"Here is the quote that Boehner made: 'most businesses file quarterly,'" he said. "That’s three months, right? The Senate has passed a two-month extension. That means if you’re a small business and you’re an accountant, or you’re a corporation, they just gave you an entire additional layer of paperwork that is utterly stupid. And yet the senators are so arrogant -- And I’m very disappointed in the Republican senators in not demanding Harry Reid come back.”When a reporter followed up with Gingrich by asking whether presidential candidates should be weighing in on congressional issues, Gingrich said the payroll tax cut wasn't a congressional issue but an American issue.
"People sometimes think that I'm too aggressive but at least I lead," he said. "I suspect that some candidates have had consultants to say to them, oh don’t take any risk. Well I don’t think we’re in a period where a lack of risk is a good idea. We need real leaders who have the courage to say what they really think. This is a mess, Washington’s a mess. Barack Obama has presided over the meltdown of the American system. We look like Italy on a bad day," Gingrich added.
The candidate also said the situation doesn't help the U.S. image in the world.
"This current -- think about how this muddle looks around the world. We can’t even pass a tax cut? I mean it’s one thing to say you can’t pass a tax increase, but when you have a political system that can’t pass a tax cut, there’s something really profoundly wrong with our leadership and I think presidential candidates ought to have the courage to speak out."
Mitt Romney - where are you?
Give ‘em hell Newt!
And that is why I’m going with Newt.
I’m not interested in pretty and perfect. I want leadership and being direct.
I do wish newt were the speaker of the house today.
Gingrich proves why he is the best choice right here on this issue.
What have the other candidates said?
*crickets*
Newt is soooo much better than romney.
donation just made.
Hiding at the house of the former Bush (failures) presidents.
Yes, you can see and hear the difference between Newt and Mitt. Night and day. Newt leads from the top and in front. Frankly, I have no idea where Mitt leads from — it is a moving target.
TRUTH is not a four-letter word.
Newt understands!
i’m not impressed. Newt is wearing thin with me.
Newt nailed this one. Being right gets us nowhere without intelligent PR.
...and Iowa will allow the Ron Paul Traveling Neo-Nazi Circus Show to survive and embarrass us for a while longer.
I wonder how much it would cost to put myself in a coma for a couple of months...
I’ll have to admit that Newt is “the great articulator” at a time when articulation is sorely needed.
I’m for anyone who will kick Obama’s and his cadre’s ass (including the leftist journolista writers who hide behind the title of “the media”).
Have you seen the new Boehner ladder?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhMfzc9RbU
It folds just like Behner.