Poll Position: Who would be hurt worse, Romney losing Michigan or Gingrich losing Georgia?
After a couple of weeks of relatively low activity, the GOP primary process returns to hit full speed on the next two Tuesdays. Twelve states will hold primaries or caucuses on Tuesday, Feb. 28, or the Super Tuesday date, March 6. Add the Washington state caucuses in between, and we’re talking about one-quarter of all states in an eight-day span.
Two of the more prominent primaries will be Michigan’s next week and ours right here in Georgia on Super Tuesday. They’re prominent not just because of the delegates awarded — although Georgia, with 76 delegates, will be the biggest prize during this stretch — but because two of the candidates have such strong ties to them.
Who would be hurt worse by losing his "home" state primary?
- Gingrich losing GA (114 Votes)
- Romney losing MI (78 Votes)
Total Voters: 192
Loading ...Michigan is where Mitt Romney was born and raised while his father was a Detroit auto executive and then the state’s governor. Georgia, of course, is where Newt Gingrich lived as he rose to national prominence as a congressman and speaker of the House.
But recent polls show Rick Santorum is giving each man a run for his money in his respective “home” state. Most recent polls in Michigan, which Romney won by 9 percentage points in 2008, show the race between him and Santorum within the margin of error. Here in Georgia, polls show Gingrich’s large, early lead has narrowed to single digits.
Much of the speculation about these states has focused on whether, should Romney lose Michigan and/or Gingrich lose Georgia, either one’s candidacy would be fatally damaged. It’s unlikely that both Romney and Gingrich would drop out after losses. So, the question is: Which one would be most hurt by losing his “home” state?
That’s this week’s Poll Position question. Answer in the nearby poll and in the comments thread below.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
10:56 am
I am not sure who would be “hurt worse”, however I do know that Santorum would like to see both scenerios happen.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
February 24th, 2012
11:03 am
Gingrich losing GA would be far worse, as he has little money left and no organization to compete in future contests.
Romney losing MI, given his narrow 9-point victory in 2008, wouldn’t be too bad if the loss was in the margins. However, based on recent debate performances and other campaign activity, I think Santorum’s bounce has hit it’s peak anyway.
Chuck Doberman
February 24th, 2012
11:07 am
Though Newt would probably feel the effects of a loss more deeply, in the end he really doesn’t have a Hindu’s chance in heaven of actually winning the nomination anyway so the point is moot imho.
jconservative
February 24th, 2012
11:09 am
My 2 cents.
To date Gingrich has won one state, South Carolina. So losing another state would be the norm for him, even if that state is Georgia. I do not believe he can survive the loss of Georgia.
Romney has won 4 of the 8 states to date. He does not need to lose either Michigan or Arizona next week. But he can survive a loss of either. He must win one of the two.
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:10 am
jconservative…..agreed.
Road Scholar
February 24th, 2012
11:13 am
Actually, all three of them are bad news! Santorum winning versus either one would be bad. Neither Newt or Mitt live in their “home state”, but Santurom would take this country back…way back.
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:17 am
Road….Explain what you mean by “back”?
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:21 am
Back to when unemployment was below 6%.
Back to when Gas prices were $1.89
Back to when the deficit was below $12Trillion
Sounds like a good plan to me!
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
11:25 am
If Romney loses Michigan, he’s done.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
11:25 am
“Actually, all three of them are bad news! ”
Then again, you’re an Obama cult follower, so none of this even matters.
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:27 am
Do what….I think we are on the same side here. But how do you figure Romney will be done if he loses Michigan?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
February 24th, 2012
11:28 am
“If Romney loses Michigan, he’s done.”
Let’s try a “why” question here, Do What???
Why do you believe he’s done if he loses Michigan?
Jefferson
February 24th, 2012
11:33 am
Whatever keeps the show going is what I’d like to see, its much like the “Young and The Restless”
Road Scholar
February 24th, 2012
11:34 am
UGA1999: Back to the dark ages.
By the way , do you always party like it’s 1999?
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:39 am
Road Scholar….”dark ages” eh….ellaborate please.
JLm
February 24th, 2012
11:47 am
In reality it doesn’t matter because Obama is the clearly going to be the winner in the presidential election, because he is simply the best option that there is to run this country right now.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
11:48 am
“Why do you believe he’s done if he loses Michigan?”
Al Gore: 2000
Couldn’t win his home state.
Road Scholar
February 24th, 2012
11:50 am
UGA 1999: History isn’t your strong suit, is it?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
February 24th, 2012
11:50 am
I’m sorry, but how does a one-time general election loss as Gore did in 2000 with Tennessee equate to an early primary loss in 2012 with about 80% of delegates left to choose?
