sort of rejected him. I think it would be someone who sat it out.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Art,
Daniels or Huckabee, since both of them have stayed neutral in this race. TPAW and McDonnell have both taken themselves out of any Brokered Convention Compromise Candidate talk.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
9 – You’d have a big day too if you had a whole station dedicated to you plus 3+ spokespeople taking questions on your behalf all day on the radio and a group of people who care less about conservative principles and values and more about “taking it to the man!” In this case the MSM – who could care less.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:40 pm
A brokered convention? Stick with your man Gingrich…we’re only three states into this. Let’s see the mettle this little man has. So far the bark has been nice. To some of us he’s an annoying little chihuahua to others he’s a pitt bull. Let’s see what he has to go the distance.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:41 pm
…..aaaaaaaaaaaand if your main competitor in the race spent the last two debates Stammering and Stuttering his way through the debates.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:42 pm
21, I don’t like Gingrich at all as a candidate. How can Gingrich be politically conservative when he is so personally liberal (when it comes to morality)? I would trust Romney more.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Does America want a junkyard dog or a French Poodle?
January 21st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
“Yes, SC has “perfect record” of picking eventual R nominee. Big deal–5 cases (’80,’88,’96,’00,’08). Can’t count inc runs for reelect.”
Sabato has it slightly off….the point is not that South Carolina doesn’t have a streak to be proud of, but in each of those years, there was a little more to the picture:
Candidate A won Iowa, Candidate B won New Hampshire, then South Carolina picked between the two and however won there went on to capture the nomination.
Now, if Romney pulls off the win tonight, that is still going to hold true, all of it. But if Gingrich wins, we’ve already thrown tradition out the window, because nobody has won South Carolina as their first victory. If we can throw out one part of tradition, we can throw out both parts of it.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Mitt’s strategy of trying not to scare off the independents has been rendered useless. The ploy of stepping into the empty moderate vacuum left behind by the McCain campaign is turning out to be a disaster. Exhibit #103,105,996,562,340,987.2 in an interminable series of why Mitt is a horribly bad, awful, no-good politician.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:45 pm
globeglen HARSH: Mitt Romney issues press release ‘congratulating’ Gingrich on 15th anniversary of House reprimand… #mapoli #fits 5 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
January 21st, 2012 at 12:46 pm
24. America doesn’t want the junkyard dog that is too obsessed with humping her shins to ward off interlopers.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Newt is almost as socialistic as Obama with his prior statements on issues.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:53 pm
28. Marque, I love your posts and you bring a high level of intellectual humor to this site…
except when you are falling in with the pious moralists like Kilburn.
Newt’s “baggage” is OLD news, he’s not like that anymore, it is irrelevant and most people are moving on.
He has made great inroads with the evangelical crowd and the rest of you church ladies need to stop your “I’m better than you” dance and move on as well.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:55 pm
30
We aren’t concerned he’ll cheat again, we’re concerned he’s erratic, narcissistic, and overly-indulgent.
Those are very bad qualities in a president.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Newt is Newtering himself. He will continue to do so with his scorched earth rantings and stratagem. Trust me. By the time the General rolls around IF he were to be the nominee it would be after he has taken every position imaginable left and right to get there. As long as he’s barking at the MSM right? We’ll be fine. Again, the MSM could care less about his rantings. The man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He has no core. He’s an actor, like Clinton was. A politician through and through with no core. You can say Romney is a terrible politician and I would say – good. Standing next to Gingrich, he is every bit a man of integrity that Newt can ever be even after his less than honest pleas for forgiveness and even less than honest claims of pain over his “experience” that he caused in the first place.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:59 pm
“pious moralists like Kilburn.”
I was not aware that either Piety or Morality were available as insults.
Then again, this is coming from the man who supports, for the Republican primary, someone who decries capitalism.
Up is down, indeed.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:59 pm
what are the main issues come general election? after conventions time. is it down to 2 topics economy unemployment?
January 21st, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I am concerened Newt will be right back on the couch with Nancy. He has fliiped flopped to socialistic views his whole time in politics. Newt can’t be trusted.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:03 pm
33 – Exactly and this where conservative values be damned. As long as we have a big barker with no bite.
34 – You would think those were it wouldn’t you. Actually the focus is on getting the MSM and getting the toothless “Big Dog” after ‘em. We can talk about those things later when the toothless Big Dog goes into the General and starts gnawing on Obama shoes.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Art (23): “I would trust Romney more.”
LOL. Good one — a textbook example of faint praise.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:05 pm
37
The Paul fans are experts on that
January 21st, 2012 at 1:07 pm
23. Is right he can’t be trusted. He has flipped even more than the rest of them when it suits him.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:07 pm
It’s old news, but it would be rehashed in ever more lurid detail during a general election campaign. That’s the biggest worry. And don’t tell me that the Newt’s killer debatin’ skillz will drown all that out. There are only three slated for the general election, and none of them are likely to be close to the November vote.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:20 pm
The spin now for Florida will be a that even a one vote victory by Mitt will be considered especially meaningful as a result of lowered expectaions.
Give em hell Mitt!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:21 pm
40 – Yes imagine a huge imposing toothless dog outside the fence barking and barking all day. What will the MSM do? Close the door and keep him out. Beyond that they’ll show us why he’s toothless with every ugly detail from sun up until sun down. Nancy will say, “oops look what fell out of the closet. It’s Gingrich sealed ethics violations.” The MSM will say “why are you dodging by barking so loud? Do we have to put you back outside?” After that Newt will be on suicide alert flailing to no avail. And what will we be left with? Nothing and conservatism starts at square one no longer becoming mainstream. Morality becomes less important and society falls deeper into an Obama nation. The irony would be tragic. The man who “single handedly” brought us Republican majority in the house at one point, takes down conservatism in one fell swoop.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:21 pm
I saw the Gallup conclusion yesterday that Romney’s support has ‘Collapsed’. This is simply astounding.
All that money spent to jack Romney up to 40%+, and if Newt wins a convincing win today, the impact of all that Romney money is gone!
This race in my view is the continuation of the Tea Party congressional race in 2010. The conservatives gave the party a huge, overwhelming victory, and the establishment leaders have squandered the energy. This will not stand.
Newt’s statement about a strong partnership with the President and Congress is a big deal and the voters are responding.
This is the race of our lifetimes!!!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Anything I hear from the ground it will be very close tonight. Romney campgin is very help with turnout very high in Columbia and reports that there is a hour long wait in several low country precidents.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:24 pm
43 – If true about the Tea Party, it’s ironic that they would choose a career Washington politician to lead it right? The insider’s insider. That’s the leader you’re going with. Bring it on! Romney vs. Gingrich. It will be awesome.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
And don’t forget about Winning The Future receiving another $15,000,000 (and possibly more if needed for FL media) from Newt’s billionaire buddy from Vegas.
Jackpot!
Good times!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
well, well…
ppppolls PublicPolicyPolling
Newt up big on the first day of our Minnesota poll on the GOP side…we may really be in for a wild ride in the coming months
January 21st, 2012 at 1:29 pm
“I did not think I lived a good enough life to see Newt Gingrich as the Republican nominee” – Barney Frank
January 21st, 2012 at 1:30 pm
#40 Newt’s baggage is not “old news.” Most people are just now hearing about it. Actually don’t know squat. How many Newt supporters can explain the FBI investigation re: Newt’s $10 million dollar bribery beef? How many know Nancy Pelosi is in possession of Newt’s ethics violations documents?
January 21st, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Report from on the ground in D.C.
Republican establishment is furious with Romney and reassessing the virtues of him as the nominee. Focus is now on triggering brokered convention.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:32 pm
“Winning the Future” Radio ads are all over the place here in MN. I don’t think it will do much good for Newt here, but if “Winning the Future” is willing to spend money in MN they must be ready to spend huge in Florida and in places like Colorado.
Newt did hit the jackpot.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:33 pm
30.teledude Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 12:53 pm
28. Marque, I love your posts and you bring a high level of intellectual humor to this site…
except when you are falling in with the pious moralists like Kilburn.
Newt’s “baggage” is OLD news, he’s not like that anymore, it is irrelevant and most people are moving on.
He has made great inroads with the evangelical crowd and the rest of you church ladies need to stop your “I’m better than you” dance and move on as well.
===
And miss all the fun? No way, Telly..
Let the Rombot church ladies DANCE at least at one site! It’s more fun when they fall.
About everywhere else in the conservative internet hemisphere, Rombots have sadly vanished or been banned.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:33 pm
teledude,
NO BLEEPING WAY!!!
Are you serious about Minny?
HOLYSMOKE!!!!
Gulp!!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:37 pm
47.teledude Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
well, well…
ppppolls PublicPolicyPolling
Newt up big on the first day of our Minnesota poll on the GOP side…we may really be in for a wild ride in the coming months
===
Woo hoo!!
Now we need the Minnesota twins, Kavon and Smacks to get those yard signs out for Newt..
Hallelujah!!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:37 pm
You need to be organized in the MN Caucus…believe me. Newt has zero organzation here.
