Posts Tagged ‘Florida Primary’
Colbert Super PAC tops $1 million in donations
Stephen Colbert announced on his Super PAC website early Tuesday morning (Jan. 31), "several hours before being legally required to," that his political action committee has raised $1,023,121.24. The super PAC is officially titled "Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow," but the donation announcement includes that it is "considering changing it again to John Colbert Cougar Super MellenPAC." Colbert also writes, "We raised it on my show and used it to materially influence the elections - in full accordance with the law. It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country." He also includes in the letter to the Federal Election Commission, "Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I'm rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 [...]
Politisite Political Projections: Florida Primary January 31, 2012
Politisite provides projections based on a Momentum modality similar to that used in projecting stock prices. Politisite does NOT endorse any candidate during the primary process. Further, we do not receive funding from any political campaign. Having said that, here are our projections for the Florida Primary for January 31, 2012 Mitt Romney – 42% (+13) Newt Gingrich – 29% Rick Santorum – 13% Ron Paul – 10% We do see some downward Trending on Mitt Romney, we attribute this to over kill as he is advertising at rates in excess of seven to one in some areas of Florida. Gingrich is beginning to Trend upwards and should fall within 4 percentage points of our stated projection. We are more confindent that he will end up higher rather that lower. Santorum has [...]
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich square off in Republican debate
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sparred here Thursday night over immigration, taxes and wealth, lobbying, and colonizing the moon in a debate that underscored the potential consequences of a loss for either of the leading Republican presidential candidates in Tuesday’s high-stakes Florida primary. Romney went on the offensive, as he had in a forum on Monday. The former Massachusetts governor said it was “repulsive” for the former House speaker to label him “the most anti-immigrant” candidate in the field. He blasted Gingrich’s moon proposal, saying that if someone had brought it to him, his response would have been “You’re fired.” He goaded his rival into a discussion of his taxes. Gingrich fought back repeatedly, arguing that he has bigger [...]
CNN Sunshine State GOP Debate Tweet-By-Tweet
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor Holding a slim one point lead in the RealClearPolitics average of Florida polls, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will head into tonight’s crucial CNN debate against an opponent -- Newt Gingrich -- who has used these debate formats on multiple occasions to revive his campaign. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul will be there too, but the focus will be on the two undisputed front-runners in Florida, which holds its primary on Tuesday, Jan. 31. This is the last debate before then and may be the most important debate of this cycle (18th in the series) . (ht: Human Events) A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of Florida Republicans shows Newt Gingrich 37%, Mitt Romney 28%, Rick Santorum 18% and Ron Paul 12%. This poll contradicts the other [...]
The Truth About Gingrich Ethics, Chris Cristie, And A View From Mark Levin
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor On Monday's Mark Levin Show this week (January 23, 2012), Mark Levin took to task comments made by New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie while on "Meet The Press" when he was on the campaign stomp on behalf of Mitt Romney. Chris Christie was running his mouth about Newt Gingrich, saying that Newt has embarrassed the Republican Party with his ethics charges that were brought in Congress by Democrat Congressman David Bonior. Mark challenges Christie to review each of the charges, point by point, and their outcome as a student of the process just as Mark did at the time the charges were actually brought because Mark Levin was a senior attorney at the Landmark Legal Foundation and performed the investigation. Mark asserts that Gov. Christie can't [...]
Did Gingrich leave speakership "in disgrace"?
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In his first Florida appearance since losing the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney college paper fired away at the viagra pills man who beat him in the Palmetto State -- Newt Gingrich -- during a campaign appearance in Ormond Beach on Jan. 22, 2012. "He had to resign in disgrace," Romney told listeners. "I don't know whether you knew that." He made a similar comment during the debate in Tampa on Jan. 23. We considered whether we could rate this on the Truth-O-Meter, but ultimately decided that defining the term "in disgrace" is a matter of opinion and not subject to fact-checking. However, we’ll spell out what we know about Gingrich's resignation as House speaker to help readers make up their own minds. It’s accurate for Romney to point out that Gingrich had a long-running [...]
NBC ‘Rock Center’ GOP Debate From Tampa Bay Tweet-By-Tweet
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor With barely enough time to soak in the resounding and unexpected win in the South Carolina primary by former insider turned outsider, Newt Gingrich, NBC News Rock Center with Brian Williams is conducting the first of two televised GOP field debates before the Florida primary. The primary result in South Carolina (Newt - 40% vs Mitt - 28% ... a 12% spread) put egg on the faces of many recognizable Republican leadership faces, the most recognizable of which was the 2008 presidential election's Republican nominee, John McCain, New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie, and past Republican Political Party leader, Hailey Barbour. This potential Republican 'ruling class' drubbing may continue in Florida if the most recent polls from Rasmussen are to be [...]
Florida Republican debate: Where and What to Watch
Republicans gather for the 18th debate of the nominating battle tonight in Tampa, Florida. Below, three key questions about tonight's sure-to-be-nasty faceoff, which airs tonight from 9-11 p.m. Eastern Time ahead of the Sunshine State's January 31 primary: 1. Can Mitt Romney create a YouTube moment? Exit polls showed that Newt Gingrich's victory in the South Carolina primary was driven in large part by voters won over by his performance in two debates last week. Gingrich had two memorable moments in the debates - both involving sparring with the debate moderators - that went viral among conservatives and earned him standing ovations. Even when he was earning rave reviews in the early debates, Romney wasn't creating those kinds of moments - the ones that the voters who don't actually [...]
In Florida, Romney takes aim at resurgent Gingrich
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Mitt Romney unleashed his harshest personal attack of the campaign on Newt Gingrich here Sunday, saying “it was proven that he was a failed leader” as the former governor pivoted sharply to regain his footing in the wake of Gingrich’s stunning resurgence over the weekend. As the dramatically altered presidential campaign moved cialis without prescriptions to Florida, Republican leaders braced for a long and potentially bitter nominating contest. After upending the campaign in South Carolina with a commanding victory, Gingrich moved quickly to capitalize on it. He launched an aggressive fundraising blitz — aides said his “money bomb” raised $1 million in eight hours — and hired new staff to help him compete with Romney as the contest moves to a much [...]
Politisite Poll Pulse – Cain now leads in Florida
Herman Cain leads the Florida Republican presidential primary with 34%. Cain is followed by Mitt Romney at 28% and Newt Gingrich at 11%. In July, Rick Perry was leading in Florida with 16%, followed closely by Michele Bachmann at 15%, Romney at 15%, Sarah Palin at 13%, and Cain at 11%. Cain leads Romney 34% to 28% among registered Republicans likely to vote in the primary, with Gingrich at 11%. Among Tea Party supporters, Cain leads Romney 43% to 19%, with 12% for Gingrich. Among likely Republican primary voters saying they are not Tea Party supporters or that they are undecided about the Tea Party, Romney leads Cain 38% to 23%, with 9% for Gingrich. Among likely voters saying they will definitely vote, Cain leads Romney 36% to 27%. via American Research Group.
