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

(local = MN)

all anecdotal from attendees, tho...

santorum would be a pretty crappy vp pick

I don't know, they might be able to mop up the social conservatives

yeah but you can do that w/ someone less boring

There were two dudes on the dais with Rick last night who were def. NOT finding him boring. They were hanging on every word of his speech like true believers, sorta teary eyed, nodding and affirming on the key lines like some sort of church revival meeting. (I'm sure this goes on at Dem caucuses, too, but these guys were just super-notable to me. Don't know who either of them are; one of them is partially obscured behind Rick's head, the other is blue shirted on the right.

http://20poundsofheadlines.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/santorum-wins-missouri.jpg

But the three victories for Mr. Santorum also place a fresh burden on him as he tries to swiftly build a structure to compete with Mr. Romney’s battled-tested campaign team. His aides predicted that the evening would bring an outpouring of financial support. He also may be able to expect more help from the “super PAC” that supports him, the Red, White and Blue Fund. Its leading benefactor, the mutual fund executive Foster Friess, was standing directly behind Mr. Santorum as he gave his victory speech.

Asked by e-mail whether he would invest more heavily in the super PAC, Mr. Friess wrote back, “With him doing so well tonight, he won’t need me!”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/politics/minnesota-colorado-missouri-caucuses.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

i.e., "no"

Foster Friess is to Santorum's right, I was looking behind his head. That guy got a lot of inadvertant camera time last night. No big deal, just curious.

http://content9.flixster.com/rtmovie/7_ori.jpg

man Santorum surging ... this is the lolziest GOP primary ever

Wolcott weighs in on Santorum's C-list:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2012/01/Rick-Santorum-The-Grate-White-Hope

But Santorum said Wednesday that his campaign would compete hard in Michigan on Feb. 28 and in the March 6 “Super Tuesday” states. He said his campaign raised about $250,000 online Tuesday night but insisted that funding alone was not the key to the race.

this is a pathetic amount - is Santorum the only one without major financial backing?

yes

that's what santorum needs a CUMbomb

They had a graphic on CNN last night about how much ad money each campaign has spent so far. Romney's margin was ungodly--something like $23 million to five or six million for the next guy. This makes his current problems even more embarrassing.

money can only do so much

Money can't buy you love.

romney spent nothing on the airwaves in these three states

romney spent plenty on south carolina tho

Money changes everything. Unless you're Mitt Romney.

(True about these three states; I think Santorum spent the most in Minnesota, where Gingrich spent exactly zero dollars.)

this factoid comes ultimately from a politico church piece

http://www.politico.com/morningscore/0212/morningscore528.html

ABSENCE OF COMMERCIALS HELPED DOOM ROMNEY: For the first time in any of the early contests, Romney and his affiliated super PAC did not blanket the airwaves with ads. It may not be the only reason Romney won some of his races, but it certainly was a big one — and it helped in a paid media state like Florida.

im sure romney thought w/e santorums not gonna win all three no one will care move onto super tuesday

he coulda done better w/ ads, maybe even won colorado, but those other margins aren't things you can buy w/ ads

these were all non-binding on the delegates so more likely Romney just didn't give a fuck and figures he either a) doesn't need those delegates or b) can pick them up later in some kind of deal

primaries almost never abt the delegates

right

mitt romney is not doing any math

*sigh*

The poll shows that 53 percent of self-identified liberal Democrats — and 67 percent of moderate or conservative Democrats — support keeping Guantanamo Bay open, even though it emerged as a symbol of the post-Sept. 11 national security policies of George W. Bush, which many liberals bitterly opposed.

oops wrong thread

*sigh*

that's what santorum needs a CUMbomb

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2zp42VeG1qa2rino1_400.gif

oh no fucking way

He's either doing what we think or miming sticking a knife into his campaign.

Santorum describes his plan to criminalize spilling of seed.

Funny you mention that...

he's saying that he really feels something in his gut

(the "something" is anal froth)

The previously mentioned Leon Wolf at RedState begins to realize something about all the candidates.

Also from there, this bit:

Mitt Romney, I’ve come to sincerely believe, considers those not from his own rather isolated Cheyenne Village to be something else. It explains how he could even accidently articulate the fact that he doesn’t worry about the very poor. He’s willing to be nice to people like myself, but it’s not like he’ll any more use for me after Election Day than he would for a prophylactic after an act of sexual intercourse.

Romney in bad need of a "Checkers speech"

yup, time 2 take the dog off the top of the car

and someone who they want to mount Pickett’s Charge with

Telling at several levels

awkward, inconclusive insertion of Bill James/baseball sabermetrics in there, but hey. xxxxp

hoo boy, yeah

xp re: pickett

poor Mittens, he's so doomed

re-iterating my plea to rename this thread "needs more booing"

Shakey this really does seem like your first election

(morbs, are you as much of an asshole IRL as you are here? if not, why not?)

(he is def. not, although i've not particularly provoked him, either)

So even George Will sees through Romney's foreign policy bluster

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-need-more-than-rhetoric-on-defense/2012/02/07/gIQA5SF1zQ_story.html?hpid=z2

am, let's wait and see if Bam landslides Mitt b4 we decide if I'm an asshole for thinking calling an election 9 months in advance is premature, mmmmkay?

and the answer is: Opinions differ.

lol morbs havent you been calling the primary for mitt for months