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Rick Santorum accuses Romney campaign of “political thuggery” in Michigan GOP primary

By on March 2, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Bwahahahahaaa!!!

Honestly, the Michigan Republican Primary is the gift to Democrats that just keeps on giving. They are referring to the decision by the Michigan Republican Party to award two at-large delegates to Mitt Romney. As memiller writes at Blogging for Michigan, Santorum’s camp thought they should have split the two delegates and the decision goes against the MRP’s own rules.

The two at-large delegates awarded Tuesday in the Michigan Republican Presidential Primary were supposed to be split proportionately by Party rules, that is (given the results), one for Romney and one for Santorum. Given that each candidate also won seven Congressional Districts, that made the overall split 15 to 15 — a tie in delegate terms.…

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The GOP clownshow continues – Michigan edition

By on March 1, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Republican-Fail, Rick Santorum

You call that “winning”?

Although Mitt Romney is crowing about his big win in Michigan this past Tuesday, it appears that he split the Michigan delegates evenly with Rick Santorum.

Comically, though, the Romney camp is saying that’s not true.

Santorum, campaigning in Tennessee, one of 10 states with contests on Super Tuesday next week, said he and Romney have split Michigan’s total of 30 delegates.”We tied the state of Michigan,” John Yob, adviser for the Santorum campaign, said in a press phone call Wednesday. “We view that as a major success.”

But Romney’s camp disputed the issue was closed.

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Mitt Romney pays $10.40 for every Michigan GOP primary vote

By on February 29, 2012 in GOP Primary, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

The best nomination money can buy

Yesterday, GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney squeeked out a win over his opponent Rick Santorum by a mere three percentage points.

He got 410,517 votes across the state to Santorum’s 378,124. Romney and his supporting PAC (Restore Our Future) outspent Santorum and his supportive PACs (Red White and Blue Fund & Susan B. Anthony List) nearly two-to-one ($4.27 Million to $2.27 Million).

Doing some quick math, Romney spent $10.40 for each vote. Santorum himself spent $6.00.

Also, 9 out of 10 Romney ads were negative. While that might not be “setting his hair on fire” (seems there is at least one thing Romney is not willing to do to win the nomination – muss his majestic coif), it does show how important Michigan was to him.…


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Rick Santorum thinks getting a college education is “indoctrination” & snobby

By on February 27, 2012 in Barack Obama, Education, President Obama, Rick Santorum

Elitest vs. Out of Touch

Last Saturday when LOLGOP and I attended the Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan (liveblog HERE), GOP Presidential contender Rick Santorum spit upon the goal of giving every American boy and girl the chance to go to college. What’s more, instead of valuing a college education, he described it as “indoctrination” and President Obama trying to “reshape [students] in his own image.”

I’m not joking.

Not all folks are gifted in the same way. Some people have incredible gifts with their hands. Some people have incredible gifts to use and want to work out there making things.…

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LIVEBLOG: Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan 2/25/12

By on February 25, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Bring on the conservatives!

LOLGOP and I are liveblogging and live tweeting the Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan today. Be sure to check out his Twitter feed as well as checking back here throughout the day.

On tap today: GOP front runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, former candidate Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbart, conservative radio show host Frank Beckmann and AFP Michigan Director Scott Hagerstrom. Invitees Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and President Barack Obama declined.

1,200 tickets were sold to the event and it is sold out. You’ll be able to watch Rick Santorum’s speech live on C-Span.…


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Both GOP presidential front-runners would have let Chrysler & GM fail

By on February 17, 2012 in Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republican-Fail, Rick Santorum

It’s a winning message…for President Obama

It’s not just Mitt Romney that would have crashed the economy by letting Chrysler and GM fail. Rick Santorum would have, too:

Making his Michigan campaign debut in the home of the auto industry, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday he would not have supported the government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler.”If we had just stayed out of it completely and let the market work, I believe that the market would have worked,” Santorum said in an address to the Detroit Economic Club. “Would the auto industry look different than it does today?…

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The Romney Desperation Syndrome

By on February 16, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

The best election money can buy

How desperate is Mitt Romney to win in his “home state” of Michigan? THIS desperate.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his allies at the super PAC Restore Our Future are spending $1,240,230 in Michigan this week, according to a Republican media buyer. The former Pennsylvania senator is spending $42,443 — not a typo — and none of his super PAC supporters have spent anything.That means there will be 29 times more Romney ads than Santorum ads on the air in the Wolverine state.

Twenty. Nine. Times.

Good lord. And he’s losing to Santorum in the last four polls taken in Michigan.…


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The Michigan Santorum Surge continues – UDPATED

By on February 16, 2012 in Michigan, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Santorum surging all over Michigan

On top of two recent polls showing Santorum surging all over Mitt Romney in Michigan, we now have two more:

Two more polls show Rick Santorum with a lead in Michigan’s presidential primary — and a sizeable one at that.The MRG Michigan Poll, done in concert with Lansing-based Inside Michigan Politics, shows Santorum, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, with 43 percent of the support to 33 percent for native son Mitt Romney, who grew up in Oakland County and has long been considered the front-runner in Michigan.

In the MRG poll, they were trailed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (11 percent) and U.S.

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Daily Kos’ “Operation Hilarity” – getting Dems to vote for Santorum – is a HUGE mistake

By on February 16, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Who spiked the water cooler?

The Daily Kos crew, a group of people I normally admire and adore, has completely gone off the rails with a project they are calling “Operation Hilarity”. First announced by kos himself and further expanded upon by Chris Bowers, it is essentially an effort to encourage Democrats to vote in the open Republican primaries in a variety of states, including Michigan, for Rick Santorum.

Yes, you read that right. FOR Rick Santorum. They have this idea that somehow, if they can get Santorum to surge, it will extend the GOP primary and help the Democrats. They are even raising money and doing ad buys on Facebook, etc.…


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Rick Santorum takes sides: he’s with the 1%

By on February 15, 2012 in Barack Obama, President Obama, Rick Santorum

See ya at the polls, buddy

Not sure exactly how this math works out electorally-speaking but Rick Santorum seems to think his path to victory is slamming “The 99%”.

At a campaign event this week (with really bad lighting, I might add) he derided Occupy protesters who were putting up a fuss:

“I think it’s really important for you to understand what this radical element represents,” Santorum said to the cheering crowd of about 350 people. “Because what they represent is true intolerance.”

Yes, yes. Radical intolerance. Well, Rick, that’s what happens when the greed of those in power drives others to desperation after so long.…


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