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
11:50 am
Do what?? I would not compare Al Gore with Romney.
arnold
February 24th, 2012
12:30 pm
The only hope Gingrich has is in the south. If he can’t carry Georgia, he’s toast.
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
12:32 pm
arnold….I agree, even with Georgia I do not think Gingrich has a chance.
Mister.Earl
February 24th, 2012
12:39 pm
The Republicans have a hard time creating a message that resonates beyond their base, because a lot of their message is just based on nonsense.
European socialism? Really, where? A “war” on religion? Where’s the bullets? Who’s been killed? Oh, you mean it’s actually a policy disagreement over a bureaucratic insurance rule that he compromised on? Is that really how we’re defining “war” nowadays?
The entirety of their message gets animated heads nodding in agreement among people who would not have voted for Obama anyway. As for the rest of us, they might need to craft a message that seems somewhat rooted in reality.
Mister.Earl
February 24th, 2012
12:41 pm
The larger issue facing the Republican Party is how it will respond to political market forces, to the pressure of changes in public opinion. The party could open up beyond its core believers to accommodate old-school Republican moderates and hold on to its libertarians and still have decent size, strength and power.
But the country is going through a profound restructuring in moral and economic thinking and the danger for Republicans is that their current coalition might become obsolete. If the party doesn’t adapt, the alternative is that its power centers — the Christian right, anti-immigration forces, and proponents of policies that benefit the affluent at the expense of the less well-off — will refuse to adjust, in which case the party risks going the way of the Studebaker.
Thomas B. Edsall, a professor of journalism at Columbia University
K.Conway
February 24th, 2012
12:43 pm
If Obama wins…we lose the country !
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
“I’m sorry, but how does a one-time general election loss as Gore did in 2000 with Tennessee equate to an early primary loss in 2012 with about 80% of delegates left to choose?”
You totally missed my point. Not surprised at all.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
“I would not compare Al Gore with Romney.”
They have a lot in common. They both believe in global scamming, both wanted universal healthcare….
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
Who is hurt worse?
Americans, whenever a Democrat wins.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
“The Republicans have a hard time creating a message that resonates beyond their base”
Guess you missed 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2010.
jconservative
February 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
“If Obama wins…we lose the country !”
Then you should vote for the Republican candidate who will be able to carry the independent vote.
The independent vote that always decides the general election. The independent vote that went for Obama in 2008 and Bush in 2004.
Acer706
February 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
What is Obama’s campaign platform? Does he even have one?
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
12:51 pm
“Then you should vote for the Republican candidate who will be able to carry the independent vote.”
Obama has lost the independent vote. Should be pretty easy for whoever wins the GOP nomination.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
12:51 pm
“What is Obama’s campaign platform? ”
Blame we can believe in.
WaitAMinute
February 24th, 2012
12:52 pm
Mitt is scary, the more he speaks, the more he makes Bush sound like an intellectual.
Mitt = desperation.
WaitAMinute
February 24th, 2012
12:57 pm
How does Romney cut all taxes, increase military spending and balance budget?
Acer706
February 24th, 2012
1:00 pm
WaitAMinute:
By proposing to Cut Government Spending! Duh.
Jefferson
February 24th, 2012
1:03 pm
The GOP policies will not and have never worked. Sorry boy, you’ve been fooled again.
Linda
February 24th, 2012
1:06 pm
Hope & Change is now Cope & Pain.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
1:07 pm
Free market capitalism is what has worked for 200+ years.
WaitAMinute
February 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
Acer706: Sure! When has a republican every done that?
We deceive, you believe.
Will
February 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
The thrice-divorced, self-confessed adulterer who was a frequent critic of President Reagan is no longer a viable candidate for the nomination, therefore a loss in Georgia means little or nothing. This “legend in his own mind” is not going to be the nominee.
A loss in Michigan by the well-funded candidate of the republican establishment who is the appointed front runner by the republican television network and the Drudge Report would be devastating.
You better get used to it – Rick Santorium is going to be your nominee. I think he can “flip” Indiana and North Carolina but will lose Arizona and President Obama will easily be re-elected.
ramorywebb
February 24th, 2012
1:16 pm
After his debate performance it is unlikely Santorum will beat anybody.
By the time Romney’s Pac uses the ammunition Rick so willing delivered even Ron Paul will be beating Santorum.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
“When has a republican every done that?”
1980, 1984, 1994
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
1:21 pm
“Mitt is scary, the more he speaks, the more he makes Bush sound like an intellectual.”
