Posted on 01/23/2012 7:49:20 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I'd wager a Mitt top of the ticket would be at least as harmful, down ballot - and my gut tells me it would be more harmful to the party as it is currently constituted.
For me, that's a win-win outcome. The GOP as currently constituted is damaging to the country.
Hogwash. If Newt keeps going after the media, and right to the American people, these #'s will reverse toot sweet.
My first though was, How old are these numbers and from whom did they come?
I've cast around a little but don't come across a source.
These sorts of numbers are "perishable" and could turn on a dime in his favor.
All one needs to do is look back at the 2010 midterms and remember that the silent majority is still pissed.
The idea that Newt would harm down-ballot Republicans is NOT BASED on what our Congressional Candidates need to be running on. EVERY DEMOCRAT WHO VOTED FOR OBAMACARE NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THEIR RACE and THROWN OUT! If our candidates are smart, stand up to the FACTS that UNDER this administration, under NANCY PELOSI and HARRY REID, we have TAKEN a BEATING - we need People who are running on CUTTING GOV’T SPENDING - THAT WILL BE A WINNER in MOST STATES!
LOL! Almost Steynesque!
“On the one hand, Gingrich’s national favorable-unfavorable ratings of 26.5 and 58.6 percent, respectively make him not just unelectable against Obama...”
Nonsense. A full 48% (or more) of registered voters will never vote for Obama. A wet dish towel can beat Obama. It’s more a matter of who will make the better POTUS: Obama-lite Mitt, or Newt.
Newt continues his “attitude” which mirrors that of American people's heart and the silent majority will find it's voice.
Willard has forecast his attack on Newt tonight....Lobbyist working for F/F.....Expect Newt to hand him his head on a plate.
My first though was, How old are these numbers and from whom did they come? I've cast around a little but don't come across a source.
These sorts of numbers are "perishable" and could turn on a dime in his favor.
I agree that this can be turned around. Six months ago I had a unfavorable opinion of Gingrich but he has won me over in the past two months. Plus, I discovered that some of things that I thought I knew about him were simply untrue. Ironically, quite a bit of these falsehoods were constantly spread by folks here on FR.
I think if anyone can turn their negatives around with swing voters it is Gingrich. People also forget that the TOTUS is very unpopular.
“Plus, I discovered that some of things that I thought I knew about him were simply untrue. Ironically, quite a bit of these falsehoods were constantly spread by folks here on FR. “
Yeah I thought they said Marianne was on her death bed. What was she doing on ABC if she died a long time ago?
Bull hockey.
Obama is the millstone, and he's not around the GOP's neck.
“I do find that the GOP is in deep trouble... regardless of whether it is Mitt or Newt at the top of the ticket.”
a trip down memory lane:
In 1974, the Republican party hit the lowest point imaginable. The President was forced to resign, pardoned for all crimes by his unelected replacement. Two years later Jimmy Carter was elected. This should have been a golden age for democrats but instead Carter got his ass beat by an “unelectable” Ronald Reagan just 4 short years later. Obama has reached Carter levels of disapproval. this election is about one thing, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Two simple reasons for Newt’s SC victory:
#1 The people loathe Obama and how he has wrecked our country
#2 The people loathe the main stream media for protecting Obama and the Leftists.
And Newt articulates this loathing better than anyone
Nothing more; nothing less than this
Nonsense. A full 48% (or more) of registered voters will never vote for Obama. A wet dish towel can beat Obama. It’s more a matter of who will make the better POTUS: Obama-lite Mitt, or Newt.
I have said this for months the GOP is picking the President not the nominee. Obama has no chance to win this cycle.
“Correct. If Newt continues to attack the enemedia, rather than seek to make nice with them, he’s in easily.”
Newt should add: the same media that wants SOPA/PIPA and shut down the internet.
Marianne’s FBI has just surfaced recently too. In it she is said to be “mentally unstable”. Also esposes her shaking down to sell influence through her husband. Is this really why Newt stepped down?
My point follows the premise that Romney is no Reagan.
Gingrich has a proven track record on how to nationalize congressional elections like no other. I don't see why he could not use his skills to both help him get elected and create coat tails.
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