{"id":2330,"date":"2012-02-23T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2012-02-23T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T20:41:25","slug":"with-republican-primary-looming-georgia-looks-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/02\/23\/with-republican-primary-looming-georgia-looks-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"With Republican primary looming, Georgia looks up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2008, the Republican primary in Georgia was really tight:<br \/>\nMike Huckabee 33.9%<br \/>\nJohn McCain 31.6%<br \/>\nMitt Romney 30.2%<\/p>\n<p>Two new polls suggest a similar scenario is possible in 2012, as no candidate seems likely to surge. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernpoliticalreport.com\/storylink_221_2322.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a recent Insider Advantage poll<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich 26%<br \/>\nRomney\t 24%<br \/>\nSantorum 23%<br \/>\nPaul     12%<\/p>\n<p>And from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/elections\/election_2012\/election_2012_presidential_election\/georgia\/2012_georgia_republican_primary\" target=\"_blank\">a new Rasmussen poll<\/a>, which has more favorable numbers for Gingrich, who desperately needs a win in his home state:<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich 33%<br \/>\nSantorum 28%<br \/>\nRomney   20%<br \/>\nPaul      9%<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve noted before, I think the primary process &#8212; especially the massive number of negative ads being funded by Super-PACs &#8212; is diminishing the general election prospects for the eventual nominee. I still expect that nominee to be Romney, who would have the best chance against Obama I think, but this is a weak field and it&#8217;s getting weaker. From George Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/santorum-and-romney-are-miscast-candidates\/2012\/02\/21\/gIQA1l48TR_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Romney is not attracting people who want rationality leavened by romance. Santorum is repelling people who want politics unmediated by theology.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Romney nor Santorum looks like a formidable candidate for November.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, the Republican primary in Georgia was really tight:<br \/>\nMike Huckabee 33.9%<br \/>\nJohn McCain 31.6%<br \/>\nMitt Romney 30.2%<\/p>\n<p>Two new polls suggest a similar scenario [. . .]<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/02\/23\/with-republican-primary-looming-georgia-looks-up-for-grabs\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[62],"tags":[61],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-BA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}