As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Gary Harmon reports:
Santorum, who served two terms in the Senate, pointed to a Rasmussen poll that showed him two points ahead of the president in a head-to-head matchup and said he was the best person in the GOP field to clearly differentiate himself from Obama’s policies.
He pointed in particular to the health care system shepherded by one of Santorum’s leading GOP foes, Mitt Romney, in Massachusetts, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s alliance with Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi on global-warming legislation.
Both of his opponents in the Republican Party are too entwined with Obama policy for voters to draw clear contrasts between either if they face off against the incumbent, Santorum said.
Rick Santorum had a tough night in Nevada Saturday, finishing a distant 4th place, but has invested much more time in Colorado in the past seven days than ever before. A poll follows–would a solid finish in Colorado put Santorum back in the “Romney alternative” hunt?
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I actually thought you guys were above propping up the also rans. Romney is going to win Colorado by a huge margin, and that is the only story that matters. Santorum is wasting everyone’s time, even more so than Paul and Gingrich.
Yes, Romney will win Colorado big. But that’s not “the only story that matters.” If Newt falls to third or even fourth, it will be a huge blow to His Egoship.
The florida poll showed if you took Santorum out, Romney actually gained a point. Santorum is backed by values voters and we all know what Newt’s values are. But Gingrich voters are more likely to migrate to Santorum if Gingrich drops out than vice versa.
Arap is right. Mitt has a commanding 40-delegate lead for this nomination and that means IT’S OVER. If Colorado Republicans dare to vote for Santorum, they’re just messing with Mitt and should be IGNORED. Especially if Santorum wins in Minnesota and Missouri on the same night, because I read somewhere (above this comment) that Santorum is an also ran and if Republicans vote for him it doesn’t matter because this has already been decided. The sooner Republicans in the other 45 states get in line, the easier it will be for everyone. Don’t make this difficult for yourselves.
The “you guys … propping up the also rans” are doing no such thing: in the poll about who will win, >90% say Romney; in the above poll about whether Santorum’s CO showing will help him keep going, >70% say “no.”
Minnesota and Missouri also have contests tomorrow, and Santorum is polling very well in both states.
Mitt will (or at least should) do well here in the Centennial State, but if Santorum slips in to a solid second here and bubbles up to the top in the midwest, Romney is going to once again lose his clear frontrunner status to Senator Man-on-Dog. If Santorum pulls out a strong showing over Gingrich, the not-Romneys may finally converge on Santorum as their man.
I’d still advise Santorum not to put too much faith in one extreme outlier Rassie. In a long list at RealClear, all other polls show Obama with a big advantage in a head to head with Mr. Froth:
http://www.realclearpolitics.c…
For me to agree completely? These polls are ridiculous. Santorum can’t beat Romney and nobody with a brain thinks he can.
it’s going to take Romney until May or June to get a majority of delegates if the “also rans” stay in the race. Why are Republicans having such a hard time embracing their designated leader? Is the problem with Mitt or is it with the Republican voters? It can’t be both!
Republican voter turnout in Florida primary speaks volumes
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his own base dosen’t even like him. I can’t fault them for that.
Just Rassies. They tend to be comically off everyone else’s, left, right and center, on a regular basis. On the other hand, ArapG, the walking dead seem bound and determined to stay in for as long a time and do as much damage to your boy as possible. Sucks to be you. But then it’s just a job, right? And you’ll be employed through election day. So, I guess it’s all good.
Why is Romney having such a hard time closing the deal?
Libertad probably thinks he can. So I guess you’re right.
that’s superpac-ing Santorum?
Those Mormons-are-cultists-Gingrich-mistress-hating evangelical leaders, ala Dobson et al, are much more about hearing the voice of God saying the fleeced should donate another tithe, than they actually are about funding someone else’s
scam, er, mission.He really is pushing hard the pol[e] where he is two [units] bigger than Obama. Is his next stop in the Springs to take a shower with Daddy Dobson so they can show off to a youngster (per Daddy Dobson recommendation).