Posted on 11/14/2011 1:50:04 PM PST by Patrick1
Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP's national polling. He's at 28% to 25% for Herman Cain and 18% for Mitt Romney. The rest of the Republican field is increasingly looking like a bunch of also rans: Rick Perry is at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5%, Jon Huntsman at 3%, and Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum each at 1%.
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I'm not a Gingrich fan and there are questions I would need answered before going all in for him as the nominee. But there he stands as the voting is set to begin next month. He is clearly the best debater, more conservative than Romney and hates the MSM. Was the candidate of our dreams there all along?
What say you FR? I'm not Gingrich fan
Allow me to answer your questions on the beltway insider Newt
First Amend, NOT!!!
Newt Gingrich Co-Sponsored the 1987 Pro-Fairness Doctrine Bill
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/29/newt-gingrich-co-sponsored-the-1987-pro-fairness-doctrine-bill/
Howard Dean Endorses Newt
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-25/politics/gingrich.dean_1_newt-gingrich-gingrich-candidacy-howard-dean?_s=PM:POLITICS
Stop the Insanity say no to Newt
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-10/politics/30381368_1_newt-gingrich-conservatives-herman-cain
Newt with his BFFS Princess Nancy, Kerry and Al Sharpton
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2011/11/09/friendly-reminder-newt-gingrich-is-a-rino-wimp-and-a-scumbag/
Newt loves HC mandates always has
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/05/13/newt-gingrich-long-time-supporter-of-health-insurance-mandates/3/
Great mind, though. I wouldn't take that away from him. Just won't vote for him if I have a choice.
He would mop the floor with Obama in a debate, but how would he govern? Frankly, I just don't know.
LLS
That said, he is clearly the most intelligent of the GOP field. Like many highly intelligent people, he is often strange and unpredictable.
He would mop the floor with Obama in a debate, but how would he govern? Frankly, I just don't know.
“He is clearly the best debater, more conservative than Romney and hates the MSM. “
So?
Debates aren’t the election.
Can he draw a crowd? ENTHUSIASTIC crowd.
Can he transcend the MSM wall that will be coming at him?
How is going to handle the flack he didn’t handle in the late 90s?
We are looking for a nominee to beat Obama, not to be a really cool AM talk radio host.
Dr. Thorne and LLS sum it up well for me.
I really wish we had someone better.
Reaching across the aisle ONCE is too many, Newt.
Better than Romney.
Probably the smartest of the bunch, but lots of heavy personal baggage. The key will be what happens when the media/dems launch their smear campaign against him.
So far, the media has succeeded in heavily damaging every single candidate who takes the lead other than their preferred RINO (Romney). Gingrich is tough and quick on his feet, but they will have plenty of fodder to work with.
I think Newt is the guy! He is not only “presidential” but has an untouchable command of the issues. I love Cain too, but because of his lack of experience (what I love him for) and knowledge of global security type issues...I cant vote for him.
He’s got my vote.
We are running out of people on any of those items you listed, which may explain the Gingrich rise.
At this point... If you ain’t for Newt then you must be for Romney... Cause that’s where your sentiments are going to lead...
The Cain Trains appears to be headed in the wrong direction down the tracks... And appearances suggest that it may never pull into the station...
So your viable choices may indeed end up being Newt or Mitt... So who’s it going to be?
Dede Scozzafava
Cain is still a better candidate. The MSM is cheering Gingrich for a reason. The best candidate is the one who will go after zer0 on his ineligibility and the midstream media knows Newt won’t. They are scared to death Cain will.
Well... NO, actually. I agree that he’s fun to watch in debates; but I really see little reason to trust him with the leadership of the country. My dream scenario would be for Newt and Chris Christie to join the last GOP debate, pound everybody senseless, and then resign quietly to their day jobs, leaving the leadership position to those who are more committed to conservatism. :)
Actually his baggage doesnt matter because the media/msdnc will just lie anyway. Cain hates woman, Romney hates dogs,Bachmanns husband hates gays, Perry is stupid etc...
Paul is a fruitcake well they are right about that
If it comes down to a dire emergency like the one we will soon have in the Middle East, then there is nobody better than Newt to handle it or than who knows precisely what action to take.
Has Newt seen the light? Has he turned over a new leaf and learned to listen to Conservative principles and traditional values? It's possible. He has repeatedly failed to do so all through his past? Absolutely. So picking him as our candidate will come as a great risk.
But with what this country is faced with in the coming years. It may be a risk we cannot afford not to take.
If so, doesn't that make you a scumsucking liar?
Just asking.
He hasn’t taken any lead here in ML/NJville.
ML/NJ
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