Posted on 12/06/2011 1:41:00 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
Newt Gingrich has dominent leads among Republican voters in both North Carolina and Colorado.
In fact, Gingrich is the first candidate outside of his or her home state that PPP has ever found with an actual majority of the primary vote in any one state.
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No, You just left out a whole lot of liberal missteps by Gingrich over the last decade. He is to the left of Romney on healthcare and environmental issues. That is a problem in my book. I think he is great on some issues but he is definitely a big government Republican and he will spend far more than Bush ever did.
Ain’t nobody to the left of Romney. Romney’s even to the left of Kennedy.
Well,
I am for the bottom balloters because I think they are better both in terms of positions and November electability. There won’t be 20 debates for Gingrich to demonstrate his deeper grasp than Obama. Their will be two maybe three and they won’t be as cut and dry victorious as folks think. After that their will be a GOP nominee with 3 or 4 hundred million and Obambi with 1 plus billion.
I think we have the American people on our side but if the dems manage to jujitsu the situation as they did in 1996, we are toast.
BTW, I think anyone who siphons votes to a third party should be drawn and quartered. But that’s just me and I know it is their right. It’s just too bad that it will take away my right to an American president. er um... I mean a good president.
Good to see you support Newt. I truly think he’s the only one who can beat Obama and save this country from destruction.
I think Williard will run like McCRap and not fight back
Colorado is very significant.
IT IS A CAUCUS state, right after FLA and ROMNEY crushed the competion there in 08. It is part of his ‘fire wall’. (A fire wall that is burning down.)
Some of us who are supporting NEWT in NH ... we do a re-assessment after. Especially after MITT drops out.
Never a good idea to marry your candidate. A temporary arrangement, a decision to support him for a specific vote, in a specific place, at a specific time.
I agree. And I don’t believe Newt is a RINO, and I don’t believe he is progressive. I would characterize him as
...a practical Conservative. And sad to say, we do have to remember that not everyone in this country is as conservative as we are here at FR. THEY vote, too, unfortunately.
Newt knows what he needs to do to WIN.
I thus far have been highly entertained by his comebacks, especially to Nancy PeLOUSE. Perhaps more in the media will learn to keep their big yaps shut when dealing with Newt.
Newt has been through all of this before. He’s seen our country down and out, and he’s seen it come back. He knows the potential. Yes, the stakes are worse and higher this time around .. .we have an all out muslim marxist in the WH . . . almost makes Carter look like a pussy cat.
But still, I believe Newt is probably among those most hardened from battle that we have. I just hope he holds up under the onslaught.
Perhaps the time is now to get behind the man. Stop tearing him down and support him 100%. He’s going to need it, even as tough and smart as he is.
Really? Do you think Gingrich will seek to assure Americans they have nothing to fear of Obamination II? I find it hard to believe Gingrich is awed by Obama as McCain was.
There may be something to that after he ripped their flesh off during a couple earlier debates. One thing Newt doesn't have is fear of the "media" or their DNC masters. He's a rare GOPer who counterpunches and enjoys doing so.. and they know it.
I was surprised when Gingrich got on stage and argued for big government solutions to the environment in a lovefest with John Kerry.
I was surprised when he had his recorded couch affair commercial with Nancy Pelosi.
I was surprised at the level of collaboration he engaged in with Hillary Clinton.
I was surprised that he has supported individual mandate at least from 1993 to this very day (of course it must be phased in he says).
I was surprised to see that he was willing to pony up to the amnesty table in a big way for felons as long as they have been here for 25 years or so committing their felonies.
I am constantly surprised at the extremely mixed bag of positions that Newt Gingrich holds. I think he is a fine and honorable patriotic American but a consistent, dependable constitutional conservative he is not and never has been. He seeks too many “special cases” when his compassion dictates that it is important enough.
I don’t care who you are, that right there is FUNNY!
It looks to me as about 60% of the candidates overall position is being garnered from the debates. 25% based on past accomplishments and 15% adjustment factor for anything seen as negative in the past. When you win all the debates, you’ve basically locked up the nomination unless you fall off the horse.
Hell, I would draft Donald Trump in a heart beat now.
Then you go on to say:
..... I am only discussing Republicans and those who at least TRY to be conservatives.
Do you see any contradiction there?
Trump's picture could be used to illustrate the term RINO.
Fine if you think Trump is RINO, that doesn’t make liberal Newt anymore conservative.
As I said, Bachman, Santorum or maybe Perry if he stays on his meds are who I am hoping for.
Bachman and Santorum have always been the only consistent ones in the race but get no traction. Perry is far more conservative than Gingrich but he is also a mixed bag when immigration and other issues are listed.
Fine if you think Trump is RINO, that doesn’t make liberal Newt anymore conservative.
As I said, Bachman, Santorum or maybe Perry if he stays on his meds are who I am hoping for.
Bachman and Santorum have always been the only consistent ones in the race but get no traction. Perry is far more conservative than Gingrich but he is also a mixed bag when immigration and other issues are listed.
Newt might be a bit of a sleazebag, but the guy is head and shoulders above Romney.
I can’t fathom how some people think they’re “the same” or - even could suggest Romney is somehow more conservative.
Romney is a 2010s version of a Northeastern Republican of the Nelson Rockefeller - William Scranton - Thomas Dewey - Lowell Weicker mold. (His father opposed Barry Goldwater and competed against Richard Nixon as a liberal Republican in 1968.) The "checked pants" Republicans represent 20-25% of the party's electorate at best. Romney's Mormonism may give him a few extra points in Utah and neighboring states.
Paul is the champion of libertarianism, at least the "paleo" group centered around Lew Rockwell. His philosophical lineage derives largely from Ludwig von Mises, the free market economist of the Austrian school, and his disciple, Murray Rothbard. Paul is close to the Old Right of Robert Taft, Howard Buffett, and (to a degree) Barry Goldwater. But Paul is not conservative in the current sense. His numbers are generally in the 5-10% range.
65-75% of Republicans are conservative in the modern sense of the word. Neither Romney nor Paul appeal to them. They may reluctantly vote for Romney should he win the nomination. Gingrich may be lucky that all the other conservatives flamed out, enabling him to rise to the top before Iowa and New Hampshire.
Aren't you just so clever...
Maybe you could, then, explain to us why McCain just endorsed Romney?
McCain is a card carrying member of EILER&F (Establishment Ivy League Elitist Republicans & Friends).
THEY are the ones who get to choose our candidates, donja know. (The last one that slipped by them was Reagan.)
I am thoroughly enjoying watching these Washington Insiders heads explode and they see their cabal getting run over by an outsider - who didn't even go to Harvard or Yale but to a - GASP - non-Ivy League college in Georgia. (Like Reagan and Palin. Not trained and owned by the club. Why do you think they hated them so much - make that FEARED so much, like Newt.)
Romney, the Golden Boy of the club - who's "turn' it is, is shell shocked. His plastic non-smile face has turned into a deer in the headlights look. "But, but, it's MY TURN!"
Romney is the real insider. He is owned by the Cabal of the Washington elitist republicans club.
Newt served in Washington, but they couldn't control him. Therefore, he got a lot done...much to the ire of both demRats AND republicans who play the good ole back scratching game, designed to benefit themselves, not the American people. That's why he was attacked so viciously in an attempt to destroy him - ergo the 80+ ethics charges - that pelosi let slip they had spent a year, locked in a room in an undisclosed location - ahahahahaha - pouring over the records in order to find one tiny scrap to convict him on. Epic FAIL.
I'm loving seeing Tokyo Rove, Kraughthammer, Wills, Coulter and gang coming unglued. (They see vision of the champagne going flat.)
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