>> “If the Establishment was so afraid of Gingrich...” <<
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They’re not. - They love his socialist surrendering ass; they just love Mutt more.
Although Newt is not a true conservative, I wouldn’t quite call him Establishment, either. A lot of times he can be made their tool (like so many of our Republicans), but they cannot trust him. The man is not might first (or second, or third) choice. I don’t like the Toffler stuff at all. I do believe that a Gingrich nomination would not pre-empt or destroy the conservative movement in the way a Romney nomination would.
He could ne surprisingly good, or shockingly awful, but in either event better than Romney or Obama.