Posted on 01/23/2012 6:54:27 PM PST by Steelfish
Romney Takes It To Gingrich At Outset of Florida Debate
Mitt Romney dropped the gloves within minutes of the outset of tonight's Republican presidential debate, assailing main rival Newt Gingrich as an unreliable conservative who could embarrass the GOP.
The former Massachusetts governor, who suffered a 12-point loss just last Saturday to Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, went aggressively after Gingrich at the very top of tonight's NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate — reflecting his effort to halt any momentum Gingrich carries into Florida's Jan. 31 primary.
"The speaker was given the opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. And at the end of four years, he had to resign in disgrace," Romney said.
Romney hammered Gingrich on his work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac and the ethics troubles Gingrich encountered as speaker, reminding primary voters of the headaches Gingrich had caused for the party during his time in office.
"Don't forget at the end of the speaker's term as speaker, his approval rating was down to 18 percent. We suffered historic losses," Romney said.
It was the kind of red-hot fight most political observers had expected tonight after the GOP presidential primary was thrown into upheaval by the former House speaker's victory in this past weekend's in South Carolina.
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Love it. The mask is off and the fangs are out on nasty little Lord Fauntleroy.
Funny what a difference a week makes.
Romney’s team, said they were going to attack Obama.
Looks like they have changed their tune... a 180.
Newt was not given the opportunity to be the leader. Newt earned it because he personally conceived and designed and planned the 1994 GOP victory, when no one else thought it was possible. A strategy that Romney by the way personally disavowed. It wasn’t like he just showed up and they gave it to him like he won a raffle or something.
What has Romney ever won for the party?
Also, Newt should point out that at the end of Romney’s 4 yrs as Gov his approval rating was 34% and the GOP lost the Governorship for the 1st time in 12 yrs to Deval Patrick, the guy whose campaign was the test drive for Obama 2008. Romney was so unpopular in MA he had no shot winning reelection and hurt his party in the legislature as well.
Hopefully someone gets these facts to Newt. He needs to use them to oush back and evsicerate Romney.
NBC is making it Romney’s show. Oh gosh, they don’t have an agenda. Right?
Mitt is flinging poo. He just isn’t credible in a fight. He needs to find himself another hobby, one other than politics. He just doesn’t have it.
Go home Mitt.
Romney’s problem is not Newt...he will not gain much by attacking Newt.
Romney’s problem is that everyone thinks he is too Establishment.
He needs to recognize the gravity of our problems and the level of change necessary to fix them. Politics as usual — Establishment politics — is not going to cut it. He has not, for example, come out against crony capitalism and the corruptness of our political system.
Instead of attacking Newt, he should *convincingly* and *sincerely* fight against the Establishment.
Until he does this, he will continue to get 25 to 30%.
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What am I missing??? Where’s the debate? It said NBC, but I have it on out of San Francisco, and there’s NO debate.
Romney is an unreliable conservative who left the MA-GOP in a shambles!
Mitt has made a serious mistake tonight. He went after Gingrich with an emotional intensity he has not directed toward Obama. Why? Because he feels more comfortable with Obama than Newt. This move makes it clear that he is not a conservative, and when he must he will attack the conservative more aggressively than the liberal. Mitt will lose because he showed his true colors.
See?
And you thought Romney has no sense of humor!
Romney is an unreliable conservative who left the MA-GOP in a shambles!
When Rush Limbaugh or Mark Levin are the moderators at the Democrat debates will be the day I begin watching debates again.
Brian Williams our moderator? How stupid is the RNC? I know the answer but still can’t believe the RNC is dumber then a circular firing squad at the bottom of a propane tank.
RomNey looks dead and wooden even with his attacks on Newt.
Newt and Mitt was cut off by Williams when they were going at it.
Great post!
I would not vote for Romney. Period.
9:00 p.m. PST on NBC. It’s Williams’ Show on NBCRock
“Takes it to Newt”? Sounds more like a sissy kid doing a nanny-nanny-nanny-I-saw-your-aunty’s-fanny taunt on some other kid on the schoolyard.
It was pathetic; but very typical.
Keep it up Romney. Your scorch earth policy will assure an Obama re-election.
Of course, that was the plan all along when the “establishment” decided to run you for President.
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