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GOP bad blood. Text smaller Text bigger There still exists a possibility that, come Jan. 20, 2013, we could have a Republican Senate and House, and a Republican president.

GOP bad blood

But there is also a possibility that a Goldwater-Rockefeller-type family bloodletting could sunder the party and kick it all away. America is bored with Barack Obama. The young and the minorities are still with him but exhibit none of the excitement or enthusiasm of 2008. Moreover, we have been through three years of 23-25 million unemployed or underemployed. Who wants four more years of this?

Democratic hopes for 2012 hence hinge on that party’s ability to portray the Republican alternative as unacceptable if not intolerable. The GOP field of candidates suddenly seems headed to a finale that will call to mind the last scene of Hamlet, the dead and dying everywhere, but no Fortinbras to restore order in the house. “This nation is divided … because of attitudes like that,” said Huntsman. Newt’s bitterness is understandable.

How To Avoid Voting For A Globalist Puppet. Only a few days ago I attended a community meeting here in the Flathead Valley of Montana which revolved around the first of a series of gubernatorial debates covered by webcast across the state.

How To Avoid Voting For A Globalist Puppet

The number of Republican candidates vying in the primaries of this election is a bit absurd, and after witnessing the half-hearted or outright fake performances by most of them, I can see quite clearly that the state of Montana is being targeted by Neo-Con interests posing as Constitutionalists in an attempt to neutralize the extraordinary advance of the Liberty Movement here. What struck me most sharply was the fact that almost every candidate competing for the governor’s slot had taken on elements of the Liberty Movement philosophy. The elections of 2012 and the immense success of the Ron Paul campaign have so far proven without a doubt that the anti-globalist, anti-totalitarian, anti-collectivist stance is now part of a growing majority in America.

33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race. 33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race Email this ShareThis.

33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race

Politics - Jan 25, 2012 - Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic. January 25, 2012Paul Haven Fidel Castro lambasted the Republican presidential race as the greatest competition of "idiocy and ignorance" the world has ever seen in a column published Wednesday, and also took shots at the news media and foreign governments for seizing on the death of a Cuban prisoner to demand greater respect for human rights.

Politics - Jan 25, 2012 - Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic

New GOP Contender. TAMPA, Fla. — Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele said the idea that another GOP presidential contender could enter the race in February is “just outright stupid.”

New GOP Contender

“There are 13 states after Florida that still have deadlines that are open, that haven’t been reached yet and anyone can jump in — but that means you’re only on the ballot in 13 states,” Steele told The Daily Caller in the spin room after Monday night’s GOP debate in Tampa. “I think any conversation about having someone else come into this race at this point is not even feasible, it’s just outright stupid.”

Unhappy with the current crop of Republican presidential contenders, some conservative opinion leaders and Republican activists, including Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, have argued that it is still not too late for another big-name candidate — like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — to jump in the race, so long as they do so by early February. “That energy was missing. Color of Change claims another scalp: MSNBC indefinitely suspends Pat Buchanan.

The liberal activist group Color of Change announced Tuesday evening that it received confirmation from MSNBC that the left-leaning cable news network has indefinitely suspended conservative commentator Pat Buchanan.

Color of Change claims another scalp: MSNBC indefinitely suspends Pat Buchanan

The group’s leaders launched a campaign in October aiming to have Buchanan, who they dubbed a “white supremacist,” removed from MSNBC programming. “Amazing news!” A Color of Change email alert announced on Tuesday evening. News from The Associated Press. After S.C. Win, Gingrich Bound for Disney World - John Aloysius Farrell. Lazarus is going to Disney World.

After S.C. Win, Gingrich Bound for Disney World - John Aloysius Farrell

Newt Gingrich’s back-from-the-grave performance in South Carolina now propels him, revived and renewed, to Florida. There the kinetic Republican presidential race will no doubt serve up further jolts, twists, turns and dips worthy of the Magic Kingdom. The former House speaker soared in December, ordained himself the front-runner, and was taken down by the negative attack ads produced by Mitt Romney’s super PAC in Iowa. He finished an ignoble fifth in the New Hampshire primary and fourth in the Iowa caucuses. But after Saturday night’s win, Gingrich will head to Florida, and the comforts of another Southern electorate, as Romney’s chief challenger for the Republican nomination.

