[JediJones]

Newt Gingrich isn’t speaking either, which to me is more offensive, since he did more for the party historically than almost any other Republican and was a big force in attacking Obama on television this year during the primaries, especially over the energy issue. As far as I understand it, Romney’s camp is entirely responsible for deciding who speaks, so the blame lies at their feet. Sadly it makes it feel like for every encouraging move like selecting Paul Ryan, the Romney camp will turn around and discourage us yet again.

[lentulusgracchus]

Romney's operation sounds so very, very much like Bush Senior's .... which was described in some detail in an August 1988 article in the Atlantic Monthly. The Bushes have always (this includes Junior, who inherited the attitudes on this) dissected ant shit on "loyalty" issues and "who's our friend/not our friend" to a degree that reflects deep insecurity, and yet turned around -- both Bushes -- and exhibited actual fecklessness and carelessness about the activities of real enemies on the Left.

They sound like the Bourbons -- "never learned anything, and never forgot anything". Sounds like a good subject for a deepthinking, multivolume psychopathology study.

[Friendofgeorge]

Totally 159% disagree with your statement that Newt has done more for the cause than Sarah.

Would have to steal the great line...Led Zep vs Monkeys, Newt being Monkeys, no comparison