Holy Disney World! Polls show Romney surging

[UteStar]

So what happens when Bloomberg enters the race. Yeah, he says he aint running, but the Repubs are a mess...Bloomberg enters, all votes are off.

Where oh where is Ross Perot? Wouldn't he still be president if Utahns had their choice?

[SeattleUte]

It's a perfect storm for Romney in FL. Huckabee and Thompson are out, Giuliani and McCain are at each other's throats and sharing the moderates. The fundies are freaking out. I heard a bunch of them on NPR saying they were "reluctantly" voting for Romney. One said he wanted a brokered convention and a completely new candidate. Why doesn't Romney have this thing in the bag? FL should be low hanging fruit for him.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Can we agree that if McCain wins Florida he's our nominee and we all need to rally around him?

Ha! Wouldn't that be nice. That's downright Obama-levels of hopefulness.

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Is Giuliani hurting McCain in Florida?

No, it's the beginning of the end of Huckabee. As Huckabee has lost support in Florida, Romney has picked it up.

Huckabee is McCain's best friend. Huck steals votes from Romney, allowing McCain to appear to be the frontrunner. But watching Huck, you get the distinct feeling of watching a young ice skater performing his first long program at the Olympic level. You know it's only a matter of time before the stumble, and then the fall. He's just flat out unprepared to handle the spotlight on the national stage. And with his bizarre statements (Jesus funding the campaign, the Confederate flag is okay, equating homosexuality with beastophilia), the sense of impending doom is only increasing. But McCain (and the GOP, really) has to hope the Hucks can hold out a little while longer, because if Huckabee's national campaign collapses sooner rather than later, it's curtains for McCain.


Related: Reports are that Huckabee's campaign is completely out of funding, staff members are either leaving or agreeing to continue unpaid.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Why doesn't Romney have this thing in the bag? FL should be low hanging fruit for him.

I'll send his campaign a note suggesting Mitt boardmail you.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by UteStar

So what happens when Bloomberg enters the race. Yeah, he says he aint running, but the Repubs are a mess...Bloomberg enters, all votes are off.

Where oh where is Ross Perot? Wouldn't he still be president if Utahns had their choice?

Nope. Perot finished 2nd in Utah.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

But watching Huck, you get the distinct feeling of watching a young ice skater performing his first long program at the Olympic level. You know it's only a matter of time before the stumble, and then the fall. He's just flat out unprepared to handle the spotlight on the national stage.

That was a cheap shot at SU. He may dig nekkid guys dancing but he's no ice skating fan.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

... equating homosexuality with beastophilia...

So many gaffes, so little time.

I must have missed this one. You happen to have a link?

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

So many gaffes, so little time.

I must have missed this one. You happen to have a link?

I'd like to see the link too. I'm no Huckabee defender, but I think this may be a stretch. Years ago Rick Santorum got beat up over a similar claim, and it was false.

[YOhio]

Huck's quote:

Is it your goal to bring the Constitution into strict conformity with the Bible? Some people would consider that a kind of dangerous undertaking, particularly given the variety of biblical interpretations.

Well, I don’t think that’s a radical view to say we’re going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we’re going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again. I think the radical position is to make a change in what’s been historic.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/228/story_22873_2.html

[woot]

Originally Posted by Tex

I'd like to see the link too. I'm no Huckabee defender, but I think this may be a stretch. Years ago Rick Santorum got beat up over a similar claim, and it was false.

How was it false? Did he not use "man on dog" as part of his slippery slope argument? Huck basically did the same thing. Apparently "consenting adults" is a concept that a lot of Republicans don't get.