It seems a stunning turnaround, but we should not be surprised at Gingrich’s ability to bounce back from adversity, said Rich Galen, a former top Gingrich aide. Paul looks past South Carolina to caucus states. Paul Will Spend 'Limited Money' in Florida - Beth Reinhard. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will spend only "limited money'' in Florida, a winner-take-all state in which first place comes with the grand prize of 50 delegates.

Paul Will Spend 'Limited Money' in Florida - Beth Reinhard

Paul is pursuing a long-term strategy in which he collects delegates in states that award them proportionally, where even a second- or third-place finish comes with some delegates. That strategy is unlikely to win Paul the nomination, but it could give him leverage at the 2012 Republican convention. Florida lost half of its delegates for scheduling an early Jan. 31 primary that bucks national party rules. "Dr. Santorum already eyeing next stop: Florida. COLUMBIA, S.C.

Santorum already eyeing next stop: Florida

(AP) - With the race here seemingly between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Republican rival Rick Santorum is bracing for a setback and looking ahead to the next contest: Florida. Santorum planned to visit polling locations in South Carolina and attend an evening rally in Charleston on Saturday before his campaign moved South. Santorum's advisers said he would have no reason to exit the four-man race for the GOP nomination after voting ends and those allies note he went into primary day the top vote-getter in Iowa's leadoff caucuses and besting Gingrich in New Hampshire. Romney and Gingrich were battling for the top spot in South Carolina and Santorum was looking to post an acceptable showing. During campaign stops on Friday, he cast himself as a Goldilocks candidate: just right when compared to Gingrich's "too hot" rhetoric and Romney's "too cold" personality.

Santorum also looked to disqualify the fourth candidate in the race, Rep. Romney preparing for the long haul in 2012 race. GREENVILLE, S.C.

Romney preparing for the long haul in 2012 race

(AP) - Preparing for the long haul, Mitt Romney said Saturday's South Carolina presidential contest "could be real close" and he agreed to two more debates with his rivals ahead of the Florida primary. In the face of questions about releasing his tax returns and struggling with a renewed threat from Newt Gingrich, Romney lashed out at the former speaker, calling on the former House speaker to better explain his contractual ties to Freddie Mac, the quasi-government mortgage company. Gingrich served as a consultant to Freddie Mac over a period of eight years. Liberal Groups Target Romney in Florida - Niraj Chokshi. A handful of liberal groups are planning a Florida assault on Mitt Romney, including an at least $1 million ad buy, The Washington Post reports. The ad buy from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest public employee union in the U.S., will focus on Romney's stewardship of Bain Capital, the private-equity firm he co-founded.

A Spanish-language radio campaign criticizing Romney's immigration stance has also been launched by the Service Employees International Union and the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action. G.O.P. Turns Its Focus to Florida. Mr. Gingrich’s stunning victory over Mitt Romney in South Carolina on Saturday all but ensured 10 days of intense campaigning in Florida, which holds its primary on Jan. 31. Adding to the urgency: voters in Florida have already started mailing in absentee ballots. A blitz of the television advertisements in Florida has begun, and the candidates are set to arrive there today. They face yet another nationally televised debate on Monday night in Tampa, Fla. For some veterans in the party, Mr. Speaking on the NBC News program “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, Mr. Some of Mr. Gallup: Mitt Romney has widest lead to date in GOP race. By Michael A. Memoli January 12, 2012, 11:47 a.m. If history is any guide, Mitt Romney is a sure thing to win his party's nomination for president.

