Game on in Iowa as GOP attacks target Gingrich

AP ^ | 12/7/2011 | THOMAS BEAUMONT

[Mariner]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Inviting contrasts with thrice-married religious convert Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney cast himself as a man of consistency in religion and matrimony Wednesday as he and other GOP candidates went after the latest front-runner in a strikingly aggressive new phase of the Republican campaign.

"I'm a man of steadiness and constancy. I don't think you're going to find somebody who has more of those attributes than I do," the former Massachusetts governor said in a new TV ad that included grainy home videos of his wife and five sons. There was no mention of equivocations and policy reversals that his critics have pointed out.

[Mariner]

I believe the era of the sanctimonious GOP is over.

Romney, Bachmann, Perry, Santorum...over.

I hope Newt names the good Western (l)ibertarian Palin as his VP.

[katiedidit1]

Iowa Tea Party Leader Endorses Newt Gingrich, Joins Campaign As Senior Adviser

READ AT NEWT 2012

Charlie Gruschow, founder of the Des Moines Tea Party, endorsed Newt for president today saying that he has the experience we need to reduce the size and scope of government and return power back to the states. Gruschow, formerly a Herman Cain supporter, will also join the campaign as a senior adviser.

Newt Gingrich is the only candidate that can and will win the Iowa Caucuses next month. Not because of the recent endorsement, but because Newt is the only presidential candidate that harbors the record required to put the government back on the people’s side and return more power to our states.

Newt’s 21st Century Contract With America involves the bold solutions we require to scour America of the Obama Era and make her great again. America needs to be more competitive and allowed to be more stronger in a very uncertain world; we need to rise up and stand firm against our inner troubles and against those who seek to do us catastrophic harm. We need a strong American President, and Newt Gingrich is the only candidate that is worthy of that coveted office.

President Gingrich won’t golf when Americans are suffering. President Gingrich won’t apologize for America’s greatness and strength. President Gingrich won’t turn his back on our friends. President Gingrich will love America always and without fail. President Newt Gingrich will always put America and Americans first.

NEWT FOR AMERICA

- Daniel Bruski

[Parley Baer]

Interesting comments in the other thread regarding Newt and Mitt. CNN tried to stir things up between the two and Newt responded by saying kind things about Mitt. Of course Newt knew darn well what CNN was up to and did not take the bait. However that did not stop the Newt bashers here on Free Republic. Newt is one sharp dude.

[CitizenUSA]

Mariner: “I believe the era of the sanctimonious GOP is over.”

If by sanctimonious you mean concern for morality and a person’s character, then the era of the GOP will be over if the era of the “sanctimonious GOP” is over.

[katiedidit1]

Gingrich has a 60% favorable rating among white evangelicals...CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.

Newt Gingrich’s14-point lead over Mitt Romney among likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers is grounded in large part in support from Tea Party and evangelical voters, who have a far more positive view of Gingrich than they do Romney, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.

Poll: Gingrich takes double-digit lead over Romney in Iowa

Gingrich wins the support of 34 percent of white evangelicals expected to attend the Republican caucuses on January 3. That’s higher than the 31 percent of likely caucus-goers who support Gingrich overall, and far outpaces Romney, who wins the support of just 10 percent of white evangelical caucus-goers. (Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann also have more support from this group than Romney.)

Gingrich’s favorable rating among white evangelical likely caucus-goers is 60 percent - compared to just 31 percent for Romney. Only 18 percent hold an unfavorable view of Gingrich, compared to 43 percent for Romney.

White evangelicals see Gingrich as more prepared to be president than Romney (48 percent to 12 percent), better to handle an international crisis (48 percent to 9 percent), better to handle the economy (22 percent to 11 percent) and having the best chance to beat President Obama next November (37 percent to 24 percent). The electability factor has been central to Romney’s argument to conservative voters that they should put aside their misgivings and cast their ballots for him.

[Jim Robinson]

When I think of Romney I'm reminded of his, "I was an independent during Reagan-Bush! I'm not returning to Reagan-Bush!" And he didn't.

At least Newt did support Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Revolution. He did build a successful Republican majority. He did cut taxes, did reduce the deficit, did balance the budget, did block HillaryCare, did reform welfare, did allow us to reap the whirlwind of the Reagan economy.

Romney saddled Massachusetts with budget busting RomneyCare, taxpayer funded "safe and legal" abortion, gay marriage, leftist judges and a completely destroyed Republican label. And RomneyCare did become the model and impetus for ObamaCare.

