I’ve never seen such an open and blatant hit job against a Republican in my life and it not come from the left. Personally it made me more determined than ever to defeat Romney and support Newt. My real first choice was always Palin then Cain and now Newt. The elite in the party are very clear who they are supporting. They want Romney so they can claim the Tea Party is dead and move the Party back toward the middle just as Conservative self id is at the highest ever. They are more afraid of the Tea Party than they are of Obama. They see the Tea Party as more of a problem than Obama.
The assault was planned, coordinated and timed. It was a blitz; a barrage of artillery fire from all directions with maximum force. Now as the smoke clears we find Newt at the same place in Florida where he was before winning SC. And you are right. I have never ever seen anything like it either. The party taking out one of its own, one time revered leader in one of the most viscous attacks, something they would never do to the other side. Makes me sick to my stomach.
"Personally it made me more determined than ever to defeat Romney and support Newt…"My point exactly. No thinking person wants to hear this crap, the GOP telling you how / when / where / why to vote.
Floridians can think for themselves, AKA Rubio/West Syndrome.
Get jacked, Newt will take Florida. Jeb will see to it (HAHAHHA!!!)
We are used to that kind of thing here in New York State. The Rockefeller GOP has been more afraid of the conservatives in their own party than they have been of the Dems for a long time.
Why? Because it affects them personally. Threatens to take the reins of power away from them and give them to others. Selfish, basically. It took me a couple of years after switching parties to figure this out, while most people knew it all along.
Now we are seeing much the same conflict acted out on the national stage.