If Mitt scares you then you have real issues.
curious
February 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
UGA 1999
If you did actually graduate from UGA, pray none of the school administration are reading these blogs.
Diploma recall!
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
1:24 pm
Curious….Is that all you’ve got? Wow you guys are so easy.
WaitAMinute
February 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
Not really, I don’t like phony’s.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
“If you did actually graduate from UGA, pray none of the school administration are reading these blogs.”
“pray none of the ”
You should pay more attention to your own gramatical errors, simpleton.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
1:33 pm
“How does Romney cut all taxes, increase military spending and balance budget?”
A: No one, not even Romney, has said anything about cutting all taxes.
B: Increase military spending by decreasing spending on government pet projects.
C: You balance the budget the way Newt and Clinton did back in the 90s.
ragnar danneskjold
February 24th, 2012
1:36 pm
Cannot improve on the analysis of Tiberius @ 11:03, says everything I think.
UGA 1999
February 24th, 2012
1:38 pm
Do what??? It is great isn’t it?
bluecoat
February 24th, 2012
1:46 pm
How does Romney cut taxes, increase military spending,balance budget?Same as Bush jr done,cut taxes,fight 2 wars,approve supplement drug plan,and leave all expense for the next adminisration to do the paying,while keeping the country afloat.Newt will be hurt most by a Ga loss,he has no safety net.
curious
February 24th, 2012
1:52 pm
Do What ??????
I’ll work on it. Meanwhile work on your spelling. “Gramatical” doesn’t make the grade. Try grammatical, instead.
No need for a response. It’s silly enough, already.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:04 pm
“I’ll work on it. Meanwhile work on your spelling. “Gramatical” doesn’t make the grade. ”
There are two ways to spell it, but you’re right about being enough already.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:05 pm
“Newt will be hurt most by a Ga loss,he has no safety net.”
Newt will win GA.
Auburn
February 24th, 2012
2:11 pm
I sincerely believe Santorum can beat Obama and with gas prices soaring and an economy which will dip again it won’t be hard. Santorum can oulast the other two republicans and his nationwide popularity is soaring.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:12 pm
Auburn
WAR DAMN EAGLE!
Auburn
February 24th, 2012
2:14 pm
No true conservative can vote for Romney and Newt is throwing your vote away! Independants will swing for Santorum.
Partisay
February 24th, 2012
2:18 pm
“There are two ways to spell it, but you’re right about being enough already.”
Yeah, there’s two ways to spell it. If you want one of the ways to be incorrect.
Pick up a dictionary. “Gramatical” isn’t in it. You remind me of one of those know-it-all guys who are NEVER wrong.
By the way, I am giving credit for that quote to curious….
mamaj
February 24th, 2012
2:21 pm
Bring on November 6, and let’s just get this dog and pony show on the road–I’m ready to vote.
LinSanity
February 24th, 2012
2:31 pm
Let’s try to determine the direction of the Republican Party as a whole. I’ve watched the debates, its all just red meat to the base. All 4 of them. You can attack the President all day long, but this isn’t 2000 or even 2004 anymore. The electorate is far more savvy these days and talking tough does not a President make. As much as Mitt and Rick (Newt and Ron) want to whine about the failed policies of Mr. Obama, not one of their ideas have any merit. And the President is getting things accomplished without the Rs. To the masses it looks like a contingent of nuts who want to run the country. Sure will let them finish out-righting one another, and then they will have to be prepared for the fight of their political life. I suspect there will be a ton of walking back the things they screamed from the podium, and with that walk back, they will lose their base.
Sorry GOP, you have lost your relevance in the mainstream. Even moderates in your party have been out-righted by your current efforts. I hate to see a party that was a balance to our Democratic views go out like angry and desperate has beens.
md
February 24th, 2012
2:34 pm
“Oh, you mean it’s actually a policy disagreement over a bureaucratic insurance rule that he compromised on? ”
It’s folks like this that are the real scary ones……not getting into the actual nuts and bolts of the mandate, there was no compromise on the payment aspect.
And if one can’t see the shell game being played with that ‘compromise”, than we are in bigger trouble than we already are.
Travis McGee
February 24th, 2012
2:44 pm
Santorum would take the country back. . . way back. . . .back to the 19th century and that’s being generous.
md
February 24th, 2012
2:45 pm
“How does Romney cut taxes, increase military spending,balance budget?”
First, one has to listen to what he said……second, one has to understand what they are listening to.
Start with re-repatriation of foreign funds…..currently estimated at around 2 trillion…..the dems want to tax it to bring it back…..so it stays where it is.
