#gop florida

[alwaysbewoke]

i guess we're starting to see why the gop want to outlaw abortion smfh

[shortformblog]

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RNC spokesman Sean Spicer • Speaking on the GOP's voter registration efforts in Florida. As you may remember, in the aftermath of the 2008 election the Republican Party waged a legislative battle against ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), an organization that handled registration drives for primarily low-income citizens, as well as many urban and minority communities. Armed with evidence that street-level workers had filed fraudulent forms (as well as a hasty backlash over a deceptively edited video, for which the group was later exonerated), ACORN was effectively dismantled by Republican lawmakers. Now, however, the GOP faces a similar dilemma, as fraudulent forms filed by Strategic Allied Consulting have affected 10 different counties in Florida. To be clear, as with ACORN, a few bad apples does not necessarily a wholly corrupt enterprise make (though allegations about the firm throwing out forms filled out for Democratic registration are highly troubling), but with the push for aggressive new voter ID laws, as well as past stridency against ACORN, the Republicans are now forced into a zero tolerance posture. source

[shortformblog]

Florida exit polls show evangelicals rare bright spot for Gingrich

36% Mitt Romney's level of support from evangelical voters in today's Florida GOP primary, exit polls show

40% Newt Gingrich's level of support — better a cheater than a Mormon for Florida's evangelicals? source

» Pardon us if that seems reductive, but how evangelical voters relate to Mitt Romney's faith, and Newt Gingrich's lack of faithfulness, has been a critical question in the GOP nominating process. In a barrage of exit polling coming out of Florida tonight, this seems to be one of the few positives Gingrich can take away; while not a staggering advantage by any stretch, his personal baggage risks making him deeply unpalatable to a moralistic, Christian electorate. In the short-term, however, it seems he's staying afloat with those voters, at least enough to keep Romney at his back.

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