Posted on 03/22/2012 1:08:31 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Saying that Mitt Romney may not be able to "grind his way toward the nomination" despite a huge fundraising advantage, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told NPR today that he sees no reason to exit the Republican presidential race and that there's a chance of a new contender emerging at the party's convention in August.
"I'm not so sure you wouldn't get a series of brand new players" stepping forward during a brokered convention, he told Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep.
Or, he said, he might emerge as the convention's choice. Gingrich said he expects to end the primary season with the third most delegates — with Romney at No. 1 and Rick Santorum at No. 2.
Gingrich also repeated criticisms he has leveled at Romney throughout the campaign. First, that "conservative voters are deeply worried about Gov. Romney." Second, that if the former Massachusetts governor is heavily outspending his GOP rivals and "is barely winning" in the battle for the nomination, there's "no reason to think Romney is going to with the general election" against President Obama.
More from the interview is due on Thursday's broadcast of the show. We'll add the as-broadcast version of Steve's conversation with the former House speaker to the top of this post after it airs. Click here to find an NPR station that broadcasts or streams the show.
How about General Petraeus?
I have no experience as a politician or even near any government. But I could fix America in 3 seconds. You don't need any experience to do that.
1. We need to have factories here in the U.S.A. again. Santorum says something like that but I don't think he has a clue as to how to bring our factories back from China. I do, numerical quotas, phased in bans of China and other country imports. Also currency manipulations with countries that have an unfair wage advantage. We are living on debt. because we are not producing anything except government and debt and those things are not productive.
2. deport illegals now.
3. Eliminate the EPA, IRS , welfare, medicaid and most of these government agencies, gov depts, and programs , regulations etc.
‘Newt is the one.’
Indeed.
Don’t know if you caught my remarks a few weeks ago.
That we saw Mr and Mrs. G. at the beautiful Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA, about 2 years ago.
I told him if he had run in 2008, spouse and I would have supported him.
He simply thanked me.
So the joke is, he’s running now because I told him that!
I could vote for Newt, but as it looks right now; I will be doing a ‘write in’ for Palin.
Yes, I have been tossing this around in my thinking for a while now. Little hints here and there, it seems. It may be my imagination, but I sense something.
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