Now, bring it back at very low interest or even zero interest, and what’s the benefit?? 2 trillion in our system vs offshore somewhere……earning interest here, being used here, etc etc
But the silly dems say no way…..they want all or nothing……so we get the nothing.
sheepdawg
February 24th, 2012
2:47 pm
all three are racist homophobics, sanitorium is carzier than the wild eyed witch bauchman. fun to watch the old white man party of ignorance and hate implode
Don't Tread
February 24th, 2012
2:50 pm
Since Gingrich is now running in the 3rd – 4th place, losing Georgia would be a big problem for him. Romney’s still running in the top two, so a loss for him wouldn’t be as bad (yet).
Bizisgood
February 24th, 2012
2:50 pm
“How does Romney cut all taxes, increase military spending and balance budget?”
The fact that this question is even asked reveals the lack of understanding of business and economics.
A person that does not understand the “creation of wealth” will never understand how cutting taxes actually increases revenue. It has been shown over and over and we still don’t seem to learn from history. There is not a set amount of money to go around. The fact that some make more than others, does not make other less wealthy. As a successful businessman, I can tell you that as the tax burdened is lifted, I am far more productive. I end up paying more taxes, even though it is a lower rate. This does not include the increase in jobs I provide.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:54 pm
“Santorum would take the country back. . . way back. . . .back to the 19th century and that’s being generous.”
Better than Obama taking us back to the Great Depression era.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:55 pm
“You remind me of one of those know-it-all guys who are NEVER wrong.
You remind me of one of Bookman’s little troll dolls.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
2:56 pm
“all three are racist homophobics, sanitorium is carzier than the wild eyed witch bauchman. fun to watch the old white man party of ignorance and hate implode”
You remind me of the guy who shot Gabby Giffords.
Don't Tread
February 24th, 2012
2:59 pm
“And the President is getting things accomplished”…Yep, he sure is. Problem is, the “things” include dismantling the Constitution, making more people dependent on the government (you know, most people won’t bite the hand that feeds them), amnesty for anyone they think will vote Democrat later on, racking up record deficits and debt, devaluing the dollar, and the list goes on forever.
We need a little less “accomplishment” [sic], and a little more freedom.
sheepdawg
February 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
do what??? – peace and love my friend. Gabby’s on our side dude. Enjoy this election, and President Hillary afterwards. The tired old hatred and racism of the GOP is dying a slow, and funny , death.
Aloha
MarkV
February 24th, 2012
3:04 pm
“A person that does not understand the “creation of wealth” will never understand how cutting taxes actually increases revenue.”
One of those silly generalizations that mean absolutely nothing. If “cutting taxes actually increases revenue,” then let’s keep doing it. Let’s cut the taxes to half. Supposedly that will, increase revenue. So let’s cut to half again, on and on and on, according to the above we will keep “increasing revenue.”
Real American
February 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
Mitt’s logistics staff did a wonderful job today…at least every comedian thinks so.
md
February 24th, 2012
3:05 pm
“Independants will swing for Santorum.”
Doubtful……folks are independent because the are in the middle……I doubt they would support the gop candidate that is the furthest to the right.
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
3:06 pm
If Newt looses, his ego will be scarred for life. He may have to find another younger, wealthier wife to make up for the blow.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
3:15 pm
“Gabby’s on our side dude.”
Side of what? She quit.
“Enjoy this election, and President Hillary afterwards. The tired old hatred and racism of the GOP is dying a slow, and funny , death.”
yeah, that’s why the GOP destroyed the Democrats in 2010.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
3:15 pm
Newt’s wife is hotter’n yours.
midtownguy
February 24th, 2012
3:15 pm
Romney losing MIchigan would be much bigger because he has a chance to be the nominee, Newt does not. If “professional adulterer” Newt or “women belong in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant” Santorum” gets the nomination, Obama will be re-elected. Establishment Republicans know this.
I am still puzzled as to why Christie does not run. He could get the nomination and the White House, I believe. My favorite theory is that he, too, believes Obama will be re-elected and is waiting to run against a non-incumbent Democrat nominee.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
3:16 pm
“If Newt looses”
Looses what, his tie?
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
3:17 pm
“He may have to find another younger, wealthier wife to make up for the blow.
Or perhaps he can pull a John Edwards.
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
3:17 pm
Enter your comments here
@@
February 24th, 2012
3:22 pm
Gingrich losing Georgia. I’m thinkin’ he’ll withdraw if he does. Although…it’s been said he has a generous backer willing to donate additional funds.
Tiberius:
I told you I was out to a doctor’s appointment, but since you asked.
Good for you, @@. However, that didn’t answer ANY of my questions.
