{"id":6104,"date":"2012-01-03T11:26:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T19:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2012-01-03T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T19:26:46","slug":"getting-ugly-down-to-the-wire-for-the-iowa-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6104","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ugly: Down To The Wire For The Iowa Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been saying all along that Willard Mitt Romney will be the GOP nominee for president. I said it when Bachmann was the frontrunner; when Trump was the frontrunner; when Perry was the frontrunner; when Cain was the frontrunner; when Gingrich was the frontrunner; when Santorum was the frontrunner. I stand by my prediction.<\/p>\n<p>However, the roller-coaster ride that the Republicans have provided has been enormous fun. And it has also provided a truck-load full of material for the Democrats to use during the general election. Including these headlines from Fox Nation this morning:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pix\/Caps\/foxnation-disgusting-liars.jpg\" alt=\"Fox Nation Disgusting Liars\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here we have the four current leaders of the Republican primary campaign slamming one another mercilessly. Gingrich calls Romney a liar. Santorum calls Paul disgusting. Perhaps it would be easier if we just called the whole bunch of them disgusting liars.<\/p>\n<p>The problem for the GOP is that they are looking for a vestal conservative, but can&#8217;t find one that was immaculately conceived. And the Tea Party right is adamant about not tolerating the flip-flopping moderate, Romney. In the end they will surrender and accept the inevitable: Romney will be their nominee. Then look for the commencement of a half-hearted campaign featuring their new rallying cry: Settle For Mitt, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been saying all along that Willard Mitt Romney will be the GOP nominee for president. I said it when Bachmann was the frontrunner; when Trump was the frontrunner; when Perry was the frontrunner; when Cain was the frontrunner; when Gingrich was the frontrunner; when Santorum was the frontrunner. I stand by my prediction. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[527,260,568,872,165],"class_list":["post-6104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fox-nation","tag-mitt-romney","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-rick-santorum","tag-ron-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1As","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5928,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5928","url_meta":{"origin":6104,"position":0},"title":"The Donald Trump\/NewsMax Debate: What No One Is Talking About","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/9\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever since it was announced that Donald Trump would be moderating a debate between the Republican presidential primary candidates, the focus of the press and pundits was centered on the absurdity of a clown like Trump being taken seriously in that role. After all, he is charlatan who pretends to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6862,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6862","url_meta":{"origin":6104,"position":1},"title":"Post Primary Report: What Will Become Of Rick Santorum And Newt Gingrich?","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/12\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that the Republican presidential primary is effectively over (sorry Ron Paul, you were always a joke, even to your own party), what will losers Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich find to while away all the free time on their hands? Well, there will certainly be books to peddle and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5839,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5839","url_meta":{"origin":6104,"position":2},"title":"If All Political Ads Were Made Like Mitt Romney&#8217;s Ads","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/22\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday perennial GOP presidential frontrunner-up, Mitt Romney, released an ad that contained an unambiguously dishonest soundbite. The ad played a clip of President Obama saying... \"...if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.\" However, that clip was taken from a speech in 2008 where Obama was quoting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5984,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5984","url_meta":{"origin":6104,"position":3},"title":"Judge Not: Newt Gingrich Adds Another Zany Plank To His Platform","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/19\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich continues to adopt some of the most lunatic positions from the right-wing fringe. First it was calling child labor laws \"truly stupid.\" Then it was calling Palestinians an \"invented people.\" Now Gingrich wants to go after judges he doesn't like. Gingrich was questioned about his prior\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6464,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6464","url_meta":{"origin":6104,"position":4},"title":"Is President Obama A Christian? Santorum? Gingrich? Romney?","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/21\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It's always comforting to know that there is someone you can turn to who can provide answers to the perplexing spiritual problems that we all face on a daily basis. Someone with wisdom and insight and experience in the ways of the Lord. Such a person is Rev. 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