![Ron Paul presided over a raucous rally, on the heels of his defeat in the Florida GOP primary. A poor showing didn’t stop him from making a forceful, impassioned speech, however. Some quick hits:
“Don’t you think it’s about time we had a new monetary policy? [crowd reacts]…end the fed, right, end it!”
“The purpose of government should be the protection of individual liberty for each and every one of us.”
“We need to repeal the Patriot Act, we need to repeal the provision that the President can assassinate an American citizen without trial.”
“We have a right to our liberty, we should have the right to keep the fruits of our labor as well!”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp1ruKqsF1qas8z9o1_500.jpg)
Ron Paul presided over a raucous rally, on the heels of his defeat in the Florida GOP primary. A poor showing didn’t stop him from making a forceful, impassioned speech, however. Some quick hits:
“Don’t you think it’s about time we had a new monetary policy? [crowd reacts]…end the fed, right, end it!”
“The purpose of government should be the protection of individual liberty for each and every one of us.”
“We need to repeal the Patriot Act, we need to repeal the provision that the President can assassinate an American citizen without trial.”
“We have a right to our liberty, we should have the right to keep the fruits of our labor as well!”
This country is bankrupt; all great nations go down because they extend themselves overseas. …let’s defend this country, and stop pretending we can tell other people how to live!Ron Paul, calling for less foreign military involvement, and a rededication to strict, domestic military defense.
Ron Paul, on stage at his post-Florida rally: “If enthusiasm wins elections, we win hands down!” Unfortunately for Paul, enthusiasm does not win elections in and of itself; Paul is projected to finish fourth in the Florida primary. However, he says he had a friendly conversation with Mitt Romney, with a parting message: “See you in the caucus states!”
This is going to be a working Presidency. I may not get as much golf in as Obama, but I’ll get a lot more job creation. And I’m not going to compete with Obama at singing… Mr. President, you cannot sing your way past the disaster of your Presidency! You know, I forgot my teleprompter. I’m having to wing this because of staff failure.Newt Gingrich, firing off back-to-back-to-back jibes aimed at President Obama.
Newt Gingrich has made a number of policy promises in his speech tonight, signing a repeal of Obamacare on his first day in office, and re-instituting Ronald Reagan’s “Mexico City” policy, banning U.S. funding for abortion in any country.
We are going to contest every place, and we are going to win, and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August.Newt Gingrich, in his Florida rally speech. These are words that will likely give some heartburn to every establishment GOP strategist and political analyst — the motto on his signage tonight? “46 States To Go.”
Newt Gingrich takes the stage, giving his rally speech after a decisive loss to Mitt Romney in the Florida primaries: “Florida did something very important… it is now clear that this will be a two person race between the conservative leader, Newt Gingrich, and the Massachusetts moderate.”
Santorum has tough words for his other candidates tonight: ”What we saw in the last few weeks in the state of Florida is not something that’s going to help us win this election.” He wants to get past mudslinging. 100 percent with Rick.
I just thank everybody for their prayers … thank God I was home.Rick Santorum • Speaking in his interview with CNN about his daughter Bella, who fell ill over the weekend. He says that Bella will be out of the hospital soon. Santorum’s hanging out in Nevada tonight, feeling he didn’t really have a shot in Florida.
The Mitt Romney victory speech tonight makes it clear; he considers this a clinching affair. He’s made no mention to this point of his GOP rivals, beyond some mild congratulations at the top of his speech. Rather, his remarks were almost entirely dedicated to attacking President Obama on a wide range of issues. Some quick hits:
“I will not just slow the growth of government, I will cut the spending of government… and without raising taxes, I will finally get America to a balanced budget.”
“Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.”
“President Obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. I will stand up for those seeking freedom, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our friends around the world.”
“Like his colleagues in the faculty lounge, President Obama demonizes almost every innovator.”
“If this is a contest over who can promise the most goodies, I am not your President. You have that President now.”
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Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. Now it’s time for you to get out of the way.Mitt Romney, revving up his crowd at a packed post-primary victory rally in Florida.
A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us, and we will win.Mitt Romney, in his victory speech in Florida, happening now.
It’s January 31st and it’s over. Mitt Romney has blown away the field in the Florida primary and is now the de facto Republican 2012 nominee for president.
So what does everyone do? Huge armies of “embeds” and reporters and producers and “analysts” and bloggers and talking heads have been amassed to cover the campaign. They work at cable television networks, broadcast networks, web-sites, magazines, newspapers and radio stations. And they have been spending money faster than all those dreary people in accounting can count it.
A win this epic in Florida is hard to contest. Had Gingrich done better tonight it would’ve been a bit of a dogfight.
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