You asked:
What do YOU do on a daily basis?
Work with special needs children…the ones who made it.
More importantly, why do you think it is your job in life (if you actually do anything, that is) to put yourself out on behalf of unborn children
Because the numbers are against them.
Later I saw where you wanted to know how many minds have I changed.
Out of four, three. One friend who became pregnant out of wedlock. Two friends who were told their ultrasounds showed abnormalities. I have the advantage of sharing my experiences with children who are challenged. They’re not useless. They can actually be very inspiring to those of us who aren’t challenged to such an extensive degree. Turns out neither child had an abnormality. They’re both perfect in every way. No mental, intellectual or physical disabilities.
One friend opted for the abortion because the prognosis was undeniable. The baby would not have survived outside the womb. Vital organs were absent. We’re still very close. She needed moral and emotional support. Her husband and I were there for her. She still thinks about the one she couldn’t save but has had another since then.
I don’t seek to condemn, Tiberius. I just don’t think women should see abortion as a convenient method of birth control. Too many do these days. There are other alternatives.
I’m out.
Bernie
February 24th, 2012
3:30 pm
Let the offical pronouncements began ” I am officially suspending, my Campaign to spend more time with my Family”
Jefferson
February 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
You folks are setting yourself up for anger and heartbreak.
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
3:46 pm
Goodness….must be the strange weather. My first post today came back to me as “you’ve already said that’ and then comes up here as “enter your comments here”. Wonder what I’ll do next?
Anyway, relax, folks. Any GOP candidate will be a breath of fresh air, no matter the mysterious miasma much produced by Democrats as a smokescreen to the actions of Prez Obama.
Obama is like Sissyphus. Keeps pushing the big debt boulder up the hill but it falls right back on him..Not the fault of Republicans but on the Democratic leader Mr. Obama and his spendthrift ways. And he is their candidate.
You can’t fool ‘em. Americans know who is running up trillions of American debt. You can point fingers at Republicans and talk silly about wives, weight, wobbles and woes but you can’t make us forget the greatest spendthrift of all times, Barack Obama. Repeating a mistake is not the American way. We won’t do it again.
MarkV
February 24th, 2012
3:55 pm
Dusty @3:46 pm
Reads like a pep talk, Dusty. You figured the Republicans need to be convinced they can win?
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
4:02 pm
No pep talk. Just savy. I know the difference between trillions and tripe.
Democrats need to stop fooling themselves.
gm
February 24th, 2012
4:14 pm
Please could somebody tell when did Newt the adultry help bring the Olympics to Atlanta?
This guy can not point out one thing he did for Georgia, but the good old poor middle class whites will come out and support him because he has nothing to run on but bash the Obama.
Hey Newt, Obama is a threat to National Security? lets go ask the former top 10 terroist of the world who are now pushing up flowers in their grave, that kind of talk only works with the extreme right bigots and racist who did not vote for Obama the first time”””
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
4:14 pm
Obozo is setting the country up for financial and economic disaster. He’s not only failed to lead on entitlement reform, he’s created an unsustainable big-government healthcare entitlement that will merely hasten the collapse.
Thanks, Democrats.
gm
February 24th, 2012
4:16 pm
Please could somebody tell me when did Newt the adultry help bring the Olympics to Atlanta?
Chuck Doberman
February 24th, 2012
4:16 pm
@ Dusty
“Repeating a mistake is not the American way. We won’t do it again”
While I admire your positive mindset, one must consider 2004 and the fact that the country absolutely (imho) made a huge mistake by electing the incumbent. I would venture “never say never”. Also you may want to consider that there is a large segment of the voting population that, while agreeing with you (at least to some extent) regarding the debt issues and the current President’s spending, also remember that the current GOP field offers nothing new economically other than further perks and benefits for the so-called “job creators” who have failed miserably at creating jobs throughout their 10 years of enjoying lower taxes than under Clinton. IMO they would be well-served if they actually proposed something to bolster and invigorate the ailing middle class AS A PRIORITY and not just as window dressing for a package that truly benefits wealthier folk (who are still doing fairly well relative to the average middle classer). I understand that most conservatives, wealthy or not, vehemently support supply-side trickle down economics, I just don’t understand why. I’m close to 50 years old and have yet to see any benefit from that economic philosophy beside making very-wealthy people wealthier.
On the other hand, I also don’t believe we can simply spend our way back to vitalty either, especially with our mounting debt. No, what we really need is a combination of both philosophies with each side contributing and policing. Problem there is, between the ridiculous, closed-minded pre programmed fanatics on both sides (Obama can do no wrong/ Obama is the cause of all that has gone bad in America) there is very little room left for those of us stuck in the middle. Truly, imo, it is the idiots on the fringes of both parties that are ruining this country. Huntsman is right, we need a third party and we need it now
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
4:19 pm
[Newt] can not point out one thing he did for Georgia
—————–
Wrong.
