Not All Wins are the Same...

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Legal Insurrection:

Romney’s strategy of carpet bombing rather than inspiring may result in the nomination, but at a heavy financial price which will leave him weakened in a general election. A strategy which depends on outspending rivals several times over in each state is a self-destructive path...

Admittedly Newt, himself, was not particularly inspiring in Florida. Perhaps Romney's attacks threw him off message but if so, it was Newt's choice to step away from message and reply on Romney's terms.

Bad choice, Newt.




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New Momentum for Newt in Florida with Men ... and Latinos?

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It may be that Santorum bruised Romney on the RomneyCare attack, but more likely Romney went too dirty for too long on Newt.

Romney 36%
Newt 31%

NewsMax:

Towery noted that his poll showed a surge for Romney on Wednesday, with him leading Gingrich by 8 points. The InsiderAdvantage poll was among the first to show Romney's resurgence after his dismal showing in the S. Carolina primary.

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"The trend is favoring Gingrich," Towery said, noting that while Romney's lead was still outside the margin of error of 3.8 percent, "It's not by much."

And most interestingly:

As for Florida's important Latino vote, InsiderAdvantage has Gingrich beating Romney by a large margin, leading 42 percent to 29 percent.

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Establishment Conservative Romeny and His Big Media Allies Possibly Collude to Silence Newt...

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Fox News:

The pro-Newt Gingrich PAC "Winning Our Future" claims that "at least six" stations in Florida have -- as of Thursday -- been telling the group they need more documentation to run their ads.

"Stations all across Florida started to pull spots asking for fact checking," said Gregg Phillips, managing director of Winning Our Future, who accused the outlets of being "lazy" and suggested they were part of a coordinated effort across Florida to derail Newt Gingrich.

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Romney Is Here to Defend ObamaCare - "It's not worth Getting Angry About"...

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It damn well is worthy of anger. And I thank Santorum for finally bringing ObamaCare, the number one issue, after countless debates, to a debate. Not even Newt seemed willing to do that.



Mitt Romney's position regarding ObamaCare sorely needed this pounding and we the voters needed to see it.

It was about damn time. Thank you, Santorum.




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No Nuclear Newt...

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The debate tonight in Florida was boring. NBC's imploring the audience to refrain from applause did not help matters....not that it a mattered.

The source of most, if not all, of the fun at the recent Republican debates has been Newt's willingness to take on the presumptive arbiters of morality in media. First there was Juan Williams who claimed most Americans viewed the work ethic as insulting then ABC which open a presidential debate with a question concerning accusations made by Newt's wife.

Nothing similar occurred in Florida. Newt turned it off. He could have responded with ovation garnering theatrics in response to jabs from both Santorum and Romney. He did not.

There was no nuclear Newt because there is no "volatile Newt".

Simply put Newt, with his repeated dust offs when provoked, is proving that he is a man in control.




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Material Gains, Vanishing Leads -- Newt 41% Romney 32% Florida.....

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Rasmussen

Less than two weeks ago, Mitt Romney had a 22-point lead in Florida, but that’s ancient history in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Following his big win in South Carolina on Saturday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich now is on top in Florida by nine.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters, taken Sunday evening, finds Gingrich earning 41% of the vote with Romney in second at 32%. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum runs third with 11%, while Texas Congressman Ron Paul attracts support from eight percent (8%).

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The 20 Percenters and Geithner's

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Nearly 20% of Florida Homes Vacant,

On Thursday, the Census Bureau revealed that 18% -- or 1.6 million -- of
the Sunshine State's homes are sitting vacant. That's a rise of more than 63%
over the past 10 years.

While according to Gallup nearly 20% are considered unemployed or underemployed,

The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.3 percent in February, up from 9.8 percent at the end of January, according to the Gallup polling agency.

The rate of those considered to be underemployed, meanwhile, reached 19.9 percent last month, up from 18.9 percent at the end of January, Gallup says.

Amid this morass Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had this to say,

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner confessed on Wednesday that he had not read the plans by China's central bank governor for a "super-sovereign reserve currency" run by the International Monetary Fund, but nevertheless let slip that Washington was "open" to the idea.

And here I thought that the dollar's being a reserve currency was to some extent propping up its value despite massive debt.






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Molon Labe! Lt. Col. Alen West On Liberty and A Constitutional Republic...

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When the Political Class accuses candidates rooted in liberty and the tenants of our constitutional republic of extremism, the Political Class is lost to self serving rot.




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