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Post by gerrard on Apr 13, 2012 17:24:26 GMT
SANTORUM REVEALS WHY HE GOT OUT
Apparently he is skint - Following the Wisconsin loss his donations dried up and the costly business of travelling around the country and running a campaign was no longer possibleReport from CBS News:
When Rick Santorum ended his presidential bid on Tuesday, he spoke about the illness of his three-year-old daughter, Bella, and expressed a desire to spend more time with her as a parent. But on Thursday, the former Pennsylvania senator suggested the decision largely came down instead to a simple reality: He was out of cold, hard cash. After losing Wisconsin's April 3 primary to rival Mitt Romney by seven points – a contest, Santorum said, that his campaign viewed as necessary to win in order to do well in his home state of Pennsylvania – his fundraising dried up.
"For the first time the campaign had a debt, the debt was from my perspective a little bit more substantial than I was comfortable with. And I'll be honest with you, Tony, in the last week after Wisconsin we basically raised almost no money," Santorum told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins in a radio interview, his first since announcing he was ending his bid. "We had solicitations going out and people were just emailing back saying the race is over and you gotta join the crew and there were others who would say not but it was a very, very small trickle of funds that were coming in."
Looking ahead to the Pennsylvania primary on April 24, Santorum said, he felt like his campaign wouldn't be able to spend even "a penny" on advertising to counter Romney's planned multi-million dollar advertising blitz.
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Post by gonzales on Apr 15, 2012 18:58:53 GMT
Pity the dude ran out of funds but maybe its time for the others to quit now too
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Post by gerrard on Apr 19, 2012 20:58:22 GMT
The first daily Gallup Tracking Poll of the 2012 presidential race was released today showing Mitt Romney topping President Obama by 2 points. Of course there is a long way to go in this campaign and I would imagine alot of Americans are yet to be really taking an interest as November is still far offReport from Gallup:
PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney is supported by 47% of national registered voters and Barack Obama by 45% in the inaugural Gallup Daily tracking results from April 11-15. Both Obama and Romney are supported by 90% of their respective partisans.
These results are the first from Gallup Daily tracking of registered voters' general election preferences, which began on April 11 and will be reported daily on Gallup.com on the basis of continuous five-day rolling averages. This initial report is based on interviews with 2,265 registered voters, and highlights the potential closeness of this year's race, with Romney and Obama essentially in a statistical tie. Gallup's previous general election trial heat, from a national poll conducted March 25-26, showed Obama with a slight 49% to 45% lead over Romney.
Gallup began tracking the general election on Wednesday, April 11, after Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination, making Romney the all-but-assured GOP nominee.
The race breaks down into the expected patterns by party, with 90% of Democrats supporting Obama, and 90% of Republicans supporting Romney. The Republican results show that despite the rancor and divisiveness of the Republican campaign, the vast majority of Republicans are backing Romney in the head-to-head battle with Obama, as they have in ballot tests earlier this year.
The crucial voting bloc of independents breaks toward Romney by 45% to 39%, giving the GOP challenger his slight overall edge. MORE NEWS FROM THE GOP PRIMARY CAMPAIGN ..... In an eye-opening victory over the weekend, Texas Congressman Ron Paul took an amazing 20 out of 24 delegates up for grabs based on congressional districts. Another 13 Minnesota delegates will be awarded based on a state convention in May.Report from the Daily Caller:
Minnesota will send 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Twenty of the 24 delegates based on congressional districts were awarded to Texas Rep. Ron Paul in selection processes that concluded this weekend.
Thirteen Minnesota delegates will be allocated based on the results of a statewide convention in May, according to Paul campaign senior adviser Doug Wead.
Wead wrote on his blog that GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is an a “panic” after the Paul landslide. Similar efforts to bolster the Texas congressman’s delegate count are underway in Iowa, Colorado, Maine and other states.
“ number of Romney Hawks are now deeply concerned that Ron Paul has already laid the groundwork for similar success in six more caucus states,” Wead wrote.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul declined to comment on the record about whether or not Romney is indeed in a panic.
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Post by craig johnson on Apr 23, 2012 8:58:09 GMT
Gonna be close in Nov - still think Obana will win - just!
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Post by gerrard on Apr 24, 2012 17:53:28 GMT
NORTHEAST SUPER TUESDAY TODAY Although some might say, the inevitable has happened and Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate to face President Obama in the Autumn, the Primary contests are still proceding until the magic number 1,144 delegates has been reachedToday is: Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com on the state of the primary in Pennsylvania:
Ron Paul's visit to Pittsburgh Friday was a reminder that, technically, the race for the Republican presidential nomination continues, but Rick Santorum's withdrawal this month put Mitt Romney firmly in general election mode and made Pennsylvania's once highly anticipated primary a national afterthought.
A GOP battle for U.S. Senate nomination and a handful of U.S. House and state legislative races provide a few islands of contention Tuesday but they are scattered across a sea of political ennui.
"We're anticipating an abysmal turnout," said Frank Snyder, secretary treasurer of the state AFL-CIO, the umbrella labor group that's trying to make its voice heard in several races.
