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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 10:58 AM Jan 2012

Romney confidently eyeing Fla. primary's big prize

TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state's 50 delegates, the biggest prize yet in the Republican presidential nomination contest.

Romney is heavily favored in the winner-take-all primary, the final and possibly pivotal contest in a high-stakes month in which the former Massachusetts governor has claimed one win and two second-place finishes so far. On Monday, he campaigned so optimistically that he broke into song.

Without predicting a winner or endorsing a candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told CNN on Tuesday: "The winner of Florida is in all likelihood going to be the nominee of our party."

But Gingrich would have none of that talk. Outside a polling place in Orlando Tuesday, he told reporters the race wouldn't be decided until June or July — "unless Romney drops out earlier."

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/romney-confidently-eyeing-fla-1324441.html

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Romney confidently eyeing Fla. primary's big prize (Original Post) EarlG Jan 2012 OP
Rachel had a story on the delegate warrior1 Jan 2012 #1
What -- Florida's delegates may NOT be winner take all? rocktivity Jan 2012 #3
It's Gingrich's own fault GOTV Jan 2012 #2
I enjoy the captions and choices of 'Pic of the Moment' each day... Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #4
"You go ahead, dear. I'll frogmarch Jan 2012 #5
It's the shame he can't handle siligut Jan 2012 #6

warrior1

(12,325 posts)
1. Rachel had a story on the delegate
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:02 AM
Jan 2012

problem. If one RNC objects then the total, winner take all, will be decided in August. Romney still may only get a portion of them.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
3. What -- Florida's delegates may NOT be winner take all?
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:41 AM
Jan 2012

Be still, my heart!

That's all the more reason to root for a single-digit margin of victory -- Go Newtie, go, go!


rocktivity

GOTV

(3,759 posts)
2. It's Gingrich's own fault
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:03 AM
Jan 2012

He's the one that stopped going after Romney and the Media so fiercely. He became a fluffy bunny in Fla.

I'm disappointed too. I was so looking forward to the GOP histrionics if Newt won another one.

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