South Carolina GOP Primary/Ham Festival

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Originally Posted by alnorth

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I presume you are hoping Gingrich wins the nomination so Obama can destroy him, or at the very least bloody Romney up a little more, but you have to concede that this issue could potentially destroy any remaining faint chance he had at the nomination.

4:52 PM – Today
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stops By Gingrich Election Party
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chair of the Democratic National Committee, stopped by Newt Gingrich's primary night party in downtown Columbia, causing a stir among reporters.

The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill spoke with the chairwoman. "I think if Newt Gingrich wins tonight it is demonstrative of the fact that the more people get to know Mitt Romney they do not like him," she said. "Why won't he come clean on his economic record at Bain and about his tax returns?"

When asked by the Atlantic's Molly Ball if she was there as a supporter, Wasserman Schultz responded, "Yes, absolutely!"

-- Mollie Reilly

[HonestChieffan]

I like her. She embodies the typical democrat voter

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Unfortunately, looks like the Dems may not be facing Romney after all. I can easily see Newt winning Florida if next week plays out like this week did, with Romney going milk-toast in the debates.

Newt will motivate the right more than Mitt would, but not sure if the Indies who currently hate Obama will see him as a realistic alternative or not.

[Bo's Pelini]

Lol Republicans.

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was projected the winner of South Carolina's primary election on Saturday by MSNBC.

Going into the contest, the presidential contender was riding a wave of momentum and surged ahead of rival candidate Mitt Romney in the polls.

Romney scored a win in New Hampshire's primary election earlier this month. After the initial results came in following the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus, the former Massachusetts governor was believed to have won the Hawkeye State event by 8 votes. More than two weeks later; however, the final certified tally showed former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum finishing in first place.

Gingrich placed fourth in both New Hampshire and Iowa.

This is a developing story... More information to come...

[La literatura]

That throws a wrench into it all. I guess it will be a longer fight.

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Ron Paul HQ

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Did anyone hear Romney on Laura Ingraham yesterday telling her "of course thd economy has gotten better;Laura" the candidate is imploding.

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Many votes for Herman Cain/Stephen Colbert? Fox hasn't mentioned anything.

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Originally Posted by orange

Ron Paul HQ

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Originally Posted by ***** Zombie

Did anyone hear Romney on Laura Ingraham yesterday telling her "of course thd economy has gotten better;Laura" the candidate is imploding.

It's really weird too, because this past week he has seemed completely unprepared and created more gaffes while trying to play it safe.

If it becomes a race between Gingrich and Romney I think Newt wins, unless Romney can highlight Newt's past problems and get people to forget that he has less charisma than Al Gore.

"You should hear it when we win?"

"This race is getting interesting?"

"This is an exciting day for us?"

Romney. Meh.

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... it's all part of the brilliant master plan!

COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- A senior Romney campaign official told BuzzFeed Saturday that he expects Newt Gingrich to beat them in the primary here -- but argued that the loss will make Romney stronger in November

"I think we're going to lose tonight, we could lose big," the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "But I think it's been a terrible week for Gingrich and a great week for us."

From the former Speaker's demonization of Romney's business record, to his decision to indignantly deflect criticism from his ex-wife, the aide said Gingrich has ensured that he won't win the Republican nomination.

"There’s always been a space for a candidate who kind of channeled anger in this," he said. "It was Michele Bachmann, for a while it was Herman Cain. It’s just that Gingrich hasn’t grown."

By taking on Gingrich, whose national favorability rating currently stands at just 27 percent, Romney will look "more sane" to the general electorate, the aide said.

“When we go up against Newt, it helps us in the general election,” he said. “It’s not an ideological thing as much as judgment---the total gestalt of it.”

He added: "A lot of politics is patience, and picking your opponent."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins...will-help-mitt

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John King is definitely on Newt's Christmas Card list now. His idiotic question set Newt perfectly up in the last debate, and gave Newt a significant boost.

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It's the Total Gestalt, stupid!

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Ron Paul:

Because losing again is a great reason to be excited!!!

REVOLUTION!