TPAW’s army will fight back the Newters…but Holy Smoke….
…if Newt comes close to Mitt in MN…Mitt needs serious help in other places.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
The only wish I have is that if Romney wins the nomination, Teledude, Craig, and the rest will leave this site and let the rest of us be in peace.
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In any case, MN is a caucus state – it requires solid organization. What’s Newt’s organization like again? Oh, thats right…
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and those of you hoping for a brokered convention need to think twice before encouraging the party to commit mass suicide. Split conventions are relics of a bygone era, and there is no more reason to desire them than there is to desire that we go back to using telegraph and pony express.
It could cripple the party in November, just as much as if we picked the wrong guy sooner.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
50
Whose report exactly?
January 21st, 2012 at 1:39 pm
1.
Hey, Matty my friend.. Good afternoon.
Are you feeling lucky today about SC???!!!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:40 pm
“Now we need the Minnesota twins, Kavon and Smacks to get those yard signs out for Newt..”
Kavon endorsed Romney some time ago.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
56.
Cry me a Savannah River
January 21st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
59.
I’m workin’ on him
January 21st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Kavon,
You do agree with me correct?…….as much as I would love to see Newt win in MN, there is no way Mitt can lose MN.
In MN we have serious internal problems within the GOP political party that Kavon can write a book about some day. But there is enough there to help push Mitt across the finish line. Paul also has a good base here in MN…just go to any Precint Captain meeting and you will see that…just like in Iowa.
But if Mitt is not keeping hold of his MN support in the Metro GOP areas…well….I guess he could lose.
But I don’t see it.
“Winning the Future” radio ads are all over the place on “Patriot Radio” 1280 on the dial. But Mitt will outspend Newt 10 to 1 here.
Wow…..this PPP tweet surprises me.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Hilarious to see the Romney haters come out of hiding. A lot of posts from people who I thought had disappeared for good. It’s kind of reminiscent of a cockroach coming out of hiding once the lights go out. Can’t wait to move on to FL where Romney will destroy Newter, and then these roaches will duck back under the stove.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:46 pm
“A lot of posts from people who I thought had disappeared for good.”
If only we were so lucky.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Romney’s going to pave a new path to the nomination, NH & Florida, followed by a series of wins in February. When Romney starts stringing together the victories, the story of this race will change.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:51 pm
26.MarqueG Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
“Mitt’s strategy of trying not to scare off the independents has been rendered useless. The ploy of stepping into the empty moderate vacuum left behind by the McCain campaign is turning out to be a disaster. Exhibit #103,105,996,562,340,987.2 in an interminable series of why Mitt is a horribly bad, awful, no-good politician.”
===
Wow, you beat up on every last candidate in our field 24/7 here year after year.
Are you absolutely SURE you’re not a Liberal?
January 21st, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Something new to consider for you Newties – people are sick of Obama because of how he got both sides to fight each other. He promised to bring them together, and he failed to do it. If anything, he has made it much worse. How can Newt be the one to bring us all together to the same table and hack at problems, as most American Independents want? Again, I am looking at winning the independents’ votes, rather than just the conservatives, for general election.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:53 pm
64.
You should start your own website and ban Romnuts.
Oops, I mean Romnots.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Newt actually won a presidential straw poll at a MN GOP state convention a few years back…
January 21st, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Mitt is the man! Always has been always will be. Stay the course… steady as she goes… keep the faith. Gingrich can only keep the wool over the eyes for so long. Romney is the ONLY one who can defeat Obama.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Here’s the story from 6-5-2006:
January 21st, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Jared C Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
“Hilarious to see the Romney haters”
I can’t speak for the others but I’m more of a Newt lover than a Romney hater on this ALL-IMPORTANT election day in the Decider State™.
But I do know what you mean about those silly hardcore hater-types, and I’m glad you’re having fun
January 21st, 2012 at 2:05 pm
66. Ya know, I don’t have to take smarty backtalk from you. I can always cross you off my Christmas card list, buster!
January 21st, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Kavon,
Good point.
I wonder what Sullivan is doing now?
I wonder if Sullivan is helping Newt out in MN?
I would rather have TPAW with me in MN than anyone else…..will see.
Still very surprised by the PPP MN poll….tweet.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:07 pm
more anecdotal
GinaNSmith Gina Smith
Talking to voters at Midlands polling locations & finding LOTS of votes for Gingrich. Many considered Romney but debates were game changer.
So much for ‘the debates don’t mean anything’
January 21st, 2012 at 2:10 pm
75
Who said debates don’t mean anything?
January 21st, 2012 at 2:10 pm
For one, I’m disappointed that the field is so weak. For another, I don’t believe in elevating my pols to cult status beyond all criticism and derision. Hopefully they want my vote more than my worship and adulation.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Debates are very important. The GOP voter wants to feel confident in Mitt being able to go “toe to toe” with Obama in a debate.
The GOP voter is losing confidence in Mitt as they see him stammer and stutter along in these debates.
Mitt needs to be Mr. ALPHA on Monday Night.
No excuses, Mitt needs to light it up Monday night.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Remember what PT Barnum said. Pitiful how someone can decide what candidate they want based on a couple of zingers.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:13 pm
76.
Well, your boy Willard up until a couple of hours ago was seriously thinking about skipping them in Florida.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:16 pm
MarqueG,
“Hopefully they want my vote more than my worship and adulation.’
Excellent!….love that line.
However……..just to make it clear…..
…SMACKDADDY would rather have your worship and adulation than your vote.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:18 pm
80
Did he say they didn’t matter?
January 21st, 2012 at 2:18 pm
77. But you seem to be so kind to the Kenyan Crooner, uh I mean Golfin’ Hawaiian..
Oh, nevermind. (I don’t wanna blow your cover.)
January 21st, 2012 at 2:19 pm
82.
Duh.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:21 pm
84.
Are you dumb? Skipping a debate doesn’t mean you think it doesn’t matter, it means you have a reason to skip it (such as, that Noot hits a home run every time, or that Mitt isn’t sure how to handle the tax returns question).
Sheesh.
And Mitt is going, so quit whining.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:21 pm
LOL. You guys need some medication. Minnesota is a caucus state. Let’s see how Newt does with the caucus. I remember 2008.
It could be tight though, because Gingrich said this morning…” No more affairs”. He wants to reintroduce polygamy so he doesn’t have to sneak around and his absent morality will be more acceptable. What an ideas guy
January 21st, 2012 at 2:21 pm
77.
Quick! Who did you vote for in the 2008 primary..?
January 21st, 2012 at 2:22 pm
If Romney had won SC, he would have been fully justified in skipping the rest of the debates.
Thats why I think it was a mistake to commit so soon…suppose he pulls off the upset tonight, its going to look like a premature decision.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:25 pm
88. He has horrible instincts.
He may be the worst possible candidate we could nominate.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:25 pm
86.
But Willard the Lib is LOSING* to Newt in Liberal Minnesota, CraigSter. Wha’ happened? Tea Party time in MN?
*See Tweet above.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:26 pm
88
I think he confirmed precisely because he knew he was going to lose.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:28 pm
88.
Dream, Dream, Dream by the Everly Brothers
“All you have to do is dream”
January 21st, 2012 at 2:32 pm
71.Kavon W. Nikrad Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 2:00 pm
“Gingrich more than doubled the support of his nearest opponent, George Allen. Now this may be just my opinion/bias, but this should be an indication that the party insiders from not only Minnesota, but across the country, are becoming more and more open to the idea of Newt ’08.”
Well, I’d prefer Allen but nice to see Newt is so well loved up in the L’Etoile du Nord state.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:32 pm
78. Smack, when you’re posting fairly, I really like your contributions. But, when you grab a hold of a pant leg, you’re very annoying. You tug and snap your head back and forth and you growl.
You did it with the tax returns.
You’re doing it now with mitt’s occasional stuttering. In nearly every post, you poking at his stuttering.
Look, if Mitt has a stuttering problem, then I say we should be impressed that he has overcome that disability and had immense success and is even now a viable contender for president.
If he’s a stutterer, then we should be amazed at how eloquent he can be and how he has controlled it under most circumstances.
Are you really the kind of man who would continually make fun of a man for a condition he has little control over?
Were you one of the school kids who made fun of the girl with a mole on her face? Or, the kid in the wheel chair?
I give you your due when you post legitimate critiques and concerns about Mitt and his policies or the way he’s running his campaign.
But, I’m sickened by your constant badgering of a man over his slight and periodic stuttering problem who managed to overcome it by getting this far in life.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Romney sends Newt a “Cake” to celebrate 15th Anniversary of ethics scandal. Very petty Mitt.
Media mocking him now, calling it childish.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Heh. I think you caught me! Was about to say McCain, but then remembered that I took the Dem ballot so that I could vote for the Bamster.
