Thank you Speaker Gingrich for NOT endorsing Governor Romney!
Submitted by hectorinmiami on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 16:09

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Today, former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate for the Republican nomination, Newt Gingrich gracefully suspended his campaign but did not formally endorse former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for president for reasons political analysts state are Governor Romney’s lack of conservative credentials. Speaker Gingrich won 2 states, his home state of Georgia and South Carolina with an unexpected, landslide victory.

With Speaker Gingrich’s departure as a candidate in this presidential primary cycle it would seem that Governor Romney has cleared the last major hurdle toward capturing the Republican nomination. This is NOT the case.

After a year of hard campaigning and nearly $40 million expended, little of the Romney campaign effort has gone toward healing the harsh feelings that most in the grassroots of Republican politics share about the former Massachusetts governor. Tea Party activists and conservative Republicans alike continue to echo their sentiment that Governor Romney is far too liberal and his record is out of place with the Republican Party and therefore should not have a nationwide platform to promote his policies. Governor Romney has also been cited for defending federal bailouts, nationalization of various industries from auto manufacturing to insurance to banking, and defended numerous foreign policy initials of current President Barrack Obama. Consequently, Christian Conservatives have also loudly protested Governor Romney’s record of supporting pro-choice policies such as public funding of abortions (SOURCE: The Mitt Romney Report).

Adding to this criticism, Governor Romney is also commonly referred to as the “Father of Obamacare.” Obamacare refers to the federal government takeover of healthcare services hated especially by the Republican rank and file because of its use of an individual mandate. Governor Romney has boasted as being the architect of Obamacare since the Obama enacted healthcare reform was based largely on the socialized healthcare system established in Massachusetts while Mr. Romney served as governor of the state (SOURCE: RomneyCare & ObamaCare: Can you tell the difference?). The term “political chameleon” has also been used to paint a negative picture of Governor Romney’s ideological changes over the length of his political career to suit the temperament of New England and then national politics (SOURCE: Romney is not conservative, but he’s not moderate either).

While Speaker Gingrich marks his departure from the campaign trail, his remarks regarding Governor Romney recall the Speaker’s words describing Mr. Romney as “a liberal and a liar who is no different from Barack Obama” (SOURCE: Gingrich lets loose on Romney at Florida debate). The lack of a Romney endorsement serves to point out a serious lack support from a prominent Southern Republican to Mr. Romney’s cause (the Romney Campaign has not carried a single Southern state, save strongly contested Florida). As it is often said, politics makes strange bedfellows. Yet this expression does not stand true today.

Less than a month has past with few political contests in between since the April 10th suspension of Senator Rick Santorum’s campaign, which was seen as Governor Romney’s strongest opposition after winning 11 states. It may very well be that today marks a turning point in Republican politics but in a direction party leaders are not expecting. Perhaps, the quickness in which these Anti-Romney campaigns have fallen to the wayside has caused whiplash to a surprised grassroots audience.

To the chagrin of the Romney camp, the famous “Anyone BUT Romney” call to action famously coined last year has once again been used to fan the flame of grassroots action in the final 14 states of the primary season and some 30 state conventions where contests have already passed where more than 800 delegates have yet to be allocated. Their goal is to send a message that Romney is still not the desirable choice for Republican nomination and push this primary season into a convention fight come August in Tampa. With Governor Romney’s delegate count hundreds of committed delegates short of the magic number of 1,144 delegates (SOURCE: AP/NYT GOP Primary Page), the Romney campaign is scrambling to work with state GOP organizations to hold the line against these insurgent grassroots (SOURCE: Romney “PANIC” after Ron Paul landslide).

Already happening are signs of strong resistance to Governor Romney’s candidacy, which can be demonstrated by Congressman Ron Paul’s Saturday victory in the Louisiana caucus capturing 74% of the delegates to their state convention which will most likely lead to a complete capture of that state party apparatus (Source: Sun Herald). In another coup, Ron Paul supporters successfully gained control of the Alaska Republican Party assisted in part with activists close to Sarah Palin, who has not endorsed Governor Romney. Efforts in Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Washington State have seen a unity movement formed between anti-Romney groups and Ron Paul supporters with the intent of undermining the chances of the Romney campaign. Even Romney's Former Lt. Governor, Kerry Healey, lost her delegate bid in Massachusetts because of these efforts (SOURCE: Ron Paul supporters defeat many of Romney's picks to Tampa). This succession of victories actually started a month ago when Ron Paul supporters firming took over the Iowa and Nevada GOPs.

Today, the focus of media attention is on Speaker Gingrich’s campaign suspension but the more important news is that the Republican Party is going through a transformation which Politico describes as the “political maturation of the Paul forces” (SOURCE: Ron Paul captures Alaska GOP).

Next week’s contests in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia will be the first indication of a coalescing anti-Romney, pro-Paul alliance that will continue the fight in the subsequent 11 contests and also in a potential brokered convention.

This final stand by Republican grassroots is inspired by the fact that no other candidate will stand against Governor Romney’s campaign as Speaker Gingrich and Senator Santorum are now out of the running (SOURCE: Santorum and Gingrich seek guarantees from Romney). Even if Congressman Ron Paul is not the candidate of choice for the grassroots their call for “Anyone BUT Romney” will be heard loud and clear in a brokered convention.

The divisions within the GOP are going to hurt us come November. If the Ron Paul and Gingrich supporters don't rally behind Romney, we probably are going to see another 4 years of Obama.

How can anyone find 4 more years of Obama preferable to 4 years under Romney is a mystery to me.

Ron Paul is the ONLY one who can beat the Kenyan King Barry!

As the article states..... RP is the only one offering anything different, he is a conservative, an evangelical, pro-life, and HAS BEEN ELECTED 12 TIMES before!

Voting for Robme is throwing your vote away!

RP supporters are "taking over" the GOP....if nobody likes that, then they are destined for O another 4 years.....cuz Robme can't beat him!

RP will NEVER endorse Robme, nor will his supporters, and O can't be beaten without us!

4 more of O is preferrable to 8 of Robme!

Without Ron Paul and Gingrich supporters? Probably not. But more voters are with Mitt Romney. Unless you want another 4 years of Obama, the onus lies with you to vote for the candidate with the most support from voters.

That's media hype BS!!!

Robme has NO support but from the banker money.....

And MSM lies!

If Robme had any REAL support, 2 candidates with NO money and NO media coverage couldn't stand against him, and the one with NO media coverage wouldn't be taking over the GOP from under him!

A term with Romney is another SSDD repeat from Bush/Bammy.

They are three of a kind.

King Barry is all about destroying the empirial US monster machine. Robme is all about Robme, and will sell his soul, and America, to the highest bidder....as has been proven!

So RP needs to drop out and support Robme?

Not according to the latest polls! RP leads King Barry AND Robme by over 9 points!!!

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/05/romney-leads-obama-narrowly-in-montana.html