Tuesday Open Thread [1.24.12]

We got a new poll out of Florida that shows Gingrich up 5. Meanwhile, Republican leaning Rasmussen has President Obama leads Mittens by 2 and Gingrich by 9. We also have an update on the Florida ad war, if you can stomach watching it.

Mitt Romney And Self-Deportation

Romney was asked how he would reconcile his pledge that, as president, he wouldn't order mass deportations of undocumented immigrants with his promise to crack down on illegal immigration. His answer: “self-deportation.” I guess they'll just load up their SUV, strap the dog to the top, and go somewhere else.

No One Wants To Marry Mr. Electable

Throughout this political season, the only thing Mitt Romney hasn't flip-flopped on is his reason for his getting the nomination: Electability. Yawn. He is the guy that proposes to a woman and cites being a good provider as the main reason she should marry him. He then adds that he's dependable and quickly points out how passion is over-rated and not a good foundation for a marriage. Now, all of this may be true, depending on who Mr. Electable is proposing, but for most people it just doesn't cut it.

Romney Doesn’t Want To Give Obama A Present

Romney says "I'll release [my tax returns] on April 15, and the reason is very simple: I want to beat Barack Obama. I don't want to give the Democrats a nice little present of having multiple releases. We're going to have one release." This really makes no sense... unless it really is a gift.

Romney National Support Collapsing

>Gallup’s Editor-in-chief Frank Newport appeared on MSNBC to talk about the polling organization’s national tracking poll of the GOP primary race, which is changing rapidly in the last few days of the campaign for South Carolina. Newport said when their new data comes out at 1 pm eastern, “…we’ll see this gap closing more. Romney was up 23 points over Newt Gingrich. Now it will be down about ten points, so clearly things are collapsing.

Santorum Wins!

Just thought he deserved the headline. The Republican party of Iowa has finished it’s recount of the January 3rd Iowa caucuses and the certified final results show Rick Santorum came out ahead by 34 votes.

Ron Paul’s Man Crush

The difference between Saturday night's debate and Sunday morning's debate was quite startling, but one thing remained consistent between the two.  Ron Paul will go after anyone but Mitt Romney.…