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And The Republican Primary Roller Coaster Keeps Going

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Yesterday was a good day for Rick Santorum.  While I’m not one of those that believes he can sustain it, the showing is yet another sign that Romney still doesn’t have this nailed down.  While I have a Plan B if he wins, we’re not there yet and hopefully never will get there.

For now, the Republican Primary roller coaster is still going.

The big takeaway from yesterday is this.  Romney bombed Gingrich with attack ads in Florida, and the effort made to get people to vote for him by not voting for Newt fell on its face.  We may be up to the next not-Romney and nothing more.  It says nothing for Mitt’s electability if we’re at this point and still seeking alternatives to him, which will be felt in the general as a lack of enthusiasm at the very least.

It’s still a fight, so we’re not going to be saddled with a maverick turd this month like we were in 2008.  Be grateful for that much at least.

News link credit:  Hot Air

Two Republican Establishment Examples Before You Vote In The Florida Primary

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Gingrich is getting pounded again as the Republican establishment tries to stop him.   The attacks are coming in hard now, and while Gingrich is none to conservative himself, but he has far more of it in his background than Romney and a better track record from his time in the House.  So in case you’ve possibly opened your mind to listening, here are two reminders of exactly who the Republican establishment is and why you should think carefully before taking their word on anything.

  1. The Senate just killed the motion of disapproval for Obama’s $1.2 trillion dollar debt ceiling increase.  Some Republican staffer commented about how red-state Democrats would suffer for it, which is completely beyond all comprehension.  All any Democrat has to do to deflect blame is remind everyone that this debt ceiling agreement was bipartisan, and possibly create an ad with McCain calling all the Tea Party types who didn’t agree with the approach that just handed the Democrats a win yet again Hobbits.  None of this would have been possible without the aggressive assistance of Boehner and McConnell, which won’t be lost on much of anyone.
  2. The House is passing legislation in a shady way.  This is either because the Establishment wants to short-circuit their own conservative caucus to maintain the status quo or they’re too terrified of Obama and Reid to resist the status quo.  They broke a few more promises too, and you can read the details at RedState.

This is the Republican establishment at work.  They’re the same establishment that wants Romney.  The same people that made the House the Other Democrat in spending after Gingrich left.  The same lot that led us to 2006 and 2008.  Why would the candidate they back be any different from them?

News link credits:  RedState, The Hill

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.

News link credit:  Hot Air