Link to article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-26/-stop-newt-republicans-confront-base-unwilling-to-take-orders.html
These people are crazy. If Mr. Newt gets the nomination are they going to vote for Obummer ?I don’t think so.This reminds me of the Nixonian “silent majority” election.I think the majority of people already know they are voting for ANYONE other than Obummer.
Yes.
I think it's stupid to style a political disagreement based on various interpretations of the FACTS of Mr. Gingrich's political and policy career as "Stop-Newt Republicans Confront Base Unwilling to Take Orders."
The victim mentality inherent in even thinking that, by voicing their opposition to a candidate for whatever reason, people are trying to give one "orders" is just embarrassing.
Fight to persuade people to your point of view.
Don't sit around whining and complaining about how victimized you are by the fact that other people are doing the same.
I’m sick of the line the Mittens is more electable because of independents. Exit polls in SC said that Newt won independents 31% to 25% over Romney.
Bottom line. No one else is capturing the mood of conservatives as eloquently as Newt. Romney simply doesn't have the conservative credentials no matter how much he claims otherwise. The GOP "leadership" are inept, tone deaf and WEAK from a conservative point of view. Any organization that can't (refuses) to illustrate a stark contrast to a very weak Obama by backing a conservative that its base wants and to whom independents will gravitate towards, isn't worthy of our support as conservatives.
The fact that the rise of Reagan was an anomaly with the GOP speaks volumes about their "leadership's" strategic goals and their tactics to reach them.
They haven`t figured out the base is willing to take a risk to win, rather than lose gracefully. I`m convinced the estabs have already conceded the Presidential race to Obama and have reduced their objectives to holding onto the House and maybe have an outside chance of winning the Senate, thus their attempt to charm the mushy “middle” by pushing Romney.
The stupid GOP elite need to have a revelation on why we are not falling into line. Then they need to care about our position and join our side. If they do not it is over for the GOP.
The difference I see is threefold: Newt's liberal tendencies (global warming, single-payer) are just as often offset by conservative positions. Second, Newt can be pulled rightward---we've seen that. Call it expediency, call it him being a politician. Romney CANNOT. He is a liberal, pure and simple. Third, Newt will attack Obama and Romney won't. This is the only way we win this election, because the election is a referendum on Obama, not Newt.
To me, case closed. Elect Newt, and turn up the fire to keep him on course.
I must confess I've always had issues with someone telling me what to do. Or how to vote.
Newt is not one of them.
conservatives to GOP Establishment: [well, I can't repeat it here, but it's what Dick Cheney said to Sen. Patrick Leahy]
Why in the world should conservatives choose another liberal who comes from a state that hasn’t voted Republican since Ronald Reagan ran? In fact, no one from a “blue state” should even be considered for the nomination. They have had no influence on the politics of their own state, so why should conservatives from “red states” bail them out with their votes?
You Betcha were not takin orders!
The GOP Elite AKA GOPE AKA Go Pee is playing right into our hands by exposing themselves. We can now identify the enemy they’re no longer hidded by their camo.
Michael Raegen explained the Goldwater/Rockefellow branches, but IMO it’s gone beyond that, It’s now the people and against those entrenched within government: the congress that has such low ratings, the lying manipulative MSM that covers or are too lazy to do any research, just repeating the memes released to them from their partners in crime.
The silent majority will NOT be silenced or manipulated or controlled, We ARE madder than hell!