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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 05:17 PM)
I just dont understand how you can screw this up. All of these guys have run in elections before, they all know you need to follow the rules.

 

Just mind blowing.

 

Gingrich's campaign completely fell apart before coming back together, so I get him being under-staffed and unprepared for this. But the rest? Yeah, it's pretty shocking.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 04:45 PM)
Federal judge rules that Santorum, Gingrich, Perry and Huntsman missed their chance to be on the Virginia ballot, and furthermore missed their window to file an injunction. So as it stands, only Romney and Paul will be on the VA GOP primary ballot.

 

There may be appeals, but it doesn't look favorable for them.

 

This seems like a terrible loss to the voters in Virginia who will not be allowed the same choices as voters in other states.

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Dozens of evangelicals and other conservative leaders decided Saturday to rally around Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination, after meeting in Texas to try and pick a consensus candidate.

 

The decision comes amid speculation that, among social conservatives reluctant to support frontrunner Mitt Romney, indecision over which GOP candidate to back could end up splitting their vote in the upcoming South Carolina primary -- in turn, helping Romney.

 

The meeting in Texas was an attempt by conservative leaders to settle on a single, alternative candidate. It's unclear what impact the endorsement of these leaders will have. Polls show Romney leading in South Carolina, while voters who don't support the former Massachusetts governor are mostly torn among Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Santorum.

 

The call to back Santorum was only finalized after three rounds of ballots. On the third ballot, Santorum received 85 of 114 votes cast -- some conservative leaders who had been backing Gingrich changed their votes in the end to support Santorum. The group rallied around the idea that Santorum, and not Gingrich, is the candidate best able to beat President Obama in November.

 

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, expressed surprise that the group agreed to back Santorum by such a wide margin, after failing to come together in support of a single candidate in 2008. In that race, the group didn't even meet until the primary race was basically over. This time, according to J.P. Duffy of the Family Research Council, the group wanted to come together "before it was too late."

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 15, 2012 -> 08:59 PM)
Huntsman to withdraw from the GOP race and endorse Mittens.

I did say SC would be his wall, but I guess I thought he'd try that state first. Not surprising in any case. Too bad though.

 

Huntsman's dropping and endorsement is only a very small help for Mitt in SC and FL, but could be more so in NV.

 

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 15, 2012 -> 10:06 PM)
I did say SC would be his wall, but I guess I thought he'd try that state first. Not surprising in any case. Too bad though.

 

Huntsman's dropping and endorsement is only a very small help for Mitt in SC and FL, but could be more so in NV.

Mittens wasn't really worried about Nevada was he? At least not to the point where the endorsement of another mormon will suddenly make the difference.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 15, 2012 -> 09:08 PM)
Mittens wasn't really worried about Nevada was he? At least not to the point where the endorsement of another mormon will suddenly make the difference.

Who said he was worried? I was just analyzing the impact of Huntsman dropping out. His votes will nearly all go to Romney, what few there were.

 

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Daily Dish reader in the live blog thread:

After Ron Paul’s eloquence was greeted by crickets, Newt’s tribalism whipped the crowd into a frenzy. That was by far the most racist few minutes I have seen in non-attack-ad, mainstream political debate in forever.

 

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