Send A Message To The GOP Establishment: Vote Rick Santorum
On Tuesday April 10th, 2012; the unthinkable happened: Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for President of the United States despite being 2nd place in delegates and his home state's primary coming up on the 24th. Meanwhile Newt Gingrich who is 3rd place having won only two states and a consistant 3rd or Last place finisher in most states is STILL in the race and so too is last place Ron Paul who has yet to win a single state. This fact is enough to turn my stomach. Both Newt and Ron Paul should have dropped out a long, long, long time ago but they refused to out of ego and pride. Now the Last Conservative Standing has exited the race and it looks like Mitt Romney will the nominee. Or does it?
We all know why Rick suspended his campaign. It was for several reasons:
1. His Campaign funds dried up. Especially after Foster Friess was intimidated into cutting Rick off following the losses on April 3rd in Wisconsin and Maryland.
2. The Texas Delegation led by Texas Governor Rick Perry a Newt supporter refused to switch its delegate allocation to Winner Take All for its May 29th primary.
3. Polls in Pennsylvania were taking a negative turn. And it was possible Rick could lose his home state to Romney
4. Newt Gingrich's continued refusal to exit the race. If Gingrich had bowed out 2 months ago Rick would be ahead in delegates, he would have won Michigan, Ohio, Alaska, Georgia, and Wisconsin. He would have won Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana by larger margins and would have had greater than 50% of the vote. All of which would have led to greater delegate gains for Rick. In states Rick lost the margin would have been narrower minus Newt. With all of this Rick would have had plenty of money coming in and the Texas Delegation would have played ball for him. Rick would have cruised to the nomination, possibly sealing it in Texas.
5. With Campaign debt, Texas 155 delegates proportional, Newt costing him states, and the possibility he could lose his home state Rick saw no path to victory and thus he could no longer justify being away from his daughter Bella. All our prayers are with Bella and the Santorum family at this time.
Rick basically confirmed the above reasons last night in a conference call with supporters.
Now that we know why he left the race, where do we go from here you ask?
Well I am certainly NOT going to get behind any of the other candidates that is for sure. Rick has not endorsed anyone yet and thus still has his delegates. As long as he has his delegates he can still get back in this race. Now you ask how can you make this happen? Well you can do three very important things:
1. Money: Help Rick pay off his campaign debt of $1 million and possibly give him funds to campaign again.
2. Promote: Continue to campaign for Rick with blogs, articles, videos, word of mouth, buttons, T Shirts, Signs, etc.
3. Vote: Finally and most importantly vote for Rick in your upcoming primary anyway. Make a statement. Send a message to the GOP Establishment: WE PICK RICK!!!!
Last night when asked about possibly re entering the race Rick said "Stay Tuned". He made it clear that he was not giving up his delegates and left it up to us as to who we vote for. So Game Still On!
Hopefully if Rick gets enough money, support, and votes maybe he can win Pennsylvania anyway possibly more. If this happens shockwaves will be sent throughout the GOP. If we can at the very least top Newt it will be good. So all you Santorum supporters out there, Rick has fought hard for us, now it is our turn to fight hard for him. It is our turn to be the leaders. Stand Firm And Pick Rick Santorum!
We all know why Rick suspended his campaign. It was for several reasons:
1. His Campaign funds dried up. Especially after Foster Friess was intimidated into cutting Rick off following the losses on April 3rd in Wisconsin and Maryland.
2. The Texas Delegation led by Texas Governor Rick Perry a Newt supporter refused to switch its delegate allocation to Winner Take All for its May 29th primary.
3. Polls in Pennsylvania were taking a negative turn. And it was possible Rick could lose his home state to Romney
4. Newt Gingrich's continued refusal to exit the race. If Gingrich had bowed out 2 months ago Rick would be ahead in delegates, he would have won Michigan, Ohio, Alaska, Georgia, and Wisconsin. He would have won Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana by larger margins and would have had greater than 50% of the vote. All of which would have led to greater delegate gains for Rick. In states Rick lost the margin would have been narrower minus Newt. With all of this Rick would have had plenty of money coming in and the Texas Delegation would have played ball for him. Rick would have cruised to the nomination, possibly sealing it in Texas.
5. With Campaign debt, Texas 155 delegates proportional, Newt costing him states, and the possibility he could lose his home state Rick saw no path to victory and thus he could no longer justify being away from his daughter Bella. All our prayers are with Bella and the Santorum family at this time.
Rick basically confirmed the above reasons last night in a conference call with supporters.
Now that we know why he left the race, where do we go from here you ask?
Well I am certainly NOT going to get behind any of the other candidates that is for sure. Rick has not endorsed anyone yet and thus still has his delegates. As long as he has his delegates he can still get back in this race. Now you ask how can you make this happen? Well you can do three very important things:
1. Money: Help Rick pay off his campaign debt of $1 million and possibly give him funds to campaign again.
2. Promote: Continue to campaign for Rick with blogs, articles, videos, word of mouth, buttons, T Shirts, Signs, etc.
3. Vote: Finally and most importantly vote for Rick in your upcoming primary anyway. Make a statement. Send a message to the GOP Establishment: WE PICK RICK!!!!
Last night when asked about possibly re entering the race Rick said "Stay Tuned". He made it clear that he was not giving up his delegates and left it up to us as to who we vote for. So Game Still On!
Hopefully if Rick gets enough money, support, and votes maybe he can win Pennsylvania anyway possibly more. If this happens shockwaves will be sent throughout the GOP. If we can at the very least top Newt it will be good. So all you Santorum supporters out there, Rick has fought hard for us, now it is our turn to fight hard for him. It is our turn to be the leaders. Stand Firm And Pick Rick Santorum!
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