"Nobody knows Tuesday is election day," Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto lamented on Thursday at a rally for Democratic state attorney general candidate Patrick Murphy.A report on the New York primary from the Ithaca Journal:
New York was supposed to be a major factor in this year's presidential primaries, but there will be little sense of urgency surrounding Tuesday's vote.
There was some hope that New York would help decide which Republican would challenge Democratic President Obama. But with Mitt Romney assured the nomination, GOP voters will head to the polls Tuesday to make more of a statement that exert influence on the decision.
Romney solidified his support after former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania suspended his campaign April 10. His name will still be on the ballot. Votes for Santorum will be counted toward delegates because he did not submit documentation that would invalidate his candidacy, a spokesman for the state Board of Elections said.
Turnout certainly will be lower Tuesday than it would have been if Santorum were still in the race, said Ed Cox, chairman of the state GOP Committee. He has personally endorsed Romney.
"We're just pivoting, just like Romney, out of the state-by-state primary campaign and into the national campaign," Cox said.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, has been described as being too stiff.[/i] CHECK BACK FOR THE RESULTS PEEPS
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Post by gerrard on Apr 25, 2012 17:14:22 GMT
ROMNEY SUCCESS IN NORTHEAST Mitt Romney took five more contests on Tuesday winning in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Newt Gingrich will take second place in Delaware, a state which he staked the remainder of his campaign on. Ron Paul's strongest showing might end up being second place in Rhode Island but as of right now, he could take second place in New York as well as Connecticut.Report from CNN:
Mitt Romney swept the five Republican primaries being contested Tuesday, and he turned from securing the Republican nomination and toward the general election against President Barack Obama.
The former Massachusetts governor was projected to win in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island while New York.
With a big lead in delegates and his nearest competitor out of the race, Romney told a cheering victory rally in New Hampshire, "A better America starts tonight."
"The last few years have been the best that Barack Obama can do, but it's not the best America can do," Romney said. "Tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the Obama years and it's the start of a new and better chapter that we will write together."
Speaking to CNN's Piers Morgan after Romney's speech, Obama 2012 press secretary Ben DeBolt said, "The fact is a better title for Gov. Romney's speech tonight, than 'A Better America,' should have been 'Back to the Future,' because he's proposing the same economic policies that got us into the economic crisis in the first place."2012 Delegate Tracker
Romney 841
Santorum 273 Gingrich 141 Paul 76
1,144 needed
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Post by gerrard on Apr 25, 2012 17:16:06 GMT
JUST IN Gingrich ready to quit? April 25, 2012: Newt Gingrich speaks in Cramerton, N.C. (AP)Newt Gingrich may leave the GOP race next week and will most probably endorse Mitt Romney according to sources at Fox News
probably the results from the northeast primary group that took place on Tuesday will have influenced his decision, Romney's victories made it virtually impossible for Gingrich to secure the 1,144 delegates needed for the Republican nomination, especially the Delaware primary defeat - a State he had pinned his last hopes on
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Post by elroja on Apr 28, 2012 14:35:01 GMT
Can Ron Paul continue alone?
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Post by gerrard on May 2, 2012 15:46:48 GMT
i dont think there would be much point elroja, i think its Romney who will challange the President
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Post by gerrard on May 2, 2012 15:55:53 GMT
CONFIRMED GINGRICH'S CHALLANGE OVER Newt Gingrich today ended his campaign for the GOP challanger to the President He has run up alot of debt during the costly race - including a million dollar debt for private flights alone, and a massive $3.8 million owing to other parties according to media reports Report from CNN:
Soon to be former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday thanked his supporters and vowed to continue working to defeat President Barack Obama via web video ahead of his official campaign suspension on Wednesday.
"Because of your help and your support, we were able to put up a terrific campaign, and I want you to know that Callista and I are both very grateful to everybody across the country," Gingrich said. "I want you to know that we're going to continue out there on the road. Both Callista and I will be talking, campaigning, making speeches, doing everything we can to help defeat Barack Obama."
The former House speaker, who announced his White House bid last May, is scheduled to suspend his campaign in the afternoon on Wednesday and back Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Although Romney will be in the Washington, DC area during the day, sources familiar with the session told CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger not to expect Romney to be in attendance at the announcement.
Sources previously told CNN Political Director Mark Preston Gingrich is expected to endorse Romney.
While Romney is not expected at the Wednesday afternoon event, the Romney and Gingrich campaigns have discussed the two appearing at a second event in the near future, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
The two campaigns have had ongoing talks since Gingrich signalled last week he was going to pull out.
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Post by craig johnson on May 3, 2012 17:16:27 GMT
So when does it all kick-off again, after the summer?
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Post by gerrard on May 5, 2012 16:59:19 GMT
yes CJ the serious campaigning will be towards the end of the summer, Pres. Obama will be hoping for a quiet one, no controversial happenings that would affect Novembers big vote
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Post by elroja on May 17, 2012 18:00:30 GMT
I dont know if this is the right place to put this but as she was a great American then ... it has been announced that Donna Summer has died at the age of 63, she was a great entertainer
I have alot of her music on my ipod, RIP all the talent is leaving us
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Post by craig johnson on May 17, 2012 19:14:16 GMT
big star from my era, best disco song of all time and a great entertainer.
RIP
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Post by gerrard on May 19, 2012 16:57:19 GMT
here here sad loss the best talent is in heaven now
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