THE DEFINITIVE THREAD Breaking-Santorum calls news conference for 2:00 Is he dropping?

[robskicks]

good, get the hell out beyotch.

let ron paul get 1st or second in all remaining states. halleluya

 

[sailingaway]

I'll merge this with another thread, the conversation has been going on for quite a while.

 

[flynn]

Unknown at this point. But Santorum trading his bound delegates for future position to Romney isn't good for anybody.

 

[MelissaCato]

This might not be the disaster you all think it is. Ron could now do rather well. He could build on the 20% in Pa last time and actually rise to challenge Romney.

^^ This

 

[floridasun1983]

Would have been good earlier, now, I don't think its as good.

 

[jmdrake]

Now that fake conservatives no longer have the Santorum fig leaf to hid behind it will be clear that they will take a white republican version of Obama over a true conservative with a sensible foreign policy.

 

[sailingaway]

Unknown at this point. But Santorum trading his bound delegates for future position to Romney isn't good for anybody.

they aren't slaves. All he can do is release them. Some will do what he wants others may not. He was supposed to be the 'anti-Romney' when they voted for him.

 

[sailingaway]

Would have been good earlier, now, I don't think its as good.

it is what it is, get our balance back and redouble the fight!

 

[TheAquaBuddha]

Bad for actually winning, good for spreading the message. Vote isn't split as much in the remaining states, leaving the chances of a brokered convention even less likely. But with fewer people at the pulpit Ron will hopefully spread his message better.

 

[RonRules]

In the caucus states that have yet to be completed (a lot of them), Ron will do great. We are guaranteed a "plurality" of delegates.

If Paul supporters can abstain the first round in Tampa, we have a true brokered convention. Party on.

Also, Paul will do great in California. I'm making sure of that.

Also, help expose the voter fraud where Romney is clearly flipping votes in his favor, pretty much EVERYWHERE. With Santorum out, Gingrinch in debt, expose the voter fraud and this election is OURS!

It's about the fraud stupid!

 

[V3n]

I'm seeing a lot of this in this thread:

Nobody knows what will happen! Nobody.

So not knowing the future, how are we to act? WE CREATE OUR FUTURE.

Double-down and FIGHT. You know Ron Paul is - so should you!
Even if you think this is the end - don't drag people down with you.
Even if you think this is the end, and you're still willing to fight - just talking about it is dragging people down.
So please quit with the negativity. Instead of negativity, lets discuss action.

The campaigns still in it to win it. How do we help them?

 

[sailingaway]

This makes it VERY unlikely that there is anything to "see" in Tampa. Not only does this give Romney virtually a guarantee of the rest of the states and all the bound delegates that come with it, but even if 10% of Santorums delegates go to Romney (and they will) that is 25 or so closer that Romney is to 1144. But again...with Romney ALREADY so close to locking it up even if Santorum had stayed, it will likely not come down to unbound anyway.

This DOES get Ron Paul some more delegates, but from Santourm's now unbound (though right now, they are still bound to him since he is suspending, not officially dropping out.) and the rest of the way since it will likely help him pick up enough votes to reach the minimum thresholds for delegates. But that is going to be more for power at the convention..bot for the nomination. It would have required a miracle 2 hours ago. But now it is going to require the mother of all miracles. Without something happening to Romney, it is over.

All conservatives need is a second wind. They were getting worn down, and Gingrich and Santa had nothing new to offer.

Ron has.

 

[RonRules]

Remember what happened in Virginia when it was just us and Romney?? we got 40% of the vote.

I fully analyzed Virginia. If you subtract out the severe vote flipping favoring Romney. We had a slight win in VA. We got about 50.5%.

Read and understand the vote flipping threads.

 

[Barrex]

Who?

Check Grassroots. First page is allready 90% about it.

Admins should disable starting new threads for a while....... It grinds my gears. Yes it is a big news but keep it in 1 thread. We still have moneybomb thread, delegates thread etc who need to stay on first page ffs.

 

[driller80545]

You must be having a pretty good day if this is all you can find to bitch about.

 

[frodus24]

Ron Paul should call a news conference. And tell everyone that he is still in the race drawing crowds in the thousands.

I wonder if the MSM would air it though?

 

[Gray Fullbuster]

I heard an interesting point the other day from a Santorum supporter the only two people who truly represent the GOP are Paul and Santorum.

Paul represents the the anti-Federalist and economic right-wing part that the Republican party was founded on and Santorum represents the socially conservative segment the party has become. He said he would definitely support Paul over Romney, being closer to a Democrat than any of them, if the choice came.

One thing about Santorum voters is that even though they're misguided, they aren't quite as influenced by the media as Romney voters.

 

[Gray Fullbuster]

I heard an interesting point the other day from a Santorum supporter the only two people who truly represent the GOP are Paul and Santorum.

Paul represents the the anti-Federalist and economic right-wing part that the Republican party was founded on and Santorum represents the socially conservative segment the party has become. He said he would definitely support Paul over Romney, being closer to a Democrat than any of them, if the choice came.

One thing about Santorum voters is that even though they're misguided, they aren't quite as influenced by the media as Romney voters.

 

[Lightweis]

one star thread

 

[Proph]

How can this be negative? Original Santorum voters may re-evaluate their positions. Ron has a "cleaner" background than Gingrich, and might actually grab the Christian vote (some may not want to vote for a Mormon...as bad as that sounds). That's not to say that he should use his religious beliefs to gain votes...but perhaps the campaign could drop some hints?

Plus...there's a lot of big states coming up. If we can fill that void of the anti-Romney...

...let's just say I have a smile on my face. I think things are starting to look up.

The worst thing that can happen is that Santorum voters just become apathetic and don't vote...well...unless they switch to Romney. That very well might be possible with the MSM's grip on the American people, though.

BAH! Damnit! I should've quit typing aloud when I was happy. Frowny face again =(