GOP Primary Megathread!

[Phillip V]

Ron Paul reiterates his desired alliance with Romney.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/02/paul-romney-is-someone-i-could-talk-to-113820.html

[Faeelin]

Any chances of someone else dropping their hat in to save the day? Rubio?

[Darth Wagtaros]

What makes you think that?

Wishful thinking.

[Razgovory]

Any chances of someone else dropping their hat in to save the day? Rubio?

Sarah Palin tried to, but was confused by that phrase and showed up with a hat with a ring in it.  Katmai got it on tape.

[The Minsky Moment]

Saw Santorum give his speech last night where he blamed Obama for the Wall Street bailouts to help his Wall Street friends.

Is his target audience really so ignorant there are incapable of recalling what happened less than 4 years ago?   Hank Paulson and the 3 page memo.  John McCain "suspending" his campaign. Chris Cox.  Bear, Lehman, the Freddie/Fannie takover, the AIG loan, the Stabilization Fund, TARP, TALF, CPP, the asset purchase program, the MBS buys.

2008, people. 2008.

Call it naivite, but is kind of astonishing that a serious candidate for President can start a speech with such an obvious lie and get away with it.

[mongers]

Saw Santorum give his speech last night where he blamed Obama for the Wall Street bailouts to help his Wall Street friends.

Is his target audience really so ignorant there are incapable of recalling what happened less than 4 years ago?   Hank Paulson and the 3 page memo.  John McCain "suspending" his campaign. Chris Cox.  Bear, Lehman, the Freddie/Fannie takover, the AIG loan, the Stabilization Fund, TARP, TALF, CPP, the asset purchase program, the MBS buys.

2008, people. 2008.

Call it naivite, but is kind of astonishing that a serious candidate for President can start a speech with such an obvious lie and get away with it.

Yes, yes you are naive, yes they invariably get away with it.

[Jacob]

Well, apparently the housing bubble was caused by people being unable to pay their mortgages due to higher airconditioning and heating bills:

"We went into a recession in 2008. People forget why. They thought it was a housing bubble. The housing bubble was caused because of a dramatic spike in energy prices that caused the housing bubble to burst," Santorum told the audience. "People had to pay so much money to air condition and heat their homes or pay for gasoline that they couldn't pay their mortgage."

http://coloradoindependent.com/111924/santorum-and-gingrich-dismiss-climate-change-vow-to-dismantle-the-epa

[Razgovory]

Well, apparently the housing bubble was caused by people being unable to pay their mortgages due to higher airconditioning and heating bills:

"We went into a recession in 2008. People forget why. They thought it was a housing bubble. The housing bubble was caused because of a dramatic spike in energy prices that caused the housing bubble to burst," Santorum told the audience. "People had to pay so much money to air condition and heat their homes or pay for gasoline that they couldn't pay their mortgage."

http://coloradoindependent.com/111924/santorum-and-gingrich-dismiss-climate-change-vow-to-dismantle-the-epa

Oh dear...  This in addition to what JR posted is kinda worrying.

[The Minsky Moment]

With some apologies to Huntsman, this has been a one person race since the beginning.  Aside from Romney, the rest aren't qualified or competent enough for a spot on Celebrity Apprentice, much less a major party nomination for President.

[CountDeMoney]

Call it naivite, but is kind of astonishing that a serious candidate for President can start a speech with such an obvious lie and get away with it.

A political party gets the candidate it deserves.

[Ideologue]

Saw Santorum give his speech last night where he blamed Obama for the Wall Street bailouts to help his Wall Street friends.

Is his target audience really so ignorant there are incapable of recalling what happened less than 4 years ago?   Hank Paulson and the 3 page memo.  John McCain "suspending" his campaign. Chris Cox.  Bear, Lehman, the Freddie/Fannie takover, the AIG loan, the Stabilization Fund, TARP, TALF, CPP, the asset purchase program, the MBS buys.

2008, people. 2008.

Call it naivite, but is kind of astonishing that a serious candidate for President can start a speech with such an obvious lie and get away with it.

I blame "opinions differ on shape of the Earth" journalism.  Also, the ideological distortion the average ground-level Republican views the world with.

God, if only we could flip the Democrat switch in these people, we'd be unstoppable.

[Zanza]

Well, apparently the housing bubble was caused by people being unable to pay their mortgages due to higher airconditioning and heating bills:

"We went into a recession in 2008. People forget why. They thought it was a housing bubble. The housing bubble was caused because of a dramatic spike in energy prices that caused the housing bubble to burst," Santorum told the audience. "People had to pay so much money to air condition and heat their homes or pay for gasoline that they couldn't pay their mortgage."

http://coloradoindependent.com/111924/santorum-and-gingrich-dismiss-climate-change-vow-to-dismantle-the-epa

[garbon]

God, if only we could flip the Democrat switch in these people, we'd be unstoppable.

Yes with all following Queen Pelosi would could run ourselves into the ground even faster!

[Admiral Yi]

Pretty fucking boneheaded.

Anyone know if Santorum's states have open primaries/caucuses?  I'm wondering if he won because of a deluge of Idy Logs.

[mongers]

Good god, could you lot not hurry up and choose a/any candidate. 

Alternatively, have you considered smoke-filled rooms ?