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Newt Gingrich holding up a sign made by a supporter during a campaign rally at the Tampa Jet Center on Monday.
A fight to the death may not be what Republicans want to see in the primary race, and Newt Gingrich promised to cling to the bitter end: the convention.
"I think Romney's got a very real challenge in trying to get a majority at the convention. We will go all the way to the convention," Gingrich threatened on Sunday. "I believe the Republican Party will not nominate a pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase moderate from Massachusetts."
But, a new Pew Research poll suggests that's the last thing voters want to hear. Earlier this month, 44% of Republican-leaning voters rated the GOP candidates as only fair to poor. Today, 52% feel that way. So the more they get to know the pool of candidates, the more dissatisfied they become as the race drags on — they're kinda over it.
Sarah Palin has been very vocal about encouraging a long vetting process. In a recent Facebook post, she accused the GOP establishment of "Stalin-esque" and "cannibal" tactics for trying to speed up the process. She wrote, "there are serious concerns about [Romney's] record and whether as a politician he consistently applied conservative principles and how this impacts the agenda moving forward. The questions need answers now. That is why this primary should not be rushed to an end. We need to vet this."
Mitt Romney is on track to win the Florida primary on Tuesday. A new NBC/Marist poll shows the former Massachusetts governor leading the former speaker by 15 points, 42 percent to 27 percent.
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Destroy the GOP!
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From: Sal Celeste <salceleste@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Subject: Rience "the Plagiarizer" Priebus & the terminal GOP
To: info@gop.com
HA! The RNC Chairman stole the truth By J.J. posted on blog spoact.blogspot.com
Bill Press is talking about it on "Countdown" (Current TV) right now. Hey Bill, J.J. wants you to know he said the disgusting comment first, lol....
*Original communication emailed and posted on news comment boards:
Quotes for 2012
“My Daddy always taught me to NEVER under-estimate the damage stupid people can do. Bush/Cheney winning in 2000 is the best example I can come up with.. Bush/Cheney and the Republican controlled Congress (1994-2006) were like Captain Francesco Schettino first steering the ship into the rocks and then abandoning a sinking ship Concordia… Bush/Cheney sank our economy and then the GOP abandon good governance to go ashore to become obstructionists.
The real problem is how Republican voters REFUSE to take responsibility for their poor choices. I can only hope and pray these bucktooth, inbred, deadneck, ignorant, racist, Conservative wacko mofo’s don’t top past MISTAKES by voting in 2012. I don’t know about YOU imbeciles, but after the Bush/Cheney catastrophe , I’ll help start a ******* revolution if Republicans win the White House ever again.”
Jesse james Jones
GOP will eat itself.
Dear Readers: Please be advised that the opinions of THIS particular Sal Celeste, do not (necessarily) represent nor reflect the opinions of all of the other Sal Celeste's residing on the face of this planet....Sal, although you are certainly entitled to your opinion and may voice it as such, not all of us are screaming liberals and you should be a bit more considerate when ranting with our collective name. (FYI, this isn't the first time YOUR rants have been attributed to the wrong Sal.) Please realize that the internet is a very big and at the same time, a very small place. So PLEASE, have the decency to use the W and distinguish yourself from the rest of us that do not share your views.
Thanks.
Just one of the "OTHER" Sals out there.
Dragged out race annoying GOP voters? yes..