Ed Rollins: Gingrich The "Conservative Alternative" To Romney

Real Clear Politics Video ^ | January 21,2012

[Hojczyk]

Ed Rollins says the establishment will come down on Gingrich and call him unelectable. "You will see a Republican establishment will say he cannot win and drag down the house and they will go to war on him," Rollins told FOX News.

Rollins on Romney: "He never was a conservative til he was running for the presidency four years ago. He never governed as a -- when he ran against Kennedy he wasn't a conservative, when he won the governorship he wasn't a conservative. He's trying to convince people now and it's just not sellable to conservatives."

[US Navy Vet]

“Success has 1,000 Fathers, BUT failure is an orphan”

[Hojczyk]

He really trashes Mittens in the video

[Arm_Bears]

Hey, if you can’t trust Ed Rollins, who can you trust?

[Lazlo in PA]

I know everyone hates Rollins. I like him. He tells it like it is. This interview was one of the only sensible things being said on the FOX News coverage of the election tonight. Romney is a fake and Gingrich will be savaged by the Rove types tying to prop their loser stiff up.

Britt Hume seemed downright angry that Romney got his ass handed to him tonight. Very telling.

[dirtboy]

I will say this about Rollins - his analysis on Fox News tonight was clear-headed and cognizant.

[martin_fierro]

I’d settle for a conservative alternative to Newt.

[comebacknewt]

I like Newt FAR more than Romney, so I am happy with his win, but I'm not a big fan of his either.

I'm hoping for a brokered convention at this point.

[Joe 6-pack]

I thought Ed Rollins was persona non grata in these parts, or is that just when he was working for Bachmann?

[vbmoneyspender]

Here’s hoping Newt doesn’t take the bait and hire Rollins as a consultant.

[katiedidit1]

Newt is the only true conservative. Santorum may be on social issues but America needs a strong fiscal conservative and Newt is that man. We have two debates next week...one on Monday. Go Newt! Fla is going to be tough and it is going to get real dirty..brace yourself

[EGPWS]

Hey, if you can’t trust Ed Rollins, who can you trust?

David Axelrod?

[katiedidit1]

Newt is the only true conservative. Santorum may be on social issues but America needs a strong fiscal conservative and Newt is that man. We have two debates next week...one on Monday. Go Newt! Fla is going to be tough and it is going to get real dirty..brace yourself

[Lazlo in PA]

Here’s hoping Newt doesn’t take the bait and hire Rollins as a consultant.

Why not? Rollins is one of the original street fighters in the GOP. If you are looking to really give Mittens the shaft, he seems like a sensible choice to bring that about.

[Christie at the beach]

And very important, to note that Ed said that Romney was not a conservative ( to the base) that he, Mitt, was only saying that he was a conservative in the past 4 Years!

[vbmoneyspender]

Rollins routinely knifes his clients in the back after the campaign is done. Just ask Michele Bachmann.

[Mozilla]

I hate Ed Rollins because he is one of about a dozen reasons Michele Bachmann isn’t winning South Carolina. He is the Nicole Wallace of the Bachmann campaign. His goal was to destroy the campaign.

[tsowellfan]

Fla is going to be tough and it is going to get real dirty..brace yourself

We got our work cut out for us but we can win Florida in a landslide if we fight hard enough.

[Red_Devil 232]

America needs a Man/Woman with a spine. A back bone that won’t bend when meeting other leaders of States! GO NEWT!

[RobinWWJD]

Yep. More and more I’ve been seeing a side of Brit Hume that I do not like. Don’t these media bozos get it? We can turn them on....and we can turn them off. Add Brit Hume to my growing list of ‘off’.