Not to mention the fact that Newt has the support of the Republican conservative base and the grassroots tea party supporters:

Romney has the support of the establishment elite and shares the moderate/liberal RINO vote:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/151355/Gingrich-Romney-Among-GOP-Voters-Nationwide.aspx

Who you gonna call?

[Hoodat]

Newt is one sharp dude.

Most history majors usually are.

/sarc

[Mariner]

"If by sanctimonious you mean concern for morality and a person’s character"

That is definitely NOT what I mean.

I'm talking about GOP candidates standing up and saying they are holier than Newt, you, me or anyone else...and purporting to have the wisdom to impugn others who do not see things their way.

The four names I gave in my initial post are good examples.

THAT'S the era of sanctimony I am referring to.

[CitizenUSA]

Parley Baer: “Newt is one sharp dude.”

Yes. He is. Perhaps we should be less concerned about his intellect and more concerned about whether or not he’s actually planning to use it for conservative causes?

[WilliamHouston]

Romney has a point. Obama and Huntsman have better family values than Newt Gingrich.

[CitizenUSA]

Mariner: “THAT'S the era of sanctimony I am referring to.”

Thanks for clarifying. I misunderstood.

Michelle Bachmann has claimed to be holier than you and I?

[unkus]

Perhaps we should be less concerned about his intellect and more concerned about whether or not he’s actually planning to use it for conservative causes?

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Exactly!

[CitizenUSA]

WilliamHouston: “Romney has a point. Obama and Huntsman have better family values than Newt Gingrich.”

I agree. So did Carter. Morality and character are important, but so is ideology. We’re guaranteed to lose if we elect someone with the wrong ideology, whether or not they have good family values.

[DustyMoment]

The DBM is eating this crap up. The candidate’s ALL need to attack zero, NOT each other!! All these dopes are doing is providing fodder to zero when the field narrows and a majority candidate emerges. This is why Newt refuses to bash the other GOP candidates, to prevent this type of “eating our own!”

[CSI007]

Jim,
I know you have had problems with newt recently and was vocal about not supporting him because of the phoney he is. Shouldn’t we all get behind one’of the real conservatives left instad of supporting this guy?

Sure newt has looked conservative in the past but recently he is talking like a progressive and has had to back track and flip flop on important issues.

I cannot in good conscience support someone like him with his weak moral and ethical tendencies. They would not b good for the country. I think you know as well as I do that we don’t have the time to have another guy like newt as president. There just is not any time left for us as a nation

[SatinDoll]

I suspect that Sarah Palin would not accept a VP slot. She just might, however, take on the Secretary of the Interior position.

[Lazlo in PA]

I believe the era of the sanctimonious GOP is over. Romney, Bachmann, Perry, Santorum...over. I hope Newt names the good Western (l)ibertarian Palin as his VP.

First off, what exactly do you mean by sanctimonious? Bachmann and Santorum practice what they preach. Just look at their personal lives. The same can be said of Palin, which brings me to my second point. Palin is not a Libertarian. She is a straight up Conservative Republican with a talent for showing and rooting out corruption in our own ranks. I see no where in any of her speeches calling for the near anarchy, do what makes you feel good, philosophy of people like Paul, Murry Rothbard and Gary Johnson.

Remember she endorsed McLame and at no time disassociated herself with the GOP, even as she cleaned GOP house in AK as Gov.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, something funny happened on the way to nominating a true conservative this time around. They all failed or are failing. Either not running, stumbling out of the blocks, dropping out when the going got tough, shooting self in the foot or tying tongue in knots, failing to gain traction or whatever excuse. Looks like it’s quickly boiling down to Newt vs Romney and if it does, it’s a no brainer for me. NO ROMNEY!! NO WAY!!

[Mariner]

Wrong and emotional on so many levels:

Sactimony: pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.

See the pretended and affected part?

I didn't claim Palin was a Libertarian. I adjudged her as a Western (l)ibertarian. Not unlike a Goldwater or Reagan...probably much closer to Goldwater.

Dude. Get a grip.

[Future Useless Eater]

"I'm a man of steadiness and constancy.

Mitt, you are steady in being boring like John McCain. Boring loses elections.
And as for consistency, you lie. You flip flop on everything, especially when comparing what you've done,
versus what you SAY you will do now that you are running for POTUS.

You will just tinker around the edged of ObamaCare and call it fixed. Oh, and DOMA and gay rights? hmm... guess what...