Perhaps the same reasoning could be said of Newt.
The others who have dropped out were wise enough to know they were a non factor and made the decision to do the right thing.
I am not surprised that Newt is unable to accept that simple fact with grace.
There is a very glaring reason that Newt isn't doing well, but he is too old and arrogant to fix it.
That’s fine.
Change the subject to a Newt diatribe.
The fact is, the interviewer at the link was not thinking of Michele Bachmann when he said to O, “your opponents say...” about the gasoline price.
And you know that.
And everyone reading this knows that.
And that was the point.
Newt’s age and experience is a plus.
If some are too stupid to know that, America’s loss.
See, I can call names too.
Like the other red herring, though, that’s neither here nor there.
“unfortunately he’s too old and arrogant”
How old was Ronald Reagan when elected and sworn in for his first term, and when he was re-elected for his second term in a landslide???
You ARE aware that Reagan was said by quite a few of his detractors to be “too old”.
Those people tried their best to deprive us of Ronald Reagan.
Exactly like someone of your mindset is doing all you can to deprive us of Newt Gingrich.
Another parallel is that Reagan was as much as 20 pts behind JIMMY CARTER early on.
There are other aspects to the political situation, but when you hone in on the age thing and can’t beat Obama in the polls thing, those against Reagan and those against Newt have a lot in common.
If the against Reagan had prevailed, those eight years would never have happened.
Who was right, who was wrong in those two things they threw at Reagan to try their best to stop him.
Is there any doubt?
None.
I will answer your claim that Newt caused his own problem. Did Newt, who had almost no money, cause Romney to run 5 mil of lying ads against him in Iowa and collapse his poll numbers? Did Newt cause Romney to quadruple down after Newt came back and won SC, and run 20 mil of lying ads in FL to knock Newt way back in second place.
Did Newt CAUSE Santorum to sprint into that yawning gap caused by Romney, to become the diversion as a second non Romney, whereas Newt before Iowa had led the national polls as the non Romney?
No.
Newt wasn’t too old and arrogant...to quote you...back then before what Mitt did...to be on top of the heap.
Why is Sarah Palin for Newt?
She knows what it’s like to be destroyed by political enemies while still getting out of the starting blocks, when you are a conservative reformer and the E doesn’t like you.
She isn’t perfect, neither is Newt.
Neither do the facts support that either one of them caused their own problem.
Ronald Reagan was 68 when running, 69 when sworn in.
Can you say “Newt Gingrich” as the exact parallel that leaps to mind?