In my defense, the GOP nom was already over by the time the primary came to WV, while the Dem nom was wide open. I figured Bam would be easier to defeat than HillBilly. I never imagined the country falling for someone with no executive experience at all. Oh, well. Back to the drawing board.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:34 pm
“I think he confirmed precisely because he knew he was going to lose”
But why not hold out hope? Candidates have twice dropped out on the day of the debate. What would have been the harm in waiting until tonight to confirm his attendance? “I want to congratulate speaker Gingrich on a victory and a hard-fought contest, and I look forward to sharing the stage again with him Monday night”
Now, he’s locked in. And if that upset does happen (I think the female numbers are off)….its all for nothing.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:35 pm
4.Smack1968 Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Matt “MWS”
Craig is due….that should scare you.
==
I haven’t won president stuff since Bachmann in ’11 Ames and… Huck on Super Tuesday.
Hey, I AM DUE! Darn it
January 21st, 2012 at 2:37 pm
“Media mocking him now, calling it childish.”
Get it through your head that the media does not want Mitt to win this contest. The media wants this contest to drag out. They want to be able to make headlines and sell news for longer than the two more weeks they would have if Romney were to win tonight.
Did you notice how they downplayed his Iowa result, even though he spent very little money and had only a handful of paid staff? Did you notice how they downplayed his New Hampshire result, even though he checked every box that he needed to?
THE MEDIA FEARS A LACK OF NEWS TO REPORT. And there is no news in “Mitt Romney, leading national polls by 40 points, scored another victory today in X caucus.”
January 21st, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Keith, Mitt doesn’t have a problem with stuttering.
he has a problem telling us honestly what he thinks.
His stammering isn’t an uncontrollable physiological condition, it stems from his his own indecision on what to say.
Good greif
January 21st, 2012 at 2:39 pm
100. Thank you Dr. Tele, for your informed and professional opinion on Mitt’s condition.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:40 pm
96.
Well, then you are completely forgiven for voting for our first half black president in the history of the United States of America. All 57 of them.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Keith Price,
Mitt only stutters and stammers when he is challenged on a question which makes him squirm.
Mitt does not have a natural stutter, so to speak…..he has what you call a “Political Stuttering” problem.
Mitt is very smooth when talking about the economy..which is great.
But Mitt has been stumbling and bumbling in these last two debates which is causing him political electoral issues.
I’m not making fun of people with stuttering problems……..if I have offended anyone here, I apologize.
But in a “RealPoltik” sense…Mitt’s recent stammering is causing him to lose voters.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I don’t think Mitt has a stuttering problem. He just tends to stutter and stammer whenever he’s caught off-guard by a question he hadn’t yet considered, and is trying to think and talk on his feet. Some people stammer in such situations. Some use verbal “um” and “uh” fillers (Obummer). Others use silent pauses.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:45 pm
more anecdotal
SissyWillis Sissy Willis
RT @daveweigel: I was shocked by Romney friends walking out of poll and telling me they switched to Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Teledude, wait and see.
The media pumped up Newt before South Carolina. Now, if he starts to look to get too far ahead, they’re turn on him. They want Newt to win SC, they want a squeaker in Florida, and they basically want the race to drag out as long as possible. For three reasons:
1) ALL the media companies, including Fox, want to be able to sell news. The longer the primary, the more news
2) The liberal media knows that a longer race will hurt our chances in November
3) Gingrich is routinely trounced by the President, even in red states. He is the new Sarah Palin of polling…which might have something to do with why you like him so much.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:48 pm
BretBaier: RT @alexstroman: Power out in some counties–could affect precincts. Counties do have paper ballots as backup
January 21st, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Keith trying to play the victim card for poor Mitten$
sorry dude, he gets no sympathy
nice try
January 21st, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Just in preparation for tonight’s results, any good SC map showing individual counties?
January 21st, 2012 at 2:51 pm
104.
“I ac-c-c-cept your ap-p-p-p-polog-g-g-gy.” – Gov Simple Jack
January 21st, 2012 at 2:53 pm
“SissyWillis Sissy Willis”
And WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE? Gingrich hacks? His fan club?
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I voted for #mitt2012 I feel is the only GOP candidate that can beat Obama. Mitt Romney.
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I held my nose and voted for Romney. He gets my endorsement as the least bad of the lot.
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StAndrewsPatch St. Andrews Patch
Pat Clark said he “loved Ron Paul” but voted for Romney because Romney has a better chance of beating Gingrich. #scprimary
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voted for Romney this morning! seems to be the most genuine, caring, capable, intelligent choice.
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…and a story to go with it:
January 21st, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Tornado warnings from noon until 8 pm in the midlands region of SC. Who does that affect? Newt or mitt voters? Not familiar with the demos of the state.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:54 pm
106
The media knows if Romney wins FL, even in a squeaker, it’s over.
What they will try to do is keep singing Noot’s praises, in order for him to win in FL. They will then sing Romney’s praises to revive him, and so forth.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:54 pm
104. Others use a simple roundhouse kick at the questioner. (Newt Norris)
January 21st, 2012 at 2:55 pm
“Who does that affect?”
Hard to say, if its anything like Iowa, the old maps don’t mean much.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:55 pm
111
Well-done, Kilburn. Two can play at that game.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Well, you Rombots are sure full of pre and post excuses for losing Iowa, South Carolina, and Florida.
Good times
January 21st, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Mitt’s strongest areas will be along the coast.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:58 pm
108.
Really? I’m so surprised, Tele, because I was certain you’d be sympathetic — what with you being such a reasonable and fair person and all.
Yeah, right.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:58 pm
“Mitt’s strongest areas will be along the coast.”
…the last to be hit by the storm. Well, that could be good for Mitt.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
“Voter: ‘I voted for Mitt Romney … I’m a Democrat.’”
LOL
yeah…no kidding
January 21st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
jaaron,
I think on average it would hurt Newt more to have bad stroms in the Midland region.
Mitt needs to have a huge lead in Charleston County……Coastal areas of SC (John McCain Country)…to have a shot at winning, or keeping it respectable. If Newt is running close to Mitt in the Coastal Region it’s blowout win for Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Um, not quite. The ex-wife’s interview certainly wasn’t in his favor. He simply handled the whole mess in a way that folks believed.
In contrast, Mitt had a spectacularly bad week. He stumbled over the release of his tax forms twice in a row. Twice. And he had no specific answer until the day after the debate when he stated definitively that he’d release them on April 15th. He could have neutralized the issue in the Monday debate, but instead fumbled it.
He also could have made an excellent point about taxes, double taxation, savings, and investments when he explained that he paid an effective rate of 15 percent. That was a missed opportunity rather than a fumble. But still. He’ll need to step up his game to fight back Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
111.
FIVE whole votes for Willard the Lib? Woo hoo!!
It ain’t over yet…….darn those polls to hell!
January 21st, 2012 at 3:00 pm
I heard that it was raining heavily in the northern part of the state where Huck did very well. That’s Teavangelical bigot territory.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:02 pm
the other midlands report of The State is finding mostly Romney voters
January 21st, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Last time it snowed heavily but ONLY in Huck counties
McLame 33%
HUCK 30%
Fred 15%
January 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
125.
Rombot,
Carolinians are bigots to you?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
probably meaningless but…
Gingrich just hit 90% chance to win on InTrade.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Read that there was a going to be lots of hail, might suppress turnout. Don’t worry adulterer supporters, I still expect newt to win, just might keep the margin lower.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
A friend of mine has been doing calls to get out the vote. So far 12 have voted of will vote for Mitt and only one vote for Newt. One lady kept him on the phone excoriated Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
also reports from low country with mostly high turnout finds mostly Romney voters too…
January 21st, 2012 at 3:04 pm
129 — No but many of them are.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
“I heard that it was raining heavily in the northern part of the state where Huck did very well. That’s Teavangelical bigot territory.”
I think we have to be careful about labeling Evangelicals who voted for Huck as Bigots……some very well may have been, but the man was an evangelical preacher. Even those who would have been OK with Romney were going to be more inclined to trust him.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
131.
Prove it, Rombot. Oh that’s right, you can’t.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:07 pm
http://biggovernment.com/cjohnson/2012/01/21/romney-backing-governor-sununu-release-your-ethics-records-newt-irs-later-ruled-in-gingrichs-favor-ethics-report-already-released/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29
Did you know that the one ethic charge that Newt was found guilty of, and in which Newt paid a $300,000 fine, was investigated later by the IRS for 3 years.
Guess what….
“The IRS found that the donations to Gingrich’s charity were “consistent with its stated exempt purposes,” and Gingrich’s course and course book “were educational in content,” according to The Washington Post in 1999. By then, Gingrich had left office, preferring retirement to a fight over leadership.”
So Newt was truly not guilty on all the political charges in the House Ethic case.
hhuuuummmmm……
January 21st, 2012 at 3:09 pm
I give it 3 days of Craig for losers getting annoying, spamming before Kavon can’t take it anymore and bans the homer. Anyone want to give me the over/under?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:12 pm
134 – then shame on all the repubs that voted against him on the committee and the house for kicking him out. He obviously was a Great man.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Whoa now. A primary night to feel good about! That hasn’t happened in nearly four years.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:13 pm
135
Kavon will never ban Craig for Losers. He accounts for too many page-views.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Storms and tornadoes crash on to South Carolina, as the Almighty displays his anger at “values” voters decision to back disgraceful 2-time adulterer.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Turnout – who and where – is going to be key. Don’t forget what happened in Nevada last time around.
