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Subscribe to RSSSources close to the Santorum campaign confirm that Ohio Attorney General -- and former U.S. Sen. -- Mike DeWine (R) will switch his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum today.
An announcement is scheduled for 2:00 pm ET, in Columbus, Ohio.
DeWine endorsed Romney in October; previously he had been a Pawlenty supporter.
DeWine served in the U.S. Senate with Santorum; in fact, both lost their races for re-election in the Democratic sweep of 2006.
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From one flip flopper to another...
Do any of these clowns posses an ounce of integrity?
Wonder how many more rats will jump off the 'SS Willard'?
The Ohio AG and former US Senator Mike DeWine has just announced he is changing his endorsement from Romney to Santorum.
The hits just keep coming for Romney and BTW he is behind in recent polls in Ohio. According to the latest Rasmussen poll Santorum leads Romney by 18 points, 42 to 24.
But that still leaves one-in-three Ohioans looking someone else to vote for.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/ohio/2012_ohio_republican_primary
Shouldn't DeWine have waited until a little closer to the primary? I mean, if Romney manages to knock Santorum down with the mud gun he'll have to switch his endorsement back!
Aw shucks Feisty - you beat me to it. My immediately thought was even Romney's supporters are flip floppers.
I almost feel sorry for Romney. Feisty's right, one flip flopper to another--or it takes one to know one.
Holy Crap! Can't this guy make up his mind?
...and if Santorum fades does he switch back to Romney or the next flavor of the month? Looks like Mike sure knows how to pick'em. This guys endoresment is about as good as the Donald's... the "kiss of death". Speaking of the kiss of death when is Palin going to switch over to Ricky?
How exciting...an endorsement from another has-been.
I think never...what she has going on with Newt is true love. :)
Flip flopper? It's not nice to refer to Obama that way...the left will eat you alive!
No.
I want to here from some of you GOPer's on what you think is happening in your party. I can't keep up with all the changes.
I don't know what is happening in the REP party, but in my party, the DEM party, all they want to do is spend and give money out to everybody, and spread the wealth, what gives with that logic?
Dont worry..just rely on the Feisty-meter for the state of the GOP race:
The nastier the mudslinging and personal attacks are in this moonbat coven, the better the GOP candidate is doing in the sane community.
Buck, if that's what you think, why aren't you a Repub? I've been watching you in comment after comment tearing down the Dems, all the while claiming to be one. What's up with that?
Buck, bet you look like Pinnochio after that whooper--you, a democrat? Anyone who believes Buck is a democrat is easily fooled and pigs can fly.
In my party, the Independent (thinking) party, it seems as thought the GOP is pulling the whole political spectrum further right to the point that a Democratic administration can employ neo-conservative tactics and still maintain support.
I'd say they're getting most of what they want by doing this.
Oh come on Buck you don't think we are buying that one do you?
... or that their a$$ can suck buttermilk through a straw.
I haven't heard that one in years! LMAO!
Heart,
I have always been registered a DEM. I am praying that they get back to the conservative fiscal policies that they once followed, but with the left leaning citizens that have grown accustom to entitlements I feel it probably will not happen, I can only dream.
you all send me your email and I will scan and email you my voter registration card from the sunshine state that is clearly labeled Democrat party better yet I will go to your home page and get your email and send it to you all.
Buck, The Democratic Party accepts everyone to be sure so you are going to have to except the liberals and the tree huggers too. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with others views but saying that all of us want to live off the government teat is silly. But if you think that we should return to the type of politics that kept the Dixiecrats in the Party sorry, but that just isn't going to happen.
Jody, in Buck's world, pigs can not only fly...they wear lipstick.
Buck, dear, believe whatever you like...believe the moon is made of green cheese...just vote a straight Democratic ticket then, OK? Thanks!
at the local level I may, but not at the top of the ticket, one and done, O has to go.
Just do your best, Buck, and vote your conscience. We'll take care of the rest of it.
Wow, what an important endorsement from one unelectable senator to another.
Americans First-3238795
Failure recognizes failure. It bodes well for them........this is GOP.
DeWine is trouble...remember Ohio Attorney General Blackwell who in '04 reduced the number of polling sites in black neighborhoods throughout the state and closed polls before everyone voted? DeWine will copy that template and apply it as rigorously as he can. DeWine will do everything he can to deny Ohio to Obama.
...and we'll do everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen.
In a fair election, Mr. Obama will win.