Speaker Gingrich balanced the budget and reformed welfare while creating millions of new jobs and enabling a doubling of the stock market.
Obozo is a miserable failure by comparison with Speaker Gingrich’s accomplishments.
Odis
February 24th, 2012
4:19 pm
Romney losing Michigan would be worse. Even if Newt wins Georgia, no one really thinks he has a chance at the nomination, but if Mittens lose Michigan, he will look like an even weaker frontrunner.
Rafe Hollister
February 24th, 2012
4:21 pm
Seems Santorum is declining in the polls and Romney will win MI and AZ. The polls of the super Tuesday states is non valid until we get the results of AZ and MI. The dumb masses always want to jump on the bandwagon of a presumed winner.
If Gingrich loses Georgia he is done, but he is for all intents and purposes done now. People have been slow to turn on Santorum, but I think they inevitably will, due to over religiosity.
The country will be better off when we get a presumed nominee, that can focus 100% of the failing policies of our Prevaricator in Chief, our dear leader Barry Oblamer.
gm
February 24th, 2012
4:22 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward
Once again what has he done for Georgia? now was that before his 30 page ethics hearings or after? or was that before he was ask to resign as speaker?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
4:25 pm
Don’t cry just because you were proved wrong, gm.
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
4:31 pm
Sorry, Kyle, I’m off “subject”. Did not even see the last debate.
But gasoline prices!! WOW!.
Early this morning the gas stations I passed were advertising $3.45 /gal. When I came back a few hours later on the same route, they were up to $3:55/gal. I don’t even want to think about tomorrow.
If you see a “crazee” female zig zagging tomorrow on motorcycle, it may be me!! (Heaven help us all!)
gm
February 24th, 2012
4:31 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward
You are funny,
What that before he had 3 adultry affairs or was that before his hearing on ethics? now name me one thing President Obama has done Immoral, I will wait
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
4:36 pm
What Obozo’s done is worse than some personal moral failings, gm.
$5 trillion in new debt. Record numbers of people on the dole. 8-10% unemployment for more than three years (worst since the Great Depression). Obozocare.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
4:36 pm
What Obozo’s done is worse than some personal moral failings, gm.
$5 trillion in new debt. Record numbers of people on the dole. 8-10% unemployment for more than three years (worst since the Great Depression). Obozocare.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
February 24th, 2012
4:38 pm
Gingrich losing Georgia would be splendid because maybe then the blowhard would drop out.
Linda
February 24th, 2012
4:40 pm
Chuck@4:16, “…failed miserably at creating jobs throughout their 10 years of enjoying lower taxes…” Do you actually believe this stuff? After the Bush tax cuts were passed in ‘01 & ‘03, the unemployment rate steadily declined every year to a low of 4.61% in ‘07.
http://www.miseryindex.us/urbyyear.asp
If you actually paid taxes & worried about your income boosting you into a higher tax bracket, you might realize that we have a progressive tax system. The higher your income, the higher your rate with a current top rate of 35%. The high income earners work 4.2 months for the fed. govt. before they pay their state & local taxes. What is long enough?
Obama’s new budget included his Dream Come True Tax Plan. It includes raising all the taxes on all those he’s been harping about for a couple of years. Guess what? He still has a $1.3 T deficit, followed by more. There will never be enough taxes to satisfy the appetite of Spender-In-Chief.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
February 24th, 2012
4:41 pm
If Gingrich wants to get even with Romney for the Florida smear kkkampaign, siphoning the decent, moral, upstanding American vote from Santorum isn’t gonna help any.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
February 24th, 2012
4:43 pm
The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria’s neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad’s extensive WMD assets if and when his regime collapses, The Cable has learned.
It looks like the dimwits of the dummycrat party finally located all of Saddam Hussei’s WMD.
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
4:45 pm
Chuck Doberman,
Maybe you need a bit of reality. There is no middle party now. If you vote for Obama, you vote to keep the same losing party that is rapidly running us down hill now.
If you vote for a Republican, you have a chance to make a difference. If you can’t take a chance, that may be why you never made a million and don’t like it ’cause others did.
If you vote for Ron Paul, you throw away your vote.
It is your choice. I just hope you don’t throw away the chance for a stable America. Dems and demise are compatible.