It all depends on who shows up.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Jaaron,
Newt was voted off the GOP Island for political expedency…now we NEWTRON REFORMERS in the GOP are voting him back on.
Just like Nixon in 1968!!!
ooooopes………maybe I shouldn’t have written that.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:17 pm
139 – Did storm clouds follow Mitt’s grand dad around wherever he went?
Can we can it with the “adulterer” crap?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Nixon is a great comparison. Newt, like Nixon, had to resign his office in disgrace.
The man is the embodiment of unelectable.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:18 pm
143 – Nixon wasn’t unelectable. Far from it.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:19 pm
I do say the weather reports coming out of SC has to make the Mitt Camp feel a bit better. If this was on a Tuesday (work day) it would be even more benefical for the Mitt Camp.
Interesting.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:19 pm
142
Sure, as soon as Gingrich apologizes to his ex (something he’s never done) and apologizes to President Clinton and the country for dragging us through that ridiculous impeachment over adultery.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:19 pm
140 — Nevada was a caucus, not a primary. There’s a huge difference between the two.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:20 pm
“He’s likeable. I would never beat Obama in a personality contest,” Gingrich said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” “But the presidency is not about likeability. The presidency is about are you capable of doing the job?”
Ooops. Newt shouldn’t tell people this. It’s all about scoring debate points. Don’t ask people to ask about who could do the job. Look at Newt’s track record the last he had a significant executive assignment as Speaker.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Can’t wait to see how Newt does in Virginia and Missouri……oops….nevermind.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:21 pm
The weather is always over-estimated.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:21 pm
#112 jaaron,
I am in Atlanta. Those storms came through here earlier today and they were quite severe. I would say they could suppress the vote. If I weren’t a diehard supporter of someone, there is no way I would’ve went out in them.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:21 pm
146 – Impeachment was never over adultery. And I’ll take Newt’s adultery over Romney’s tacit acceptance of abortion, nay Romney’s very existance in the political sphere, any day.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:21 pm
the reformed, post 1968 nixon turned out to be same old egomaniac, non-conservative, Bismarkian he had always been…wow just like newt now
January 21st, 2012 at 3:22 pm
144
Yea but Nixon resigned in disgrace AFTER being elected president, Newt’s already resigned, beaten and humiliated due to his enormous failings.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:22 pm
yes, looks like turnout is drying up thoughout most of the state do the storms, expect for low country. It may also play havoc with Exit polling I suspect too..
January 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Smack.
Yes. If he can’t suppress turn out with lies and smears, maybe bad weather will help him. Lord knows he can’t win on his own.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Another great part of the Nixon comparison; back in 1968 the better man in the race was also a Romney, just like today.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Tornadoes are so localized that they won’t affect turnout.
Any camp praying to God for turnout to prevent polling trends from manifesting themself is doomed to be disappointed.
Newt will win tonight.
Questions are a) what will be the margin and b) where do we go from here?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
132 — When Evangelical leaders meet in Texas to discuss backing a single candidate in the midst of Romney’s surge, but only mention Perry, Santorum, and serial adulterer Gingrinch, but not Romney, Tell me religious bigotry has NOTHING to do with it.
Bigotry against Romney over his religion is the same as it was in 2008, only its been covert.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
155
Romney has already beaten Newt twice this election. On his own. Badly.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Tim,
Impeachment was over Purgery and Obstruction of Justice in the Paula Jones court case. Clinton lost his law license.
Newt cheated….
Newt did not use his office to commit Perjury or Obstruct Justice.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm
“140 — Nevada was a caucus, not a primary. There’s a huge difference between the two.”
True…..kind of. Turnout is more important in a Caucus, but it can still swing a race.
So maybe that 20% boost Mitt got in NV could be a 4 or 5% boost here.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm
newt has yet to even beat Paul
January 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm
154 – Newt resigned, Mitt was too similar to a part of the female anatomy which bleeds every month to run again in Massahusetts in 2006. So what?
And even with the resignation, Newt appears poised to defeat the establishment’s butt boy.
That’s gotta hurt.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm
157
Only a few places you can go, since he didn’t qualify for a bunch of ballots.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:26 pm
The nootards are not really prepared for the flood of support coming Mitt’s way should the adulterer win among the hillbillies tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:26 pm
“Hey, Matty my friend.. Good afternoon.
Are you feeling lucky today about SC???!!!”
Hey Craig.
If the Habsburgs break through with 0.001% I’ll be pleased as punch.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
From CNN Live Blog:
Anyone know which way SC Democrats would go in this primary if they do Republican ballot? Considering this, won’t be surprised if Newt get the majority, unless the SC voters are too icky about heavy raining weather (bad enough to cause difficulties with driving in some area).
January 21st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
No matter what happens in South Carolina or Florida, Romney will destroy Newt in Nevada. For Mormons, the anti-Mormon bigotry hurled against Romney has become personal and they will come out in droves in Nevada, moreso than they did in 2008.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Speaking of Texas………is their 155 delegates “winner take all”?
I don’t think it is, but can anyone confirm that?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
163
So? Pat freakin Buchanan was able to win a few primaries. If the former Speaker couldn’t do the same in his own backyard, well he might just have another nervous breakdown.
(yep get ready to hear about Newt’s severe mental problems from years past, coming soon!)
January 21st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
#163 -
You’re out of line.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Tim – wouldn’t be so smug. Establishment has basically carried Mitt the entire way, and after tonight he’ll be 1 for 3.
Maybe they’ll want someone else at the convention.
It seems much dinero (something his Dad would no doubt understand) can’t buy Mitt love.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:29 pm
171 – I don’t care anymore. This site is a Mitt sanctuary.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:29 pm
169
Their electors in the general election are winner take all. Obama currently leads Gingrich in Texas by 6.
WORST CANDIDATE EVER
January 21st, 2012 at 3:30 pm
168 true, the West will be strong for Mitt and Paul…Paul will finish 2nd in a majority of western states, thus pushing Newt down
January 21st, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I think Newt is icky. I can’t help it now, but I think he is a self-adulating user and as undisciplined as a “conservative” can be and still have that label. I hope he does well in South Carolina. As a consolation prize. Then I hope he goes away.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:30 pm
172
Everyone will be 1-3, except for Paul.
Don’t worry, if Newt wins the nomination it won’t be a Mitt sanctuary, it will be a Gary Johnson 3rd party sanctuary.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Newt is going to win by at least 5% so the weather is not a factor.
My prediction has him winning with 39% to Mitt’s 32%.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Mittbots. Nootards. Hmm hee hee.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Craig for Losers is back now supporting Noot. Gingrich Headquarter…”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
1-2 *
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Given Newt’s ex-wife’s interview followed by his rise in the polls due to a tough-talking guy who’s going to take on Obama in spite of that…. Rudy has got to be thinking the dynamic would have been right for him this year.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Firecracker,
I think we’d all appreciate it if you could find something else to talk about than evangelicals and bigotry.
Thanks.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
182 – Rudy’s pro-choice. That matters a lot more.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Tim,
I’m asking about the Texas GOP contest. They have 155 delegates and I’m wondering if it’s a “winner take all”
January 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
I would go third party with Paul if Gingrich actually got the nomination. I know this would never happen, but if we’re going to have another McCain type non-choice, I’m going to play the wild card. America won’t stand another round of mediocrity and incompetence.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Rudy wasn’t even with two women at the same time, and Newt was for years.
Rudy was lambasted for quickly getting together with another woman after separating, but Newt is given a free pass on a 6-year mistress and leaving two wives who were ill.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:33 pm
167 – If i were a Dem in SC, I’d vote for Newt, for he appears weaker than Mitt against Obama, in my view.
Any democratic ‘Operation Chaos’ in SC?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Metro,
LOL!
“Hey, I cheated too! In fact, I was a bigger d*** than Newt. Let me tell you about it!”
Might be a winner this year………
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
187 – I’m not saying one is worse than the other.
Public policy is what matters. And Rudy’s pro-choice position is a worse offense to GOP primary voters that Newt’s philandering.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
low turnout reported in northern, central South Carolina with worse weather to come. (Huck country)
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Smack,
All contests after April 1 are winner take all.
That includes NY, CA, TC, CT, RI, PA, NJ, etc…
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Bid on Net now @ 90.9
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
MC
#178
That is my actual SC prediciton for RACE42012.
Great minds think a like….or is it crazy minds?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
TC = TX
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Voters are very, very strange this year.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:34 pm
183 — Why doesn’t anyone care to acknowledge the elephant in the room?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:35 pm
194
Crazy? Nah. It’s the beer.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Rudy should have just said that he had hookers, then the ‘values’ voters would have loved him even more than Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
I hear TX is probably now going to going later due the redistricting dispute that was decided by the Supreme Court.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
169. Smacks,
The 155 is pretty much allocated like this as an example..