Headline:
Former Senator Who Lost His Bid For Re-Election By 18 Points Receives Endorsement Of Former Senator Who Lost His Bid For Re-Election By 12 Points
We are not impressed.
Sub-headline: DeWine says "third time's a charm" on endorsement.
Nothing makes you feel special like knowing you were the third person somebody asked to the prom.....
I'd say this great news calls for a "three for all" drink special at the Dew Drop Inn tonight at Happy Hour. Buy one, get two free. First round will be on me.
Sounds like a plan, Steeler! I'll bring the brownies! Second round on me. It may take a few rounds!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Da Noid, good one.
I see Santorum is starting to take some heat for his birth control views--it's about time; he's been asked questions and doing his best to unsay what he said before. Plus his supporters were out trying to explain away Foster Friess by claiming he has nothing to do with the campaign.
I'll bet he is .. his billionaire advocated birth control using the aspirin/knee method. According to the Santoristic prudes, birth control, regardless of the method, is a sin.
Did someone mention cocktails & brownies?
Count me in!
Yeah... So how do they explain away his ugly mug standing behind him on the podium last week during his victory speeches last week? Just sayin'.
It is getting close to the cocktail hour; headed right over to the DDI. This is probably one week Mitt Romney wishes he could tip a glass.
devie, it was funny listening to them dance around the subject.
Ricky might want to hold off on buying that prom dress... DeWino is a fickle guy. He'll probably wait until right before the dance to dump Ricky.
The Weeper of the House dares not join in, although he could probably use a drink pretty badly right now.
Wow. The Republican Party is a real pack of mindless lemmings, huh? The implosion of mitt Romney may soon be completed ow that relatively moderate establishment types are fleeing his campaign and frantically racing to suck up to Rick "Dangers of Contraception" Santorum. This is bad news for a GOP that has somehow managed to shift the forthcoming election's focus away from the economy and onto the hot button topic of birth control! Mitt is simply out of touch with the radical base of the GOP. http://www.sunstateactivist.org
Wow. The Republican Party is a real pack of mindless lemmings, huh? The implosion of mitt Romney may soon be completed ow that relatively moderate establishment types are fleeing his campaign and frantically racing to suck up to Rick "Dangers of Contraception" Santorum. This is bad news for a GOP that has somehow managed to shift the forthcoming election's focus away from the economy and onto the hot button topic of birth control! Mitt is simply out of touch with the radical base of the GOP. http://www.sunstateactivist.org
mattpfl
You've taking up the whole space........leave some for Mitt and his money bags to try and revive him.
...which is way out of touch with the middle-of-the-road American voter.
It's beginning to look like another mass suicide.
Is the Hale-Bopp Comet passing close to Earth again? Will there be room on the alien spacecraft for all who are prepared to go? These are the issues the radical right should turn their focus on.
All of the GOP folks running for President are in Lala land. What an embarrassment.
I say we kick them out of Los Angeles and ship them off to Fantasy Island where Tattoo can pour up DeWine, DeWine.
I don't live in Ohio and don't give a rat's patootie who endorses who anyway. What is DeWine going to do if Willard ends up with the nomination, scrape the egg off his face and endorse Willard or keep his mouth shut?
I guess if you endorse everyone at one point or the other, you can claim victory no matter who wins.
Romney can always fall back on that Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell endorsement.
Face it Barack Hussein Bin Laden Obama, is a socialist dictator, But I understand why you simpletons like him because He will give everybody food stamps,wanting everyone to depend on Govt to pay the way. And in return you will let him change Constitutions, Amendments, reduce our military, tell our children they can not bring cupcakes to school"actually Mrs. Obamas Idea" so that His Muslim buddies one day will be able to destroy our WEAKENED country.Get used to the fact that a big majority of the American people are not going allow this President to change us to socialism, not gonna happen. There will be many endorsements coming for Santorum and a lot more money also. I realize most of you cant accept the fact that people still have morals, this country is a mess with "the anything goes mentality." It is not about Democrat or Republican, it is about the future of our Children and Grand children,the way things are going they will not get a fair chance in life.
get in your bunker Chicken Little...
16 Proverbs
you are mentally challenged.
Scary thing is, they walk amongst us...
Cupcakes make America strong. You heard it here first.
My point exactly, just read the last 4 posts, you clowns can only type 4 or 5 word remarks, do you's have to use your feet to count to 20. Typical food stampers
Proverbs 16.1 - "The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord."
With the thoughts of this nutcase, we can only hope the answer is from the Lord.
So.
