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Business Insider has published a blistering reminder of who Newt Gingrich is and why you shouldn’t vote for him. No, they aren’t vying for a specific candidate like Romney. In fact that’s exactly what this author wants to avoid: http://www.businessinsider.com/conservatives-please-stop-the-insanity-newt-gingrich-is-horrible-2011-11 Conservatives in the GOP are desperate to avoid a Mitt Romney nomination. Mitt’s just a bad show all around. And so conservatives have given Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain a ride up and down the polls. And now this agony is causing conservative voters to lurch to Newt Gingrich. This would be a horrible mistake. “But,” you’ll say,...

Gingrich Lectures combative debate moderator on rules of war.

Full-on once every year or two vanity.... I'm officially on the Newt bandwagon. Cain will fade (never considered him Presidential. 'Secretary of Something' definetly. It will come down to Romney and Newt. However, I last contributed to Fred Thompson and he dropped out 5 days later. Here's hoping Newt doesn't stab us in the back. Fingers crossed.

The Republican Party seems to be struggling to find a candidate it can unite around. One impediment may be a mindset common among some of my fellow Tea Partiers, a false dichotomy that if you are in government you are part of the problem, and if you are not in government, you are part of the solution -- whatever those problems or solutions may be. Herman Cain says, "The folks in Washington have held public office. How's that working out for you?" It's a catchy comeback. But is government tenure, whether recent or not, the reality of the problems in...