[Cincinatus' Wife]

Is it payback for Newt's push back against the media?

Is it Hume's decades old association with the Beltway Establishment GOP?

I still remember the night Bill Clinton won and Bob Dole lost. We all felt the stuffings had been knocked out of us. Brit Hume was the physical, on-the-air embodiment of our feelings.

Now he is the embodiment of Fox News taking out every candidate but the chosen one, Mitt Romney.

It is difficult to find any news outlet - Printed, Online, Cable or Network that isn't controlled by and staffed with Establishment GOP supporters. And there are those Talk Radio personalities in the tank for Mitt too -- but of course they have not endorsed him, yet.

I wish they would just SAY it because it is totally INSULTING that they think we don't know.

[wardaddy]

he damn well should

he was pathetic tonight with that congressional poll

can i take it you are now with us hon?

i hope so and i thought your boy bowed out very very graciuosly...my wife teared up a bit

[Lib-Lickers 2]

Brit and his like are rich know it alls who have never associated with real people.. there were 3 candidates who spoke to the average person in this campaign,, Cain, Perry and Gingrich.. I really don’t know who this Romney guy is.. he and his people tried to convince me with 40 damn robo phone calls in the last two weeks(most smearing Gingrich) but it didn’t work it just pissed me off

[TwoSwords]

I quit watching faux news about 3 years ago. But after Thursdays debate I wandered by there and saw Hume being interviewed.
I always thought he was one of the bright spots on that network. Calm, dispassionate, reasoning.
This night I thought he was a methhead the way he was supporting Romney. His fast speech and body language was like nothing I’d ever seen from him.
Not just the RNC but the media is scared to death of Newt, I think. They are seeing the end of a era and they are panicking. Thank the internet.

[greatvikingone]

The only thing the Romney love fest on Fox has done for me is make me shut off the TV. (It was that or hurl.)

[Darkwolf377]

Why can’t a commentator, who isn’t a reporter, give an opinion that isn’t happiness and joy?

It seems like every other post about Gingrich is that ‘the establishment’ is against him. Isn’t that what Hume is saying? Who is more establishment than those trying to curry favor with their party?

Who should be giving these kinds of opinions, only fans of the politicians they’re reporting on?

Whenever someone on MSNBC says something nice about Obama we are all over them. Are we only mad that we don’t also have cheerleaders, or are we looking for people who will tell the truth?

When we, who aren’t involved in Washington, say the establishment are against Gingrich, I guess we’re ‘speaking truth to power.’ When someone who actually reports on and knows the folks involved in Washington says it, he’s a hater.

Huh?

[Darkwolf377]

P.S. Whatever my disagreements with you, CW, I wanted to repeat once again that you are a class act. You took a lot of heat for supporting Gov. Perry yet you provided a ton of info on him and positive support for him, as opposed to the tearing-down of other candidates.

[kenmcg]

Fox News always bragged about being fair and balanced......that’s BS!
fox has been in the tank for Romney since this race began. Windbags such as Krauthammer, Hume, Williams et al are just that .....windbags. Fox not worth watching.

[PhilDragoo]

RicK Perry and Newt Gingrich are Americans to be proud of.

Brit Hume's behavior is cowardly.

Here's one account of his son's death on Free Republic: There are over 100 reasons to support President Bush and oppose the Clintons' return to power...

There is something there vis-a-vis Gingrich and Paxon that has not been delineated.

The Republic faces an existential threat with a rabid traitor in the White House.

Yet we have the same tens of thousands of shrieking fairies and carping harpies of the media in a swarming buzz for the Romnoid.

As though their very jobs, egos, homes depended upon it.

There once was a nation born of a struggle where its founders put their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor on the line.

The likes of the Humes and Cavutos would know nothing of that.

[Renegade]

Group Juan “ Deer in the Headlights” Williams right along with Hume.

[The Wizard]

I must say I love Britt, but WAS appalled at his negativity about Newt....

I made my first donation to newt last night

[Doc Savage]

His duty doesn’t smell and it comes out in pretty pink packages. Hume, STFU you POS!

[Rockingham]

Unfortunately, Hume is correct. On the numbers, Newt is at present very near unelectable, while Romney polls well in a general election.

Moreover, Newt has a well-earned reputation as a brilliant but undisciplined and at times erratic egomaniac. There are former GOP House members who still seethe over Newt's reckless conduct as Speaker. Even now, if one pays attention, Newt's grandiosity surfaces from times to time.

Nevertheless, Newt is in contention because Romney -- despite fine personal qualities and great business success -- has proved unable to close the sale with the GOP base. Romney at times seems as politically clueless as a first time candidate running for city council in a small town in Mississippi.

Establishment candidates with a record of personal success are often like that. They act as if they think that with more money than the other guys and a superior product -- themselves -- success in an election is certain, just as their friends and hangers on insist.

[ronnie raygun]

I just love the backlash against the media across the board.

[FerociousRabbit]

Hume has been a Romney cheerleader for a while now. I thought he actually endorsed Romney back in early December on the O’Reilly Factor but, after re-watching the clip, he stopped just short.

Hume has lost ALL objectivity as a political analyst this campaign cycle.

Stuart Varney (unfortunately) endorsed Romney a while back but at least has retained a bit of objectivity in his commentary. Hume could learn something from Varney.

[jmaroneps37]

I watched faux for the first time in about two years last night and enjoyed just about every minute. Whoever Megan Kelly is - she is a breath of fresh air. The treat for me was watch the “architect” Tokyo Rove with his little white board. The whole faux night could be summed up in that Joe Trippi was the fairest of the night. BTW the ABC exit polls showed NEWT BEAT THE MEDIA 78 to 14!
Go Newt: Rebuild the America we love!

[broken_arrow1]

Why stop at Britt??? All pundits at FoxNews have their respective noses up Romney’s butt!

[meadsjn]

Some dude on FoxNews just said that if Romney falters in Florida, the establishment is going to pull in a replacement, perhaps Mitch Daniels.

They just don't like Newt, and apparently they don't like 75% of Republican voters either.

[swampfox101]

Just look to last yrs. elections, the “TEA PARTY AIN’T” dumb. They aren’t gonna let the media choose their candidate.

The TEA PARTY is “GRASSROOTS” and the media, while being a factor, isn’t dealing with the same electorate it was four yrs. again. The TEA PARTY has deep, deep disdain for Obama and what he is doing to our country. They are motivated and they will vote.

The news media and establishment politicans, both parties, for some “ungodly” reason, are still having this love affair with Barak Hussein Obama. They are too naive to realize most folks despise Obama and everything he stands for. Beam me up, I don’t understand it. They continue telling us he is well liked by most of the voters. Poppycock.....! Just look at the last election. Obama and his party was decimated at the polls....HELLO NEWS MEDIA........HELLO BRITT HUME....HELLO, ANY THING UP THERE.....!

[petercooper]

I was watching Hume right after the polls closed and he was badmouthing Gingrich saying only Romney has the appeal and the staying power— yada yada yada... Sorry Brit, Romney was crushed.

[mombonn]

I was very disappointed in him last night. He’s becoming another “Uncle Walter”.