"Patience, use the Force, think."
Posted on 02/13/2012 11:38:16 AM PST by VinL
The Brody File sat down with Newt Gingrich for a one-on-one interview at CPAC in Washington last week. We discussed the state of the race, from his perspective. Here's what he had to say. Transcription follows the video below.
David Brody: “Hey, you know, I like to call you the Yoda of this presidential race, so Yoda, if you will, give me your impression of where we’re at.”
Newt Gingrich: “Is this a comment on the fact that I’m a grandfather or what?”
David: “It could be partially that. Give me your sense of where we’re at in the race, where are you at?”
Newt Gingrich: “Look, I think it’s temporarily a wide open race. I think what’s happened is with each passing wave of negative ads, Romney has marginalized himself, and that finally came crashing down on him starting in Nevada where he really dramatically underperformed, and then Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado where he basically collapsed. And I think now he’s got a real challenge, there’s a new poll out in Georgia, he’s running third, I am now first, Santorum is second, things are in turmoil. Santorum’s gotten a nice bump, and should have, he earned it. He made the right strategic gamble. And now, we’re going to sort out who is really prepared to have bold changes, who is prepared to do the things we need to get back on the right track as a country, and that will be a good debate. I think people will look at it with new interest now.”
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"Patience, use the Force, think."
Newt is VERY gracious toward Santorum in this interview
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Newt’s always been very gracious to him.
Well, good luck, sincerely. Least we’ll have fun watching it play out.
Time will tell, however, I do feel that Santorum is the flavor of the month. I watched his speech at CPAC. I did not hear one specific. Remember, Santorum endorsed Romney in 2008. To me, that was all I needed to know about him. If Rick were to get out now, he would probably support Romney, for the possibility of a VP slot. I am sorry, but this guy is just too “look at me” to be a realistic candidate. I looked, I researched, he is just another go along to get along candidate. Rick did too many deals with the democRATS when he was in the Senate. Rick backed too many liberal notions, unions, and especially minimum wage legislation.
It wouldn’t surprise me that he has already made a deal with Romney for that VP slot as soon as he can force Mr. Newt out. I am very leery of this guy. Sorry.
I think Newt knows the projectory of candidates long before they arrive there....he simply lets it play out while he determines when, how and exactly the point he will come into the fray....he designs his moves and then catches the wave he sets in motion.
Do you actually think that Santorum would offer Romney the VP slot after railing against him and Romneycare so much?
No. They never have... they won’t start now.
Great post!
Thank you.
If Santorum gets the nomination, he would be signing his death warrant as a winning presidential candidate if he chooses Romney as his VP. He or Newt better be really careful who they pick for their running mate.
I think Santorum (Sanctimonium, as somebody called him here) and Gingrich probably are like oil and water, and Gingrich is much more conservative. Santorum attacked Gingrich first and then rode in on Romney’s coattails after the Romney attack machine sallied forth to do the real dirty work.
So I suspect there’s no love lost there.
I think if Santorum dropped out, most of his voters would go to Romney (several surveys have already said this). To my knowledge, however, they haven’t surveyed what would happen if Paul dropped out. Laugh if you like, but he’s gotten a respectable number of voters in some states, and he would have some delegates to give. And I suspect most of his voters would probably go to Gingrich. So there’s another factor in the equation.
Finally, I think we’re all freaked out because so many states moved their primaries so early that now we think the whole contest is decided. Heck, why not just cancel the convention altogether?
I’ve said this many times. He’s in cahoots with Romney. The good news he has no committed delegates. Once he has them maybe he can work out that the go to Romney after the first ballot.
No, it makes no sense for this guy to be in the race unless it’s to in the end go with Romney.
Rush is usually a pretty smart guy, so is Levin and Michelle Malcolm. What they see in Santorum, I don’t know.
LET ME ASK YOU, (ACTULLY YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE QUESTION) LET ME ASK THE SANTORUM SUPPORTERS. LIST ONE THING...THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT FROM THE SANTORUM CAMP.
JUST ONE.
Don’t waste you time, there isn’t any. He’s in the race for some hidden agenda. I’m told he’s not on the ballot in TN, IL etc.
Take care,
-Geoff
I’ve said this many times. He’s in cahoots with Romney. The good news he has no committed delegates. Once he has them maybe he can work out that the go to Romney after the first ballot.
No, it makes no sense for this guy to be in the race unless it’s to in the end go with Romney.
Rush is usually a pretty smart guy, so is Levin and Michelle Malcolm. What they see in Santorum, I don’t know.
LET ME ASK YOU, (ACTULLY YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE QUESTION) LET ME ASK THE SANTORUM SUPPORTERS. LIST ONE THING...THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT FROM THE SANTORUM CAMP.
JUST ONE.
Don’t waste you time, there isn’t any. He’s in the race for some hidden agenda. I’m told he’s not on the ballot in TN, IL etc.
The jv team thinks they have a shot at the game because the varsity captain got sucker punched. Santorum better hope Romney has promised him a spot on his cabinet because I have to guess Newt has filed Rick’s application in the dustbin.
I suspect Newt has a hard time working up any interest in attacking fellow Republicans, even the average RINO. Newt is a guy who spent decades trying to build up and strengthen the Republican party so I don’t think he has any taste for intra-party fighting. Romney is just such an extreme liberal and a liar to boot that he finds it easier to make an exception in his case. Not to mention, Rick was someone who was mentored by Newt and was a reliable junior partner on Newt’s legislation in the ‘90s. Romney was the guy who refused to sign the Contract with America in 1994.
I would hope not; however, I do know that Rick's main financial backer (Freiss [sp?]) was interviewed on Gretta last week and said HE would like to see Romney in the VeeP slot if Rick wins the nomination. He was much less enthusiastic about Newt and made no statements indicating Newt would be someone he wanted to see in Santorum’s administration.
I believe that agreement was likely “unless one of them pulls ahead of Romney for x number of days.” With one of them now beating Romney, it could prove interesting to see how things play out.
Well, we’ll fine out, right?
Romney can’t lose Migh-— So, do we see him come out with guns blazing against Rick, as he did with Newt in Fla?
If yes, everything’s on the up and up. If not, it’s fair to postulate that there’s been a Mitt/Rick partnership that has now potentially gone awry.
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