Romney, Gingrich proceed carefully in GOP showdown

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Yahoo News:

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The once-bursting 2012 Republican presidential field is narrowing to a two-man race, and GOP voters have one month before casting the first votes to winnow it to one. Barring a dramatic new turn, their chief options will be the steady but often bland demeanor of Mitt Romney and the idea-a-minute bombast of Newt Gingrich.

Herman Cain's suspension of his campaign Saturday, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's continued struggles to regain traction, have focused the party's attention on Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and Gingrich, the former House speaker. They offer striking contrasts in personality, government experience and campaign organization.

Romney has maintained a political infrastructure since his 2008 presidential bid, especially in New Hampshire. Gingrich, whose campaign nearly collapsed several months ago, is relying much more heavily on his televised debate performances and the good will he built up with conservatives as a congressional leader in the 1980s and 1990s.

Gingrich's efforts appear to be paying off in Iowa, which holds first in the nation caucuses January 3.

A Des Moines Register poll released late Saturday found Gingrich leading the GOP field with 25 percent support among likely caucus goers. Texas Rep. Ron Paul had 18 percent support and Romney, who began campaigning in Iowa in earnest only recently, had 16 percent.
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May the least objectionable man win!

[Saltbag]

May the least objectionable man win!

 

Indeed.

 

 

 

Worst case scenario: Zero flat out wins. Alec Baldwin is etched into Mt. Rushmore. That's when I give up on America and move to another planet.

 

Second worst case scenario: Ron Paul gets huffy and puffy, decides to run as an Independent, and splits the vote. Zero wins, and gives Ron Paul the Constitution to take home as a lovely parting gift since he doesn't need it.

 

Best case scenario: We keep the house, take the senate, and vote one of these Republicans in where we can say "do your little dance on television, but shut up and pass this."