If you ever withdrew money from SS, medicare, used a foodstamp, took out Pell Grants for college tution or ever drew unemployment insurance...
you are a socialist?
If government assistance programs are your definition of socialism (although definitely not a political-science or Merriam Webster's!) then you have a very small fraction of the population which isn't 'socialist'.
You're welcomed to go live with those guys. They'll either be
A) wealthy enough they didn't need Pell Grants to get through college or flat-out uneducated.
B) Wealthy enough they didn't need a 'day job' or had a lucrative piece of business interest that they immediately got a job from (family business)
C) Wealthy enough to afford all medical and retirement expenses out of pocket.
Yeah. you can go live with those guys.
Because they are the super rich. And that's it.
One thing great about this country, people like Proverbs 16 can rant one lie after another freely--with or without cupcakes on the lunch menu.
Proverbs 16, go read First Thoughts and then come back and say we can only type a few words.
First they came for the cupcakes.....and we didn't speak up 'cause we still had Twinkies.
Then they came for the Twinkies.....and we didn't speak up 'cause we still had Ho-Ho's.
Then they came for the Ho-Ho's.....and we didn't speak up 'cause we still had Ding-Dongs.
Then they came for the Ding-Dongs......and the Democrats lived happily ever after.
The End.
JoAnne - OMG!
Tooooo freakin funny!
Ding-Dongs indeed!
Wow some more intelligent insight you guys provided, I can see I am in the wrong league with the likes of you rocket scientists lol. This is the reason our country is in the shape it is in, between the group of you's, you may be able to change a light bulb or better yet tie each others shoes.
Please Proverbs,
Do you really believe that crap? Come now, First off Obama is a Christian and he has no intention of destroying this country.
Sorry, but that Fox News, Birther crap isn't going to cut it.
16 Proverbs
The bitterness in you can't hold down again hence your nonsense insinuations. Barrack Hussein Obama is your President, our President. Go, erupt more you God forsaken one.
sad sad sad......they truly work amongst us.
No that would be the Fux Noose watchers like you!
JoAnne, fantastic! It's a good thing I didn't have coffee in my hand.
Proverbs 16, just in case it flew past you--your side is the "ding dongs", our side knows how to change our energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs all by ourselves, thank you very much.
Proverbs,
Santorum will never ever be elected as President of the United States. I repeat never, because this country will never elect a social conservative as President.
So, get use to it. President Obama will be President for five more years.
Well, I didn't attack. I did raise some points which you didn't refute, though.
But I'll even go a bit further right on this one.
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and render unto God That Which is God's." - On taxes and secularism.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." - On insulting people, villifying them, calling names and generally being accusatory.
"From he who is given much, much will be required." - On taxes and socio-economic justice.
So. I've noticed your penchant to pray, I do hope you have a penchant to read the Holy Bible too. Defamatory remarks, demagoguery and assaults on others are pretty well-covered there. Under the very simple headline 'Don't do it.'
16 Proverbs,
You are using the RightWingNutJob tactic of changing topics. That won't work. May be you should switch to FoxNoise.
An asinine post to wrap up a particularity exhausting week of political news and eye-rolling shenanigans.
Someone pass me a cupcake, please?
Devie The attorneys for our orginization traced his roots, It originates in Kenya to a Muslim father, He was groomed by the likes of The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, so how Christian can he be. Do not believe everything you read or hear especially from some of these blogs, the average blogger has no clue, we have spend lots of money and time doing research on Obama
Proverbs - the lack of respect you received correlates to your lack of respect for the president. You claim to want a better future for your children. The distribution of wealth to the upper 1% has lead to the decline of the middle class and the implosion of lower classes. This started with Reagan's famous trickle down economic policies. It is these policies that will leave your children a questionable future, a society that is quickly losing its ability to climb the social ladder.
The leading cause of bankruptcy in this country is medical care. Obama is trying to combat this economic problem by granting access to health care for all. Yet, you and your ilk scream this is socialism. Bank reforms are also policies designed to stop the redistribution of wealth to the upper classes. And again, you and your ilk scream socialism.
How can you say you want a better future for your children in one statement, then turn around and criticize every policy designed to ensure just that? Why not tell it like it is .. you SUPPORT redistribution of wealth to the upper class, you support the reduction of the middle class, you support policies that grow the lower classes.
Face it, you could care less about upward mobility opportunities for your children. You want success exclusively given to the wealthy.
