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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:21 Pillage wrote: Has there been speculation of him leaving? I've heard nothing other than he's been dropping somewhat in the polls. Newt is going all in in South Carolina something around 3 million dollars so far in attack ads going after Romney, he loses it's over. | ||
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Signet
United States1718 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:17 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: South Carolina should be very interesting. Reports are saying that Newt will endorse Santorum if/when he drops out after South Carolina. I know Newt has a bad temper, but I'm amazed that he would endorse a candidate whom he knows will lose to Obama. Romney (just imo) would be a close favorite unless unemployment falls noticeably. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:23 Signet wrote: I know Newt has a bad temper, but I'm amazed that he would endorse a candidate whom he knows will lose to Obama. Romney (just imo) would be a close favorite unless unemployment falls noticeably. Romney made a permanent enemy when his Super PAC's went after Newt in Iowa. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:21 Pillage wrote: Has there been speculation of him leaving? I've heard nothing other than he's been dropping somewhat in the polls. If he still doesn't get any votes after three states, he's going to look like the angry old man that he is more and more every day. At some point a candidate just loses all momentum, and if Newt doesn't pick up a decent amount of votes soon, he has to drop out. That said, he is inexplicably polling well in South Carolina. I predict lots of dicussion on his number of marriages coming from Santorum. Btw: The Other Primary There's more than one primary in New Hampshire tonight. The Republican race has been called for Mitt Romney sure, but the Democratic primary has also been called -- perhaps not unexpectedly -- for President Obama. With 21 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. Obama has received 81 percent of the vote. That amounts to 10,620 ballots cast for the President so far. At this point in the counting, that's more than any of the Republicans except for Mr. Romney I'm still unsure why so many people rate Obama's chances so poorly. He has the money, has all his personal issues behind him, has proven to be able to run an incredible campaign and with some economic recovery he should be fine to be honest. I can't think of a single 'clean' republican candidate, except for maybe Huntsman. And as another interesting tidbit: Out of all voters in the primary describing themselves as 'republican', only 15% voted for Ron Paul, according to exit polls. Almost half went for Romney. Bad news for Paul once you get to states where independents can't vote in primaries. | ||
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screamingpalm
United States1527 Posts
On January 11 2012 09:08 yarders wrote: I consider myself a libertarian because I consider individual liberty vital for society. I want to maximise individual liberty and political freedom. My philosophy is this, 'An individual should be able to do whatever they please as long as it does not adversely effect another individual' That doesn't mean I'm an anarcho-capitalist. Most governments (and all left wing governments) naturally trend towards greater control and centralisation and it is all our responsibility as individuals to fight against that. The recent SOPA/PIPA laws and internet regulation is a classic example of a government trying to control something it doesn't understand and fears. In the UK we recently fought off a government attempt to introduce ID cards and huge national databases with all our personal information stored within them. You've probably read 1984 I don't need to say any more. I don't believe there should be no government or no taxes but government should be small and taxes not excessive. I am actually a strong supporter or our National Health Service in the UK which offers free health care to everyone. It also doesn't mean I'm against regulation. Certainly some regulation is vital, drinking water standards etc And I'd have no problem culling animals if they posed a threat as long as the individuals were compensated. Monopolies are of course very inefficient and again I would have no problem regulating them. That's really funny because all of those views align with my own and I do not consider myself a libertarian. That's the funny thing about labels I guess. Maybe it also has to do with the country you live in and the culture. You might get away with some of those views in some countries and be considered centrist or even right leaning, but in the US they are redical leftist (national health care and common sense regulations). :D | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:39 xDaunt wrote: This speech that Romney is giving is easily his best yet. He's saying everything that he needs to say to win over conservative holdouts. He's going right for the jugular. I don't know... How long can Romney keep making the argument that Obama is trying to make the U.S. look like the European model while having little to no difference on social issues with Santorum. Also it doesn't help that one's wife has more charisma than a Presidential candidate. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:48 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I don't know... How long can Romney keep making the argument that Obama is trying to make the U.S. look like the European model while having little to no difference on social issues with Santorum. Also it doesn't help that one's wife has more charisma than a Presidential candidate. Easy. This election isn't going to be about social issues. It's going to be about economics and fiscal policy, where there is ample opportunity to draw sharp contrasts with Obama. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On January 11 2012 10:53 xDaunt wrote: Easy. This election isn't going to be about social issues. It's going to be about economics and fiscal policy, where there is ample opportunity to draw sharp contrasts with Obama. Again Romney won't mention his Governorship as the state was only 47 out of 50 in growth. As his opponents are already bashing his Baine Capital of creating 100k jobs. As for Fiscal policy it's the same pretty much throughout his tax plan(s) have been rejected by several groups etc. Ron Paul is coming out to speak. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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.maLice.
United States174 Posts
Edit: http://www.c-span.org/Events/Ron-Paul-Hosts-Supporters-on-Primary-Night/10737426974-1/ | ||
Falling
Canada11398 Posts
I agree, his speech is pretty powerful. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
With regards to fiscal policy, it's all about perception during campaigns. Believe me, I'm painfully aware of how wanton republicans have been with spending over the past 10 years or so. However, Obama is still demonstrably worse. I don't know whether Romney will actually balance the budget as he claims, but that is going to be message and it clearl is going to resonate with a majority of voters. | ||
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zaii
Guam2611 Posts
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
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.maLice.
United States174 Posts
On January 11 2012 11:14 Roe wrote: is there any reason he's stuttering so much? or am I just used to obama's eloquence? at any rate he's putting out a lot of good points! It's just the way he's always been since I started watching him in 08. He doesn't right out his speeches or any of that nonsense. He just goes in front of the people and speaks from his heart. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On January 11 2012 11:18 .maLice. wrote: It's just the way he's always been since I started watching him in 08. He doesn't right out his speeches or any of that nonsense. He just goes in front of the people and speaks from his heart. Pretty good for his age and no teleprompter hehe | ||
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