Linda
February 24th, 2012
4:45 pm
gm@4:31, He voted 3 times for infanticide. The first time I read about it, I had tears in my eyes.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
4:47 pm
Back in 2009, Obozo said he’d bring the Olympics to Chicago.
This is the same kind of stupid arrogance that will bring him down.
Do what??????
February 24th, 2012
4:48 pm
Linda
Obozo voted to let living breathing babies die.
md
February 24th, 2012
4:50 pm
“Please could somebody tell when did Newt the adultry help bring the Olympics to Atlanta?”
You must have mis-heard the talking point:
“Gingrich stated that he himself had requested earmarks from the government for the Atlanta Olympics in the form of security and transportation money. He also aided Mitt Romney with the application for similar earmarks for the Salt Lake City Games.”
Now, go do your own research vs repeating that silliness.
md
February 24th, 2012
4:57 pm
Moral failings?
If Greece is any indication, one might say not balancing the budget will end up with huge moral implications……the kind where we can no longer afford even the safety net.
16 trillion while adding 1 trillion each and every year…….there is a point of no return, we just don’t know where it is. And Obama’s budget doesn’t even recognize the problem……..
Linda
February 24th, 2012
4:58 pm
When the American people understand Obama’s deliberate & successful plan to raise gas prices, he will loose by a landslide.
His adm. is claiming that the US is producing more oil now than in the last 8 yrs.
His adm. is also claiming that there is nothing it can do in the short run to bring down the price of gas.
Does anyone else see what’s wrong with those 2 claims? You can’t have it both ways. You can’t claim credit for boosting the production of oil in 3 yrs. & turn around & claim that you have no control over the production of oil/gas in a short term.
Both claims are totally bogus. Oil production is up, thanks to the Bush adm. & in spite of the Obama adm. There’s dozens of ways the fed. govt. can bring down the prices, but Obama is allergic to fossil fuels & is beholden to nuts.
MarkV
February 24th, 2012
5:03 pm
Dusty @4:02 pm
Dusty, the more subtle point of my post about your “pep talk” was that the blog program that sent you the message “you’ve already said that” was almost eerily perceptive. If not to convince others (and perhaps yourself), is there a point in repeating those opinions – and they are only opinions. I am not trying to be too critical, you go on as you like, I just wonder if there is not something that could be rationally discussed instead of writing the same opinions over and over.
Dusty
February 24th, 2012
5:09 pm
I Report, You whine 4:43
Now that is one mind reeling thought. WMD assets in Syria are probably those of Saddam Hussein.
The missing WMDS so long reported by CIA & British Intel might now surface in Syria!! That’s like finding Judge Crater and Jimmy Hoffa after all those years! Can it be possible?
Does sound like it. Where else would Syria get WMDS? Do they have nuclear plants? Nuclear scientists? Nuclear material? I don’t think so.
You mean, Bush must have been right to listen to the professional security people of our country?
There IS justice.
gm
February 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
Linda
You are the reason I had mix feeling about Obama passing the Ledbetter Act for women equal pay for work, some women on the right just love to be treated lke crap, they love men like Newt to have adultry affairs and love the Rick S. who wants to keep them bare foot and their mouth shut while he tells then want to do with their bodies.
I am sorry Linda, President Obama likes treating women like equals and he is a family value person, he would do nothing to hurt America, I guess when you come from a party of women haters, you expect that from all men.
Pizzaman
February 24th, 2012
5:11 pm
Who cares?
Rafe Hollister
February 24th, 2012
5:17 pm
Refiners have to produce 52 blends of gasoline to meet all the different EPA requirements. The one simple way to reduce gas prices is to increase the supply. Eliminate 51 blends and turn the refineries loose, price drops. Let the rest of the world know that we are not going to be held hostage, by increasing off shore drilling off the east and west coasts, lay out a plan to switch over our vehicles to natural gas, approve the Keystone Pipeline, ease the rules to allow for clean burning coal, and assure the world that we will not allow Iran to close the straits of Hormuz (sp).
Oblamer has someone to blame for every dang thing under the sun. He says he has no responsibility for rising gas prices. Nothing whatsoever is ever his fault. The Republicans are to blame for his failure to approve the Keystone pipeline, he says, but how he can say that with a straight face is amazing.
I heard today that he couldn’t find anyway to cut anything in his 2013 budget because he couldn’t count on getting any tax increases from the GOP led house. His regime says without tax increases they can’t afford to cut the budget. Not one thing can be cut!!! Tim Geithner testified before the House that any cuts would be too severe, unless they could soften them with some tax increases.
