[mentor2k]

I'm no Newt for Prez fan by any means. Still, I watched him thru the 90's with the Contract with America movement. Newt must have good reason for backing Scozzafava. Reason's that aren't clear at the moment.

I admit to not knowing a thing about her, but Gingich is a skilled negotiator and he must have a reason for backing her. Since none of us really know what that is, I'm going to set back with quiet skepticism and watch what develops.

[DoughtyOne]

With all due respect, you are in denial.

The list is long, the group of Congressional Members that defeat us at every turn. Instead of bringing one more of those on board, Gingrich should be looking for ways to install sound people in Congress.

That he isn’t, tells you all you need to know about him.

He does/at least did have some very sound ideas, but if you can’t count on him to do the right thing, what does that to to help us? Well, it actually leads to our defeat.

I can’t tolerate that type of thing in any way shape or form. Those days are so over!

[LibertarianLiz]

Newt must have good reason for backing Scozzafava.

Maybe it's the fact that she has won the Margaret Sanger Award?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Gingich is a skilled negotiator"

What, pray, is the evidence of that? What he is is a skilled promoter and talker. He did a marvelous job of bundling up the GOP agenda into a sound-bite with the Contract With America, and riding the wave of derision that swamped HillaryCare. And then: fizzle. No follow-through. No leadership ability.

Newt has his merits as a talking-head. As a doer, not so much. And as a human being, yecch.

[ConservativeMind]

My suggestion for Newt’s position is this: If the Republican party is allowed to lose an election to a more conservative person, it severely weakens the GOP nationally.

Any credibility given to a third party will prove to other venues that the local Republican candidate is beatable.

Consequently, Newt endorses Scozzafava and the GOP sends her in excess of $100,000 to beat back the real threat.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I'm no Newt for Prez fan by any means. Still, I watched him thru the 90's with the Contract with America movement. Newt must have good reason for backing Scozzafava. Reason's that aren't clear at the moment.

It's about momentum. A high profile New York election in a state with a very weak and unpopular Democrat governor can set the tone for 2010. She has an "R" in front of her name and if the Dems can hold the seat they can claim momentum for Zero's brand of Marxism.

That doesn't change the fact that the Republican Party and Newt Gingrich have once again spat in the face of the party's nominal base. His choice of candidate is correct as a party loyalist but incorrect from the point of view of the good of the United States of America.

We don't need Republicans like Dede, we need conservatives.

[workerbee]

Newt must have good reason for backing Scozzafava. Reason's that aren't clear at the moment.

Conservatives must stop falling for this "there must a reason that is just too cryptic for us to understand" kind of nonsense from RINOs. It's tempting to believe that Newt today is the same Newt that brought us together oh those many years ago. But no more. We are at a crucial, frightening junction in our history. We can't afford to screw around with "any R is better than no R" nonsense because certainly we've learned that just isn't so.