How competitive does Romney make the GOP in his home region? by Mark Vogl
(conservative)
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Almost like a magic hand, behind the scenes RINO's, globalists, liberals and Democrats work to shape the GOP primary so as to give the nation the Republican's weakest candidate. This is not a new strategy, but it sure can be effective. Remember John McCain, how 'bout Bob Dole? If you had selected cartoon characters, maybe Fred Flintstone, or Bugs you could have done better then they did. (The great sin was Elizabeth Dole would have been a much better choice, and one I would have enjoyed working for during the campaign, even if we lost. She was more worthy of support. Elizabeth was in the prime of her life, energetic, intelligent, proven. Dang, she would have made a great President. Now we have to wait for Sarah! )
Why do I mention the above? Because Perry's remaining in the race after such a pitiful showing in Iowa, a rural Heartland state is for one purpose...to crowd the "conservative" field, and not allow the consolidation or slow the process of consolidation of conservatives round one or two Conservatives. In Iowa, Romney actually did really poor. He only got 1 of every 4 votes...and only in an America where people play with and manipulate politics could that be called a victory of any kind.
If both Perry and Michele had stepped out, it was very possible that South Carolina could help trim the race to Romney and an opponent. And conservatives would have a chance. So let's keep the field crowded, even if Perry is really a Bush clone and not a conservative...nobody in America really knows that but Texas! For the moderates and RINO's they want the race over long before Texas. So if they can keep a lot of candidates in the race, and the let the rich Romney buy 25% of the votes, that should be enough to claim victory after victory as a mandate...even though he'll not get close to a majority of the votes.
New Hampshire has been kind of marginalized because of Romney's performance in Iowa, and because it's a small New England state in the shadow of New York City and Boston. But New Hampshire is really a bell weather state for Romney in some respects.
When I was a boy, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut were sure fire Republican states. (In the movie White Christmas, Bing Crosby and Danny Kay joke about it.)
I remember Maine as being competitive, but usually red, or Republican. So New England was a small but certain basket of votes for the GOP. Not any more, that area has been bluer than blue. Sure, it’s union (organized labor), and it’s Catholic, and its liberal. Gay marriage...pretty popular up there! There is a streak of libertarian up there...which is social liberalism. And there's old blue blood money there, and there's British influence, and globalism. There's Yale and Harvard, two of the academic temples of American liberalism.
Romney was governor of the biggest state in the region. Do you think if Romney gets the Republican nomination he will carry Massachusetts? I don’t. No way. How 'bout any of the other New England states? Nope. So his own folks won't even vote for him against Barack Obama. What should that tell you?
Well, we look at the polls in New Hampshire and we find Romney doesn't break 50% support in the GOP rank and file. Now he's from there. The other candidates aren't, and have spent little time there. So if Romney was so popular in New England, and could deliver at least some of those now traditionally Democratic blue states to the GOP side of the ledger in the general election, wouldn't he have more support in the GOP rank and file up there?
Romney won't carry one New England state in the general election. Not one. Why? ‘Cause in the end, they benefit from the new nanny state, heck its their people who have created it, and their lawyers and Wall Streeters who are making a living off if!
New Hampshire is important for one reason. Romney could be embarrassed there, if America gets just the smallest amount of political sophistication and sees a 40% victory there for Romney, for what it will be...2 out 3 voting against him! A place where he has name recognition and a place that will remember what he did about creating Romney Care, the prototype of Obama Care!
If Ron Paul can rally the libertarians, if Huntsman can split off some the liberal Republicans, and if the conservatives of New Hampshire rally behind Santorum, we could see a minor surprise shaping there, which could help the conservatives in South Carolina and in the longer run end Romney's present appearance as the lead candidate. Yogi Berra, a catcher for the New York Yankees, arch rivals of New England's Boston Red Sox used to say; "It ain't over, 'til it's over." Ah but spring is a long way off....which Bowl game is on tonight?
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