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More dribble from Jonathan Martin.

Newt could have added “ and as Reagan was scoffed and called a cowboy when he put Pershing missles into Germany..and told that by ratcheting up tensions he would put freedom for the millons of Germans under Communist rule back 30 years”

Ah - the Politco pretzel publication.

Weaving and whacking - when will it end?

The media elites will be in a hysteria today. Both sides of the “Inside the Beltway” mob are scared to death of Newt and their loss of influence over us mere “unwashed”.

Who else on that stage would have the cojones to say what Gingrich says about Obama and the Palestinians?

This is why Gingrich leads....he will take the fight to the liberals, just like he did in 1994.

Who else on that stage would have the cojones to say what Gingrich says about Obama and the Palestinians?

This is why Gingrich leads....he will take the fight to the liberals, just like he did in 1994.

“ I will tell the truth, even if it’s at the risk of causing some confusion sometimes with the timid.”

Money line. I'd love for him to get the opportunity to say one of my favorites, "I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person."

Martin is Romney's pimp and hachetman.

THE REAL DEAL:

“Former President of National Restaurant Association has Ties to the Mitt Romney Campaign
Steven C. Anderson … took over the helm as Chief Executive Officer at the National Restaurant Association
Herman Cain's departure in 1999”

Whenever Team Romney had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonathan Martin has been their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

“And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politico’s Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPC’s fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didn’t I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isn’t running for president) getting paid a speaker’s fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then we’ve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign.”
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Frankly I thought they all did well, except for Romney (that $10K “bet” was unseemly). So much for Mitt’s storied “coolness under pressure,” eh?

It seems a bit empty without Cain in the mix.

“ I will tell the truth, even if it’s at the risk of causing some confusion sometimes with the timid.”

It was not the best line of the night, but a real keeper and it grated on the media's nerves.

Mittens even admitted {in his round about, timid way} that Newt was correct in saying the the palis were invented, but "it's just not nice", not done in front of the pali wymen and chilrun because they may blow themselves up.

“One thousand countries”, and abc kept Michele off camera as much as they could, but she scored high regardless of their bias in my opinion.

From what I saw (missed the last half hour), Newt did admirably. Even his handling of the character question aimed at him. Romney looked weak at times, don’t think he has the cajones for a Chicago style election. Newt on the other hand will give as good as he gets to theO and his minions. I took one more step toward Newt last night. The debate and JimRob’s assessment have reawakened a liking for Newt.

We've been waiting a long tome for a conservative with some cajones...now we have one.

We can either back Newt or go back to being wimps!

Having lived in "Palestine" I believe that Newt was correct, even if the argument could have been made a bit clearer. There have, of course, been inhabitants of the Palestinian territories, "Judea and Samaria" - or whatever you choose to call it - for many centuries. However, they lived in small, impoverished villages in a backwater of the Ottoman Empire and earlier overlords, going back to the Roman Empire.

However, many "Palestinians" migrated into the area during the past century after the Jewish settlement of the land presented economic opportunities. Most of the families of our Arab friends originally came from places like Egypt and Syria.

In any case, Newt is correct that there has never been a sovereign, independent country named "Palestine." The Romans called the land after the ancient Philistines, but even then it was part of the Roman province of Syria. After the Romans came the Byzantines and various Arab Caliphates, none of which accorded the land an independent status as a sovereign state.

Pretty accurate article. Gingrich is just too strong a force to be reckoned with. It's almost unfair watching him on stage. Every time the other candidates jabbed him with their knives, he'd retaliate with a gun. Obama is going to have his hands full as he tries to win the people over with rhetoric while Newt argues with historical context and substance.

This was in the Politico comments section. Gives a good summary of why the Dems prefer going against Mitt.

Pretty accurate article. Gingrich is just too strong a force to be reckoned with. It's almost unfair watching him on stage. Every time the other candidates jabbed him with their knives, he'd retaliate with a gun. Obama is going to have his hands full as he tries to win the people over with rhetoric while Newt argues with historical context and substance.

This was in the Politico comments section. Gives a good summary of why the Dems prefer going against Mitt.

The author is bonkers, IMO.

I kept a +/- talley during the debate and Newt came in fourth, behind Perry, Bachmann and Paul.

I graded on whether the candidate responded to the questions and the good and bad comments in the responses.

Santorem was 5th and Romney was last. Mitt is now publically showing his sleaziness and tendancy to be a snake oil salesman like Huckabee.

I was not impressed with either Newt or Perry.

The winner - Santorum

Even though most of us oppose amnesty, Newt is determined to push it down our throats. The biggest danger to this country comes not for Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Iran, but from within. Hordes of undesirables are sneaking into this counry. Outrageous that Newt wants amnesty for them. He is a smart man and clearly recognized the lasting harm this will do.

Newt is saying, "Hey, if you have gotten away with violating our laws for more than 25 years, you should be rewarded."