2008 Presidential Republican Primary Election Results – Texas
Party Primary Vote Delegates
John McCain Arizona Republican 697,767 51.22%
120
Mike Huckabee Arkansas Republican 518,002 38.02%
17
Mitt Romney Massachusetts Republican 27,264 2.00%
0
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
My main trading strategic as of now: go ballistic on Mitt to win the nomination after the worst Florida poll for him. Could he go as low as 60%?
No trading around 66% (for the nomination).
60% for Florida
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
MassCon,
Even with my beer goggles on, Newt’s a pr*ck.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
187. Metro, doesn’t make any sense does it?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Romney is bussing in Mormons from DC to make crowds in South Carolina.
Hahahaha.
I wonder if half this site is using an I-phone on the go to post today.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/byu-students-bus-in-to-south-carolina-to-rally-for
January 21st, 2012 at 3:37 pm
191 – YES!!! That’s the ABR for Newt country.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:37 pm
MC,
Ok….
I think Texas is sooner than that right?….isn’t Texas on Super Tuesday?
I think I’m a little confused.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Newt’s problem is that a conservative insurgent against a Northeastern candidate could usually count on the West for support. But against Mitt, the LDS heavy states like Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah will all go for Mitt, along with the entire Northeast and California.
A Newt win is mathematically impossible.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:38 pm
GREENVILLE, South Carolina–Outside Tommy’s Ham House here this morning–where Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich scheduled back-to-back visits–a boisterous crowd of young, fresh-faced supporters was waving Romney signs and chanting, “MITT! MITT! MITT!”
But this wasn’t a grassroots youth movement rooted at the University of South Carolina. No, many of the students cheering on the candidate told BuzzFeed they were actually BYU students and young Mormons from D.C. and Virginia who traveled to the Palmetto State to give their coreligionist’s presidential effort a much-needed jolt of energy.
Kat Wardle, a 23-year-old BYU student who is spending the semester in Washington, D.C., said she and several young Latter-Day Saints have been following Romney around the state, playing the role of cheerleaders at various campaign stops.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
i wonder DO all The campaigns roll out of SC tonight TO be in FL by Breakfast tomorrow?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
207
Texas changed it’s date, moved off Super Tuesday.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
208. exactly…and Paul will do very well in the West..pushing newt to 3rd most of time
January 21st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Full Primary/Caucus Calendar
January 3, 2012 Iowa (caucus) – Results
January 10, 2012 New Hampshire (primary) – Results
January 21, 2012 South Carolina (primary)
January 31, 2012 Florida (primary)
February 4, 2012 Nevada (caucus)
February 4–11, 2012 Maine (caucus)
February 7, 2012 Colorado (caucus)
Minnesota (caucus)
Missouri (primary) – *See note below on Missouri
February 28, 2012 Arizona (primary)
Michigan (primary)
March 3, 2012 Washington (caucus)
March 6, 2012
(Super Tuesday) Alaska (caucus)
Georgia (primary)
Idaho (caucus)
Massachusetts (primary)
North Dakota (caucus)
Ohio (primary)
Oklahoma (primary)
Tennessee (primary)
Vermont (primary)
Virginia (primary)
March 6-10, 2012 Wyoming (caucus)
March 10, 2012 Kansas (caucus)
U.S. Virgin Islands (caucus)
March 13, 2012 Alabama (primary)
Hawaii (caucus)
Mississippi (primary)
March 17, 2012 Missouri (GOP caucus) – *See note below on Missouri
March 18, 2012 Puerto Rico (primary)
March 20, 2012 Illinois (primary)
March 24, 2012 Louisiana (primary)
April 3, 2012 District of Columbia (primary)
Maryland (primary)
Wisconsin (primary)
TEXAS (primary)
January 21st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
207 – Texas primary is in April i think
January 21st, 2012 at 3:40 pm
205. Nice try douche. He has done no such thing. They are coming in on their own.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Fox News mentioned the Mormon factor playing negatively in SC. Yep, bigotry.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Tim,
You are correct.
Newt is very luck to have Paul in the race to eat at Mitt’s Western states delegate margins.
Thanks for bringing that up Tim.
Thanks Ron Paul!
Sincerly,
SMACKDADDY – The Official Unofficial Newt Gingrich’s RACE42012 Campaign Manager.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
too many no newt states there even to mention
January 21st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
172
SoJo, if Newt does win, won’t he also be just 1 for 3? You’re acting like a win in SC is a huge victory for Newt.
It looks to me IF Newt wins SC, we go into FL with 1 win each for 3 candidates.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:42 pm
173
Perhaps, but if so, it’s been DEFILED.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:42 pm
i wonder DO all The campaigns roll out of SC tonight TO be in FL by Breakfast tomorrow or the wait till Monday since we go about a 10 day break from SC to FL?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Smack
I don’t think you will be thanking Paul when he goes all-out on Newt with some more awesome ads.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Not even a tornado watch? They just declared Tornado Watch in some areas, causing people to empty some poll places.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Oh what a glorious day!
Karl Rove’s handpicked candidate with all the money and all the establishment support is about to be 1 for 3 in primary contests after tonight.
Just like he’s one for three in elections in which he’s participated so far.
How very “electable” of him.
Axelrod has got to be wetting his pants right now. Lol.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Paul is way costlier to Newt out West than to Mitt
January 21st, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Thanks Craig.
So we are looking at +100 delagates over Mitt in Texas.
Good to know.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:44 pm
223 – You realize that a tornado, a strong one, is going to be q quarter mile wide and travel for a handful of miles.
Even if there are ten tornadoes today, 99.9 percent of South Carolina won’t be impacted by them.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Link for my #223 concerning weather being a bigger factor than expected. Go down to 4:20 pm
January 21st, 2012 at 3:47 pm
15 years ago today Newt Gingrich became the first speaker of the House to get reprimanded for ethical wrong doing by his colleagues and pay a fine of $300,000. Deadbeat dad, serial adulterer, ethics violations, FIB investigations which one of these redeeming qualities is South Carolina’s are looking for in their nominee?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@3 – Wrong! Santorum voters that like Newt have already switched to him. Use your brain.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Sojourner – Huh? I know. I used to live in Tornado Corridor. Yes, your likehood of being hit by tornado is low, but still, the danger is real. This does not change the fact that the people would be more likely to stay near to their family and home than going out to vote for something they are not entirely too sure about. Remember, we have a high percentage, relatively, who are willing to change their mind at last minute. I do not expect them to show up at the polls.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
If Noot’s philandering ways don’t matter why is this happening?
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/01/sc-voters-surfing-google-about-newts-wives-and-marital-111752.html
January 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
224
SoJo, you keep using Mitt’s name, but what you’re writing could just as easily apply to Newt.
How many statewide elections has Newt won? (0)
If Newt wins SC, how many primaries will he have won? (1)
How “electable” does that make Newt?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
229 — Yes. Because smacking down John King at CNN seem to be the only quality they are looking for.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:50 pm
According to http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com , Texas is on April 6th I believe. Their calendar was updated a week ago.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Axelrod is having Dems turnout for Noot in SC.
Why? Noot has a 27% approval rating, the worst in modern primary history.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:51 pm
233 – I don’t think any of the Newt supporters are using “electability” as a motivation for support.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Tornado tonight, well most people have voted anyway.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:51 pm
The southerners don’t care about being smart or good governance, they just want someone to treat Obama like a good ol’ boy. And when Noot berated Juan Williams, it gave the old KKK south a thrill up their legs.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:53 pm
231 – Well, look. I’d more concerned with a widespread synoptic event, like say, freezing rain. That would impact several counties.
We’ll just see, I guess. If Newt’s lead is anything like the ARG poll suggests, it won’t matter.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Smack thinks Noot will still be around in April. Got to laugh at the dead enders sometimes. Their Mormon hatred is a powerful force, I’ll give them that.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:54 pm
man — just realised there’s only 31.3k shares traded on Gingrich.South.Carolina.
I own 2000 of them. 6% of the market.
Very small market !
January 21st, 2012 at 3:55 pm
237
Yea who needs electability when you can just lose to Obama by 40 states and sink the rest of the party on top of it.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Any good SC map out yet? I know polls are still ongoing, but just curious which one is good. Anyone know?
January 21st, 2012 at 3:57 pm
According to the PPP National polls Newt is Santorum supporters 2nd choice….while Paul supporters 2nd choice is Romney.
I think Newt wants Paul to stay in the race……..Mitt wants Rick to stay in.
I belive you guys have it wrong. Paul hurts Mitt, not Newt…overall..in general political terms.
IMO.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:58 pm
245 – True
January 21st, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Lol, from tweet tracking:
Exactly right!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Paul staying in pushes newt to 3rd in countless states…largely denying any delegates to him…with that (thank god) newt is done
January 21st, 2012 at 4:05 pm
247…true..particularly if that would give him political power…that’s who newt is
January 21st, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Katechon, what makes you confident Mitt wins FL after Newt scores big in SC?
