2012 republican presidential nominee III: can romney get santorum out of his hair?

oh i don't agree with that at all, it's going to be wisconsin nationwide, candidates notwithstanding.

Obama isn't leading the national equivalent of the anti-Walker forces, I'm afraid.

when's the last time two guys w/ such spotless bios faced off?

that reminds me, I saw eliot spitzer on the street today

If Romney does no worse than a very close second in both SC and Florida, then I agree that we can put 'paid' to the republican nomination. If he's blown out in SC or in Florida, or is pushed down to third place, even by a small amount, then we have a race to giggle about for a while longer.

mitt romney isn't walker, either! i don't think it matters.

nah it's over xp

But goole just pointed out that he's doing quite well in SC.

From a few days ago but you get the idea:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57354122-503544/romney-surges-in-south-carolina-poll-has-nearly-double-the-support-of-runner-up-santorum/

but you see, if Romney BARELY manages to get second place he may have a shot in the imaginary tea party I am holding in my mind

http://www.disorderlyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/T-Alice-TeaPartySmall.jpg

This is going to be a boring election, gentlemen: Wonder Boy versus Flim-Flam Man.

OK, I have to be the one to ask who's who?

It doesn't matter.

This is going to be a very entertaining election when y'all are freaking out over the electoral dead heat on Halloween. "For our children's sake, vote for the Detainer!"

OK, I see Nate Silver is calling it like this in South Carolina:

Mitt Romney 32.8%
Newt Gingrich 23.0%
Rick Santorum 22.8%

Which said result would be game over, imo. The remainder of the field would continue to squirm on the hook for a while, but they couldn't expect much longevity without a Mittplosion.

Newt needs Santorum to keep doing Blah things

I don't know if this is sound or not:

http://theamericanscene.com/2012/01/09/win-place-and-show

The thing is, it leaves a number of obvious people--Rubio, Christie, Ryan--out of the equation. (If Romney were to lose against Obama, I would think anybody connected to this whole nomination cycle would be tainted going into 2016.) (Herman Cain included.)

A Big Check From a Billionaire, and Gingrich Gets a Lift
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and ERIC LIPTON

A $5 million check from Sheldon Adelson underscores how a Supreme Court ruling has made it possible for a wealthy individual to influence an election.

idk if this is the guy or if they just used their stock tycoon.jpg

http://i1.nyt.com/images/2012/01/10/us/subADELSON/subADELSON-thumbStandard.jpg

http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/monopoly-man.jpg

This is going to be a very entertaining election when y'all are freaking out over the electoral dead heat on Halloween. "For our children's sake, vote for the Detainer!"

as you might say, "which one is that"

also lol Obama is gonna wipe the floor with Romney, if there's a "dead heat" on Halloween I'll eat my hat

really? does Mitt have his own drone arsenal too? xp

It could happen, I suppose. And maybe not.

100% certain Mitt is pro-drone strikes and pro-indefinite detentions what is your point

romney in 2008 famously said we should "double gitmo". which you'll admit is very different from "reduce it by 12 to 15% over 45 years"

ah, I thought we were talking about things that HAVE been done by an actual president! Has Mittens prosecuted whistleblowers too?

what is the source of this "Obama is gonna wipe the floor with Romney" MEME, as you kidz call it? Was it the pared down "I love to fire people" distortion of typical Mittens blather?

I think Geir hasn't come back because he realized that Morbs has taken this singleminded approach to dead horse beating to an entirely new level.

Romney lost his chance in November when the signs of an improving economy first showed themselves.

man don't jinx it

the economy i mean.

what is the source of this "Obama is gonna wipe the floor with Romney" MEME, as you kidz call it?

uh, I am the source of it? I've been predicting this for at least a year

yeah it's way too early to assume the economy's gonna be better than 'ehhhhh'

nothin means nothin til Labor Day

yeah it's way too early to assume the economy's gonna be better than 'ehhhhh'

that's all the man in the White House needs

I dunno if 8% unemployment is really gonna sell as 'morning in america' but who knows

just clap yr hands and believe "he is gonna be sooooo liberal in his second term" /clinton96

I dunno if 8% unemployment is really gonna sell as 'morning in america' but who knows

The White House doesn't have to sell Morning in America (Reagan had 7% unemployment in '84) -- only Know Hope.

just clap yr hands and believe "he is gonna be sooooo liberal in his second term" /clinton96

no one here thinks this

ayo morbs have you ever been to a 'red' state?

leave morbs alone!!

He actually went to Birmingham, Alabama, last year iirc, but safe in a hermetically sealed bus.

no one here thinks this

^^^

The White House doesn't have to sell Morning in America (Reagan had 7% unemployment in '84) -- only Know Hope.

well, context matters - that 7% was a huge drop from a year previous:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ws8RVJ7UJ5I/SxsKHKt_fsI/AAAAAAAAAew/CzkNMTDcY-4/US%20unemployment%5B3%5D.png

7.2 percent gdp growth in 1984. anyone want to bet on whether 2012 is gonna be a year of 7.2 percent gdp growth?? half of that would be a miracle.

just clap yr hands and believe "he is gonna be sooooo liberal in his second term" /clinton96

you gotta be fair morbs I don't hear anybody here making this claim. people did then though for sure but nobody is now, I think even the most ardent Obama supporters don't have illusions about how liberal he's gonna be after NDAA et al

Don't remind timellison.

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Santorum rally now playing Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up." Gotta admit, did not see this one coming.
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Now Santorum event playing George Michael. Not sensing any irony here.
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Santorum's sick and tired of the hism-schism

I smiled so big at that 1 thank you Shakey Mo