Newt stood no chance in the primaries because the GOP-e decided they wanted Romney after giving 2008 to McCain. It’s all about whose turn next it is. Newt was cut off of all funding and couldn’t mount a good campaign at all due to endless smears from Mitt during the primary season in Florida and some other states where the mailers were just disgusting.
Newt ain’t perfect. Nobody is. But he sure as hell would have schooled the hell out of the school boy from Kenya...that’s for damn sure.
The elite couldn’t con me, I voted for NEWT!
While Newt may have schooled the boy-in-chief in a debate - there isn’t any way this side of Mars that he would have beat Obama in a general election. Women didn’t like him, and Romney is doing very well with the women vote this time around.
Sorry, I just see things differently than those who wanted a knock, down, rock-em-sock-em robot type of debate. Mitt got in some very good points against Obama. What a shame that so many of you missed those.
He also had to distinguish himself from Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are very much still in the news, and people remember. So, in that regard, Mitt did well to keep a low profile on some of the issues.
The GOP deciding who they want means didley squat; it’s the people that go out and vote and Romney won their vote. Fact is Romney out-debated everyone in the primaries. Romney has it in him to crush any opponent in a debate- Democrat or Republican, especially when he is losing, but tonight he chose to remain tepid because he calculated appearing calm and presidential was more important than winning on points. Was I disappointed ? Yes. But I would rather see Romney win in the end rather than be entertained by his performance in a debate.