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

rare footage of Gingrich in the latter stages of sucking the life force from a once-nubile teen

http://gocomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5f3053ef0162ffce449a970d-pi

i am legit surprised gingrich has turned this into a real run.

is it really tho? like can you even sketch out a theoretical path to victory for newt absent romney dead girl/live boy type thing?

ha by 'this' i meant this one day in SC, not the whole primary contest

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/gingrich-tied-with-romney-in-south-carolina-forecast

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HE SPEAKS!

Charleston, S.C. — Speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Herman Cain just announced his presidential endorsement.

After saying that it would not please the media (but it would please the American people), Cain said he was not endorsing a candidate, but instead, would endorse “we the people.”

yiiiiikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3UU-FyJEc&t=40

(speaking of "uppity" on the other thread)

i'm afraid 'we the people' did not submit enough signatures to be on the virginia ballot

okay when that lady says "thank you for putting Mr. JUAN WILLIAMS in his place", there is a split second where an "oh shit" expression goes across Gingrich's place, it's hilarious

TNC on that: http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/real-racists-do-real-things/251625/

okay when that lady says "thank you for putting Mr. JUAN WILLIAMS in his place", there is a split second where an "oh shit" expression goes across Gingrich's place, it's hilarious

Yeah, but then he's all

http://holidaygifgiver.com/media/images/gifs/300/300_original.gif

yeah the mask snaps back very quickly, in fact the transition for "yikes" to "aw shucks, me?" is a lot of what makes it funny

Despair sets in at HotAir:

Good to know that we finally have an a Not Romney. Too bad it’s a guy who was famously unpopular the last time he held major public office, who couldn’t pull it together enough to get on the ballot in his home state, who’s flirted with the individual mandate and cap-and-trade, and whose penchant for loose-cannon grand pronouncements is guaranteed to generates oodles of “unhelpful” news cycles if he’s the nominee. Come next week, your choice will be between him, Captain Flipflop, and Ron Paul. Worst field ever. Ever.

hahaha Ron Paul doesn't even merit a disparaging nickname, he's so terrible

Ugh, I FB-friended one of my wife's long-lost crazy uncles over Christmas break and man, if that guy can't find a way to shoehorn a "Ron Paul 2012" into everything...

"And what did you have for the holiday dinner."

"Hard money."

Huzzah.

In an interview on Sean Hannity’s radio show today, Palin dismissed Marianne Gingrich’s allegations as “old news” and contended that it will help the former House Speaker “soar even more.”

Also, uh?

Former South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford will respond to Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne’s ABC News interview in an MSNBC exclusive, the cable news network announces. Her interview will be on Chris Matthews' Hardball in the 5 p.m. ET hour on MSNBC.

Which means it's happened or happening now...anyone?

Meanwhile, can't wait for the reports from Alfred and Daniel Esq. about whatever flood of BS ads will be heading their way from all parties, thus:

The Romney-backing “super PAC” Restore Our Future is spending big in Florida, dropping $1,539,255.73 in Florida media buys to oppose Newt Gingrich on Wednesday and Thursday, according to FEC filings. Restore Our Future also spent $83,271.37 for Florida direct mail opposing Santorum and $214,377.56 in support of Romney.

And:

Newt Gingrich's campaign is running an anti-Romney Spanish-language ad on major Miami radio stations, per The Miami Herald:

In the piece, a man's voice (not Gingrich) calls Mitt Romney a "liberal" who is "anti-immigrant" and may have "fame" but not be up to the job of president. Perhaps most damning, the ad says, "Mitt Romney goes around using Castro phrases," referring to the 2008 presidential campaign when Romney, campaigning in Miami, mistakenly associated a Fidel Castro slogan with a free Cuba. ....

Here's the text of the latter portion of the ad. The translation is ours.

Newt Gingrich is a candidate who has committed himself to the Hispanic people, a Republican in the style of Ronald Reagan with experience. Unlike Mitt Romney, who goes around using Castro phrases, Newt Gingrich fought against the regime alongside Ileana and Lincoln to approve the Helms-Burton law. He supported the creation of Radio and TV Martí and is in favor of prosecuting the Castro brothers for bringing down the Brothers to the Rescue planes. Newt Gingrich has given his word to the Hispanic community in writing and won't let us down.

Well at least it's not French.

soar even more

This woman has poetry in her veins.

Oh, the flood of Obama and Romney ads has already beggun.

Have fun!

praying for a Florida race well into December again

Which means it's happened or happening now...anyone?

agh, I watched Chris Matthews for four minutes...Ned, I'll never forgive you. PS, the segment was totally substance-free, except for Jenny Sanford accusing Matthews and other media people of hearing racist code where there isn't any.

Roffles:

Rick Santorum had some harsh words for rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney today.

“Both of them supported individual mandates,” he said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, his voice sounding hoarse and worn-out. With cadets from the Citadel and his wife Karen standing behind him, Santorum continued his argument. “Both of them supported global warming,” he remarked, “and one of them sat on a couch with Nancy Pelosi to talk about how they need to do so something. And … both of them supported the Wall Street bailout.”

“How are we going to differentiate ourselves on the major issues of the day if we nominate Tweedledee and Tweedledum instead of someone who stood up [for conservativism]?” Santorum asked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI-COq6FOM

I thought everyone supported global warming

so sitting on a couch really is a thing with them

Still deeply in love with Ron Paul's well timed 'helpful' reminder that there are five government departments to cut.

What was Newt supposed to do? Stand?

Morality works like infection; exposure at all to the evil godless liberals will infect you, etc

Holy cow: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/romney-snaps-at-questioner-americas-right-and-youre-wrong.php

Think about how deftly Obama handled "Joe the Plumber" and how ham-handed this is. Tells the guy he's hurting America, red-baits him, and sarcastically calls him "buddy." In a sane country this alone would disqualify him for office.

my god santorum is such a dork

"we recited the pledge of allegiance before we went on air, and now we hear the national anthem"

paraphrasing. gawwwwd what a load of shit. the thought of everyone reciting the pledge of allegiance together makes me puke in my mouth a little bit

lol John King

lol gingrich gettin all huffy

um is newt crying?!?!

Gingrich pretending history doesnt exist

those eyes are def. watery

predictable strategy from newt (THIS IS DESPICABLE, FUCK YOU AND THE MEDIA!), but it's getting standing ovations.

not sure what other strategy he could go with tbh

haha newt is awesome

Newt goin hard dang

Mitt looks too pleased

well, he just claimed the "story was false" about the open marriage so...huh.

I kinda don't get the open marriage thing, why have an open marriage just to date Callista?

that seems to be the point over which he says the story is false. there was a clip of the interview played on cable earlier in which marianne says (paraphrasing) that in effect newt was asking for an open marriage. in effect. i suppose it is her interpretation that newt wanting to have a mistress and stay married to her means 'asking for an open marriage,' while newt interprets it differently, at least.

john king is a good moderator

feel like this open marriage story wont hurt newt in the primary since its obv a calculated attempt by the liberal media to derail the true scion of gop conservativehood or whatever

Romney just defended medicare and trashed government run healthcare in one breath smh

lol do these fools really think repealing hcr is gonna be a big selling point in the general