Which Newt is going to show up to “fight”?
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gingrich-health-care-insurance/2011/05/15/id/396426
Gingrich Backs Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Requiring Health Insurance (May 2011)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gingrich-obamacare-and-individual-mandate_607924.html
Nov 2011
In response to a follow-up question from Charles Krauthammer about whether he opposed the mandate as a matter of policy or constitutionality, Gingrich replied, “I believe that it is unconstitutional for the Congress to require you to buy something…because then the Congress could require you to do anything.”
Great policy wonk, yes. Good leadership and decision making abilities, marginal at best.
It’s a sad spectacle watching the death throes of such a grand old party.
I remember the earlier 'debates' didn't have a lot of Newt, but the few times he spoke, he commanded attention.
Personally, I want Newt to denounce a few things .. pelosi's couch and a few others.
His daughter has put to rest the dieing wife divorce story, so ... maybe Newt IS viable.
I'm glad we still have a year.
Yep, me too.
Gingrich can and will bring it. Cain has troubles with pro-life and 999 additional source of fed revenue. Perry has problems saying what he wants to say or knowing what he wants to say. Bachmann is a one-trick pony (did you know she was the first to want to repeal obamacare?). Santorum, I like because of his solid pro-life record and his deep thinking ability, but he strikes others as a whiner so he’s getting no traction. Paul can’t seem to hear a foreign policy debate without going suicide bomber all over himself.
Gingrich has his known foibles, his forays into political positions that must be explained, but on the other hand, he is the LAST person in the US to have actually balanced the US budget. Other than that he fits my definition of conservative: pro-life, pro-God, pro-gun, pro-natural marriage and family, pro-American exceptionalism, pro-military, pro-strong America foreign policy, and pro-fiscal sanity.
He stands for all those things, and he just blows everybody else away in debates. Gingrich is to all comers as Cheney was to Edwards in their famous sit-down debate in 2004.
Ah, a series of adult thoughts and comments. Not intentionally inflamatory, not hostile, just honest statements of some facts and some opinions.
Better look out. You are likely to be flamed. There is always (actually, more than) one who is dependable to fill that role and he is sure to pop up shortly. Uh oh, I see he is already at it!
Anyway, it will be interesting to read the comments as they weigh in on the relative merit of yours. We’ll enjoy the cerebral ones, and pass over the others.
FYI..National review has a poll on their home page today..who do you prefer..Cain or Gingrich?..Newt gets 75% of the vote..
You were the one who thought it was such clever politics to run around posting childish personal attacks at Cain on every thread. Don’t start pouting now that people are punching back at your candidate of choice.
Mostly a good article. However, the 9 9 9 plan’s federal sales tax is not a VAT tax; quite the opposite. It could be credibly argued that the current federal taxation of businesses and goods (which would be eliminated) are far more similar to a VAT than 9 9 9 is. That said, 9 9 9 is a proposition, and one that is unlikely to be passed as is.
The reason we like Newt is that he’s the smartest guy in the room - ANY room.
(Except maybe a room full of physicists or rocket scientists. Which are actually pretty scary places...)
Problem is, he’s not trustworthy. Being trustworthy is better than being smart.
His attacks on journalists during the debates have really helped him. I can’t understand how the other candidates have missed this and why they don’t do the same thing. I would watch the debates if I knew they would.
Four years ago, if anyone had told me that I would even consider Newt, I would have laughed. Today, Newt is my backup plan. If Cain falls out of the race, whether deserved or yet another effective application of the liberal politics of personal destruction, I will be embarrassed but I will support Newt (unless another not-Romney looks viable) . . . and then wash my hands after voting.
If it is Romney or Newt, we will lose.
You know there is probably a ton of dreck on Newt.
No Newt is good Newt.
He’s not going to stay unfunded for long.