January 21st, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Florida is totally in flux right now. Newt had a huge lead, then Mitt led by a good amount (but still less than Newt at his peak).
Winner of FL is going to be very much influenced by the outcome of SC.
If Newt wins by a lot, five points or more, then Mitt is in real trouble in Florida.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:12 pm
http://cpctcss.org/
suspect imo as it has Romney doing better with males than females compared to Gingrich. Gingrich will probably be the winner for sure however.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Most evangelicals will not tolerate a serial adulterer.
Evangelicals including Vanderplatts took down Gingrich in Iowa.
And they will take him down nationally given enough time post South Carolina.
The evangelical battleship turns slowly, but once it has turned Gingrich is a goner.
I hope that once evangelicals hand Romney the nomination (indirectly) some of the Romney supporters who have been tough on evangelicals will be more friendly.
Full disclosure I am not evangelical.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:18 pm
WhoEver wins Florida wins the nomination period just like in 08. Florida going early has changed the game.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Here is a SC map showing how well Mitt and Paul did in 2008.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
“Full disclosure I am not evangelical.”
Pretty obvious by how wrong you are.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Evangelicals will take a Catholic with a history of infidelity over a rich, isolated Mormon who became pro-life at exactly the time it best bolstered his political fortunes.
It also doesn’t help that Mitt’s grand dad had multiple wives.
It’s just a fact. Love it or hate it.
And I’m not evangelical either.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Trying again, bad link in #255.
Here is a SC map showing how well Mitt and Paul did in 2008.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Metro and Katechon the answer re Florida and beyond is that evangelicals will torpedo Gingrich for being a serial adulterer.
There are millions of evangelicals just like Vanderplatts. They will indirectly hand Romney the nomination.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Finally, CNN out with SC result webpage Still blank, of course, but now we junkies have something we can stare at until something better is shown.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:25 pm
#259: Then how do you explain what is going on in SC?
January 21st, 2012 at 4:25 pm
I consider a map good if it shows precinct count in each county, rather than percentage. If you find something like this, let us know (and I’m looking at you, MassConn!)
January 21st, 2012 at 4:25 pm
lol… The Rombots favorite R42012 contributor, DeRoy Murdocke, is on Fox News Channel right now.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Gingrich is the death of the Tea Party. The Tea Party ruined so many races in Colorado, Delaware, Nevada, Alaska, New York. So many winnable races turned into landslide losses because of the bagger brigade. At least then, they could claim principle. But by choosing Newt, a 30-year Washington insider and lobbyist and two time adulterer, the Tea Party is exposed as a fraud and a joke.
It’s good news for the establishment in 2014 and 2016, the crazies have overplayed their hand and have become self-parody.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:26 pm
I am not saying evangelicals will enthusiastically support Romney either.
By and large they will probably support Santorum but not in enough numbers to give him the nomination.
They will eventually hold their nose and get behind Romney once he is nominated.
Don’t forget Vanderplatts and social conservatives like him who doomed Gingrich in Iowa. There are millions of other social conservatives just like them.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Deroy Murdock is a loser and the fact that Fox has him on is telling.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:30 pm
265. dude, repeating nonsense doesn’t make it true.
You are clueless.
Just stop, you are embarrassing yourself.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Here is an excellent place to track incoming results by county.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/south-carolina
January 21st, 2012 at 4:31 pm
from Twitter:
Kateshon Political Trader
Exit Poll: Gingrich 34%; Romney 26%. 5.5% MOE. 1698 voters entering & exiting 132 randomly selected voting locations
woot!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Metro what has happened in South Carolina is the same as what happened in Iowa when Gingrich was ahead there.
Gingrich had big evangelical numbers in Iowa during that period.
But then a number of evangelical leaders in Iowa got on the radio, etc. and said heck no.
But it took several weeks for that to happen in Iowa. There has not been time in South Carolina. But the same thing that happened in Iowa will play itself out nationally over the long run.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:34 pm
MassCon, thank you! I guess I should check NY Times first.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:34 pm
270. Well, okay then! Keep telling yourself that if it helps you psychologically.
I understand this is a hard day in the Rombot world.
It’s only going to get worse.
Stay safe.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Matt “MWS” Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Firecracker,
I think we’d all appreciate it if you could find something else to talk about than evangelicals and bigotry.
===
Amen.
Go Newt!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Someone I had a conversation with on Facebook made this comparison with Newt and Romney:
And….didn’t Romney’s grandfather have 5 wives? To Newt’s 3? But Romney’s grandfather had them all at once.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Teapers need to ask themselves if the government can ever be big enough to satisfy Newt’s ego. Seriously.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Teledude who just accused me of being “clueless.”
How about this – let’s mark this exchange and come back to it and two months.
I predict Gingrich will do well in South Carolina but evangelicals will eventually take him down nationally.
Metro will you be the referee two months from now as to who was right?
Then we will see who is “embarrassed.”
January 21st, 2012 at 4:38 pm
269.teledude Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 4:31 pm
from Twitter:
Kateshon Political Trader
Exit Poll: Gingrich 34%; Romney 26%. 5.5% MOE. 1698 voters entering & exiting 132 randomly selected voting locations
woot!
===
Go Newt!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Why Newt getting elected is the sum of all fears for the establishment. (and why the establishment republicans eventually forced him out)
Newt and History
http://judsonphillips.com/newt-and-history/
January 21st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
From The Fix:
Sounds like those 2/3 voters did not do their homework – MUCH. If they do, they’d know how Newt is the wrong man for the job.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
To adapt a great debate line of yesteryear: If I could mate Newt Gingrich with another person on this stage, I’d probably find out I had arrived too late.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
just curious AT THE END of tonight do you all think we will get a idea if this thing ends or keeps going AFTER Florida?
January 21st, 2012 at 4:40 pm
276.
You ARE clueless about Evangelicals.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:40 pm
277 link?
January 21st, 2012 at 4:41 pm
281.
It ends in Tampa.
But:
SC + FL = Newt’s very very very likely our nominee
January 21st, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Ouch! Should help Santorum quite a bit.
And what’s with GOP nonsense in “GOP voters”? SC primary is open to anyone; anyone could vote with a Republican ballot, even the hardcore leftist. They are deciding for us who should represent us. Nice…
January 21st, 2012 at 4:41 pm
This is a good place to monitor which counties have more people.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/SC.html
January 21st, 2012 at 4:42 pm
SGS Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
From The Fix:
Exit polls from #scprimary: Two-thirds of voters say recent debates were the most or one of most impt issues in deciding vote. AMAZING.
===
I agree.
Go Newt!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Well, if those exit polling numbers are anywhere near accurate, we’re looking at a 10+ win for Noot.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:43 pm
284.
You’re delusional. Newt is going to get beaten like a rented mule in FL. The race has been going of for weeks already and Newt is way behind. Florida also isn’t his backyard the way SC is.
Enjoy tonight. This is the high water mark for Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Craig,
We’ll see in two months. Good luck.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:44 pm
285.
Sadly, your guy, Santorum is coming in dead last tonight. Sorry.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
285. Are you guys not listening to me?
The evangelical vote has moved to Newt. Big Time!
Santorum may not be in double digits. He probably won’t survive through Florida, He is toast.
It is foolhardy to doubt me.
I’m just here to help.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Newt will probably win but that 1698 sample poll is off – it has Romney doing worse among women than men compared to Gingrich which can’t be right.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
289.
You’re incorrect.
Go Newt!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I’m proclaiming the result of SC worthless because the voters did not do their homework, and the primary is open to practically anyone.
(Emphasis mine)
January 21st, 2012 at 4:47 pm
293.
Men wanna be Newt, Women wanna marry him!
Go Newt!!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Newt’s rise is the creation of the right and the left news media joining together with the same message..His support is very weak…Newt hasn’t worked for the support he’s getting. He has no donor’s, organization, or supporters who will stand with him through thick and thin when the vetting begins and his record and character is exposed.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Interesting report. Mitt and his team don’t like the press, and the feeling’s mutual. Newt acts like he hates the press during debates, but actually likes them:
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71741.html#ixzz1k8TIDbTd
January 21st, 2012 at 4:48 pm
296. Who Pelosi ?
January 21st, 2012 at 4:48 pm
289 — On what are you basing your claim on? I REALLY want to believe you.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Since the GREAT folks of SC have been first in the SOUTH, they have never been wrong about who our nominee will be.
That’s right. NEVER!
Oh..
Go Newt!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Nooot is telling Callista to start picking out the drapes.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:50 pm
298. Another sign of his “smarts” …so derided on here.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:50 pm
300. The talk in my part of FL is Romney but a SC win will chAnge the race. I still think Romney holdS on however in FL.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Um, yeah…
January 21st, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Newt is probably trying to bang young female reporters on the trail.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:52 pm
301. Florida changed things going this early now. Same with Michigan etc.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:52 pm
OMG! A reporter asked Mitt if he would try a Hush Puppy?