Romney has opened up the widest advantage to date over his Republican rivals in a nationwide Gallup survey, and for the first time has the support of more than a third of GOP voters. 2012 Florida Republican Primary. 2012 Florida Republican Primary Florida GOP Primary: Romney 44%, Gingrich 28% Email this ShareThis Sign up for free daily updates Sunday, January 29, 2012 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has opened a double-digit lead in Florida as the perception grows among Republican primary voters that he is the strongest general election candidate against President Obama.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters, conducted Saturday, shows Romney up by 16 points with 44% support. These figures reflect a significant turnaround over the past week. Former U.S. Poll: Mitt Romney cruising in Florida - The Hill's Ballot Box. Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead in Florida, ahead of his closest rival by 17 points, according to an American Research Group poll released on Monday.

Romney took 42 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich at 25 percent, Rick Santorum at 9 percent, Ron Paul at 8 percent, and Jon Huntsman at 5 percent. Huntsman ended his campaign on Monday and endorsed Romney. Romney was polling at only 19 percent in the same poll at the end of November, while Gingrich reached 50 percent in the Sunshine State at the peak of his campaign surge. Since then, Romney won both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. According to an Insider Advantage poll released on Monday, he also leads the field by double digits in South Carolina, where voters head to the polls on Saturday. The Gingrich campaign has called the South Carolina primary the “last chance” to stop a Romney nomination. Florida is an expensive state to campaign in and will allot all of its delegates to the winner. Gingrich on Debate’s No-Clapping Rule: ‘Media Doesn’t Control Free Speech’ Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures during a Republican presidential debate Monday Jan. 23, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.

Gingrich, Romney clash over immigration, Freddie Mac, moon. Romney’s wife wows crowd at Hispanic conference. Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad. Gingrich struggles to nip perceptions that his campaign is stalling. Mitt Romney says Newt Gingrich is 'like Goldilocks' Ron Paul calls for diplomatic relations with Cuba - latimes.com. Mitt Romney, left, and Rep. Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing 'anti-immigrant' Romney is 'inaccurate, inflammatory' Sen. Protesters disrupt US senator over immigration. Rubio: Florida Primary Winner ‘To Be Nominee Of Our Party’ News. 2012 Florida Republican Primary. Time Poll: Dead heat in Florida ahead of debate. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich trade blows in Florida. And Gingrich, desperate to avoid a rout in the biggest primary contest so far, called the former Massachusetts governor both a liar and a liberal.

“I am, in fact, the heir to the Reagan movement, not some liberal from Massachusetts,” Gingrich told a crowd of thousands here at The Villages retirement community. Polls show Romney surging ahead of Gingrich in Florida. Romney to Gingrich: ‘Look in the mirror’ The Odd Couple: Romney Vs. Gingrich. Newt goes nuclear: Gingrich slams 'pro-abortion, pro gun-control, pro tax-increase moderate' Mitt Romney.

Newt hints Santorum should drop out. Newt's New Florida Attack: Romney Vetoed Kosher Meals. Newt Gingrich Robocall. Gingrich Predicts ‘Straight-Out Contest’ for Months - Washington Wire. Election 2012 - Florida Republican Presidential Primary. Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge. Newt Gingrich's closing argument: Mitt Romney is 'a liberal' and a liar who is no different from Barack Obama. Mitt Hits McDonalds: Behind the Scenes with the Romney Bus in Florida. Tv » Sarah: ‘Annoy A Liberal. Vote Newt

George Will: "We're At The Horrid Stage With Newt Gingrich" In Florida run-up, Chuck Norris battles for Gingrich. Romney Wins Big in Florida Primary. 2012 Election Delegate Tracker - Presidential Race. Newt Gingrich loses Florida — and reminds us why - Right Turn. 22-Point Margin. Report: Newt Gingrich to challenge Florida primary. Santorum goes after Gingrich in new ad. Paul campaign: Newt must pay medical bills for broken foot. Romney Takes Early Lead Over Gingrich In Florida Presidential Primary.

Ann Romney talks up Mitt Romney's conservatism - Tim Mak. EXCLUSIVE: Mitt Romney to Receive Secret Service Protection.