From The Ground in Maine: Romney's Plan Backfired

[thoughtomator]

It's not just the visit, it's also what they say.

 

[cstarace]

Well in the Lewiston area it is abuzz with Ron Paul (positive) because he picked them to speak to. Romney will be speaking in Portland (a college town USM has campuses there). We need those college kids to go and vote and we could pull an upset there too.

Paul already won a county and a city Romney won last time. I think Santorum will get a bump, but he is at the very bottom looking up, the bump might not be big enough.

It's possible that you're right, but we all had similar sentiments in Iowa. Let's take nothing for granted. "Run like you're twenty points behind." - RP

 

[ItsTime]

It's possible that you're right, but we all had similar sentiments in Iowa. Let's take nothing for granted. "Run like you're twenty points behind." - RP

Agreed.

 

[georgiaboy]

Well, they don't support him because he stands for anything.

Ha.

"Huh? Romney's coming NOWWW?? As if he thinks he can just waltz in here or something and snap his fingers? Well, I'll show him."

#evilsoflesser

 

[MozoVote]

"But I came all the way here, flying in at the last minute, from CPAC ???"

"Not Impressed"

 

[JJ2]

Well if the non-Ron Paul people don't like what Mitt is doing, then I assume that's good for Santorum and not us. Am I missing something here?

A Santorum surge = Ron Paul wins.

 

[ItsTime]

Ha.

"Huh? Romney's coming NOWWW?? As if he thinks he can just waltz in here or something and snap his fingers? Well, I'll show him."

#evilsoflesser

Basically what is happening. Plus his loses to Santorum gave people a bad taste in their mouths.

 

[PaleoPaul]

I'm surprised that sentiment hasn't come up sooner, like in Iowa. Romney blew Iowa off all year until December, and they still almost handed him a win there.

The difference is that right before Iowa, we had gone through all the non-Paul surges since April: Romney, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, and Newt. Then, Romney got re-energized, and Santorum get his boost as well.

Here we are now in February, with most of the aforementioned people gone. Santorum is the front-runner, and Romney is wounded.

 

[MozoVote]

If Romney loses Maine, and Santorum fights him to a draw in Michigan, I think the narrative will dissolve that Romney is the leading candidate. This really will go all the way to the convention.

Heck there is speculation Santorum could *win* Michigan. Nobody saw the Colorado win coming.

 

[floridasun1983]

There are more than a couple of people who think Mitt is in real trouble. His biggest plus was this aura of "electability" to beat Obama. If he can't even beat Gingrich or Santorum reliably, how can he beat Obama? It creates tons of doubt.

 

[The_Ruffneck]

If Romney loses Maine, and Santorum fights him to a draw in Michigan, I think the narrative will dissolve that Romney is the leading candidate. This really will go all the way to the convention.

Heck there is speculation Santorum could *win* Michigan. Nobody saw the Colorado win coming.

Not so sure on the brokered convention now that Grinchs main backer pulled out.What chance Grinch will pull out before super Tuesday and what future states does grinch look like winning at this stage?

 

[hueylong]

Gingrich will not drop out before Super Tuesday.

 

[libertybrewcity]

Let's hope voters give Ron some votes for being the only one to actually truly campaign in the state. Since voters vote based on the weirdest things, I imagine that is something that would go through their brains.

 

[wstrucke]

are there results somewhere from these counties Ron allegedly won already?

 

[tennman]

Wstrucke, I'll PM you.

Maybe they could just flip a coin. Just by the odds of that with the votes so far, Ron would win.

 

[sailingaway]

I hope you are right, but we can't take anything for granted -- the party bigwigs have been using him as their prime fundraiser draw for years and are pulling out all the stops, it seems.

 

[sailingaway]

Well if the non-Ron Paul people don't like what Mitt is doing, then I assume that's good for Santorum and not us. Am I missing something here?

where on earth are you coming from? Santorum is not a factor in Maine.

 

[sailingaway]

If Romney loses Maine, and Santorum fights him to a draw in Michigan, I think the narrative will dissolve that Romney is the leading candidate. This really will go all the way to the convention.

Heck there is speculation Santorum could *win* Michigan. Nobody saw the Colorado win coming.

I think Mitt will expose Santorum's record before Michigan. Santorum was never really vetted as the lobbyist go-to guy in the Bush administration because his day in the sun was so brief after Iowa (He was no where in New Hampshire, as in Maine). I think Mitt or his pac will rectify that, and I hope to see RON do well in Michigan.

 

[cstarace]

Republicans are obviously making a huge mistake if Santorum ends up the nominee. Guarantees Obama a second term. Not necessarily the worst case scenario for the cause of Liberty. After another four years of Obama's big government, liberal philosophies with a side dish of destruction of civil liberties and warmongering, it could be a delicious recipe for a Rand Paul run in 2016.

 

[JJ2]

Hopefully some of the anti-Paul/soft Romney supporters will go to Santorum now that he's "surging" and help split the vote.