That bastard!
Well, that’s just how the press will do ya.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Big loss for Mitt.
Oh well, he came in 4th in SC in 2008 and he never planned on winning here.
On to Florida!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:53 pm
306. I’m impressed you were able to type that with one hand.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:53 pm
294.
No, I’m not. And here’s another prediction that will prove correct. As soon as the race moves to FL and Romney goes on the offensive instead of letting Newt have a week of debating the media and his numbers stay well behind Romney, you will disappear again rather than having the stones to face up to another loss.
That was a much easier call.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm
301
No one has ever lost both Iowa and NH and won the nomination.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Florida winner will be the nominee period.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Craig #297
Abandoning two women when they get sick and need him the most is not manly. And neither is sleeping with his mistress in his wife’s bed..
January 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm
306.
Stay classy.
Frankly, the level of discourse here is deteriorating to a point of incomprehensible drivel.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:54 pm
http://twitter.com/#!/ExJon/status/160849266271727616/photo/1
A quick peek at Newt’s victory speech tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:55 pm
310. Forgot Newt’s current wife isnt afflicted yet so maybe he is controlling himself.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:57 pm
That DOES make perfect sense. Thanks for the piece.
Newt USES the MSM but treats them like friends. Always has. And do they know it!
Willard, on the other hand is exceedingly awkward, clueless, and short with them. Bad traits for a politician. Probably explains why he is like 6 for 24 in winning various elections throughout his dismal political career.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:57 pm
316. Smack!
Love it!
LOL
January 21st, 2012 at 4:59 pm
306.
Rombot John2,
Does your mother know you’re on the internet?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:00 pm
One more hour until the polls close!!!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Does Newt know you are ? Better go hide.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:01 pm
I know it might be a while, but
I’ll be glad when Romney drops out and we don’t have to listen to these sexually repressed, low testosterone wankers any more.
what a bunch of sickos
January 21st, 2012 at 5:02 pm
290.
Thanks.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Why is there 320+ comments on a Gallup thread and only 45+ on the SC open thread?
Only at the emotional RACE42012 can that happen.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:04 pm
323.
Tru dat. Between the candidates wifes and sex misc., they’re pretty one-note.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:05 pm
325
The SC open thread goes live at 6:30 ET
January 21st, 2012 at 5:05 pm
http://startthinkingright.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/newt-with-nancy.png
Newt’s victory gathering
January 21st, 2012 at 5:06 pm
PeterHambyCNN Buzz: bad weather narrows margin a bit, but no one thinks Newt loses tonight. 5 point win is emerging CW right now.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:06 pm
325.
Did I chase them off down there? Didn’t mean to.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:06 pm
“I’ll be glad when Romney drops out and we don’t have to listen to these sexually repressed, low testosterone wankers any more.”
Good, then why don’t you go pick yourself up a hooker, and exercise the qualities you so clearly idolize in Newt?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:06 pm
They were saying all day bad weather helps Newt ?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:07 pm
“Two hours after I’m sworn in as President and by the time the Obama’s land in Chicago, I will have forty percent of Obama’s government dismantled.” – Newt Gingrich
January 21st, 2012 at 5:08 pm
ByronYork Exit polls, via Fox: Slightly more voters think Romney has made unfair attacks than think Gingrich has.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:09 pm
333
… which is a lie
January 21st, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Lessons from South Carolina today:
Blagoyevich shouldn’t be counted out for 2020
Madoff could return to investment banking . . . South Carolina might be a good place to set up shop.
Sanford shouldn’t have resigned, he should have just moved her from Argentina to the mansion.
South Carolina Republicans want a spokesperson for protecting marriage who has experienced a variety of arrangements.
Grandiose means something different down there.
Indignation and pomposity are the skills most in demand for Presidential candidates, and indicate genuine penitence.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:11 pm
GOP12 Married women going for Gingrich; single women split between Mitt and Newt. #FoxExitPoll
January 21st, 2012 at 5:12 pm
HaHa! Mitt sent Newt an “anniversary cake.” You do know what today is, don’t you, Newties.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:13 pm
337. That trend for married women with Newt has been an ongoing thing . . .
January 21st, 2012 at 5:13 pm
SO let me get this right if mitt wins = it’s over
if newt wins= this thing keeps going
January 21st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Married women for Newt? Well, why not? He gets married so often.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
This really could be the moment when the GOP becomes the Whigs, and dies off a dismal disgrace.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
340
Yes. But Noot wins easily.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:14 pm
“GOP12 Married women going for Gingrich”
If that holds, then South Carolina truly has, completely, lost its mind.
And one of the things that Romney needs to do if/when he becomes President is support primary reform that will raze what has become an unholy institution to the ground.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Excellent. Romney sent Newt an anniversary cake today to celebrate the 15the year anniversary of his ethics rebuke.
Now, at last, Romney is coming out fighting. I can’t wait for Florida.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:15 pm
337. I wonder if Newt’s limited himself to Republican or married women . . . if so I may have misjudged him.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:17 pm
It appears the mudslinging wankers for Mitt have overplayed their hand!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:17 pm
if your Obama’s campaign Iam guessing they want this to go till AT LEAST super Tuesday?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Teledude (333) “… I will have forty percent of Obama’s government dismantled” which is still 60% bigger than the one under Bush Administration. We need to cut 150% or more of Obama’s government, or 50% of Bush’s.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Judging by the talk of the media all the exit polls must have Gingrich winning by like 6% or something.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:18 pm
If, as many expect, Rubio and Jeb come out for Romney in the next couple of days, they going to have a lot of explaining to do…
….namely, WHY THE HELL WOULDN’T YOU ENDORSE MITT BEFORE SC, WHEN HE NEEDED THE BOOST?
If that plays out as it appears it will, I can’t help but think Jeb and Rubio were purposely trying to make Florida more important.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:19 pm
cause iam guessing the obama advisers are glued to the tv too even if they say NO?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:19 pm
347
Whatever man. You are beyond ridiculous. But I take great joy in knowing that Obama will destroy Gingrich, and the Tea Party with him. After 4 more years of Obama and Pelosi, Palin and her breed will be DOA in the GOP. It’ll belong to Christie, who is more moderate than Mitt.
Lose the battle, win the war. The baggers are finished.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Obama is dreaming of Newt winning with all the baggage that hasn’t been told yet.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:19 pm
337.Smack1968 Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 5:11 pm
GOP12 Married women going for Gingrich; single women split between Mitt and Newt. #FoxExitPoll
===
Woo hoo!
Married women = mostly conservative
Single women = mostly liberal
January 21st, 2012 at 5:20 pm
351
The establishment is making NH and FL more prominent, and crippling IA and SC, which will help future sane candidates overcome the Palin/Cain/insane wing.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Newt won’t get my vote if he becomes the nominee, I don’t care if we do end up with four more years of Obama. Gingrich does not belong in the White House.
He simply isn’t the better man.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:21 pm
347.
Quit whining. Again.
Newt was so proud of himself for his anti-capitalist, lefty hit on Romney with the dumb movie about Romney. All he did was insure that Romney is going to go absolutely nuclear on Newt in FL.
Newt hasn’t seen tough campaigning yet. But he’s about to.
And FL is not SC.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:21 pm
345.
Rombot,
Isn’t that kinda childish. How old is Willard?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:21 pm
355 Craig, that was actually pretty profound.
good job
January 21st, 2012 at 5:22 pm
SMACK BREAKING NEWS!!
Joe Paterno is near death. Family at his side.
May you rest in peace Joe Pa.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:22 pm
DOES RUBIO ENDORSE Before Jan 31? I would love to guess what he will do!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:22 pm
357.
Ask us if we care?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Looks like 2016 is going to be fun on this site.
Look for:
Rubio
Ryan
Christie
Jeb
Haley
McDonnell
to run. None of them will attract the clown brigade, and the Romney and RomNot coalitions will split and mash together in interesting ways. Gonna be a fun ride.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:23 pm
#356 -
Be that as it may:
1) It still hurts Social Conservatism, which is essential to our country
2) It drags. this. damn. race. out. another. six. weeks.
If Gingrich does win, and if the margin is close like it appears, and if Romney does end up with those key Florida endorsements, I can’t help but hold Jeb and Rubio partially accountable for sticking us with a long primary.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:23 pm
357. Kilburn, seriously dude.
Why don’t you just go and have yourself a good cry.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:24 pm
360.
I bat about .333
January 21st, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Eerybody is saying Newt wins SC by 5-6 points…right in line with the last major polls…PPP & Clemson….tracking polls on Friday with large MOE were way off.
On to Florida.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:25 pm
265.
You know you’ve mentioned dragging out the race 37,469 times?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Matthew (357) I feel the same. It is better to have Republicans taking control of the Capitol, and start the process to impeach Obama (when he “work” around their gridlock unconstitutionally) than to have Newt screwing up everything, causing Republicans to lose both Houses in 2016. It’ll be hard to fight against Newt when he has the ability to destroy you, no matter if you are his friend or foe.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Joe Pa heard Newt was winning and couldn’t bear it. Thanks a lot Newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:26 pm
“Why don’t you just go and have yourself a good cry.”
