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Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich ORU video online

Oral Roberts University has posted video of their recent town hall events, sponsored by the ORU College Republicans, with Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich: Rick Santorum speaks at Oral Roberts University, February 9, 2012 Newt Gingrich speaks at Oral Roberts University, February 20, 2012...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 22, 2012 2:26 AM

Santorum leads statewide, in each congressional district

SoonerPoll.com has released a poll of 300 likely Oklahoma Republican presidential primary voters (deemed likely because of voting history). 278 said they planned to vote in the March 6 Super Tuesday primary. Margin of error is +/- 5.66%. The survey occurred over a nine-day period (February 8 - February 16)....

Posted by Michael Bates on February 21, 2012 2:05 AM

Newt Gingrich Tulsa visit, Monday, 2/20/2012

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be speaking at ORU's Mabee Center next Monday, February 20, 2012, and in Oklahoma City as well. Here are the details from an email from the Oklahoma Republican Party: Tulsa - 2:00 pm Mabee Center, Oral Roberts University 7777 S Lewis Avenue Tulsa, OK...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 17, 2012 5:20 PM

Presidential roundup 2012/02/06: Nevada, Newt, narcissism

Some links of interest regarding the presidential campaign: Newt Gingrich had to know that he was not going to finish first in Florida and Nevada, so why not be prepared with statement that puts a positive spin on the results in preparation for likelier victories in the south on Super...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 6, 2012 8:25 AM

Flat February: No need to head for the exits

The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating interactive graphic, with stair-steps showing how allocated Republican delegates accumulate over time in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. It's striking to see how far to the right everything has moved this year. The massive step up on Tsunami Tuesday (February 3, 2008) has...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2012 10:52 PM

Not Romney wins South Carolina

Thanks to Sarah Palin, Not Romney won South Carolina by giving Newt Gingrich a plurality of the vote. Newt Gingrich's 1st place finish in South Carolina halted Mitt Romney's winning streak of one and deflated the notion that Romney is inevitably going to be the nominee. Romney's best assets in...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2012 12:27 AM

Not Mitt, not Newt

The Daily Oklahoman used Sunday morning's editorial to shout at Oklahoma Republicans to rally 'round Mitt Romney. In a nutshell, the editorialists said we need to stop wasting time flirting with other possibilities. We need to forgo the frivolous notion of a competitive primary season. Instead, ve musst alles goosestep...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 19, 2011 12:39 AM

Exclusive video: Newt Gingrich aides resign en masse

Posted by Michael Bates on June 13, 2011 6:35 PM