Texas Could Play a Role in the GOP Presidential Race
Texas is usually flyover country in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.
But this year could be different, even with a delayed primary.
Although former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is leading former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania in the hunt for delegates, it is next to impossible for Romney to wrap things up before the Texas primary on May 29. And Santorum has led most public opinion polls in conservative Texas, which has the country’s second-largest number of delegates at stake, with 155.
Two other factors point toward a competitive Texas race: Gov. Rick Perry ...
Comments (9)
gypsy314 ne
Im for Anyone BUT Obama and democrats!
BUT Romney would be our better choice and sooner we end the primary Romney can take on the fraud Obama. BUT I will vote and support anyone BUT Obama and democrats for the good of our country This is a MUST Obama and democrats must GO and also a the rhinos we all KNOW who they are.
Dale Curry
Romney can take on the "fraud Obama"!? Such a funny and delusional statement. Would this be the Romney who passed "Romneycare"? Or the one that is against it now. Would it be the Romney who supported Immigration reform with a path to citizenship, or the one against it now.? Would it be the Romney who supported the Assault Rifle ban and The Brady Bill, or the one who is now opposed? Will it be the Romney who said he has a gun, or the one who says he does not? Will it be the Romney who believes the science regarding Global Warming, or the one who is now opposed? Don't Ask, Don't Tell - don't ask Romney, he's been on both sides of this issue! Will you be running the Romney who opposed a constitutional ban on same sex marriages, or the one who supports it? Will we be debating the Romney who refused to sign the American for Tax Reform pledge, or the one who signed it? Will it be the Romney who is Pro-Choice or the one that is against a woman's right to choose? Please tell us! We are just dying to know!
Bobbie Jo Taylor via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We need people in office who are really going to work for the people not just for the benefits and pay. OMG come on already we are slowly sinking here the majority and the minority (the gov. officials) do not seem to care, enough with all the lip action I want to see real action to get us back where we need to be!!! Just sayin of course.
Bee luddington
I can't wait for the circus to be over with...GOP race is a joke! None of these guys can be a PIMPLE ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASS! President Obama is not a mircale worker seriously...This man is cleaning up dirt that was made 8 years before he was ELECTED as PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. As a side note, you guys have the nerve to call him Obama how rule and disrespectful it's President Obama people. you guys will never get it. I can't wait until the election because my PRESIDENT OBAMA will run circles around the clown who's running.
Patricia Edwards
Santorum-NO, if you are a rancher,hunter, fisherman, love horses,eat meat, like any other animals, beware, Santorum loves the HSUS and their money, and HSUS doesn't want you to do or have any of those things, better check it out before you vote !
Bill Kelly via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Was Bettencourt asleep during March of 2008? Over half a million people voted in the primary. Granted, over 400,000 were in the Democratic primary, but still.
Ron Blancarte via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kind of. To me - Texas is Rick Santorum's last stand, if he is even viable by then.
First off - look at the numbers. Romney's lead is very sizable now (about 300 delegates). It looks to only grow before the Texas primary. My estimates put Romney at +425 delegates by the Texas race (if Newt doesn't drop out, I estimate Romney 900, Santorum 475)
So by the time you get to Texas, Santorum's chance to even make 1144 will be gone. So his whole goal at that point would be to keep Mitt from reaching 1144. And if my predictions hold true, it might just be a foregone conclusion by then anyway, because California and New Jersey would give Romney the chance to clinch a week later.
Either way - we MIGHT play a role, but only if Santorum makes up a lot of ground that seems unlikely.
Sean Riley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Rick Santorum 2012!
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Help us to spread the truth, pass this on and help us to take our country back.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. (Maximilien Robespierre). When you are aware, you can prepare.
Fellow Americans, the corrupt main stream news media cover up and hide from us, what Obama and Bernanke are doing to create the illusion that the U.S. economic is growing and creating jobs for Americans; while the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank is in effect subsidizing The U.S. government spending by borrowing via expansion of its balance sheet by purchases of Treasury bonds. This keeps Treasury interest rates abnormally low, camouflaging the true size of the budget deficit, and the impact on the U.S. Dollar. The Federal Reserve bank intervention in the government debt market makes demand for Treasury bonds appear higher than it really is, as foreign creditors and other investors have fled U.S. government debt instruments; without foreign buyers and a shrinking base of U.S. corporate and bank buyers, the Treasury has had to resort to the Federal Reserve itself to make the purchases. The Fed purchasing not only makes up the shortfall, but can keep long term interest rates artificially low, and will contribute to the demise of the Dollar. While the dollar has not even collapsed yet, the people is suffering the consequences of this uncontrollable expending frenzy. Political bickering on both sides of the aisle has prevented politicians from cutting spending and undertaking fiscal reform.
Americans should demand fiscal responsibility a balance budget and reduce the National debt, we must learn from the E.U. Economic catastrophe and stop the collapse of the Dollar, there is a revolution in the air all over the E.U. We can not continue this denial, when the Dollar collapses, the American dream will collapse with it and anger will turn into violence and will make all other riots nothing in comparison.
Fellow Americans the Bush and the Obama administration arrogance and misuse of our Dollar as the world's reserve currency, let to the printing of debt “15.6 trillions Dollars” and made us the number one in the world, spreading debt and death. This corrupt government arrogance, will no longer be able to maintain the global empire of force without the Dollar as the world currency. All of our troops will be forced to come home and we will no longer be able to import 25% of the world’s oil. This sudden shift will turn Americans on each other as they seek to enforce their inflated sense of self worth on to others. They will think that somehow the world somehow owes them something and they believe that lesser people should make that sacrifice for them. After all, the American way of life is not negotiable.
Our illusion is, that everything is fine today, we believe that America will recover and that the American Dream is still alive. we believe this because we either lack the ability to logically see through the lies or we believe that the ruling government have the same morals values, we do. We cannot spread freedom with war. A nation cannot enforce their will on another nation anymore than we can enforce our will upon another. There will always be blow back. Of course that is the plan of our rulers. They do not share the same values as we do. They seek to create chaos and division so that they can garner more power and profits.
We can ignore reality, but we can not ignore the consequences of reality.
The dollar collapse will end the ability of the average American to deny their active or passive participation in the dominance of the world by spreading debt and death. When people’s entire life’s savings are wiped away, they will wonder what their life has been all about. All of the missed times with their family and connections with others has been stained by the pursuit of material gains. Only when everything is taken from them, will they start to see the real importance of life. Many will not be able to come to terms with this coming reality. Those that are aware and prepared stand a great chance of making it through this paradigm shift and thrive.
The American riots will be the worst the word has seen, because our nation is sick enough of this culture of corruption to unleash their anger and spread violence in most of America. This anger will not last long and will not happen in every part of America, but will shake the faith of the American people. Those that betray us, will die by the sword, they will be either killed or brought to justice, by those that were ill prepared for the collapse; they will blame the Elite that created, perpetuated and profited off of this paradigm. It will be nice to have consumerism, militarism and narcissism flushed away.
I am hopeful that this collapse will actually be the beginning of something really great for the American people. A new ideology will be born, base on honesty, values and responsibility, not based on corruption, debt and death. This is a very real outcome of this collapse; The reclamation of our Constitution and our American values, honesty and integrity; with the collapse of the dollar, those that were lured into a senseless narcissistic consumer lifestyle will be forced to come to the understanding that instant gratification is not why we are put on this earth.
In God we trust, our country will be re-born after the collapse.
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