Because there isn’t any sadness.
Its pure anger.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:26 pm
368. I still say a few higher than 5-6…
January 21st, 2012 at 5:27 pm
“You know you’ve mentioned dragging out the race 37,469 times?”
Because its a point that can’t be overemphasized, perhaps?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:27 pm
If Newt becomes the nominee, the only question will be can Obama match or even eclipse Reagan and Nixon’s 49 state win.
Given that Newt is already losing Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina to Obama, it’s very possible.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:27 pm
interesting exit poll result: of the 45 percent of SC voters who said beating Obama was top consideration – 49% Newt, 41% Romney
January 21st, 2012 at 5:28 pm
DavidChalian MT @stephenfhayes: interesting exit poll result: of the 45% of SC voters who said beating Obama was top consideration – 49% Newt, 41% Romney
More evidence that Mitt needs a good debate on Monday night…not just one that meets the needs of the Romney supporters here at RACE42012…but a debate performance that the common GOP voter can get behind.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:28 pm
310. Tele, you’ve GOT to stop with the sexual references. Now.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
“The FiveThirtyEight forecast model, which heavily weights the most recent polling and a candidate’s momentum, now projects Mr. Gingrich to win South Carolina by just under 10 points, forecasting him to get 38.7 percent of the vote to Mr. Romney’s 29.3 percent.”
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
#376 Then they are completely delusional. This country is NOT going to trade in Obama for newt.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
364.
Why in hell would they primary Newt/Marco in 2016?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
“interesting exit poll result: of the 45 percent of SC voters who said beating Obama was top consideration – 49% Newt, 41% Romney”
Thinking objectively for a moment – if thats what is fueling Newt’s surge, he has real problems ahead, because of all the things in this campaign, the fact that Romney continuously runs stronger against Obama is the most well-documented and least disputable.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
380.
Just watch, Sister
January 21st, 2012 at 5:30 pm
i wonder DOES RUBIO ENDORSE Before Jan 31? I would love to guess what he will do!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:30 pm
I wonder what kind of person is capable of serial adultery and righteous indignation. I don’t think I know anybody who could pull that off. Fortunately.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:30 pm
“interesting exit poll result: of the 45 percent of SC voters who said beating Obama was top consideration – 49% Newt, 41% Romney”
GO NEWT, baby!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:31 pm
384.
Wait for Newt to choose HIM!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:31 pm
378. Keith…I’m trying to get you guys to knock it off.
You’re the ones in the gutter.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Let’s go to the next thread.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Who is this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
I’m going away for a while. I get sick to my stomach reading the posts, here. The ABRs are all in your face and the Romney supporters are admitting defeat.
This place is depressing right now.
Smack, Tele, SoJo and others, enjoy your few days of celebration. I’ll come back when it’s not so gloomy, here.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
379.teledude Says:
January 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
“The FiveThirtyEight forecast model, which heavily weights the most recent polling and a candidate’s momentum, now projects Mr. Gingrich to win South Carolina by just under 10 points, forecasting him to get 38.7 percent of the vote to Mr. Romney’s 29.3 percent.”
Did I say? GO NEWT!!!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Craig – You have been said a variety of “just watch” without supplying answers or facts to some of our questions 98,674 times. Pretty much the same as Newt, when he has been telling us he can fix the whole universe’s problems without telling us how.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
If Newt won the beating Obama question, he will cruise tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
SC exit poll: 1/4 said it was deeply important that a candidate share their religious views
January 21st, 2012 at 5:34 pm
391.
See ya.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:34 pm
“378. Keith…I’m trying to get you guys to knock it off.”
Bull****. You’re trying to get people to look the other way from the kind of despicable occupier of too much space that Newt Gingrich his.
You have shown time and again that you don’t give a damn about a person’s character, or about social values. You just hate Romney.
If Gingrich was routinely soliciting prostitutes, you’d still be backing him.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Gingrich/Cain!
(You know what I mean . . . wink, wink, nudge, nudge . . . )
January 21st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
393.
I’ll tell ya later, Rombot.
Tonight.. it’s eat, drink, and be CONSERVATIVE
Btw, check tonight’s internals among CONSERVATIVES if you get a chance.
GO NEWT!
January 21st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
I wouldn’t mind a long primary, except Gingrich is trying to divide the party along regional and economical lines. He’s also using Obama/99% arguments that Obama is already using in ads.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
368.
Sounds about right. A modest win for a son of the South in a very, deep South state. Still not nearly as impressive as Romney did in NH.
I don’t care what the exit polls say, anyone who has spent anytime in the South knows that many think the Northern War of Aggression is still going on and nothing is more damaging than a guy like Newt from GA calling his opponent a Massachusetts moderate about 2000 times a day. When I was living in FL, I dated a girl from GA. Her folks had a second home in SC which was their retirement destination. The two states may have a border but it is pretty blurred.
Florida on the other hand, is not SC. There are parts along the northern border and the Panhandle that are the South but as the old saying goes the further south you go in FL the further north you get. Tampa and much of the west coast feels like the midwest transplanted to the beach while the areas around Fort Lauderdale and Miami have so many retirees from the Northeast you can even get a good cup of chowder and a passable cheesesteak.
If Newt tries his son of the South shtick in Florida it will have limited effect. And the Romney campaign has been blanketing the state for a year now. And now Romney will shake off the prevent defense campaign mode and go on attack. No more free passes from Newt, we will be back to the time when Newt tried to poke Romney about the individual mandate and Romney shoved it back down his throat.
Enjoy the win tonight, Smack. It’s going to be a lot less easy from here on out.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:38 pm
397. Kilburn…I do not hate Romney, he is my second choice.
You, however, hate Newt…it is eating you up inside. turning your heart black.
You can’t go on like this…it’s not healthy.
I’m just here to help
January 21st, 2012 at 5:39 pm
The media spin is in high gear already. The leading narrative tonight and tomorrow is that this is an entirely new race. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is slamming Romney saying that SC proves that the more people see Romney the less they like him. And she says this from Newt Gingrichs SC Party tonight. I wonder what that says about who the Dems would rather face??
January 21st, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Looking at it objectively. Did Romney really have a chance winning in a state full of toothless hillbillies that all have been married multiple times?
That ia a Noot crowd folks.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:41 pm
397.
Matthew Rombot,
Since you won’t stop talking about it, do you want a prostitute for your 18th birthday? Is that the real deal?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Isn’t Deliverance South Carolina’s state movie? No wonder all these people love Noot. It explains a lot about Tele, Craig for Losers, and Smack as well.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:44 pm
I would add that the only thing southern voters hate more than a damn yankee is the press which they view slightly less positively than they do Beelzebub.
Newt was given a gift in SC when he got the daily double of running against Romney and the msm.
The dream ends tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:44 pm
403 Oh yes. The Democrats would LOVE to face Gingrich. He’s McCain with a double down on the affairs, double the offensiveness, minus the military service and it appears he was a Freddie Mac lobbyist to boot.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:44 pm
406. Do you feel better now?
Such hatred…so unbecoming.
absolutely no class at all. Mitt would be disappointed in his supporters on here I’m sure.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:45 pm
The South is not impressed with a blue blood Yankee RINO.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Dump Willard. He’s TOO regional.
http://nebraskattitude.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-romney-video.html
January 21st, 2012 at 5:47 pm
409. Come on boy, squeel like a pig.
Tele..you are the torchbearer for class my friend. HAHAHA.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Reporter: Gingrich do you have an open marriage?
Newton Jr: NO! How dare you! . . . . . who’s asking?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:49 pm
413…How dare you…is she cute?
January 21st, 2012 at 5:49 pm
410 No, they’re clearly impressed with a Southern narcissistic philandering RINO.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:49 pm
luckily the other regions of the country are not impressed by a Bismarkian nut case like newt…midwest and northeast states have already spoken, the west will say the same
January 21st, 2012 at 5:52 pm
416 I know, 4th in Iowa for a guy who did sermons in Iowa with Huckabee.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:54 pm
417, exactly, why can evangelicals in other states see through this guy?, but in the South they are just freaking stupid
January 21st, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Congrats Newtsters. Big victory for your candidate.
I still feel very confident that Romney will be the nominee, but this does make things very interesting and even more fun.
Again, enjoy tonight.
January 21st, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Newt’s medical records should be made public. He can hardly waddle across the stage without looking exhausted, and the primary is just beginning.
January 21st, 2012 at 7:35 pm
I think some of these Evangelicals and their Pastors want to take America back to the 19th century America. It must be hard to be so closed minded and afraid.
January 21st, 2012 at 8:50 pm
You might be a red neck if you voted for NEwT.
January 22nd, 2012 at 5:40 am
Ron Paul is the only honest and conservative candidate who can restore America.
Please Watch: http://youtu.be/I8NhRPo0WAo
please be aware of GOP war mongers lies about him.