Is Rick Perry the Iowa Dark Horse?

The Atlantic ^ | December 31, 2011 | Molly Ball

[South40]

No. But your loser candidate is still the same loser he was in 2011. I see you haven’t changed much either.

[lonestar]

No.

Didn't ask a question; made a statement.

But your loser candidate is still the same loser he was in 2011. I see you haven’t changed much either.

ROFLOL! Yes, some of us have the same candidate that we've always had!

Some of you losers have had 3 or 4 loser-candidates.

How do you keep up with them?

Do you play, "It's 10 o'clock! Who is my candidate?"

BTW, who is your candidate this week?

[txhurl]

The haters come on when Perry ascends to tell us Perry isn’t ascending or advancing and in fact is doing worse.

We had a nice little vacation from them but guess they’re back.

[JediJones]

A lot of that is just wrong. Newt never said he would beat Obama solely on debating skills. There will certainly be a vigorous ad campaign against Obama.

He hasn’t changed his positions or become more progressive since leaving office. They came up with the individual mandate while he was in Congress in the ‘90s to combat Hilarycare. Likewise he’s always had some interest in climate change, but never believed it was at the level of what the libs say. Other than that he’s been 90% conservative consistently. He’s been on Fox News many times over the last decade and usually agreed with Hannity, not with Colmes.

Most of the ads against Newt can’t work for dems or moderates. How exactly can Obama bash Newt for doing an ad with Nancy Pelosi? Is he going to try and tell the public Nancy Pelosi is evil? Romney is far more vulnerable to attacks from the left of the OWS style. Newt has almost no angles that Obama can attack him from.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”He hasn’t changed his positions or become more progressive since leaving office. They came up with the individual mandate while he was in Congress in the ‘90s to combat Hilarycare. Likewise he’s always had some interest in climate change, but never believed it was at the level of what the libs say. “

You mean libs like Pelosi?

Here he is with Pelosi telling viewers to ask their representative in congress to mandate stuff like ethanol on us and outlaw safe light bulbs(starts today), which they did in the 2007 energy Act which GWB signed into law. Unless you are claiming this isn't Newt in the video with Pelosi. That would really be delusional.

Video : Newt Gingrich and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - We Can Solve It (Newt : “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and I agree that we need to demand action from our leaders to combat climate change” ie ethanol)

Gingrich Earned Twice As Much As Previously Disclosed From Ethanol Lobbying Group