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

can't they teach romney to switch up from his monotone voice and add a little character to it?

he sounds the same no matter what he says

I think they can program him to do that, yes.

santorum is going off the deep end here

lol Santorum thinks Chavez is Cuba's puppet huh

dude that is prevailing Miami Cuban sentiment

Sorry about allowing the cancer you voted for, Bolivia.

fivethirtyeight Nate Silver
I don't think Romney has much of a chance of winning the Obamacare vs Romnecare debate in the fall.
10 minutes ago

this will be a riot

Missed this:

9.28 pm. Holy shit. Romney actually reminded people that his only wife had both multiple sclerosis and cancer and he stuck with her. Wow. When he wants to stab someone in the front, he knows how.

this will be a riot

otm

presumably it'll go something like: "no, romney, you don't understand. i really, really, really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for designing the program that i based our national healthcare system on."

palestinian republicans: the forgotten electoral demographic

are palestinian republicans the nascar dads of 2012

looking forward to the Log-Cabin/Palestinian Republican coalition

just tuned in

delicious

I think Newt has said "I agree with Governor Romney" about four times in the past 15 minutes. Goodbye, Newt.

DAMMIT SOMEBODY SAY MORMON SOMEBODY SAY MORMON

I thought Mitt was winning this huge until Santorum boxed him in on the mandate.

i like that the fringe dudes are literally on the fringe

yeah I pretty much agree w/ that take matt

Maybe that Romney-Santorum confrontation on health care will hurt Romney in October debates, but I don't think it hurt him at all in this contest--I thought he dodged it pretty well.

obama's a much more coherent debater than any of these dudes and if he really wants to make romney squirm w/ health care it won't be hard

Maybe they'd both just sidestep the issue. Obama never seems eager to bring the issue up (what'd get the other night, two minutes?), and I'm sure that would be fine with Romney. Obama making Romney squirm because Romney created the blueprint for a program that has been a political liability (thus far) for Obama is...confusing.

People in that audience cheered when Romney alluded to Romneycare!

audience seemed pretty pro-romney from the start

It's insanity and cowardice for Obama not to campaign on the most popular elements the AHCA. He can say, "My plan is far from perfect, but thanks to it your children don't have to worry about not having insurance at college. Thanks to this, you needn't worry that your daughter won't get coverage because she was born with diabetes."

*of the AHCA

it's gop redmeat too, which means romney is going to have to campaign against it whether it's totally awkward or not

Support for those things in the AHCA has never waned! It's a good record to campaign on!

that's a good point

It's one of those pieces of legislation where if you went down the list and asked if voters agreed with each provision, they'd agree with 99%. Then if you asked if they agreed with Obama's healthcare reform policies, they'd get angry and denounce all the things they just said yes to.

DAMMIT SOMEBODY SAY MORMON SOMEBODY SAY MORMON

GET A BRAIN MORMANS

no surprise but they basically told that "palestinian-american republican" dude to go fuck himself

Bob Dole releases Gingrich dis track

Can't believe pitching a permanent moon base isn't a campaign killer.

that's newt has all this 'supported policy now considered left-wing' in his past
― iatee, Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that's true of like 50+% percent of republicans in federal gov't before 2000

:-(

it was a lol moment like 10 debates ago when mitt was all I got the idea for Romneycare from you newt I just wanted u to like me why don't u like me

http://www.theonion.com/articles/time-traveler-from-the-year-1998-warns-nation-not,27178/

Time Traveler From The Year 1998 Warns Nation Not To Elect Newt Gingrich

January 26, 2012 | ISSUE 48•04

WASHINGTON—Saying he came bearing an important message from the past, a stranger from the year 1998 appeared on the Capitol steps Thursday and urged voters not to elect Newt Gingrich president in 2012. "In the late 20th century, Newt Gingrich is a complete disgrace!" said the time-traveling man, warning Americans that 14 years in the not-so-distant past, Gingrich becomes the only speaker in the history of the House of Representatives to be found guilty on ethics charges, and is later forced to resign. "In my time, he shuts down the federal government for 28 days because his feelings get hurt over having to sit at the back of Air Force One. Gingrich gets our president impeached for lying about marital infidelities when, at the same time, Gingrich himself is engaged in his own extramarital affairs. And for God's sake, he divorced his first wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. Won't anyone listen to me?!?" When asked about Donald Trump, the time-traveler said he had no information on the man, as no one from 1998 cared about a "washed-up fake millionaire."

you guys talk about the lengthy Ron Paul ads before Youtubes yet?

http://www.therightscoop.com/sarah-palin-cannibals-in-gop-establishment-employ-tactics-of-the-left/

Palin's usually as transparent as you'd expect someone so dumb to be (she's one of the few people I feel comfortable calling dumb), but I find her sudden attachment to Gingrich puzzling. I'm not sure what she expects to get out of this.

another book deal? a spot next to him on the couch?

a spot next to him on the moon

veep

I don't get it. Her own political standing has all but vanished, and she's jumped on board with someone who looks to be headed for oblivion himself. As an expression of her own consuming resentment over her fall from the party's good graces, it makes sense, but otherwise, not at all.

My read: she waited until a candidate began to emerge who was gaining the majority of the tea party's support -- and now Gingrich has emerged as their guy. It doesn't matter atm whether he wins the nomination or not. She needed to show she was on the same wavelength with the people who buy her books, who watch her on Fox, who put bread on her table and fill up her bank account.

how did u guys get SO CYNICAL

We learned it from YOU!!! (Or Morbs, I forget)

If she has indeed given up on the idea of ever holding elective office again--especially the delusion of the presidency--then Aimless's interpretation makes sense. I was working from the assumption she hadn't, that she was moving around chess pieces in her head. (Okay, Snakes and Ladders.)

I'm pretty sure she's aware enough to know that if Romney/Paul/Santorum get the nom she won't be brought along for anything.

We learned it from YOU!!! (Or Morbs, I forget)

― nickn, Friday, January 27, 2012 7:28 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i learned it by watching you dad or mom or someone i cant remember so fn high damn