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

It's a tight squeeze right now, but I'm hoping Santorum rises up.

I was born to be Andy Richter.

It's a tight squeeze right now, but I'm hoping Santorum rises up.

eww, not a pleasant thought in any sense of the word "Santorum"

also, lol Gingrich

back to lurking

@anamariecox "He has to get his manhood back, go after Santorum" - Chris Matthews on Romney. I have no idea how to improve on that. #iowa

I don't know what to make of Gingrich's 13% tonight. Obviously terrible compared to where he was four weeks ago, but not the under-10% wipeout I was expecting a few days ago. I'd say he probably tread water enough to hang around past Florida, and the good news is that he's really angry and ready to go postal.

Excellent start: Gingrich just spent a minute congratulating Santorum on his excellent night and positive campaign, then said, "I wish I could say the same of every candidate--but I can't."

Newt going postal would liven things up in a most agreeable manner.

newt's entire life is an exercise in going postal innit?!?

that said, he's gonna hang on like a vampire isn't he?!?

It's large, so I'll just link to it, but here's the ad Gingrich is running in NH tomorrow:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/newt-mitt.png

all of these guys are dicks!!

just saying

Dicks was the last Republican administration--these are Newts and Mitts and Ricks.

Alfred's hero, David Gergen, says that Gingrich is "on a crusade to bring Mitt Romney down."

robonewt!

if you were forced to share an apartment with one of these assholes for a month, who would you choose?

rick perry (best) - he's really dumb but is seems like he'd give you some space. he apparently believes that he's been chosen by god to, uh, run a terrible campaign and then exit early, but i get the feeling that he only evangelizes when other evangelists are looking. he'd probably leave me alone and pay the rent.
huntsman - almost put him at #1 but it seemed too obvious. he's a fool but at least he doesn't think scientists are evil.
mitt romney - he would be really boring and would probably think less of you for not wearing a sport coat all of the time, and he's a cold and calculating robot, but at least he seems somewhat intelligent.
michele bachman - what a sad state of affairs where this monster somehow doesn't rank last. she would yell at you about the dishes, she'd yell at you for not going to church, she'd just fucking yell at you all of the time.
newt gingrich - he only pays half the rent and tries to make you pay 150% of your own rent, justifying it by laying out a laundry list of things you have done wrong.
santorum (worst) - anything you do is wrong. you are going to hell, and he will always have his annoying, crying family over. also all of the anal froth everywhere, all over the carpet, in the cappucino

they are all rich

Fundamentally, not Newt. I'm guessing that when the cameras are off, Perry's just like one of the drunks who used to bang up power carts when I worked at a golf course 35 years ago. I think he'd probably be fun.

santorum would be the best because imagine how fun it would be to make him listen to your sex noises.

Bachmann not dropping out. The debate this weekend shall be...of interest.

can this pleaaaaase end in a tie

oh, no tie ... just getting rid of ONE of these assholes for good would be nice (apparently TOO nice).

I know this is the expectations-game that drives non-junkies crazy, but I think Romney and Santorum are in the clear either way--it seems to me that it's Paul who got dented a bit tonight.

Romney got all of 25% of the Iowa vote, and according to a source (boston.com) linked on google: "only 56 percent of Romney's backers voiced strong support for him". Good show, big fella.

That 56% does surprise (and encourage) me.

ha neither is gonna drop out after losing by 50 votes - a virtual tie - especially romney

xxp

feel like there might be a big difference in the narrative if romney wins iowa and nh!! vs. comes 2nd in iowa (by 100 votes) and wins nh

until tonight, i thought that i knew the only true-blue Santorum supporter (a coworker, an otherwise wonderful chap) ... he isn't even from Pennsylvania (or, maybe that's why he likes Man-on-Dog so much).

Wouldn't a solid win for Romney in NH make Iowa more or less moot? I mean, I hope it doesn't happen, but if it does?

perry sounds like he's about to drop out

Wow--Perry seems to be dropping out.

he just said he would return to texas and "assess" the situation, or whatever.

not unexpected, i guess, but i thought he'd drag it out a bit longer

suspending his campaign

oh, shit, reassessing, not suspending. fuck you rachel maddow, i was right!

already saw the media prepping the 'romneys been hanging around Iowa for years why doesnt no one like him' narrative earlier tonight fwiw

nice knowin ya rick j/k you're ridiculous

This reassessment of Perry's will result in him bowing out of the next debate and essentially ending the campaign.

That's about the first smart thing he's done all campaign. Bachmann reportedly lives under the delusion she's in the running for VP--she needs to vacate too.

mid-debate xp

I can't but think the rest of his term as governor is going to be everyone in the Texas GOP finally getting out the knives on him.

25k caucused for Obama tonight, apparently a much larger number than anyone expected

37 votes now lol

Santorum benefitted most here from being a sanctimonious, colorless drudge. The sanctimony attracted the religious right voters and, as the colorless drudge who was stuck in the low single digits for six months, he didn't draw any fire from his opponents, so he was still standing when the rest of the flavors-of-the-month faltered.

Mr. Paul may pick up some strength among the live-free-or-die kooks, now.

Also, McCain to endorse Romney. Oh joy!

Dana Loesch? Most untrivial.

― clemenza, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 10:26 PM (Yesterday)

NO btw i think i meant the msnbc chick

CNN panel is debating where Perry stands in relation to Fred Thompson and John Connally as the worst candidate ever. (I'd also throw in Phil Gramm's war chest-heavy run.)

I don't see ron paul getting any momentum from this at all, this was his chance to shine and 3rd isn't enough

TIE TIE TIE TIE

romney's up to 80% on intrade

@BuddyRoemer
I almost have enough votes in Iowa to start a bowling league. #Roementum