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		<title>By: Chris Weigant</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/02/16/thursday-convention-speculation/#comment-19570</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Weigant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TheStig -

I read somewhere (don&#039;t quote me, doing it from memory) that Romney was outspending Rick 29-1 in Michigan.  Maybe Santorum&#039;s rise will prove that sometimes, in politics (no matter what the conventional wisdom says), money isn&#039;t everything.

We&#039;ll see...

-CW</description>
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<p>I read somewhere (don't quote me, doing it from memory) that Romney was outspending Rick 29-1 in Michigan.  Maybe Santorum's rise will prove that sometimes, in politics (no matter what the conventional wisdom says), money isn't everything.</p>
<p>We'll see...</p>
<p>-CW</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All this speculation is getting fueled by what seems to be a very real tilt away from Romney and towards Santorum by the party faithful.

I see it in polls, I see it first hand. I know Republican businessmen, genuine millionaires, who are defecting.  Guys who can write big checks.  They just don&#039;t trust Romney.  Heart over head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All this speculation is getting fueled by what seems to be a very real tilt away from Romney and towards Santorum by the party faithful.</p>
<p>I see it in polls, I see it first hand. I know Republican businessmen, genuine millionaires, who are defecting.  Guys who can write big checks.  They just don't trust Romney.  Heart over head.</p>
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		<title>By: dsws</title>
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		<dc:creator>dsws</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;If I&#039;m not mistaken, the Republican Party doesn&#039;t even have the luxury of party &quot;superdelegates&quot; at their convention&lt;/i&gt;

Looks as though you&#039;re mistaken:
http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/4726/republican-superdelegate-endorsement-list

&lt;i&gt;...which were instituted by the Democrats for this very reason: to avoid such obvious problems&lt;/i&gt;

Were they?  I thought superdelegates were mostly just left over from the days before binding primaries, when conventions were actual meetings of party pooh-bahs where they deliberated in the proverbial smoke-filled rooms.  The turmoil of 1968 also played a part, but I don&#039;t remember exactly what I read about that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If I'm not mistaken, the Republican Party doesn't even have the luxury of party "superdelegates" at their convention</i></p>
<p>Looks as though you're mistaken:<br />
<a href="http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/4726/republican-superdelegate-endorsement-list" rel="nofollow">http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/4726/republican-superdelegate-endorsement-list</a></p>
<p><i>...which were instituted by the Democrats for this very reason: to avoid such obvious problems</i></p>
<p>Were they?  I thought superdelegates were mostly just left over from the days before binding primaries, when conventions were actual meetings of party pooh-bahs where they deliberated in the proverbial smoke-filled rooms.  The turmoil of 1968 also played a part, but I don't remember exactly what I read about that.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/02/16/thursday-convention-speculation/#comment-19553</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Sargent finishes up with the Republican Party in the extremely awkward position of, essentially, fighting both sides of the 2000 Bush/Gore election dispute, within their own party:&lt;/I&gt;

That alone would be worth the price of admission..  :D


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Sargent finishes up with the Republican Party in the extremely awkward position of, essentially, fighting both sides of the 2000 Bush/Gore election dispute, within their own party:</i></p>
<p>That alone would be worth the price of admission..  :D</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: dsws</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/02/16/thursday-convention-speculation/#comment-19548</link>
		<dc:creator>dsws</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even that convention would be a made-for-tv extravaganza.  The brokering would happen out of sight, beforehand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even that convention would be a made-for-tv extravaganza.  The brokering would happen out of sight, beforehand.</p>
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