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The Newt Win In South Carolina

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By now you’ve heard that Newt ran away with South Carolina in the primary.  The down side of this is that South Carolina is a proportional delegate state under the new rules.  This means that while Newt may get the largest share of delegates, he’s not taking them all.  Mitt still gets some of them, so for now the race isn’t going to be decided before it gets to other states like it was for McCain in 2008.  He had pretty much wrapped up the primaries and lost the general election around February of that year.

The biggest hit Mitt took wasn’t in delegates, but the meme of his inevitability.  Now he’s more like Mr. Inevi<CRASH>.  Since that’s pretty much all he has going for him besides the bogus electability argument (it’s what they say to promote all the non-conservative candidates nowadays), expect more shrill from his supporters.

Last, Mitt’s not the only one with something to lose.  If he doesn’t make it through the primary, it will be the first time since Reagan that the Republican establishment doesn’t get its way in a Presidential nominee.  Their reaction will likely be similar to 2010 as with Charlie Crist, Senator Murkowski, Karl Rove’s treatment of Cristine O’Donnell, and all the trouble we had with the NRSC trying to put milquetoast moderates into the race.

Still, it would be one more small victory.

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John Sununu: The Second Biggest Strike Against Mitt

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There’s a spat between Mitt and Newt again since Newt looks like he’s about to come back from behind.  Again.  Mitt won’t release his tax returns, and so now one of Mitt’s advisors, John Sununu, is attacking Newt on his ethics violations report.  But if you’d like to get down to brass tacks on this, it’s not the taxes but the staffing that’s the second biggest strike against Mitt Romney after Romneycare, namely John Sununu.

This is the guy who gave us Justice Souter under Bush 41.  Is Mitt going to pick conservative judges with him on his staff?  The fact Romney would consider Sununu after he was the cause of one of the biggest failures of H.W. Bush (not that moderates need any help failing) speaks volumes about Romney’s political inclinations.  The real ones, not the usual claptrap where all Republicans claim to be conservative come election time.

Want to know who Mitt really is?  Quit listening and look instead.  Romneycare, and now John Sununu will show you all you need to know.

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Rick Perry Leaves The Presidential Race

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Rick Perry has dropped out of the Republican presidential nomination race and endorsed Gingrich.  For those of you who supported him, remember that there is plenty of good he can do even if he isn’t going to be president this time around, and that one loss does not a career end.  He has plenty of chances in the future for his advancement.

With his departure, the race has become interesting again.

Gingrich is back in the running.  The man’s durability and willingness to fight make him a worthwhile nominee, though giving him the kind of free rein as President we gave Bush will never be advisable.  Left turns always seem inevitable from Republicans and we’ll have to be vigilant of them.  Regardless, he’s a vast improvement of Obama’s political mini-me Romney.

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Keystone XL Pipeline Shut Down

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Remember that ‘compromise’ where the Republicans supposedly won something by forcing a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline in 60 days?  Well, they got one.  Obama just gave them and America the middle finger by siding with the eco-cultists and shutting down the pipeline.

Speaker Boehner reacted, which means absolutely nothing since he’s been getting rolled by Obama all last year and has just done so again.  Erick Erickson commented on the fail at RedState, and included a very appropriate quote from Senator DeMint.  Both of them are right.

I’ve seen enough, so it seems like a good time to let everyone know that this election cycle, I’ll be concentrating on the election of conservative candidates to the exclusion of all RINOs.  Period.  We just received our latest demonstration of why the Republican establishment is totally worthless in stopping and reversing Democrat damage.  My not considerable time and resources are best spent on those actually trying to turn our country around as opposed to those failing as they put forth the illusion of ‘compromise’ and fighting the good fight.

You’re welcome to join me.  I’d love to have you here.

News link credits:  Hot Air, LaborUnionReport.com.

Commentary credit:  RedState