The keyword there being “if” voters united behind Michele Bachmann.
They haven’t. If and until that happens, a vote for Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, or anyone else is a vote for Mitt Romney. By attacking Newt before we have a more suitable replacement lined up, we’re going to split the vote enough to give ourselves the only candidate who’s worse than he is.
There are no smears or lies involved in saying that Glenn Beck and Michael Savage have been destructive to the conservative movement because they fail to grasp this simple concept.
Willard Romney the open socialist MUST be defeated, just as Barack Obama the open socialist MUST be defeated. If we can’t unite to defeat socialism in the primaries, how on earth will we do it in the general election?
Show me the polls that speak to another candidate’s rise and I’ll happily throw Newt to the dogs. Until then, he’s our best bet.
Do you actually think Newt is the candidate to defeat socialism? Get real.
Newt is the McCain of 2012, a pasty to give us 4 more years of Obama.
Obama’s media will have fun destroying Newt with his baggage if he is the Going On Progressive party nominee.
I’ve been consistent in saying conservatives need to unite behind a candidate to defeat Romney, but insider guys and business as usual politicians like Perry and Gingrich don’t fit that bill.
Bachmann, Cain and Paul fit the criteria of people with some sort of outsider credentials.
And with Cain out and Paul too far out that only leaves Bachmann in my book.