“It is not our fault” is the only defense, for their ineptitude or willful destruction of our economy, that the Oblamer regime can come up with.
gm
February 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
We did not hear a word for the idiots on the right when W. spent billions in Iraq and Dick the idiot Cheney made millions on the Infrastructure what a bunch of hypocrites now talking about spending.
Thanks President Obama for spending our money on Americans,
Real American
February 24th, 2012
5:27 pm
How did Mitt’s big economic speech at Ford Field go? Anyone see it?
md
February 24th, 2012
5:35 pm
“We did not hear a word for the idiots on the right when W. spent billions in Iraq and Dick the idiot Cheney made millions on the Infrastructure what a bunch of hypocrites now talking about spending. ”
More silliness……does it even matter how we got to the edge of the cliff? No……we are there and adding to it is not going to correct the situation. Your ignorance of the subject is part of the problem…..the “they did it so we can too” argument is weak and silly.
It doesn’t matter how much each spouse put on the credit card, the bill is now due…….
Linda
February 24th, 2012
5:37 pm
gm@5:10, In other words, the truth about Obama must have hit more than one of your nerves.
The party of women haters is the one you support. Planned Parenthood was founded to kill your black babies & used the black clergy to initially promote their agenda.
Your party is jeopardizing the jobs of thousands of women who work for religious organizations, some of them for decades.
Your party has taken away the rights of ALL women to pay for their own birth control pills, which cost $9 per month.
Your party has taken away the rights of ALL women to keep their birth control methods private, i.e. between them & their doctors (& drug stores).
Your party has taken away the religious freedom & the separation between church & state that has been protected in the constitution for a couple of centuries.
During the Komen decision, your party sided with Planned Parenthood & pressured Komen to reverse their decision. Women whose feet bled from walking for Komen & donors were misled about funds to PP. Komen will suffer from both participation & donations. We can only imagine how many women will DIE as a result of the Dems. actions to divert money from breast cancer research & use it to kill innocent black babies.
Orange12
February 24th, 2012
5:47 pm
Romney losing in Michigan would be worse for him by far. I don’t really think Newt is really in contention anymore.
Linda
February 24th, 2012
5:48 pm
gm@5:22, The total cost of BOTH wars as of 2/09 was about $1 T. That is, 7 yrs. in Afgan. & 6 yrs. in Iraq.
Isn’t it funny that the Dems. spent that same amt. in one bill, less than 3 weeks after Obama was inaugurated?
Bush did not spend billions in Iraq. He had congressional approval to send troops there & all appropriations were approved by congress, even the Dem. congress. Congress learned that Obama had started a war on Libya from TV when they returned home on that Fri. night.
If our military aren’t Americans, just who are they?
Do you really believe this stuff?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
February 24th, 2012
10:21 pm
gm: Thanks President Obama for spending the borrowed Chinese money on Americans. We’ll let the future generations worry about paying it back.
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Fixed.
kiteless
February 25th, 2012
5:04 am
gingrich at this point is delusional if he truly thinks he’s going to get the nomination.
i voted gingrich losing georgia because that seems to be his last stand— if he doesn’t win GA, he’s out for good.
even if mitt romney loses michigan, he still gets AZ and is still in the race, it just makes the outcome on super tuesday a lot less decided.
all i know is that if santorum wants to win, he’d better pray that gingrich drops out, and if romney wants to win, he’d better pray gingrich stays in. the people who are still holding on to gingrich are obviously not going to go for romney after this long.
my prediction? romney wins AZ with a clean sweep and michigan barely. gingrich stays in until after super tuesday. on super tuesday, you’re going to have about about 5 out of 8 delegates going to romney, maybe more. gingrich loses georgia, if he drops out and endorses santorum, santorum has a chance at the nomination but possibly with a brokered convention. if gingrich stays in, he takes himself and santorum down with him, and romney takes the nomination.
Joel Edge
February 25th, 2012
6:36 am
Romney losing Michigan. Romney is pretty much about perception. Gingrich really doesn’t care how he is perceived.
catlady
February 25th, 2012
7:50 pm
I wouldn’t be hurt if either one, or both, of these happened. Both men are fringe. In fact, who did the casting call for these jokers? It had to be someone with a crazy sense of the absurd. Look at each of these and tell me…are these the BEST we’ve got, or the action figures for some weird sci-fi movie?
What we need, right now, is TWO (or maybe three) viable parties. Parties who will engage the serious problems we have with some real thought. Not candidates whose ability to debate leans heavily on “Nah, nah” for several, and for Gingrich, “Nah, nah, because I say so!”
Charlie
February 26th, 2012
11:34 pm
Gingrich polling single digits in Michigan. He may be a goner in Georgia also.
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