Money well wasted I might add. What you don't think the FBI doesn't check out Presidential Candidates? Enough with the hater rhetoric. Obama is "our" President and that includes you!
Proverbs 16
STUPID, you were duped by whom ever you contributed money to for this research to no where. Keep it up, make them rich. You are the type the bible refer to as FOOLISH.
In this country, Obama is number one, Biden 2 and the rest of us including you numskull follows.
Joanne - that was great. Ding-dongs and Ho-Hos .. sounds like the current line up of republican presidential candidates, and um, Newt's wife.
Now if Bachmann were still in the race, we could have a twinkie discussion.
Proverbs 16
Wow, some more intelligent insight you guys provided. (sentence fragment)
I can see I am in the wrong league with the likes of you rocket scientists lol. (that is correct)
This is the reason our country is in the shape it is in. (pretty good shape because we have a smart man in the White House now)
Between the group of you
's, you may be able to change a light bulb or better yet tie each other's shoes. (we will tie your shoes too)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I edited your comment free of charge for you, Proverbs 16. My corrections to your punctuation are in bold.
PEACE
Kaybeetoys do you iron your panties, or are you the grammar police on hear, get a boyfriend to occupy your time instead
I think you and your followers are nothing more than a radical right cult that is very dangerous to our country. That's why I'm so glad that people like Santorum will never ever be elected as President of the United States.
Kaybeetoys, do you iron your panties, or are you the grammar police on
hear .here? Get a boyfriend to occupy your time instead.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My goodness, Proverbs...where did you go to school? Am I going to have to correct all your comments for grammar and spelling? (You didn't seem very grateful the first time.)
It's not very nice to belittle the others here for their intelligence, is it? You won't make many friends that way.
Don't be to hard on "Proverb 16". He probably ran out of his gov't paid meds.
Gt - Thanks be to God I never once had to use Govt, I worked and opened businesses and gave people jobs, gave to charities, built shelters for homeless on and on and in return was Blessed even more I understand people need Govt help in dire needs but alot of people abuse it, and when a society depends on Govt it becomes a weak nation, true fact.
GT
You are right. He spent his money on researching Obama and now can't afford his medications.
You never drove on a public road? Never went to a public school? Never went to the local library? Never ate food that was inspected by the FDA? Never flew in an airplane?
Where do you live?
All past tense...? Why is that?
No one would disagree with that, but how are you are in a position to judge who abuses government help and who honestly needs it? What about minor children?
teknishan- read the above posts they are the one who belittled me first, but i get a good laugh out of it. It is just more proof that most on here are not really sensible people. I have every right to express my freedom of speech about our current Leader who in the near future will take that away also. All I did was what everyone else did and expressed my freedom of speech and instead of debating me they belittled. So as I look at it is an Eye for an Eye
Spoken like a true believer in fundamental Islam.
When a man's ways please the LORD,
he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Doesn't sound like the poster who calls him or herself 'Proverbs 16' has noticed he or she hasn't inspired much peace on this blog.
Proverbs,
You might want to evaluate your debating technique. Starting off with a deliberately inflammatory statement like "Barack Hussein Bin Laden Obama, is a socialist dictator" is hardly an effective way to establish meaningful discourse.
"read the above posts they are the one who belittled me first"
"Face it Barack Hussein Bin Laden Obama, is a socialist dictator, But I understand why you simpletons like him"
Consider your self stricken, Heathen.
reddevps- Not even close, I was born and raised in middle class, people that worked sometimes 2 jobs to make ends meet. I am all for middle class I am not dem or rep I believe this is the best country in the world because a person can do what ever they want and make as much as they want. Over the years I have donated, gave away, lent, helped many only because I was able to make it. If our Govt is so concerned about us why do they worry about other countrys needs. And keep allowing more and more illegals in,Take care of ours first, children hungry, people homeless, robbing, raping,elderly who worked their whole life and have to worry if they will have social security in the future, bottom line take care of ours first.
I must have missed that part of The Sermon on the Mount.
Whew! Although I usually enjoy the give and take and back and forth displayed on these First Read pages, I must admit that sometimes the close mindedness of both sides really makes me tired.
Sometimes I become so engrossed in your warring comments that I forget what the article was about to begin with, which is the case here.
Thank goodness I just remembered this article is about Santorum being endorsed by some former Ohio senator. And I say, so ......................
I believe there will be quite a few GOP Senators and Congressman referred to as "former" after November. That includes the soon to be "former" Speaker of the House John Boehner and a few Governors, too. ;-)
Obama/Biden 2012