Is it time for a draft Newt Gingrich campaign?

01.31.08

[Perdogg]

I never thought I would ever be saying this. I am no fan of Newt, I really don't like him personally - I think he is a smug and arrogant person. However, I willing to put aside these issues I have about him and support his nomination for the Presidency.

I believe he's basically a conservative, occasionally he says some pretty dumb things, but I think I can trust him to lower taxes, appoint originalist justices, and continue the war on terror.

Is there any way we can force this to the convention floor and nominate Newt for President? He would have the backing of the talk Master, and I think he can unite the various wings of the party together.

[rintense]

Hell no.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Let’s get Fred back in the race!

[LikeLight]

Newt has gone green...

[scrabblehack]

The hard part is getting the deadlocked convention...I’m not certain that Gingrich is the ideal compromise candidate either.

[krb]

Nah.

[tear gas]

Are you sure Newt would vote for Newt?

[squidly]

Probably less electable than Kermit the frog.

[CIDKauf]

Then WHO in a deadlock?

[Perdogg]

I think it is a little too late for demanding perfection.

[billorites]

Newt is the most unattractive Republican ever born.

His mother wouldn't vote for him.

[petitfour]

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!

Cheney/Thompson 2008

[originalbuckeye]

He might be able to unite the various factions of the party but he is not nationally electable. He has too much baggage from the Clinton years. Sadly all those scandals seems to stick to us and the ugly ones (Billary!) skate on responsibility. He is bright and knowledgeable but not electable.

[Captain Culpepper]

Um. No.
Nope.
Na, ah.
No way Jose.
No sir e Bob.

[Yosemitest]

HELL YES!!!

'RONALD REAGAN "A Time for Choosing"'

[Perdogg]

I like your thinking, I really do, but neither are interested.

[SE Mom]

I don’t think so- but I do know this is an awful moment for conservatives.

I want Fred back- with his original team.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

AW HELL NAW MAN! QUIT TRIPPING DAWG!

[Neu Pragmatist]

"Let’s get Fred back in the race!"

I like that idea . Re-Draft Fred ! Fred we need you more than ever , come back and save us !

[petitfour]

A girl can dream, can’t she??? :-)

[Squidpup]

FRED!

[Lakeshark]

Nope.

[F15Eagle]

Time to draft John Bolton, Hunter as VP, Thompson as SecofState and keep the AG who wouldn’t cave on waterboarding terrorists (real terrorists I mean).

[penowa]

NO!

[Fred]

Not just no, but HELL no.

[elizabetty]

NO.
Time for acceptance of Reality.

The reality is if Newt were acceptable he would be leading now. He is not on both accounts.

Your choice is Romney or McCandidate.

[Michael Barnes]

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*whew*

Sorry, that was funny..Newt?

[DesScorp]

No, Newt is best as a teacher and idea man...not all ideas are good, so he should be in a place where ideas can be hatched and examined. The Presidency isn’t that place.

[exit82]

Sorry, Perdogg.

Newt is for Newt, and wholly untrustworthy.

Keep searching......

[Shortstop7]

Nope. Sorry. His ego is too much for me.

[Secret Agent Man]

ummmm, nope. Newt ain’t the man. He’s a populist third-wayer.

[Secret Agent Man]

Why assume a deadlock? It is extremely, extremely unlikely. We’ll know within a week who the clear front-runner is.

[alstewartfan]

Yeah, that Hillary-admiring dirtbag? McCain is repulsive enough! Bob

[ryan71]

Puleeez!

[neverdem]

The GOP needs a brokered convention in 2008

First McCain needs to be stopped, then the rest. I don't trust Huckabee or Romney. Dr. Paul is out to lunch on foreign policy.

[pissant]

Re-draft Hunter

[Hoosier-Daddy]

NO! John Bolton, maybe.

[Junior_G]

It’s too late for that.

[End Times Crusader]

There will be no deadlock. McCain will win flatout.

[jaz.357]

Thats right!

DRAFT FRANK STALLONE!

[Cicero]

No. He did a good job in his golden days, but he turned into a loser.

[kalee]

No

[matthew fuller]

"First McCain needs to be stopped, then the rest."

This commode needs flushing NOW!

[SatinDoll]

Oh, please! One has a bad ticker with a foot in the grave, and the other is still trying to keep cancer at bay.

I keep thinking of Rick Santorum as a possibility, but I know very little about him.

[Jo Nuvark]

Either draft Newt or wage a write in campaign for Fred thompson.

[Just A Nobody]

Re-draft Hunter

YES! Finally a sane voice calling from the wilderness.

[engrpat]

Wow, aren’t the republicans in enough trouble? Want to have the party commit suicide bring in Newt.

[TexasNative2000]

Hell no.

I think I'm just going to have an auto-response prepared for the daily "Should We Draft Newt?" thread. When that phrase appears on FR, the auto-response kicks in. I'm getting tired of saying......

HELL NO!

[zerosix]

The only REAL conservative, Duncan Hunter!

[Azzurri]

Dan Quayle would have a better chance of being elected.